The Rolling Best Albums of 2012 Thread

OPA! · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:21 am

Howler is harmless power pop.

bort · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:19 am

OPA! Wrote:

Howler is harmless power pop.

sounds right up my alley!

jsh · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:16 pm

rogneeb Wrote:

jsh Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

howlin rain - the russian wilds

Oh!! Can you share that?

riyl?

coastal highway rock. sunshine, beer, psychedelics. RIYL: comets on fire, sunburned hand of man, allman brothers, some other stuff like that i don't really listen to.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:24 pm

Cate Le Bon - Cyrk
Nico meets Stereolab at a Spiritualized concert. And I can hear a bit of Slapp Happy in there, too. This one should have staying power.

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

jsh Wrote:

rogneeb Wrote:

jsh Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

howlin rain - the russian wilds

Oh!! Can you share that?

riyl?

coastal highway rock. sunshine, beer, psychedelics. RIYL: comets on fire, sunburned hand of man, allman brothers, some other stuff like that i don't really listen to.

haha yeah me either

OPA! · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:38 am

I highly recommend The Doozer. Good album.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

shiv Wrote:

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

suck/boring...

The Big Pink Future This

Shiv, def agree here...

I'd probably add GBV to suck/boring too.

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:39 pm

OPA! Wrote:

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

First listen impressions:

Pop. 1280 - The Horror (Very good. RIYL: Mission of Burma)

thanks for mentioning this. it was excellent.

OPA! · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:29 pm

shiv Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

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

First listen impressions:

Pop. 1280 - The Horror (Very good. RIYL: Mission of Burma)

thanks for mentioning this. it was excellent.

Yeah, I've been playing the hell out of it since I got it.

harry · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:58 pm

Fucking timely... not much credit to lyrics on Obner, but this is going to be hard to beat for album of the year for 2012.

I used to love the rainbow
And I used to love the view
Another early morning
I pretend that it was new
But I caught the darkness, baby
And I got it worse than you

mutty · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:48 pm

harry Wrote:

Fucking timely... not much credit to lyrics on Obner, but this is going to be hard to beat for album of the year for 2012.

I used to love the rainbow
And I used to love the view
Another early morning
I pretend that it was new
But I caught the darkness, baby
And I got it worse than you

I'm really looking forward to this one. Ordered it the other day, and it should be here any time.

jsh · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:35 pm

i listen to it twice daily

nobody · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:57 pm

Agreed on that Cohen, came in the mail yesterday and have already played it several times. This will be a 1012 staple.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:04 pm

Since their is a bit of a Leonard Cohen party going on, here is Greg Dulli covering 'Paper Thin Hotel'

http://stereogum.com/932281/greg-dulli- ... hen/video/

Sketch · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:18 pm

Two standouts are Cohen and First Aid Kit. Steve Aoki is rather goat-blowing. Lots of stuff in the queue, though.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:22 pm

Sketch Wrote:

Two standouts are Cohen and First Aid Kit.

Picked up both of those this past Sunday. Haven't listened to the Cohen yet but that First Aid Kit is a keeper. "EmmyLou" is easily the best song I've heard so far this year.

Also liked the Sharon Van Etten but need to spend more time with it.

jsh · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:35 pm

anyone got a link on first aid kit, pls?

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:51 pm

schoolboy q
chairlift
the boats
oren ambarchi

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:53 pm

Checking out First Aid Kit on Spotify, it is good. Thanks for the tip, boys.

bort · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:40 pm

Seconding that hookup for First Aid Kit (please). I love their earlier singles.

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:25 pm

shiv Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

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

First listen impressions:

Pop. 1280 - The Horror (Very good. RIYL: Mission of Burma)

thanks for mentioning this. it was excellent.

RIYL is really Jesus Lizard. I didn't really hear MoB. I checked it out, and it's not something I would revisit.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:48 pm

discostu Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

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

First listen impressions:

Pop. 1280 - The Horror (Very good. RIYL: Mission of Burma)

thanks for mentioning this. it was excellent.

RIYL is really Jesus Lizard. I didn't really hear MoB. I checked it out, and it's not something I would revisit.

Yeah I had downloaded it but hadn't listened to it and then the Pitchfork review name-checked Pissed Jeans and The Men and that sold me.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Dean Owens
Darrell Scott
Leonard Cohen
Kathleen Edwards

probably in that order

Need to make it all the way through Damien Jurado and Mark Lanegan a few times but first impressions were just so so.

OPA! · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:36 pm

discostu Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

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

First listen impressions:

Pop. 1280 - The Horror (Very good. RIYL: Mission of Burma)

thanks for mentioning this. it was excellent.

RIYL is really Jesus Lizard. I didn't really hear MoB. I checked it out, and it's not something I would revisit.

Yeah, the more I listen to it, I hear Jesus Lizard - definitely a miscategorization on my part.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:39 pm

First Aid Kit is in twentytwelve

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