BEST 2012 ALBUMS

Trying to do the list of the best albums of the year I realized there are only 3 albums I want to highlight from 2012, 3 LP's that I am sure I will keep listening in the future:

3.- iamamiwhoami - kin A very underrated album that it is hard to see in most of the 2012 lists I have been checking so far. Maybe because the media did not like the strategy that the band chose to make themselves popular. Anyway, still a astonishing dark electro pop album that The Knife would be proud to have made. 2.- Installed - Paisajes De Invierno A very unknown work from a mexican producer that bring us the warm of winter afternoons, that beautiful feeling that you can only enjoy in the coldest season of the year. 1.- Liars - WIXIW Ethereal, Dark, Abstract, Creepy, Fragile.... Some peole say they just copied the electronic-experimental formula of Radiohead. I dare to say that they improve it.  Not only the best album of the year for me, but also one of the most interesting work I have found in many years. A masterpiece:

POP 2012

1. Climax 3:53 Usher
2. & It Was U 3:06 How To Dress Well
3. Pyramids  9:53  Frank Ocean
4. Everything Is Embarrassing 4:11 Sky Ferreira
5. Wildest Moments 3:42 Jessie Ware
6. Losing You 4:22 Solange
7. You Know You Like It 3:27 AlunaGeorge
8. Pull Me Down (Ryan Hemsworth Remix) 3:23 Mikky Ekko
9. The Mother We Share 3:10 CHVRCHES
10. Goods 5:09 iamamiwhoami

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INDIE 2012

1. Breezeblocks 3:47 ∆
2. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards 3:13 Tame Impala
3. Only In My Dreams 3:12 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
4. Fog Of War 4:26 Young Dreams
5. Memories 4:15 Sambassadeur
6. You Can Call Me On 3:31 Twin Shadow
7. I Belong In Your Arms 3:27 Chairlift
8. Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It 4:39 Stars
9. Nocturne 5:20 Wild Nothing
10. Dusty Rhodes 3:39 Lotus Plaza

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DANCE 2012

1. Destiny (feat. Pional)  4:54 John Talabot
2. Say My Name (Cyril Hahn Remix) 4:20 Destiny's Child
3. Actin Up 4:20 Galapagos
4. Latch (feat. Sam Smith) 4:03 Disclosure
5. Diamonds (Jerome LOL Edit) 4:12 Rihanna
6. Olivia 3:32 LUST & Heatstroke
7. True Romance (Gigamesh remix) 4:53 Citizens!
8. Dressed For Space 3:37 Trust
9. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) 2:35 Icona Pop
10. Brats 3:02 Liars

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PARIS MIXTAPE

(Turntable Music, Blue Eyed Soul, Synth Pop, etc.)

1. The Sublime Is Disappointingly Elusive 1:44 The Caretaker
2. Soul Love (Austra & CFCF) 3:27 Austra & CFCF
3. Blue Velvet 2:37 Lana Del Rey
4. Wildest Moments 3:42 Jessie Ware
5. Everything Is Embarrassing 4:11 Sky Ferreira
6. Fall Right 3:30 Rebecca Molina
7. The Wheel 3:53 S O H N
8. Graveyard (TRUST Remix) 4:32 Feist
9. Shoreless Kid 5:28 Young Galaxy
10. Sadko - Song of India 2:50 Amelita Galli-Curci

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LIARS

I have never been a big fan of LIARS but with their last release (WIXIW) they got my full attention.

The album can be classified as Electronic Dark Ambient Pop (Yeah!). Songs are really creepy and with lack of emotion. Angus Andrew sings here like a robot. It is like music without soul but still damn cool.

All my respects for this chameleonic band that started doing post punk. Look now:

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∆

That moment when you are so addicted to a song that you have to fight yourself to stop pressing the Play button.

And that song right now is Breezeblocks from this new Indie band from UK known as "ALT-J" or ∆.

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