Best Albums of 2012 (so far part 2)

[Ob1jacobe]

I couldn't find the old discussion so i made another one

here is my latest top 10

  1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
  2. Beach House - Bloom
  3. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
  4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
  5. The Shins - Port of Morrow
  6. The Walkmen - Heaven
  7. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
  8. Passion Pit - Gossamer
  9. Divine Fits - A Thing Called The Divine Fits
  10. Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls

Now please start posting your list.  I found a lot of good music last year from these lists (White Denim).

[pawpaw]

Quantic & Alice Russell – Look Around the Corner
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Christian Loeffler – A Forest
Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
Voices from the Lake – S/T
Calexico – Algiers
High on Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis
Sugarman 3 – What the World Needs Now
Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral
Bowerbirds – The Clearing

[MarkW]

Favourites so far - I'll be surprised if Richard Hawley's not still at the top come the end of the year (and I only got it last week).

Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge
Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
Andrew Bird - Break it Yourself
Orbital - Wonky
Lambchop - Mr M
Dr Dog - Be the Void

Oh, and the Mark Lanegan one is also pretty good!

[he.who.forgets]

Heartless Bastards - Arrow
Shovels & Rope - O Be Joyful
The Lumineers - S/T
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls

[Murph]

Dr. Dog
Cloud Nothings
Heartless Bastards
Father John Misty
Diamond Rugs
New Multitudes
alt-j
Bob Dylan

[Ruckus]

Dr. Dog
Richard Hawley
Diamond Rugs
Jack White
Meshuggah
Dope Body
Heartless Bastards
Alabama Shakes
Pontiak
OM
First Aid Kit

[Northern Neighbour]

Grizzly Bear - Shields
Exitmusic - Passage
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Menomena - Moms
Heartless Bastards - Arrow

[Fully]

Sugarman 3
Dr. Dog
Heartless Bastards
Father John Misty
Dr. John
Jack White - probably my least favorite of all of these though
and thanks to Ruckus, OM

[Penny Lane]

New Multitudes
Diamond Rugs
Heartless Bastards
Spiritualized
First Aid Kit
Todd Snider

[bold992006]

JD McPherson..my favorite hands down.

Shovels and Rope
Jack White
Heartless Bastards
Bob Dylan
Alabama Shakes

[Ob1jacobe]

i am kind of obsessive and i am still playing with my list.  Although i think Passion Pit is a great pop album it has started to give me a headache.  my new list (not really in order other than Grizzly Bear being number one)

  1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
  2. Beach House - Bloom
  3. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
  4. The Shins - Port of Morrow
  5. The Walkmen - Heaven
  6. Jack White - Blunderbuss
  7. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
  8. Lower Dens  - Nootropics
  9. Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
  10. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits

Listening to Alt-J and Menomena and really like.

[exist10z]

Grizzly Bear - Shields
Menomena - Moms
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Beach House - Bloom

Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour/Golden Mile (EP)
Jack White - Blunderbuss

Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action At A Distance
Tennis - Young & Old
Chromatics - Kill For Love
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Lower Dens - Nootropics

[Fully]

Grizzly Bear - Shields
Menomena - Moms
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Beach House - Bloom

Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour/Golden Mile (EP)
Jack White - Blunderbuss

Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action At A Distance
Tennis - Young & Old
Chromatics - Kill For Love
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Lower Dens - Nootropics

Yeah, I like the Frank Ocean - particularly the Crack Rock song.

[exist10z]

Grizzly Bear - Shields
Menomena - Moms
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Beach House - Bloom

Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour/Golden Mile (EP)
Jack White - Blunderbuss

Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action At A Distance
Tennis - Young & Old
Chromatics - Kill For Love
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Lower Dens - Nootropics

Yeah, I like the Frank Ocean - particularly the Crack Rock song.

Yeah, that song is pretty great.  I like almost all of them honestly, solid album straight through for me.

[e_wind]

Dr. Dog is the best. Alabama Shakes is great. Houndmouth EP is pretty good. I can't remember what came out in the earliest part of the year anymore.


edit: and the heartless bastards

[HansAndreas]

There are a lot of great albums 2012, here is some of my favourites.

1. Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
2. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
3. Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe
4. Beach House - Bloom
5. Erik De Vahl - Spring 2012
6. Eliot Lipp - Shark Wolf Rabbit Snake
7. How To Dress Well - Total Loss
8. The XX - The Coexist
9. El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
10. Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is An Animal

[MrWhippy]

Here are the things that have grabbed me the most this year so far.

Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Life
Swans - The Seer
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Meshuggah - Koloss
New Multitudes
Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour
Bob Mould - Silver Age
Krallice - Years Past Matter

[kotchishm]

1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
2. Pinback - Information Retrieved
3. Tame Impala Lonerism
4. The Walkmen - Heaven
5. Menomena - Moms
6. Sun Kil Moon - Amongst the Leaves
7. M. Ward - Wasteland Companion
8. Jack White - Blunderbuss
9. Wild Nothing - Nocturne
10. Two Gallants - The Bloom and the Blight

2 and 3 are probably higher at this point because the are newer and I'm really enjoying them

[Northern Neighbour]

I should have added The Walkmen and Japandroids to my list.  These two albums were terrific.

[pawpaw]

1. Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes

I just heard this for the first time yesterday, and it's awesome. Cosmogramma and Los Angeles are two great albums, and this one is right up there. UTQC is one of the best things I've heard this year, and it'll definitely be on my year-end list.