Best Albums of 2012
Final Version
Version 2.0 2.1 (January-June)
For previous years see
LPs
- Bahamas - Barchords
- Japandroids - Celebration Rock
- The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
- The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
- Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
- Shearwater - Animal Joy
- Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
- Dr. Dog - Be the Void
- Pinback - Information Retrieved
- John K. Samson - Provincial
- Ben Folds Five - The Sound of the Life of the Mind
- Gift of Gab - The Next Logical Progression
- Andrew Bird - Break it Yourself
- Joshua James - From the Top of Willamette Mountain
- Mumford & Sons - Babel
- Ben Kweller - Go Fly a Kite
- Calexico - Algiers
- Ben Gibbard - Former Lives
- fun. - Some Nights
- Father John Misty - Fear Fun
- Rocky Votolato - Television of Saints
- The Walkmen - Heaven
- Band of Horses - Mirage Rock
- Minus the Bear - Infinity Overhead
- Dent May - Do Things
- Sigur Ros - Valtari
- The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
- Bambu - ...one rifle per family
- The Lumineers - The Lumineers
- Matt Pryor - May Day
- Matt Pryor - Still There's a Light
- Beach House - Bloom
- Less than Jake - Greetings and Salutations
- Sun Kil Moon - Among the Leaves
- Bob Mould - Silver Age
- Mike Doughty - Lo-Fi Lodge
- Brendan Benson - What Kind of World
- Great Lake Swimmers - New Wild Everywhere
- James Vincent McMorrow - Early in the Morning
- Craig Finn - Clear Heart Full Eyes
- Jonah Matranga - Voices + Dedications
- Jack White - Blunderbuss
- For all the Girls (Drew Danburry) - For all the Girls
- Lyrics Born - Lyrics Born Variety Show: Season 5
- Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game
- Galactic - Carnivale Electricos
- Fanfarlo - Rooms Filled with Light
- Mike Doughty - The Flip is Another Honey
EPs
- RA Scion - Beg, Borrow, Steal [Free EP]
- Damien Jurado - Maraqopa Sessions Blue/Red/Yellow 3x7" series
- Dr. Dog - Wild Race
- Shad - Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness
- Rocky Votolato - The Let Go EP
- Andrew Bird - Hands of Glory
- Josh Ritter - Bringing in the Darlings
- Sam Means - Nona
- Josh Ritter - Five Angels (included with Bright's Passage audiobook)
Singles / 7 inches / Misc
- Atoms for Peace - Default [single] b/t What the Eyeballs Do
- Iron & Wine - One More Try [single] b/t Trouble
- Blue Scholars - May Day [single]
- Local Natives - Breakers
- Jeremy Enigk - Last Rights [Damien Jurado cover] [Free Download from Seattle Times]
- Blue Scholars - The Decisive Moment [single on soundcloud]
- The Mountain Goats - Steal Smoked Fish [single] b/t In the Shadow of the Western Hills
- Andrew Bird - The Crown Salesman [single] b/t So Much Wine
- Bon Iver - Towers [single] b/t Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
- Cold War Kids - Minimum Day [single]
- Beach House - Lazuli [single] b/t Equal Mind
