2012 Matt Wiens Year-End Lists

Albums:

Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Here We Go Magic – A Different Ship
Lost In The Trees –  A Church That Fits Our Needs
Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Fanfarlo – Rooms Filled With Light
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Mac DeMarco – 2
The Tallest Man On Earth – There's No Leaving Now
Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams

Singles:

Fun Times in Babylon - Father John Misty
How Do I Know - Here We Go Magic
Feels Like We Only Go Backwards - Tame Impala
Petition - Tennis
Lonesome Dreams - Lord Huron
I Had It Coming - White Rabbits
Henrietta - Yeasayer
My Kind Of Woman - Mac DeMarco
Golden Eyelids - Lost In The Trees
Would That Not Be Nice - Divine Fits

2012 Vinay Kini Year-End Lists

ALBUMS
trust - trst

lil b - god's father

lotus plaza - spooky action at a distance
beach house - bloom
el-p - cancer 4 cure

purity ring - shrines
oneman - fabriclive 64
bat for lashes - the haunted man
kendrick lamar - good kid m.a.a.d. city

SONGS
cloud nothings - wasted days
schoolboy q - there he go
trust - dressed for space
shlohmo - the way u do
lil b- i own swag
fat trel - swishers and liquor
bear in heaven - world of freakout
killer mike - willie burke sherwood
el-p - request denied

diplo - set it off
frank ocean - pyramids
chromatics - the page
tnght - goooo
purity ring - belispeak
joey bada$$ - waves
the antlers - crest
four tet - pinnacles
jessie ware - wildest moments
metz - headache
bat for lashes - all your gold
kendrick lamar - the art of peer pressure

2012 D. Lucas Landis Year-End Lists

There was quite a plethora of music to choose from this year.  It was tough to nail down a definitive year end list, but if you twist my arm, below you'll find what captured my ears, mind and heart this year.

Albums:

1. Grimes - Visions
2. Jessie Ware - Devotion
3. Chad Valley - Young Hunger 
4. Purity Ring - Shrines
5. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
6. Chromatics - Kill For Love
7. The Shins - Port of Morrow
8. Diiv - Oshin
9. Grizzly Bear - Sheilds
10. How to Dress Well - Total Loss  

Honorable Mention:
Cat Power - Sun
Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
Niki and the Dove - Instinct


Songs (In no particular order):

Link to playlist

Grimes - "Oblivion"
Jessie Ware - "Wildest Moments"
Usher - "Climax"
Divine Fits - "My Love is Real"
Gotye - "Somebody I Used to Know"
Bear in Heaven - "The Reflection of You"
Chad Valley - "Evening Surrender"
Chromatics - "The Page"
Diplo - "Butters Theme"
Diiv - "Human"
Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe"
The Maccabees - "Pelican"
Niki and The Dove - "In Our Eyes"
Passion Pit - "Take a Walk"
Purity Ring - "Fineshrine"
Retribution Gospel Choir - "The Stone (Revolution)"
The Shins - "It's Only Life"
The xx - "Angels"
Fun - "We Are Young"
Frank Ocean - "Thinking Bout You"
Twin Shadow - "Five Seconds"
Nas - "Loco-Motive"
Mount Eerie - "Through the Trees Part 2"
Canyons - "Sun and Moon"
Beach House - "Wild"