2012 - Best Music Thread

[troutman]

CMJ, Year-End Chart:

http://www.cmj.com/nmr/2012-year-end-charts/

1 BLACK KEYS El Camino Nonesuch
2 BEACH HOUSE Bloom Sub Pop
3 ANDREW BIRD Break It Yourself Mom And Pop
4 METRIC Synthetica MMI-Mom And Pop
5 SHINS Port Of Morrow Columbia
6 TENNIS Young And Old Fat Possum
7 JACK WHITE Blunderbuss Columbia
8 DR. DOG Be The Void Anti
9 GRIZZLY BEAR Shields Warp
10 HOT CHIP In Our Heads Domino

Top 30 Albums:

http://www.cmj.com/feature/top-30-albums-of-2012

Top 50 Songs:

http://www.cmj.com/feature/top-50-songs-of-2012/

[troutman]

cokemachineglow, Top 50 Albums:

http://cokemachineglow.com/category/top-50-albums-2012/

[troutman]

3WK, 2012 Top Albums

http://www.3wk.com/

1 YEASAYER/Fragrant World

2 TAME IMPALA/Lonerism

3 GRIZZLY BEAR/Shields

4 BEAR IN HEAVEN/I Love You, It's Cool

5 TY SEGALL/Twins

6 WOODS/Bend Beyond

7 MIIKE SNOW/Happy To You

8 MENOMENA/Moms

9 CLINIC/Free Reign

10 WILD NOTHING/Nocturne

11 METRIC/Synthetica

12 BIG PINK/Future This

13 DJANGO DJANGO/Django Django

14 CAT POWER/Sun

15 TEMPER TRAP/The Temper Trap

16 SLEIGH BELLS/Reign Of Terror

17 DIVINE FITS/A Thing Called Divine Fits

18 CLAPS/Wreck

19 SUN AIRWAY/Soft Fall

20 SHEARWATER/Animal Joy

21 MATTHEW DEAR/Beams

22 OF MONTREAL/Paralytic Stalks

23 DIAMOND RUGS/Diamond Rugs

24 SOFT SWELLS/Soft Swells

25 JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD/Hypnotic Nights

26 PLANTS AND ANIMALS/The End Of That

27 BAT FOR LASHES/The Haunted Man

28 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS/Ghostory

29 TENNIS/Young & Old

30 WIN WIN/Double Vision

31 TANLINES/Mixed Emotions

32 JUNK CULTURE/Wild Quiet

33 DIAMOND RINGS/Free Dimensional

[troutman]

http://www.kexp.org/events/polls/End...tdown2012.aspx

KEXP will be counting down the top albums of 2012 according to our listeners! Vote for up to your top 20 favorites at KEXP.org now through Friday, December 21st.

My poll:
Mature Themes - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Kill for Love - Chromatics
Attack on Memory - Cloud Nothings
Swing Lo Magellan - Dirty Projectors
End of Daze - Dum Dum Girls
Major - Fang Island
Visions - Grimes
Shields - Grizzly Bear
Celebration Rock - Japandroids
Beams - Matthew Dear
Circles - Moon Duo
Silver Age - Mould, Bob
Shut Down The Streets - Newman, A.C.
Between the Times and the Tides - Ranaldo, Lee
Observator - Raveonettes, The
Researching the Blues - Redd Kross
Wrecking Ball - Springsteen, Bruce
Lonerism - Tame Impala
Heaven - Walkmen, The
Psychedelic Pill - Young, Neil & Crazy Horse

[troutman]

89.3 The Current (Minnesota):
Top 89 of 2012


http://minnesota.publicradio.org/rad...pecials/top89/

[macker]

Originally Posted by polak

I'm not going to lie... those lyrics are terrible.
#1 doesn't even make sense... A trianlge has three lines. He is talking about an angle.

A love triangle has 3 relationships all between 2 people within the group. Also consider that tesselate means to fit perfectly two or more identical shapes you will listen to this song with new ears that aren't the original shape and not symetrical.

[FanIn80]

What about the new self-titled album from Top Drawer Elastic Voodoo Machine Gangsters? I can't believe it's not on any of the lists.

[Ozy_Flame]

Anyone else going to Alexisonfire tonight? Farewell tour - Canada's favourite post-hardcore band is performing their last show in Calgary ever! I'm going to pound back a few and then hit the mosh pit. Any other CP'ers are welcome to join.

[iLoveLamp]

Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of the Year

Top 10:

10. Grizzly Bear - Shields
9. Death Grips - The Money Store
8. Chromatics - Kill For Love
7. Beach House - Bloom
6. Grimes - Visions
5. Swans - The Seer
4. Tame Impala - Lonerism
3. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
1. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city

[gargamel]

Why do so many of the best songs lists include Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen? Are they trying to be ironic, or am I missing something?

[polak]

Originally Posted by gargamel

Why do so many of the best songs lists include Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen? Are they trying to be ironic, or am I missing something?

I'm assuming the writers of theses list were sitting there humming a little tune and then realized what they were humming and decided it needed to make the cut.

It's catchy as all hell

[macker]

3 Favorite Christmas songs of 2012 :

Lumberjack Christmas : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9umo4h6Rm0

Silver & Gold : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3cfUolJxYg

Ding-A-Ling : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUwQP0-P0DI


Shelf life left is about 5-6 more days but going to play the heck out of them until then



Silver & Gold is a great Christmas album, 58 songs and most are very good!

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by troutman

3WK, 2012 Top Albums

http://www.3wk.com/

20 SHEARWATER/Animal Joy

Does anybody own this? I've purchased two of their earlier records this year and they are both probably in my top 5 that I've bought in the last 3 years or so. Fantastic stuff.

[Flame Of Liberty]

Originally Posted by gargamel

Why do so many of the best songs lists include Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen? Are they trying to be ironic, or am I missing something?

Because it's about as good as the rest of the rubbish on their list?

Dead Sara - Dead Sara as an album of the year for me.

[troutman]

The Best Albums of 2012

The Lowest-Scoring Albums of 2012

http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-2012

[troutman]

Artists give Pitchfork their best of 2012 lists:

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-...-best-of-2012/

[troutman]

CJSW’s Bests of 2012


http://cjsw.com/2013/01/06/cjsws-bests-of-2012/

[troutman]

Almost done editing . . .

2012 Vol. I

1 Only In My Dreams Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 3:13
2 Caught Me Thinking Bahamas 3:02
3 Last Of The Dead Wrong Things Bidiniband 4:43
4 Who David Byrne & St. Vincent 3:51
5 Burroughs Chelsea Light Moving 6:13
6 Kill For Love Chromatics 3:59
7 Fall In Cloud Nothings 3:17
8 Two Feet Stand Up Cookie Duster 4:04
9 Incapable Of Love Dexys 5:32
10 Runaway Love Diamond Rings 4:52
11 Just From Chevron Dirty Projectors 4:09
12 I Got Nothing Dum Dum Girls 3:18
13 Duquesne Whistle Bob Dylan 5:45
14 I'm Not The Same Without You Donald Fagen 4:33
15 Asunder Fang Island 5:15
16 The Lovers Aaron Freeman 4:25
17 New Wild Everywhere Great Lake Swimmers 3:49
18 Oblivion Grimes 4:11

[troutman]

Music That Matters, Vol. 338 - The Year In Lists
http://kexp.org/podcasting/podcasting.asp

Tracklist:
1. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
2. Bob Mould - The Descent
3. John K. Samson - When I Write My Master's Thesis
4. The Wedding Present - You Jane
5. Redd Kross - Stay Away from Downtown
6. Rah Rah - Art & A Wife
7. JD McPherson - North Side Gal
8. Kishi Bashi - Bright Whites
9. Fly Moon Royalty - The Birthday Song
10. Deep Sea Diver - You Go Running
11. TheeSatisfaction - QueenS
12. Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger
13. Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
14. Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
15. Alabama Shakes - Hold On
16. The Tallest Man On Earth - 1904
17. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
18. Shovels & Rope - Birmingham
19. Beach House - Lazuli
20. Hammock - (Leaving) The House Where We Grew Up
21. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love

[troutman]

2012 Vol. II

1 Breathing Underwater Metric 3:58
2 Circles Moon Duo 3:47
3 Encyclopedia Of Classic Takedowns A.C. Newman 4:01
4 Amen/Gangway Night Committee 3:54
5 The End Of That Plants And Animals 4:06
6 Fineshrine Purity Ring 3:31
7 Art & A Wife Rah Rah 3:23
8 Off The Wall Lee Ranaldo 3:06
9 Till The End Raveonettes 3:19
10 We Take Care Of Our Own Bruce Springsteen 3:55
11 Grot St. Vincent 5:07
12 The Theory Of Relativity Stars 4:28
13 Lunacy Swans 6:10
14 Mind Mischief Tame Impala 4:33
15 Walk Like A Giant Neil Young & Crazy Horse 16:31
16 Stairway Yukon Blonde 3:22