[direwolf74]

I'll start:

1. Heartless Bastards- Arrow
2. Joel Plaskett Emergency- Scrappy Happiness
3. The Hip- Now for Plan A
4. Bob Mould- Silver Age
5. John K. Samson- Provincial
6. Mark Lanegan- Blues Funeral
7. Patterson Hood- Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
8. Soundgarden- King Animal
9. Jack White- Blunderbuss
10. Glen Hansard- Rhythm & Repose

Honorable mentions:
Cuff the Duke- Union
Led Zeppelin- Celebration Day
Dinosaur Jr- I Bet on Sky

[nomadic]

1. Joel Plaskett - Scrappy Happiness
2. Mumford and Sons - Babel
3. The Tragically Hip - Now For Plan A
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
6. Plants & Animals - The End of That
7. Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
8. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
9. Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
10. Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheapseats

Honourable Mentions:
Miike Snow - Happy to You
Mo Kenney - Mo Kenney
Yukon Blond - Tiger Talk
Said the Whale - Little Mountain

[HandsInTheRiver41]

I don't know if I can order them, but here's 10 records that have been kicking my ass this year:

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Ramona Falls - Prophet
Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge
The Wooden Sky - Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun
The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea
The Walkmen - Heaven
Cat Power - Sun
Grimes - Visions
Menomena - Moms
Chairlift - Something

And of course, the Hip.

[thebends]

2012 Faves
1. Joseph Arthur – Redemption City
2. Jack White – Blunderbuss
3. Joel Plaskett - Scrappy Happiness
4. Mother Mother – The Sticks
5. Metric – Synthetica
6. Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
7. The Tragically Hip – Now For Plan A
8. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
9. Sigur Ros – Valtari
10. Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights (Deluxe 2012 Reissue)

Also Enjoyed
1. The Shins – Port of Morrow
2. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
3. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
4. Garbage - Not Your Kind of People

[Lizard King]

8. Foo Fighters – Waiting Light

Wasting Light was April 2011

still awsome though.


2012 Faves..

1. Our Lady Peace - Curve
2. Jack White - Blunderbuss
3. Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day
4. The Tragically Hip - Plan A
5. Soundgarden - King Animal
6. Big Wreck - Albatross
7. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
8. Deftones - Koi No Yokan
9. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
10. John K. Samson- Provincial

[fingernailsonhull]

Throwing this one out there:

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls

[thebends]

8. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light

Wasting Light was April 2011

still awsome though.

Yes of course, Brain Fart moment.

[daylight]

Here's my annual best of the year mix.

Tracklist:

1. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Lightning Bolt
2. The Tragically Hip - Streets Ahead
3. Shearwater - Breaking The Yearlings
4. Murder By Death - Hard World
5. Andrew Bird - Give It Away
6. Pinback - Drawstring
7. Cat Power - Cherokee
8. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Weekend In The Dust
9. Menomena - Skintercourse
10. B. Dolan - Still Here
11. Ramona Falls - Sqworm
12. The Twilight Sad - Sick
13. Marina and the Diamonds - Power & Control
14. Cold Specks - Winter Solstice
15. Kathleen Edwards - Chameleon/Comedian
16. Damien Jurado - Working Titles
17. Evening Hymns - Asleep In The Pews
18. Aidan Knight - Margaret Downe
19. King Creosote - Ankle Shackles

As for my actual favourites, Evening Hymns - Spectral Dusk and Aidan Knight - Small Reveal stand out as stellar, emotional albums which represent significant growth in the artists concerned. Just excellent stuff.

[emperor penguin]

Jack White - Blunderbus
The Hip - Now For Plan A
Wooden Sky - Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun
Yukon Blonde - Tiger Talk
Matt Mays - Coyote
Mumford and Sons - Babel
Cuff the Duke - Union
Heartless Bastards - Arrow
Wintersleep - Hello Hum
Plants and Animals - The End of That

Band of Horses - Mirage Rock
Great Lake Swimmers - New Wild Everywhere
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Patrick Watson - Adventures in Your Own Backyard
Mark Knopfler - Privateering

[thebends]

Here's my annual best of the year mix.

Tracklist:
8. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Weekend In The Dust

Completely forgot about Love This Giant which includes "Weekend In The Dust" and "Who". Its a fantastic album beginning to end! Byrne still has some amazing moves.

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[northern wave]

The Do Good Assassins "Rome" (Ron Hawkins' new band)
Cuff The Duke "Union"
Zoe Sky Jordan "Restless, Unfocused"
Neil Young "Psychedelic Pill"
Scarlett Jane "Stranger"
John K. Samson "Provincial"
Father John Misty "Fear Fun"
Gordon Lightfoot "Live at Massey Hall"
Kathleen Edwards "Voyageur"
The Tragically Hip "Now For Plan A"

[The Heron Outside]

Many of these are Australian, as I spent the entire year there.

Japandroids-Celebration Rock (Time to pump yer fists)
Mac DeMarco-2 (Time to get sleazy)
Fresh & Onlys-Long Slow Dance (These guys have arrived as some of the more comprehensive songwriters in the indie world)
The Smith Street Band-Sunshine & Technology (Bombastic, good time punk with an analytical edge)
Ty Segall-Twins (This guy's THIRD album of 2012. THIRD. A sonic assault)
Boomgates-Double Natural (Jangle, so hot in Oz right now. An uncomplicated, great Saturday afternoon record)
Hoodlum Shouts-Young Man, Old Man (Midnight Oil V 2.0)
Money For Rope-Money For Rope (Rhythm heavy, 70's influenced stadium ready rock)
White Laces-Moves (Radiohead is overrated. If you want atmosphere, this is yer record)
Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves-Canyons (Southern-influenced rock. Saturday night listening)

[Graham]

Idunno if I can name TEN but I can list TEN albums I'll make a note about. I'll name the ones that rocked me and I think I'm the first to list AFP?

Amanada Palmer: Theatre is Evil (a little divergent from the rock mainstream but goddamn fun and awesome!)
Tragically Hip: Now for Plan A (I heart Man Machine Poem)
Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania (Billy has lost NOTHING!)
Joel Plaskett: Lightning Bolt ("fell apart, at a party, drinkin' red wiiiIIiIIIine and Bacardi" ...nuff said)
Mother Mother: The Sticks (If you haven't checked these guys out yet....chop chop)
Plants and Animals: End of That (Some lovely tracks and primo sound recording! This record sounds f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c)


Albums I was disappointed in, or supremely disappointed in:

Silversun Pickups: Neck of the Woods (Opening track is killer, and then it just...loses me)
Metric: Synthetica (...Pass. "Fantasies" rocked my socks but this doesnt tickle me.)
Alanis Morissette: Guardian (I'm a closet Alanis fan. But with that much time off, she came up with nothing special)


Top 9 I guess.

[sullivand]

Here's my annual best of the year mix.

This link is giving me a "permission denied" message. Did it reach its limit? I look forward to the Daylight "best of" every year -- hoping I can still snag it somehow?

[daylight]

Here's my annual best of the year mix.

This link is giving me a "permission denied" message. Did it reach its limit? I look forward to the Daylight "best of" every year -- hoping I can still snag it somehow?

Mediafire is being a pain in the ass lately. Here's another link.