2012's Finest 100
This list is my Top 100 Albums & EPs of 2012. It's limited to 1 entry per
artist. Call Me Maybe is obviously Song of the Year. Recommendations are
more than welcome. I'll listen to pretty much anything as long as I can find
it on the internet. |
100 | | Beau Navire Lumens
Screamo / Hardcore |
99 | | Vessel Order Of Noise
(Dub) Techno / Leftfield |
98 | | Christian Loeffler A Forest
Deep House |
97 | | Oren Ambarchi, Jim O'Rourke, Keiji Haino Imikuzushi
Noise Rock |
96 | | Chapelier Fou Invisible
Neo-Classical |
95 | | El-P Cancer 4 Cure
Hip-Hop |
94 | | Nina Kraviz Nina Kraviz
(Deep) House |
93 | | Misser Every Day I Tell Myself...
Pop Punk |
92 | | Clipping Untitled
Hip-Hop / Noise |
91 | | Young Legionnaire Wreckonomics
Indie Rock / Post-Hardcore |
90 | | Puer Aeternus Puer Aeternus
Screamo |
89 | | Entropy Four Minds, Fourteen Perspectives
Faux Progressive Post-Avantgarde Abstract Free Math Jazzcore |
88 | | Terrence Dixon From The Far Future - Part 2
Minimal Techno |
87 | | Raime Quarter Turns Over a Living Line
Dark Ambient / Industrial |
86 | | The Hirsch Effekt Holon: Anamnesis
Post-Hardcore |
85 | | Shifted Crossed Paths
Dub Techno |
84 | | Shackleton Music For The Quiet Hour
Techno / Dubstep / Abstract / Tribal |
83 | | Flying Lotus Until The Quiet Comes
IDM / Hip-Hop / Jazz |
82 | | Swans The Seer
Post- Rock / Punk |
81 | | Analogue Monsta Boom
Hip-Hop / Electronica |
80 | | Hypogeo Tree Of Lies
Progressive Trance |
79 | | Sorrow (UK) Art Is Dead
UK Garage |
78 | | Cathedraal Voix Blanches
Screamo / Black Metal |
77 | | mhva Scend
Glitch / Field Recordings / Ambient |
76 | | We Had A Deal Dialectics
Post-Hardcore |
75 | | Mount Eerie Clear Moon
Eerie Folk |
74 | | Chymera Death By Misadventure
Deep House |
73 | | Black Everest/Captain, Your Ship is Sink Split
(Post-) Hardcore / Screamo |
72 | | The Most Sad .?.?.?And We Spoke of Disorder
Screamo |
71 | | LV Sebenza
Grime / UK Garage / Okmalumkoolkore |
70 | | Giorgio Gigli | Obtane A Sad Wandering Dreamer ...
Dark Ambient / Drone / Techno |
69 | | City of Ghosts Daylight
Post-Hardcore |
68 | | Scott Kid White Noise
Trip-Hop |
67 | | Zelienople The World Is A House On Fire
Drone |
66 | | Ricardo Villalobos Dependent And Happy
Minimal Techno |
65 | | Emptyset Medium
Abstract / Leftfield / Techno |
64 | | Summer Fades Away We Meet the Last Time, Then Departure
Post-Rock |
63 | | Malon Reverie
Emo |
62 | | Coyote Clean Up Frozen Solid
Deep House |
61 | | Joey Bada$$ 1999
Hip-Hop |
60 | | Kaydin Project Berlin
Minimal Techno / Deep House |
59 | | Frozen Border Minutes In Ice
Techno / Label Sampler |
58 | | Coma Regalia/Vowel Split
Post-Hardcore / Screamo |
57 | | mewithoutYou Ten Stories
Indie Rock / Folk |
56 | | Alaska (Las Vegas) palcaptain
Post-Hardcore |
55 | | Beneath Illusions
UK Garage |
54 | | Caravels/Gifts From Enola Well Worn
Hardcore / Post-Rock |
53 | | Asclepio Pił Luce
Math-Rock / Hardcore |
52 | | Aussitot Mort Nagykanizsa
Post-Hardcore |
51 | | First Place Science Project Really Experiment
Hip-Hop |
50 | | The Mars Volta Noctourniquet
Psychedelic- / Progressive-Rock |
49 | | World's End Girlfriend Starry Starry Night
OST / Glitch / Post-Rock / Modern Classical |
48 | | Ghost Cat Cave Sounds
Post-Hardcore |
47 | | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Pamyu Revolution
J-Pop |
46 | | Tempa 50 Tracks Of Tempa
Dubstep |
45 | | Darling Farah Body
Dub Techno |
44 | | Esazlesa/Five Seconds To Leave Split
Screamo / Post-Rock |
43 | | Hail The Sun Elephantitis
Post-Hardcore |
42 | | Circa Survive Violent Waves
Alt-Rock |
41 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Post-Ascension |
40 | | Fanu Coffee Crazy
DnB |
39 | | Prose Salty Sea (Polaroid Evening)
IDM / Ambient / (Post-Rock) |
38 | | Nocow Like Apart
UK Garage |
37 | | TK From ?????? Flowering
Progressive- / Art-Rock |
36 | | Converge All We Love We Leave Behind
Mathcore |
35 | | Foxes Five-Track 2012
Post-Hardcore |
34 | | Bersarin Quartett II
Ambient / Glitch / Modern Classical |
33 | | underwaters Once in June
Trip-Hop |
32 | | Wife Stoic
Leftfield |
31 | | Disclosure The Face
UK Garage |
30 | | Christoph Berg Paraphrases
Modern Classical |
29 | | Natural Snow Buildings Beyond the Veil
Psychedelic Folk / Drone |
28 | | Exotic Animal Petting Zoo Tree of Tongues
Post-Hardcore |
27 | | Silkie and Quest Dubstep Allstars Vol. 09
Dubstep |
26 | | Matryoshka Laideronnette
Post-Rock / IDM / Ambient |
25 | | Archive With Us Until You're Dead
Alt-Rock / Downtempo |
24 | | Thriftworks Hydromancy
Dubstep |
23 | | Cloud Nothings Attack On Memory
Lo-Fi / Indie Rock |
22 | | A Whisper in the Noise To Forget
Post-Rock |
21 | | Birds In Row You, Me, and the Violence
(Melodic) Hardcore |
20 | | Voices From The Lake Voices From The Lake
Ambient Techno |
19 | | Nazoranai Nazoranai
Noise Rock / Drone |
18 | | LHF Keepers Of The Light
Dubstep |
17 | | Jizue Novel
Post-Rock / Jazz |
16 | | Solomon Solomon Lent, or, ink on
Post-Hardcore / Screamo |
15 | | Vowel All The Sad Songs
Post-Hardcore |
14 | | Captain Planet Treibeis
Punk |
13 | | Circle Takes The Square Decompositions: Volume Number One
Screamo, Post-Hardcore, Experimental Rock, Progressive Metal, Indie Folk, Hardcore
Punk, Sludge Metal, Emoviolence, Post Rock |
12 | | Clubroot III - MMXII
Dubstep / (Dark Ambient) |
11 | | Burial Truant/Rough Sleeper
Burial |
10 | | Mala Mala In Cuba
Dubstep |
9 | | Dark Time Sunshine ANX
Hip-Hop |
8 | | Kashiwa Daisuke Re:
Glitch / Breakbeat / Ambient / Experimental |
7 | | From The Mouth Of The Sun Woven Tide
Ambient / Modern Classical |
6 | | Perfect Future Old Wounds: Warmth In The Winter Of 1914-1915
Emo / Post-Hardcore |
5 | | Phon.o Black Boulder
Dubstep / UK Garage / (Techno) |
4 | | Francis Harris Leland
Deep House |
3 | | Vales Clarity
Melodic Hardcore |
2 | | Nhato Etude
Trance |
1 | | Continents. .?.?.?and silence anchored our feet in granite
(Melodic) Hardcore / Screamo / Emoviolence / Post-Hardcore |
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