2012 aoty

[Jowy]

or "album of the year"!

gonna be a three-way between The Money Store, Synthetica, and Born to Die.

What'd you like the most this year?

[Mirage]

I haven't heard of any of those.

[Jowy]

well maybe you should!

NOT GETTING BANNED FOR LINKING MONEY STORE COVER ART but you can download it off Death Grips' website

METRIC | SYNTHETICA (http://ilovemetric.com/) - Can stream Synthetica

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (the album) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB588D4FBD0E61507) -

[Shorty]

jesus christ, so many people released albums that I hadn't heard of!

fun. - Some Nights has to be it for me, since I am sorely not caught up at all with 2012 albums.

[Jowy]

check out the metric album, you'll adore it.

[Mirage]

Those two thingies you linked are actually pretty darn good. I'm almost surprised you listen to this!

I'll listen a lot more to it tomorrow when it's not "time to go to bed 5 hours ago" o'clock

[The Man]

Incomplete list of stuff I've enjoyed a lot that was released this year. Anything on this list could be considered a recommendation for anyone who enjoys the genre the album is recorded in, especially the bold stuff, which I regard as masterpieces.

Änglagård - Viljans öga
David Arnold and Michael Price - Sherlock OST (both volumes)
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Botanist - III: Doom in Bloom/Allies
Carbonscape - Artistry of Exhaustion III
Deathspell Omega - Drought
Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud (2CD version)
Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones Season 2 OST
Dordeduh - Dar de duh
Drudkh - Вічний Оберт Колеса [Eternal Turn of the Wheel]
Enslaved - Riitiir
A Forest of Stars - A Shadowplay for Yesterdays
Giles Corey - Deconstructionist
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
The Great Old Ones - Al Azif
Ihsahn - Eremita
Inverloch - Dusk | Subside
Kayo Dot - Gamma Knife
Kólga - Demo
Krallice - Years Past Matter
Lake of Blood - The Burial Grounds Sessions
Lunar Aurora - Hoagascht
Magma - Félicité Thösz
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
Napalm Death - Utilitarian
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
Panopticon - Kentucky
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Swans - The Seer
Trampled by Turtles - Stars and Satellites
Vattnet Viskar - Vattnet Viskar
Wintersun - Time I
Wodensthrone - Curse

If reissues count, throw Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography onto that list as well.

This list is nowhere near complete. There's still a lot of stuff I haven't listened to at all or enough to form an opinion on, including obvious stuff like Springsteen, Ulver, and Neurosis, so I will very likely add a lot of stuff to this list.

I don't have anywhere near enough self-control to narrow this down to an album of the year. If you're lucky you might get a list of about five albums that are clearly better than all the others, but I doubt it. Those bolded albums are probably as much as I can narrow it down.

[Pheesh]

Skyharbor - Blinding White Noise

Not even a contest for me, best debut album I've heard by any band since Karnivool's 'Themata'

[charliepanayi]

I'll do a proper list at the end of the month but for now I suspect my top three will be Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Passion Pit and Fiona Apple.

[krissy]

I'll do a proper list at the end of the month but for now I suspect my top three will be Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Passion Pit and Fiona Apple.

those are in my list also

i'll check out synthetica tonight

and post the list near the end of the year!

[Night Fury]

Lana Del Rey

Summertime Sadness is probably my fav track, too.

[escobert]

Guess it didn't really come out in 2012 but the only "new" album I got or even listened to was Doomtree's No Kings.

[Jowy]

Lana Del Rey

Summertime Sadness is probably my fav track, too.

off to the races. every day until you love it.

[Denmark]

i guess born to die is the only album i know from 2k12

pretty dang good album tho

swingin in the backyard pull up in your fast car whistlin' my name

[Shoeberto]

I didn't buy much "new" music in 2012, mostly old albums I was discovering for the first time.

I've heard a ton of rave reviews for Lana Del Rey though. I'll have to check her out soon.

[Jowy]

the link is RIGHT THERE, MAN.

[Madame Adequate]

did aaron just unironically list a swans album oh christ

The only decent albums this year were Vows by Kimbra and Visitors by Lazerhawk. The former isn't all that great aside from a couple songs and the latter isn't quite as good as Redline was.

[Rantz]

Off the top of my head, Fiona Apple's new album whose title I'm not even gonna try, and Lana del Rey's Born to Die.


off to the races. every day until you love it.
Yesssss probably favourite song of the year.

[Night Fury]

did aaron just unironically list a swans album oh christ

The only decent albums this year were Vows by Kimbra and Visitors by Lazerhawk. The former isn't all that great aside from a couple songs and the latter isn't quite as good as Redline was.

yes, Kimbra's album is goood :)

[charliepanayi]

What's wrong with Swans? The Seer is a great album.

[Sephex]

Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

[Psychotic]

Either Come of Age (The Vaccines) or Days Go By (The Offspring) and their lack of being mentioned until post 22 only confirms my cast iron belief that EoFF has the worst taste in music of any website ever.

[Madame Adequate]

What's wrong with Swans? The Seer is a great album.

The fact that you have to ask "What's wrong with Swans" is proof enough of Paul's comment directly above mine, even if it indicts me too :irked:

[charliepanayi]

He's right, this place really does have awful music taste. The best films of 2012 thread was almost as bad :(

[krissy]

psychotic and milf can have their own aoty thread
in the help forum
cause they need it

[Psychotic]

psychotic and milf can have their own aoty thread
in the help forum
cause they need ithttp://i.imgur.com/RiOr2.png

[Pike]

I'm voting Wanderlust by The Quick Brown Fox, deal with it hipsters

[krissy]

all i can say so far is that my fave song of the year contenders are def:

True Shred Guitar by Sleigh Bells

and

Sad Eyes by Crystal Castles

and either of the encapsulating albums for that will probably be my aoty but i never really pick an aoty

[Pike]

My favorite song this year is Gangnam Style.

Not even joking.

[Jowy]

wow girl you've gotta expand your horizons!

[Pete for President]

Even though some of my favorite bands made new albums this year (Dr. Dog, Band of Horses, Balthazar) I don't think of 2012 as a particularly mind-blowing year. I only nominate two:

Dr Dog - Be The Void
Animal Liberation Orchestra - Sounds Like This (probably the worst album title ever, but it's a good record nonetheless.)

[Pike]

My favorite song this year is Gangnam Style.

Not even joking.

Some Nights was good too.

[Shorty]

You just like the uniforms! :aimkiss:

[Pike]

Of course I do babe :aimkiss:




I actually really like the song too

[Shorty]

It's a good song. Gives me chills.

because he specifically talks about getting the smurf out of arizona and it's like he's speaking to me directly and I'm like YEAH SON

[themagicroundabout]

http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2012-05/1336650637_500.jpg

This is the only album I can think of released this year, (aside from some compilations, EPs, etc.) that I've listened to much. There might be some other stuff, but I dunno. Parov Stellar's new album had some decent tracks. Also, Jimmy Cliff released a new album sometime this year and he played a few tracks from it in summer when I saw him, and that was pretty good but I've still not listened through the album itself. That's about all I can think of for me.

Si Si Puede (http://youtu.be/9yBIRGkAqGc)

[Shorty]

My favorite song this year is Gangnam Style.

Not even joking.

I heard this song for the first time last night and all I could think was "Pike was RIGHT"

and the moves all over the fucking dance floor were awesome and hilarious to behold irl

[Pike]

My favorite song this year is Gangnam Style.

Not even joking.

I heard this song for the first time last night and all I could think was "Pike was RIGHT"

and the moves all over the fucking dance floor were awesome and hilarious to behold irl

You JUST NOW heard Gangnam Style? I have no idea how you managed that but I'm pretty impressed, dear.

Also yes isn't it the best music video?

[Shorty]

ahahaha yes it is amazing

I manage it by staying out of places that play radio music, not playing radio music in the car and avoiding everywhere on the internet that may possibly expose me to popular top chart music. Additionally, last night was the first time I ever fully heard Call Me Maybe.

[Denmark]

NLCQjzAKqH0

GUYS GUYS

THIS IS THE MOST RELEVANT THIS LINK WILL EVER BE

IF YOU DON'T WATCH THAT VIDEO I WILL LITERALLY

LITERALLY

OP
OP
OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE

[Rantz]

ahahaha yes it is amazing

I manage it by staying out of places that play radio music, not playing radio music in the car and avoiding everywhere on the internet that may possibly expose me to popular top chart music. Additionally, last night was the first time I ever fully heard Call Me Maybe.

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[DMKA]

http://cdn.idolator.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/30/one-direction-take-me-home--400x400.jpg

[Jowy]

hey DMKA, let me show you something:

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[krissy]

synthetica made it on my list
thanks jowy

also memory tapes - grace/confusion is pretty great

im trying to understand grimes today. i know everyone really likes it, but all i like are the arpeggios and intros. i can't get into her voice.

[Jowy]

grimes sounds better when you just kinda tune her out. it's either sweet or completely intolerable.

[Jowy]

also now in the running:

<a href=http://www.amazon.com/Lonerism-Tame-Impala/dp/B008JFC6F0>Lonerism</a>

[krissy]

Playlist with all of this:
of Montreal - We Will Commit Wolf Murder - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjf1B5sDYw&list=PLvoueFvKXAnTEYyTRC7FMRVZ0aZDjNv2n)

of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
of Montreal - We Will Commit Wolf Murder - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjf1B5sDYw)

Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend
Porcelain Raft - Drifting In And Out - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QuTPiaSjAs)


John Talabot - fin
John Talabot - When The Past Was Present [HQ] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi6-bssNG3A)


Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Air - Seven Stars (ft. Victoria Legrand) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA_MqOVKYr0)


Django Django - Django Django
Django Django - Default (Official Video) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjpOrlfh0Y)


School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
School of Seven Bells - Love Play - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASTWLPUM-2g)


Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
Sleigh Bells - Born To Lose - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887Glv9BSkg)


Chromatics - Kill for Love
CHROMATICS "KILL FOR LOVE" - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0mxXrHowHQ)


Orbital - Wonky
Orbital | Wonky | Official Video - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9675nvyses)


Orelha Negra - Orelha Negra
Orelha Negra - O Segredo - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy0fhgYix5g)


Beat Connection - The Palace Garden
Beat Connection - The Palace Garden, 4am - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS2nFtUN5ng)


iamamiwhoami - Kin
drops - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw0JmSRMXkY)


A Place to Bury Strangers - Worship
A Place To Bury Strangers - You Are The One - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yulejd6Jm4I)


The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
The Gaslamp Killer - Nissim (with Amir Yaghmai) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PCdGwViVMM)


Liar - Strange Love
Liar - Bruised Knee feat. Borealis - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aol78BLPfaI)


Umberto - Night Has A Thousand Screams
Umberto - The Investigation - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X12-5FSfOfw)


Memory Tapes - Grace/Confusion
Memory Tapes - Sheila - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGEfViUplpo)


Metric - Synthetica
Metric - Synthetica - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOTjqYq7uKA)


Purity Ring - Shrines
PURITY RING // Crawlersout - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oANGAgRscso)


Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Don’t Bend Ascend
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mladic - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdF9uhVrI0)

[DK]

I have heard literally nothing mentioned in any post in this thread (other than gangnam style and that doesn't count because it's been bloody everywhere), and I am entirely comfortable with that fact. :redface:

[krissy]

EDIT

WHOA WHOA WHOA

HOW DID I FORGET TO PUT

CRYSTAL CASTLES - III
Crystal Castles "TELEPATH" Official - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05F8PJMqalw)

IN THERE

[The Man]

I doubt anyone else still here still listens to black metal but if you do, Fauna's Avifauna is an end-of-year surprise that will probably end up in my top five if I ever make one. They've performed parts of this live before, but the recording of it that surfaced was about 30 minutes shorter than the finished album, which is probably the best thing they've released.

[Faris]

Dead Silence - Billy Talent :love:
Days Go By - The Offspring
We Are The Others - Delain
Everything Is Changing - Anneke van Giersbergen

[charliepanayi]

20. Dan Deacon - America
19. Beach House - Bloom
18. Crystal Castles - (III)
17. Sigur Ros - Valtari
16. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
15. The Men - Open Your Heart
14. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
13. Grimes - Visions
12. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
11. EL-P - Cancer 4 Cure
10. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
9. Swans - The Seer
8. Cat Power - Sun
7. Allo Darlin' - Europe
6. Twin Shadow - Confess
5. Anais Mitchell - Young Man in America
4. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
3. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
2. Passion Pit - Gossamer
1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

[krissy]

i really liked gossamer too, dunno why i didnt list it