We’re only halfway through 2012, but we’ve already heard tons of great new music. Here’s an unranked list of the year’s best albums so far from sources like Rolling Stone and Paste magazines.
What are some of your top albums of 2012?
Best albums of 2012… so far
September 17, 2012 | 4 Comments
September 18, 2012 at 9:15 pm
I liked:
– Bloom by Beach House
– David Byrne/St Vincent’s Love This Giant (Any David Byrne is good.)
– Bob Mould’s Silver Age
– OFF! by….Off! (Thanks to friend Wesley for this recommendation)
– Swan’s The Seer
– Though this was 2012 release of an old group, The English Beat box set is wonderful.
– and my surprised choice is Van Halen’s A Different Kind of Truth though they used dynamic compression on the mix so it all sounds crunched a bit. I liked it better than some of Roth’s other VH albums which is blasphemy, I suppose.)
September 21, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Even if the only music released in 2012 was Fiona Apple’s new album, it would be a banner year. I want to marry every song on it.
But otherwise, I agree with most of the above, especially the Punch Brothers’ “Who’s Feeling Young Now” and Silversun Pickups’ “Neck of the Woods.” I’d also add Bloc Party’s “Four” and the Heartless Bastards’ “Arrow.”
September 23, 2012 at 7:24 am
The William Parker Centering boxed set of unreleased recordings from the ’70s and ’80s is beautiful. Any and all Charles Gayle fans need to hear it as well.
Pharoah Sanders’ ESP-Disk boxed set is worth it for the stuff with Don Cherry alone.
September 26, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange