Montag, 14. Jan 2013, 6:35
NOTE: This is by play count only, and including only 2012 records that I listened that year.
15. Wild Nothing - Nocturne
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Released 28/8/2012
Played 84 times
My yearly fix of this kind of stuff. It's worth mentioning that Wild Nothing beat Beach House, The xx, and Lotus Plaza by just a few scrobbles.
14. Grimes - Visions
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Released 21/2/2012
Played 84 times
Well, if you _must_ do the club thing…
13. Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
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Released 4/9/2012
Played 85 times
While most people have been raving about the awesome Clear Moon, I've found myself coming back more to the aggressive little sister.
12. DIIV - Oshin
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Released 26/6/2012
Played 90 times
Okay, some more of this kind of stuff for those dreamy moments.
11. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - ALLELUJAH! DON'T BEND! ASCEND!
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Released 16/10/2012
Played 97 times
Pure genius. Transcends rock.
10. Pepe Deluxé - Queen Of The Wave
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Released 30/1/2012
Played 104 times
Dat groove, dem textures. Saw them live, still can't believe they're Finnish.
9. Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
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Released 29/8/2012
Played 132 times
Ridiculously (over)anticipated. The pre-album live gig tryouts worked awesomely, but… this feels too college-y and one-dimensional. And I'm a HUGE fan.
8. Sigur Rós - Valtari
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Released 23/5/2012
Played 136 times
Also a big wait. Didn't offer anything new, so not a big stick. I did travel to Iceland (aka the most amazing country in the world) during the summer, which probably explains a large percentage of the scrobbles…
7. Mirrorring - Foreign Body
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Released 19/3/2012
Played 137 times
One of the BIG obsessions of 2012. Absolutely brilliant.
6. Gonjasufi - MU.ZZ.LE
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Released 24/1/2012
Played 137 times
An anticipated (again) follow up to 2010's marvellous A Sufi and a Killer. And this succeeded nicely. Great mixtape for iPodding on foreign lands, or toking in the desert.
5. Deerhoof - Breakup Song
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Released 24/9/2012
Played 139 times
This is what you want from an indie group with a long history and a large back catalogue. Distinctive, intensive, and conquering new grounds.
4. Metz - Metz
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Released 15/10/2012
Played 142 times
Hit like a million volts. Post-grunge is the new black?
3. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
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Released 10/7/2012
Played 151 times
While a definite success on its own right, it didn't become an obsession like the 2009 genius Bitte Orca.
2. Julia Holter - Ekstasis
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Released 12/3/2012
Played 155 times
She's brilliant. If you like Owen Pallett and lived under the rock in 2012, RUN and check her out. Others can walk in an orderly manner.
1. Tame Impala - Lonerism
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Released 8/10/2012
Played 170 times
Apparently, this was a hard album to make. Proof that it pays off to not give up. InnerSpeaker already got me, after which I saw them live both in Paris and Berlin. I would have NEVER thought that excitement could've been one-upped. Deserved #1.
Honourable mentions (aka what I discovered too late in the year, in alphabetical order)
- Belbury Poly - The Belbury Tales
- Exitmusic - Passage
- Goat - World Music
- Liars - WIXIW
- Micachu and the Shapes - Never
- Shawn Lee - Synthesizers in Space
Created using OnDistantShores's Album Of The Year journal generator.