Monthly Archives: December 2012

Top 50 Albums of 2012: Eric’s List

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

50. David Byrne & St. Vincent — Love This Giant Indie’s kooky ingenue and New Wave’s kooky uncle team up to make brainy/brassy tunes. 49. Crystal Castles — (III) The best and most pessimistic laser tag arena soundtrack this year. 48. … Continue reading →

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Top 50 Albums of 2012: Matt’s List

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

50. Dan Deacon — America America sounds at some times like Japandroids fed through a dial-up modem, and at others like a robot happily munching on the Baltimore Philharmonic. 49. Zac Brown Band — Uncaged Beach, bros, country, R&B, redneckery, nylon-string guitar: consider them reconciled. 48. Everclear … Continue reading →

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Best of the Rest: #5 – #1

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

I’ve put together a top-10 list for albums not reviewed by Eric or myself this year, and I’m unashamedly in love with all of them. Here is the second half of that list. You can see the first half here. … Continue reading →

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