20 Titles From 2012 (say that 3 times fast, lol)
I don't know that I'd call these my "top 20"; they happen to be the
exact 20 titles, I saved as favs in MOG this year.
Animal Collective,
Centipede HzBat For Lashes,
The Haunted ManBest Coast,
The Only PlaceDan Deacon,
AmericaDirty Projectors,
Swing Lo MagellanFiona Apple,
The Idler Wheel...Frank Ocean,
Channel OrangeGY!BE,
Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!Heartless Bastards,
ArrowJack White,
BlunderbussJosephine Foster,
Blood RushingKendrick Lamar,
Good Kid, m.A.A.d CityLianne La Havas,
Is Your Love Big Enough?Regina Spektor,
What We Saw From The Cheap SeatsSharon Van Etten,
TrampSleigh Bells,
Reign Of TerrorStars,
The NorthSwans,
The SeerVisions,
GrimesThe xx,
Coexist
Looking at the list...right now...I'd have to sort them out this way (and
cheat a bit; just too hard to break some of these ties)
5(tie)-
Sharon Van Etten,
Tramp &
Fiona Apple,
The Idler Wheel...
4-
Kendrick Lamar,
Good Kid, m.A.A.d City (this isn't even my normal genre, but hard to ignore how good this ground-breaking title is)
3(tie)-
GY!BE,
Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! &
Swans,
The Seer (how do you choose between these noisy masterpieces)
2-
Dirty Projectors,
Swing Lo Magellan (this is really my fav, as its lo-fi, Indie sound is right in my wheel-house...however...)
1-
Frank Ocean,
Channel Orange (...it's hard not to call this the best
work of the year. Unfortunately, I don't know how FO will ever top this debut

)
Share some of your favs? There's still a few days left to change my mind, lol.