I've held off a bit on posting my Top 10, because I wanted to do a little write-up on each. But I haven't had the time and don't see that I will in the immediate future, so I'll just post the list for now. If anyone is interested in my thoughts on anything in particular I'm happy to respond. But for now, here's the list. As always, there's plenty more I've yet to discover in 2012 so it's subject to change as time passes. Might as well commit to it for now, as every time I post it somewhere I tend to question it. Who cares, right?
1.
Yeasayer -
Fragrant World
2.
Woods -
Bend Beyond
3.
Tame Impala -
Lonerism
4.
Disappears -
Pre Language
5.
Alt-J -
An Awesome Wave
6.
Why? -
Mumps, Etc.
7.
Mouse on Mars -
Parastrophics
8.
Sunken Foal -
Friday Syndrome Vol. 1
9.
Grizzly Bear -
Shields
10.
Pinback -
Information Retrieved
The rest of my list of memorable albums, more difficult to put in any order but I tried:
Violens - True
Allah-Las - Allah Las
Django Django - Django Django
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
Jaill - Traps
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
Mrs. Magician - Strange Heaven
Royal Baths - Better Luck Next Life
The Evens - The Odds
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
Oh No - Ohnomite
Himuro Yoshiteru - Our Turn, Anytime
The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
Lorn - Ask the Dust
Wax Tailor - Dusty Rainbow From the Dark
Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Mr. 76ix - Experiment Four
Cult of Youth - Love Will Prevail
Menomena - Moms
Wymond Miles - Under the Pale Moon