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Recommended albums 2012 edition

sean [Edit] [Delete] 606 replies 17:23 January 15th, 2012

Hopefully you all know the drill by now...

Last year's was fairly massive: http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4275611
As was 2010's http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4249064

If you spot an album you like, simply click the ^THIS^ button on it, to say that you agree with this choice. Slowly but surely this thread will become a resource for any of those moments when you find yourself unsure what to listen to or when you're in the mood to explore.

Please do the following
- Insert the ARTIST and title of an album you like and you're recommending
- try and write a few words about it
- maybe include a link so that people can read the DiS review or listen to a sample track/album stream

Before you post a new reply please
- press cmd+f on a mac or ctrl+f on a pc (or click edit and "find") to check the release you're adding has already been submitted

p.s. if you wanna see an archive of DiS' albums of the year, look here: http://drownedinsound.com/lists/albums-of-the-year

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FOE - Bad Dream Hotline

Won't be to ever DiSsers taste, which is usually a good thing. S'like Uffie joining The Kills to write an album based around the concept of David Lynch's Crazy Clown Time.
David Edwards gave this 8/10 http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16718/reviews/4144297

sean | 15 Jan '12, 17:35 | X | ^ This | Reply

twentynine, Lililololaure, tubby_rokes, Yesiamaduck, aazerbeezee, robluvsnic, automatik, sadpunk, Dinohead86, pieces_of_reece, and sauvignonfear this'd this
- http://soundcloud.com/foe-mania
  
  sean @sean | 15 Jan '12, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I do like the album and it's really enjoyable pop
  
  but it does faceplant a few too many times to be anything other then 'good' lots of potential though
  
  Yesiamaduck @sean | 17 Jan '12, 09:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  niallKP this'd this
  - I take this back
    
    besides Get Money this album is incredibly good!
    
    Yesiamaduck @Yesiamaduck | 2 Mar '12, 06:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - J'aime bien l'album et c'est vraiment agréable pop
    
    mais elle face plante quelques fois trop nombreux pour être autre chose que 'bon' - quoique beaucoup de potentiel
    
    Ouijesuisuncanard @Yesiamaduck | 3 Oct '12, 01:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Je retire cette déclaration
      
      d'ailleurs, Get Money - cet album est incroyablement bon!
      
      Ouijesuisuncanard @Ouijesuisuncanard | 3 Oct '12, 01:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hey this is pretty good
  
  Cold Hard Rock is excellent.
  
  Cheers
  
  robluvsnic @sean | 23 Mar '12, 09:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  automatik this'd this
  - Voice-wise she sounds heaps like Juanita from Waikiki and Howling Bells
    
    robluvsnic @robluvsnic | 23 Mar '12, 09:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I get stuck on moments/segments in songs/videos....
    
    1.26-1.31 where she sings 'rock' going into the chorus is doing it for me right now. I've become a little bit obsessed with this song (although unfortunately the single was late last year - not sure how I missed it), I'm hoping it'll open up the album for me a little bit more, which I'm still not totally convinced by...
    
    automatik @robluvsnic | 18 Jun '12, 00:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Whoa
  
  I like this.
  
  Royter-Hatfood @sean | 25 Sep '12, 20:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Hmmmm. Actually
    
    maybe not so much. Oh well.
    
    Royter-Hatfood @Royter-Hatfood | 25 Sep '12, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
ERRORS - Have Some Faith in Magic

The electrotronica-sniffin' Scots on Mogwai's label return with their magnificent Field-rollin' take on 'sigh-fi'. http://open.spotify.com/album/0kDxXqy9PWfOTJ0QbIea97

sean | 15 Jan '12, 17:39 | X | ^ This | Reply

jontosh2001, ditch_easter, milkeyes, Icarus-Smicarus, talskar, Yesiamaduck, niallKP, plasticniki, FWBTS, chickenbones, revgreen, justanothersheeldz, cohengunn, shrinebabe, CasimirPulaski, kubrahhh, Scorpio, japes_, suedeheadscot, pentargo, jb08brownie, DaisyFlower, Sciflyer, boothyfearssatan, penny_racer, oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, ripper, JohnEW, dorftrottel, and SarcasticFringehead this'd this
- i got excited there and thought new errors was on spotify already
  
  *shakes fist at sean*
  
  fitzcarraldo @sean | 16 Jan '12, 11:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  justanothersheeldz this'd this
  - dick move, sean
    
    justanothersheeldz @fitzcarraldo | 16 Jan '12, 13:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    fitzcarraldo this'd this
    - oh
      
      i didn't have it in my iTunes, so maybe it's premium only or maybe it was up by accident? We'll have a stream of it on DiS on Monday, how's that for an apology?
      
      sean @justanothersheeldz | 18 Jan '12, 18:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- As of 31st January 2012
  
  this is album of the year, so far, but it's fucking awesome
  
  Yesiamaduck @sean | 31 Jan '12, 15:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Controversial comment
  
  I thought it was a little overrated
  
  film_maker @sean | 2 Jan '13, 12:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
GUIDED BY VOICES- Let's Go Eat the Factory

Their best in years. Full of scrappy beauty and tunes which easily match their old greats.

hal_krishna | 15 Jan '12, 17:46 | X | ^ This | Reply

sunstroke_house and JaguarPirate this'd this
- Their best in years
  
  fuckyeahdubstep @hal_krishna | 15 Jan '12, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - in my opinion, it is
    
    hal_krishna @fuckyeahdubstep | 15 Jan '12, 17:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - First in years
    
    rich-t @fuckyeahdubstep | 15 Jan '12, 23:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    politelydeclined this'd this
- Some of Tobin Sprout's best contributions too
  
  They make the album
  
  JaguarPirate @hal_krishna | 25 Mar '12, 14:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hectic Zeniths - Hectics Zeniths

Really great and enjoyable album. http://hecticzeniths.bandcamp.com/

DriftingSkeleton | 15 Jan '12, 20:51 | X | ^ This | Reply

amplifya this'd this
- Cheers, DS.
  
  I'm enjoying this on first listen. A bit like Clams Casino, but tidier, shinier... er, yep...
  
  backtotheballs @DriftingSkeleton | 15 Jan '12, 22:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yep, it`s a bit good, I`ve pretty much had it on a loop all week. There`s a timeless quality to it as well.
    
    DriftingSkeleton @backtotheballs | 15 Jan '12, 22:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Thread needs stickying

E_H_Gombreak | 15 Jan '12, 23:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Maccabees - Given to The Wild

Is actually fucking awesome, surprisingly enough.

Oissin_ | 15 Jan '12, 23:43 | X | ^ This | Reply

Alfredo, hal_krishna, MIDDLEMAN, eimaj-thing, Yesiamaduck, oojimaflop, thedamnedear, John_Ho, forzaborza, pichaelmarker, sizeofanocean, FWBTS, UnrealCity, El_Goodo, jb08brownie, swinpitveteran, and boothyfearssatan this'd this
- It is bloody lovely.
  
  I wrote some words on it here; http://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/?p=5858
  
  Teeej @Oissin_ | 15 Jan '12, 23:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm glad someone on here agrees with me :D
    
    I hadn't seen any mention of it on here, so I assumed everyone either hated it or was ignoring it. And that's quite a good review you've written :)
    
    Oissin_ @Teeej | 15 Jan '12, 23:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - got a good review on DiS
      
      http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16712/reviews/4144269
      stream: http://open.spotify.com/album/2Z19PSCz8Yf2OsT3ZKRobn
      
      sean @Oissin_ | 16 Jan '12, 10:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- gorgeous sounds
  
  hal_krishna @Oissin_ | 16 Jan '12, 09:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - On my second listen now
    
    Glimmer might be the prettiest thing I've ever heard!
    
    suedehead @hal_krishna | 16 Jan '12, 11:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - It's a beautifully delicate record
      
      nearly almost falls away but somehow just keeps going, something snatched at but not reached.
      
      Very very very very very good.
      
      hal_krishna @suedehead | 16 Jan '12, 13:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- just makes me want another foals record
  
  Krillwave @Oissin_ | 22 Feb '12, 19:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  dittishammage and JonBeat this'd this
Shearwater - Animal Joy

Like magnificent snowflakes falling importantly on the royal lawn, this might well fail at not being probably the best thing ever.

whatisthewhat | 16 Jan '12, 13:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

ditch_easter, avl06, backtotheballs, theseabass, sizeofanocean, vw_sb, Pale-eyedBadger, Stu_, DaisyFlower, sadpunk, automatik, and jeremymeyersftw this'd this
- (I had actually listened to it when I made this post, btw)
  
  whatisthewhat @whatisthewhat | 22 Jan '12, 16:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- They covered
  
  The Rainbow by Talk Talk, didn't they? If i've got my bands right, it was magnificent. Will give this a listen.
  
  Pharyngeal @whatisthewhat | 14 Feb '12, 10:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Logged into DiS for the first time in ages
  
  just to massively agree with this. Got the the sexy limited red vinyl 'Loser' edition. Totally gorgeous, I'm smitten.
  
  theseabass @whatisthewhat | 1 Mar '12, 22:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Love, love this album.
  
  Stu_ @whatisthewhat | 13 May '12, 20:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I only got this a few days ago and I've had it on repeat pretty much constantly since
  
  It's amazing.
  
  DaisyFlower @whatisthewhat | 23 May '12, 14:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks

and i haven't even heard it yet

politelydeclined | 16 Jan '12, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply

whatisthewhat and Lililololaure this'd this
- I am wholly underwhelmed by the two tracks i've heard thus far.
  
  medulla @politelydeclined | 17 Jan '12, 10:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - dour percentage is fab
    
    politelydeclined @medulla | 17 Jan '12, 21:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Its alright
  
  False Priest was better. This album seems to be a continuation
  
  Aroinak @politelydeclined | 21 Mar '12, 19:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
DRO CAREY- Tusslin Underwater

I'm not really into my drumnbass/dubby sort of things, but jimitheexploder posted this up as a free download and it really rocks. Deep and heavy as they come. Sadly he has recently cancelled a tour due to depression, but this is well worth a listen.

hal_krishna | 16 Jan '12, 13:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
black twig - paper trees

wedding present style guitar rhythms with a contemporary nordic flavour

http://soundcloud.com/blacktwigmusic

purchaseable from solitimusic.com

amps | 16 Jan '12, 13:28 | X | ^ This | Reply

ditch_easter this'd this
Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend

coming out on secretly canadian next week - others have described it as M83 crossed with beach house and george michael - i don't know, but i've enjoyed my few listens

snippet here
http://porcelainraft.com/2012/01/unless-you-speak-from-your-heart-2/

and here

http://porcelainraft.com/2011/11/strange-weekend/

amps | 16 Jan '12, 13:32 | X | ^ This | Reply

GoatmeatMF, cronenberg, politelydeclined, sunstroke_house, puffmasterzero, forzaborza, Lililololaure, Hammer15, UnrealCity, and JohnnyZaza this'd this
- Really looking forward to this.
  
  He released some very promising EPs last year. Supporting M83 on their upcoming UK tour, too.
  
  chris_armo @amps | 16 Jan '12, 13:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- love the gone blind EP
  
  looking forward to hearing this
  
  Vian @amps | 20 Jan '12, 08:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- surprised by how well this record keeps playing for me
  
  may well up being a surprise end of year fixture.
  
  i am such a fucking nerd.
  
  sunstroke_house @amps | 27 May '12, 18:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory

Coming out end of the month. Liked the first album, some really good power pop tunes with witty lyrics. This one sounds much darker (I can definitely hear a spiderland-era slint influence in there) and far more awesome. Early AOTY contender???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X1URP5eg6I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SMwRWsj80g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqtb4E57RY

John_Ho | 16 Jan '12, 21:23 | X | ^ This | Reply

whatisthewhat, Gaemblor, talskar, jontosh2001, subbero, forzaborza, spasskij, Lililololaure, plasticniki, spoiledff7, chadders, Krillwave, thundervulture, boydungud, sweetverbs, chickenbones, mangifesta, Jambo31, JaguarPirate, MethodMandrill, UnrealCity, _bisto_, ditch_easter, Le-Roy, DaisyFlower, El_Goodo, sunstroke_house, GoatmeatMF, ma0sm, coolerthantv, ithica, FannyMagnetophone, Dinohead86, JohnnyZaza, and mihanoid this'd this
- i'd say it's more like shellac than slint
  
  but yes, it's absolutely fantastic!
  
  jontosh2001 @John_Ho | 24 Jan '12, 13:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Loving this album so much
    
    I feel it's going to get a shitload of listens this year.
    
    sadballadman @jontosh2001 | 26 Jan '12, 22:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - They don't sound like either to me
    
    thecrikster @jontosh2001 | 31 Jul '12, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- OH
  
  Probably because of their name, I always expected Cloud Nothings to be some floaty chillwave horseshite.
  Now I know they sound like Shellac and Slint, I will definitely listen.
  
  Oissin_ @John_Ho | 14 Apr '12, 10:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - nice
    
    but the second time round i listened to Spiderland instead. is it bad?
    
    taffo @Oissin_ | 16 May '12, 15:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
I don't like the way people are posting albums that they haven't even heard yet

GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!

Yesiamaduck | 16 Jan '12, 23:02 | X | ^ This | Reply

Pale-eyedBadger, theShipment, wonton, and Trumpet this'd this
Diagrams - Black Light

Early days but if you want some nice simple catchy and slightly dancey stuff in the vein of the likes of Friendly Fires you could do a lot worse. It's good
http://open.spotify.com/album/194vo6HbsyIMXnXYMAWFUl

Yesiamaduck | 16 Jan '12, 23:50 | X | ^ This | Reply

hal_krishna, paulo13, and Lililololaure this'd this
Laura Gibson - La Grande

Stream of the album here:
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/08/144623414/first-listen-laura-gibson-la-grande?ps=mh_fl

Have listened to it lots already in the past week, but just seen her live tonight and finally got a physical copy of the album so that now I can continue listening repeatedly and get last.fm to acknowledge this for me. Lovely record.

paulo13 | 16 Jan '12, 23:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

puffmasterzero and Mr_Grieves this'd this
The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know

Scottish miserabilists ditch the post-rock and treat their bleak soundscapes with post-punk synths and drum machines. There's a bunch of downloadable and streamed tracks on their website http://www.thetwilightsad.com/

artbaretta | 17 Jan '12, 10:59 | X | ^ This | Reply

whatisthewhat, madetodisappear, sweetverbs, UnluckyBeast, LastAstronaut, Pharyngeal, dcnuman, Icarus-Smicarus, thundervulture, Pale-eyedBadger, bigmitch, UnrealCity, vw_sb, xheathenx, funkycow, DangerousSnails, hibster, boothyfearssatan, cassiel, mihanoid, and Gorkys_Forever this'd this
Field Music - Plumb

It's more Field Music! :D Again, check out the website for some tracks. http://www.field-music.co.uk/

artbaretta | 17 Jan '12, 11:13 | X | ^ This | Reply

Pale-eyedBadger, Scorpio, deadwrong, chadders, and jackpot this'd this
- ALBUM OF THE YEAR
  
  so far.... Cancer 4 Cure is second.
  
  yuggy @artbaretta | 10 Jun '12, 11:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ani DiFranco - Which Side Are You On?

I've only had a couple of listens.... and I'm not a huge DiFranco fan but I'm liking this.

http://open.spotify.com/album/2ZqEWMOjYvNb6HW1yvzbr0

Pale-eyedBadger | 17 Jan '12, 14:50 | X | ^ This | Reply

sadballadman this'd this
- gtfo
  
  Ani DiFranco is like one of the worst things to happen to music. Are you like 35 and alone? because if you are listening to Ani that's the assumption I have to make.
  
  Krillwave @Pale-eyedBadger | 22 Feb '12, 19:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar

Great stuff. More of a fuller sound than The Big Black and The Blue. Conor Oberst on the closing track and I think Mike Mogis produced.

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/15/144966888/first-listen-first-aid-kit-the-lions-roar

Pale-eyedBadger | 17 Jan '12, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

thedamnedear, spasskij, kev_theinvisable, Glasvegian, mangifesta, and ardnaxela314 this'd this
- Have a DiS review
  
  http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16763/reviews/4144359
  
  Pale-eyedBadger @Pale-eyedBadger | 20 Jan '12, 11:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah it's a very pleasnt listen
  
  good vocals and very well produced with some nice songs, it's nothing spectacular but at what it does it's ruddy well nice!
  
  Yesiamaduck @Pale-eyedBadger | 27 Jan '12, 06:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- lyrics...
  
  ...this clunky should be buried in the mix. not perched on top. otherwise, nice enough.
  
  sunstroke_house @Pale-eyedBadger | 27 May '12, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Can't believe this is 2012
  
  Seems so long ago. At first I really didn't like the Americana/Mike Mogis influence, listening to it now is pure bliss. I saw them this year at Golden Plains and they were amazing. This is definitely in my list.
  
  dead_radio @Pale-eyedBadger | 22 Sep '12, 18:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
Talk Less, Say More- England without Rain

havent posted in aaaaaages but my mates will be putting this out for free in a bit and it probably is going to be my favourite album of 2012 so I thought I'd come and enthuse.
http://soundcloud.com/records-on-ribs/sets/talk-less-say-more-england/

Alex_b | 20 Jan '12, 12:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Clark - Iradelphic

Can download a superb track, Com Touch, from here:
http://warp.net/records/clark/new-album-iradelphic-download-mp3

Out 2nd April on Warp Records

Massively excited for this!

jontosh2001 | 20 Jan '12, 13:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

Sciflyer and penny_racer this'd this
This thread is full of comments on the side

and albums no one has heard yet. Thought there was a format to follow. Think this happened last year too.

wonton | 22 Jan '12, 00:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Chairlift - Something

Am really enjoying this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrM5SOGw9T8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHsLWGiIeFk&feature=relmfu

thedamnedear | 23 Jan '12, 14:42 | X | ^ This | Reply

niallKP, pichaelmarker, Krillwave, Stu_, simon_said, stalecloud, El_Goodo, and DJRoomba this'd this
- it's half a really great pop record, tails off badly
  
  seven7faces @thedamnedear | 27 Jan '12, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Lililololaure and automatik this'd this
Gonjasufi - MU.ZZ.LE

Produced by the man himself, it sounds like a filthy orchestra featuring a borderline-enlightened hobo and bits of old tat found at a car-boot sale. Not as good as A Sufi and a Killer, but then again, neither is pretty much anything else, and this is better than most of that.

http://emailunlock.com/warp-records/gonjasufi-nikels-and-dimes

whatisthewhat | 25 Jan '12, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

spasskij, Lililololaure, and coolerthantv this'd this
- Very suprising take
  
  A Sufi and a Killer was such a sleek album, this is rough as hell.
  More difficult listen but very rewarding in the end.
  
  Lililololaure @whatisthewhat | 6 Apr '12, 12:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Grimes-Vision

YouRecluse | 27 Jan '12, 05:50 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lililololaure, Krillwave, bruised_blood, Poke, the_goat, crashingthrough, AfraidOfOwls, theseabass, Zapsta, stalecloud, JonnyOW, wonton, El_Goodo, Antelope, Stu_, funkycow, DaisyFlower, talskar, automatik, pichaelmarker, swinpitveteran, Dinohead86, man_possessed, oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, JohnnyZaza, ARI_, and Juno this'd this
- this is one of my favourites so far this year...
  
  it's a beautiful album full of hooks and gets better with each listen. I have a number of earworms going round my head from this the whole time. Just stunning.
  
  the_goat @YouRecluse | 19 Mar '12, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  automatik this'd this
- I was really cynical about this album being soulless LDN hipster-electro wank
  
  It's actually pretty good.
  
  automatik @YouRecluse | 30 May '12, 16:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  revgreen this'd this
  - Few more proper listens
    
    Really, really enjoying this. I think it's nailed on for a top five finish in my albums of the year.
    
    automatik @automatik | 30 May '12, 20:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- s
  
  oh_gerardus_MERCATOR @YouRecluse | 4 Oct '12, 09:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  automatik this'd this
free ep by queen beats jack

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Queen-Beats-Jack/162152407227545?sk=app_204974879526524

ady27 | 27 Jan '12, 09:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hospitality - Hospitality

Nice indie pop.
In the vein of Camera Obscura, apparently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q699Ivz_S2U

pichaelmarker | 27 Jan '12, 09:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Trust - TRST (available February 28, 2012 on Arts & Crafts)

Trust is Robert Alfons and Maya Postepski (Austra).

Formed in 2009, the Toronto-based duo released its first singles, "Candy Walls" and "Bulbform" in 2011.

"Tales of lust, wax, and erotomania carry along on a dense black vapor of speed, space and tears." Or, John Maus on the shoulders of Crystal Castles.

http://vimeo.com/34667198
http://vimeo.com/25353851

cronenberg | 27 Jan '12, 12:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

amps and Lililololaure this'd this
- mixed bag
  
  love Candy Walls. Elsewhere pretty average and self indulgent.
  
  taffo @cronenberg | 16 May '12, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - nothing average about that one
    
    brilliant from top to finish and I dansed to it the whole year!
    Dark pop heaven.
    
    Lililololaure @taffo | 12 Oct '12, 09:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
Blondes - Blondes

So we're allowed albums that have not been released yet yes?

Will include all the singles (which have been pretty awesome) and some new tracks. Plus some cool remixers (love to hear what Andy Stott will do.)

Really I'm just repeating whats on the Fact site.

http://www.factmag.com/2011/12/05/blondes-ready-debut-album/

Joseph_SP | 27 Jan '12, 14:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

bruised_blood, oojimaflop, ripper, sunstroke_house, Stu_, and thedamnedear this'd this
- TRST leaked this week. ;)
  
  cronenberg @Joseph_SP | 27 Jan '12, 15:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4317919#r6509483
  
  wonton @Joseph_SP | 27 Jan '12, 16:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Lililololaure this'd this
John Talabot: Fin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG7Mc_jDjuo

a glimmer of sunlight, beautiful stuff

_fake_blues | 27 Jan '12, 16:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

pichaelmarker, YouRecluse, revgreen, plasticniki, shrinebabe, CasimirPulaski, GoatmeatMF, Poke, badmanreturns, Jambo31, mangifesta, the_goat, tphrthms, MethodMandrill, yuggy, bruised_blood, penny_racer, JohnnyZaza, CrispinAlexander, MartyFuncowser, stalecloud, whatisthewhat, and harman_kardon this'd this
- ... yada yada but fIN is without a doubt an early contender for electronic album of the year.
  
  http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=10382
  
  cronenberg @_fake_blues | 11 Feb '12, 17:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
PULLED APART BY HORSES- 'Tough Love'

AWESOME! RADICAL!

hal_krishna | 27 Jan '12, 17:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lililololaure, LastAstronaut, Scorpio, feelthewidth, SarahIsPi, shucks, swinpitveteran, boothyfearssatan, and thecrikster this'd this
Islet - Illuminated People

Properly fantastic and delivers on the promise of the EPs

http://islet.bandcamp.com/album/illuminated-people
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16751/reviews/4144330

subbero | 30 Jan '12, 00:21 | X | ^ This | Reply

thephotobooth, Yesiamaduck, revgreen, Lililololaure, Oissin_, and JohnEW this'd this
Django Django - self titled

I know loads of people have gone for the Beta Band angle on this but it brings to mind Clinic's 'Internal Wrangler' too. Either way, it's high praise.

http://open.spotify.com/album/0TrTqqPR7VttCVUhULj0VG

Hammer15 | 1 Feb '12, 09:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

Clair_de_Lune, yuggy, hal_krishna, ripper, LastAstronaut, spoiledff7, sizeofanocean, justanothersheeldz, tim89, chadders, John_Ho, Wooly31, sam_henshaw, chickenbones, japes_, ryanbmuff1, Oissin_, El_Goodo, Stu_, ma0sm, pentargo, coolerthantv, FannyMagnetophone, Icarus-Smicarus, MarwoodW, VCLee, JohnEW, Anthonyc, and shimmetry this'd this
- One song
  
  Only one song is good on that album, and its Default. Those guys rely on ambient vocals way too much
  
  Aroinak @Hammer15 | 21 Mar '12, 19:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Lililololaure this'd this
  - That, my friend, is complete nonsense.
    
    Oissin_ @Aroinak | 14 Apr '12, 10:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It's the first immediate track for sure
    
    Oh and Clinic have other good albums than just their first, Hammer15!
    
    thecrikster @Aroinak | 31 Jul '12, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Francois & The Atlas Mountains - E Volo Love

Not much love on DiS for this, which is kinda surprising. Lots going on in this record. One of my highlights so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgLNMXXBwjc

Pale-eyedBadger | 2 Feb '12, 09:16 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lililololaure and hal_krishna this'd this
Horrid Red - Celestial Joy

German-vocal synthy post-punk, with an 80s English bassy twist, OR SUTIN, idk, i'm not that good at explaining these things. If you like any kraut post-punk, or The Fall, or Joy Division, or The Cure, parts of this might appeal to you. I can't stop listening to it.

* May have been released overseas last year, and has been doing the rounds for some time, but released here last month, as far as i know.

http://open.spotify.com/album/6bWgziNZ9uWfSCQWEjnGuQ

forzaborza | 2 Feb '12, 16:39 | X | ^ This | Reply

forzaborza and milkcartonkid this'd this
- fancy doing another albums of the year list mate?
  
  been a good while
  
  TheBeautifulOnes_ @forzaborza | 26 Apr '12, 20:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - at the end of this year, that is
    
    TheBeautifulOnes_ @TheBeautifulOnes_ | 26 Apr '12, 20:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester

I am really enjoying this album at the present. Drawing lots of inspiration from Lynch I presume, but not a bad thing.
Quite a few tunes and lovely guitars in there like tracks 'You Wish You Were Red' and 'Candy Girl'.

Lililololaure | 3 Feb '12, 22:08 | X | ^ This | Reply

Hammer15, talskar, hibster, and UnrealCity this'd this
- Apologies
  
  forgot to mention it's on Spotify. I could give you the link, but last time I tried, it was an epic fail. Use search :)
  
  Lililololaure @Lililololaure | 3 Feb '12, 22:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
RM Hubbert - Thirteen Lost & Found

Incredible Scottish guitarist second album, has guest vocals from Aidan Moffat, Lass from Delgados and some other folk. Produced by Alex Kapranos (spelling? Franz Ferdinand fellow). Anyway, it's wonderfully soothing and exquisitely recorded. Give it a spin.

yuggy | 5 Feb '12, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lililololaure, justanothersheeldz, pichaelmarker, sweetverbs, Trumpet, japes_, and marke this'd this
- I just love
  
  that Car Song - It's a great album, loving it. Beautiful guitar.
  
  Lililololaure @yuggy | 5 Feb '12, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This is likely to be on my end of year list.
  
  It's fucking magical.
  
  justanothersheeldz @yuggy | 17 Feb '12, 07:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
that Sharon Van Etten album (Tramp) is...

the best thing I've heard all year by some distance.

theescapedslave | 5 Feb '12, 19:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

avl06, YouRecluse, CornishBoyInOz, Hammer15, John_Ho, Reno, Pale-eyedBadger, Jambo31, automatik, man_possessed, bokonon, El_Goodo, pichaelmarker, GoatmeatMF, DaisyFlower, MarwoodW, coolerthantv, sunstroke_house, JohnnyZaza, luther_gravy, and ripper this'd this
- Anything with
  
  The Dessner brothers involvement gets my approval. Serpents and Leonard are brilliant.
  
  Pharyngeal @theescapedslave | 14 Feb '12, 10:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Best thing about that album?
  
  It gets better and better as it goes on IMO. I love albums that build and end strongly, and Tramp does.
  
  automatik @theescapedslave | 23 Mar '12, 03:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters - Underrate Silence

Beautiful little album that forgoes any complexity for straight up easy listening, sometimes the atmospheric stuff is just too complicated to really soak in and get lost to but this is just simple and to the point & I really like it.

Yesiamaduck | 7 Feb '12, 04:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

plasticniki, pentargo, and swinpitveteran this'd this
Pop.1280 - The Horror

Grimy Birthday Party-esque dirge. Lovely.

GoatmeatMF | 7 Feb '12, 07:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

shrinebabe, noise_annoys, chadders, and xheathenx this'd this
Gangrene- Vodka and Ayahuasca

Shigeto- Lineage

skellywager | 11 Feb '12, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lililololaure and theShipment this'd this
The Gesaffelstein remix of Blue Jeans is rather good

xheathenx @Diane | 12 Apr '12, 09:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Attempting to fix the thread
  
  wonton @xheathenx | 26 Aug '12, 18:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
Therapy? - A Brief Crack of Light

One of the most underrated bands of all time have delivered a storming 13th album.

Great hooks, lots of experimentation, monster riffs and some superb lyrics/song titles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvrM3v6XXqk&feature=related

satan_you_dog | 13 Feb '12, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

ClamingToBeOnTele, pentargo, and thecrikster this'd this
- I like this^
  
  Maybe not quite as much as Crooked Timber, but still quite a bit...
  
  pentargo @satan_you_dog | 18 May '12, 17:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America

It's a stunningly beautiful album, far more stripped back then Hadestown but still ambitious in it's theme. Easily the best folk album to come out so far in my opinion & I can see this being one of my albums of the year.

Yesiamaduck | 13 Feb '12, 23:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

avl06, pichaelmarker, Pale-eyedBadger, sweetverbs, pentargo, constantin, and colossalhorse this'd this
Opposite Sex - s/t

I've been asked to write a review for this in NZ. Had a listen here http://oppositesex.bandcamp.com/ and i like it... odd but knida cool.

backtotheballs | 14 Feb '12, 22:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tindersticks

The Something Rain. Great stuff - a real return to form.

crosseyedsniper | 14 Feb '12, 22:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

kostenurky, backtotheballs, stormcrow, Pale-eyedBadger, sizeofanocean, HumanDog, ripper, sunstroke_house, silverfoxqpr, MarwoodW, mihanoid, and Septimus97 this'd this
- I predict this album will blow everything else out of the water during this year
  
  kostenurky @crosseyedsniper | 15 Feb '12, 02:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I love Cronin but
    
    This is one of the worst DiS posts ever
    
    automatik @Diane | 5 Jun '12, 17:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Portico Quartet
    
    Utterly sublime album
    
    bruised_blood | 15 Feb '12, 00:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    hal_krishna, CornishBoyInOz, pichaelmarker, OvertakenByTractors, AfraidOfOwls, Bear0, Stu_, FannyMagnetophone, penny_racer, erotic_sasquatch, sunstroke_house, whatisthewhat, and Aconite this'd this
    - this really is sublime
      
      gentle, groovy, serene. perfection!
      
      Vian @bruised_blood | 29 Mar '12, 10:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Sleigh Bells — Reign of Terror
    
    robluvsnic | 15 Feb '12, 14:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Sloame_Ocean, hal_krishna, funkycow, Proper_Name, and Lililololaure this'd this
    - What a drop from their debut though
      
      What are these twee, cheesy ballads about? Derek should do all the writing.
      
      JonnyOW @robluvsnic | 23 Apr '12, 11:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Errors- Have Some Faith In Magic
    
    A beautiful, dream- like piece of work.
    
    FWBTS | 16 Feb '12, 12:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    lustforlife, FannyMagnetophone, HumanDog, and penny_racer this'd this
    - that's lovely
      
      talskar @FWBTS | 20 Feb '12, 19:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - The Mark Lanegan Band
    
    ..always excellent but this new album is stunning, refreshingly gutteral, he bleeds rawk n'roll and dare I say it, it's soulful maaaaan!
    
    VCLee | 16 Feb '12, 14:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    avl06, Yesiamaduck, UnluckyBeast, shrinebabe, Reno, Pale-eyedBadger, japes_, dis-charge, hibster, Lililololaure, JohnnyZaza, and colossalhorse this'd this
  - Internet Forever - Internet Forever
    
    It's excellent, isn't it? I know it's a band that's close to the board's own heart, but that change from the first track into 3D still gives me a massive grin.
    
    Yeah, it's good.
    
    justanothersheeldz | 17 Feb '12, 07:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    milkeyes, Teeej, heartbeeps, robluvsnic, automatik, alcxxk, and bokonon this'd this
    - wheyyyyy!
      
      heartbeeps @justanothersheeldz | 23 Feb '12, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - loving this
      
      robluvsnic @justanothersheeldz | 2 Apr '12, 01:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Memoryhouse - The Slideshow Effect
    
    A different record from The Years Ep (though the last three songs bear some resemblance to the lazy ambience found there), this is a stirring effort. Detractors of Real Estate stay well clear, though I can here more of Beach House (and Explosions in the Sky with the chiming guitars and sound dynamics). A very solid set of songs that are, by some distant, my favourite of this year.
    
    wonton | 19 Feb '12, 21:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - They've re-recorded 'Heirloom'
      
      And it's nowhere near as good as the original version.
      http://vimeo.com/17095566
      
      I hate when bands do this :(
      
      automatik @wonton | 30 May '12, 20:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - awesome indie pop The Chagrins - facebook.com/wearethechagrins - ZODIAK - youtube.com/watch?v=cGAyV8zDkxo
    
    rahulsharmasv | 20 Feb '12, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Dizzy Moths - Bed Bugs & Haunts
    
    I think this is my favourite release of the year so far;
    
    Review; http://bit.ly/xSqvza
    
    It's kinda hazy, melancholic, DIY indie-pop from some kid in Seattle, but it's so fucking good. He should be huge just off the back of this.
    
    Teeej | 21 Feb '12, 12:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    iizcallum this'd this
  - My Best Fiend
    
    Not so sure about this one yet, finding his voice a bit grating.
    
    yuggy | 21 Feb '12, 14:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    MonsterEdward this'd this
    - Check the thread title next time
      
      seriously this edition has been a total failure
      
      wonton @yuggy | 22 Feb '12, 23:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - PERFUME GENIUS- 'Put Your Back N 2 It'
    
    Doesn't have the sheer rawness of 'Learning', but it's a beautifully simple, redemptive and ultimately positive collection, building up from absolutely nothing. Hadreas' voice is as mystical and elegant as ever. Wonderful, wonderful stuff; someone who understands how to pare down and take away. Emotive music isn't about going all-out. Adele and the rest could learn a fucklot from him.
    
    hal_krishna | 21 Feb '12, 14:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    cronenberg, MIDDLEMAN, Yesiamaduck, GoatmeatMF, crosseyedsniper, chickenbones, mangifesta, UnrealCity, JaguarPirate, Mr_Grieves, SCROTUM, jack_on_fire, simon_said, automatik, tenniseveryone, DaisyFlower, cosk, El_Goodo, iizcallum, ma0sm, TheBeautifulOnes_, bokonon, _TheBeautifulOnes_, booey, and gonad this'd this
    - I can't get into this
      
      there's an affectation that I can't get past. :(
      
      Lililololaure @hal_krishna | 6 Apr '12, 12:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      sunstroke_house this'd this
    - I actually think this is a massive step up from the first one
      
      I thought Learning was great, but this is close to a masterpiece.
      
      automatik @hal_krishna | 10 Apr '12, 14:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      DaisyFlower this'd this
  - Alcest - Les Voyages de L'Âme
    
    Beautiful, shoegazey epic rock from France, with traces of black metal brutality and lovely church choir vocals in places.
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSspeRHq-08
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwGMLncumM
    
    thundervulture | 26 Feb '12, 23:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Lililololaure, legless, justanothersheeldz, and rbellairs this'd this
    - I was going
      
      to post this in here. :)
      
      Lililololaure @thundervulture | 27 Feb '12, 16:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Lofeye - The Road Is A River
    
    DriftingSkeleton | 27 Feb '12, 11:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - twocirclesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-road-is-a-river
      Not heard anything like this before, very good, interesting stuff.
      
      DriftingSkeleton @DriftingSkeleton | 27 Feb '12, 11:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeti Lane - The Echo Show
    
    Loving this on first listening - love the slow-building opening track. Think I'll skip the unnecessary 30 second instrumental tracks when buying on emusic though. Out March 5th in the UK. Streaming currently at: http://thequietus.com/articles/08095-yeti-lane-the-echo-show-stream
    
    DrShades | 29 Feb '12, 22:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Olivarez and Lililololaure this'd this
    - This is such an excellent album!
      
      just coming round to listening to it this week but can't stop playing it right now.
      
      Lililololaure @DrShades | 7 Aug '12, 20:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Ceremony - Zoo
    
    If you like Fucked UP or Iceage be sure to check these guys out.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIrEcxvOzYI
    
    shrinebabe | 1 Mar '12, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    chadders and swinpitveteran this'd this
    - album streaming here
      
      http://www.spin.com/articles/hear-ceremonys-full-feral-zoo-lp
      
      shrinebabe @shrinebabe | 1 Mar '12, 16:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - gone soft
      
      drcoffeebean @shrinebabe | 6 Apr '12, 18:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      gonad this'd this
    - pretty shit this album
      
      moff @shrinebabe | 17 May '12, 13:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Stalking Horse - Specters
    
    I'm reviewing it so can't say much other than... well... that!
    
    yuggy | 2 Mar '12, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Scorpio this'd this
  - Kap Bambino - Devotion
    
    Incredibly distorted dirty synth music, similar to Crystal Casltes only a little more raw.
    
    Yesiamaduck | 5 Mar '12, 15:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Lililololaure and rbellairs this'd this
  - Julia Holter- Ekstasis
    
    Absolutely all over the place yet totally focused. I'd be surprised if I hear many better albums this year.
    
    Poke | 7 Mar '12, 10:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    ring_tailed_lemur, shrinebabe, UnrealCity, CornishBoyInOz, crashingthrough, suedeheadscot, jack_on_fire, ripper, Backbone, politelydeclined, wonton, sunstroke_house, funkycow, _TheBeautifulOnes_, chasingabee, whitebicycles, oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, and harman_kardon this'd this
    - Hmmm seems like something I really should check out
      
      Yesiamaduck @Poke | 8 Mar '12, 09:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - ^ truly actually great
      
      crashingthrough @Poke | 26 Mar '12, 23:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Sounded so much like Au Revoir Simone to me, I wondered if they were affiliated
      
      Apparently not. Very nice record though.
      
      automatik @Poke | 5 Jun '12, 23:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Just listened to this....
      
      A bit like Loreena McKennitt meets Bjork :)
      
      dcnuman @Poke | 2 Sep '12, 00:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Feorm - Feorm
        
        Lovely and chilled out Krautrock/Psychedelia. http://feorm.bandcamp.com/album/feorm
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 9 Mar '12, 22:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Bigchubby this'd this
      - The Men - Open Your Heart
        
        very solid rock record. plenty of variety with good balence of aggression/ quieter more spaced out moments
        
        revgreen | 10 Mar '12, 02:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        mangifesta, noise_annoys, CornishBoyInOz, scoppiapalestra, iizcallum, SCROTUM, MIDDLEMAN, jack_on_fire, drcoffeebean, Lililololaure, EaterOfBirds, ditch_easter, dis-charge, sunstroke_house, freddiehubbard, 13th_Floor, and Proper_Name this'd this
      - Frankie Rose - Interstellar
        
        Bloody lush.
        
        fellover | 20 Mar '12, 21:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        JaguarPirate, TheRealShields, and stalecloud this'd this
      - Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
        
        Not much of a deviation from his other recent stuff, but I do much prefer this to the last one, even though that wasn't bad at all. Some really nice moments on it, especially Lazy Projector.
        
        Here's the DiS review, where you can stream it. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16847/reviews/4144563
        
        sizeofanocean | 20 Mar '12, 22:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        JaguarPirate, Mr_Grieves, marke, simon_said, legless, Septimus97, and furio this'd this
        
        I can't get into this one
        
        I absolutely loved the one before that. Nothing seems to grab me, could be a grower though. :)
        
        Lililololaure @sizeofanocean | 6 Apr '12, 12:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        'Hole In The Ocean Floor' is an incredible track.
        
        legless @sizeofanocean | 24 Apr '12, 22:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Willie B - Ichiban Sound in 3D
        
        Amazing Dilla-esque instrumental hip hop from the occasional Black Hippy (Kendrick Lamar, SchoolboyQ, Ab-Soul) producer.
        
        You can buy it for $9 here, and stream the first track (which isn't the best, to be honest) http://williebrown.bandcamp.com/album/ichiban-sound-in-3d
        A better track (essentially just a loop, but what a loop) from it, here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39mpWl75r5g
        
        MethodMandrill | 21 Mar '12, 10:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Absolutely love the new Blood Red Shoes record.
        
        SarahIsPi | 21 Mar '12, 14:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Ministry - Relapse
        
        Al Jourgensen hasn't grown old gracefully and isnt toning it down in his old age.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhFcYepyW2k
        
        ClamingToBeOnTele | 23 Mar '12, 19:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Well this is very interesting
        
        did not know about that chap until last week but was mightily taken by that track :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-nULlfJDvk
        I could not believe it was 20 years old!
        I'll be checking the above pronto.
        
        Lililololaure @ClamingToBeOnTele | 6 Apr '12, 12:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Napalm Death - Utilitarian
        
        As above these 40 somethings have now even taken inspiration from John Zorn's Naked City
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-phN3_0IV1U
        
        ClamingToBeOnTele | 23 Mar '12, 19:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        shrinebabe and swinpitveteran this'd this
        
        may just be the best thing they have ever done
        
        to produce such a great album this far into their career, its ridiculous.
        
        shrinebabe @ClamingToBeOnTele | 29 Mar '12, 11:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        xheathenx and thewarn this'd this
      - Soap&Skin - Narrow
        
        It might be on the short side this 'mini album' is fragile, heart felt and bloody emotional but still has flourishes of an experimental edge. It's beautiful and contains a guaranteed classic and perhaps surprise hit in 'Wonder' and a fantastic take on 'Voyage Voyage'. Highly recommended especially for fans of Nico and Perfume Genius
        
        Yesiamaduck | 23 Mar '12, 23:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        shrinebabe, paulo13, DangerousSnails, crockerboy, sunstroke_house, and Anthonyc this'd this
        
        i didn't...
        
        ...actually mean to 'this' this. i meant to reply and say that i was a little disappointed with the record after the glorious debut. ah well, looks like i've disappointed myself. again.
        
        sunstroke_house @Yesiamaduck | 27 May '12, 18:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        hibster this'd this
      - Yellow Ostrich - Strange Land
        
        Quirky indie-pop, I guess? Not sure. Either way it's racking up a lot of ear time for me. Great tunes.
        
        bruised_blood | 25 Mar '12, 23:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Getting into this
        
        The new line-up really works wonders with the material.
        
        RobinPlaysChords @bruised_blood | 11 May '12, 21:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Dirty Three - Toward the Low Sun
        
        First album I've listened to from these guys. Gonna have to check out everything else.
        
        DiS review: http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16850/reviews/4144570?recommended-records
        
        japes_ | 26 Mar '12, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Juno and Septimus97 this'd this
      - WIXIW
        
        watch the mystery viral add.......?
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Jid89ks64
        
        whytheface | 30 Mar '12, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DangerousSnails, rbellairs, and Lililololaure this'd this
      - Sleep Party People - We Were Floating on a Sad Song
        
        Blood and Biscuits new european imports. Floats on the nice side of The Knife/Yeasayer.
        
        http://open.spotify.com/track/71FFYHirREB8bTCdcVVCLQ
        
        niallKP | 31 Mar '12, 15:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        bruised_blood, paulo13, and bokonon this'd this
        
        V much want to hear this
        
        Will be on my listening list this weekend.
        
        -gen- @niallKP | 7 Apr '12, 16:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Lower Dens - Nootropics
        
        Jana Hunter’s vocal is appropriately sullen here, perfectly adding to the doomy atmosphere that subtly builds up to some Cocteau Twins-esque passages as the song finally breathes out at its close.
        Brilliant record.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzjF8IjE8
        
        cronenberg | 31 Mar '12, 19:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        jack_on_fire, simon_said, avl06, CornishBoyInOz, pichaelmarker, crockerboy, automatik, Lililololaure, man_possessed, and stalecloud this'd this
        
        Love this
        
        'Lamb' is the highlight for me but it's a completely beautiful record.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grnd9RTLOMw
        
        automatik @cronenberg | 5 Jun '12, 23:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Moonface with Siinai - Heartbreaking Bravery
        
        Massive synthesisers, huge choruses, some motorik beats and more poetic ramblings, from the most prolific (and most fantastic) Spencer Krug et al.
        
        the-breacher | 31 Mar '12, 22:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        xheathenx, shes_so_high, robluvsnic, Scout, Lililololaure, wonton, and automatik this'd this
        
        Hit and Miss
        
        I'm a huge Spencer Krug fan, but there's only a handful of standouts on this album (IMO).
        
        simon_said @the-breacher | 8 Apr '12, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Just heard it. I'm going to let my initial enthusiasm die down but I think it might be a bit of a classic.
        
        wilykit @simon_said | 21 Apr '12, 12:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        This is worst album Krug has put out :(
        
        I love Krug but his last few releases have been coming in with diminishing returns
        
        Yesiamaduck @the-breacher | 31 May '12, 00:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - The Men - Open Your Heart
        
        Pretty amazing cross between rambling country-rock jams, experimental freakouts, driving krautrock instrumentals and straight-up alt-rock. I never listened to their first album so I came to this with no expectations and was blown away.
        
        Album of the year so far for me, possibly
        
        JaguarPirate | 1 Apr '12, 14:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        jack_on_fire, bruised_blood, Proper_Name, and Lililololaure this'd this
      - Internet Forever - Internet Forever
        
        1. http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/features/listen-internet-forever-internet-forever/
        
        2. http://tapealarm.bigcartel.com/product/internet-forever-album
        
        Indiepop, but with a massive, joyous cacophony of electronic wibbly bits thrown into the mix. I'm obsessed.
        
        automatik | 2 Apr '12, 03:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        -gen- this'd this
        
        Ctrl+F > vague scrolling
        
        automatik @automatik | 2 Apr '12, 03:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        worth posting again, in any case
        
        robluvsnic @automatik | 2 Apr '12, 04:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        automatik this'd this
      - Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It's Cool
        
        Great sound, great tunes.
        
        fellover | 2 Apr '12, 14:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        revgreen, justanothersheeldz, Lililololaure, ditch_easter, boothyfearssatan, and JohnEW this'd this
        
        Slitghtly
        
        left hankering for more after listening to it.
        I don't think they've hitten their stride yet. Too much 80s throw back at times.
        Man, do they know how to work a synth though ...
        
        Lililololaure @fellover | 9 Apr '12, 12:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ok, I really like it now. This!
        
        Lililololaure @Lililololaure | 12 Oct '12, 09:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - AU - Both Lights
        
        I've only had it a day. But HOLY. SHIT.
        
        Absolutely amazing!
        
        bruised_blood | 3 Apr '12, 18:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Vian, Lililololaure, Hammer15, automatik, and colonelbingobongo this'd this
        
        great call
        
        this is pretty spesh
        
        Vian @bruised_blood | 5 Apr '12, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        What a rubbish
        
        review on Pitchfork. Spot on appreciation on the Quietus though.
        Great album. :)
        
        Lililololaure @bruised_blood | 9 Apr '12, 12:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Still trying to grasp the album as a whole
        
        But my word, track two, 'Get Alive', is fantastic.
        
        Hammer15 @bruised_blood | 18 Apr '12, 07:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        automatik this'd this
        
        definitely the standout after the first few listens
        
        Vian @Hammer15 | 20 Apr '12, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        'Epic' will go down as one of the finest opening LP tracks of 2012
        
        automatik @Vian | 17 May '12, 23:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        bruised_blood this'd this
      - Merchandise- Children of Desire
        
        Honestly one of the best bands in the world right now and nobody knows about them. And the label is giving it away for free, so you have no excuse to not listen to it.
        
        http://soundcloud.com/katorga-works/kw-016
        
        http://katorgaworks.bigcartel.com/product/merchandise-children-of-desire-lp
        
        drcoffeebean | 4 Apr '12, 19:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        gonad this'd this
        
        so so good!
        
        gonad @drcoffeebean | 21 Apr '12, 15:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Isidore - Life Somewhere Else
        
        This is so beautiful and under-listened. Its mostly indie but with a little ambience, electronic and folk.
        
        It is the project of Jeffrey Cain (Remy Zero) and Steve Kilbey (The Church) so if you like either of those bands, check this out. But I would recommend to anyone as the songs are so great. I love the gentle vocals and intricate sound effects...
        
        Reappearence is the best song but the whole album is available to listen to here:
        
        http://soundcloud.com/communicating-vessels/sets/isidore-life-somewhere-else-1/
        
        Clair_de_Lune | 5 Apr '12, 15:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Man, 2012 is a fucking beaut so far, huh?
        
        justanothersheeldz | 6 Apr '12, 14:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        revgreen, Lililololaure, and Antelope this'd this
        
        A trainwreck of a year so far for me
        
        wonton @justanothersheeldz | 6 Apr '12, 17:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        you hate life
        
        justanothersheeldz @wonton | 7 Apr '12, 17:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        revgreen this'd this
        
        I loved 2011...
        
        wonton @justanothersheeldz | 7 Apr '12, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I loved 2011 ...
        
        but 2012 is it's equal, maybe even better. Some great 'guitar' albums have come out first quarter. I thought 2011 was a bit short of that to tell you the truth.
        
        Lililololaure @wonton | 9 Apr '12, 12:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        its equal ...
        
        *red faced* ;)
        
        Lililololaure @Lililololaure | 9 Apr '12, 12:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I've been really out of the loop this year
        
        but of the ten or so records I've heard, 8 would have made my top 20 last year.
        
        hal_krishna @Lililololaure | 9 Apr '12, 13:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        2010 > 2012 > 2011
        
        automatik @Lililololaure | 20 Nov '12, 01:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance
        
        Lockett's solo stuff is easily up there with Atlas Sound for me.
        
        jack_on_fire | 7 Apr '12, 12:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        simon_said, TheRealShields, milkeyes, ditch_easter, CornishBoyInOz, noise_annoys, Eugene_14, Sciflyer, the-breacher, Lililololaure, ARI_, dcnuman, and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        One the best finds this year for me.
        
        simon_said @jack_on_fire | 8 Apr '12, 11:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        For me
        
        lockett pundt, with this release, Has just pissed all over the last atlas sound album.
        
        TheRealShields @simon_said | 9 Apr '12, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cronenberg and noise_annoys this'd this
        
        noooooooooooo
        
        They're both utterly brilliant - I think they've both pissed on the last Deerhunter album!
        
        Lililololaure @TheRealShields | 12 Oct '12, 09:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I'd never listened to Grouper or Tiny Vipers that much before, but this has piqued my interest considerably. Reminds me a bit of Cocteau Twins' collaboration with Harold Budd in how it works as an album...
        
        mute-branches @Pigfoot | 9 Apr '12, 20:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        delano smith- an odyssey
        
        a wonderful album of deep house
        
        polhead | 7 Apr '12, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lee Fields and The Expressions - Faithful Man
        
        Brilliant soul that'd hard to believe has been made this year.
        
        MethodMandrill | 7 Apr '12, 17:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The All-Seeing Hand - S/T
        
        http://the-all-seeing-hand.bandcamp.com/
        
        Sounds a little like Liars - Drum's Not Dead w/ a little bit of Thank You's Terrible Two and some electronics thrown in there. Really strange and intense (but still very pretty) psychedelia from NZ.
        
        brainfeedr | 8 Apr '12, 10:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        MAGNETIC FIELDS- Love At The Bottom of the Sea
        
        It isn't their best, but it's a Magnetic Fields album- they're always a treat. 'Andrew In Drag' is one of my favourite singles this year. Lovely return to synths, and the usual twisted lovesongs. Well worth a spin.
        
        hal_krishna | 9 Apr '12, 12:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        hal_krishna and DaisyFlower this'd this
        
        ALABAMA SHAKES- Boys & Girls
        
        Should be shit. Is not shit.
        
        hal_krishna | 9 Apr '12, 13:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Pinkunoizu - 'Free Time'
        
        seems to have snuck under a few people's radars - playfully experimental in a way that reminds me of a more 'Krautrocky' Beta Band / Flaming Lips.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-nRzfyxhs ('Parabolic Delusions')
        
        mute-branches | 9 Apr '12, 20:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hammer15 and Proper_Name this'd this
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmv8gYJ-ZXg ('Everything is Broken or Stolen')
        
        mute-branches @mute-branches | 9 Apr '12, 20:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        'Death Is Not A Lover' sounds like Animal Collective doing delta blues
        
        Actually the whole thing reminds me of Animal Collective. I know they can be used as lazy shorthand for anything that sounds a bit busy and experimental, but Pinkunoizu really remind me of them. Really enjoying this
        
        Hammer15 @mute-branches | 18 Apr '12, 07:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Modern Blondes - Sorry!
        
        get it here, for free
        http://modernblonde.bandcamp.com/album/sorry
        
        UnrealCity | 11 Apr '12, 01:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sorry, for pay what you like
        
        at least a bag of chips
        
        UnrealCity @UnrealCity | 11 Apr '12, 01:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Circle of Ouroborus - Lost Entrance of the Just
        
        by a landslide, so far this year. Pop. 1280 - The Horror in there too, with The Men getting alot of airtime too.
        
        Locrian/Mamiffer - Bless Them That Curse You is a damn fine album, just need to absorb it more. Preterite - A Pillar of Winds was 2011, but doubt anyone has bothered with it.
        
        EaterOfBirds | 11 Apr '12, 14:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Preterite
        
        album is amazing. I love Menace Ruine too, but Pillars is very different. but yeah, 2011.
        
        GoatmeatMF @EaterOfBirds | 13 May '12, 21:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        vatican shadow - kneel before religious icons...
        
        from dominic fernow (aka prurient)...a grimy extension to prurients beat-driven release last year...nasty stuff...
        stream here:
        http://www.self-titledmag.com/2012/03/29/long-player-of-the-day-vatican-shadow-kneel-before-religious-icons/
        
        theescapedslave | 11 Apr '12, 19:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
        
        BB's second album is more thrash than their previous effort "Heavy Breathing", they've certainly shed a little of the Emtombed styling but kept that amazing guitar sound remains intact.
        
        It's in the running for my top 5 metal albums of the year.
        
        Ichor | 12 Apr '12, 10:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        shattered_ghoul and GoatmeatMF this'd this
        
        What are the others?
        
        theShipment @Ichor | 14 Apr '12, 08:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Not sure yet, it's only April!
        
        Ichor @theShipment | 20 Apr '12, 09:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I forgot about this
        
        need to have a listen...
        
        ARI_ @Pigfoot | 24 Aug '12, 19:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Stephen O'Malley & Steve Noble - St. Francis Duo
        
        Blisteringly brutal riffage and hypnotic frenzied drumming.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDOFJJ62Ooo
        
        ClamingToBeOnTele | 16 Apr '12, 13:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Unsane - Wreck
        
        Amp rep veterans it has all the elements you'd expect from a classic Unsane release.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ZQcpVt1w0&feature=related
        
        ClamingToBeOnTele | 16 Apr '12, 13:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        this'd this
        
        yeah its one of the best albums of the year after the new torche album.
        
        ClamingToBeOnTele @Pigfoot | 22 Apr '12, 15:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
        
        Mr Pike has turned it up to 11. You can picture him in the studio with his top off sweating to high heaven as he has just created another amazing riff.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX4yy3TwdvM&feature=related
        
        ClamingToBeOnTele | 16 Apr '12, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        GoatmeatMF and japes this'd this
        
        Blackest Lava - An Offering
        
        Beautiful dark ambient stuff from a guy that also makes crazy fucked black metal/noise by the gallon. It's all free (pay what you like) too!
        
        http://blackestlava.bandcamp.com/
        
        brainfeedr | 16 Apr '12, 17:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Azusa Plane - Where The Sands Turn To Gold
        
        Beautiful instrumental guitar work for any fans of Windy & Carl, Bardo Pond, Mark McGuire and anybody who loves stuff on Kranky (although this is on Rocket Girl). Tragic that the guy took his own life, but the double CD, MP3 collection, booklet and packaging are a great tribute.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3S1J8xh1Q8
        
        funkycow | 17 Apr '12, 14:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        thedamnedear this'd this
        
        Whirr - Pipe Dreams
        
        Old school shoegaze. Nice.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFWafcygWHk
        
        funkycow | 17 Apr '12, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        pichaelmarker this'd this
        
        volcano! - Pinata
        
        Got this sent through recently and it's barely left my lugs since. Out in June on The Leaf Lable (who are having a grand old run of it at the moment are they not). They got 10/10 once on DiS back in the day I believe. This appears on it, having earlier been released as a single. Like a clangier, mathier Modest Mouse (people who know them better than I might chastise me for that - apologies)
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4TFOyTB0k
        
        jarock87 | 17 Apr '12, 18:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past
        
        gravelly, punk rock done really good. Quite bitter sounding in places and some ace song writing. Bit Crazy Arm in places and mid-90s punk rock when Epitaph was really good (this is Epitaph as well, so it might be a return to good times) I dunno, I really like it. The artwork is shit though, don't let that put you off.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnAFXMQbnc8
        
        shucks | 17 Apr '12, 20:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        artbaretta this'd this
        
        1. It came out last year
        
        2. It's shit
        
        hal_krishna @Pigfoot | 17 Apr '12, 23:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        As no one's mentioned it yet
        
        Blunderbuss.
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 18 Apr '12, 19:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Sloame_Ocean, El_Goodo, SCROTUM, sunstroke_house, FannyMagnetophone, and moker this'd this
        
        Module - Imagineering
        
        http://module.bandcamp.com/album/imagineering
        
        Beautiful and brilliantly produced Electronic masterpiece.
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 18 Apr '12, 20:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        penny_racer and man_possessed this'd this
        
        I like this a lot
        
        <3
        
        meowington @DriftingSkeleton | 23 May '12, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Does ANYONE like Black Dice Mr. Impossible?
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 19 Apr '12, 06:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I've only given it the one listen as yet
        
        didn't feel it at the time, but might do in further listens.
        
        incandenza_ @OvertakenByTractors | 8 May '12, 17:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        No one has mentioned it here yet but
        
        Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized is a great album. It got a mediocre review on here but it has some really good tunes. Hey Jane and So Long You Pretty Thing are the obvious ones on first listen. Too Late and I Am What I Am are some personal favourites, anyone who is a fan of Ladies and Gentlemen should enjoy this album (all expectations aside)
        
        Antelope | 20 Apr '12, 09:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        xilia, thedamnedear, freddiehubbard, MarwoodW, boothyfearssatan, and Proper_Name this'd this
        
        RYAT - Totem
        
        Brainfeeder debut from Bjorkalike beatsmith whose voice has an alien beauty that scrapes delightfully against a glitchy, glassy surface - for fans of: hallucinogens, dreadlocks, Daedelus, headphones, Hail to the Thief, Gazelle Twin, Flying Lotus, all that jazz. Might be my favourite Brainfeeder release yet.
        
        http://soundcloud.com/factmag/ryat-howl
        
        whatisthewhat | 20 Apr '12, 09:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        whatisthewhat this'd this
        
        The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
        
        Classic Lips. Best heard with a pair of good headphones, occasionally surprisingly loud album with everything you'd expect. Surprising amount of depth, considering this album was meant to be a "gimmick".
        
        Antelope | 22 Apr '12, 15:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        brainfeedr, thedamnedear, and sojourner this'd this
        
        What's most surprising is that, this works so beautifully as an album...
        
        even though it's a collection of collaborations the band did last year.
        
        thedamnedear @Antelope | 5 May '12, 10:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I know it's only an EP
        
        But Kindred by Burial blows most albums out of the water this year. Just absolutely gorgeous, and probably the best thing Burial has done, which is saying something.
        
        Antelope | 24 Apr '12, 03:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        swinpitveteran this'd this
        
        Now, Now - Threads
        
        My friend burned me a copy at the weekend and I'm instantly smitten, for fans of Tegan and Sara, and We-Have-The-Facts-era Death Cab.
        
        Track from a live session - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP5Pu3o6rPA
        
        bokonon | 24 Apr '12, 23:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        funkycow, robluvsnic, and MarwoodW this'd this
        
        it's incredible
        
        it's the record of the year. I love it.
        
        cocodaLOL @bokonon | 12 May '12, 15:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Phantogram - Nightlife
        
        It's an EP, yes. But it feels like an album. Also it's fucking brilliant. Are we expecting an album this year, anyone?
        
        http://open.spotify.com/album/6i4gCQ0S4CRdlKzIENSblF
        
        automatik | 25 Apr '12, 19:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure and Vian this'd this
        
        Foreign Fields - Anywhere But Where I Am
        
        They just changed their name from 'Flights' to 'Foreign Fields' and put the whole LP back up on their Bandcamp page.
        
        It's the best thing I've heard all year, folky bon iver-esque thing of majestic beauty. You really, really, really should listen to this.
        
        http://foreignfields.bandcamp.com/album/anywhere-but-where-i-am
        
        Teeej | 26 Apr '12, 19:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        pichaelmarker this'd this
        
        This is excellent
        
        Just bought the cd.
        
        sizeofanocean @Teeej | 26 Apr '12, 21:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        this makes me very happy.
        
        I interviewed them a while back if you were interested in that;
        
        http://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/?p=7221
        
        Teeej @sizeofanocean | 27 Apr '12, 20:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        This sounds great!
        
        Nice one.
        
        Stu_ @Teeej | 5 May '12, 10:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I asked nicely
        
        and they gave me an unreleased track for a compilation I just put out. It's an instrumental but it's pretty stunning;
        
        http://goldflakepaint.bandcamp.com/
        
        Teeej @Teeej | 18 May '12, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Death Grips The Money Store
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 27 Apr '12, 20:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_, hitsville, El_Goodo, UnrealCity, shrinebabe, GoatmeatMF, shes_so_high, ma0sm, sunstroke_house, AlistairCampbell, sebtull, gonad, and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        YES! :D
        
        sebtull @OvertakenByTractors | 20 Jul '12, 18:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Orbital - Wonky
        
        Good to have these gentlemen back and on form.
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 28 Apr '12, 15:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        OvertakenByTractors, pentargo, colonelbingobongo, freddiehubbard, El_Goodo, Capitalwow, hibster, friday55, swinpitveteran, harman_kardon, man_possessed, cassiel, online, and shimmetry this'd this
        
        Wow, i didn't expect this album to be THAT good.
        
        online @DriftingSkeleton | 13 Sep '12, 19:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Miike Snow - Happy To You
        
        I never see any love for these guys on the boards and they're completely ignored by indie sites and blogs but what's not to like when they're only a short hop, step and a jump away from Hot Chip?
        
        El_Goodo | 29 Apr '12, 17:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        pentargo this'd this
        
        thought their debut was EXCELLENT
        
        loved it to bits! Heard this once but didn't seem as good, must go back to it.
        
        yuggy @El_Goodo | 4 May '12, 12:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lapalux - When You're Gone
        
        gorgeous R&B-infused electronica along the lines of Flying Lotus/James Blake/Kona Triangle etc. Very sexy music.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyhzn5p2GkA
        
        CillaCrack | 30 Apr '12, 22:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        GoatmeatMF and noise_annoys this'd this
        
        Cate le Bon - CYRK
        
        only listened to it once all the way through but it was really nice.
        
        iizcallum | 30 Apr '12, 22:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Beach House - Bloom
        
        Beach House does it again. "Teen Dream" was perfect, but this is coming in its way.
        The melodies are melancholic, wistful and catchy, the production keeps getting better and better, too.
        The biggest difference here is the addition of even more layers of pianos, organs and guitars, as well as more detailed and intricate drum parts. They still have their trademark "casio keyboard" synth drums sounds, so... overall, another great BH album.
        
        cronenberg | 30 Apr '12, 23:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        revgreen, wonton, mute-branches, Stu_, sunstroke_house, pichaelmarker, hibster, bruised_blood, holdcaul31, UnrealCity, harman_kardon, cassiel, oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, Proper_Name, GoatmeatMF, and Sjokvistarn this'd this
        
        Only just started listening to it,
        
        but based on the first three tracks, I'm just gonna 'this' yr post already.
        
        mute-branches @cronenberg | 18 May '12, 17:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        wasn't...
        
        ...expecting to like this nearly as much as i seem to be liking it...very nice indeed. proper swoon.
        
        sunstroke_house @cronenberg | 27 May '12, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The bridge(s) in 'Lazuli'
        
        Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
        
        automatik @cronenberg | 30 Jul '12, 03:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        KINDNESS- 'World, You Need A Change Of Mind'
        
        Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet. Gorgeous, somehow shy clubtracks, but diminished, subverted clubtracks. 80s-influenced without being wanky. Includes 'Swingin Party', which is the best cover I have ever heard full stop.
        
        Spooky, strange but weirdly warm and empathetic music. Skeletal and embracing all at once. Great stuff.
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ | 30 Apr '12, 23:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        xilia, holdcaul31, and jb08brownie this'd this
        
        Lower Plenty - Hard Rubbish
        
        http://soundcloud.com/special-award-records/sets/lower-plenty-hard-rubbish
        
        CornishBoyInOz | 1 May '12, 12:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Zammuto - Zammuto
        
        Was always going to be a shoe-in for me, I'm a huge (and now sad) Books fan. But this album does not disappoint. Many of the old Booksian elements are there, but now far more focused towards 'traditional' song craft. I say traditional, but that's not very accurate. It's a very modern album, full of inventive and original sounds. More emphasis on vocals and percussion too.
        
        And I even like the autotune. Who would've thought? This rewards with every listen, I absolutely adore it.
        
        bruised_blood | 1 May '12, 15:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        eagleminded and jackpot this'd this
        
        The Dirty Rich - Champions Hall
        
        Download here for free:
        
        https://www.yousendit.com/download/T2dkOU1RcG81aVpESjhUQw
        
        Watch latest single 'F**k The Jubilee' here:
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74OC9dCDkNM
        
        out on Westway Records 28th May 2012!!!
        
        longy1000 | 1 May '12, 16:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Polica Give You The Ghost
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 2 May '12, 01:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cronenberg, wonton, pichaelmarker, aazerbeezee, sunstroke_house, GoatmeatMF, shes_so_high, Sloame_Ocean, jb08brownie, boothyfearssatan, Juno, rainmaker, and pieces_of_reece this'd this
        
        Lost In The Trees A Church That Fits Our Needs
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 2 May '12, 01:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hammer15 and crockerboy this'd this
        
        Great shout
        
        Never heard of this lot before, but really liking this album.
        
        Hammer15 @OvertakenByTractors | 4 May '12, 04:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        shes_so_high this'd this
        
        Yeah I only found them through browsing metacritic one day
        
        they don't seem to get much media coverage unfortunately. Really good stuff.
        
        OvertakenByTractors @Hammer15 | 5 May '12, 03:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The singer's mum took her own life and there are strings
        
        which should give peeps an idea of what to expect but it's wonderful.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IArudWKb_K4
        
        crockerboy @OvertakenByTractors | 7 May '12, 17:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Stanley - Animals With Amazing Disguises
        
        Everyone should check this out - it's on Spotify. Big shout for these guys to be as good as the Phantom Band, there's loads of cool filmatic movie style music here. Seriously, probably knocking Django Django off the top spot for a debut for me. It's brilliant.
        
        justanothersheeldz | 4 May '12, 09:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        are these the guys who did 'Sandwiches and Tea'?
        
        Because that's a brilliant song. Definitely buying this if so.
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ @justanothersheeldz | 4 May '12, 21:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        justanothersheeldz this'd this
        
        THE CRIBS- 'In the Belly of the Brazen Bull'
        
        As furious and riffy as their best work, yet somehow more mature and heartbroken. A band hitting their stride.
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ | 4 May '12, 21:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ and El_Goodo this'd this
        
        Father John Misty - Fear Fun.
        
        iizcallum | 5 May '12, 03:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Francis Harris - Leland
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlOpJfFeTrQ
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z5trVFu7RY&feature=related
        
        thedamnedear | 5 May '12, 08:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Foreign Fields - Anywhere But I Am
        
        Really, really beautiful.
        
        Take your pick here:
        http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Foriegn+Fields+-+Anywhere+But+I+Am&oq=Foriegn+Fields+-+Anywhere+But+I+Am&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=youtube.3...271127.271127.0.271864.1.1.0.0.0.0.317.317.3-1.1.0...0.0.
        
        P.S. Previously known as 'Flights'
        
        thedamnedear | 5 May '12, 10:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Jambo31 this'd this
        
        That's 'Anywhere But WHERE I Am"
        
        thedamnedear @thedamnedear | 5 May '12, 10:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        oh hi
        
        http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4317919#r6722046
        
        Teeej @thedamnedear | 9 May '12, 23:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Only just got round to downloading this...
        
        Really good, especially the 1st 3 songs.
        
        lukeh100 @thedamnedear | 23 May '12, 17:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lower Dens - Nootropics
        
        Once it takes hold of you...
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzjF8IjE8
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grnd9RTLOMw
        
        thedamnedear | 5 May '12, 10:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Teeej and Lililololaure this'd this
        
        Stephen Hummel - Meld
        
        http://stephenhummel.bandcamp.com/
        
        Gorgeous bit of Analogue Electronica. Covers a few styles within that realm[Electronica, Electro Pop, Techno, Ambient etc]but as always with chaps stuff it sounds personal and human.
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 5 May '12, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        This is a very fine record
        
        Looking forward for the second part
        
        crashingthrough @Pigfoot | 2 Jul '12, 06:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        *to
        
        crashingthrough @crashingthrough | 2 Jul '12, 06:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Carter Tutti Void - Transverse.
        
        Dark and brilliant...loving it!
        
        thedamnedear | 8 May '12, 09:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        thedamnedear and colonelbingobongo this'd this
        
        Boy Friend - Egyptian Wrinkle
        
        Absolutely gorgeous thing.
        
        Apparently Boy Friend are one original half of Sleep ? Over that went their separate ways before that band's first album.
        
        They then did this. It variously reminds me of Warpaint, Julia Holter, Beach House and Sleep ? Over.
        
        Really bloody great, it's on Spotify too.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHtir0zqRQ4
        
        pichaelmarker | 9 May '12, 11:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        kilgore-trout this'd this
        
        I've just listened to the first disc
        
        but it's great so far. Not really an album though and way too long to really take in in one listen.
        
        OvertakenByTractors @Pigfoot | 15 May '12, 01:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Listened to the second disc now
        
        and yeah it's really sick and amazingly consistent (I don't know the story behind it, have these tracks accumulated over years or what?) but there is just so much of it.
        
        OvertakenByTractors @OvertakenByTractors | 16 May '12, 03:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Just listening to samples from YouTube
        
        glad I stumbled upon this post!
        
        mute-branches @Pigfoot | 6 Jun '12, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
        
        Taken by surprise by this one. Less proggy than previous albums - Omar holds back on the brazen prog-guitar wankery. Might be better than de-loused for me, just works better as a whole. And yet, the songs are really varied.
        Last two-three minutes of this...wow:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThiSqefRAzY&feature=related
        
        holdcaul31 | 10 May '12, 02:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sunstroke_house, justanothersheeldz, and Septimus97 this'd this
        
        Santigold - Master Of My Make Believe
        
        don't think she's been mentioned yet. for some reason she seems to be a bit out of favor with the current critical consensus. not sure why. first record was ace, full of ace pop tunes. this record is also ace, full of ace, somewhat understated, pop songs.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIMMZQJ1H6E
        
        sunstroke_house | 10 May '12, 03:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        El_Goodo, Lililololaure, TheoGB, and LOLpop this'd this
        
        ghosting season - the very last of the saints
        
        my copy arrived on saturday morning, and i've listened to it 4 times since then, i really like it
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsTn6mbkp4c
        
        cs009d4735 | 13 May '12, 23:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        boothyfearssatan and GoatmeatMF this'd this
        
        Black Swan - Aeterna
        
        Evocative drone with some lovely choral flourishes. Available streaming in full here:
        
        http://blackswan.bandcamp.com/track/aeterna-2012-album-preview
        
        funkycow | 14 May '12, 10:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TIGERCATS- 'Isle of Dogs'
        
        Alright, alright, it's indie-pop. But in its best, most sucrose-addictive form, clever and catchy without being mawkish. Great fun and gradually worms its way into you over the day, till you'll find yourself listening 2 or 3 times an afternoon.
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ | 14 May '12, 10:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
        
        You could have described 'Long Black Cars' by The Wave Pictures there.
        
        OllieH @TheBeautifulOnes_ | 16 May '12, 08:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
        
        Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
        
        silverfoxqpr | 17 May '12, 12:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Mr_Grieves this'd this
        
        Goat – World Music
        
        Chris_Rocket | 17 May '12, 13:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        xilia and lustforlife this'd this
        
        Sweet Lights debut album is one of the best I've picked up this year..
        
        I heard the track 'You Let Me Down' months ago, so was really looking forward to the album being released. Then I heard Shai Halperin had done some early stuff with War on Drugs, so that whetted my appetite even more.
        
        It is night and day from War on Drugs, but a very pleasant addition to the CD collection. Just have to bide my time until they tour now.
        
        dis-charge | 17 May '12, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - S/T
        
        Soothing and Psychedelic Ambient Electronic double album. I`ve only had one one listen to it but it blew my head off and chilled me out.
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 17 May '12, 18:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        thedamnedear, crashingthrough, mc1978, matthewdrury, and GoatmeatMF this'd this
        
        Need to check this
        
        crashingthrough @DriftingSkeleton | 22 May '12, 20:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        freddiehubbard this'd this
        
        Woah wow IT'S GREAT
        
        crashingthrough @crashingthrough | 11 Jun '12, 21:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        EL-P - Cancer4Cure
        
        This album goes...
        
        backtotheballs | 17 May '12, 23:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        pentargo, littlebirds, japes_, coolerthantv, plasticniki, and El_Goodo this'd this
        
        John Hopkins & King Creosote
        
        Diamond Mine
        
        I really enjoyed it anyway....
        
        mynameisjon | 18 May '12, 21:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        balls.
        
        just realised that it was released last year, i've only just got around to listening to it now though... apologies.
        
        mynameisjon @mynameisjon | 18 May '12, 21:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Choir of Young Believers - Rhinegold
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 21 May '12, 01:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        yes!
        
        it's like a sci-fi in the guise of a spaghetti western. Firefly, soundtracked by Mew, or something, but more cheekbones-ey than that suggests.
        
        spaceships flying over Scandinavian tundra at dawn, whilst a young space wrangler sings out into the plains, eyes of piercing clarity, voice bold and angelic.
        
        incandenza_ @OvertakenByTractors | 30 May '12, 01:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Sold
        
        pichaelmarker @incandenza_ | 2 Jun '12, 10:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Advance Base - A Shut-In's Prayer
        
        http://advancebase.bandcamp.com/
        
        I recently read someone describe Owen Ashworth as the best lyricist working today, and while that might be a slight exaggeration, he's certainly great. Any fans of his later CftPA stuff will love this.
        
        DaisyFlower | 22 May '12, 22:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        you know if i can buy the LP of this anywhere + get a dl straight away?
        
        fuckyeahdubstep @DaisyFlower | 22 May '12, 22:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I'm not certain
        
        I didn't want to wait for the European release so I bought the download from Orindal.com weh it came out in the US and I'll get the LP when I can get hold of it in a week or two. That's silly, I'm paying for it twice, but I'm a bit of a megafan of Owen Ashworth. I know if you buy the LP from http://www.anost.net/Musik/CD/CD/Advance-Base-A-Shut-In-s-Prayer.html you'll get a download but I can't see anywhere saying it's instant - you might have to wait for a code in the packaging.
        
        DaisyFlower @fuckyeahdubstep | 22 May '12, 22:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams
        
        are where it's at. Probably my favorite album this year so far!
        
        Krillwave | 23 May '12, 07:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ and Lililololaure this'd this
        
        Mark Mcguire & Charles Berlitz - Inner Tube
        
        Actually bought this for my boyfriend and have ended up listening to it a lot myself and loving it.
        
        Its like some 90s surfer concept record thats really child and a nice listen.
        
        Its well good.
        http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/inner-tube-mark-mcguire
        
        meowington | 23 May '12, 14:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Dan_S this'd this
        
        Guillemots - Hello Land!
        
        One of four albums released this year, if the rest are this standard the inevitable best of will be pretty special!
        
        xilia | 23 May '12, 14:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Clair_de_Lune and sunstroke_house this'd this
        
        Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando
        
        Mixture of original compositions and interpretations of other things. Here's his interpretation of Flying Lotus's "mmmhmmm" cos I know all you hipsters dig Flylo. It's not the best thing on the album by a stretch but anyway:
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti_P4_Fhovs
        
        This album's some great mothafunky shit.
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 24 May '12, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        thedamnedear this'd this
        
        I put most of these so far on a playlist
        
        well, the ones with a decent amount of this's anyway...
        
        http://open.spotify.com/user/hayles83/playlist/2CLaNgr4oZvMNu0yQ382zt
        
        Scout | 24 May '12, 21:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        aazerbeezee this'd this
        
        The Hundred in the Hands - Red Night
        
        It’s on Warp, produced by Richard X and veers between sounding like Broadcast on a hot day and astronauts drilling into dying stars. Pretty much what I wanted the School of Seven Bells record to be.
        
        http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/the-hundred-in-the-hands-keep
        
        whatisthewhat | 25 May '12, 02:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Glasvegian, Lililololaure, and automatik this'd this
        
        The Pirate Ship Quintet
        
        The New Pirate Ship Quintet Album 'Rope for No-Hopers' Is Out!
        
        It has recieved rave reviews in the music press:
        
        Track of the week -The Silent Ballet
        
        9 out of 10 -Montreal Mirror
        
        90% -Metalrage
        
        "The Pirate Ship Quintet have clearly spent their time away perfecting their skills. Every note here feels perfectly placed, every hit necessary and every single second played and produced with an attention to detail that seems almost surgical. This is definitely a grower, enjoyed most when given your full attention and listened to through good headphones. Believe me, you’re in for a real treat."
        -Beard Rock
        
        "Not only is the music itself just fantastic, but everything on 'Rope For No-Hopers' is played virtuosically, the sound is raw and the album artwork is beautiful (...) everyone who is even slightly interested in this kind of music must listen to this album." "Not only is the music itself just fantastic, but everything on 'Rope For No-Hopers' is played virtuosically, the sound is raw and the album artwork is beautiful (...) everyone who is even slightly interested in this kind of music must listen to this album."
        -Vampster
        
        The Pirate Ship Quintet Website-
        http://www.thepirateshipquintet.com
        
        The Pirate Ship Quintet Facebook - www.facebook.com/thepirateshipquintet
        
        Denovali Records MP3 Store -
        http://denovali.com/mp3shop/
        
        jonasturgess | 25 May '12, 13:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Gemma Hayes - Let It Break
        
        Was really not expecting to love this as much as I am. I really enjoyed her debut album back in 2002, but never listened to anything of hers since then for some reason. But this album is just so lovely. Might have to listen to what else I've missed of her.
        
        paulo13 | 26 May '12, 10:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        automatik and pichaelmarker this'd this
        
        mewithoutYou - Ten Stories
        
        Never been a huge fan up to this point, but will have to revisit the earlier albums. Ten Stories is great!
        
        bokonon | 27 May '12, 17:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        boydungud and artbaretta this'd this
        
        few JAGs creeping in...
        
        TheBeautifulOnes_ | 27 May '12, 18:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Public Image Ltd - This is PiL
        
        Yeah, I went there. Striking return to form for me, making Wobble/Levine's milking of Metal Box seem almost luddite.
        
        in_limbo | 28 May '12, 23:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        silverfoxqpr and lustforlife this'd this
        
        Daniel Land & The Modern Painters - The Space Between Us
        
        Brilliant follow up to Love Songs For The Chemical Generation
        
        Eyes Wide Shut is a glorious shimmering Shoegaze/Dreampop anthem.
        
        TheGrudge | 29 May '12, 12:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Light Asylum - s/t
        
        That voice. Dark, synthy aggressive. Much love ?
        
        http://open.spotify.com/album/20QPcWwH6tJvFLQXJYumrT
        
        talskar | 29 May '12, 23:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        blicky this'd this
        
        Liars - WIXIW
        
        Reposted from above (which lacked the band and was posted two months ahead of release). Cracking record.
        
        funkycow | 30 May '12, 13:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ditch_easter, Jambo31, chadders, FannyMagnetophone, plasticniki, backtotheballs, bruised_blood, sunstroke_house, MarwoodW, whitebicycles, UnrealCity, harman_kardon, avl06, boothyfearssatan, matthewdrury, Proper_Name, rbellairs, luther_gravy, Lililololaure, and shimmetry this'd this
        
        struggled...
        
        ...with previous LIARS releases, but this record is a deep, dark and thrilling listen.
        
        sunstroke_house @funkycow | 11 Jun '12, 22:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        SCROTUM this'd this
        
        Sigur Ros - Valtari
        
        No mention of this yet? It'll take a while before I decide how it compares to their other albums, but I'm really enjoying it so far/ have had it on repeat most of this week.
        
        paulo13 | 31 May '12, 15:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        pichaelmarker, Podge9, MarwoodW, boothyfearssatan, man_possessed, and kubrahhh this'd this
        
        KiloWatts - Acceptitude
        
        Brilliant, complex and hugely enjoyable Electronica album. http://shop.kilowattsmusic.com/album/acceptitude
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 31 May '12, 18:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        A Place to Bury Strangers — Worship
        
        robluvsnic | 3 Jun '12, 08:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TheGrudge, Lililololaure, and GoatmeatMF this'd this
        
        Didn't quiet like the EP... but would sure listen to this.
        
        thedamnedear @robluvsnic | 3 Jun '12, 08:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        It's different
        
        More adventurous, perhaps, but a bit patchier than the last albums for that very reason.
        
        I suspect that it may end up being not that well received/reviewed, because it's not quite (imo) to the standard of Exploding Head, and some songs definitely veer from the APTBS sound that we know and love. But it's still a pretty great album. Then again, I thought the EP was great, especially the first 3 tracks.
        
        robluvsnic @thedamnedear | 4 Jun '12, 02:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        robellovich this'd this
        
        Killer Mike - RAP Music
        
        Simply the best hip-hop album in years.
        
        ThirstyDog | 4 Jun '12, 07:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_, ARI_, and robellovich this'd this
        
        ^ This to the album
        
        but not the accompanying sentence.
        
        theShipment @ThirstyDog | 5 Jun '12, 21:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_, coolerthantv, OvertakenByTractors, badmanreturns, japes_, SCROTUM, automatik, and ARI_ this'd this
        
        Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
        
        I can see where people have had a problem with this in that there are probably too many interludes for the number of songs, but the songs are really, really good. Remind me a little bit of Why?, but that's maybe the nasal voice more than anything. I'm excited to see where these go from here.
        
        sizeofanocean | 5 Jun '12, 17:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        simon_said, MarwoodW, distrus, bruised_blood, Sloame_Ocean, Lililololaure, boothyfearssatan, mixmus57, rbellairs, rainmaker, JohnEW, pieces_of_reece, and joeox this'd this
        
        This should have way more '^this's
        
        I also thought of Yoni Wolf when hearing it for the first time. This will be (should be) on AOTY lists for sure.
        
        simon_said @sizeofanocean | 18 Jun '12, 23:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        rainmaker this'd this
        
        LAUREL HALO- Quarantine
        
        OK, so it's great. Her vocals are a bit controversial but I like her tinny, squeezed tone rather than your standard autotuned multitracked voice. This is oddly danceable and really interesting, but there's something quite horrible just beneath the surface- it's as if all structure has been sucked from these compositions, as if they're trying to negate themselves.
        
        Listen to it now.
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ | 6 Jun '12, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        talskar, _TheBeautifulOnes_, long_tailed_tit, crashingthrough, sunstroke_house, and oh_gerardus_MERCATOR this'd this
        
        unsettling and addictive
        
        talskar @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 10 Jun '12, 02:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Not sure how I feel about your aggressive imperative there
        
        But agree that this is a very good record. It's also a lot more fun and accessible than a lot of the write-up/hype around it seems to be suggesting.... experimental, yes, but still very much a pop LP at heart.
        
        crashingthrough @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 12 Jul '12, 01:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
        
        Exitmusic - Passage
        
        I love this record!
        
        sadpunk | 6 Jun '12, 13:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        FannyMagnetophone, avl06, boothyfearssatan, and Stu_ this'd this
        
        Christ man. I thought you liked rock and stuff.
        
        This appears to be like Turin Brakes with more synths. :(
        
        TheoGB @sadpunk | 21 Jun '12, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Pariso- Nothing Beyond Everything After is a good kick in the ears
        
        I have high hopes for run,WALK!'s debut/only LP.
        
        SarahIsPi | 7 Jun '12, 17:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        WE CUT CORNERS - Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards
        
        I need something to aspire to setting fire to
        
        darrarragh | 9 Jun '12, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        (continued)
        
        Debut album from Irish duo. Short urgent songs that pack a lyrical punch. From fast-paced to mellow, beautiful sound is created from only two instruments. I would definitely recommend checking out their videos too.
        http://wecutcorners.bandcamp.com/
        
        darrarragh @darrarragh | 9 Jun '12, 22:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Japandroids - Celebration Rock
        
        I didn't click with their debut when it came out but I decided to give this one a go on Spotify and it's so fucking good. Really energetic, sharp garagey psych rock, Going to get this and their self titled again.
        
        yuggy | 10 Jun '12, 11:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        avl06, gonad, UnrealCity, noise_annoys, thundervulture, boothyfearssatan, coolerthantv, robluvsnic, dcnuman, chickenbones, and automatik this'd this
        
        No Singles is great as well, mate.
        
        I prefer it to the debut album.
        
        dis-charge @yuggy | 15 Jun '12, 13:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        iliketrains
        
        no mention of their new album?
        had gone off them over the years but this new one is quite possibly the best thing they've ever done & totally reignited my interest in them
        
        hibster | 11 Jun '12, 08:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        mc1978 and boothyfearssatan this'd this
        
        Agreed...
        
        Great Album, keep going back to it.
        
        lukeh100 @hibster | 15 Jun '12, 12:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        KEATON HENSON- 'Dear'
        
        He's not *quite* the new Jeff Buckley, as some have claimed, but it's a fucking heartbreaking record in places if I'm honest. Raw, bare but still with enough to it above the skeleton to make it genuinely beautiful. Well worth your time.
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ | 12 Jun '12, 00:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ and Christophales this'd this
        
        Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland - 'Black is Beautiful'
        
        not mentioned yet?? WELL IT'S GREAT
        
        New Hype Williams on Hyperdub. Has taken a while to settle in but now I'm never looking back.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ECMGF00WYc
        
        crashingthrough | 15 Jun '12, 13:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        thedamnedear, long_tailed_tit, _fake_blues, CrispinAlexander, and Jeff-Luvs-Anne this'd this
        
        DIIV - Oshin
        
        http://soundcloud.com/spunkrecords/sets/diiv-oshin-sampler
        
        Another great indie pop/rock release @ Captured Tracks.
        
        cronenberg | 15 Jun '12, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        backtotheballs, sam_henshaw, Lililololaure, bruised_blood, thundervulture, jopzorz, thedamnedear, sunstroke_house, dcnuman, VCLee, chekrdnickrs, robellovich, and JohnnyZaza this'd this
        
        Soon as I heard it..
        
        ..Doused immediately became the frontrunner of my most favourite track of 2012 and until today has not been dislodged. A great, great album!
        
        chekrdnickrs @cronenberg | 12 Oct '12, 02:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hot Chip - In Our Heads
        
        One of those albums that, for me anyway, just feels instantly loveable. Presumably this will cement their place as one of the finest UK bands of their era, if that somehow wasn't already the case.
        
        automatik | 16 Jun '12, 02:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_, DriftingSkeleton, Pale-eyedBadger, simon_said, SCROTUM, El_Goodo, thundervulture, mixmus57, man_possessed, Stu_, Clair_de_Lune, oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, jopzorz, oojimaflop, JohnEW, boothyfearssatan, and Lililololaure this'd this
        
        I agree
        
        It seems as if all of their albums were building up to this one
        
        Aroinak @automatik | 6 Sep '12, 23:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Torche - Harmonicraft
        
        Fist-pumpingly awesome sludge-pop brilliance.
        
        shucks | 17 Jun '12, 15:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        shucks and pieces_of_reece this'd this
        
        What!?
        
        Their worst album yet. Try Meanderthal.
        
        domril @shucks | 21 Aug '12, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Incorrect, best album
        
        shucks @domril | 31 Aug '12, 22:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Claire Birchall — PP
        
        http://clairebirchall.bandcamp.com/album/pp
        
        MOAR FUZZ!
        
        Check out the fucking acesome cover of Manic Monday.
        
        robluvsnic | 18 Jun '12, 14:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Black Twig- Paper Trees
        
        Came out in January- every time one of the songs comes up on shuffle, I look to see who it is and say "wow that one's good, too"
        
        dcnuman | 18 Jun '12, 20:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Ray Gibson
        
        Like Bon Iver, Sigur Ros or Radiohead, then you will love Ray Gibson – a new act to hit the scene with the backing of Itchy Pig Records.
        
        With his debut album out September and numerous TV & radio appearances planned including Jools Holland, BBC Breakfast, Dermot O'Leary plus some great gigs planned for the next 12 months.
        
        Please 'like' our Facebook page to keep up to date on future events plus we will be giving away free tracks and DVDs.
        
        http://www.facebook.com/RayGibsonTheSingingPainter
        
        itchypigrecords | 19 Jun '12, 11:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Like commas, then you will love question marks
        
        automatik @itchypigrecords | 19 Jun '12, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        MarwoodW this'd this
        
        Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold
        
        Really beautiful record, their first for 11 years
        
        sam_henshaw | 19 Jun '12, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Clair_de_Lune this'd this
        
        Mystical Sun - 26000
        
        Deeply layered, unique and immersive Electronic/Psychedelic album. Exists in it`s own space, outside and of time and trends. Needs about 20 listens to really appreciate it though. Real 10 out of 10 stuff.
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 22 Jun '12, 17:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Future Of The Left - The Plot Against Common Sense
        
        Come on, this me, fuckers.
        
        Icarus-Smicarus | 23 Jun '12, 02:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        wilykit, ambigyouus, _TheBeautifulOnes_, El_Goodo, oojimaflop, cassiel, artbaretta, luther_gravy, boothyfearssatan, Lililololaure, whatisthewhat, and Aconite this'd this
        
        YOU'RE NOT JUST A PUNCH
        
        -LINE NOW
        
        automatik @Icarus-Smicarus | 26 Jun '12, 13:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        It's not clean, it's not healthy but it is good fun
        
        cassiel @Icarus-Smicarus | 2 Aug '12, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Tallest Man On Earth - There's No Leaving Now
        
        His melodies and guitar-work just blow me away - anyone else?
        
        Mr_Grieves | 26 Jun '12, 12:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        iizcallum, Teeej, JohnEW, and bloodbuzz_hull this'd this
        
        EL-P, Cancer For Cure
        
        His first release on Fat Possum and it's pretty raucous. First single 'Full Retard's a winner...
        
        Good review too http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17027/reviews/4144979
        
        LeoOrr | 26 Jun '12, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        skellywager, jeremymeyersftw, robellovich, and automatik this'd this
        
        Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
        
        http://www.spin.com/articles/hear-ty-segall-bands-gnarly-full-slaughterhouse
        
        Just a super good scuzzy garage-rock album replete with guitar wigouts and a guy yelling "FUCK THIS FUCKING SONG!" etc.
        
        brainfeedr | 26 Jun '12, 21:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure, Proper_Name, GoatmeatMF, Krillwave, and robellovich this'd this
        
        I like pre language by disappears
        
        was wild flag this year or last? or thee satisfaction?
        
        theintl | 27 Jun '12, 06:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Wild flag
        
        was last year and Theesatisfaction this year.
        
        Lililololaure @theintl | 7 Jul '12, 18:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Martyrdod - Paranoia
        
        Raging.
        
        fellover | 28 Jun '12, 11:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Twin Shadow Confess
        
        As good as the debut.
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 29 Jun '12, 20:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure, the-breacher, MarwoodW, Antelope, avl06, mixmus57, wonton, automatik, backtotheballs, GoatmeatMF, and boothyfearssatan this'd this
        
        OK so i'm one track in and don't want to show my hand too early
        
        But this is ace. Everything about this record put me off of listening to it (everyone talking 80's revival and the SHOCKING cover)
        If the rest is as good as the first track then we have a serious AOTY contender.
        
        the-breacher @OvertakenByTractors | 9 Jul '12, 20:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yep
        
        The whole thing is great. :)
        
        the-breacher @the-breacher | 9 Jul '12, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Echo Lake - Wild Peace
        
        I've been listening to this constantly since I got it, it is a beautiful and lush record and the first one I have truly loved this year. I can't recommend it highly enough.
        
        the_goat | 2 Jul '12, 09:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        noise_annoys, wilykit, and avl06 this'd this
        
        Levon Vincent - Fabric 63
        
        Guy Geber - Fabric 64
        
        Cheers.
        
        menindrag | 5 Jul '12, 12:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Amazing - Gentle Stream
        
        Just been listening to it all afternoon, they have in my mind asimilar qualities to Midlake.
        
        Lililololaure | 7 Jul '12, 19:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
        
        An album that’s beautiful for its simplicity, as much as it technically remains a bit of a headfuck. Still can’t tell whether they’re tweaking the rules or genuinely diving into their own peculiar mushroom cloud of creativity, but either way, this is obviously their best one yet and anyone who disagrees is probably a bit annoying.
        
        whatisthewhat | 8 Jul '12, 05:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        UnrealCity, long_tailed_tit, brainfeedr, eagleminded, revgreen, sunstroke_house, ARI_, El_Goodo, and Pale-eyedBadger this'd this
        
        ...at the risk of being a bit annoying
        
        I'm finding it hard to get very excited about this.
        
        I quite like it. It's fine.
        
        But... I dunno
        
        crashingthrough @whatisthewhat | 11 Jul '12, 21:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I don't like negativity in these threads generally, but...
        
        I really found this unbearable. 'Gun Has No Trigger' is clearly the awesome pop single on this one, which I liked, but the rest... I just hate it. Vying with Django Django for worst 'hyped' record of the year.
        
        automatik @crashingthrough | 5 Aug '12, 00:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        maybe not the best one yet, very good but
        
        revgreen @whatisthewhat | 12 Jul '12, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        less...
        
        ...head fucky than Bitte Orca. Lovely summer weirdness.
        
        sunstroke_house @whatisthewhat | 27 Jul '12, 08:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I agree
        
        with the best yet bit.
        
        ARI_ @whatisthewhat | 24 Aug '12, 19:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        PLVS VLTRA - Parthenon
        
        Great pop record. I can't help playing that first song 'Flowers to Bees' - brilliant!
        
        Lililololaure | 9 Jul '12, 00:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Mothlite - Dark Age
        
        very much my type of thing, dark - ish lyrical widescape synth pop.
        
        Lililololaure | 9 Jul '12, 12:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Nothing But Noise - Not Bleeding Red
        
        Double album of Analogue Tangerine Dream style inner space Electronic music. Splendid.
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 9 Jul '12, 18:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Trouble Books - Concatenating Fields
        
        Surprised this wasn't bigger on here. Euphoric layering of electronics with simple guitar and vocal melodies, reminiscent of M83 but with more ambient subtlety. Absolutely loving it.
        
        Lurk Underneath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dZbwZApXYw
        Dead Bee in a Golden Bowl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0HBAHwViOU
        
        eagleminded | 12 Jul '12, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Pale-eyedBadger this'd this
        
        Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
        
        Hai guys, not sure if any of you have heard of this one, but it's by someone called Frank!
        
        ma0sm | 16 Jul '12, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Antelope, Stu_, Pale-eyedBadger, OvertakenByTractors, coolerthantv, Vian, Lililololaure, ARI_, El_Goodo, georgiabeth, LOLpop, and japes this'd this
        
        Really feeling this
        
        Looking forward to seeing him at Beacons Festival
        
        littlebirds @Pigfoot | 4 Aug '12, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Pretty sure this is a reissue
        
        And they haven't reformed because James Stinson's been dead for 10 years. Good album though, as is part II.
        
        Steved @Pigfoot | 16 Jul '12, 21:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        OvertakenByTractors this'd this
        
        Panopticon - Kentucky
        
        A mix of Cormorant-esque black metal and banjo-led appalachian country. I think it's a concept album about maltreated coal miners as well. Sounds ridiculous but it's ace.
        
        brainfeedr | 17 Jul '12, 21:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Port St. Willow - Holiday
        
        I thought the lack of song structures would hold this back...but it has a real emotional resonance and lovely instrumentation. If things like Low and The Antlers don't float your boat then...don't check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UikdZ3D8TOY
        
        wonton | 18 Jul '12, 13:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        avl06 and Lililololaure this'd this
        
        ...and if you're tempted to here the whole thing;
        
        http://portstwillow.bandcamp.com/
        
        wonton @wonton | 18 Jul '12, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        this is grand, cheers.
        
        Teeej @wonton | 4 Sep '12, 19:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Purity Ring - Shrines
        
        Lives up to the hype - a great debut, creates a little world unto itself
        http://www.npr.org/2012/07/15/156553168/first-listen-purity-ring-shrines
        
        avl06 | 18 Jul '12, 14:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cronenberg, automatik, Vian, shes_so_high, pieces_of_reece, cassiel, oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, noise_annoys, UnrealCity, whatisthewhat, Septimus97, and gonad this'd this
        
        Wow
        
        This is fantastic. Definitely one for the Grimes fans...
        
        automatik @avl06 | 25 Jul '12, 01:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I'd argue that this is for
        
        everyone that tried to like Grimes but were continually left disappointed.
        
        Purity Ring manage to do everything right that Grimes doesn't.
        
        Yvash @automatik | 15 Aug '12, 22:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Krillwave this'd this
        
        I don't know, both albums are pretty much on an even pegging for me right now.
        
        I think they're both amazing. Personally I can't even imagine anyone *trying* to like Visions, it just seems like such an effortlessly addictive pop rush. Shrines is arguably the more 'difficult' one of the two I'd say.
        
        automatik @Yvash | 17 Aug '12, 22:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Got into Grimes much earlier than Purity Ring
        
        And I prefer the former, although Shrines is also great. The highs on Visions (and its variability) put it on top for me.
        
        funkycow @automatik | 18 Oct '12, 14:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        automatik and Lililololaure this'd this
        
        came back to see if this was here
        
        bloody excellent album
        
        Vian @avl06 | 25 Jul '12, 08:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Posting because
        
        this is really good
        
        commitsar @avl06 | 29 Jul '12, 19:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Arrange - New Memory
        
        It's glorious. For fans of ambient / electronic vocal stuff, it's slow and minimal, but uplifting and rather Tim Hecker-ish.
        
        get it free an bandcamp.
        
        http://arrange.bandcamp.com/
        
        justanothersheeldz | 19 Jul '12, 11:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure and imho this'd this
        
        Man, you have no idea how much I tried to get people into Plantation on here in 2012
        
        Liked my first few listens of this too.
        
        wonton @justanothersheeldz | 19 Jul '12, 20:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Loved Plantation... Thanks for the heads up!
        
        thedamnedear @wonton | 6 Sep '12, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Helium Robots - Voltopia
        
        For fans of electronica with haunting vocals and loads of layers. Nice video too
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLAOEz0lH6Q
        
        lydslikestea | 19 Jul '12, 23:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Glow Kit - s/t
        
        Short, punchy and Danish
        
        http://open.spotify.com/album/6IWcfcAEOBgUGgTDVaNIJJ
        
        vsvsvs | 23 Jul '12, 12:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Pat Metheny Unity Band
        
        a real corker! Epic playing!
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 25 Jul '12, 05:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
        
        this one came out of nowhere for me. a powerful, soulful, discordant wonder.
        
        sunstroke_house | 27 Jul '12, 07:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        littlebirds, erotic_sasquatch, furio, El_Goodo, and thedamnedear this'd this
        
        took me a good while to grow to it
        
        erotic_sasquatch @sunstroke_house | 16 Aug '12, 19:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        It's pretty good
        
        But I want it to be Joanna Newsom, because there's a similarity, and it isn't :(
        
        automatik @sunstroke_house | 20 Sep '12, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Citizens! - Here We Are
        
        slightly stomping indie pop. If you like bands like Mother Mother.
        The singer has an amazing voice!
        
        Lililololaure | 29 Jul '12, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        automatik this'd this
        
        This is really, really good
        
        Like, I'm still on my first listen and I'd already say this is my favourite debut of 2012. Hard to describe, other than to say it's pop gold.
        
        Shame they committed the double band name crime of one-world plural AND an exclamation mark...
        
        automatik @Lililololaure | 28 Sep '12, 20:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        *word obvs
        
        automatik @automatik | 28 Sep '12, 20:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Golden Retriever - Occupied with the Unspoken
        
        Squiggly synths and bass clarinet coalescing slowly into crazy, multi-layered (retro-)futuristic beauty. Listen if you like Panabrite, Emeralds, Rene Hell etc.
        
        brainfeedr | 29 Jul '12, 21:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Strange
        
        the new album is not even on their Bandcamp yet. :(
        
        Lililololaure @brainfeedr | 30 Jul '12, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I don't know if they'll be selling it through Bandcamp
        
        'cause it's on Thrill Jockey not self-released like (I think) their other ones. I could be talking out of my arse though.
        
        brainfeedr @Lililololaure | 30 Jul '12, 16:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hot Water Music - Exister
        
        awesome gravelly punk rock
        
        shucks | 29 Jul '12, 22:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        artbaretta this'd this
        
        Coo Woo - Love Exposure (free album download)
        
        *CIRCUIT SWEET*
        "Coo Woo, pronounce cool world, have released that perfect record to accompany a good mood. Love exposure in its entirety provides fun and harmonious compositions. More importantly each orchestration offers an addictive impression. Tracks you'll need to hear more of; a long lasting perfect and illustrious pop rock creation. Maintaining their punk angst within their lyrics yet mixing lo- fi efforts with racy beats. The indie pop band hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin- have focused on their instrumentation and their complimenting vocals to create a strong effort and one which won't go unnoticed."
        
        http://edilsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/love-exposure
        http://edilsrecordings.bandcamp.com/
        
        EDiLSRecordings | 30 Jul '12, 15:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I Am Ok
        
        I AM OK (Uppsala, Sweden)
        Ex member of Jeniferever/The Search. Lush sweeping pop music with delicate
        vocals, 80s touched hooks and subtle synths that pull everything together
        perfectly. Johan Zeitler creates beautiful compelling pop music that is
        both movingand intelligently crafted under the name I AM OK.
        Based in the university town of Uppsala Sweden, just north of Stockholm,
        Johan played on the early works of Jeniferever before becoming a member of
        The Search.
        
        I AM OK will have three FREE tracks available to download through EDILS
        RECORDINGS in Autumn 2012 followed up by a brand new EP which will be
        released digitally on a limited edition CD, again through EDILS. Tours
        will be be booked in Sweden, Mainland Europe and the UK for 2013.
        
        http://soundcloud.com/e-d-i-l-s-records/sets/i-am-ok-teasers/
        --------------------------------
        ARTWORK FOR FREE EP BELOW
        
        (PUT THIS INTO ANY POST)
        
        http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=460703327288177&set=a.220165061342006.64160.100000455428944&type=1&theater
        
        EDiLSRecordings | 30 Jul '12, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Soon there's going to be more '80s-influenced records than '80s records
        
        automatik @EDiLSRecordings | 30 Jul '12, 19:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        dEUS - Following Sea
        
        There last few albums have been pretty lackluster, but this is surprisingly memorable on repeat listens.
        
        thecrikster | 31 Jul '12, 15:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lofisongsaregreat this'd this
        
        The Pre New - Music For People Who Hate Themselves
        
        silverfoxqpr | 1 Aug '12, 09:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        GoatmeatMF this'd this
        
        Gemma Ray - Island Fire
        
        silverfoxqpr | 1 Aug '12, 09:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Race Horses - Furniture
        
        Ex-Radio Luxembourg band Race Horses make music that’s smart and feisty - like the Maximo Park of 2012, and a whole load better than that prospect sounds - with heaps of joyful key changes, dead-on choruses and the kind of bizarro indie quirks that continue to make Field Music awesome.
        
        Best guitar-indie record of the year so far.
        
        whatisthewhat | 1 Aug '12, 13:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        like the Maximo Park of 2012
        
        Stopped reading there.
        
        Jeff-Luvs-Anne @whatisthewhat | 3 Aug '12, 10:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        OK.
        
        For the benefit of anyone that made it a further 9 words: http://soundcloud.com/racehorsesmusic/race-horses-mates-1
        
        whatisthewhat @Jeff-Luvs-Anne | 5 Aug '12, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        OBSESSED
        
        with this; http://kissedherlittlesister.bandcamp.com/
        
        I described it as Flaming Lips drunkenly jamming with Why? The horns are majestic, it's just perfect and it's free.
        
        Start here, fall in love, then get the rest; http://kissedherlittlesister.bandcamp.com/track/i-aint-got-a-friend
        
        Teeej | 1 Aug '12, 22:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        milkeyes this'd this
        
        100x this
        
        Brilliant stuff.
        
        milkeyes @Teeej | 5 Aug '12, 12:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Teeej this'd this
        
        dodgy name tho
        
        wonton @Teeej | 5 Aug '12, 13:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DarwinDude this'd this
        
        The Pheromoans - Does This Guy Stack Up?
        
        http://soundcloud.com/upset-the-rhythm/the-pheromoans-im-a-you-know
        
        The Fall meet Joy Division under a bridge to have existential breakdowns and lager.
        
        SAMPLE LYRIC: “I want a puppy, a loft extension and a threesome, and silver shoes and preferably a Mercedes / Because I am entitled, it was decreed.”
        
        whatisthewhat | 6 Aug '12, 03:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Matthew Dear - Beams
        
        utterly mesmerizing record, i'm in love
        
        CrispinAlexander | 7 Aug '12, 01:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Podge9, Lililololaure, Antelope, JohnnyZaza, funkycow, and furio this'd this
        
        listening to the only track available right now for streaming
        
        .. really good. Such a poster boy too!
        
        Lililololaure @CrispinAlexander | 10 Aug '12, 12:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Sorry, there's Eearthworms and Headcage
        
        available too.
        
        Lililololaure @Lililololaure | 10 Aug '12, 12:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Really into this at the moment
        
        One of this year's keepers. Catchy as hell and great production.
        
        funkycow @CrispinAlexander | 28 Oct '12, 22:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Baroness - Yellow/Green
        
        A pretty fantastic 3rd (4th too?) album. Not as heavy as their previous albums, but the songs remain consistently brilliant. A nice evolution *braced for obligatory double album scepticism*
        
        John_Ho | 10 Aug '12, 00:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Krillwave this'd this
        
        UNSUSTAINABLE
        
        Muse - The 2nd Law
        
        muserobot | 11 Aug '12, 16:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Unsustainable > OK Computer
        
        Antelope @muserobot | 11 Aug '12, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I'd love if the album was somehow brilliant now
        
        automatik @muserobot | 12 Aug '12, 16:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        erotic_sasquatch this'd this
        
        8/10
        
        wp sean
        
        automatik @automatik | 28 Sep '12, 20:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Foxygen
        
        Take The Kids Off Broadway is amazing.
        
        Krillwave | 11 Aug '12, 22:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        iizcallum, Teeej, Proper_Name, Krillwave, and Lofisongsaregreat this'd this
        
        Odyssey - Music For Subway
        
        Beautiful double album of pure Analogue Electronica. http://odysseyofficial.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-subway-symphony-for-analogues
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 12 Aug '12, 14:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Ash Borer's new one came out yesterday (I think)
        
        and it's pretty great. Got a very favourable write-up on Pitchfork this morning too which'll hopefully get them a few new fans.
        
        brainfeedr | 15 Aug '12, 21:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        GoatmeatMF this'd this
        
        Jogging - Take Courage
        
        New album from ex-Richter Collective band.
        Maybe a bit more aggressive than the first album but still loads of hooks.
        Produced by Chris Common (These Arms Are Snakes)
        
        http://jogging.bandcamp.com/album/take-courage
        
        jackpot | 17 Aug '12, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Four Tet - Pink
        
        mmmmmmm Four Tet
        
        brainfeedr | 19 Aug '12, 17:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        furio, jontosh2001, sunstroke_house, oojimaflop, jeremymeyersftw, ripper, and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        some very nice moments
        
        and the songs sound much better in non-vinyl-source
        
        CrispinAlexander @brainfeedr | 19 Aug '12, 22:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        its sweet as expected
        
        furio @brainfeedr | 20 Aug '12, 01:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
        
        mmmm Six Organs. Way heavier and jammier than other SOoA stuff I've listened to. Almost wish I smoked loads of weed to further appreciate it's stoner psych radness.
        
        brainfeedr | 19 Aug '12, 17:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Slow & Steady by The Middle Ones
        
        is simple and beautiful
        
        soapy | 20 Aug '12, 15:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
        
        An absolutely beautiful clusterfuck of an album.
        
        Antelope | 20 Aug '12, 15:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Proper_Name, furio, sunstroke_house, and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        i'm loving every second of this. so much more fun than MPP.
        
        sunstroke_house @Antelope | 10 Sep '12, 03:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        swans - the seer
        
        no other album released this year is even in the same league
        
        matthewdrury | 21 Aug '12, 17:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        OvertakenByTractors, jontosh2001, silverfoxqpr, thedamnedear, sunstroke_house, VCLee, chadders, crashingthrough, evilson, Siberguy, pieces_of_reece, danielp, and Jordan_229_2 this'd this
        
        Man, this album is GOOD.
        
        Everything I didn't like about other Swans stuff I'd listened to (some silly lyrics, over-the-top bleakness, feeling alienated by the music) is gone. It's a dark album but it has moments of epiphany where everything comes together and is sort of ecstatic. Michael Gira still sounds far from friendly but the lyrics (from what I can hear) seem to be more about absolution and the like than disheartening/nihilistic statements. It has some fucking monster riffs on it too (especially towards the end of the 30+ minute title track). The dronier pieces (e.g. A Piece of the Sky) are really deep and enveloping as well (probably something to do with Ben Frost's involvement), they don't seem token like on some other similar releases. Overall I guess it's simultaneously bleak but in a way happy as fuck.
        
        brainfeedr @matthewdrury | 29 Aug '12, 00:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sunstroke_house this'd this
        
        Bloc Party — Four
        
        Definitely the best thing they've done since Silent Alarm.
        
        robluvsnic | 24 Aug '12, 05:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure and pieces_of_reece this'd this
        
        That 3x3
        
        still leaves me quite hot and bothered. Kele, contender for most eargasmic yelp this year.
        
        Lililololaure @robluvsnic | 24 Aug '12, 20:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Royal Headache
        
        Soulful garage pop nuggets from the Antipodes.
        
        fellover | 24 Aug '12, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        milkeyes, gonad, thundervulture, and sunstroke_house this'd this
        
        girls is my fav song from this year
        
        so so catchy and fun
        
        gonad @fellover | 28 Aug '12, 00:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        like Sam Cooke backed by the Sonics
        
        genius.
        
        sunstroke_house @fellover | 20 Oct '12, 05:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Holy Other - Held
        
        really beautiful album of ambient/witch (lol) textures that feels like a walk home through the city at night. fans of purity ring will love this, though it's less poppy than that.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cOxnL7_zhk
        
        CrispinAlexander | 24 Aug '12, 22:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        jontosh2001, thedamnedear, and badmanreturns this'd this
        
        note: stole that description from his bio
        
        because it sells it better than i can
        
        CrispinAlexander @CrispinAlexander | 24 Aug '12, 22:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The xx - Coexist
        
        Many things have carried over from the debut; the sparseness, melancholy, cringeworthy lyrics. Ot is true there is also a progression of sorts, with more input from Jamie xx
        
        But really I've enjoyed this because it reminds me of first hearing XX when everyone was caught up with it. There was hype but it wasn't overplayed, and music for the early hours wasnt cliched. This album is arguably as good as that experience.
        
        wonton | 26 Aug '12, 18:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
        
        Predictably wonderful, of course, but this really is Jens at the top of his game. You'll laugh, you'll cry, etc.
        
        automatik | 29 Aug '12, 00:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        On my third listen now and...
        
        I'm calling this album of the year territory. Classic stuff.
        
        http://pitchfork.com/news/47663-stream-jens-lekmans-i-know-what-love-isnt-in-full/
        
        automatik @automatik | 31 Aug '12, 01:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Fix thread
        
        littlebirds | 29 Aug '12, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        .
        
        gonad | 30 Aug '12, 02:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Magic Trick - Ruler of the Night
        
        Tim Cohen of the Fresh & Onlys
        
        Proper_Name | 30 Aug '12, 06:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Groundislava - Feel Me
        
        An exceptional album, know nothing about this guy but it's really good stuff. Chilled IDM/electronic. All killer too, and some great vocal performances
        
        http://www.facebook.com/groundislava
        
        http://open.spotify.com/album/673jQB0uzRjhcC37jCO71s
        
        jontosh2001 | 30 Aug '12, 12:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        i've been enjoying some of this album
        
        bit hit and miss though
        
        CrispinAlexander @jontosh2001 | 30 Aug '12, 14:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Magnetic North - Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North
        
        just listening to this, just spellbinding. I did not realise this was a side project from Erland Cooper.
        http://open.spotify.com/user/inkjetlakes/playlist/1awJxuu0msHHWZhfw1SbPN
        
        Lililololaure | 1 Sep '12, 11:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        justanothersheeldz this'd this
        
        Marriages - Kitsune
        
        Atmospheric, perfect blend of melody and noise. Think Throwing Muses + Cocteau Twins.
        
        rbellairs | 1 Sep '12, 17:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        colossalhorse this'd this
        
        Witxes - Sorcery/Geography
        
        Haunting and sad sounds from the Black Lodge.
        
        http://witxes.bandcamp.com/album/sorcery-geography
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 3 Sep '12, 11:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Aesop Rock - Skelethon
        
        OvertakenByTractors | 3 Sep '12, 23:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        littlebirds, colossalhorse, aazerbeezee, vamos, and Lililololaure this'd this
        
        Incredible album, and one that greatly rewards repeated listening
        
        Has slowly become one of my absolute favourites of the year.
        
        littlebirds @OvertakenByTractors | 4 Sep '12, 10:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Michiru Aoyama - About Alice
        
        ambient/drone/shoegaze. very good, if you're a fan of any of those genres this is essential.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiOCPyowfco
        
        ^ this track isn't on the album but it's all i could find
        
        CrispinAlexander | 4 Sep '12, 03:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        thank you
        
        liking this lots!
        
        Ricky_B @CrispinAlexander | 10 Sep '12, 02:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        i know it was mentioned way upthread and i'm late to the party
        
        but that john talabot LP is so fucking good
        
        CrispinAlexander | 4 Sep '12, 23:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        bruised_blood this'd this
        
        Screaming Females - Ugly
        
        badgercorn | 5 Sep '12, 10:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Proper_Name this'd this
        
        Winhill/Losehill - Swing of sorrow
        
        Swedish pop, and for a debut it's promising a lot.
        
        Sjokvistarn | 5 Sep '12, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        automatik this'd this
        
        This is gorgeous
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oGGqvSO0gk
        
        automatik @Sjokvistarn | 21 Sep '12, 16:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Wild Nothing - Nocturne
        
        Took a few listens but the songwriting here is even better than Gemini...
        
        thedamnedear | 6 Sep '12, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure and wonton this'd this
        
        Really up there
        
        for understated power and elegance with Lotus Plaza this year.
        I'll put Diiv in the same bag - brilliant but you'll never know it on first listen, well you get an inkling. It's so easy on the ear, it glides past. Then you stop and really listen, then it's 'well, I never ...'.
        
        Lililololaure @thedamnedear | 9 Sep '12, 20:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Cat Power - Sun
        
        shakerwors | 6 Sep '12, 22:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sunstroke_house and Ricochet this'd this
        
        wasn't sure at first...
        
        ...but like a weird friend its really growing on me
        
        sunstroke_house @shakerwors | 14 Sep '12, 04:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        fix thread
        
        brainfeedr | 6 Sep '12, 22:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Pale-eyedBadger this'd this
        
        Really enjoying
        
        the Erika Spring EP. Not perfect at all, but definitely worth a listen.
        
        nudeasthenews | 7 Sep '12, 00:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        for heavier garage punk stuff
        
        i've loved terry malts and heavy times
        
        Ricky_B | 10 Sep '12, 02:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        An addition to Disclosure Album
        
        https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151151264752332
        
        Miles_UTO | 10 Sep '12, 22:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        this is a propos of nothing but my prurient imagination
        
        but I really want to start a joke account called Moles_UTI
        
        Loui_Tacceh @Miles_UTO | 12 Sep '12, 22:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Two Door Cinema Club
        
        Two Door Cinema Club is definitely worth the listen. The new album "Beacon" is so awesome. Check out their single, "Sleep Alone." http://bit.ly/OXUtUJ
        
        jentindal | 13 Sep '12, 04:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        lol
        
        CrispinAlexander @jentindal | 14 Sep '12, 03:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        nickd and noise_annoys this'd this
        
        Pilotpriest - Origonal Motion Picture Soundtrack
        
        http://pilotpriest.bandcamp.com/ I really enjoyed this album, a mate of mine put me on to it, only $0.99 too. Manhunter is the stand out for me.
        
        Sketches | 13 Sep '12, 09:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Divine Fits
        
        New New Wave.
        
        fellover | 14 Sep '12, 12:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        LdnMetropolitanElite and silverfoxqpr this'd this
        
        Menomena - Moms
        
        If you care for this band at all, it's not going to disappoint.
        
        yuggy @fellover | 14 Sep '12, 22:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        LdnMetropolitanElite, automatik, Lililololaure, bruised_blood, Clair_de_Lune, and shimmetry this'd this
        
        Wild Nothing - Nocturne
        
        Hated it on first listen. That was two weeks ago, I just listened to it three times in a row. It's wonderful.
        
        yuggy @yuggy | 14 Sep '12, 22:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure this'd this
        
        New artist
        
        At least I think he is? "Draft" from London - he dropped an EP at midnight this morning, I cannot stop listening: www.draft.uk.com
        
        Apparently he's signed to ThreeSixZero Group too, which is pretty impressive given their artist roster. Secretive guy though, can't find any info!
        
        Stabilos | 16 Sep '12, 09:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Futexture - The Science Of How Things Unfold
        
        Very ace, trippy, playful and Imaginative Electronica album. Name your price DL as well. http://futexture.bandcamp.com/album/the-science-of-how-things-unfold
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 16 Sep '12, 18:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Baltic Fleet - Towers
        
        Sounds like John Carpenter, Neu, New Order & The Horrors jamming in a basement in Manchester
        
        Ricochet | 17 Sep '12, 12:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Cult of youth - Love Will Prevail
        
        Punk-folk finally pays. Gonna catch em live in London or Brighton soon.
        
        LeoOrr | 18 Sep '12, 16:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Earlimart - System Preferences
        
        Best since Everyone Down Here? Probably.
        
        yuggy | 21 Sep '12, 13:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Never heard them before
        
        Sounds like Sparklehorse in places, nice
        
        automatik @yuggy | 21 Sep '12, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Title Fight - Floral Green
        
        really, really loving this, like, can't stop listening to it, inventive pop-punk/hardcore:
        
        http://soundcloud.com/sideonedummy/sets/title-fight-floral-green/
        
        Severed799 | 23 Sep '12, 00:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        gonad this'd this
        
        Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
        
        Somehow managed to live up to the ridiculous hype. I haven't stopped listening to this, it may not be album of the year (it's definitely in the running) but it's easily the most re-playable album of the year for me so far. Not as in-your-face as Cosmogramma, and in parts reminds me of Los Angeles, it's a really nice more chilled-out summation of his work so far.
        
        Make sure you listen to loud or through head-phones, there's a lot going on under the surface, which is probably what you've come to expect from FlyLo anyway.
        
        Antelope | 23 Sep '12, 01:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        whatisthewhat, UnrealCity, sunstroke_house, Pale-eyedBadger, ripper, noise_annoys, gonad, and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        never really got on with cosmogramma
        
        but this is excellent
        
        CrispinAlexander @Antelope | 23 Sep '12, 03:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Ellio - Trillions
        
        stumbled across this little gem, the dudes first release ever i believe. definitely for fans of flying lotus and the like, but its not really like anything ive heard before. this guys gonna be big so definitely check it out so you can say you were one of the firsts!
        
        http://soundcloud.com/elliomusic/sets/trillions/
        
        bsten20137 | 23 Sep '12, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        bsten20137 this'd this
        
        Golden Fable
        
        THEY'RE SUPER.
        
        pichaelmarker | 24 Sep '12, 21:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        How to Dress Well
        
        Have lived with this long enough now. Genuinely believe it is superior to Love Remains, not just in production values. A lovely, heartfelt record, the second half in particular ("World I Need You..." onwards) is spectacular.
        
        This thread seems to be missing some of the more popular releases (i.e Grizzly Bear, that's another good one). I think people are too eager to champion lesser acts, so this thread doesn't really read as an accurate compilation of the best music in 2012).
        
        wonton | 25 Sep '12, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        milkeyes and avl06 this'd this
        
        Tame Impala - Lonerism
        
        superb but should not release an album like that in october, missed the summer trade
        
        mrdaniels | 25 Sep '12, 23:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Aaron, Clair_de_Lune, Lililololaure, ripper, and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        Loon Choir - Fire Poems
        
        Pretty good stuff. Canadian band. Very nice.
        http://open.spotify.com/album/5eimBxKdweeuebUfQz0a2A
        
        justanothersheeldz | 26 Sep '12, 08:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Eoforwine - Illumination
        
        melodic noise ambient, strange, but not bad..
        http://eoforwine.bandcamp.com/album/illumination
        
        wmark | 30 Sep '12, 12:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Negative Pegasus - Looming
        
        http://soundcloud.com/smalltown-america/sets/negative-pegasus-looming-1
        
        MartyFuncowser | 1 Oct '12, 19:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        argh i didn't say anything
        
        I don't know much about them 'cept they're from brighton, they're on Smalltown America, they describe themselves as “a blend of Daft Punk rhythms, shamanistic stomps and swamp-rock Creedence licks” and the album is bluddy great.
        
        MartyFuncowser @MartyFuncowser | 1 Oct '12, 19:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Sun Airway - Soft Fall
        
        simon_said | 2 Oct '12, 03:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ... Aptly opening for M83 at the moment.
        
        In a landscape of collapsed beats, humming of the life that springs up from underneath, Soft Fall takes you on frosty morning walks through the woods where twinges of psychedelic light escape through the spaces between the leaves. It's Versailles in audio form: grand and beautiful, ornate and complex, surreal and classic all at once.
        
        simon_said @simon_said | 2 Oct '12, 03:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hated Soft Fall
        
        flaccid wank
        
        yuggy @simon_said | 5 Oct '12, 14:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        BAD BOOKS new record
        
        is fucking excellent
        
        http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/10/stream-bad-books-bad-books-ii-cos-premiere/
        
        cocodaLOL | 2 Oct '12, 23:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        godspeed you! black emperor - allelujah! don't bend! ascend!
        
        initial doubts aside, it really is a fantastic album. i'd like a few more new tracks on it. but after a few listens i've really grown to like it
        
        matthewdrury | 3 Oct '12, 21:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sunstroke_house and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        Ethernet - Into the Woods
        
        Droney sleepy time Ambient/Ambient Techno. http://tamarackmusic.bandcamp.com/releases
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 5 Oct '12, 11:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Bob Mould- Silver Age
        
        Great 'return to form' loud guitar album
        
        dcnuman | 6 Oct '12, 04:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        fellover this'd this
        
        Tall Ships - Everything Touching
        
        their debut is finally out! Doing Falmouth proud.
        
        yuggy @dcnuman | 8 Oct '12, 11:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        xilia, automatik, Lililololaure, causticwindow, and shimmetry this'd this
        
        http://bsmrocks.bandcamp.com/album/everything-touching
        
        yuggy @yuggy | 8 Oct '12, 11:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        'Books' is the track of the fucking year as far as I'm concerned
        
        I notice there are two versions, and the (presumably newer) album one has gone for the 'Wake Up' style oooohs. Which one is better? I'm not sure.
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUnDlBL13cg
        
        The whole thing's on Spotify now.
        
        automatik @yuggy | 10 Oct '12, 03:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        no mention of Shackleton - 'Music for the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs'?
        
        Pretty great you guys
        
        What with this and Swans it's a GOOD YEAR for mega massive 2hr+ orgasmo extravaganzas
        
        crashingthrough | 8 Oct '12, 16:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        thedamnedear this'd this
        
        Max Richter - Four Seasons Recomposed
        
        Previously, I hadn't really liked what I'd heard of Four Seasons...but this is Richter all over. Exhilirating piece of music.
        
        wonton | 8 Oct '12, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DJRoomba, badmanreturns, and sunstroke_house this'd this
        
        Just noticed Graham Coxon's A&E isn't in here
        
        what the fuck, it's brilliant. Prefer his solo stuff to much of Blur. Great album.
        
        yuggy @wonton | 8 Oct '12, 18:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Listen on Grooveshark
        
        http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Recomposed+By+Max+Richter+Vivaldi+The+Four+Seasons/8235109
        
        (Doesn't seem to be on Spotify yet)
        
        DJRoomba @wonton | 2 Nov '12, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        why? Mumps etc.
        
        oojimaflop | 9 Oct '12, 14:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sunnynorwich and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        Hammock - Departure Songs
        
        All I wanted from the new Hammock album was something that hurts to listen to, in the best possible way. Post-rock, emotional buildups, NOT just reverby guitar with repetitive loud cymbal hits like so much wanky post-rock these days). They added a string section and expanded their sound so much.
        
        I've had to turn it off several times because it hits my heart too much.
        
        RIYL emotions. Ok ok. M83, Helios, film scores, early Sigur Ros.
        
        jeremymeyersftw | 9 Oct '12, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Tall Ships ~ Everything Touching
        
        Best debut album I've heard in ages. I had such high hopes for it and it's lived up to them.
        
        I reviewed here and there is a full album stream too. The last track is all kinds of wonderful.
        
        http://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/album-review-tall-ships-everything-touching/
        
        Teeej | 9 Oct '12, 22:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure, causticwindow, sunnynorwich, automatik, and shimmetry this'd this
        
        Cracking album.
        
        01 - Plate Tectonics (4:54)
        02 - Snow (Pure Lust Remix) (4:03)
        03 - Chemistry (Teej Remix) (4:18)
        
        DUN DUN DUNNNN
        
        automatik @Teeej | 10 Oct '12, 03:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I'm one 'e' better than that knob twiddler.
        
        Teeej @automatik | 10 Oct '12, 07:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yppah - Eighty One
        
        Summery electro-shoegaze hop. Utterly gorgeous
        
        Jordan_229_2 | 9 Oct '12, 23:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure and mixmus57 this'd this
        
        Ctrl+F's gone right out the window huh
        
        automatik | 10 Oct '12, 02:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        helio sequence
        
        Negotiations.....delivers massively with repeated listens.
        
        tinyspark | 10 Oct '12, 14:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Divorce's self-titled debut
        
        A wild, filthy animal of a record.
        
        evilson | 11 Oct '12, 10:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        robellovich this'd this
        
        Dinosaur Jr - I Bet on Sky
        
        fabulous new album - I think that 'Don't Pretend You Didn't Know' is a contender for Song of the Year. I can't get past how easy these guys make it all sound.
        
        Lililololaure | 12 Oct '12, 10:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        lustforlife and japes this'd this
        
        David's Lyre - Picture of our Youth
        
        nice voice, great melodies - just great.
        I like him ... a lot.
        http://open.spotify.com/user/inkjetlakes/playlist/0aeB6Kdzx8sah8YhVhnu86
        
        Lililololaure | 12 Oct '12, 12:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Rolo Tomassi- Astraea
        
        Still got it, even without the Joes.
        
        SarahIsPi | 12 Oct '12, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_, Olivarez, oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, and niallKP this'd this
        
        PAWS - Cokefloat
        
        another new british guitar band ripping off 90s americanisms but i don't care, this is a fantastic album.
        
        BarryShitpeas | 13 Oct '12, 13:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        gonad and Christophales this'd this
        
        The Invisible - Rispah
        
        This shit is good. It was described on here in a thread as "like Radiohead" but it's a lot better than that. Very good stuff.
        http://open.spotify.com/album/6pneU09Bt0eswptfgiOfeD
        
        justanothersheeldz | 19 Oct '12, 09:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        iizcallum this'd this
        
        Better than Radiohead eh
        
        automatik @justanothersheeldz | 19 Oct '12, 13:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
        
        I really think this is at least as good as her previous two, and it feels like a massive grower. Just wonderful.
        
        automatik | 19 Oct '12, 23:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sunstroke_house and yuggy this'd this
        
        My Jerusalem - Preachers
        
        So good.
        
        dresi | 20 Oct '12, 08:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Kitchmo this'd this
        
        Pinback - Information Received Lp
        
        A work of genius by a great, great band
        
        ryanwilson | 20 Oct '12, 18:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        oh and a link to the opening track from this fine LP
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV7PmyLaBhs
        
        ryanwilson @ryanwilson | 20 Oct '12, 18:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Chromatics - Kill For Love
        
        Has this seriously not been posted already? Jesus. Fantastic record, obviously.
        
        automatik | 21 Oct '12, 00:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sunstroke_house and UnrealCity this'd this
        
        i love it but why does it have to be so long...
        
        ...doesn't it know i have a tight schedule?
        
        sunstroke_house @automatik | 29 Oct '12, 00:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I like having to make time for it, it's like planning and sitting down to watch a film
        
        BUT A FILM FOR YOUR EARS
        
        automatik @sunstroke_house | 29 Oct '12, 12:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        MIND=BLOWN!
        
        you ain't wrong.
        
        sunstroke_house @automatik | 11 Nov '12, 02:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Virgin Mary - Ecstasy
        
        www.vmrock.com
        Up and coming honolulu based indie band. All female with male lead vocals. Careful, these songs will get stuck in your head.
        Check out the just released official music video:
        http://youtu.be/kfZKqIzVQ0c
        
        vmrock | 22 Oct '12, 06:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        We Are the Physics - Your Friend, the Atom
        
        http://open.spotify.com/album/2p1ZOSAUVhagxO9rw6lqWT
        
        For fans of Dananananana this shit is brilliant. Really enjoying this album a lot. Bit of a fan.
        
        justanothersheeldz | 24 Oct '12, 11:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
        
        I'm no hip-hop head, but this is class. Funny, too. 'Did somebody say, 'Dominoes?"
        
        backtotheballs | 28 Oct '12, 19:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        littlebirds, sunstroke_house, theShipment, Lililololaure, ripper, and harman_kardon this'd this
        
        Ringo Deathstarr - Mauve
        
        Like Isn't Anything with the energy of early Swirlies. Late contender for album of the year for me.
        
        funkycow | 28 Oct '12, 21:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        orangejuice and Lililololaure this'd this
        
        Goat and Ty
        
        World Music from Goat is an excellent piece of an album and Twins from Ty Segall, some say it's leftovers from Slaughterhouse, but i disagree with that : Slaughterhouse is great, but Twins beats it by far, it's mudhoneyesque in a superfuzz bigmuff way
        
        allons-y_alonso | 28 Oct '12, 23:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Goat - World Music is an excellent album
        
        TheGrudge @allons-y_alonso | 27 Nov '12, 14:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Chariot - One Wing
        
        I think this is my favourite metal album of the year. Even if you don't like metal/hardcore, it's worth checking out for the experimentation and weirdness The Chariot dip into. I've not heard any of their other stuff, but I bloody love this.
        
        shucks | 30 Oct '12, 00:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        sunnynorwich this'd this
        
        Their previous album "The Fianceé"
        
        is definitely worth a listen if you like One Wing
        
        sunnynorwich @shucks | 13 Nov '12, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Nightclub and 2
        
        Most refreshing thing I've heard in ages and more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
        
        1987boy | 2 Nov '12, 19:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        JNLVS and sam_henshaw this'd this
        
        Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
        
        I'd never really clicked with Mt. Eerie before for some reason, but oh my, this is actually fucking tremendous.
        
        http://open.spotify.com/album/11Z4Lfi2IHIYoDvpJNAXSx
        
        automatik | 4 Nov '12, 00:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure this'd this
        
        My Autumn Empire - II
        
        Great solo album by Ben Holten of Epic45 that it seems nobody has been exposed to... Really great McCartney / ELO influenced sound, great songs. Check it out!
        
        JNLVS | 5 Nov '12, 08:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Yawns - The Yawns.
        
        Fucking great scuzzy guitar pop from Scotland. New favourite band in the world.
        
        http://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/album-review-the-yawns-the-yawns/
        
        Teeej | 8 Nov '12, 00:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Rustie - Glass Swords
        
        Yeah, this is sublime. The finest electronic record I've personally heard all year.
        
        automatik | 11 Nov '12, 00:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        And I've immediately realised it came out last year
        
        The Neptune awards thing Sean did confused me.
        
        SORRY EVERYONE. (Wow this is amazing though right?)
        
        automatik @automatik | 11 Nov '12, 00:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Anawaty/Russell - Analog Universe
        
        http://music.anawatyrussell.com/album/analog-universe-2
        
        Beautiful timeless music.
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 12 Nov '12, 19:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Dan Deacon - America
        
        automatik | 23 Nov '12, 01:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        A sprawling electronic epic, full of energy and melody and verve. If this had been the new Animal Collective record everyone would have lost their shit over this.
        
        automatik @automatik | 23 Nov '12, 01:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure, iizcallum, SarcasticFringehead, and gonad this'd this
        
        I've been a fan of Dan Deacon for a wee while now
        
        this is good.
        
        Lililololaure @automatik | 24 Nov '12, 11:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Definitely in my top 3.
        
        The America song quartet at the end is just beautiful. Epic, soaring strings, skittery bleeps and beats meld into a perfect whole.
        
        SarcasticFringehead @automatik | 24 Nov '12, 23:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure and automatik this'd this
        
        Mine too.
        
        automatik @SarcasticFringehead | 24 Nov '12, 23:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Two recent guitar albums to recommend:
        
        The Evens - The Odds
        The Babies - Our House on the Hills
        
        Boy/girl haromonies too. All great!
        
        Lililololaure | 24 Nov '12, 11:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lust for Youth - Growing Seeds
        
        Dark synth heaven, fans of John Maus will like this.
        
        Lililololaure | 24 Nov '12, 23:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Soft Moon — Zeros
        
        robluvsnic | 27 Nov '12, 03:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure and noise_annoys this'd this
        
        Carina Round - Tigermending
        
        TheGrudge | 27 Nov '12, 14:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        She Makes War - Little Battles
        
        TheGrudge | 27 Nov '12, 14:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Lost Rivers - Sins & Lostness
        
        TheGrudge | 27 Nov '12, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        METZ
        
        METZ
        
        awesome
        
        Vian | 30 Nov '12, 16:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lililololaure, whatisthewhat, noise_annoys, shucks, and sunstroke_house this'd this
        
        Vinyl Williams - Lemniscate
        
        UnrealCity | 29 Dec '12, 03:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Cemeteries - The Wilderness
        
        Black Moth Super Rainbow - Cobra Juicy
        
        jack_on_fire | 1 Jan '13, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Rock Artist Eric Dill Featured on Indy Style to Share New Single In My Head with Music Video Preview
        
        Indianapolis native and platinum singer/songwriter Eric Dill returns home from Hollywood with a radio-ready full-length album. He’s currently ranking as the #1 band in Indianapolis on Reverbnation. Parting from The Click Five in 2006, Dill has focused on his solo career. One of Eric Dill’s collaborations includes the platinum song “No Surprise” by Chris Daughtry (American Idol) which was co-written with Dill. Not only did he receive a Platinum Album Award but also two BMI Pop Awards in 2010. With his solo career in full swing, Eric’s first single off his first full length solo album, Forever is Not Enough, is charting at #37 on Billboard’s Top 40 indicator chart.
        
        I read in an Indy Star article a few weeks ago that Eric was looking to put together his backing band. I just saw Eric’s appearance on WISHTV8’s Indy Style this Monday and he’s already assembled a new band. I can’t believe they’ve only been together for a few weeks because they sounded really tight! The band performed a full electric band set of “In My Head” and “War with the Wolves.” Eric released his new single “In My Head” to national radio stations on the same day, January 14th. Eric is currently making a music video for “In My Head,” but offered a sneak peak at the video during his Indy Style appearance.
        You can check it out here:
        |http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/indy_style/arts_and_music/national-recording-artist-eric-dill
        
        Eric Dill incorporates his unique style, experiences, and personal views in his music. Dill stated, “It was a priority for me to get this record done right...If I die tomorrow, I’ve got to have something that speaks to what I love about music.”
        
        If you want to find out more about Eric Dill, you can check out his interview with
        Indy Star at:
        http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013301010306&nclick_check=1
        and his interview with Indianapolis Monthly at http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10486324
        
        Sign up for his newsletter at:
        http://bit.ly/EricDillMusic
        Check out some of his great songs on iTunes at:
        http://bit.ly/iTunes_EricDill
        
        chillingrooves | 19 Jan '13, 23:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Dr. Soubds World Fusion
        
        Dr. Sounds - Bungalow. World Fusion ambient new age music. Have been good on Soundrop.
        Album link.
        http://open.spotify.com/album/4FwdR69lNjToEdy9XnicQF
        
        Home page
        http://www.dr-sounds.com
        
        krikelin | 20 Jan '13, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply