Month: January 2013

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The Best Albums of 2012


1. Swans – The Seer


2. Pig Destroyer – Book Burner


3. Aesop Rock – Skelethon


4. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind


5. Susanne Sundfør – The Silicone Veil


6. Devin Townsend – Epicloud


7. Scott Walker – Bish Bosch


8. Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion


9. High on Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis


10. Gojira – L’enfant sauvage


11. Death Grips – The Money Store


12. Deathspell Omega – Drought


13. Orbital – Wonky


14. Napalm Death – Utilitarian


15. Killing Joke – MMXII


16. Meshuggah – Koloss


17. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city


18. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange


19. Natural Snow Buildings – Beyond the Veil


20. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music


21. Baroness – Yellow & Green


22. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…


23. Liars – WIXIW


24. The Darkness – Hot Cakes


25. Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t

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Guest List: The Best Albums of 2012 – John Macintosh

1. Swans – The Seer

2. Beach House – Bloom

3. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city

4. Grizzly Bear – Shields

5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

6. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light

7. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

8. Burial – Kindred

9. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw…

10. Purity Ring – Shrines

11. Andy Stott – Luxury Problems

12. Julia Holter – Ekstasis

13. Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t

14. Twin Shadow – Confess

15. Grimes – Visions

16. Tame Impala – Lonerism

17. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind

18. Liars – WIXIW

19. Death Grips – The Money Store

20. Chromatics – Kill for Love

21. Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse

22. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It

23. Crystal Castles – (III)

24. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange

25. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music

26. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp

27. DIIV – Oshin

28. Ash Borer – Cold of Ages

29. Jason Urick – I Love You

30. Scott Walker – Bish Bosch

Honorable Mentions: Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine, El-P – Cancer 4 Cure, Marissa Nadler – The Sister, Polica – Give You the Ghost, Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man, Animal Collective – Centipede Hz, Lotus Plaza – Spooky Action at a Distance, Angel Olsen – Half Way Home