my top 5 (in no particular order):

1) Beach House- Bloom
2) Tame Impala- Lonerism
3) Kendrick Lamar- good kid, m.A.A.d city
4) Grizzly Bear- Shields
5) Hospitality- Hospitality

honorable mention:

Dirty Projectors- Swing Lo Magellan
Cloud Nothings- Attack On Memory
Grimes- Visions
Animal Collective- Centipede Hz (grew on me big time, especially after seeing them/hearing it live)
Frank Ocean- Channel ORANGE
Matthew E. White- Big Inner (exact same feelings as Animal Collective)
Melody's Echo Chamber- Melody's Echo Chamber
Dan Deacon- America
Japandroids- Celebration Rock
Lower Dens- Twin-Hand Movement

and I could go on and on. VERY good year for music

11/27/2012 7:20:54 PM

and I have heard of exactly zero of these "artists"

THEY MUST BE GOOD BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL THEY ARE

11/27/2012 7:40:20 PM

weak attempt, dawg

11/27/2012 7:54:52 PM

YOU PUT THE WRONG LOWER DENS ALBUM, SON

In no particular order:

Cat Power - Sun
Tame Impala - Lonerism
The Young - Dub Egg
Liars - WIXIW
The Men - Open Your Heart

11/27/2012 8:02:31 PM

god dammit, that keeps the streak alive of fucking up one album title every year

total brain fart

11/27/2012 8:05:15 PM

I've been looking for good modern music to listen to, so I'm going to trust this thread.

11/27/2012 8:13:08 PM

Hop Along - Get Disowned
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Dirty Projectors- Swing Lo Magellan
The Walkmen - Heaven
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp

11/27/2012 8:21:24 PM

Fiona Apple-The Idler Wheel……..
Grizzly Bear-Shields
Sharon Van Etten-Tramp
Beach House-Bloom
Father John Misty-Fear Fun

11/27/2012 8:30:07 PM

I forgot

The Intelligence - Everybody's Got it Easy But Me

11/27/2012 8:53:22 PM

Tame Impala- Lonerism
Beach House- Bloom
Dan Deacon - America
Grizzly Bear- Shields
Blackbird Blackbird - Boracay Planet

[Edited on November 27, 2012 at 10:47 PM. Reason : .]

11/27/2012 10:46:44 PM

Quote :

"weak attempt, dawg"

seriously... i've never heard of any of the artists posted in this thread so far with the exception of Fiona Apple.

SO THEY MUST BE AWESOME

11/27/2012 11:20:45 PM

I also forgot

SPIDER BAGS - SHAKE MY HEAD

Quote :

"seriously... i've never heard of any of the artists posted in this thread so far with the exception of Fiona Apple. "

Multiple albums that have been listed were top 15 records. Hell, Frank Ocean debuted at #2 and was on SNL. It's one thing to not know all these artists, but you don't get a pass for not paying ANY attention.

[Edited on November 27, 2012 at 11:37 PM. Reason : 3]

11/27/2012 11:26:00 PM

beach house - bloom
spiritualized - sweet heart, sweet light
el-p - cancer 4 cure
hospitality - hospitality
the men - open your heart
dan deacon - america
tame impala - lonerism

probably enjoyed dan deacon the most. also feel like hospitality flew under a lot of people's radar.

[Edited on November 28, 2012 at 6:45 AM. Reason : .]

11/28/2012 6:41:32 AM

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11/28/2012 7:01:12 AM

BTBAM - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Periphery - Periphery II
Jeff Loomis - Plains of Oblivion
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

11/28/2012 9:17:56 AM

I just got the new Evens album that came out in the last few weeks (Ian McKaye and his lady-friend/baby's momma), and i'm really digging it, it's my favorite album of the year so far.

11/28/2012 9:34:11 AM

Slash- Apocalyptic Love
Vision of Disorder- The Cursed Remain Cursed
Turbonegro- Sexual Harassment

That is all.....

11/28/2012 10:06:53 AM

^I've never listened to Slash's solo stuff. I take it you like it.

11/28/2012 10:24:17 AM

wow, VOD is still around? I remember listening to them back around '97.

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11/28/2012 10:38:24 AM

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"Smath74 All American 84421 Posts user info edit post I have never heard of any of those bands. 9/20/2005 1:42:55 AM"

It never gets old.

11/28/2012 10:38:34 AM

yes, VOD has been playing on and off for the last few years, always with the promise of a new album which finally came out in September. And it is awesome. Not your typical 'let's get back together and release something to cash in' on album. In fact I just saw them this past Saturday 11/24 in Brooklyn.

ANd scotieb, I like Slash's first solo album with the guest vocalists A LOT more than this newest album, but I still like it.

11/28/2012 10:53:05 AM

for 2012

http://open.spotify.com/user/nothing282/playlist/3Y6hklDHuEUfFNtou2dTUS

a continually-updating playlist of the albums mentioned in this thread (ones spotify has anyway)

11/28/2012 11:06:26 AM

my top 12 of 2012:

beach house - bloom
menomena - moms
tame impala - lonerism
the men - open your heart
grizzly bear - shields
the tallest man on earth - there's no leaving now
crystal castles - III
polica - give you the ghost
frankie rose - interstellar
trust - trst
melody's echo chamber - s/t
titus andronicus - local business

11/28/2012 10:08:10 PM

Japandroids - Celebration Rock is at the top of my list

Also, in no order

Kendrick Lamar - good kid
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Nas - Life is good
The gaslight anthem - Handwritten
Fang Island - Major

I'm sure I'm leaving out a handful

11/28/2012 10:35:30 PM

twelve favorites, not in order.

matthew dear - beams
lotus plaza - spooky action at a distance
porcelain raft - strange distance
sun airway - soft fall
tame impala - lonerism
melody's echo chamber - s/t
cloud nothings - attack on memory
grimes - visions
animal collextive - centipede hz
spiritualized - sweet heart, sweet light
beach house - bloom
david byrne & st vincent - love this giant


I guess I'm in the minority - I thought that Japandroids album was horrible and I really really liked "post nothing"

11/29/2012 2:16:42 PM

that's a name I haven't seen in a while

also, that Evens album is fine, but I don't think it merits AOTY consideration. it sounds exactly like you'd think an Evens album would sound, which is fine, but there hasn't been much evolution since their first (and my favorite) album

11/29/2012 2:46:25 PM

Eh, it's^ one of the few albums I was excited about this year, and i was very pleased. I think they've evolved just fine. Songs are more complex, lots of momentum switches, lots of good harmony.

I just can't get into new music like I used to, getting old and disillusioned i guess, but most of it just doesn't do anything for me. And the older I get, the more the "scene" and "hipsters" piss me off, and it's just tiring trying to keep up with all the new music. I did want to check out the david byrne/st vincent album, and was curious about the latest titus andronicus, but I haven't gotten around to getting them yet, maybe soon.

[Edited on November 29, 2012 at 2:59 PM. Reason : ]

11/29/2012 2:56:51 PM

Oh yeah, NOFX released their first album in a few years. I listened to it 2 or 3 times. Seemed pretty good, but definitely nothing new.

11/29/2012 4:57:23 PM

Off the top of my head i'm having serious trouble coming up with a single album from this year. I'd probably say Bastard Sapling if that shit wasn't only on vinyl / tape.

^the last time nofx was good was 12 years ago, and i even liked war on errorism... still wasn't a good album though

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11/30/2012 10:13:43 AM

^basically about as good as any other album they've put out, except white trash and punk in drublic, which are the best, imo. besides, even if you approve all your messages, i still don't trust your tastes in music, although i do like some Pentagram.

Tame Impala won NME's Album of the Year: http://www.nme.com/news/tame-impala/67461

11/30/2012 10:41:18 AM

When i was 16, I learned every single nofx song on guitar like solos and everything. Still love that band. Ribbed is probably my favorite album, but there is no way I could ever pick an album.

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11/30/2012 10:51:47 AM

^ I like some of their albums, but i heard they suck live.

11/30/2012 11:12:43 AM

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"only on vinyl / tape."

Yikes

11/30/2012 11:13:07 AM

^^I see what you have done there.

^lol i toured with a band last year that only released on tape. they had like 7 releases, no bandcamp, no facebook, just an email address and a box full of shirts and tapes. lol fucking metal bands man.

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11/30/2012 11:16:27 AM

Whatever floats their boat I guess.

11/30/2012 11:19:30 AM

lol, don't get me wrong, I understand releasing something on vinyl (tape not so much) but there is no reason not to have it on bandcamp or something. Just charge more and send people a booklet or artwork if thats what the whole album process means to you

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11/30/2012 11:21:06 AM

Quote :

"I thought that Japandroids album was horrible and I really really liked "post nothing""

I, too, loved Post Nothing and don't like the new one. I wouldn't go as far as to call it horrible, but it's totally forgettable for me.

11/30/2012 11:28:11 AM

I am a fan of both and have no trouble slotting Post Nothing ahead of Celebration Rock. I am a bit puzzled as to why everybody freaked the fuck out over Celebration Rock and not Post Nothing

their set at Hopscotch 2011 was beyond epic

11/30/2012 12:32:44 PM

My top 3 (in no particular order):

1) Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold
2) Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
3) Japandroids - Celebration Rock


Honorable mention:

Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Beach House - Bloom
Grimes - Visions
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Bowerbirds - The Clearing
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
DIIV- Oshin


Not given enough attention, but looking forward to:

Nas - Life Is Good
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Tame Impala - Lonerism

[Edited on November 30, 2012 at 4:01 PM. Reason : ]

11/30/2012 4:00:41 PM

i somehow missed father john misty but picked it up after seeing it multiple times in this thread. solid stuff.

11/30/2012 6:44:15 PM

Tame Impala, Beach House, Grizzly Bear killed it for me this year. I either overlooked the rest, or it was all easily forgettable. Not sure if I should be ashamed to say I own the Grimes record, but I kind of wish I didn't at this point.

12/1/2012 6:18:34 PM

The Men I forgot about, so those are my top 4.

12/2/2012 1:25:52 PM

http://hmzeitgeist.tumblr.com/

12/12/2012 8:39:01 AM

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Purity Ring - Shrines

12/14/2012 10:29:01 AM

i somehow left off the holograms album. def in my top 10.

12/15/2012 7:33:30 PM

Quote :

"Tame Impala, Beach House, Grizzly Bear killed it for me this year."

yup... add in Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, King Tuff, Matthew E. White, Japandroids and Hot Chip and that's about all I needed for 2012



[Edited on December 16, 2012 at 3:46 AM. Reason : . matthew e. white was incredible]

12/16/2012 3:39:58 AM

Top Albums of 2012 (obviously no reasoning behind the number of albums I picked, just thought there were 66 albums worth including in the list):

1. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (Interscope/Top Dawg)
2. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
3. Tame Impala – Lonerism
4. Matthew E. White – Big Inner
5. John Talabot – ƒIN
6. Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
7. Chairlift – Something
8. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Cobra Juicy
9. Grizzly Bear – Shields
10. Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams
11. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
12. Actress – R.I.P.
13. Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
14. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
15. Grimes – Visions
16. Holy Other – Held
17. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
18. Sigur Ros – Valtari
19. Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes
20. Chromatics – Kill for Love
21. Swans – The Seer
22. Beach House – Bloom
23. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
24. Blondes - Blondes
25. Emeralds – Just to Feel Anything
26. Baroness – Yellow & Green
27. Daphni – Jiaolong
28. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
29. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
30. Bob Dylan – The Tempest
31. Joey Bada$$ – 1999
32. Four Tet – Pink
33. Purity Ring – Shrines
34. Hot Chip – In Our Heads
35. Todd Terje – It’s the Alps
36. The xx – Coexist
37. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
38. The Men – Open Your Heart
39. Pallbearer – Sorrow & Extinction
40. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It
41. Melody’s Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo Chamber
42. Jack White – Blunderbuss
43. Passion Pit – Gossamer
44. The Tallest Man on Earth – There’s No Leaving Now
45. The Shins – Port of Morrow
46. Ab-Soul – Control System
47. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
48. DIIV – Oshin
49. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
50. Burial – Kindred EP
51. Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
52. Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
53. Cat Power – Sun
54. Twin Shadow – Confess
55. Angel Olsen – Half Way Home
56. The Walkmen – Heaven
57. Sharon van Etten – Tramp
58. METZ – METZ
59. Frankie Rose – Interstellar
60. Death Grips – The Money Store
61. Gross Ghost – Brer Rabbit
62. Sufjan Stevens – Silver & Gold
63. Roc Marciano – Reloaded
64. Dr. John – Locked Down
65. Ariel Pink – Mature Themes
66. Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits

Top Singles of 2012, in no particular order:


Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Frank Ocean - "Thinking Bout You"
Grimes - "Genesis"
Bat for Lashes - "Laura"
Usher - "Climax"
Tame Impala - "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards"
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Mladic"
Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Hairspray Heart"
Purity Ring - "Fineshrine"
Chairlift - "I Belong in Your Arms"

12/24/2012 3:11:33 PM

not an album per se, and i guess technically it came out in 2011 (that thread is >365 days) but that Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures is off the chain...maybe not Frank or Back to Black quality but nearly

12/26/2012 10:25:42 PM

Quote :

"1. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (Interscope/Top Dawg) 2. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light 3. Tame Impala – Lonerism"

Yep.

12/27/2012 12:24:38 PM

I don't understand how this Kendrick Lamar album as a whole is rated so high. It seems really disjointed and random to me. The typical 2-3 good singles and a bunch of filler. That freestyle song is the worst crap i've ever heard.

12/27/2012 12:39:06 PM