Sunday, December 16, 2012

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"

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