Thursday, January 03, 2013

My top forty albums of 2012

Here are my top forty albums/EPs of 2012. I can't believe there were forty!

1 PLUMB - Field Music
2 SWING LO MAGELLAN - Dirty Projectors
3 SUNKEN CONDOS - Donald Fagen
4 MAC DEMARCO 2 - Mac Demarco
5 YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA - Anais Mitchell
6 IN OUR HEADS - Hot Chip
7 OPEN YOUR HEART - The Men
8 TRAMP - Sharon Van Etten
9 CHOREOGRAPHY - Weird Dreams
10 SILVER AGE - Bob Mould

11 ATTACK ON MEMORY - Cloud Nothings
12 CHARMER - Aimee Mann
13 OSHIN - DIIV
14 CRYK - Cate Le Bon
15 EKSTASIS - Julia Holter
16 METZ - Metz
17 SHIELDS - Grizzly Bear
18 MATURE THEMES - Ariel Pink's Haunted Haunted Graffiti
19 CLEAR MOON / OCEAN ROAR - Mount Eerie
20 MID AIR - Paul Buchanan

21 THE CHAD TAPE - Chris Reimer
22 KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM - Miguel
23 I KNOW WHAT LOVE ISN'T - Jens Lekman
24 MAKING IT - Stew & The Negro Problem
25 A THING CALLED DIVINE FITS - Divine Fits
26 SILENT HOUR EP - Daniel Rossen
27 SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE - Lotus Plaza
28 POSITIVE FORCE - Delicate Steve
29 ILLUMINATED PEOPLE - Islet
30 FIN - John Talabot

31 AWE NATURALE - THEESatisfaction
32 BBC RADIO 3 SESSION - Field Music & Warm Digits
33 ALWAYS EP - Summer Camp
34 CENTIPEDE HZ - Animal Collective
35 DJANGO DJANGO - Django Django
36 ELECTRIC CABLES - Lightships
37 VET DREAM EP - Grass Cannons
38 ON THE HOT DOG STREETS - Go-Kart Mozart
39 THE SOUND OF THE LIFE OF THE MIND - Ben Folds Five
40 INTO THE WAVES - Sophia Knapp