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Which records should be on everyone's MUST HEAR list before they make their albums of 2012 list?

sean [Edit] [Delete] 164 replies 10:55 September 22nd, 2012

Gonna limit myself to three:

Chromatics - Kill for Love
Rewards more and more with every listen. It's the perfect headphones album.
https://soundcloud.com/johnnyjewel/chromatics-kill-for-love-album

FOE - Bad Dream Hotline
As British debut albums go, this brash blast of brat-rock is everything a slightly eccentric HELLO should be.
http://open.spotify.com/album/1ISlTfNT8z74YCjHVeT5wW

YPPAH - Eighty One
I think Jordan Dowling bigged this up to me. Sort of made me think of a Radio Dept going a little post-dubstep as it has this slightly tweet-shoegaze slant to its epic dance-throbbing. Sort of M83 gone Scandi-pop at times too (which I realise is sort of saying the same thing). Played a few tracks when I've been DJing and people instantly come up to ask what it is, which is always a good sign.
http://open.spotify.com/album/2UIU05VdHG9isZKq2ZZygA

I'd also say: Blondes, School of Seven Bells, Chairlift, CFCF, Halls (out in October), Eight and a Half, Exitmusic, Sharon Van Etten, Blood Red Shoes, Bear in Heaven, Correatown (which only heard for the first time this week after Lauren Laverne bigged it up), Liars, Yeasayer (was a strangely muted reaction to this, but it takes a few listens), Efterklang, Metric, Polica, Cat Power, Twin Shadow, Keaton Henson, David's Lyre, Shearwater, Errors...

Plenty more recommendations from DiS here: http://drownedinsound.com/lists/recommended-records and a lot of replies coming in to this question on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151112738413145&id=19343183144

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sean | 22 Sep '12, 11:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

this'd this
Albums of 2012

Chromatics: Kill for Love
First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar
dEUS: Following Sea

I will go through my collection and post more titles this afternoon.

Quadran | 22 Sep '12, 11:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Well it's funny you should ask...
  
  I'm not sure what I'd suggest. Have lots of records I like a lot (FOTL, Swans, El-P, Hot Chip, PiL, Orbital, Beak>, The Chap, Can, Holy Mountai, Death Grips, Curren$y, RM Hubbert, Liars, Human don't be angry, run walk, Twin Shadow) but the one that I find I'm constantly revisiting is Aesop Rock's 'Skelethon'.
  
  Still got very little idea what 90% of the lyrics are about but am addicted to all the little intricacies in the backing music and his general flow. I really hope more people pick itup a give it a chance.
  
  vamos | 22 Sep '12, 11:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sean and Kyle_ this'd this
  - Just given Zero Dark Thirty a listen
    
    really like that. Gonna check Aesop Rock out I think.
    
    shucks @vamos | 22 Sep '12, 11:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - It's really great. I found both El-P and Killer Mike easier to get into,
      
      but now I've digested them all properly, Aesop Rock's probably the best of the three.
      
      medulla @shucks | 22 Sep '12, 11:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      vamos this'd this
      - Yeah I thought R.A.P. Music was ace, top album.
        
        Not given El-P a listen yet, will look into his stuff as well.
        
        shucks @medulla | 22 Sep '12, 12:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The El-P album is good, yeah.
        
        TheoGB @shucks | 22 Sep '12, 12:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- okay
  
  Debo Band
  Swans - The Seer
  Corin Tucker Band - Kill My Blues
  John Talabot - Fin
  Horseback - Half-Blood
  
  Cloud Nothings, obv. but everyone's heard that, yeah?
  
  TheoGB | 22 Sep '12, 11:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sean this'd this
  - Ta, didn't know Corin Tucker had a new record out!
    
    thecrikster @TheoGB | 26 Sep '12, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - The Seer is certainly going on my list.
    
    Ichor @TheoGB | 26 Sep '12, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Agree totally with
  
  Foe and Yppah (Film Burn is an amazing track), my two favourite albums this year are alt-j and Polica.
  
  Here are 2 great albums that were not reviewed by DiS
  
  Lilacs & Champagne - s/t The producing-team behind Grails, Alex Hall and Emil Amos http://open.spotify.com/album/5ko1PYf4k4QWtcKg19ly0L
  
  Broadcaster feat. Peggy Seeger - Folksploitation Dance/electronic producer Broadcaster with vocals from 77 year old American Folk legend Peggy Seeger (Widow of Ewan Maccoll) http://open.spotify.com/album/2pIe6eNLTg9AaRyq3xz3pe Especially check out first time ever
  
  larome | 22 Sep '12, 11:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Also
  
  Orbital - Wonky
  Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
  Jessie Ware - Devotion
  Ultravox - Brilliant
  Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
  mind.in.a.box - Revelations
  Toy - Toy
  Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters - Underrated Silence
  Ladyhawke - Anxiety
  
  deep-blue | 22 Sep '12, 11:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - That Toy record it was a really good surprise
    
    cronenberg @deep-blue | 30 Sep '12, 12:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    dcnuman and Lililololaure this'd this
- The
  
  Woodpecker Wooliams album although it hasn't been reviewed on DiS has got incredible review across the board mostly and although I'm biased it's easily my favorite and most listened to album of the year.
  
  Woodpecker Wooliams - The Bird School of Being Human
  
  Is up on Spotify now.
  
  Anthonyc | 22 Sep '12, 11:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Camaceron1 this'd this
- There have been so many good albums this year.
  
  Death Grips
  Action Bronson
  Animal Collective
  El-P
  Aesop Rock
  Killer Mike
  Dirty Projectors
  Burial's EP
  Purity Ring
  Exit Music
  Polica
  Xiu Xiu
  Holy Other
  WHY?
  Young Magic
  
  medulla | 22 Sep '12, 11:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- well for me, records of the year must be
  
  swans - the seer
  carter tutti void - transverse (suprised more people havent fallen in love with it)
  motion sickness of time travel - s/t. i think it's one of the strongest ambient releases of the last few years. i'd say on the same standard as emeralds last (which was AOTY here)
  and of course wixiw by liars. probably their strongest release after DND
  burial - kindred ep.
  
  matthewdrury | 22 Sep '12, 12:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I really find the CTVoid album interesting
    
    But rarely find myself wanting to digest the whole thing at once. It does deserve a bit more coverage though.
    
    vamos @matthewdrury | 22 Sep '12, 12:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - yeah, I find it so overwhelming, can't even decide if I like it or am just experiencing it.
      
      sean @vamos | 22 Sep '12, 12:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Motion Sickness of Time Travel
    
    that record is exceptional. Definitely gonna in the upper echelons of the DiS list this year I reckon. Anyone who loved the Julia Holter record, but hasn't heard this should really give it a go http://motionsicknessoftimetravel.bandcamp.com/album/motion-sickness-of-time-travel
    
    sean @matthewdrury | 22 Sep '12, 12:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Interesting you say that...
      
      no one has actually nominated the Julia Holter album. In my top 5 this year.
      
      wonton @sean | 24 Sep '12, 12:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Well, The Money Store looks a dead-cert to feature heavily in end of year lists
  
  so I guess that's one people 'should' give a spin before the list making commences.
  
  Big fan of Yppah, bought Eighty One on the spur of the moment 'cos I was bored and saw Jordan's thread on here.
  
  DanielKelly | 22 Sep '12, 12:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - WHEN YOU COME OUT YOUR SHIT IS GONE
    
    shucks @DanielKelly | 22 Sep '12, 12:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    FWBTS, El_Goodo, vamos, and DanielKelly this'd this
- Torche - Harmonicraft
  
  is currently my favourite album of 2012. It's bright, uplifting, full of heavy riffs, punk elements and sludgy-pop.
  
  shucks | 22 Sep '12, 12:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- `Gonna limit myself to 3` *names 25*
  
  Good work Sean.
  
  WhiteLightWhiteCity | 22 Sep '12, 12:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - highlighted three
    
    shared some more that people have probably already checked out due to DiS coverage, chatter on here, etc... :-p
    
    sean @WhiteLightWhiteCity | 22 Sep '12, 12:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- apologies in advance
  
  Beak - >>
  
  I didn't expect to really engage with this, but there's an off-centre eerieness, a compelling sense of unease; it's propulsive like a HAZMAT-suited, jeep-bound inspection of the sunny off-white wasteland of an abandoned biochemical research site, a deceptive calm with death all-pervasive but invisible in the air.
  
  KTL - V
  
  there's no mistaking the goings on here for anything less than skin-prickling horror and cold sweat lucid nightmares in the domain of pure psychosis.
  
  again, so much more than I expected;gaping crevasses of coruscating stillness, the ungodly singing of some great gothic mansion's unknowable dimensions, possessed by the manifestation of mankind's potential for evil.
  
  Mirrorring - Foreign Body
  
  yeah, this is really great and all. the heightened, heady immersion of a summer night in bloom, drifting through the perfumed air, a trip backwards through time on the branes of of piqued senses.
  
  incandenza_ | 22 Sep '12, 12:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Alt-J and Polica are the only two I'd stand by right now...
  
  But I suspect that I'll be loving How to Dress Well, the XX and Stealing Sheep before the end of the year...
  
  Sloame_Ocean | 22 Sep '12, 12:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  larome this'd this
- FRANK OCEAN CHANNEL ORANGE
  
  jesus christ, people
  
  georgiabeth | 22 Sep '12, 13:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antelope this'd this
  - no
    
    don't like it.
    
    might have just felt a bit too stressed when I listened, but it made me want to break things. like my earphones.
    
    incandenza_ @georgiabeth | 22 Sep '12, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - yeah alright Frank
      
      life is really excellent for you SHUT UP FRANK.
      
      incandenza_ @incandenza_ | 22 Sep '12, 13:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I think you ' ll find on
        
        second listen that it's not that wonderful a life for Frank.
        
        Lililololaure @incandenza_ | 24 Nov '12, 23:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - i've listened to it about 200 times
      
      it's perfect
      
      georgiabeth @incandenza_ | 22 Sep '12, 13:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - it's probably alright
        
        I just haven't given it a chance.
        
        incandenza_ @georgiabeth | 22 Sep '12, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - chanel
    
    chickenbones @georgiabeth | 22 Sep '12, 19:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - definitely not
    
    furio @georgiabeth | 3 Nov '12, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- sic alps
  
  shrewbie | 22 Sep '12, 13:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Killer Mike
  
  and Tigercats
  
  guntrip | 22 Sep '12, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh god
  
  and the Sun Araw/Congos/Gengras one is so good.
  
  and Zammuto and both Mount Eerie and Perfume Genius.
  
  incandenza_ | 22 Sep '12, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - actually
    
    when I think about it (or go purely with my heart), 'Put Your Back N 2 It' is an easy winner.
    
    all his songs sound roughly the same (you have a split between the floatier and more grounded ones, but it's two sides of the same coin), and still yet the it never seems like sounds formulaic due its pathos and grace.
    
    it's also deceptively simple music; unaffected and real, but neither clichéd or shallow. it's his own take on that Galaxie 500 trick, piano in place of guitar, where no one else could sit down with the same chords and create the same beauty. alchemy of sorts.
    
    incandenza_ @incandenza_ | 22 Sep '12, 18:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    dave9cakes, automatik, SCROTUM, and Cataclysm_mop this'd this
    - and still yet the it
      
      incandenza_ @incandenza_ | 22 Sep '12, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - ...
        
        that paragraph >_<
        
        and yet it never sounds formulaic due to its pathos and grace.
        
        incandenza_ @incandenza_ | 22 Sep '12, 18:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Put Your Back N 2 It remains my favourite album of the year.
    
    I imagine it'll still be there at Christmas. Amazed it keeps getting missed off these lists for so long.
    
    automatik @incandenza_ | 23 Sep '12, 21:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- These:
  
  Death grips
  Liars
  Perfume Genius
  Killer Mike
  Black Breath
  The Walkmen
  Simian Mobile Disco
  JJ DOOM
  Torche
  Agalloch
  Sun Araw, M. Gedde Gengras, The Congos
  
  FWBTS | 22 Sep '12, 15:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Laurel Halo - Quarantine
  
  Jam City - Classical Curves
  
  millionaire | 22 Sep '12, 15:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Joseph_SP this'd this
- Some not mentioned
  
  VCMG - SSSS
  I'm kind of surprised how this has passed by with little comment. I know a few people who thought it was great, but all seem to have forgotten about it already. I reckon it's great.
  
  Grimes - Visions
  I know this one splits opinion. I've played it to death, and it is starting to wear a little now. Also, I saw her at The Arches and was left disappointed. Still, an album worth listening to as it'll be in all the press lists somewhere.
  
  Admiral Fallow - Tree Bursts in Snow
  I liked this one, though not as much as 'Boots Met My Face'. It has grown on me though and it won't be on many peoples AOTY lists, but it's worth a wee listen I think.
  
  mfmcd57 | 22 Sep '12, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I was entirely disappointed by that VCMG album. I checked it out 'cause The Quietus were bigging it up loads, but I just couldn't get into it.
    
    FWBTS @mfmcd57 | 22 Sep '12, 17:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Still the first track Lowly is amazing
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mftogj-eS0
      
      deep-blue @FWBTS | 22 Sep '12, 19:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Bendy bass surely
        
        Lililololaure @deep-blue | 24 Nov '12, 22:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Grimes is currently my No. 1
    
    Played to death, still adore it.
    
    funkycow @mfmcd57 | 24 Sep '12, 13:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    El_Goodo and robellovich this'd this
- Well either Actress R.I.P.
  
  Or Mount Eerie - Clear Moon (already mentioned)
  
  The new Flying Lotus is one I have to listen to for sure. Loved by many already.
  
  wonton | 22 Sep '12, 18:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Mystical Sun - 26000. Best album I`ve heard in years.
  Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - S/T
  Stephen Hummel - Meld
  Nothing But Noise - Not Bleeding Red
  Module - Imagineering
  Cymophane - S/T
  Kilowatts - Acceptitude
  
  DriftingSkeleton | 22 Sep '12, 19:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - What album do you think I should check first (more instant)? Never heard of any of these artists.
    
    deep-blue @DriftingSkeleton | 22 Sep '12, 19:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Meld, Imagineering and possibly Acceptitude. They`re all on Bandcamp.
    
    DriftingSkeleton @DriftingSkeleton | 22 Sep '12, 19:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Thanks
      
      deep-blue @DriftingSkeleton | 22 Sep '12, 19:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Grizzly Bear - Shields (my AOTY so far)
  
  japandroids - celebration rock
  the walkmen - heaven
  lotus plaza - spooky action at a distance
  liars - wixiw
  animal collective - centipede hz
  
  rich-t | 22 Sep '12, 19:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Tramp
  
  Beautiful, heart breaking, powerful. Plus, live she's ace
  
  Plus I like Beach House - not saying its AOTY but deserves an honourable mention at least, and no-one here's going to mention it(awaits derision)
  
  dave9cakes | 22 Sep '12, 19:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sean and bokonon this'd this
- Shackleton - Music for the Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organs
  
  Petar Dundov - Ideas from the Pond
  Ukkonen - The Isolated Rhythms of Ukkonen
  Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
  Dustin Wong - Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads
  
  Steved | 22 Sep '12, 19:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  jimitheexploder this'd this
  - I second Damien Jurado!
    
    Pale-eyedBadger @Steved | 23 Sep '12, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Thirded,
      
      My album of the year.
      
      silverfoxqpr @Pale-eyedBadger | 24 Sep '12, 12:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- My favorite of the year
  
  is probably Matthew E. White - Big Inner
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj7J4x1Qv1A
  
  underwhelmed | 23 Sep '12, 10:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- TINDERSTICKS!
  
  Jordan_229_2 | 23 Sep '12, 11:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  twentynine, HumanDog, kostenurky, and _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
  - we're rapidly sounding like a broken record in a forgotten corner of DIS-world
    
    but we're right
    
    kostenurky @Jordan_229_2 | 25 Sep '12, 00:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I have a real issue with the monologue in 'Chocolate'
      
      there's an unbearably precious/fastidious way in which the guy details the story - 'brown paper and string-wrapped parcels', 'china cups of camp (?) coffee and plates of custard creams', 'two bottles of Holsten Pils', 'she made us proper hot chocolate, not the instant shit you get from a machine' - that sets my teeth on edge.
      
      it reads really nicely, and the story is brilliant, but I swear I can hear the lint on his fucking cardigan.
      
      I mean, it's no wonder this guy got seduced by a transvestite. Staples does spoken word with graceful grit, tempering his bleeding heart with a noirish, manly deadpan; he'd never get into that kind of mess.
      
      the music is grand, and the rest of the album is excellent. getting past that 'Chocolate' without cringeing myself into a singularity is the problem.
      
      incandenza_ @kostenurky | 26 Sep '12, 21:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      sunstroke_house this'd this
      - couldn't...
        
        agree more. love the record but that track is nauseatingly twee.
        
        sunstroke_house @incandenza_ | 24 Nov '12, 22:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Limiting myself to one for IMPACT
  
  HUNDRED WATERS. Subtle electronics, layered percussion, beautiful vocals etc...
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qk0AhHGbUU
  
  eagleminded | 23 Sep '12, 11:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Inez Lightfoot ~ Three Weaving At the Well [Biological Radio]
  
  Pretty sure her upcoming LP for digitalis will turn a lot of heads, but this little cassette has really been doing it for me and should really gather more attention.
  RIYL: Julia Holter, Folky stuff.
  http://inezlightfoot.bandcamp.com/album/three-weaving-at-the-well
  
  Bernardino Femminielli ~ Double Invitation [Desire]
  
  This isn't out properly yet I don't think but i've had it for a bit and have been listening to it at least once a day. Somewhere between super cheesy and beautiful, the youtube below is from his 'Sprezzatura' cassette from last year and gives you a clue of what to expect once the drums and his italian whispers kick in.
  RIYL: John Maus, Italo-disco, the drive soundtrack/Chromatics, swooning.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85xP5yAogfQ
  
  Dont ~ AR005 [Atelier]
  
  Really wonderfully messed up post-punk from Berlin, the guys Norwegian (i think?) drawl suits the messy technoid sound so well.
  RIYL: This industrial revival thats going on at the minute with guys like Factory Floor, Carter Tutti Void et al.
  http://hardwax.com/66179/dont/ar-005/
  
  Villalobos ~ Dependant & Happy [Perlon]
  
  The best thing Ricardo has put to a record in a fair while, some incredibly beautiful and kicking bits without losing any of his own weird sound.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FWHpCbqM18
  
  Nina Kraviz - Nina Kraviz [Rekids]
  
  Just.. really gorgeous downtempo House, it's got this beautiful sanguine quality to it~ there's been an awful lot made of the fact the album is made by an (undoubtedly) good looking woman, but it uses space very well and has a lovely softness to it.
  RIYL: Uh, I can't really bring anything to mind.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzvPbmEq6ds
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXauiygSSA8
  
  E_H_Gombreak | 23 Sep '12, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- YPPAH and FOE
  
  still 2 of my favourite releases from this year, I'm glad my initial reaction of being underwhelmed from FOEs release was short lived as it's a really good & heavily pop influenced Rock record & it probably does it better then anyone else in recent memory.
  
  Yesiamaduck | 23 Sep '12, 13:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sean and pieces_of_reece this'd this
  - YPPAH et FOE
    
    encore deux de mes versions préférées de cette année, je suis heureux que ma première réaction d'être déçue de l'album de FOE a été de courte durée car c'est un disque rock vraiment bon et très pop influencée et il le fait sans doute mieux que quiconque dans l'histoire récente.
    
    Ouijesuisuncanard @Yesiamaduck | 25 Sep '12, 17:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Goat - World Music
  
  Is an absolute surprise top 3 entry for me. weird and wonderful in equal measure, best use of wah wah ive heard in decades.
  
  Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi - Imikuzushi
  a difficult first listen album but after repeated listens it makes sense.
  
  Ahleuchatistas - Heads Full Of Poison
  Great follow up to last years Location, Location.
  
  Mutilation Rites - Empyrean
  This years Tombs/Liturgy-esque BM.
  
  ClamingToBeOnTele | 23 Sep '12, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Please don't use the term post-dubstep.
  
  It's awful and doesn't make any sense.
  
  SarcasticFringehead | 23 Sep '12, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm not a fan of all these neologisms and sub-genres
    
    But post-dubstep does make sense to me, in the same way that post-rock does (more so, really). Music that employs a lot of the same distinctive sounds and hallmarks of dubstep but in a... quieter way I guess.
    
    automatik @SarcasticFringehead | 23 Sep '12, 21:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Quite a few.
  
  I've loved new albums from Cloud Nothings, Alt-J, Actress, Hot Chip, Perfume Genius, Twin Shadow, Django Django and Flying Lotus.
  
  Wasted_Days | 23 Sep '12, 18:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  El_Goodo this'd this
- Doldrums’ Egypt EP was the best thing I’d heard until FlyLo came along.
  
  http://soundcloud.com/doldrumss
  
  Ryat’s up there as well on the Brainfeeder front: http://soundcloud.com/ryat/howl
  
  And I imagine Metz (In Utero/Jesus Lizard/No Age/Les Savy Fav) and Daphni (dancey Caribou side-project) will do well with you lot, as they’re fucking ace:
  
  Metz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGF3qH1FOfc&feature=fvwrel
  
  Daphni - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKFX-i2F4ec&feature=fvsr
  
  whatisthewhat | 23 Sep '12, 18:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Top 3 so far.
  
  Chairlift
  How To Dress Well
  Divine Fits
  
  Bear In Heaven just missing out.
  
  fellover | 23 Sep '12, 18:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Hmmm
    
    1. Perfume Genius
    2. Grimes
    3. Jens Lekman
    
    Listening to that Chromatics record for the first time, quite liking this.
    
    automatik @fellover | 23 Sep '12, 21:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- My 3
  
  mewithoutYou - Ten Stories
  Wonderful kinda concept album about a circus train crash in the late 1800's. A mix of their rock and folky sides with brilliant melody and lyrics.
  
  Japandroids - Celebration Rock
  Heard them mentioned on here a lot but didn't know what they sounded like so I checked them out and it turns out they've made the best Hold Steady album since Boys and Girls in America. And by that I mean a record full of classic rock party anthems about drinking and being young.
  
  The Crimea - Square Moon
  Finally released it's a fantasic double album of quirky indie folky pop with great lyrics and gregorian chanting. Prob the best songwriters in Britain today.
  
  NickDS | 23 Sep '12, 20:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  bokonon this'd this
- If you haven't heard The Seer you might as well be listening to nothing.
  
  The pure syrup nectar of human filth and squalor. Gira's finest hour, and perhaps humanity's as well, at least, until we return to the primordial ooze.
  
  also:
  Laurel Halo - Quarantine.
  Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - S/T.
  
  Luis_Carruthers | 23 Sep '12, 21:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  matthewdrury this'd this
  - Goes on a bit
    
    automatik @Luis_Carruthers | 23 Sep '12, 21:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    shakerwors, wonton, sean, and incandenza_ this'd this
  - I'll give it another go but...
    
    I usually try and give something like this the benefit of the doubt musically because many people claim it to be a work of art. But its just a slog sometimes.
    
    wonton @Luis_Carruthers | 24 Sep '12, 12:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    automatik, Lililololaure, and justanothersheeldz this'd this
- a few that jump to mind
  
  Alabama Shakes
  Bruce Springsteen
  Spiritualized
  Beach House
  Chromatics
  Tame Impala
  Swans
  Menomena
  Lotus Plaza
  Fresh & Onlys
  
  PaintyCanNed | 24 Sep '12, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- off the top of my head
  
  Shearwater, AU, El-P, Sharon Van Etten, School of Seven Bells
  
  brusma | 24 Sep '12, 13:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ooh, and Echo Lake
    
    brusma @brusma | 24 Sep '12, 13:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- A Whisper in the noise - to forget
  Orcas - Orcas
  Geographer - Myth
  Trst - Trust
  Purity Ring - Shrines
  Humans - Traps
  
  imho | 24 Sep '12, 13:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- one that isn't getting mentioned:
  
  Collection 1 by Friendzone
  
  'Cloud rap' instrumentals or whatever, kinda like Clams Casino but softer. Main Attraktionz use a lot of their stuff. It's real good though.
  
  SCROTUM | 24 Sep '12, 13:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - also even though it's semi-compilation status, PINK by Four Tet
    
    that's fucking excellent
    
    SCROTUM @SCROTUM | 24 Sep '12, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    dacbo this'd this
    - & final one that has yet to be covered: Royal Headache's s/t
      
      re-released from last year but boy, it's a killer 27m package. highly recommended for fans of brevity, garage rock and a strong vocal presence
      
      SCROTUM @SCROTUM | 24 Sep '12, 13:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      PaintyCanNed and sunstroke_house this'd this
- ^ those three ^
  
  are in addition to Flying Lotus, Burial, Perfume Genius, Cloud Nothings, John Talabot, Killer Mike etc
  
  SCROTUM | 24 Sep '12, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this Chromatics album
  
  is 77 minutes long. COME ON. They're not frigging Tool...
  
  dacbo | 24 Sep '12, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - And for that we can be thankful.
    
    Puds @dacbo | 24 Sep '12, 15:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - But it glides by like a long... uh, I don't know, something that takes a long time but is immensely pleasurable throughout.
    
    automatik @dacbo | 25 Sep '12, 00:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I just can't stop listening to Dinosaur Jr at the moment
  
  fenella | 24 Sep '12, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  chadders and Lililololaure this'd this
- i really really like
  
  sun araw, m.geddes gengras and the congos - icon give thanks
  
  matthewdrury | 24 Sep '12, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- No-one's mentioned Andrew Bird again
  
  Shame, another beautiful piece of work.
  
  Mr_Grieves | 24 Sep '12, 14:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  furio this'd this
- .
  
  Mark Lanegan, Fiona Apple, Grizzly Bear, The Walkmen
  
  dresi | 24 Sep '12, 14:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Grizzly Bear
  
  Lotus Plaza
  Menomena
  Dirty Projectors
  The Divine Fits
  Efterklang
  Thomas White
  
  oldshitnewshit | 24 Sep '12, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- so much in here I haven't heard
  
  Or only given a quick listen. Really need to go back to that A Whisper in the Noise album for starters.
  
  sean | 24 Sep '12, 15:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- is this thread broken because I banned a spammer? :-/
  
  sean | 24 Sep '12, 15:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - This is what happens, so many threads ruined!
    
    theShipment @sean | 24 Sep '12, 15:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, happens every time
    
    To make matters worse, the new system deleted all the posts from a load of old users too, so most old threads are broken/deleted.
    
    littlebirds @sean | 24 Sep '12, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Spiritualized
  
  "Sweet Heart Sweet Light" is still one of the best records of 2012.
  
  Valentinaa | 24 Sep '12, 15:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Goat - World Music
  Laurel Halo - Quarantine
  Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
  
  _fake_blues | 24 Sep '12, 21:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Teen Suicide
  
  "I Will Be My Own Hell Because There’s A Devil Inside My Body" noisy punk/indie/garage rock goodness
  
  also
  
  Ravenous - Splendid (I'm still expecting this band to be massive at some point)
  Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
  Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
  Laurel Halo - Quarantine
  Extra Life - Dream Seeds (I still listen to this at least once every week)
  An Autumn For Crippled Children - Only The Ocean Knows (one of the best examples of the post-bm/blackgaze I've heard)
  
  wewerewerewolvesonce | 24 Sep '12, 21:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know.
  
  hanshotfirst | 24 Sep '12, 21:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  mihanoid, dcnuman, sean, and kubrahhh this'd this
- Black Twig-Paper Trees
  
  Hard to find, but rewards nicely :) I found a sampling-
  http://open.spotify.com/track/4nZ87ywPhYOX1HJDVKs8w7
  
  dcnuman | 25 Sep '12, 02:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- If these lists weren't such a Total Cunt-In and dung-shower of a fucking bore
  
  I'd probably whack the Her Parents album somewhere. and Chris Brown AND JOHN LENNON
  
  ehwhat | 25 Sep '12, 17:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  ohgood and georgiabeth this'd this
- I have loads to catch up on, but from what I've heard, I can't see any of these not making my list:
  
  Perfume Genius
  Anais Mitchell
  Cold Specks
  Feist
  Cat Power
  Jack White
  Japandroids
  
  OllieH | 26 Sep '12, 14:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Future of the Left - Plot Against Common Sense
  Pulled Apart by Horses - Tough Love
  The Cribs - In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
  Jah Wobble/Julie Campbell - Psychic Life
  Four Tet - Pink
  dEUS - Following The Sea
  
  thecrikster | 26 Sep '12, 15:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Angel Olsen
  
  Incredible songwriting and haunting voice
  
  orangejuice | 26 Sep '12, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- let's see
  
  Dirty Projectors
  of Montreal
  Ariel Pink
  Delicate Steve
  Mount Eerie
  Xiu Xiu
  Dan Deacon
  Why?
  
  politelydeclined | 26 Sep '12, 16:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Negative Pegasus
  
  John Talabot
  Kindness
  Jack White
  
  moker | 26 Sep '12, 16:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Just remembered Zelienople too.
  
  E_H_Gombreak | 26 Sep '12, 19:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- FOE? Really?
  
  A MUST hear? It's OK.
  
  OllieH | 27 Sep '12, 08:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - in my opinion yes
    
    in your opinion, maybe not.
    
    sean @OllieH | 30 Sep '12, 11:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - did you get chance to hear it yet?
      
      I know quite a few folks who checked it out and were pleasantly surprised.
      
      sean @sean | 6 Oct '12, 14:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Yes I bought the CD from the record shop.
        
        I quite like it. Listened to it quite a few times, but it didn't stick and haven't felt any desire to go back to it.
        
        OllieH @sean | 9 Oct '12, 10:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It's great
    
    Not ground-breaking, but a very good album.
    
    cosk @OllieH | 3 Nov '12, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- All about the P's this year
  
  Perfume Genius
  Pulled Apart By Horses
  Prinzhorn Dance School
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ | 27 Sep '12, 09:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- perfume genius
  
  sun kil moon
  mountain goats
  neil halstead
  metz
  divorce
  the music tapes
  swans
  dinosaur jr
  allo darlin
  lots of good stuff this year...
  
  matthewslaughter | 27 Sep '12, 10:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- forgot
  
  future of the left. that was awesome. looking forward to having a little earful of some of the stuff mentioned above that i've not been lucky enough to hear yet.
  
  matthewslaughter | 27 Sep '12, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- 3
  
  chromatics
  john talabot
  bear in heaven
  
  oldfamenewfame | 30 Sep '12, 11:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Perhaps it's because I've only heard it very recently...
  
  but the new Trail Of Dead album has been on constant rotation for the past few weeks and is (to my ears) the best they've done since Source Tags.
  
  Japandroids
  Future Of The Left
  El-P
  Twilight Sad
  
  Records I can't see the fuss over: Death Grips
  Records I'd probably include in this if/when I get around to hearing them: Actress, Killer Mike, Cast Of Cheers, Gallows.
  
  PaddyOConnor | 30 Sep '12, 12:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Floral Green
  
  by Title Fight
  
  NateWez | 6 Oct '12, 23:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ty Segall's 3 releases...
  
  Thee Oh Sees
  Toy
  DZ Deathrays
  DIIV
  Ariel Pink
  Apache Dropout
  Baroness
  Tame Impala
  Melodys Echo Chamber
  Pond
  Phedre
  
  Krillwave | 7 Oct '12, 07:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ROYAL HEADACHE
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGaRkBOSSYM&feature=related
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6aHWgM74OQ&feature=related
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQSsHP-Qd-M&feature=related
  
  sunstroke_house | 8 Oct '12, 09:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  gonad this'd this
  - you missed their best song
    
    and probably my fav song this year 'girls'
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiXXAiA0YGQ
    
    gonad @sunstroke_house | 2 Nov '12, 20:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Mark Stewart - Politics Of Envy
  
  is an absolute cracker. Not a duff track on it.
  
  Silentcommand | 8 Oct '12, 12:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Right then...
  
  Grimes - Visions (if you don't mind high voices)
  Black Swan - Aeterna (if you like that sort of thing)
  Now Now - Threads (if you like indie rock and DCFC, and women vocalists)
  Matthew Dear - Beams (if you like electro sort of stuff)
  
  funkycow | 8 Oct '12, 13:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Apart from the already mentioned
  
  Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
  Voices From The Lake - ST
  
  newborn666 | 8 Oct '12, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Silent Servant
  
  happypenguin | 9 Oct '12, 03:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  cronenberg this'd this
- any more additions to this list?
  
  Scott Walker and Deftones, for sure!
  
  sean | 2 Nov '12, 11:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- *cough cough*
  
  BATS - The Sleep of reason
  http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17293/reviews/4145626
  
  Stream here:
  http://iheartau.com/2012/10/album-stream-bats-the-sleep-of-reason/
  
  Don't see how you couldn't love this record to bits if you're a fan of progressive, clever, blisteringly original rock music.
  
  Joint album of the year for me in a strong 11 months so far.
  
  vamos | 2 Nov '12, 12:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Icarus-Smicarus and Oissin_ this'd this
  - Yeah, the BATS album is now my favourite
    
    sorry Torche. :(
    
    shucks @vamos | 2 Nov '12, 12:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Dingus Khan - Support Mistley Swans
  
  Beast
  
  Mick_Squalor | 2 Nov '12, 12:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ordered it!
    
    Couldnt come to the notts gig as I had to work in London. I expect it was amazing?
    
    oojimaflop @Mick_Squalor | 2 Nov '12, 13:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- JAPANDROIDS
  
  deadonthestairs | 2 Nov '12, 13:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  gonad this'd this
- Aesop Rock - Skelethon
  
  This is probably going to be my album of the year I think. I'd love to see this get some love from people outside of the usual DiS hip hop guys, because;
  
  1) I think it's the best written rap album of the year. The lyrics are intricate, funny, poignant and yes, difficult, but there are puzzles and couplets here that I'll spend years joyously dissecting.
  
  2) It's a record that took longer than a few months to record and as a result it sounds different to Aesop's previous output. This isn't a rehashing or rewording of ideas Aesop has expressed a hundred times - he took his time and crafted a record full of new, interesting thoughts. As good as Kendrick's record is, to use one example, a lot of its themes have been covered on other Kendrick albums released within very recent memory. That's not to Kendrick's discredit, it's more the nature of the world he's part of, whereas Aesop comes from a place outside of the hip hop industry and can march to his own beat.
  
  3) What's great about Aesop is that as complex as his lyrics are, his songs don't ever sound dry. That's partly down to his delivery, but this record has some DRUMS on it as well as a self-contained "album's album" quality.
  
  Anyway, I'm sure the likes of Killer Mike and El-P will pick up votes, I just hope Skelethon gets an equal chance.
  
  Some links;
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52d1CcpEEl8
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_EKoKyfI2s
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbd4h1kaFlY
  
  Kyle_ | 2 Nov '12, 13:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Couldn't agree more
    
    Been a fan of his work for years but I think it's truly a landmark album about some really interesting points in a persons life and a record that I find something new in with every spin.
    
    Still need to review it for DiS but a bit terrified I can't do justice to how much I love it.
    
    vamos @Kyle_ | 2 Nov '12, 14:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - It's very difficult to condense it concisely into words
      
      which I guess is part of the reason I love it so much.
      
      This is as good as I've read on it; http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16814-skelethon/
      
      Kyle_ @vamos | 2 Nov '12, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - The BBC one was good too at pointing out how amazing that last track is
        
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mbrj
        
        vamos @Kyle_ | 2 Nov '12, 14:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Here we go, just for you guys
  
  http://open.spotify.com/user/theogb/playlist/6STgwHZ47os3m6M6TzU9Lx
  
  I have aptly titled this: 2012 Albums you should listen to before you make your wanky album of the year list like me.
  
  TheoGB | 2 Nov '12, 14:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Barker and Baumecker - Transsektoral
  
  Techno, Ostgut Ton.
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNxaWh-SR-o
  
  cronenberg | 2 Nov '12, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Pangaea - Release (EP)
    
    Bass, Hessle.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2bRADvCdgI
    
    cronenberg @cronenberg | 2 Nov '12, 14:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    jimitheexploder this'd this
- Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - Black Is Beautiful
  
  stwerewolf | 2 Nov '12, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Holy Mountain - Earth Measures
  
  and not just because they're from glasgow
  
  japes | 2 Nov '12, 14:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  vamos this'd this
- LV - Sebenza
  
  On Hyperdub, awesome album.
  
  jimitheexploder | 2 Nov '12, 18:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Rolo Tomassi - Astraea
  
  An absolute belter and no mistake.
  
  Olivarez | 2 Nov '12, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- DJ Rashad - TEKLIFE Vol. 1: Welcome to the Chi
  
  We Trippy Mane
  
  jimitheexploder | 2 Nov '12, 20:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Lililololaure this'd this
- 10 Crackers
  
  Sharon Van Etten
  The XX
  Leonard Cohen
  Django Django
  Daphni
  Cat Power
  Mark Lanegan
  Burial
  Divine Fits
  Liars
  
  Trev | 2 Nov '12, 21:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Whoever tally's up the board's AOTY this year is going to need a fucking huge spreadsheet...
  
  pichaelmarker | 3 Nov '12, 09:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - oh baby!
    
    furio @pichaelmarker | 28 Nov '12, 22:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Sweet Lights - Self Titled, an absolute topper..
  
  RIP, one of my best purchases in a good while.
  
  Centipede Hz, I think it's cracking.
  
  dis-charge | 3 Nov '12, 10:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Tall Ships
  
  Big fan of their album "Everything Touching" - well worth a listen
  
  sunnynorwich | 3 Nov '12, 13:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  xilia and automatik this'd this
- Nude - The Irrepressibles
  
  (I know I've posted about this before, but it's such a beautiful album and it seems that most people are unaware of it - just listen to Arrow or Ship for instance).
  
  Also:
  Perfume Genius
  FOE
  Fiona Apple
  Anthony And The Johnsons (live album)
  Hot Chip
  
  I enjoyed the Yeasayer album quite a bit as well, but I'm not including it on the list because the best song on it ("Reagan's Skeleton" appears to be a ripoff).
  
  cosk | 3 Nov '12, 14:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - 'Nude' is so amazing. Has your copy arrived yet?!
    
    Mine's still not here :(
    
    medulla @cosk | 29 Nov '12, 12:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Albums of 2012
  
  Dez Mona: A Gentleman's Agreement
  video 'Suspicion': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv-oZYfmNns
  This is the most poppy single of the album.
  
  Quadran | 3 Nov '12, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Theatre Is Evil
  
  Oissin_ | 3 Nov '12, 17:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  the_goat this'd this
- total loss: how to dress well
  
  This album just seems to get me in the guts emotionally. It also has such a beautiful sense of space.
  
  the_goat | 3 Nov '12, 19:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  wonton this'd this
- have you all heard the YPPAH record yet?
  
  sean | 16 Nov '12, 12:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- bumpity bump
  
  sean | 24 Nov '12, 19:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Personally
  
  I'm newly obsessed with America, Dan Deacon's record from this year. Pitchfork gave it a pretty lukewarm review. But to me it's not just serious AOTY territory, it's the kind of album that gets you sweating over that big, scary word: masterpiece. I think it's exceptional, anyway.
  
  automatik | 24 Nov '12, 19:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Lililololaure, medulla, and seedler this'd this
  - Dan Deacon has been
    
    a masterpiece in the making - I don't know if its latest is his best yet, but I bet the next one or the next one after that will be.
    Pitchfork will be eating out of his hand very soon ...
    
    Lililololaure @automatik | 24 Nov '12, 22:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    automatik this'd this
- STOP RELEASING MUSIC
  
  And let me catch up.
  
  kubrahhh | 24 Nov '12, 21:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Also
    
    That Fantasy Rainbow album is pretty cool. Not AOTY level or anything but well worth a listen if you're into that kinda lo-fi indie pop stuff (awful awful description)
    
    kubrahhh @kubrahhh | 24 Nov '12, 21:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^this...!
  
  Too much going on...!
  
  Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
  Trail of Dead - Lost Songs (Heart of Wires is my song of the year)
  Now, Now - Threads
  
  Runner up has to be the Clark record, Iradelphic.
  
  I honestly despised that Foe record, it sounded like a record that ticked all the boxes but her voice is so polystyrene squeak/nails on blackboard. Nope, sorry.
  
  amyblue | 29 Nov '12, 09:42 | X | ^ This | Reply