It's finally here. My top albums list. And yes, it is coming super late, as it always does. But hey, at least I got it in before the Grammy's. And more importantly, I bet I still turn you onto some stuff that was totally off your radar last year. And I only put in the really good stuff, so you know this is a quality list. So without further ado, please enjoy. And let me know if you think I left something off worth sharing.
DJ Bunny Ears Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Flying Lotus Until The Morning Comes
- Frank Orange Channel Orange
- Tame Impala Lonerism
- Chromatics Kill For Love
- Peaking Lucifer
- The Men Open Your Heart
- Kendrick Lamar good kid, M.A.D.D. city
- Sigur Rós Valtari
- Melody’s Echo Chamber S/T
- Dirty Projectors Swing Lo Magellan
- Andy Stott Luxury Problems
- Spiritualized Sweet Heart Sweet Light
- Beach House Bloom
- Liars Wixiw
- Hot Chip In Our Heads
- Lord Huron Lonesome Dreams
- Actress R.I.P.
- Grizzly Bear Shields
- The Walkmen Heaven
- Father John Misty Fear Fun
- Santigold Master Of My Make Believe
- Grimes Visions
- alt-J (∆) An Awesome Wave
- The xx Coexist
- Night Moves Colored Emotions
- Poliça Give You The Ghost
- Cat Power Sun
- Four Tet Pink
- Bahamas Barchords
- Chilly Gonzales Solo Piano II
- Animal Collective Centipede Hz
- Matthew Dear Beams
- Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras and The Congos Icon Give Thank & Icon Eye
- Bat For Lashes The Haunted Man
- The Shins Port Of Morrow
- Willis Earl Beal Acousmatic Sorcery
- Thee Oh Sees Putrifiers II
- Beachwood Sparks The Tarnished Gold
- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Mature Themes
- Divine Fits A Thing Called Divine Fits
- Japandroids Celebration Rock
- Hospitality S/T
- Foxygen Take The Kids Off Broadway
- Dan Deacon America
- Taken By Trees Other Worlds
- Chairlift Something
- Dinosaur Jr. I Bet On Sky
- Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls
- David Byrne & St. Vincent Love This Giant
- Miike Snow Happy To You
- The Mountain Goats Transcendental Youth
- Here We Go Magic A Different Ship
- Neighbors Good Luck, Kid
- Neneh Cherry & The Thing The Cherry Thing
- Burial Kindred EP
- Jessie Ware Devotion
- Lower Dens Nootropics
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse Psychedelic Pill
- TOY S/T
- The Sea & Cake Runner
- El-P Cancer 4 Cure
- Lotus Plaza Spooky Action At A Distance
- Nick Waterhouse Time’s All Gone
- Beak> >>
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Here
- Wild Nothing Nocture
- M. Ward A Wasteland Companion
- Purity Ring Shrines
- DIIV Oshin
- Of Monsters And Men My Head Is An Animal
- Patrick Watson Adventures In Your Own Backyard
- Dr. John Locked Down
- Django Django S/T
- Bob Dylan Tempest
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
- Nosaj Thing Home
- King Tuff S/T
- How To Dress Well Total Loss
- Poolside Pacific Standard Time
- Lusine The Waiting Room
- Bright Moments Natives
- Kareem Riggins Alone Together
- Band Of Horses Mirage Rock
- Titus Andronicus Local Business
- Light Asylum S/T
- Moon Duo Circles
- Menahan Street Band The Crossing
- Tanlines Mixed Emotions
- Prinzhorn Dance School Clay Class
- The Soft Moon Zeros
- Zambri House Of Baasa
- Bright Moments Natives
- Best Coast The Only Place
- Matt & Kim Lightning
- Teen In Limbo
- METZ S/T
- Neil Halstead Palindrome Hunches
- Brian Eno LUX
- The Tallest Man On Earth There’s No Leaving Now
- THEESatifaction AwE NaturalE
Honorable Mentions
- Jack White Blunderbuss
- Pinback Information Retrieved
- Bear In Heaven I Love You, It’s Cool
- Cloud Nothings Attack On Memory
- Clinic Free Reign
- Calexico Algiers
- AC Newman Shut Down The Streets
- Ty Segall Twins
- Clark Iradelphic
- Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin Instrumental Tourist
- Efterklang Piramida
- JJ Doom Key To The Kuffs
- Rihanna Unapologetic
- Ty Segall Band Slaugterhouse
- Kishi Bashi 151A
- Allah-Las S/T
- Black Moth Super Rainbow Cobra Juicy
- Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune
- Beat Connection The Palace Garden
- Andrew Bird Break It Yourself
- Andrew Bird Hands Of Glory
- Deerhoof Breakup Songs
- Icky Blossoms S/T
- Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
- Swans The Seer
- Langhorn Slim & The Law The Way We Move
- Dum Dum Girls End Of Daze EP
- Leonard Cohen Old Ideas
- Lonely Drifter Karen Poles
- Woods Bend Beyond
- The Magnetic Fields Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
- The Lumineers S/T
- Lambchop Mr. M
- First Aid Kit The Lion’s Roar
- TNGHT S/T
- Gonjasufi Muzzle
- Jonti Twirligig
- Leila U&I
- MC Yogi Pilgramage
- Ramona Falls Prophet
- Gary Clark Jr. Blak And Blu
- Owen Marshall The Naked Truth
- Damon Albarn Dr. Dee
- Chet Faker Thinking In Textures
- The Heavy The Glorious Dead
- Gaslamp Killer Breakthrough
- Kool Head Black Wave
- Bloc Party Four
- El Perro Del Mar Pale Fire
- MNDR Feed Me Diamonds
- Mumford & Sons Babel
- Poor Moon S/T
- The Presets Pacifica
- The Raveonettes Observator
- Robert Pollard Jack Sells The Cow
- Two Door Cinema Club Beacon
- Pop Levi Medicine
- Two Fingers Stunt Rhythms
- Nas Life Is Good
- Ellie Goulding Halcyon
- The Fresh & Onlys Long Slow Dance
- Holograms S/T
- Mac Demarco Mac Demarco 2
- The Soft Pack Strapped
- Calvin Harris 18 Months
- Chad Valley Young Hunger
- Sinkane Mars
- James Yorkston I Was A Cat From A Book
- JJAMZ Suicide Pact
- K-Holes Dismania
- Kate Miller-Heidke Nightflight
- Metric Sythentica
- Pop Etc. S/T
- Delicate Steve Positive Force
- The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends
- Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band One Of My Kind
- The 2 Bears Be Strong
- Com Truise In Decay
- Passion Pit Gossamer
- Oberhofer Time Capsules II
- Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin Reverse Shark Attack
- The Vaccines Come Of Age
- Sqaurepusher Ufabulum
Compilations, Reissues, Soundtracks, 12”s
- V/A Personal Space
- V/A Kayne West presents G.O.O.D. Music: Cruel Summer
- John Maus A Collection Of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material
- Blur “21” box set
- Dump NYC Tonight
- Vis-à-Vis Obi Agye Me Dofo
- Simigwa Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
- V/A Loving On The Flipside
- The Funkees Dancing Time
- George Danquah Hot And Jumpy
- Afro Funk Body Music
- V/A Original Raw Soul III
- V/A Spiritual Jazz Vol. 3
- V/A Songs On Conceptual Art
- V/A Ecstasy
- Every Mississippi Records release in 2012
- Every NowAgain Records release in 2012
