My top 15 favourite albums of 2012

In no particular order, but Japandroids is top for a reason.

  • Japandroids - Celebration Rock
  • Ryat - Totem
  • Die Hard - Die Hard
  • Grimes - Visions
  • Cults Percussion Ensemble - Cults Percussion Ensemble
  • Efterklang - Piramida
  • Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
  • Dan Deacon - America
  • John Talabot - Fin
  • Advance Base - A Shut-In's Prayer
  • Errors - Have Some Faith In Magic
  • RM Hubbert - Thirteen Lost & Found
  • Cooly G - Playin' Me
  • Matthew Bourne - Montauk Variations
  • The Yawns - The Yawns

Spotify playlist

The bias list

Records I love but can't make the list due to knowing these people personally.

  • PAWS - Cokefloat!
  • Miaoux Miaoux - Light of the North
  • Wounded Knee - Secret Museum of Kind Man
  • Yusuf Azak - Go Native
  • Meursault - Something For The Weakened
  • Sweethearts of The Prison Rodeo/Adam Stafford - Split EP

The one that got away

This was released on Christmas Day 2011 so it didn't have a chance to make it onto that year's list. Definitely one of my favourite records of last year.

  • Happy Particles - Under Sleeping Waves

Honourable mentions

  • The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know
  • Port St. Willow - Holiday
  • Aloha Tigers - Aloha Tigers
  • Stumbleine - Spiderwebbed
  • Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
  • Tame Impala - Lonerism
  • The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
  • Violens - True
  • Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
  • Delicate Steve - Positive Force
  • Seams - Tourist/Sleeper
  • Wet Hair - Spill Into Atmosphere
  • Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
  • Craft Spells - Gallery
  • Fieldhead - a correction
  • Actress - R.I.P
  • The Leg - An Eagle To Saturn
  • Lightships - Lightships

EPs

  • TNGHT - TNGHT
  • Burial - Kindred
  • Eagulls - Eagulls
  • Grave Babies - Gothdammit
  • Withered Hand - Inbetweens
  • The Quiet Americans - Medicine
  • Fur Hood - Tape
  • Sun Sister - Rich American White Kidz

Singles

Too many to name, but here's a couple of singles from a band with no album yet.

  • Shinies - Ennui 7" & Shinies 7"

      • Forever Delayed

      Not released in 2012, but new to me in 2012.

      • Gardens & Villa - Gardens & Villa
      • When Saints Go Machine - Konkylie
      • Austra - Feel It Break
      • Gauntlet Hair - Gauntlet Hair
      • Seapony - Go With Me
      • The Stepkids - The Stepkids
      • Tammar - Visits
      • Silver Swans - Secrets
      • Hooded Fang - Hooded Fang