My Morning Jacket

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).

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

JD McPherson..my favorite hands down.

Shovels and Rope
Jack White
Heartless Bastards
Bob Dylan
Alabama Shakes

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.

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

Quote from: exist10z on Oct 02, 2012, 08:45 PM
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.

Quote from: Fully on Oct 02, 2012, 08:58 PM

Quote from: exist10z on Oct 02, 2012, 08:45 PM
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.

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

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

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

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

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

Quote from: HansAndreas on Oct 03, 2012, 05:22 PM1. 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.

Lots of love for Spiritualized here.  I used to be a big fan (seen 'em umpteen times), but I just can't get excited about Jason's output any more.  Not even listened to it, because I don't want to be disappointed.  :undecided:

Quote from: MarkW on Oct 04, 2012, 04:18 PM
Lots of love for Spiritualized here.  I used to be a big fan (seen 'em umpteen times), but I just can't get excited about Jason's output any more.  Not even listened to it, because I don't want to be disappointed.  :undecided:

You have not tried Sweet Heart Sweet Light yet :cheesy:   It is the best thing he has done since Ladies and Gentlemen we ....  in my humble opinion.  Try, i don't think you will be disappointed.  If you are you could berate me semi publicly on the interweb :)

Quote from: MarkW on Oct 04, 2012, 04:18 PM
Lots of love for Spiritualized here.  I used to be a big fan (seen 'em umpteen times), but I just can't get excited about Jason's output any more.  Not even listened to it, because I don't want to be disappointed.  :undecided:

i would give it a listen..! you might be surprised!

Updating

Grizzly Bear - Shields
The Walkmen - Heaven
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Exitmusic - Passage
DIIV - Oshin
Heartless Bastards - Arrow
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Menomena - Moms
Jessie Ware - Devotion

I just listened to Band of Skulls. I can see that being added to the list after a few more listens. Coexist is so/so for me.

the lee ranaldo album is fantastic and recommend to anyone who enjoys noise rock.. maybe a little more melodic then SY though..

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood account for two of my favorite albums of 2012.   :beer:

I'm digging Big Moon Ritual better now but that's because I've been listening to it all summer and I haven't really had a chance to really get into The Magic Door yet.

Tame Impala comes out on iTunes on Tuesday. I traveled to that date in the future and have determined it is a contender.

Quote from: bartel on Oct 05, 2012, 10:57 AM
the lee ranaldo album is fantastic and recommend to anyone who enjoys noise rock.. maybe a little more melodic then SY though..

I agree about Lee Ranaldo.  Like that one quite a bit.  It didn't crack my top list, but it is way better than I thought it would be.

Just heard the new Beth Orton and would have to add that one to my list.

Also, thanks to recommendations I saw on here, I checked out the new Hearless Bastards and really liked it. 

For me thus far...

1. Jack White "Blunderbuss"
2. Howlin Rain "The Russian Wilds"
3. Mark Lanegan Band "Blues Funeral"
4. Bob Dylan "Tempest"
5. Alabama Shakes "Boys and Girls"
6. Rush "Clockwork Angels" (that's right I said it)
7. Rival Sons "Head Down"
8. The Sheepdogs "The Sheepdogs"

Off the top of my head that's all I've got...

Ok I posted in the last forum but to keep myself up to date for myself I will repost:

Favorites:
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Dr. Dog - Be the Void
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Diamond Rugs - S/T
Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
Dr. John - Locked Down
Hacienda - Shakedown
Futurebirds - Seney-Stovall
Heartless Bastards - Arrow
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
The Sword - Apocryphon
Pallbearer - Sorrow and extinction
Sharon Von Etten - Tramp
The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
Beach House - Bloom

Good:
Alberta Cross - Songs of Patience
The Sheepdogs - S/T
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
the Mars Volta - Nocturniquet
Lucero - Women and Work
Om - Advaitic Songs
Aaron Freeman - Marvelous Clouds
Ben Sollee - Half Made Man
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Americana

Meh:
M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
Sigur Ros - Valtari

Not a Fan:
Band of Horses - Mirage Rock
Delta Spirit - S/T

The Tarnished Gold by Beachwood Sparks is no 1 for me.
Brilliant record....

Quote from: ralph on Oct 09, 2012, 07:51 AM
The Tarnished Gold by Beachwood Sparks is no 1 for me.
Brilliant record....

I've been meaning to check this out. I really liked their first two albums.

i think i am finally getting closer to my real end of year list.   turning out to be a good year after all with a top 12 list for me.  I even think this is the correct order.



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

no one has mentioned Fake Blood by Floating Action. That came out this year, no? Is it just not as good as Desert Etiquette?

Fake Blood is fantastic. A big time grower for sure. I wouldn't say it's better or worse than his self-titled or Desert Ettiquette -- I think all his albums are equally awesome. They're hard to tell apart actually. You could also mix and match tracks from each and it wouldn't be weird, they have a very consistent sound.

I haven't made a "best of the year" list, but when I do, Fake Blood will be on it. And if I were to make a "best songs of the year" list, "Silent Partner", "Remorse Code", "Not What I Came For", "No Waves" and "Remorse Code" would all be on it.

ALSO - Seth included a personalized note with all pre-order vinyl copies, and I thought that was just about the coolest thing ever.

that is awesome. im bummed i got into him/them after the release date. I just listened on Spotify, and I definitely think it'll be up there for me.


i was just poking around his website and remembered that awhile ago I bought the split 7" he has with Dr. Dog. I guess I didn't realize what it was at the time (I bought it along wiht whatever else I could carry out of Ear-X-Tacy's last day open).

A:Dr. Dog performs Don't Stop Loving Me
B: Floating Action performs The Breeze

Pretty cool!

Quote from: Murph on Sep 25, 2012, 01:14 PM
Dr. Dog
Cloud Nothings
Heartless Bastards
Father John Misty
Diamond Rugs
New Multitudes
alt-j
Bob Dylan

I think im going to have to add:

Gary Clark Jr
Titus Andronicus

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
The Walkmen - Heaven
Kaki King - Glow
Ben Sollee - Half Made Man
Lambchop - Mr. M
Dr. Dog - Be the Void
Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
Beach House - Bloom
Hospitality - Hospitality
The Shins - Port of Morrow
Shearwater - Animal Joy

Quote from: FiddleCastro on Oct 25, 2012, 09:01 AM
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
The Walkmen - Heaven
Kaki King - Glow
Ben Sollee - Half Made Man
Lambchop - Mr. M
Dr. Dog - Be the Void
Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
Beach House - Bloom
Hospitality - Hospitality
The Shins - Port of Morrow
Shearwater - Animal Joy

I've been listening to it quite a bit lately. I had put it away for awhile, but it's really a good album.

Tame Impala is awesome.   Also Dr. Dog making a strong comeback.   Divine Fits has fallen off.  i really spend too much time debating with myself only to share it with y'all :)

  1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
  2. Jack White - Blunderbuss
  3. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
  4. Menomena - Moms
  8. Tame Impala - Lonerism
  5. The Walkmen - Heaven
  6. Beach House - Bloom
  7. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
  9. The Shins - Port of Morrow
  10. Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
  11. Dr. Dog - Be the Void
  12. Heartless Bastards - Arrow

Must add this year's Calexico on my list.

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Quote from: Murph on Oct 24, 2012, 10:41 PM

Quote from: Murph on Sep 25, 2012, 01:14 PM
Dr. Dog
Cloud Nothings
Heartless Bastards
Father John Misty
Diamond Rugs
New Multitudes
alt-j
Bob Dylan

I think im going to have to add:

Gary Clark Jr
Titus Andronicus

Goat- World Music   

...I cant stop listening to this album.  Only way I can describe it is, hard rock that you can dance to?

This is probably going to be it for me for the year:

Quantic & Alice Russell – Look Around the Corner
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Christian Loeffler – A Forest
Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
Menahan Street Band – The Crossing
A.C. Newman - Shut Down the Streets
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral
Calexico – Algiers

Quote from: iLikeBeer on Oct 05, 2012, 01:46 PM
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood account for two of my favorite albums of 2012.   :beer:

I'm digging Big Moon Ritual better now but that's because I've been listening to it all summer and I haven't really had a chance to really get into The Magic Door yet.

Both CRB albums will be on my list for sure. plus:
Heartless Bastards - Arrow
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Here

and the new live Jason Isbell if that counts...

Top 20 Albums in order for me of 2012.


1.   Baroness – Yellow & Green
2.   El-P – Cancer 4 Cure
3.   Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
4.   Japandroids - Celebration Rock
5.   Ab-Soul – Control System
6.   Jack White - Blunderbuss
7.   Kendrick Lamar – good kid m.A.A.d city
8.   Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
9.   The Sword - Apocryphon
10.   Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
11.   ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
12.   Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit
13.   Cloud Nothings  - Attack on Memory
14.   Joey Bada$$ – 1999
15.   Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
16.   Dr. Dog - Be the Void
17.   Torche – Harmonicraft
18.   Dr. John – Locked Down
19.   The xx – Coexist
20.   Jimmy Cliff – Rebirth

Quote from: RDist52 on Dec 06, 2012, 04:26 PM
Top 20 Albums in order for me of 2012.


1.Baroness – Yellow & Green
2.El-P – Cancer 4 Cure
3.Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
4.Japandroids - Celebration Rock
5.Ab-Soul – Control System
6.Jack White - Blunderbuss
7.Kendrick Lamar – good kid m.A.A.d city
8.Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
9.The Sword - Apocryphon
10.Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
11.ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
12.Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit
13.Cloud Nothings  - Attack on Memory
14.Joey Bada$$ – 1999
15.Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
16.Dr. Dog - Be the Void
17.Torche – Harmonicraft
18.Dr. John – Locked Down
19.The xx – Coexist
20.Jimmy Cliff – Rebirth

crazy how polarizing that yellow/green has been and nice call on the El-p.  My girlfriend still hasnt opened the super preorder package because she hates the album so much.  I guess its going on ebay unless anyone wants it.  Killer Mike was a little hit or miss for me but not for lack of production.  I couldnt get into the Torche at all but I'm really digging the Jimmy Cliff.  He just sticks to his guns and busts out catchy pop reggae like no one else.

Still lots left I want to hear, but these are my favorites of what I have heard of 2012 releases.

Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Swans - The Seer
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Bob Mould - Silver Age
Krallice - Years Past Matter
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Metz - Metz
Meshuggah - Koloss
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Titus Andronicus - Local Business
Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour
Jason Isbell - Live from Alabama
Soundgarden - King Animal
Blut Aus Nord - 777: Cosmosophy

These ol' boys have still got it!
  Bob Dylan  Tempest
  Tom Waits Bad As Me
  Dr John Locked Down
  Neil Young & CH  Psychedelic Pill

These youngsters are good too!
  JD McPherson  Signs & Signifiers
  Divine Fits  A Thing Called The Divine Fits
  Nikki Lane  Walk Of Shame
As I write , I realize all 3 were to have performed at the "postponed"  :angry: Soundland Festival w/ MMJ headlining.
I went down to Nashville that weekend anyway to visit my friend Emily - she was super-pissed as it was to have been her first MMJ show. We went to the Mercy Lounge to see JD and were pleasantly surprised when Nikki showed up as the opener.Great show :beer:.
Talked w/ Nikki after, what a sweetheart :happy: :kiss:!
Another bonus- We met Raul Malo(what avoice :thumbsup:), of the re-united Mavericks, hanging out w/ fellow Mavs Eddie Perez & Paul Deakins.
Their new album, In Time, is good too.
 
 

Ive got catching up to do, but..

1. Gary Clark Jr - Blak & Blu
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Dr. Dog - Be The Void

Dr. Dog is surmountable, but I dont see anything jumping Menomena or Gary Clark Jr. I actually didnt think any album would surpass Menomena, but that GCJr just keeps growing on me. Some seem to rip on it because of the diversity, but I almost give him more credit and continue to play the album so much because of how much it switches song to song. Ive actually had 1 of the bonus tracks songs in my head lately too. GCJr is making a name for himself quick, he jammed with the Stones last weekend - no big deal!

Quote from: capt. scotty on Dec 14, 2012, 09:48 PM
Ive got catching up to do, but..

1. Gary Clark Jr - Blak & Blu
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Dr. Dog - Be The Void

Dr. Dog is surmountable, but I dont see anything jumping Menomena or Gary Clark Jr. I actually didnt think any album would surpass Menomena, but that GCJr just keeps growing on me. Some seem to rip on it because of the diversity, but I almost give him more credit and continue to play the album so much because of how much it switches song to song. Ive actually had 1 of the bonus tracks songs in my head lately too. GCJr is making a name for himself quick, he jammed with the Stones last weekend - no big deal!

It's strange, I haven't seen the Menomena on any 'best of' year end lists yet, not even mentioned.  I agree, it's top 5 for me for sure.  As much as I enjoyed Dirty Projectors, Father John Misty and Grizzly Bear, all albums in the top 20 of the lists I've seen, I liked Moms more.  There is personal preference of course, but I am still surprised it isn't getting any love.  It's original, technically great, creative, and hell it's catchy.  Oh well...

Quote from: exist10z on Dec 14, 2012, 09:59 PM

Quote from: capt. scotty on Dec 14, 2012, 09:48 PM
Ive got catching up to do, but..

1. Gary Clark Jr - Blak & Blu
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Dr. Dog - Be The Void

Dr. Dog is surmountable, but I dont see anything jumping Menomena or Gary Clark Jr. I actually didnt think any album would surpass Menomena, but that GCJr just keeps growing on me. Some seem to rip on it because of the diversity, but I almost give him more credit and continue to play the album so much because of how much it switches song to song. Ive actually had 1 of the bonus tracks songs in my head lately too. GCJr is making a name for himself quick, he jammed with the Stones last weekend - no big deal!

It's strange, I haven't seen the Menomena on any 'best of' year end lists yet, not even mentioned.  I agree, it's top 5 for me for sure.  As much as I enjoyed Dirty Projectors, Father John Misty and Grizzly Bear, all albums in the top 20 of the lists I've seen, I liked Moms more.  There is personal preference of course, but I am still surprised it isn't getting any love.  It's original, technically great, creative, and hell it's catchy.  Oh well...

When I saw Menomena in Philly a couple months back, it was mostly empty so I think they really need more word of mouth. I still love that album, I just think enough people havent heard it. At this point, Moms and Blak&Blu are really 1A and 1B

I've not really made a best of 2012 list, but Menomena - Moms will be in the top 5 for sure!

Not sure about the rest of my best of list yet. Mark Lanegan, Heartless Bastards, Cloud Nothings, Father John Misty and Breton will certainly be somewhere on my list. I didn't know Gary Clark Jr yet, but what I heard on Youtube sounds very promising!

BRETON - EDWARD THE CONFESSOR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_tFjQIC63Q#ws)

Moms- Menomena
Be the Void - Dr Dog
Blunderbuss - Jack White
Houndmouth EP
Boys & Girls - Alabama Shakes
Red Rocks - MMJ (Probably doesn't count, but it should!)

Tom Blankenship of My Morning Jacket's Top 10 LPs of 2012
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Beach House - Bloom
DIIV - Oshin
Flight Facilities - Clair de Lune (single)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Poliça - Give You The Ghost
Tamaryn - Tender New Signs
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
Woods - Bend Beyond

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/my_morning_jack_39.html (http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/my_morning_jack_39.html)

1) Arc In Round - Arc In Round
2) Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
3) Jack White - Blunderbuss
4) Passion Pit - Gossamer
5) Baroness - Yellow & Green
6) Cat Power - Sun
7) Sean Bones - BUZZARDS BOY
8) Metz - Metz
9) Japandroids - Celebration Rock
10) High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis

1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Grizzly Bear - Shields
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
6. Beach House - Bloom
7. Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
8. Tame Impala - Lonerism
9. Purity Ring - Shrines
10. DIIV - Oshin

Honorable Mention: Passion Pit-Gossamer, Chromatics-Kill For Love, Lower Dens-Nootropics

Still need to check out: Japandroids and The xx

My latest

Albums

  1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
  2. Tame Impala - Lonerism
  3. Menomena - Moms
  4. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
  5. The Walkmen - Heaven
  6. Beach House - Bloom
  7. Jack White - Blunderbuss
  8. Lower Dens - Nootropics
  9. Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
  10. Passion Pit - Gossamer

Songs (not represented above)

   * Lotus Plaza - Monoliths
   * Cat Power - Cherokee
   * Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless
   * Japandroids - Fire's Highway
   * 2:54 - You're Early
   * Django Django - Default
   * DIIV - How Long Have You Known
   * First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
   * Alabama Shakes - Hold On
   * Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
   * The Shins - Simple Song
   * Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams

exist10z - You have great taste  :thumbsup:

1.  First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
2.  Dr. Dog - Be the Void
3.  Diamond Rugs - S/T
4.  The Amazing - Gentle Stream
5.  Beneficence - Concrete Soul
6.  Dope Body - Natural History
7.  Jack White - Blunderbuss
8.  Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge
9.  Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
10.Pontiak - Echo Ono
10a. Horse Lords - S/T

EPs

1. Arbouretum - Split with Hush Arbors
2. Houndmouth

Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh7akF_I9XU#ws)

DIIV - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVbYyaUPmh0#ws)

Divine Fits - Would That Not be Nice (Live at Beerland, Austin, TX 8/1/2012) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr11_FnVkhQ#ws)

Jack White "I'm Shakin'" 12/10/12 - CONAN on TBS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3MCmjLtnns#ws)

Alabama Shakes "Hold On" At: Guitar Center (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dachutvnNPg#ws)

Cloud Nothings - No Future / No Past - live FYF Fest, September 1, 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWni2hJo7YI#)

Wild Nothing - Paradise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPOvjdjU1_o#ws)

Flying Lotus
Japandroids
Kendrick Lamar
Frank Ocean
Bruuuuuccceeee
Jack White
Titus Andronicus
Passion Pit

Dr. Dog "Vampire" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6khn8oy1Tgs#ws)

PURITY RING - Fineshrine - Live Full HD 1080p (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR5oYHZZWE4#ws)

Woods - Bend Beyond (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9s8R7VM9HU#ws)

Thee Oh Sees - Lupine Dominus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR-dO5LNR_8#ws)

WAX FANG "MIRROR, MIRROR" MUSIC VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6B98upCMF0#ws)

My best albums list:

1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
2. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
3. Tame Impala - Lonerism
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Menomena - Moms
6. Twin Shadow - Confess
7. The Walkmen - Heaven
8. Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
9. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
10. DIIV - Oshin

Quote from: Northern Neighbour on Dec 18, 2012, 03:13 PM
My best albums list:

1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
2. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
3. Tame Impala - Lonerism
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Menomena - Moms
6. Twin Shadow - Confess
7. The Walkmen - Heaven
8. Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
9. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
10. DIIV - Oshin

:thumbsup:

I can't believe New Multitudes isn't making many lists.    That one keeps getting better and better for me.

 1    Jack White   Blunderbuss
2    Heartless Bastards   Arrow
3    Lumineers, The   Lumineers, The
4    Lord Huron   Lonesome Dreams
5    Farrar, Yames, Johnson, Parker   New Multitudes
6    Of Monsters and Men   My Head Is an Animal
7    Tallest Man On Earth   There's No Leaving Now
8    First Aid Kit   The Lion's Roar
9    Van Etten, Sharon   Tramp
10    Dr Dog   Be The Void
11    Alabama Shakes   Boys and Girls
12    Shovels and Rope   O Be Joyful
13    Bird, Andrew   Break It Yourself
14    Spirit Family Reunion   No Seperation
15    Trampled By Turtles   Stars and Satellites
16    Diamond Rugs   Diamond Rugs
17    Sollee, Ben   Half Made Man
18    Delta Spirit   Delta Spirit
19    Japandroids   Celebration Rock
20    Everest   Ownerless
21    Simone Felice   Simone Felice
22    Moon Taxi   Caberet
23    M Ward   Wasteland Companion
24    Avett Brothers   The Carpenter
25    Clark Jr, Gary   Blak and Blu

Quote from: BH on Dec 18, 2012, 05:18 PM
I can't believe New Multitudes isn't making many lists.    That one keeps getting better and better for me.

Shit, that came out this year? Add that to my list.

New Multitudes found its way onto mine...


1. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
2. The Amazing - Gentle Stream
3. Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim
4. Memoryhouse - The Slideshow Effect
5. Heartless Bastards - Arrow
6. Tame Impala - Lonerism
7. DIIV - Oshin
8. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
9. Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
10. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
11. New Multitudes
12. Beach House - Bloom
13. Wintersleep - Hello Hum
14. Gary Clark, Jr. - Blak and Blu
15. School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
16. Shearwater - Animal Joy
17. La Sera - Sees the Light
18. Moon Taxi - Cabaret
19. Band of Susans - Now
20. Hammock - Departure Songs

Quote from: mahg33ta on Dec 18, 2012, 05:30 PM
12    Shovels and Rope   O Be Joyful

Cool to see mention of Shovels and Rope.  Just discovered them and am really enjoying the album.  Reminds me of an even more rootsy version of Honeyhoney.  By having this on your list, I'll spare you my derision regarding the Andrew Bird pick immediately following it.  :wink:

Shovels and Rope are opening for Lucero here in DC in March.  I don't know if they are doing a whole tour with them or not.

Regarding New Multitudes not making it on more lists, the show made it on my top show list, but I haven't gone back to the album enough to warrant putting it on my top albums list.

That Andrew Bird album is one of his best ever Mr. Whippy!!!     You probably haven't even listened to it!   :wink:

Seriously, Lusitania is one of my top 10 songs of the year.

Andrew Bird & Annie Clark - Lusitania (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OecM1x7iVPU#)

Another favorite track of 2012

Sun Kil Moon - Richard Callopy

A song for an old friend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoXd7xBCUFI#)

Quote from: mahg33ta on Dec 18, 2012, 05:30 PM
1    Jack White   Blunderbuss
2    Heartless Bastards   Arrow
3    Lumineers, The   Lumineers, The
4    Lord Huron   Lonesome Dreams
5    Farrar, Yames, Johnson, Parker   New Multitudes
6    Of Monsters and Men   My Head Is an Animal
7    Tallest Man On Earth   There's No Leaving Now
8    First Aid Kit   The Lion's Roar
9    Van Etten, Sharon   Tramp
10    Dr Dog   Be The Void
11    Alabama Shakes   Boys and Girls
12    Shovels and Rope   O Be Joyful
13    Bird, Andrew   Break It Yourself
14    Spirit Family Reunion   No Seperation
15    Trampled By Turtles   Stars and Satellites
16    Diamond Rugs   Diamond Rugs
17    Sollee, Ben   Half Made Man
18    Delta Spirit   Delta Spirit
19    Japandroids   Celebration Rock
20    Everest   Ownerless
21    Simone Felice   Simone Felice
22    Moon Taxi   Caberet
23    M Ward   Wasteland Companion
24    Avett Brothers   The Carpenter
25    Clark Jr, Gary   Blak and Blu

The most frustrating thing about top-10 lists is that you don't know what else the reviewer has heard/seen/been.   If something's not on the list, is it because they haven't heard it, or don't like it?

As a crusade against a personal pet peeve then:  here is everything else I listened to regularly and considered from my list.   For example, after a review of others lists, it seems I need to check out Father John Misty, Menomena, and Tame Impala.

Dr John   Locked Down
Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires   There Is A Bomb In Gilead
Imagine Dragons   Night Visions
Houndmouth   Houndmouth EP
Kingsley Flood   Colder Still
Calexio   Algiers
Johnson, Will   Scorpion
Bird, Andrew   Hands of Glory
My Morning Jacket   It Makes No Difference EP
Deer Tick   Tim (EP)
Bruce Springsteen   Wrecking Ball
Lucero   Women and Work
My Morning Jacket   Outta My System Remixez EP
Band of Horses   Mirage Rock
Misc Artists   Long Distance Salvation
Beach House   Bloom
Potter, Grace and the Nocturnals   The Lion The Beast The Beat
Civil Twilight   Holy Weather
Silversun Pickups   Neck of the Woods
Felice Brothers   God Bless You Amigo
Strand of Oaks   Dark Shores
Mumford and Sons   Babel
JEFF the Brotherhood   Hypnotic Nights
Good Old War   Come Back as Rain
Killers   Battle Born
Green Day   Uno
Brendan Benson   What Kind of World
Mayer, John   Born and Raised
No Doubt   Push and Shove
Apple, Fiona   The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver

For sure mahg33ta.    I love this thread every year cause it gives me some things to explore!

Cant' find a better copy...

The New Multitudes "Angel's Blues" @ The Mayan Theater Los Angeles CA 3-7-12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtUYZE_6A3o#ws)

Quote from: exist10z on Dec 17, 2012, 04:38 PM
1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Grizzly Bear - Shields
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
6. Beach House - Bloom
7. Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
8. Tame Impala - Lonerism
9. Purity Ring - Shrines
10. DIIV - Oshin

Honorable Mention: Passion Pit-Gossamer, Chromatics-Kill For Love, Lower Dens-Nootropics

Still need to check out: Japandroids and The xx

I realized that: Tennis - Young & Old and Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action At A Distance, were in 2012, both of these would either be on the list or at least honorable mention.

I did checkout Japandroids, meh, a little too pop/punk for me I think, but maybe I'll do a bit more research.  And I would add Sharon Van Etten's Tramp to my need to check out list, I like her a lot but have only heard a track or two off Tramp.

Quote from: BH on Dec 20, 2012, 04:11 PM
That Andrew Bird album is one of his best ever Mr. Whippy!!!     You probably haven't even listened to it!   :wink:

You're right, I haven't listened to it, but I did sit through the his endless set of whistlesterbation  while waiting for MMJ at Forecastle.

Quote from: MrWhippy on Dec 20, 2012, 04:54 PM

Quote from: BH on Dec 20, 2012, 04:11 PM
That Andrew Bird album is one of his best ever Mr. Whippy!!!     You probably haven't even listened to it!   :wink:

You're right, I haven't listened to it, but I did sit through the his endless set of whistlesterbation  while waiting for MMJ at Forecastle.

as your whistlerbation companion and someone who has listened to the album lots, I much prefer the album.   It's great Sun morning cooking in the kitchen music.   The dude is talented, I just don't care for the live show.

Quote from: mahg33ta on Dec 20, 2012, 04:58 PM

Quote from: MrWhippy on Dec 20, 2012, 04:54 PM

Quote from: BH on Dec 20, 2012, 04:11 PM
That Andrew Bird album is one of his best ever Mr. Whippy!!!     You probably haven't even listened to it!   :wink:

You're right, I haven't listened to it, but I did sit through the his endless set of whistlesterbation  while waiting for MMJ at Forecastle.

as your whistlerbation companion and someone who has listened to the album lots, I much prefer the album.   It's great Sun morning cooking in the kitchen music.   The dude is talented, I just don't care for the live show.

I still have night terrors about all of that whistlesterbation. I'll wake up and think it's over and dammit if I don't have an encore dream about it. It never ends. Maybe after some more sessions with my therapist I will be able to try a little "Sun morning cooking in the kitchen" sesh. But it won't happen until Jan. 6th at the very earliest.

1. Heartless Bastards - Arrow
2. Dr. Dog - Be The Void
3. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
4. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
5. Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
6. Beach House - Bloom
7. Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu
8. The Walkmen - Heaven
9. Jack White - Blunderbuss
10. The Lumineers

honoroable mentions - M. Ward, Sharon van Etten

albums I listened to once or twice on spotify and thought sounded good, but need more listens - Richard Hawley, Menomena, JD Mcpherson, Japandroids, Andrew Bird, Dr. John, Grizzly Bear - I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.

biggest disappointment - The Avett Brothers - Carpenter

Quote from: Fully on Dec 20, 2012, 05:18 PM

Quote from: mahg33ta on Dec 20, 2012, 04:58 PM

Quote from: MrWhippy on Dec 20, 2012, 04:54 PM

Quote from: BH on Dec 20, 2012, 04:11 PM
That Andrew Bird album is one of his best ever Mr. Whippy!!!     You probably haven't even listened to it!   :wink:

You're right, I haven't listened to it, but I did sit through the his endless set of whistlesterbation  while waiting for MMJ at Forecastle.

as your whistlerbation companion and someone who has listened to the album lots, I much prefer the album.   It's great Sun morning cooking in the kitchen music.   The dude is talented, I just don't care for the live show.

I still have night terrors about all of that whistlesterbation. I'll wake up and think it's over and dammit if I don't have an encore dream about it. It never ends. Maybe after some more sessions with my therapist I will be able to try a little "Sun morning cooking in the kitchen" sesh. But it won't happen until Jan. 6th at the very earliest.

I've seen him live 2-3 times now and I must say I agree.  I love his albums.  Love 'em.  Like you said, "Sunday morning cooking" music at its finest.  But the live show usually bores me...it's "good" in the sense that it's pretty music and he's really talented, but I usually end up nodding off...I REALLY want to see him play with a live band, just for a change.  I love his Bowl of Fire era stuff just as much as his new stuff, in a completely different way.  Everyone who's not a fan of his current stuff should check out The Swimming Hour and earlier stuff...give it a chance  :thumbsup:

I'm sure I bought at least 100 new albums this year but these were among my favorites:

Jason Isbell - Live From Alabama
Kathleen Edwards - Voyager
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Sons Of Bill - Sirens
Bob Dylan - Tempest
New Multitudes
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu
John Hiatt - Mystic Pinball
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talking
Lucero - Women & Work
Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station


And a few that aren't really "new" but came out this year and for me were as good as it gets

Frank Turner - Last Minutes & Lost Evenings
Rodriguez - Searching For Sugarman
Grateful Dead - Live At Winterland 1971

Quote from: bbill on Dec 06, 2012, 11:17 AM
This is probably going to be it for me for the year:

Quantic & Alice Russell – Look Around the Corner
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Christian Loeffler – A Forest
Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
Menahan Street Band – The Crossing
A.C. Newman - Shut Down the Streets
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral
Calexico – Algiers

Yep, I'm sticking with those, but here are some others that I really liked:

Voices from the Lake - S/T
High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
Sugarman 3 - What The World Needs Now
Bowerbirds - The Clearing
Ricardo Villalobos - Dependent and Happy
John Talabot - fIN
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
The Walkmen - Heaven
Lambchop - Mr. M
Quakers - S/T

Quote from: headhunter on Dec 21, 2012, 10:39 AM

Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station

Thanks, Jeff, for reminding me that I need to check out Alejandro's new album.  This one seems to have flown under the radar, given that his last couple, particularly Real Animal, seemed to get a fair amount of press.

Here's one record that was on my best of the year list until a mediocre live show killed it for me:

Japandroids - Celebration Rock

Quote from: Hawkeye on Dec 21, 2012, 08:43 AM

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Quote from: mahg33ta on Dec 20, 2012, 04:58 PM

Quote from: MrWhippy on Dec 20, 2012, 04:54 PM

Quote from: BH on Dec 20, 2012, 04:11 PM
That Andrew Bird album is one of his best ever Mr. Whippy!!!     You probably haven't even listened to it!   :wink:

You're right, I haven't listened to it, but I did sit through the his endless set of whistlesterbation  while waiting for MMJ at Forecastle.

as your whistlerbation companion and someone who has listened to the album lots, I much prefer the album.   It's great Sun morning cooking in the kitchen music.   The dude is talented, I just don't care for the live show.

I still have night terrors about all of that whistlesterbation. I'll wake up and think it's over and dammit if I don't have an encore dream about it. It never ends. Maybe after some more sessions with my therapist I will be able to try a little "Sun morning cooking in the kitchen" sesh. But it won't happen until Jan. 6th at the very earliest.

I've seen him live 2-3 times now and I must say I agree.  I love his albums.  Love 'em.  Like you said, "Sunday morning cooking" music at its finest.  But the live show usually bores me...it's "good" in the sense that it's pretty music and he's really talented, but I usually end up nodding off...I REALLY want to see him play with a live band, just for a change.  I love his Bowl of Fire era stuff just as much as his new stuff, in a completely different way.  Everyone who's not a fan of his current stuff should check out The Swimming Hour and earlier stuff...give it a chance  :thumbsup:

I will admit, I liked him live a lot better when it was just him and Dosh.   I wish everyone could see the DVD that came with the new album when he performs in a living room with just him and one other person.   His brilliance really comes alive in that setting IMO.

Good call Jeff on the new Kathleen Edwards.  I forgot about that one.   Great album.

For The Record (live) — Kathleen Edwards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIvTCCEtjFs#ws)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana
Lee Ranaldo - Between The Times & The Tides
Dinosaur Jr - I Bet On Sky
Hacienda - Shakedown
New Multitudes - New Multitudes

I didn't think anything would get close to Beachwood Sparks for most of the year. Its such a great great record. A perfect cross of The Flying Burrito Brothers mixed into 70's Beach Boys. Became pretty obsessed with it actually.

But Psychedelic Pill is the record I've been waiting for Crazy Horse to release for 20 years. An album where its all about the guitar solo and taking it to the limit. Probably goes to the top of the list for Ramada Inn alone. Got to be the best song Neil's written in a decade. And if Americana was just a toss off to get the Horse back up to full speed to be able make PP I reckon that's a pretty fucken great toss off...

I'll to check out many of the above mentioned albums.

I was a fan of:

Pinback - Information Retreived
Soundgarden - King Animal
New Multitudes
Alberta Cross - Songs of Patience

I don't sample nearly as much as most of the posters here but two albums from this year that are solid top to bottom and will stand the test of time are New Multitudes and Father Misty's Fear Fun in my opinion.

Thanks all of you for posting your favorites - I find MMJ fans have great taste  :happy: and this is a great place to go to get suggestions on new bands and albums to listen to.

Quote from: GO4IT on Dec 21, 2012, 10:29 PM
I don't sample nearly as much as most of the posters here but two albums from this year that are solid top to bottom and will stand the test of time are New Multitudes and Father Misty's Fear Fun in my opinion.

Thanks all of you for posting your favorites - I find MMJ fans have great taste  :happy: and this is a great place to go to get suggestions on new bands and albums to listen to.

My top two as well I think.  :beer:    Let's go get drinks and listen to them back to back!   :wink:

Quote from: BH on Dec 21, 2012, 11:25 PM

Quote from: GO4IT on Dec 21, 2012, 10:29 PM
I don't sample nearly as much as most of the posters here but two albums from this year that are solid top to bottom and will stand the test of time are New Multitudes and Father Misty's Fear Fun in my opinion.

Thanks all of you for posting your favorites - I find MMJ fans have great taste  :happy: and this is a great place to go to get suggestions on new bands and albums to listen to.

My top two as well I think.  :beer:    Let's go get drinks and listen to them back to back!   :wink:

Just saw this post.  Naturally, I was going down this path even before I saw your advice.

Almost through New Multitudes and then on to Father John. :beer:

I'm one of the biggest White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather/Jack White et. al fans, but I found his solo album a bit of a disappointment. The overall tone didn't connect with me. Some of the songs came off better in concert though.

I'm very impressed with The Lumineers debut.

Cat Power's Sun is excellent.

The Who Live at Hull 1970 is almost as good as Live at Leeds.

Tame Impala
Menomena
Floating Action
Father John Misty
Dr. Dog
First Aid Kit
Heartless Bastards
Soundgarden

Hip-hop:

OC & Apollo Brown
Guilty Simpson & Apollo Brown
Aesop Rock
Purpose & Confidence
Epidemic
Roc Marciano
Meyhem Lauren's two mixtapes
Action Bronson's two mixtapes

Quote from: headhunter on Dec 21, 2012, 10:39 AM
Sons Of Bill - Sirens

Thanks, Jeff, for inspiring me to check this record out after seeing it on your list.  It's really great and I'm sure would crack my top of the year list after I spent more time with it.

I was also inspired to go back and revisit the Heartless Bastards record after seeing it on so many lists, and I really liked it.  I don't know now why it didn't really grab me when I first heard it earlier this year.

Quote from: MrWhippy on Dec 23, 2012, 07:42 AM

Quote from: headhunter on Dec 21, 2012, 10:39 AM
Sons Of Bill - Sirens

Thanks, Jeff, for inspiring me to check this record out after seeing it on your list.  It's really great and I'm sure would crack my top of the year list after I spent more time with it.

I was also inspired to go back and revisit the Heartless Bastards record after seeing it on so many lists, and I really liked it.  I don't know now why it didn't really grab me when I first heard it earlier this year.

Glad you like it Jon.  Look forward to seeing you in a few days.

my favorite find so far off this list...Menomena.  HOT DAMN!!!  :kiss:

I have a few others I'm really excited about checking out.  Thanks!!!

my 10 favorites, in sort of random order

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Trophy Wife - Sing What Scares You
Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim
Lower Dens - Nootropics
Lucrecia Dalt - Commotus
Bill Fay - Life Is People
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
Mission of Burma - Unsound
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Floating Action - Fake Blood

My final final


Albums
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Menomena - Moms
The Walkmen - Heaven
Beach House - Bloom
Lower Dens - Nootropics
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Woods - Bend Beyond

Songs
Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Hot Chip - Flutes
Lotus Plaza - Monoliths
Cat Power - Cherokee 
Django Django - Default
DIIV - How Long Have You Known
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger

My top albums are 2012 were,

Portland Cello Project "Homage"
Patterson Hood "Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance"
Woody Guthrie Project "New Multitudes"
Lee Ranaldo "Between the Times and the Tides"
Heartless Bastards "Arrow"
Gary Clark Jr  "Black and Blu"
Dr. John "Locked Down"
Alabama Shakes "Boys and Girls"
Tame Impala "Lonerism"
Bob Dylan "Tempest" 


not a perfect list but being broke all summer made my purchasing of new music very limited.

Quote from: sweatboard on Dec 26, 2012, 01:58 AM
my favorite find so far off this list...Menomena.  HOT DAMN!!!  :kiss:

I have a few others I'm really excited about checking out.  Thanks!!!

One Horse!!

Better late than never I guess. Aside from FJM being my clear cut number 1 they are in no particular order. I'm sure I missed a few too.

Father JOHN Misty - Fear Fun
Floating Action - Fake Blood
New Multitudes
Cabinet - Leap
The Lumineers - s/t
Andrew Combs - Worried Man
Conor Oberst And the Mystic Valley Band - One of My Kind
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Trampled By Turtles - Stars and Satellites

Quote from: Angelo on Jan 14, 2013, 02:28 PM
Better late than never I guess. Aside from FJM being my clear cut number 1 they are in no particular order. I'm sure I missed a few too.

Father JOHN Misty - Fear Fun
Floating Action - Fake Blood
New Multitudes
Cabinet - Leap
The Lumineers - s/t
Andrew Combs - Worried Man
Conor Oberst And the Mystic Valley Band - One of My Kind
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Trampled By Turtles - Stars and Satellites

I am excited to see Shovels and Rope in a few weeks and Andrew Combs is opening (whom I don't know), so I just bought his album....

Quote from: mahg33ta on Jan 14, 2013, 02:38 PM

Quote from: Angelo on Jan 14, 2013, 02:28 PM
Better late than never I guess. Aside from FJM being my clear cut number 1 they are in no particular order. I'm sure I missed a few too.

Father JOHN Misty - Fear Fun
Floating Action - Fake Blood
New Multitudes
Cabinet - Leap
The Lumineers - s/t
Andrew Combs - Worried Man
Conor Oberst And the Mystic Valley Band - One of My Kind
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Trampled By Turtles - Stars and Satellites

I am excited to see Shovels and Rope in a few weeks and Andrew Combs is opening (whom I don't know), so I just bought his album....

Oh nice, you'll have to report back on what you think. There's no mistaking it as anything but a country album. Great voice, great songwriting.

I'm not familiar with Shovels and Rope, I'll have to look into them.