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Started 5 months ago by Rocknrolloutlaws
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Rocknrolloutlaws
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It's that time again. I was going to leave it up to someone else to start this year's retrospective discussion of music. But it hasn't happened yet, and I'm always interested in hearing what everyone else has been listening to over the past 12 months.

So here it goes. Here are my picks for the year, listed in no particular order. These are the albums that I found myself listening to over and over again this past year:

1. The Washington Beach Bums -- Party!
2. Japandroids -- Celebration Rock
3. Gentleman Jesse -- Leaving Atlanta
4. Heartless Bastards -- Arrow
5. Connections -- Private Airplane
6. Terry Malts -- Killing Time
7. Killer Mike -- R.A.P. Music
8. Ty Segall -- Twins
9. High on Fire -- De Vermis Mysteriis
10. Dinosaur Jr. -- I Bet on Sky

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Mister Shifter
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In no order, but Alt-J's album was my overall favorite.

01. Alt J - An Awesome Wave
02. Tanlines - Mixed Emotions
03. Joey Bada$$ - 1999
04. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, M.A.A.d city
05. Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE
06. Vacationer - Gone
07. Tame Impala - Lonerism
08. Beach House - Bloom
09. Grizzly Bear - Shields
10. Chromatics - Kill For Love

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ChrisSunami
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I always hate to admit it, but my collection has been singles-driven since the dawn of the iTunes era. If I do buy an album it's usually been out for a while. So here's my favorite singles of last year.

NOTE: Topping my list this year is a local band that I learned about here on CU, LVX:

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1. LVX - Nature vs Nurture
2. Muse - Madness
3. Norah Jones - If the Law Don't Want You
4. BADBADNOTGOOD - UWM
5. Alabama Shakes - Hold On
6. Kishi Bashi - Bright Whites
7. Dr Dog - Lonesome
8. Brandi Carlile - Hard Way Home
9. Dr John - Kingdom of Izzness
10. Macy Gray - Teenagers

I don't think anything made my all time list this year, although Madness may yet make the cut.

I also want to mention a few great cuts that technically came out last year, but that I only discovered this year:

1. Golden Brown - Jolly Boys
2. Seven Nation Army - Ben L'Oncle Soul
3. Somebody That I Used To Know - Goyte

It's worth mentioning the Jolly Boys --they are the last living representatives of a style of music called mento that actually predated and gave birth to reggae. Here's their version of the Stranglers' classic ode to heroin.

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Mister Shifter
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I tried to edit my post but it's been too long.

2012 seemed to be quite a quiet and/or tepid year for quality music releases, relatively speaking.

Sure there were a few great albums and songs, it just seems that many of the recent years past have been more memorable.

I also sadly left out Caspian's 'Waking Season'. Post-Rock unfortunately gets overshadowed at times due to the lack of a vocalist. This album really hit me in the feels though. Impressive stuff.

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Rocknrolloutlaws
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I'm going to throw in a mention for the new The People's Temple album, More for the Masses. Technically a 2012 release, Hozac, their label, has had trouble getting the record pressed and released. So it's not clear if the album will actually make it out before the calendar switches over.

But, the label released the digital download. And while I haven't gotten the vinyl in hand yet, I've been grooving (in the truest sense of the word) to the new album.

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ChrisSunami
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Mister Shifter said:
2012 seemed to be quite a quiet and/or tepid year for quality music releases, relatively speaking.

I know what you mean. When I went through my collection to see what I bought this year that actually came out in 2012, there was hardly anything that really demanded heavy rotation.

I do want to add another local song to my list however. I'm a big fan of Miller-Kelton's 200ColumbUS ditty "Parsons Avenue". (I missed it for my above list because it doesn't have a release date listed in iTunes.)

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Mister Shifter
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Relevant - http://www.flavorwire.com/357103/stereotyping-you-by-your-favorite-album-of-2012

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Briana Henry
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That Frank Ocean album is like really really really really good.

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dru
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@rocknrolloutlaws thanks for starting the annual thread.

my list of favorites includes:
Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool
Deep Sea Arcade – Outlands
DIIV – Oshin
Eternal Summers – Correct Behavior
Lower Dens – Nootropics
Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend
Raveonettes- Observator
School of Seven Bells – Ghostory
Simian Ghost – Youth
Tamaryn – Tender New Signs

i'll concur with the idea that there weren't too many albums that blew me away this year, and I probably found and listened to more things I missed in 2011. there are some singles being released late this year that have me excited about 2013.

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ChrisSunami
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Mister Shifter said:
Relevant - http://www.flavorwire.com/357103/stereotyping-you-by-your-favorite-album-of-2012

I tried to reverse their process to see if there was anything I should be listening to that I missed. The only description I really matched was for "Godspeed You! Black Emperor" but I think that one's a miss. I suspect the David Byrne and the Bobby Womack albums might be better bets for me, even if I'm not an exact "match".

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phaedrus
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These are my tops from 2012:

The Men _ Open your Heart
Cloud Nothings _ Attack on Memory
Diiv _ Oshin
Tame Impala _ Lonerism
Father John Misty _ Fear fun
The Shins _ Port of morrow
Can _ The Lost Tapes

Here are a few that I was late to the party on but had received heavy listening this year:

Real Estate _ Days
The War on Drugs _ Slave Ambient
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr _ It’s a corporate world

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staindson7
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2012 Tops:
Florence & the Machine-Ceremonials-#1-brilliant!!
Morning Parade-self titled
Animal Kingdom-Looking Away
TanLines-Mixed Emotions
Santigold-Master of my Make Believe
Fiona Apple-The Idler Wheel is wiser...
The Raveonettes-Observator
Goyte-Making Mirrors
Civil Twilight-Holy Weather
Garbage-Not your Kind of People

Worth mentioning releases this year: don't judge!
The Lumineers, Alanis Morisette, Pet Shop Boys, Aimmee Mann, Frank Ocean, Madonna, Nicki Minaj,Sinead O'Connor

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Mister Shifter
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If EP's count, Mansions on the Moon's 'Lightyears' would fit somewhere in my top 3.

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osulew
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Ok...here goes. I have 11. I couldn't cut one. I tried, but I couldn't. AND YOU GUYS CAN'T MAKE ME!!!! :)
These are in no particular order, but Alt-j and The xx are my very very very faves.
1. alt-j: An Awesome Wave
2. The xx: Coexist
3. Lord Huron: Lonesome Dreams
4. Father John Misty: Fear Fun
5. Grizzly Bear: Shields
6. Tame Impala: Lonerism
7. Purity Ring: Shrines
8. Beach House: Bloom
9. Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memory
10. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan
11. Wild Nothing: Nocturne

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osulew
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Mister Shifter said:
If EP's count, Mansions on the Moon's 'Lightyears' would fit somewhere in my top 3.

They played in 2011 at the venue I stage manage for MidPoint Music Fest. They were awesome. They played right before Beat Connection. This reminds me that I liked Beat Connection's new album this year too...but not nearly as much as their first. :)

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melikecheese
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staindson7 said:
2012 Tops:
Florence & the Machine-Ceremonials-#1-brilliant!!

This was released in 2011 - Wonderful album anyway.

I only have a few on my short list this year, based on what I purchased and heard.

UFO Club - S/T
Tame Impala - Lonerism
MMOSS - Only Children

The Shins album can probably be included, very nice surprise from them.

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Kbear919
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Its been a while...

10 Great Albums of 2012

Perfume Genius- Put Your Back N 2 It
John Talabot- fin
Sharon Van Etten-Tramp
Stars- The North
Portico Quartet- Self-Titled
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Karriem Riggins- Alone Together
Japandroids- Celebration Rock
Hot Chip- In Our Heads
Ondatrópica- Self-Titled

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tonywok
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2012 was indeed another wonderful year for music. Lots of good Columbus shows too!

Anywho, here's my list:

1. Sleeping Bag - Women of Your Life
2. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
3. Tame Impala - Lonerism
4. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
5. The Walkmen - Heaven
6. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
7. Beach House - Bloom
8. Captain Murphey - Duality
9. King Tuff - s/t
10. DIIV - Ohshin
11. Animal Collective - Cenitpede Hz
12. Andrew Bird - Break it Yourself
13. Ty Segall & White Fence - Hair
14. Mac Demarco - 2
15. Grizzly Bear - Shields
16. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
17. The Men - Open Your Heart
18. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
19. White Lung - sorry
20. Champagne Champagne - Private Party

Woohoo!!!

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washley
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1. Metric - Synthetica
2. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal
3. Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
4. Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe
5. Lana Del Rey - Paradise
6. ZZ Ward - Til the Casket Drops
7. Passion Pit - Gossamer
8. The Regrettes - Don't Talk Back
9. Ellie Goulding - Halcyon
10. Purity Ring - Shrines

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ExileOn6thSt
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I actually heard a lot of new music that I liked this year, but these are the ones that will likely be in my rotation for a while into the future...

1. Beach House - Bloom
2. The Walkmen - Heaven
3. Beth Orton - Sugaring Season
4. JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers
5. Jamey Johnson - Living For A Song

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