Rolling "favorite music of 2012 so far" thread (albums and/or tracks edition)

I made a http://reverenddollars.tumblr.com/post/20556599643/q1-jamz

Kinda did an odd arrangement of a dozen groupings of three at least semi-related songs I like.

― TALiB KWELi SODMG (The Reverend), Friday, 6 April 2012 00:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

Well did a top 10 for January so might as well do one for each passing month:

February 2012

Bondax - All Inside
Danny Brown - Grown Up
Lapalux - Moments
Kidnap Kid - Vehl
Notorious B.I.G. - Going to Cali (Viceroy 'Jet Life' remix)
NZCA/LINES - Okinawa Channels
Santigold - Disparate Youth
Tennis - Petition
Usher - Climax
Yuna - Live Your Life

March 2012

Bobby Womack - Please Forgive My Heart
Chromatics - Back from the Grave
Gacha - Remember
Liars - No.1 Against the Rush
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
Miguel - Adorn
Mister Lies - Cleam
Nina Kraviz - Ghetto Kraviz
Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices (Shigeto remix)
TV Girl - I Wonder Who She's Kissing Now

― Moka, Thursday, 12 April 2012 06:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

Rizzla - DICK
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― The Reverend, Thursday, 12 April 2012 08:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

Since discovering Moondog, all I can listen to is Moondog.

― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 12 April 2012 09:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

some stuff i've really dug since i last posted an update:

V/A (but esp Neko Case) - Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - An Letah
Lyriel - Leverage
Colleen Green - Milo Goes To Compton
Mirel Wagner - Self-Titled
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
Now, Now - Threads
Bola - Volume 7

― Mordy, Saturday, 14 April 2012 00:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

I forgot last time I posted to mention:

Hatcham Social - About Girls

Which seems very likely to be a top-10 album for the year. Never would have heard of them if not for ilm.

― dlp9001, Saturday, 14 April 2012 00:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

yes that is a very good album. i don't think it has some of the highs of their earlier records but it is definitely stronger overall than their previous stuff. if you like it you'll almost certainly like their earlier album

― real 69 for my sham friends (electricsound), Monday, 16 April 2012 05:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

Track of the year for me so far - The Thing And Neneh Cherry 'Dream Baby Dream'

― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 16 April 2012 08:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

seeing that made me do a kind of triple take (THAT The Thing and THAT Neneh Cherry and THAT Dream Baby Dream???), but then it couldn't possibly work any better.

― michael nyman cat (Merdeyeux), Monday, 16 April 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dustin Wong's my album of the year so far.

― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 16 April 2012 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

the thing + neneh is one of those things that seems crazy when you see it but then kinda makes perfect sense given neneh's background

― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

i find it really confusing that this thread is albums & tracks mixed into one, i'm going to start a tracks/singles one soon

― flopson, Monday, 16 April 2012 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

actually maybe i'll just do that now

― flopson, Monday, 16 April 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

Tracks

Usher-Climax
Big K.R.I.T-Boobie Miles
Chromatics-Back From The Grave
Cinnamon Girl-Friends
Santigold-Disparate Youth
Scoolboy Q-2 Raw
Lana Del Rey-Radio
Alexandra Burke-Let It Go
Spiritualized-Hey Jane
Sylver Tongue-Hook You Up
Hot Chip-Flutes
Saint Etienne-Tonight
Dexys-Nowhere Is Home
Nelly Furtado-Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)
Dawn Richard-Scripture
Amadou & Mariam Feat. Santigold-Dougou Badia
Nicki Minaj-Come on a Cone

Albums

Spiritualized-Sweet Light Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Dawn Ricahard-In Armor
Tindersticks-The Something Rain
Grimes-Visions
Melanie Fiona-The MF Life
Lana Del Rey-Born To Die
The Chap-We Are Nobody
School Of Seven Bells-Ghostory
The 2 Bears-Be Strong
Schoolboy Q-Habits & Contradictions
Nite Jewel-One Second Of Love
Chairlift-Something

― Kitchen Person, Monday, 16 April 2012 19:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Obviously I had to look up what the Spiritualized album was called (and still messed it up here) as I've been calling it Huh? all year.

― Kitchen Person, Monday, 16 April 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

Just saw this singer make her debut live performance. Very, very impressed.

http://youtu.be/zciFwVnPtsw

― mike t-diva, Sunday, 22 April 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

So far, no order:

E-40 feat. Juicy J & 2 Chainz - They Point
Kendrick Lamar feat. Gunplay - Cartoons & Cereal
Wiley, Flow Dan, Riko & Manga - F'Off
The 2 Bears - Work (Toddla T Remix feat. Trim, Scrufizzer & Trigganom)
Funkystepz x Rihanna - Birthday Cake (Miami Bass Edit)
Azealia Banks - NeedSumLuv
Nicki Minaj - Stupid Hoe
Nicki Minaj feat. Beenie Man - Gun Shot
Cassie - King of Hearts
Footsie feat. Brakeman - On That One
Swindle feat. Footsie & Nadia Suliman - Ignition
Swindle - Pineapple
Preditah - Overdose
Trim - Notice Now (Elsewhere Remix Dub)
Purity Ring - Obadear
Sylver Tongue - Hook You Up
Objekt - Cactus
Pearson Sound - Untitled
Rockwell - Tripwire
Jubei feat. Flow Dan - Say Nothin

― Mercer Finn, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

This may be premature, but I am liking Elio Villafranca and Arturo Stable's Dos y Mas (jazz, definitely not salsa or trad. Afro-Cuban dance music, though there are certainly connections to the latter).

― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 20 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

Also, Tokyo Jihen's Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien has grown on me a lot, especially in that live version I just linked to, god willing.

― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

albums:
michael pisaro - fields have ears (6)
skogen - ist gefallen in den schnee
squarepusher - ufabulum
ouija boys - fuscia ep
en - already gone

― Lowell N. Behold'n, Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

there should be a thread about michael pisaro

― sisilafami, Monday, 21 May 2012 00:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

ranked favorite albums of 2012, vaguely and hastily... all my fav tracks would come from these as well, i'm sure... couple reissues at the bottom:

Windy and Carl - We Will Always Be
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
John Talabot - ƒin
Eyvind Kang - The Narrow Garden
Om - Advaitic Songs
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
Mohn - Mohn
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Mirrorring - Foreign Body
Ufomammut - Oro: Opus Primum
A Place to Bury Strangers - Worship
Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme
Ambarchi/O'Rourke/Haino - Imikuzushi
The Men - Open Your Heart
Dirty Three - Toward the Low Sun
James Blackshaw - Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death
Worm Ouroboros - Come the Thaw
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Fela Kuti - Live in Detroit 1986
v/a - The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume Two

agree with Doran that Neneh Cherry & the Thing "Dream Baby Dream" is pretty much #1 track of the year so far, though-- so so good

― ilxor, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

standout tracks, what the hell...

Windy and Carl - "Fainting in the Presence of the Lord" (!!!!!) FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKK
Killer Mike - "Reagan"
Spiritualized - "Headin' for the Top Now"
John Talabot - "So Will Be Now..."
Eyvind Kang - "Pure Nothing"
Mohn - Mohn "Ebertplatz 2020"
School of Seven Bells - "Lafaye"

― ilxor, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

i need to get up on more music released this year. lots of interesting stuff.

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Aufheben
Brother Sun Sister Moon - s/t
Grouper - Violet Replacement
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be

― H.P. Hovercraft and the Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads - Dustin Wong

wow this is fucking gorgeous!!!

thanks!

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

1. Dawn Richard - Armor On
2. Ab-Soul - Control System
3. Miguel - Art Dealer Chic, Vol. 1-3
4. Le1f - Dark York
5. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
6. Lone - Galaxy Garden
7. Nina Kraviz - s/t
8. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds
9. Nicki Minaj - Roman Reloaded
10. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

Good list. Talk to me about that Georgia Anne album.

― Sonic adobes of stultifying hipsterdom (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

killer mike is so, so good

rev, i was kinda with you when i heard ab-soul on spotify and i was thinking "so why is this guy playing third fiddle in black hippy?"

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

I wouldn't even say 3rd-fiddle! Seems like Kendrick (obv), Q, and Jay Rock are all more popular than him. But I think his album is on par (at least) with Section.80. The song where he's talking to his dead girlfriend makes me so ;_;

xp: Madlib-produced and a lot more focused than her usual. Sounds like:

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

ha i always forget jay rock is in black hippy, i guess because he came out way before

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

A couple of the best songs from the Muldrow aren't on youtube :/

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

Haven't had much chance to digest the album yet but I just found out about Alori Joh dying a couple of days ago. Really sad

― Number None, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

gonna repost my Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/7Hi5uKSCgKZM5doRaEIDOz

it contains (in unranked order):

Schoolboy Q - Habits and Contradictions
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
Machinedrum - SXLND EP
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Trust - TRST
VCMG - SSSS
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Orbital - Wonky
Death Grips - The Money Store
Santigold - Master Of My Make-Believe
Ab-Soul - Control System
Rye Rye - Go! Pop! Bang!

― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Current faves:

Motion Sickness of Time Travel - s/t
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Zita Swoon Group - Wait For Me
Poliça - Give You the Ghost
Megafortress - s/t
Sun Araw, M Geddes Grengras and the Congos - FRKWYS 9
Nite Jewel - One Second of Love

― nagl lack (seandalai), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

Thanks rev, will check that for sure. I've liked her older stuff.

― Sonic adobes of stultifying hipsterdom (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

actress, r.i.p.
maga bo, quilombo do futuro
slugabed, time team (about half of it anyway)

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

also I am totally infatuated with this song:

― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

man that Le1f album is so dope.

and I am loving that Georgia Anne Muldrow song

― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

Claro Intelecto LP
Killer Mike LP
DJ Sprinkles & Mark Fell EP
Dream 2 Science Repress on Rush Hour
I:Cube Transpiration EP
Soul 223 EP on Delsin
Enjoying the Vakula Vedomir LP and anticipating his forthcoming Firecracker LP too

― out comes stanley, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

yay merchandise

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

Health - Max Payne 3 soundtrack

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:28 (11 months ago) Permalink

Health - Tears is awesome, especially because of how it comes in during the airport sequence.

― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:31 (11 months ago) Permalink

Still a bunch of things I need to hear but...

Motion Sickness of Time Travel - s/t
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
Sun Araw, M Geddes Gengras and the Congos - FRKWYS 9
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
White Hills - Frying On This Rock
Brackles - Rinse Presents...
Actress - RIP
Shackleton - Music For The Quiet Hour
V/A - Shangaan Shake
Batida - s/t
Led Er Est - The Diver
White Car - Everyday Grace
Richard Youngs - Core To The Brave
Mirroring - Foreign Body
Belbury Poly - The Belbury Tales

― You can do it Sun Myung Moon (NickB), Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:00 (11 months ago) Permalink

now, now - threads LP and the rex or regina EP are by some distance my favourite things this year so far, at least until sulk drop their LP

― sissy space echo (electricsound), Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:03 (11 months ago) Permalink

Dream Continuum - Reworks EP

― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:45 (11 months ago) Permalink

If reissues count, then Royal Headache.

― o. nate, Friday, 8 June 2012 02:08 (11 months ago) Permalink

Oh man that White Hills album cooks

― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 8 June 2012 03:51 (11 months ago) Permalink

Also enjoying the new Albini-recorded Screaming Females. If you like the sound of rock guitar, you'll probably like this.

― o. nate, Monday, 11 June 2012 15:46 (11 months ago) Permalink

2012 has been a disappointing year for me as far as anything goes, music included, but fuck my hat if I'm not a bit addicted to DJ Rashad's 'Teklife Vol.1: Welcome to the Chi' - simply the best introduction anyone can have to the burgeoning footwork scene.

Plenty of people have been getting excited on the dedicated chicago juke thread, but I think it needs wider attention. Whiney's review here not only nails it but also you can stream the whole thing here: http://www.spin.com/spin.com/reviews/dj-rashad-teklife-vol-1-welcome-chi-lit-city

― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:21 (11 months ago) Permalink