Goofle

Led Zep are No. 1 on RYM...

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its 2012?

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Goofle

Yup.

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Norg

i look foward to checking out some of yall list

livehelp

Same here

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Zer0

A decent enough year overall.

10. Julia Holter - Ekstasis


A very original and wildly creative album, with some echoes of Broadcast and Kate Bush. Ekstasis is like dreamy pop music filtered through broken spectacles. However if the album had a little bit more focus it could have featured higher on my list. Can't wait to hear what she does next.

9. Wild Nothing - Nocturne


A timeless album that harks back to the classic indie of yesteryear yet sounds completely fresh and modern. There's not one bad song on this album and it's consistency scores it extra bonus points.

8. Chairlift - Something


This album contains some of the most downright infectious songs I've heard all year, and best of all it doesn't sound one bit forced or contrived. Caroline Polachek has an amazing voice and puts it to some good use on these songs. I wish all pop music could be like this.

7. Swans - The Seer


It can be a lot to take in on one listen, but both discs on this double album have a great mixture of beautiful folk songs and darker, more menacing numbers. This album is right up there with Children Of God and Soundtracks For The Blind as the finest Swans albums.

6. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp


A beautiful and very melancholic album which contained one of the best singles of the year in 'Serpents'. The album doesn't quite match her previous album Epic but it comes within touching distance.

5. Sigur Rós - Valtari


Sigur Rós returned to our ears with the gorgeously ambient Valtari, big improvement from previous album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. The album seems to take the middle ground between ( ) and Jonsi & Alex's Riceboy Sleeps album yet still sound like a fresh direction for the band.

4. Yppah - Eighty One


This album can be loosely labelled as trip-hop, but it seems to defy all definition as it takes in a multitude of influences, including indie rock. It's hypnotic, laid-back downtempo grooves and uplifting, swirling keyboards, samples and guitars transport your head to another dimension.

3. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man


Trying to top Two Suns was always going to be difficult. It's difficult to judge whether she did or not but she pretty much damn equaled it. The Haunted Man is a more stripped down and streamlined effort than her previous two albums but still packed plenty of killer tunes.

2. iamamiwhoami - kin


There must be something in the water in Sweden. iamamiwhoami comes across as a more upbeat and groovier Fever Ray, probably due to the vocal similarities between Jonna Lee and Karin Dreijer Andersson. Nevertheless this collection of weird and artful electropop made for an unforgettable album and one of the defining albums of 2012 for me.

1. BATS - The Sleep Of Reason


Their debut Red In Tooth & Claw was excellent, but this is even better. Their brand of unhinged and energetic math-rock makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Also, how many bands have lyrics which seem like they're been taken from a science lab report? Brilliant stuff.

Honorable Mentions:
Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet, Tame Impala - Lonerism, Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!, Allo Darlin' - Europe, Beach House - Bloom, Japandroids - Celebration Rock, Mirrorring - Foreign Body, School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory, Chromatics - Kill For Love, Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

Into the Great Bin of Many Sorrows
Grimes - Visions, Memoryhouse - The Slideshow Effect, Ringo Deathstarr - Mauve, Band Of Horses - Mirage Rock, Whirr - Pipe Dreams

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Jonah-B

I just ran across this awesome board and I thought this would be a nice place to introduce myself! I'm struggling to come up with ten albums. I guess I've not been following new music as actively as I used to. Even so, some of the 2012 albums that do come to mind are...

mewithoutYou - Ten Stories - This one was fantastic. One of the greatest rock albums I've heard in awhile. I really love this band.

El Ten Eleven - Transitions - Just recently discovered these guys. I definitely recommend checking them out.

How to Destroy Angels - An Omen (EP) - I'm a helpless Reznor addict and I haven't heard anything from the man that I didn't enjoy, and this one was no exception.

The Mars Volta - Notctourniquet - This one seems to have made a lot of other lists. I definitely didn't think it was their best, but it was a nice highlight of 2012 albums.

Squarepusher - Ufabulum - Pretty interesting electronic-instrumental stuff. I really enjoyed it.

James Iha - Look to the Sky - Really catchy and hook driven pop rock. Pretty good stuff. It would be awesome to see James team up with Billy Corgan again. He might just be the Pumpkin's missing ingredient.

Sigur Ros - Valtari - This was a bit more ambient and unstructured than their previous works. I enjoyed it, but it left me wanting a more structured and traditional Sigur Ros album soon.

Maserati - Maserati VII - Some good cheesy rock instrumental stuff.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania - Definitely not up to the standards of the old Pumpkins. Regardless, I still enjoyed this. It just lacked that something that made the old pumpkins so good for me. As much as I wanted to love this album and see the pumpkins make a triumphant return, in the end I only mildly enjoyed it.

The biggest disappointments were...

Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods - I was hoping for another Carnavas, but these songs were boring and forgettable.

Crystal Castles - III - I enjoyed a couple of these tracks, but I had much higher hopes. I loved their first two releases and I've been looking forward to this one for a long time, but it just didn't do a whole lot for me.

GSBE - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! - GBSE has always been a hit or miss band for me. This one was a miss.

I'm sure I'll probably think of something I missed and then kick myself, but thats it for now. Yeah, I'm definitely gonna check out some of the stuff that made other people's list. Save for a few albums, 2012 ended up being a lack luster year of new music for me. Probably just because I wasn't actively looking out for new stuff the way I've done in previous years.

duga

I didn't see this album coming...Does You Inspire You was good, but not really memorable. They were just barely tapping into the 80's vibe. But Something...oh man, I feel like they just really figured out their sound.

Two Suns has stronger singles, but The Haunted Man is way more consistent. As much as I love the album, I get a bit bored by the last couple songs on Two Suns, but it's definitely not like that on The Haunted Man. I still think there are some great individual songs, too...Laura is so simple but damn does she really make me feel it when she sings the chorus. Natasha Khan is officially the sexiest woman in music.

Ah, finally another Ringo Deathstarr fan. Mauve definitely pales compared to Colourtrip, but that album was one of the best shoegaze releases in years, so it's understandable. Still a solid album, and I really wish these guys would get more recognition.

I've been pushing this album nonstop on here, but I based on your music taste I really think you will like it if you haven't heard it already...Blonds - The Bad Ones. Seriously.

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Zer0

I definitely agree with you that it's more consistent overall, but doesn't quite have the big tunes like 'Daniel' and 'Sleep Alone'. It holds my attention that little bit more and I might even regard it as her best in a few years time.

Oh and that album cover, yum.

I love their Sparkler compilation to death, the songs on it sound fun and full of passion, Colour Trip had some good moments as well. But on Mauve they just sound like a band that has used up all their ideas and energy and can no longer get away with sounding too much like their influences. I was wishing they would try something a little different.

Cool, will give it a listen when I get the chance.

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Goofle

I made a few changes to my Top 50 today, but my Top 10 remains the same.

No offence, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of variety in the lists and some of the albums named are just completely bland to my tastes

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