Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

That's bad?

Yes. Very bad.

I'm not surpised to see Grimes on these lists, but can't exactly figure how this is the best of the year. To me, the Grimes album is decent, but a bit amaturish and underproduced. I enjoyed it early on but reached the point of diminishing returns months ago.

tbf, haven't heard (of) Evans the Death, but "sounds like Echobelly" doesn't automatically turn me off ("sounds like Sleeper" might be better tho)

but a bit amaturish and underproduced

part of the charm imo. haven't listened to it for awhile except for the singles though.

I would like to replace every occurrence of Grimes with Farrah Abraham

"sounds like Sleeper" might be better tho

Ha, "sounds like Sleeper" would have me shooting myself in the face. You should probably give them a go.

I'd like to replace every occurrence of Grimes and Purity Ring with Tinashe and Chromatics.

do you know how to code?

Purity Ring can stay, I love that album

I keep forgetting there was yet another fantastic Lone album this year

I would like to replace every occurrence of Grimes with Farrah Abraham

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, December 3, 2012 5:42 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in every EOY list, in every itunes, in every inch of coverage

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8. Tops – Tender Opposites

Anyone know what this is?

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--J0rdan S.

I just played myself laughing out loud in the sub shop over this

I didn't know Nabisco is Nitsuh!

SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2012

01 FRANK OCEAN - CHANNEL ORANGE (DEF JAM)
02 KENDRICK LAMAR - GOOD KID, M.A.A.D CITY (TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE)
03 JAPANDROIDS - CELEBRATION ROCK (POLYVINYL)
04 DJ RASHAD - TEKLIFE VOL. 1 - WELCOME TO THE CHI (LIT CITY TRAX)
05 MIGUEL - KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM (RCA)
06 BAT FOR LASHES - THE HAUNTED MAN (PARLOPHONE)
07 SWANS - THE SEER (YOUNG GOD)
08 KILLER MIKE R.A.P. MUSIC (WILLIAMS STREET)
09 TY SEGALL - TWINS (DRAG CITY)
10 SANTIGOLD - MASTER OF MY MAKE-BELIEVE (DOWNTOWN/ATLANTIC)
11 FUTURE - PLUTO (A1/FREE BANDZ/EPIC)
12 DEATH GRIPS - NO LOVE DEEP WEB (SELF-RELEASED)
13 CLOUD NOTHINGS - ATTACK ON MEMORY (CARPARK)
14 GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - 'ALLELUJAH! DON'T BEND! ASCEND! (CONSTELLATION)
15 BARONESS - YELLOW & GREEN (RELAPSE)
16 FIONA APPLE - THE IDLER WHEEL IS WISER THAN THE DRIVER OF THE SCREW AND WHIPPING CORDS WILL SERVE YOU MORE THAN ROPES WILL EVER DO (EPIC)
17 GRIZZLY BEAR - SHIELDS (WARP)
18 KING TUFF - KING TUFF (SUB POP)
19 TRAXMAN - DA MIND OF TRAXMAN (PLANET MU)
20 PALLBEARER - SORROW AND EXTINCTION (PROFOUND LORE)
21 DAPHNI - JIAOLONG (MERGE)
22 TORCHE - HARMONICRAFT (VOLCOM)
23 DIRTY PROJECTORS - SWING LO MAGELLAN (DOMINO)
24 CAT POWER - SUN (MATADOR)
25 ACTION BRONSON - BLUE CHIPS (FOOL'S GOLD)
26 TAME IMPALA - LONERISM (MODULAR)
27 SLEIGH BELLS - REIGN OF TERROR (MOM + POP)
28 JESSIE WARE - DEVOTION (PMR/ISLAND)
29 DINOSAUR JR. - I BET ON SKY (JAGJAGUWAR)
30 FRANKIE ROSE - INTERSTELLAR (SLUMBERLAND)
31 THE XX - COEXIST (YOUNG TURKS)
32 GOAT - WORLD MUSIC (ROCKET)
33 THEE OH SEES - PUTRIFIERS II (IN THE RED)
34 MALA - IN CUBA (BROWNSWOOD)
35 JACK WHITE - BLUNDERBUSS (THIRD MAN/COLUMBIA)
36 BEAK> - >> (INVADA)
37 R. KELLY - WRITE ME BACK (RCA)
38 TAYLOR SWIFT - RED (BIG MACHINE)
39 ROC MARCIANO - RELOADED (DECON) (JS)
40 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - CENTIPEDE HZ (DOMINO)
41 PURITY RING - SHRINES (LAST GANG/4AD)
42 LINDSTRØM - SIX CUPS OF REBEL (SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND) AND SMALHANS (FEEDELITY)
43 KATHLEEN EDWARDS - VOYAGEUR (ZOË/ROUNDER)
44 DEFTONES - KOI NO YOKAN (REPRISE)
45 NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED (YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC)
46 SPOEK MATHAMBO - FATHER CREEPER (SUB POP)
47 METRIC - SYNTHETICA (MOM + POP)
49 BEST COAST - THE ONLY PLACE (MEXICAN SUMMER)
49 HEEMS - NEHRU JACKETS (GREEDHEAD)
50 FUN. - SOME NIGHTS (FUELED BY RAMEN)

Lol at ILX mobile posting half finished post about @KattWillFerrell

I don't hate the Grimes album but I'm kind of pleased to see it not make that list, while Baroness, Torche and Pallbearer did.

KUDOS FOR NICKI! first list to acknowledge that it's actually really good

kudos for santigold too, no 10 seems high but it's been weirdly overlooked elsewhere considering how strong the strongest cuts on it are

"I Belong In Your Arms" will make my own list but I couldn't make it through the rest of the Chairlift record.

I was glad to see Chairlift as his #2; it will likely be my own #1.

I was surprised to see Santigold there - it's been ignored everywhere else - but the good tracks are great. Same goes for Chairlift.

From the bottom of Nitsuh's list (though not written by Nitsuh):

Lana Del Rey
January’s most controversial pop starlet was old news by February.

Yes, unless you count selling over 2 million albums.

The Lone album is great! Probably in my top 5 for the year.

Many xposts...

DJ Rashad at #4 is GOOD LIST-MAKING.

The Chairlift album has maybe two low points in the whole thing. Not keen on that lyric about runnin people over in a car, and that last one Guilty As Charged but on the whole it's jam packed with neat little flourishes and catchy tunes. The Talabot remix of I Belong is also great and should have been a bonus track

I went through about three tracks on the Chairlift album thinking "oh hey, this is really nice" and then I hit a wall and desperately needed to play something else

Talabot remix is better than anything on the album imo.

despite not really being A-game Talabot.

I'm listening to this Lone album right now and it's setting me on edge. FIND THE BEAT, A-HOLES!

I Belong, Take It Out on Me, Ghost Tonight and Met Before are all killer. In a different era they'd have enough material to be pop stars.

I'm listening to this Lone album right now and it's setting me on edge. FIND THE BEAT, A-HOLES!

... what?

I would add Amanamonesia (sp?) to DL's list but otherwise OTM.

The time signatures of the drums/percussion seem to be absolutely random much of the time. That's probably not true, but they're more complex than I feel like bothering with. xp

I definitely rc enjoying that Lone album, should probably revisit it at some point.

The beats on the Lone album are definitely highly syncopated, but they don't strike me as particularly random

The time signatures of the drums/percussion seem to be absolutely random much of the time. That's probably not true, but they're more complex than I feel like bothering with. xp

you have got to be kidding

I don't even like "I Belong In Your Arms," but the Talabot remix is the best remix I've heard this year.

Feeling kinda bad for Animal Collective.

Is Sharon Von Etten making a lot of lists?

fewer than Grimes but more than like Kathleen Edwards

#ladies

I really live Sharon Von Etten, but I think the new one is mostly boring. I don't feel like she needs to be catering to the Paste crowd.

xxpost

Damn shame, as that Kathleen Edwards record is solid.

Animal Collective really blew it this time, huh? They haven't even enjoyed any of the post-breakthrough momentum that disappointing follow-ups often get (hello The xx).

Dude, MPP was "post-breakthrough" like three albums deep

idk, I think its fair to call MPP another level of breakthough, i mean like NPR audience level breakthrough

The beats on the Lone album are definitely highly syncopated, but they don't strike me as particularly random

It's cool, I'm not a rhythm ace. I just don't find that kind of madhouse dodging of 4/4 too enjoyable.

xp How so? It got way more attention and sales than any of their previous albums.

It's cool, I'm not a rhythm ace. I just don't find that kind of madhouse dodging of 4/4 too enjoyable.

THERE IS NO DODGING OF 4/4 ON THE ALBUM, EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SONG IS IN 4/4

Uncut sure loves the hell out of Ty Segall, with three of his albums in their list. I agree with Spin that Twins is the best one. When I first heard his name a few years ago, I that he was a rapper, lol.

AnCo "broke through" in like 2004. They used that momentum to break through higher and higher places (like NPR) over the course of two or three more albums over half a decade of work

The XX hit paydirt first time out and now are following up on it. The analogy doesn't work

Okay, DJP. Fine. Whatever. It still makes me squirm and want to put on, like, AC/DC or something so I know that up is up and down is down.

is whiney doing his leftfield/noisy shit list this year y/n?