Ok, so here are some things that caught my ear in 2012 - in alphabetical order for your convenience...
Andy Stott "Luxury Problems" (Modern Love)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "Mature Themes" (4AD)
Bob Mould "Silver Age" (Merge Records)
Cuddle Magic "Info Nympho" (FYO Records)
Dan Deacon "America" (Domino Records)
David Byrne and St. Vincent "Love This Giant" (4AD)
Earth "Angels of Darkness, Angels of Light" (Southern Lord Records)
Emptyset "Medium" (Subtext)
Fiona Apple "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do" (Epic)
Flying Lotus "Until the Quiet Comes" (Warp)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!" (Constellation)
Jason Lescalleet "Songs About Nothing" (Erstwhile)
Joshua Trinidad "Buck" (www.joshuatrinidad.com)
Julia Holter "Ekstasis" (RVNG)
Kendrick Lamar "good kid, m.A.A.d city" (Aftermath)
Killer Mike "R.A.P. Music" (Williams Street)
Matmos "The Ganzfeld EP" (Thrill Jockey Records)
Nicolas Jaar "BBC Essential Mix"
Pallbearer "Sorrow and Extinction" (Profound Lore)
s/s/s "Beak and Claw" (Anticon)
<a href=”http://anticon.bandcamp.com/album/beak-claw” data-mce-href=”http://anticon.bandcamp.com/album/beak-claw”>Beak & Claw by s / s / s</a>
Scott Walker "Bish Bosch" (4AD)
A Silver Mt. Zion "The West Will Rise Again" (Ruined City Birdsong Combos)
Swans "The Seer" (Young God)
Wadada Leo Smith "Ten Freedom Summers" (Cuniform)
Lastly, My favorite reissue of the year.
William Basinski "The Disintegration Loops" (Temporary Residence)
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