Shields is excellent.

Best of 2012 thus far, not in order aside from the top 5.

The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
Dodecahedron - Dodecahedron
Suis la lune - Riala
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past
Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages
Beau Navire - Lumens
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
Enabler - All Hail the Void
Fhoi Myore - Fhoi Myore
Gentleman Jesse and His Men - Leaving Atlanta
High Aura'd - Sanguine Futures
Holograms - Holograms
Krallice - Years Past Matter
The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea
Orcas - Orcas
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Panopticon - Kentucky
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Terry Malts - Killing Time
Wet Hair - Spill Into Atmosphere

New Winterfylleth is really good so far.

I know they aren't that popular here, but I am loving the new album by The Killers. Still need to check out the new TMG and Bob Mould albums though.

Haven't gotten around to listening to Dinosaur Jr. until today, but I'm really enjoying their new record (I Bet On Sky) so far. Really good.

So somehow the new Blut Aus Nord album released today without me knowing beforehand.
Listened to it, really good.

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Originally Posted by afterstasis

Best of 2012 thus far, not in order aside from the top 5.

The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
Dodecahedron - Dodecahedron
Suis la lune - Riala
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past
Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages
Beau Navire - Lumens
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
Enabler - All Hail the Void
Fhoi Myore - Fhoi Myore
Gentleman Jesse and His Men - Leaving Atlanta
High Aura'd - Sanguine Futures
Holograms - Holograms
Krallice - Years Past Matter
The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea
Orcas - Orcas
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Panopticon - Kentucky
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Terry Malts - Killing Time
Wet Hair - Spill Into Atmosphere

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The new Why? not doing it for you? I'm starting to enjoy it more after a few listens.

The new Jens Lekman is very good. Not a big fan of Dodecahedron though, just seem like a bit of a sub-par Deathspell Omega without the interesting lyrics. Need to listen to the new Mountain Goats.

My 2012 so far has a whole bunch of albums where I only really like 2 to 4 songs... the only two albums I really like in full (so far) are Beach House - Bloom, and Calexico - Algiers.


New Muse currently in-listen. Some surprising sounds in here. "Panic Station" sounds like a strange hybrid of 80s King Crimson and Michael Jackson.

My top albums of the year list is currently five deep (with a bunch of stuff in a secondary level), but even of them it's hard to say I really like the albums in their 100% entirety (but close enough to put them in AotY contention).

If I had to say an album from 2012 that I liked from beginning to end, it would probably either be Motorpsycho's album or Ancestors' album.

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My 2012 so far has a whole bunch of albums where I only really like 2 to 4 songs... the only two albums I really like in full (so far) are Beach House - Bloom, and Calexico - Algiers.


New Muse currently in-listen. Some surprising sounds in here. "Panic Station" sounds like a strange hybrid of 80s King Crimson and Michael Jackson.

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Bloom is a wonderful, beautiful album!

Transcendental Youth is a strong album, after a first listen. I'm behind on everything else released in the last month and a half, though.