Best of 2012
posted January 10, 2013 in Music
My (almost) annual tradition of picking the top 10ish albums I bought (or discovered) in the last calendar year continues… behold!
- Ty Segall – Twins (Drag City)
Ty released 4 albums in 15 months. That’s how long it takes most bands to write a song. - Band of Horses – Mirage Rock (Columbia)
- Bad Sports – Kings of the Weekend (Dirtnap)
Lo-fi 70s punk from Denton, Texas. Technically released in 2011. Sue me. - Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band – No Time For Dreaming (Daptone)
This one’s from 2011 too but goddamn if Charles doesn’t have more soul in his little finger than the Billboard R&B Hot 100 combined. And plenty enough to last us through 2012 with his film. - Heartless Bastards – Arrow (Partisan)
- Joel Plaskett – Scrappy Happiness (MapleMusic)
- The Jolts – 8% (Sudden Death)
- King Tuff – S/T (SubPop)
- Mount Carmel – Real Women (Siltbreeze)
- Jeff the Brotherhood – Hypnotic Nights (Warner Bros.)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Americana (Reprise)
- Takeshi Terauchi – Nippon Guitars (Big Beat)
I’m a sucker for surf rock. Especially Japanese surf rock. Props to RedCat for the introduction.


Natural White Noise for Babies, The Greenhornes, Charles Bradley, Tame Impala, The Barreracudas, Ty Segall, King Tuff, Thee Oh Sees, Kurt Vile, The Kinks, Starvin Hungry, Redd Kross, Bad Sports, nick curran & the lowlifes, Sloan