Hum, unlike my talented friend Toddrick I can't define myself as a geek... although I wish I'd spent more time locked in my room between 12 and 18 obsessing over music. But it's not too late and this year brought its fair share of great albums. Here's my list (though I cheated and included an EP):
1. Daniel Rossen - Silent Golden Mile Part I (Warp)
2. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (Infectious / Warner)
3. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (Def Jam)
4. Father John Misty - Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
5. Django Django - Django Django (Because Music)
6. Hiatus Kaiyote - Tawk Tomahawk (Self Released)
Listen to "Lace Skull" here.
7. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions (Top Dawg Entertainment)
Listen to "Sacrilegious" here.
8. Ty Segall - Twins (Drag City)
Listen to "The Hill" here.
9. Poor Moon - Poor Moon (Sub Pop)
Listen to "Come Home" here.
10. Field Report - Field Report (Partisan)
Listen to "The Year of The Get You Alone" here.
11. Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)
Listen to "Putty Boy Strut" here.
12. Aaron Embry - Tiny Prayers (Self Released)
Listen to "Ode to If" here.
Also:
- Zombie Zombie - Rituels d'Un Nouveau Monde
- Land Observations - Roman Roads
- Ray Stinett - A Fire Somewhere
- Kindness - World, You Need A Change of Mind
- Ane Brun - It All Starts With One
- Chromatics - Kill For Love
- Cody Chestnutt - Landing On A Hundred
- The Growlers - Hung At Heart
- My Best Fiend - In Ghostlike Fading
- Nick Waterhouse - Time's All Gone
- Peaking Lights - Lucifer
- Tame Impala - Lonerism
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