Top 10 of 2012

[Idioteque Stalker]

Another slow start for me. Help.

1. The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence

[Dukefrukem]

I kinda want to put the new Roots album on this list, but it was released December 9th. :-/

[Boner M]

1. Woollen Kits - s/t
2. Grimes - Visions
3. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory

All solid (WKs are friends tho, so I can't pretend to be objective).

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

1. Burial - Kindred EP
2. Evian Christ - Kings and Them
3. Matthew Dear - Headcage EP
4. Chairlift - Something
5. Grimes - Visions
6. Machinedrum - SXLND EP
7. John Talabot - ƒIN
8. Pete Swanson - Man With Potential
9. Jacques Greene - Concealer

[Acapelli]

1. Lil B - White Flame
2. Grimes - Visions
3. Jacques Greene - Concealer
4. Machinedrum - SXNLD
5. Tennis - Young & Old
6. Ceremony - Hysteria
7. Blondes - Blondes
8. Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
9. of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
10. Future - Astronaut Status

got some catching up to do

edit: added some other stuff, could see the ceremony album growing on me

[ledfloyd]

1. of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
2. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
3. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
4. Craig Finn - Clear Eyes Full Heart

[Idioteque Stalker]

I listened to pretty much everything posted here, but the only thing I can really get behind is Cloud Nothings. Took a minute to get past the slightly amateurish vocals, but it's a fucking good rock album and it sounds great. Albini for MVP.

Other thoughts:

Evian Christ is the most interesting thing I didn't much care for. I'll definitely be watching.

Enjoyed immensely the barking dog on the Machinedrum EP.

Didn't like Jacques Greene's Concealer EP, but it did lead into "Another Girl" which I had never heard and is pretty great.

Grimes was OK.

Damn you boner for always having impossible-to-get albums as your #1.

[Idioteque Stalker]

So now my list looks something like this:

1. The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence
2. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory
3. Burial - Kindred

[D_Davis]

Man, finally a 2012 album that I like.

1. Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One

[Boner M]

I love Oren. Gotta check that one out.

[ContinentalOp]

1. Chairlift- Something
2. A Place to Bury Strangers- Onwards to the Wall
3. Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune

Fucking Drive soundtrack got me into electropop big time. Like or love every song on Something so far.

[ContinentalOp]

I listened to pretty much everything posted here, but the only thing I can really get behind is Cloud Nothings. Took a minute to get past the slightly amateurish vocals, but it's a fucking good rock album and it sounds great. Albini for MVP.

Got my attention. Will seek out.

[Derek]

Got my attention. Will seek out.

Best quote about the album, by the lead singer:

"Steve Albini played Scrabble on Facebook almost the entire time [we were recording]. I don't even know if he remembers what our album sounds like."

Good to know he's still an asshole.

[ContinentalOp]

Best quote about the album, by the lead singer:

"Steve Albini played Scrabble on Facebook almost the entire time [we were recording]. I don't even know if he remembers what our album sounds like."

Good to know he's still an asshole.

It wouldn't be an Albini production without the assholism. My guess is that he was seemingly playing Scrabble on Facebook almost the entire time. Seemingly.

[D_Davis]

1. Motorpsycho & Staale Storloekken - The Death Defying Unicorn
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2. Ohio Sky - Curses
3. Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One

[Idioteque Stalker]

Spring update:

1. The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence
2. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
3. Mirel Wagner - s/t
4. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
5. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
6. Burial - Kindred
7. Mirrorring - Foreign Body
8. Frankie Rose - Interstellar
9. Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour/Golden Mile

Particularly keen on the first three. Also, where's the great hip-hop?

[D_Davis]

1. Motorpsycho & Staale Storloekken - The Death Defying Unicorn
2. Ohio Sky - Curses
3. Still Blue Still Turning - Hurricane
4. Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One

--Man, this year has been a real bummer so far.

[D_Davis]

Also, where's the great hip-hop?

[Acapelli]

i know you shouldn't judge a book (or in this case, an album) by its cover, but my god that's an awful cover

that's some livejournal circa 2003 stuff

[D_Davis]

1. Motorpsycho & Staale Storloekken - The Death Defying Unicorn
2. Happy Particles - Under Sleeping Waves (released 12/25/11 - including it for 2012)
2. Ohio Sky - Curses
3. Still Blue Still Turning - Hurricane
4. Khari Mateen - Waiting for Sunrise
5. Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One

[D_Davis]

1. Motorpsycho & Staale Storloekken - The Death Defying Unicorn
2. Happy Particles - Under Sleeping Waves (released 12/25/11 - including it for 2012)
3. Ohio Sky - Curses
4. Nefarious! - The Dream Theory
5. Still Blue Still Turning - Hurricane
6. The Chromatics - Kill for Love
7. Khari Mateen - Waiting for Sunrise
8. Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One

[D_Davis]

1. Motorpsycho & Staale Storloekken - The Death Defying Unicorn
2. Happy Particles - Under Sleeping Waves (released 12/25/11 - including it for 2012)
3. Bvdub - Serenity
4. Ohio Sky - Curses
5. Nefarious! - The Dream Theory
6. Still Blue Still Turning - Hurricane
7. The Chromatics - Kill for Love
8. Aaron Freeman - Marvelous Clouds
9. Gaston Arevalo - Deriva
10. Khari Mateen - Waiting for Sunrise

The Rest:

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Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One

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[D_Davis]

1. De La Soul's Plug 1 and Plug 2 present....First Serve
2. Motorpsycho & Staale Storloekken - The Death Defying Unicorn
3. Happy Particles - Under Sleeping Waves (released 12/25/11 - including it for 2012)
4. Port St. Willo - Holiday
5. Bvdub - Serenity
6. Ohio Sky - Curses
7. Nefarious! - The Dream Theory
8. Still Blue Still Turning - Hurricane
9. Aaron Freeman - Marvelous Clouds
10. The Chromatics - Kill for Love


The Rest:

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Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One
Gaston Arevalo - Deriva
Khari Mateen - Waiting for Sunrise

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[ContinentalOp]

1. Spiritualized- Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
2. Chairlift- Something
3. Cloud Nothings- Attack on Memory
4. Tanlines- Mixed Emotions
5. The Magnetic Fields- Love at the Bottom of the Sea
6. A Place to Bury Strangers- Onwards to the Wall
7. Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
8. The Wedding Present- Valentina

Chromatics' new CD is pretty good so far, very eclectic compared to their last one. Giving it a couple more spins before I throw it in.

[Boner M]

Alright this new Mount Eerie - also the first I've heard - is stupidly good. #1 with a bullet.