Faves of first half of 2012
The first half of the year is over, as always, plenty of amazing music
already. Would love to get some of your recommendations. Here are some
of my favorites:
{my running favorites of 2012 playlist (updated monthly) on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/
{my running weekly album picks playlist on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/
Favorite albums of 2012 thus far (alphabetical, did my best to limit
it to 25, but plenty more I can recommend):
Air -- Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Andrew Bird -- Break It Yourself
Chicha Libre -- Canibalismo
Conduits -- Conduits
Dr. Dog -- Be the Void
Dr John -- Locked Down
Jay Farrar/Jim James/Anders Parker/Will Johnson -- New Multitudes
Floratone -- Floratone II
Laura Gibson -- La Grande
Heartless Bastards -- Arrow
Hospitality -- Hospitality
Michael Kiwanuka -- Home Again
Cate Le Bon -- Cyrk
Little Barrie -- King of the Waves
Brad Mehldau Trio -- Ode
The Pines -- Dark So Gold
Plants and Animals -- The End of That
Pond -- Beard, Wives, Denim
Quantic w/ Alice Russell -- Look Around the Corner
Frankie Rose -- Interstellar
Royal Baths -- Better Luck Next Life
Christopher Paul Stelling -- Songs of Praise & Scorn
Toure-Raichel Collective -- The Tel Aviv Session
Jack White -- Blunderbuss
Zeus -- Busting Visions
Favorite 10 new discoveries in 2012 so far:
Conduits
Chicha Libre
Get the Blessing
Hospitality
Michael Kiwanuka
Little Barrie
The Megaphonic Thrift
Pond
Quick and Easy Boys
Royal Baths
Spirit Family Reuniion
The Young
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