I hate picking favorites, but these are the albums of the year that I thoroughly enjoyed and have thus listened to many times over: Boys & Girls - Alabama Shakes An Awesome Wave - alt-J (∆) Break It Yourself - Andrew Bird Centipede Hz - Animal Collective The Carpenter - The Avett Brothers Bloom - Beach House I Love You, It's Cool - Bear In Heaven Half-Made Man - Ben Sollee Duality - Captain Murphy Maraqopa - Damien Jurado America - Dan Deacon Love This Giant - David Byrne & St. Vincent The Money Store - Death Grips No Love Deep Web - Death Grips Swing Lo Magellan - Dirty Projectors A Thing Called Divine Fits - Divine Fits Locked Down - Dr. John Here - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes Transistions - El Ten Eleven Fear Fun - Father John Misty The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit Until the Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus Breakthrough - The Gaslamp Killer Shields - Grizzly Bear Blunderbuss - Jack White Celebration Rock - Japandroids 12-Bit Blues - Kid Koala King Tuff - King Tuff The Way We Move - Langhorn Slim & The Law The Lumineers - The Lumineers Moms - Menomena Circles - Moon Duo Transcendental Youth - The Mountain Goats My Head Is an Animal - Of Monsters and Men Shrines - Purity Ring Port of Morrow - The Shins Valtari - Sigur Ros Reign of Terror - Sleigh Bells There's No Leaving Now - The Tallest Man On Earth Lonerism - Tame Impala Local Business - Titus Andronicus Stars and Satellites - Trampled by Turtles Heaven - The Walkmen
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off the top of my head favorite albums of 2012
Born to Die - Lana Del Ray
Shields - Grizzly Bear
What We Saw From The Cheap Seats - Regina Spektor
Babel - Mumford & Sons
Shrines - Purity Ring
My Head Is An Animal - Of Monsters and Men
I hate picking favorites, but these are the albums of the year that I thoroughly enjoyed and have thus listened to many times over: Boys & Girls - Alabama Shakes An Awesome Wave - alt-J (∆) Break It Yourself - Andrew Bird Centipede Hz - Animal Collective The Carpenter - The Avett Brothers Bloom - Beach House I Love You, It's Cool - Bear In Heaven Half-Made Man - Ben Sollee Duality - Captain Murphy Maraqopa - Damien Jurado America - Dan Deacon Love This Giant - David Byrne & St. Vincent The Money Store - Death Grips No Love Deep Web - Death Grips Swing Lo Magellan - Dirty Projectors A Thing Called Divine Fits - Divine Fits Locked Down - Dr. John Here - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes Transistions - El Ten Eleven Fear Fun - Father John Misty The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit Until the Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus Breakthrough - The Gaslamp Killer Shields - Grizzly Bear Blunderbuss - Jack White Celebration Rock - Japandroids 12-Bit Blues - Kid Koala King Tuff - King Tuff The Way We Move - Langhorn Slim & The Law The Lumineers - The Lumineers Moms - Menomena Circles - Moon Duo Transcendental Youth - The Mountain Goats My Head Is an Animal - Of Monsters and Men Shrines - Purity Ring Port of Morrow - The Shins Valtari - Sigur Ros Reign of Terror - Sleigh Bells There's No Leaving Now - The Tallest Man On Earth Lonerism - Tame Impala Local Business - Titus Andronicus Stars and Satellites - Trampled by Turtles Heaven - The Walkmen
This list is awesome, btw, there's a lot of bands I recognize but haven't gotten to listen to yet, but those on this list that I haven't listened to will be some of the first I look for. I have found that, except for Mumford, we have similar musical tastes (i.e all over the place) but most of the stuff you seem to like I have enjoyed quite a bit and shared with my friends as well.
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I LOVE this song. So much, I haven't listened to any more of this bands music yet but I get a big feeling of The Head and the Heart and a band I like quite a bit, Needtobreathe
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Love getting CDs for Christmas. They're all I play in my car, and I like to own them. I don't know what I would do if my glove compartment ever got cleaned out. Most of these aren't new, but I love them all. I also love how anyone who rides with me on a somewhat regular basis knows what I need to add.
Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (only had the record)
Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Plus some Ben Folds and Modest Mouse that I did not have.
Their videos are really interesting/weird. I have a feeling these are the type of strange/eccentric guys that I could really get along with. I heard their song Shuggie and love that song, especially the groove towards the end. The album that this is from is incredible, I bought it and plan on buying their album that comes out in February/March. In their album, its only two guys playing all the different instruments. Its really incredible all the different types of sounds they can get out of their music even within the same song. Incredibly talented group that I'd pounce at the opportunity to see live.
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Yeah - they got their career kicked off by opening for Of Montreal just like MGMT and they're a 2-man show just like MGMT used to be. (I'm obsessed with MGMT)
I'm excited as hell for their sophomore album too - it's titled "We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic." How does one not get excited for an album with that title?
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Yeah - they got their career kicked off by opening for Of Montreal just like MGMT and they're a 2-man show just like MGMT used to be. (I'm obsessed with MGMT)
I'm excited as hell for their sophomore album too - it's titled "We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic." How does one not get excited for an album with that title?
Supposedly (I've read) they have a few guys who tour with them so their live shows can have the same feel as their recordings, but its not consistently the same people. They can play various different style of music, which is something I like in a band, they go from sounding like the Beatles, to Zeppelin, David Bowie, and so much more, and incorporate a newer electronic feel at times as well, that you get a feel for so many different genres and eras of music. I have a feeling it won't be long until they become huge, especially if they can build off of their work with this new album, which I totally agree with you on, btw, some musical artists are great at having that strangeness and eccentricity to their music, and they are one that works well because it is genuine.
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