Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

Big Haas Top 5 Hip-Hop Releases from the Middle East

Omar Offendum – Syrianamericana
Asfalt – Ana Satreen
The Narcicyst – Leap of Faith
Arabian Knightz – Rebel
Shadia Mansour – El Kofeyye Arabeyye

from PRI the world, syndicated public radio show

http://latinmusic.about.com/od/playlists/tp/Top-Latin-Songs-2012.htm

http://africasacountry.com/2012/12/26/the-top-10-african-music-videos-of-2012/

End Of Year List of 'Sterreplaten', Belgian Radio show:

A-Z
Burial - Kindred EP
Flying Horseman - Twist
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Grimes - Visions
John Maus - A Collection Of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material
John Talabot - Fin
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
Raime - Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
Sam Flax - Age Waves
Swans - The Seer
Ty Segall - Slaughterhouse
Vessel - Order Of Noise

Audio for the Dutch speaking part of ILX: www.mixcloud.com/Sterrenplaten/sterrenplaten-eindejaar-21-december-2012

should "personal best of the year" be a different thread? not that i wanna post my own list or start that thread myself, just saying maybe that could be the place if people wanna link to their own blog or something.

some of those african tracks are great

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/critics-best-top-music-2012/Content?oid=8243121

Peter Margasak's top 5 international list is headed by a more traditional sounding afropop artist, Paris-based Malian singer, acoustic guitarist
Fatoumata Diawara, Fatou (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

http://www.newworldbuzz.com/2012.html

1
Amadou & Mariam | Folila | Nonesuch
2
Rodrigo Y Gabriela & C.U.B.A. | Area 52 | ATO-Red
3
Novalima | Karimba | ELS Music
4
Tinariwen | Tassili | Anti-
5
Marisa Monte | O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade | Blue Note
6
Antibalas | Antibalas | Daptone
7
Jimmy Cliff | Rebirth | Trojan
8
Bonga | Hora Kota | Lusafrica
9
Afrolicious | A Dub For Mali | ESL
10
VA | Samaya: A Benefit Album For Cheb i Sabbah | Six Degrees
11
Te Vaka | Havili | Warm Earth
12
Staff Benda Bilili | Bouger Le Monde | Crammed Discs
13
Chicha Libre | Canibalismo | Barbes
14
Nation Beat | Growing Stone | Barbes
15
Midnite | Kings Bell | I Grade
16
Fatoumata Diawara | Fatou | Nonesuch
17
Lila Downs | Pecados Y Milagros | Sony
18
Bibi Tanga & The Selenites | 40º of Sunshine | Nat Geo
19
Céu | Caravana Sereia Bloom | Six Degrees
20
DRC Music | Kinshasa One Two | Warp
21
Sola Rosa | Get It Together | Melting Pot
22
10 Ft. Ganja Plant | Shake Up The Place | ROIR
23
Jose Conde | Jose Conde | Pipiki
24
Vlada Tomova | Balkan Tales | Kuker Music
25
Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | Avokado Artists
26
Ana Tijoux | La Bala | Nacional
27
Debo Band | Debo Band | Sub Pop-Next Ambiance
28
Abdoulaye Traoré & Mohamed Diaby | Debademba | Chapa Blues
29
The Spy From Cairo | Arabadub | Wonderwheel
30
Delhi 2 Dublin | Delhi 2 Dubland EP | Self-Released

There's plenty of publications that put up lists by one writer. Ans as I said when I created this thread:

Bloggers and freelance/single/married/swingin' critics welcome to submit here too!

xp I could usually rely on getting good Brazilian recommendations from Margasak, but 5 is kind of limiting. Here's my global/international list:

1. Staff Benda Bilili – Bouger le Monde! (Crammed Discs) - Congo
2. Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars – Radio Salone (Cumbancha) – Sierra Leone
3. Dos Cafundós – Capitão Coração (Far Out) – Brazil
4. Tom Zé – Tropicalia Lixo Logico (Passarinho) – Brazil
5. Bnegao & Seletores De Frequencia – Sintoniza La (Coqueiro Verde) – Brazil
6. Amadou & Mariam – Folila (Nonesuch) – Mali
7. The Touré-Raichel Collective – The Tel Aviv Session (Cumbancha) – Mali/Israel
8. Jimmy Cliff – Rebirth (Universal) – Jamaica
9. Ondatrópica – Ondatrópica (Soundways) – Colombia
10. Lucas Santtana – The God Who Devastates Also Cures (Mais Un Discos) – Brazil
11. Café Tacuba – El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco (Verve) – Mexico
12. Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex – Y’Anbessaw Tezeta (Terp) – Ethiopia/Netherlands
13. Fatoumata Diawara – Fatou (World Circuit) – Mali
14. Debo Band – Debo Band (Next Ambience/Sub Pop) – U.S./Ethiopia
15. Galactic – Carnivale Electricos (Anti-) U.S.
16. Sexy Fi – Nunca Te Vi De Boa (Far Out) – Brazil
17. Makoomba – Rising Tide (Igloo) – Zimbabwe
18. Spoek Mathambo – Father Creeper (Sub Pop) – South Africa
19. Céu – Caravana Sereia Bloom (Six Degrees) – Brazil
20. Zani Diabaté & Les Héritiers – Tientalaw (Sterns) – Mali
21. Sidi Touré – Koïma (Thrill Jockey) – Mali

ok, here's my year end world list:

1. The Very Best - MTMTMK (Moshi Moshi) - Malawi
2. Zieti - Zemelewa (Grigri) - Ivory Coast
3. Amadou & Mariam - Folila (Nonesuch) - Mali
4. Janka Nabay - En Yay Sah (Luaka Bop) - Sierra Leone
5. Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger le Monde! (Crammed Discs) - Congo
6. Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex - Y'Anbessaw Tezeta (Terp) - Ethiopia
7. Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou (World Circuit) - Mali
8. Batida - Batida (Soundway) - Angola
9. Nneka - Soul is Heavy (Decon) - Nigeria
10. Debo Band - Debo Band (Sub Pop) - Ethiopia

some of those african tracks are great

― flopson, Wednesday, December 26, 2012 7:13 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This.

Esp:

Vetkuk vs Mahoota's "iStokvela"
Dama Do Bling's "Champion"
D.i.s. Guise's "Mr Bambe"

About.com - Best R&B/Soul Albums of 2012
http://randb.about.com/od/top5lists/tp/Best-Albums-Of-2012.htm

01. Usher - Looking 4 Myself
02. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
03. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
04. Meshell Ndegeocello - Pour Une Âme Souveraine
05. R. Kelly - Write Me Back (Deluxe Version)
06. Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire
07. Cody ChesnuTT - Landing on a Hundred
08. K'Jon - Moving On
09. Quantic & Alice Russell - Look Around the Corner
10. The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown - Vol. 1
11. Leela James - Loving You More ... in the Spirit of Etta James
12. Nneka - Soul is Heavy
13. Ne-Yo - R.E.D.
14. Ruben Studdard - Letters From Birmingham
15. Estelle - All of Me
16. Anthony David - Love Out Loud
17. Monica - New Life
18. Tank - This is How I Feel
19. Keyshia Cole - Woman to Woman
20. Ryan Shaw - Real Love

Jon K'Jon

Ha!

ha, I kinda like this Stereogum best electronic dance tracks list. A bunch of my favorite stuff this year, plus some A+ trolling, and uhhh....Hot Chip.

30. Calvin Harris Ft. Ne-Yo – “Let’s Go”
29. Baauer – “Harlem Shake”
28. Joy Orbison, Bodikka, and Pearson Sound – “Faint”
27. Storm Queen – “Let’s Make Mistakes”
26. Major Lazer Ft. Partysquad – “Original Don” (Flosstradamus Remix)
25. KW Griff – “Bring In The Katz” Ft. Porkchop
24. Swedish House Mafia – “Don’t You Worry Child” Ft. John Martin
23. Wiley – “I’m Skanking” (2 Bears Remix)
22. Mala – “Changuito”
21. Kendrick Lamar – “Swimming Pools (Drank)” (DJ Big O Remix)
20. Maya Jane Coles – “Not Listening”
19. Burial – “Kindred”
18. Traxman – “Blow Yo Shit” (Lenkemz Remix)
17. Hot Chip – “Motion Sickness”
16. Mike Q – “Ha Dub Rewerkd”
15. DJ Sliink – “Putcha Back In It”
14. Disclosure – “Latch” Ft. Sam Smith
13. Untold – “Motion The Dance”
12. John Talabot – “So Will Be Now” Ft. Pional
11. Zebra Katz Ft. Njena Reddd Foxxx – “Ima Read”
10. Pearson Sound – “Untitled”
9. DJ Rashad – “Trap Back”
8. Todd Terje – “Inspector Norse”
7. Rihanna – “Where Have You Been”
6. Julio Bashmore – "Au Seve"
5. TNGHT – “Bugg’n”
4. Blawan – “Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage”
3. Brenmar & DJ Sliink – “BAIT”
2. Jessie Ware – “Running” (Disclosure Remix)
1. Kanye West – “Mercy” (RL Grime & Salva Remix)

http://stereogum.com/1226011/the-top-30-edm-tracks-of-2012/franchises/listomania/

about.com list is kinda bizarro but i'll be feeling it more than anyone else's, ursh at #1 is a baller move nevermind the rest

i'm glad to see that estelle album get some props

06. Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire

this is strange though

haha i actually think pretty little of like 16 records on there but the list itself makes me want to like them

AllMusic’s Favorite R&B Albums of 2012
http://blog.allmusic.com/2012/12/11/allmusics-favorite-rb-albums-of-2012/#more-15484

Brandy – Two Eleven
Cody ChesnuTT – Landing on a Hundred
Keyshia Cole – Woman to Woman
Columbia Nights – Dawn | Dusk
Anthony David – Love Out Loud
Dwele – Greater Than One
Melanie Fiona – MF Life
Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio
Vivian Green – The Green Room
Nona Hendryx – Mutatis Mutandis
Leela James – Loving You More…In the Spirit of Etta James
R. Kelly – Write Me Back
Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Seeds
Meshell Ndegeocello – Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
SWV – I Missed Us
THEESatisfaction – Awe Naturale
Elle Varner – Perfectly Imperfect
Jessie Ware – Devotion

i was about to say "now THAT'S a good list" before i saw the source and that'll be andy k!

the alphabetical style frustrates me though cause i'd really like to see how he'd rank them

Posts v much in character

Not sure if you've seen it separately al, but andy's personal overall top 20 suggests that the following are his top 7:

01 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
05 Jessie Ware - Devotion
06 Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
08 Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio
10 THEESatisfaction - Awe Naturale
12 Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect
20 Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds

yeah i like my deckchairs arranged in order of preference too

how was that Muldrow record?

it's pretty good. Madlib-produced and more focused than usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXNiy4in46s

20th-best of the year is about right

Tim Sweeney has done a mix of his fave tunes here:

http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/657

But also a list of albums and tracks:

Favorite LP's of 2012:
Kindness - World, You Need A Change Of Mind - Terrible Records
Michael Mayer - Mantasy - Kompakt
John Talabot ‎– ƒIN - Permanent Vacation
Daphni - Jiaolong - Jiaolong
Mungolian Jetset ‎- Mungodelics - Smalltown Supersound
The Chromatics - Kill For Love - Italians Do It Better
Matthew Dear - Beams - Ghostly International
Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns - Witchita
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes - 4AD
Daniel Maloso - In And Out - Cómeme
Tomas Barfod - Salton Sea - Friends Of Friends
DJ Nature - Return Of The Savage - Golf Channel
Bola - Volume 7 - Awesome Tapes From Africa
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs ‎– Trouble - Polydor
Pachanga Boys - We Are Really Sorry - Hippie Dance
Hot Chip - In Our Heads - Domino
Liars - WIXIW - Mute
I:Cube ‎- "M" Megamix - Versatile
Janja Nabay & The Bubu Gang - En Yay Sah - Luaka Bop

Other songs I loved in 2012 and wanted to include in this show:
The Backwoods - Cloud 9 (The Stallions Remix) - Ene/ESP
Mandog - Guitar Pop (Gonno Remix) - Room Full Of Records
The Time And Space Machine - Good Morning (Coyote Balearic Mix) - Tirk
John Talabot - When The Past Was Present (Pachanga Boys Purple Remix) - Permanent Vacation
Bot'Ox - Basement Love (Pachanga Boys Remix) - I'm A Cliche
Barnt - Geffen - Cómeme
DJ Kaos - Kosmische Ruckenwind (Quiet Village Remix) - Clone Loft
Kasper Bjørke - Bohemian Soul feat Laid Back (Still Going Remix) - Hfn
TV Baby - NY Is All Right (Dr Dunks Mix) - Rong
The Mole - If I Had A Nickel - Maybe Tomorrow
Hauschka - Radar (Michael Mayer Remix) - Fatcat
Magic Mountain High - Workshop xx - Workshop
Todd Terje - It's The Arps - Olsen/Smalltown Supersound
Joakim - Nothing Gold (Todd Terje Mix) - Tigersushi
Prins Thomas Orkester - Snake Music - Full Pupp
Rune Lindbæk feat Kurt Maloo - Wonder (Rune Lindbæk & Øyvind Blikstad Mix) - Drum Island
Aeroplane - Caramellas (Joakim Remix) - Eskimo
Saschienne - Unknown - Kompakt
Jai Paul - Jasmine (Demo) - XL
Nick Nikolov - Come Down - Liebe Detail
Jimmy Edgar - This One's For The Children - Hotflush
WhoMadeWho - Never Had The Time - Kompakt
Zombie Zombie - Rocket Number 9 - Versatile
Ultraista - Small Talk - Temporary Residence Limited
Daniel Avery - Need Electric - Phantasy Sound
Mark E - We Could Love - Needwant
Orthy - Emily (Baio Remix)
Lauer - 70000ac - Running Back
Hundred In The Hands - Keep It Low (A JD Twitch Optimo mix) - Warp
AM/TM - Back To Acid - Hector Works
Fanatico - Tessio (KiNK's Raw Dub) - Ware
Young Marco - Darwin In Bahia - ESP
Marcus Mixx - Special Creme - Unknown To The Unknown
Recloose - Don't Get Me Wrong - Delusions Of Grandeur
TNT Subhead - Ecstasy & Release - Groovement
Trackman LaFonte & Bonquiqui - Pacific House - L.I.E.S.
Mock & Toof - My Head - Tiny Sticks
B.D.I. - Paper Tears - Running Back
Sinkane - Runnin' (Daphni Mix) - Phonica Records
Roisin Murphy - Simulation (Mano Le Tough Remix) - Permanent Vacation
Los Amigos Invisibles & Dimitri From Paris - Glad To Know You (Ray Mang's Flying Dub) - Gomma
Phreek Plus One - La Spirale (J's Loveboat Mix) - Internasjonal
JV - EditChannel XXX - EditChannel
Steve Reich - Nagoya Marimba (HNNY Edit) - No Rights Reserved
Al Kent - Open Up Your Mind - Kojak
J.T.C. - Beats In Space - Shaddock

Not sure if you've seen it separately al, but andy's personal overall top 20 suggests that the following are his top 7:

01 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
05 Jessie Ware - Devotion
06 Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
08 Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio
10 THEESatisfaction - Awe Naturale
12 Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect
20 Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds

― Tim F, Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Correct. The rest:

08 Brandy – Two Eleven
09 Meshell Ndegeocello – Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone
10 Dwele – Greater Than One
11 Cody ChesnuTT – Landing on a Hundred
12 Melanie Fiona – MF Life
13 Keyshia Cole – Woman to Woman
14 SWV – I Missed Us
15 Columbia Nights – Dawn | Dusk
16 Nona Hendryx – Mutatis Mutandis
17 R. Kelly – Write Me Back
18 Leela James – Loving You More...In the Spirit of Etta James
19 Vivian Green – The Green Room
20 Anthony David – Love Out Loud

I don't go out of my way to play 18-20 but wouldn't switch stations on them.

Armor On would have made the feature if I had it covered in time. I'd probably place it between Ndegeocello and Dwele.

think this is mostly or all canadian stuff

http://silentshout.ca/2012/12/28/top-20-albums-of-2012/

20. Daphni – JIAOLONG – Label
19. Kashka – Vichada – Bandcamp
18. Walter TV – Appetite
17. Purity Ring – Shrines
16. Karneef – In Error
15. Man Made Hill – Intercourses
14. Ghibli – Rare Pleasures
13. Cabaal – Emanations
12. Grimes – Visions
11. Hot & Cold – Border Area
10. You’ll Never Get to Heaven – S/T
9. Mac DeMarco – Rock and Roll Night Club
8. D’eon – LP
7. Phèdre – Phèdre
6. Kontravoid – Silent Visions
5. Renny Wilson – “Sugarglider”
4. Trust – TRST – Stream
3. Blanche Blanche Blanche – Wink with Both Eyes
2. Tenderness – The Axe is Ready at the Tree
1. Femminielli – Double Invitation

it was a cold year in canada

fuck it, y'all, my top 50:
http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-top-50-albums-of-2012.html
http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/5CPAoA5yF3Z6irLABBXIOm

1. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
2. Dead Sara - Dead Sara
3. Future - Pluto
4. Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
5. Melanie Fiona - The MF Life
6. Rufus Wainwright - Out Of The Game
7. Dwight Yoakam - 3 Pears
8. Dev - The Night The Sun Came Up
9. Meek Mill - Dreams And Nightmares
10. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet On Sky
11. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
12. Among Wolves - This Is A Wave Goodbye
13. Dawn Richard - Armor On EP
14. Lee Ranaldo - Between The Tides And Times
15. The Water - Scandals And Animals
16. Ichicuts - Filthy First Year
17. Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect
18. Jeremih - Late Nights With Jeremih
19. ZZ Top - La Futura
20. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
21. War On Women - Improvised Weapons EP
22. Keyshia Cole - Woman To Woman
23. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
24. Farrah Abraham - My Teenage Dream Ended
25. Mouse On Tha Track - Millionaire Dreamzzz
26. Heartless Bastards - Arrow
27. Ken Stringfellow - Danzig In The Moonlight
28. Nas - Life Is Good
29. Pink - The Truth About Love
30. Say Anything - Anarchy, My Dear
31. E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil Parts 1, 2 & 3
32. Von Vargas - World Famous Lexington Market
33. Gary B & The Notions - How Do We Explode
34. Hammer No More The Fingers - Pink Worm EP
35. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story
36. Gunplay - 601 & Snort
37. Kalenna - Chamber of Diaries
38. Eleni Mandell - I Can See The Future
39. Tate Kobang – The Book of Joshua
40. DDm - Winter And The Tinman's Heart EP
41. Dave Fell – Baltimore Backlog
41. Donald Fagen - Sunken Condos
42. Little Feat - Rooster Rag
43. Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now
44. Jumpcuts - Electrickery
45. Ne-Yo - R.E.D.
47. Young Dro - Ralph Lauren Reefa
48. Soundgarden - King Animal
49. Sara Bareilles - Once Upon Another Time EP
50. Firewater - International Orange!

First time we share two items in the top ten...and, wow, Rufus Wainwright.

oh we've def had 2 or more of the same albums in our top 10s before!

Terrorizer list. bit of stuff I've not seen in (m)any other polls, mainly in the middle section

50 Vision Of Disorder - The Cursed Remain Cursed
49 Ides Of Gemini - Constantinople
48 Latitudes - Individuation
47 Black Shape Of Nexus - Negative Black
46 Katatonia - Dead End Kings
45 Amenra - Mass V
44 Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol
43 Orange Goblin - A Eulogy For The Damned
42 Jess And The Ancient Ones - S/t
41 A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay Of Yesterdays
40 Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
39 Feed The Rhino - The Burning Sons
38 Hooded Menace - Effigies Of Evil
37 JK Flesh - Posthuman
36 Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies And Electric Light
35 Unsane - Wreck
34 Every Time I Die - Ex Lives
33 Rush - Clockwork Angels
32 Hexvessel - No Holier Temple
31 Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
30 Meshuggah - Koloss
29 Enabler - All Hail The Void
28 Ufomammut - ORO:Opus Alter/ORO: Opus Primum
27 High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
26 Anathema - Weather Systems
25 Eagle Twin - The Feather Tipped The Serpents Scale
24 Wodensthrone - Curse
23 Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65
22 Royal Thunder - CVI
21 Satan's Wrath - Galloping Blasphemy
20 Gallows - Gallows
19 Dragged Into Sunlight - Widowmaker
18 Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
17 The Chariot - One Wing
16 Grand Magus - The Hunt
15 Winterfylleth - The Threnody Of Triumph
14 Black Breath - Sentenced To Life
13 Gaza - No Absolutes In Human Suffering
12 Enslaved - RIITIIR
11 Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction
10 Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Âme
9 Killing Joke - MMXII
8 Torche - Harmonicraft
7 Napalm Death - Utilitarian
6 Swans - The Seer
5 Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud
4 Neurosis - Honor Found In Decay
3 Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
2 Baroness - Yellow & Green
1 Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

Good to see Lee getting love. He'll be in my top 50 too, whenever I publish it.

Ironic to see Christian Mistress and the quintessentially metal Dawnbringer not make the list, but instead Katatonia, Jess & the Ancient Ones, Unsane, Rush, Hexvessel, Anathema, Alcest, Killing Joke, Torche, Swans, Baroness. All good albums, none remotely metal.

not really sure how that's ironic

Terrorizer has never been at all gatekeeper-y wrt things having to 'sound metal' to qualify for inclusion

i think Torche and Baroness are at least "remotely metal"

yeah fnb's comment is p hilar actually

Ironic to see Christian Mistress and the quintessentially metal Dawnbringer not make the list, but instead Gunplay, Little Big Town, Robert Glasper, Juju & Jordash, BJ the Chicago Kid, Big Baby Ghandi and Foxygen. All good albums, none remotely metal.

i think Big Baby Ghandi and Robert Glasper are at least "remotely metal"

lol

Disco Naivete's album list (granted, DN makes no secret about operating within a very narrow scope)

01 Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
02 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
03 Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
04 Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
05 Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
06 Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
07 Cat Power - Sun
08 Jessie Ware - Devotion
09 The xx - Coexist
10 Grizzly Bear - Shields
11 Clock Opera - Ways To Forget
12 First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar
13 How to Dress Well - Total Loss
14 Beach House - Bloom
15 iamamiwhoami - kin
16 Niki & the Dove - Instinct
17 Chairlift - Something
18 Grimes - Visions
19 Chromatics - Kill For Love
20 Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
21 Marina & the Diamonds - Electra Heart
22 El Perro Del Mar - Pale Fire
23 Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend
24 Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe
25 Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
26 Holy Other - Held
27 Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
28 Lower Dens - Nootropics
29 Kindness - World, You Need A Change Of Mind
30 Taken By Trees - Other Worlds

Is that narrow scope "Stereogum"

Terrorizer's slogan is "The World's Number 1 Extreme Metal Magazine." So when they drop the ball on awesome bands like Dawnbringer, one might assume they do so because they're not extreme metal. That's fine, but then nearly a quarter of their list isn't even metal. OMG I'm SO hilar! So okay, maybe they're looking to shift to Decibel territory to extreme music, which works with bands like Swans. I suppose you could say Alcest are extremely beautiful, as are Wild Nothing and Beach House.

Or, like many people, they could think Dawnbringer are a bit shit.