What are your favorite music recordings released this year? I have a lot, and it's hard to narrow that down to 25, but here is my list in no particular order:
ANTWON - END OF EARTH Andrew Bird - Hands of Glory Tame Impala - Lonerism Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself The Evens - The Odds Main Attrakionz - Bossalinis & Fooliyones Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes Maths Time Joy - Hideaway Calexico - Algiers Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city Corin Tucker Band - Kill My Blues Lower Dens - Nootropics Felix - Oh Holy Molar Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes Grizzly Bear - Shields Murder by Death - Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon Jaill - Traps Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE Hank Haint - Blackout Poor Moon - Illusion Bondax - Only You Know Romare - Meditations on Afrocentrism BEAK> - BEAK>> Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
Rival Sons - Head Down Aesop Rock - Skelethon Sean Price - Mic Tyson Band Of Skulls -Sweet Sour El-P - Cancer 4 Cure Mumford & Sons - Babel Jack White - Blunderbuss
Nada Surf - The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy fun. - Some Nights Cranberries - Roses Andrew Bird - Break it Yourself Killing Joke - MMXII Santigold - Master of My Make-Belief Beach House - Bloom Metric - Synthetica
1. channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean (The rest in no particular order) good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar Coexist - The xx Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumours - Big Boi
For the most part though I was more a fan of random songs that came out throughout the year as opposed to albums. Otherwise...
Killer Mike- R.A.P. Music (Easily my favorite of the damn year) El-P- Cancer for Cure Guano Padano- 2 Aesop Rock- Skelethon Flying Lotus- Until the Quiet Comes The xx- Coexist St. Vincent & David Byrne- Love This Giant Big K.R.I.T.- Live from the Underground Kendrick Lamar- good kid, m.A.A.d city Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Haven't really been keeping up with music in the last half of the year and as such there's a lot albums that I still need to listen to, but these stand out from the ones I have heard:
Tragic Idol - Paradise Lost Weather Systems - Anathema Epicloud - Devin Townsend Project De Vermis Mysteriis - High On Fire Dead End Kings - Katatonia Driving Towards The Daylight - Joe Bonamassa Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen Awoken Broken - Primal Rock Rebellion
ANTWON - END OF EARTH
Andrew Bird - Hands of Glory
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
The Evens - The Odds
Main Attrakionz - Bossalinis & Fooliyones
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
Maths Time Joy - Hideaway
Calexico - Algiers
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Corin Tucker Band - Kill My Blues
Lower Dens - Nootropics
Felix - Oh Holy Molar
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Murder by Death - Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
Jaill - Traps
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
Hank Haint - Blackout
Poor Moon - Illusion
Bondax - Only You Know
Romare - Meditations on Afrocentrism
BEAK> - BEAK>>
Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
your thoughts?