TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2012: 1-10

 

10

Blockhead - Interludes After Midnight

 

 

 

9

Memory Tapes - Grace/Confusion

 

 

 

 

8

Beach House - Bloom

 

 

 

7

Ab-Soul - Control System

 

 

 

6

Delicate Steve - Positive Force

 

 

 

5

Death Grips - The Money Store

 

 

 

4

Woods - Bend Beyond

 

 

 

3

Tame Impala - Lonerism

 

 

2

 

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid M.A.A.D. City

 

 

 

1

Dan Deacon - America

 

 RECAP:

11-20

11. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth

12. How To Dress Well - Total Loss

13. THEESatisfaction - awE naturalE

14. Menomena - Moms

15. Sat. Nite Duets - Summer of Punishment

16. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music

17. Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse

18. OMBRE - Believe You Me

19. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems

20. Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship

 

21-30

21. Keepaway - Black Flute

22. Lower Dens - Nootropics

23. Ty Segall - Twins

24. Young Magic - Melt

25. Moon Duo - Circles

26. Jeans Wilder - Totally

27. Twin Shadow - Confess

28. The Men - Open Your Heart

29. Daughn Gibson - All Hell

30. Bill Baird - Career

 

 31-40 

31. Two Gallants - The Bloom and the Blight

32. Mother Mother - The Sticks

33. Ty Segall w/ White Fence - Hair

34. El-P - Cancer for Cure

35. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes

36. Tanlines - Mixed Emotions

37. Julia Holter - Ekstasis

38. Foxygen - Take the Kids Off Broadway

39. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

40. Fang Island - Major

 

41-50

41. Jaill - Traps

42. DIIV - Oshin

43. Royal Baths - Better Luck Next Life

44. Rangda - Formerly Extinct

45. Wet Hair - Spill Into Atmosphere

46. Grizzly Bear - Shields

47. Holy Other - Held

48. Eric Copeland - Limbo

49. Peaking Lights - Lucifer

50. Why? - Mumps Etc.

 

 

MUSIC VIDEO MONDAY (IT'S BEEN A WHILE EDITION)

The Fatty Acids - Oven Mitts

House Shoes (ft. Danny Brown) - Sweet


Tame Impala - Elephant


Woods - Cali in a Cup

Skull - Cry Die

I'M SO RONERY

Tame Impala - Lonerism - 2012

TAME IMPALA RELEASES ELEPHANT INTO THE WILD

Tame Impala - Elephant

TAME IMPALA RELEASE FIRST TRACK FROM 'LONERISM'

                                                  

Amazing. Will this be AOTY?  Or will it be Dan Deacon's America?  These are the two albums I'm most excited for in part 2 of the year 2012.


While you're listening to this, go download Daughn Gibson's All Hell from SOMATOSE.  They use mediafire, so don't forget to thank them.

HEADY FWENDS

Posting this one for the Tame Impala song...



The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends - 2012



10 BEST NEW ARTISTS OF 2010

These are 10 best bands that were new to me during 2010.  With the possible exception of 1 or 2, none had released any material before this year.




1.  Gauntlet Hair - Only 5 songs are recorded from these guys and their full length is already my most anticipated album of 2011.  Get a head start here...

2.  Tame Impala - This band came out of nowhere with the best release of 2010 and I can't wait to see what they do in the coming year. Download Innerspeaker

3.  CEO - While The Tough Alliance's Eric Berglund is by no means a newcomer to the music scene, his alter-ego 'CEO' made a huge debut this year with one of my favorite EP's 'White Magic' .

4.  Balam Acab - What can I say about 'See Birds' that would do it justice?  This is another EP that was amazing and generally overlooked by most.  A 5 song ride that takes you everywhere you want to go and leaves you wondering if you're really stoned or if music alone can get you high.  Get it here if you haven't already...

5.  Beat Connection - Their Surf Noir EP is brilliantly done and extremely fun to listen to.  The song 'Silver Screen' is one of my favorties from the year and sounds very similar to 'The Police' or the like...

6.  Summer Camp - Very secretive group from London.  All I have heard by them is the Young EP, but it is very promising.  I was lucky to even find this picture.

      

                                 

7. Cults - I had the pleasure of seeing Cults open for Twin Sister and Morning Benders and was completely blown away with the power in Madeline's voice.  I am really looking forward to seeing what they do in 2011.  Download 3 songs now from their bandcamp.

8.  Keepaway -  I nearly forgot about these guys when compiling this list, but I didn't because their EP 'Baby Style' is unforgettable.  The first song Yellow Wings got somewhere around a 9.0 or 9.2 on p4k's BNM.  Now you can even get a second EP, Kompetitor, from their bandcamp page.

9.  Young Mammals - Houston's own released their debut, Carrots, this year and have been stimulating internet buzz all over ever since.  I had the pleasure of seeing them play with Lower Dens a couple months ago and they sound just as amazing live as they do on the album.   

10.  FUR - Bryce Isbell currently resides in Denton and blessed us with his full length album 'Witches' earlier this year.  Isbell is a friend of Alan Palomo (Neon Indian) and I have to say that he seems to be just as talented as his buddy.

TOP 20 OF 2010

This is by no means intended to be the 'Ulitmate 2010 list'; just my 20 favorite albums I heard this year.  Other lists will follow.

1- Tame Impala - Innerspeaker



2- Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

 

3- Fang Island - Fang Island



4- The Fresh and Onlys - Play It Strange

  

5- Blackbird Blackbird - Summer Heart LP



6- Ty Segall - Melted



7- Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz



8- Harlem - Hippies




9- The Whitsundays - Saul





10- Young Mammals - Carrots



11- Teen Daze - Four More Years



12- The Fatty Acids - Stop Berries, Berries and Berries, Berries



13- Suuns - Zeroes QC



14- Yeasayer - Odd Blood





15- Fitz & the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces of Love



16- The Strange Boys - Be Brave



17- Beach House - Teen Dream



18- Miniature Tigers - Fortress





19- Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo



20- Forest Magic - Is Energy