Albums Of The Year: 2012

I would start off with 'well it's that time of year again', when in fact that time was about 3 weeks ago. But here's my 2012 list nevertheless, better late than never and all that. Yes, it's in some sort of order, and yes there are 2 mixtapes and a best of in there, so deal with it. Saying that I will probably have forgotten something and disagree with this as soon as I've pressed post. Oh well. Enjoy and disagree...

21. Polica - Give You The Ghost

Favourite track: Dark Star


20. Grizzly Bear - Shields

Favourite track: Sleeping Ute


19. Plan B - Ill Manors

Favourite track - Ill Manors


18. Nas - Life Is Good

Favourite track: Nasty


17. Purity Ring - Shrines

Favourite track: Lofticries


16. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun

Favourite track: Petur


15. Django Django - Django Django

Favourite track: Hail Bop


14. Yeasayer - Fragrant World

Favourite track: Reagan's Skeleton


13. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man

Favourite track: Laura


12. Hot Chip - In Our Heads

Favourite track: Flutes


11. Passion Pit - Gossamer

Favourite track: Talk A Walk


10. Alt - J - An Awesome Wave

Favourite track: Something Good


9. Grimes - Visions

Favourite track: Oblivion


8. Hodgy Beats - Untitled (Mixtape)

Favourite track: In A Dream


7. Japandroids - Celebration Rock

Favourite track: The House That Heaven Built


6. DJ Shadow - Reconstructed (Best of)

Favourite track: Midnight In A Perfect World


5. The XX - Coexist

Favourite track: Fiction


4. Kendrick Lamar - good kid m.a.a.d city

Favourite track: Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst


3. Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon

Favourite track: Beacon


2. Joey Bada$$ - 1999 (Mixtape)

Favourite track: Waves


1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Favourite track: Lost

Talib Kweli, Curren$y and Kendrick Lamar: Push Thru

With a lot of hip-hop getting dark and dirty these days (see A$AP Rocky, OF, Kanye) it's real nice to get a breath of fresh air. This track feels really nice and airy, despite some pretty mean vocals from the master Talib Kweli, Curren$y and the up and coming master Kendrick Lamar.



The track is matched by some really clean and crisp visuals as each rapper takes you around their hometown New York, Louisiana and LA respectively.

The Playlist: Slum Village / Kendrick Lamar / Man Like Me / Azealia Banks / Flight Facilities

Slum Village – God Sent / Hunger



Kendrick Lamar ft Dr Dre - The Recipe



Man Like Me - Squeeze



Azealia Banks - Jumanji



Flight Facilities - With You feat. Grovesnor

The Playlist: Miike Snow / Michael Kiwanuka / Kendrick Lamar

Miike Snow - Devil's Work



Michael Kiwanuka — Home Again



Kendrick Lamar - ADHD