favorite music // 2012

favorite 30 songs // listen to the playlist on Spotify or on 8tracks [above]

favorite 20 albums // top 5 albums
favorite 10 eps

favorite 10 videos

favorite new artists

songs

[30] POP ETC // New Life :

[29] Foxygen // Shuggie :

[28] Cass McCombs // Empty Promises :

[27] World Tour // Believe :

[26] Animal Collective // Applesauce :

[25] Friends // Sorry :

[24] IO Echo // Carnation :

[23] Twin Shadow // Run My Heart :

[22] Only Real // Backseat Kissers :

[21] Taken by Trees // Pacific Blue :

[20] Ice Choir // Teletrips :

[19] Black Marble // A Great Design :

[18] Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti // Live It Up :

[17] Frank Ocean // Sweet Life :

[16] How To Dress Well // Running Back :

[15] Pure Bathing Culture // Silver Shore’s Lake :

[14] Miniature Tigers // Easy As All That :

[13] Heavenly Beat // Messiah :

[12] Lemonade // Softkiss :

[11] Tame Impala // Why Won’t They Talk To Me? :

[10] Lower Dens // Brains :

[09] Wild Nothing // Nowhere [ft. Andrea Estrella of Twin Sister] :

[08] Sonny & The Sunsets // Pretend You Love Me :

[07] two way tie between two songs produced by Dev Hynes :
Solange // Losing You :

Sky Ferreira // Everything’s Embarrassing :

[06] Chairlift // Wrong Opinion :

[05] d’Eon // Century by Century :

[04] Beach House // Wild :

[03] inc. // The Place :

[02] Major Lazer [feat. Amber Coffman] // Get Free :

[01] Autre Ne Veut // Counting :


albums

//////////// honorable mention
THEESatisfaction : “Queens”
Mac DeMarco : “Mac DeMarco 2”
Magic Trick : “Ruler of the Night
Crocodiles : “Endless Flowers
Taken by Trees : “Other Worlds

//////////// top 20

[20]  Lotus Plaza // “Spooky Action at a Distance
[19]   Here We Go Magic // “A Different Ship
[18]  Friends : “Manifest!” :
[17]  How To Dress Well // “Total Loss
[16] Animal Collective // “Centipede HZ
[15] Ice Choir // “Afar
[14] Lemonade : “Diver
[13] Liars // “WIXIW
[12]   DIIV // “Oshin
[11] Frank Ocean // “Channel Orange
[10]   Heavenly Beat // Talent
[09]   Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti // “Mature Themes
[08]   Twin Shadow // ”
Confess
[07]   Lower Dens // “Nootropics
[06]   Beach House // “Bloom

//////////// top 5 albums
[05] <  Tame Impala // “Lonerism

[04]   Damien Jurado // “Maraqopa

[03]   Chairlift // “Something

[02]   Wild Nothing // “Nocturne

[01]   Julia Holter // “Ekstasis

 

//////////// top 10 eps

[10]   Dr. Dog // “Wild Race

[09]   Chad Valley // “Young Hunger”

[08]  Haim “Forever”

[07]  Craft Spells // “Gallery”

[06]  IO Echo // “IO Echo”

[05]  Poor Moon “Illusion

[04]  MS MR // “Candy Bar Creep Show”

[03]  Pure Bathing Culture // “Pure Bathing Culture”

[02]  World Tour // “Believe

[01]  Foxygen // “Take the Kids Off Broadway

 

videos

//////////// top 10 official videos 

[10] Taken By Trees // Dreams : directed by Amanda Marsalis :

[09] Major Lazer [feat. Amber Coffman] // Get Free : directed by SoMe :

[08] Solange // Losing You : directed by Melina Matsoukas :

[07] Flying Lotus // “Until The Quiet Comes” [album teaser] : directed by Kahlil Joseph :

[06] Julia Holter // Goddess Eyes II : directed by Yelena Zhelezov :

[05] Tame Impala // Feels Like We Only Go Backwards : directed by Joe Pelling & Becky Sloan :

[04] inc. // The Place : directed by Daniel Oh :

[03] Todd Terje // Inspector Norse : directed by Kristoffer Borgli :

[02] Grimes // Oblivion : directed by Emily Kai Bock :

[01] Sébastien Schuller // Nightlife : directed by Emily Kai Bock :

 

 

favorite new artists

Child Actor
Cohen, Chris
d’Eon
DeMarco, Mac
Friends
Foxygen
Haim
Heavenly Beat
Ice Choir
IO Echo
Melody’s Echo Chamber
MS MR
Port St. Willow
Pure Bathing Culture
TOPS

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