The Rolling Best Albums of 2012 Thread

OPA! · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:15 pm

We're almost a month into 2012...what albums have you been enjoying?

First listen impressions:

Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat The Factory (Good but ultimately pretty forgettable.)
Gonjasufi - MU.ZZ.LE (I should like this more than I do. A bit disappointing. It feels incomplete.)
Xray Eyeballs - Splendor Squalor (Decent but nothing that will stick with me a few months from now.)
Pop. 1280 - The Horror (Very good. RIYL: Mission of Burma)

shiv · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:36 pm

haven't heard too much yet.

at the top would be...
Perfume Genius Put Your Back N 2 It
Sharon Van Etten Tramp
Cloud Nothings Attack On Memory

need to give some more spins...
Xiu Xiu Always
First Aid Kit The Lion's Roar
Chairlift Something
Tennis Young And Old

suck/boring...
Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy
The Big Pink Future This
Keepaway Black Flute

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:05 pm

Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory

OPA! · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:31 pm

shiv Wrote:

Xiu Xiu Always

I hadn't realized that there's a new Xiu Xiu album coming out. I just checked and its release date is March 7.

bort · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:33 pm

The Hextalls - Rock You To Sleep

streaming here:

http://thehextalls.bandcamp.com/

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

The Jealous Sound - A Gentle Reminder

The only 2012 release Ive heard so far. Sounds great though, and could easily make the year end list

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:46 pm

Jay Gonzalez Mess of Happiness
Bidiniband In the Rock Hall
Howler America Wake Up
Craig Finn Clear Heart Full Eyes

OPA! · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:15 pm

DumpJack Wrote:

Jay Gonzalez Mess of Happiness
Bidiniband In the Rock Hall
Howler America Wake Up
Craig Finn Clear Heart Full Eyes

You should give Spy Island a listen.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:19 pm

OPA! Wrote:

DumpJack Wrote:

Jay Gonzalez Mess of Happiness
Bidiniband In the Rock Hall
Howler America Wake Up
Craig Finn Clear Heart Full Eyes

You should give Spy Island a listen.

Just checked them out and I liked what I heard. Is there a link floating around for this?

Thanks for the rec, OPA!.

jsh · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:35 am

leonard cohen "old ideas" is the only album that's resonated with me so far, but i'll check out all the others listed here.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:52 am

Early listens, early returns, in order of preference (the first 4 are most likely to stick over the year):

Foxy Shazam - Church of Rock and Roll
Howler - America Give Up
The Afternoons - Fan Fiction
Throwback Suburbia - Shot Glass Souvenir
Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Out of Frequency
June Star - Slow Dance
Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend
John K. Samson - Provincial
Dr. Dog - Be The Void
Imperial Teen - Feel the Sound
Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
Lambchop - Mr. M
Rae Spoon - I Can't Keep All Of Our Secrets
Tribes - Baby
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Anal Del Rey - Born to Die

Reeeally looking forward to the upcoming releases from Prima Donna, the Go Wows, and V.V. Brown. And I'ma hunt that Spy Island down too.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:39 am

Just waitin' for my Cate Le Bon CD to arrive in my mailbox...

seafoam · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:21 am

anyone have a link for that howler, can't find it anywhere

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:15 pm

damien jurado - maraqopa
mark lanegan - blues funeral
howlin rain - the russian wilds
guided by voices - let's go eat the factory

i'm expecting shearwater, tindersticks and the twilight sad to pop up any day now too....

FT · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:28 pm

shiv Wrote:

suck/boring...
Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy

see, i really like that one

(which i'm sure surprises NO ONE)

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:37 pm

OPA! Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

Xiu Xiu Always

I hadn't realized that there's a new Xiu Xiu album coming out. I just checked and its release date is March 7.

I really liked their last one but this one kind of felt like b-sides to that with jamie's lyrics just trying to be extra shocking.

FT Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

suck/boring...
Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy

see, i really like that one

(which i'm sure surprises NO ONE)

I got four songs into it and had enough.

jsh · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:57 pm

e-stone Wrote:

howlin rain - the russian wilds

Oh!! Can you share that?

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:04 pm

check yo inbox!

jsh · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:39 pm

thanks dudes. so far, it makes me miss comets on fire... still again.

catswilleatyou · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:06 pm

DumpJack Wrote:

Howler America Wake Up

This band is getting some serious local hate. They streamed the album on NPR and I checked about half of it out before I decided it was well deserved hate.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

jsh Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

howlin rain - the russian wilds

Oh!! Can you share that?

riyl?

Cupcakes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am **Posts:** 3271

catswilleatyou Wrote:

DumpJack Wrote:

Howler America Give Up

This band is getting some serious local hate. They streamed the album on NPR and I checked about half of it out before I decided it was well deserved hate.

I can't listen to it at the moment; but I read a bunch of reviews.
Seems like no one really likes it, but they don't have the balls to give it less than four out of five stars.
There were a handful of reviews that picked it apart more tactfully and ended up giving it 3-4/10.
Since I didn't locate any, where is the local hate in print form?

I'm genuinely excited to shit all over this.

FT · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:30 pm

shiv Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

Xiu Xiu Always

I hadn't realized that there's a new Xiu Xiu album coming out. I just checked and its release date is March 7.

I really liked their last one but this one kind of felt like b-sides to that with jamie's lyrics just trying to be extra shocking.

FT Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

suck/boring...
Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy

see, i really like that one

(which i'm sure surprises NO ONE)

I got four songs into it and had enough.

they're definitely not breaking any new ground or anything, but i think for those who are fans of their sound, this is a pretty cleanly-distilled version (which may be a negative to some, of course)

catswilleatyou · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:36 pm

Jerkass Wrote:

catswilleatyou Wrote:

DumpJack Wrote:

Howler America Give Up

This band is getting some serious local hate. They streamed the album on NPR and I checked about half of it out before I decided it was well deserved hate.

I can't listen to it at the moment; but I read a bunch of reviews.
Seems like no one really likes it, but they don't have the balls to give it less than four out of five stars.
There were a handful of reviews that picked it apart more tactfully and ended up giving it 3-4/10.
Since I didn't locate any, where is the local hate in print form?

I'm genuinely excited to shit all over this.

It's just been people talking on the streets and the message board.
I think the local publications like City Pages were raving about it.
Most of the hate seems to be just because they've made it.
I had seen them before they blew up and I couldn't remember a single note of it.
I guarantee you will not be able to stomach a listen of the whole thing.

Cupcakes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am **Posts:** 3271

I was expecting this to be horrible.
It's nothing that hasn't been beat to death over the past five years already. I can see how these guys will do well; and it's not worth my time to try to list every band they ripped off.
It's not horrible and if I had to choose, I'd rather listen to this than those John K. Samson or Craig Finn albums; but like the others, I deleted this as well.

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