1. Swans- The Seer (I can understand why people would hate this, though)
2. Flying Lotus- Until the quiet comes
3. Änglågard- Viljans Öga
4. Between the Buried and Me- Parallax II
5. Rolo Tomassi- Astraea
6. Rush- Clockword Angels
7. Diablo Swing Orchestra- Pandora's Pinata
8. Godspeed you! Black Emperor- Alelujah! Don't bend! Ascend!
9. Cloudkicker- Fade
10. Converge- All we love we leave behind

1. A War That You Cannot Win - All That Remains

2. Sick and Twisted Affair - My Darkest Days

3. Koi No Yokan - Deftones

4. Halcyon - Ellie Goulding

5. Bad Decisions - The Last Vegas

6. Band of Brothers - Hellyeah

7. Welcome to the Freakshow - Hinder

8. Tornado - Little Big Town

9. Blood - In This Moment

10. Tailgates and Tanlines - Luke Bryan

Wasn't too fond of this record. It's good, but certainly not as good as I expected.

I think I listened to it three times in a week with the hopes that part of it would stick in my memory, and you know what it hasn't.
I'm still meandering on my List. Waiting until everyone else gets there's in so I can listen to anything worthwhile I've missed. Obviously I take some people's opinions seriously and others with a pinch of salt.

I've held off a bit on posting my Top 10, because I wanted to do a little write-up on each. But I haven't had the time and don't see that I will in the immediate future, so I'll just post the list for now. If anyone is interested in my thoughts on anything in particular I'm happy to respond. But for now, here's the list. As always, there's plenty more I've yet to discover in 2012 so it's subject to change as time passes. Might as well commit to it for now, as every time I post it somewhere I tend to question it. Who cares, right?

1. Yeasayer - Fragrant World
2. Woods - Bend Beyond
3. Tame Impala - Lonerism
4. Disappears - Pre Language
5. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
6. Why? - Mumps, Etc.
7. Mouse on Mars - Parastrophics
8. Sunken Foal - Friday Syndrome Vol. 1
9. Grizzly Bear - Shields
10. Pinback - Information Retrieved

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The rest of my list of memorable albums, more difficult to put in any order but I tried:

Violens - True
Allah-Las - Allah Las
Django Django - Django Django
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
Jaill - Traps
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
Mrs. Magician - Strange Heaven
Royal Baths - Better Luck Next Life
The Evens - The Odds
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
Oh No - Ohnomite
Himuro Yoshiteru - Our Turn, Anytime
The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
Lorn - Ask the Dust
Wax Tailor - Dusty Rainbow From the Dark
Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Mr. 76ix - Experiment Four
Cult of Youth - Love Will Prevail
Menomena - Moms
Wymond Miles - Under the Pale Moon

Do you take my opinions seriously, Merry? :wavey:

In no particular order...


Deftones: Koi No Yokan
Black Light Burns: The moment You Realize You're Going To Fall
Die Antwoord: Ten$ion
Analog Rebellion: Full Frontal
†††: EP
El-P: Cure 4 Cancer
Tame Impala: Lonerism
How To Destroy Angels: An Omen
The xx: Coexist
Beach House: Bloom

Yeah, you're usually good for an indie recommendation. There's one list from someone I'm still waiting for after that, I should have a good idea of all the records I missed in 2012. Listen to them, and compare them to the ones I am already aware of.
I should have an AOTY list out by around March :laughing:

In no particular order...

Shovels & Rope - O' Be Joyful
Cody ChesnuTT - Landing On a Hundred
John Fullbright - From the Ground Up
Dr. Dog - Be the Void
The Jim Jones Revue - The Savage Heart
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat & Bone
Dr. John - Locked Down
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Tom Jones - Spirit in the Room
Jack White - Blunderbuss

Tempest - Bob Dylan
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young
Lonerism - Tame Impala
Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
Blunderbuss - Jack White
Sunken Condos - Donald ***en <-- <edit> haha...MB censored F A G en
Slipstream - Bonnie Raitt
Locked Down - Dr. John
Mumford & Sons - Babel