Saturday, January 4, 2014

The Best Music That I Listened to in 2012 as of December the 9th (An Imperfect List) by Tom Johnson:

LPs:

The Best Album of the Year:
 Adventures in Your Own Backyard by Patrick Watson

Top Tier:
A Church That Fits Our Needs by Lost in the Trees
Break it Yourself by Andrew Bird
Fear Fun by Father John Misty
Shields by Grizzly Bear
An Awesome Wave by Alt-J
Tramp by Sharon Van Etten
Landing on a Hundred by Cody ChesnuTT
Shallow Bed by Dry the River
Passage by Exitmusic
What We Saw from the Cheap Seats by Regina Spektor

Second Tier
The Idler Wheel… by Fiona Apple
 R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike
 Love This Giant by David Byrne & St. Vincent
 Until the Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus
 Swing Lo, Magellan by Dirty Projectors
 Django Django by Django Django
 The Greatest Man in the Universe by Bobby Womack

Third Tier
Centipede Hz by Animal Collective
 Is Your Love Big Enough? by Lianne Le Havas
 Skelethon by Aesop Rock
 Port of Morrow by the Shins
 America by Dan Deacon
 Blues Funeral by Mark Lanegan Band
Blunderbuss by Jack White
 Flight by Dave Stapleton
 Nootropics by Lower Dens
 Arrow by Heartless Bastards
 Channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean
 Young Man in America by Anais Mitchell
Boys & Girls by Alabama Shakes
I Like to Keep Myself in Pain by Kelly Hogan
 American Weekend by Waxahatchee
St. Peter & 57th Street by Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Fourth Tier
Cancer4Cure by El-P
The Temper Trap by The Temper Trap
Live from the Underground by Big K.R.I.T.
Coexist by the XX
 Locked Down by Dr. John
The Lion’s Roar by First Aid Kit
 Heaven by the Walkmen
 Silver Silver by Simone White
 151a by Kishi Bashi
 The Heist by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Notable EPs:
Silent Hour/Golden Mile by Daniel Rossen
The Undersea by The Antlers
Hands of Glory by Andrew Bird
Kindred by Burial
Bringing in the Darlings by Josh Ritter
True by Solange

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