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Best of 2012

    A Series of Sevens


    Top 7 Songs of 2012

    1. Superchunk - "This Summer" - This Summer 7" (Merge)
    2. The Mountain Goats - "Cry For Judas" - Transcendental Youth (Merge)
    3. Tame Impala - "Elephant (Todd Rundgren Remix)" - Elephant 12" (Modular)
    4. Japandroids - "The House That Heaven Built" - Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
    5. Desaparecidos - "Backsell" - MariKKKopa 7" (S/R)
    6. John K. Samson - "When I Write My Master's Thesis" - Provincial (ANTI-)
    7. Jack White - "Weep Themselves to Sleep" - Blunderbuss (Third Man)

    Top 7 EPs of 2012

    1. Tsar - The Dark Stuff E.P. (Aderra)
    2. Chicano Batman - Joven Navegante (S/R)
    3. Matmos - The Ganzfeld EP (Thrill Jockey)
    4. Lenz - Under Neon (Tic Tac Totally)
    5. Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II EP (In The Red)
    6. Azure Ray - As Above So Below (Saddle Creek)
    7. Blasted Canyons — 2nd Place (Castle Face)

    Top 7 Live Shows of 2012

    • The Soft Moon, Weekend - The New Parish - February 1
    • The Olivia Tremor Control - The Garage (UK) March 7
    • Jeff Mangum All Tomorrow's Parties (UK) - March 9-12
    • Dr. John - The Independent - August 16
    • Twin Shadow - Great American Music Hall - August 17
    • Six Organs Of Admittance - Bottom of the Hill - September 27
    • Afghan Whigs - The Fillmore - November 8

    Brother Grimm


    Favorite Albums of 2012

    1. Nick Waterhouse - Time's All Gone (Innovative Leisure)
    2. Bahamas - Barchords (Brushfire)
    3. Jessica Pratt - S/T (Birth)
    4. Terry Malts - Killing Time (Slumberland Records)
    5. Standard Fare - Out of Sight, Out of Town (Melodic)
    6. Allah-Las - S/T (Innovative Leisure)
    7. Allo Darlin' - Europe (Slumberland)   
    8. Gentleman Jesse - Leaving Atlanta (Douchemaster)
    9. Lee Fields & the Expressions - Faithful Man (Truth & Soul)
    10. The Babies - Our House on the Hill (Woodsist)
    11. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (What's Your Rupture?)

    Cia Cia La Pirata


    Some KALX Live! 2012 Delights

    • Barn Burning
    • Charito & FunkCH3N
    • Chonk
    • Ensemble Mik Nawooj
    • It Thing
    • Los Boleros Havana Dance Party (remote from The Ashkenaz)
    • The Phenomenauts
    • The She's
    • Victory & Associates
    • Waterstrider
    • Whoosie What's It's

    Fave Compilations

    • Brave New Surf (Double Crown)
    • Future Sounds of Buenos Aires (ZZK)
    • Tallinn Music Week Compilation Vol 4 (TMW)

    Some of the Songs That Really Hit Me

    • Congo Sanchez - "T.E.T.O. (Strut)" - Congo Sanchez Vol. 1 (ESL)
    • Cumbia Machin - "Indika" - Esuper Cumbia (Esuper)
    • Diego's Umbrella - "Thrash Mexican Budapest" - Proper Cowboy (Ninth Street Opus)
    • Edem - "Over Again" - Volta Regime (Last 2)
    • El Rey - "Cherry Cheeks" - BRAVE NEW SURF (Double Crown)
    • Ewert and the Two Dragons - Good Man Down - Good Man Down (I Love You)
    • Fog Digging Sessions - "Cambodian Cat" - Post-Hummus (S/R)
    • Funk Ark - "419" - High Noon (ESL)
    • Diego Garcia - "You Were Never There" - Laura (Nacional)
    • Grimes - "Oblivion" - Visions (4AD)
    • Guru - "Lapaz Toyota" - Democracy 2 (Empire Entertainment)
    • The Imagineers - "Mariana" - See As I Say (S/R)
    • The Lions - "Roll It Round" - A Sampler (Stones Throw)
    • Rene Lopez - "Shing-a-Ling Is What I Bring" - E.L.S. (Nat Geo)
    • Malcolm Lincoln - "Loaded With Zoul" - Loaded With Zoul (Universal)
    • The New Kinetics - "Polly Pocket" - Contact (Aural Gravy)
    • Melvin Jones - "Funkytown Shuffle" - Pivot  (Turnaround)
    • 2 Bears - "Warm and Easy" - Be Strong (S/R)
    • Mati Zundel - "Señor Montecostez" - Amazonico Gravitante (Waxploitation)

    All Good List

    • All Good Funk Alliance - Jacks of All Trades (Fort Knox)
    • The Imagineers - See As I Say (S/R)
    • Melvin Jones - Pivot (Turnaround)
    • Limiñanas - Crystal Anis (Hozac)
    • Los Straitjackets - Jet Set (Yep Roc)
    • Mariel Vandersteel - Hickory (Hearth)

    Fave Why Baby Why Picks

    • Matias Cena y Los Fictions - "Arnhem" - Arauco Cajun (Algorecords)
    • Eastbound Jesus - "Corn Whiskey" - Holy Smokes (S/R)
    • 8 Ball Aitken - "Nobody Looks Ugly After Midnight" - The Tamworth Tapes (Phoenix Movement)
    • Gitla - "The Brambling" - Single (S/R)
    • Orbo and the Longshots - "Highway Tears" - Prairie Sun (Blue Mood)
    • Ramblin' Ambassadors - "Dallas B. Goode" - Ramble On (Mint)
    • Stig - "Puumaa Ma Metsastan" - single - (Warner Finland)
    • Mariel Vandersteel - "Hickory" - Hickory (Hearth)
    • The Wood Brothers - "Stumbled In" - Smoke Ring Halo (Southern Ground)
    • The Yawpers - "Runner" - S/T (Adventure)

    Citizen Zain


    Most memorable live shows and DJ sets

    • Squarepusher + Yeah Yeah Yeahs - March 17 @ The Creators Project - Fort Mason
    • Nicolas Jarr - March 25 @ The Indpendent
    • Mazzy Star - April 11 @ KALX co-announce - Regency Ballrom
    • Gang Gang Dance - May 20 @ Symbiosis Festival
    • Little Dragon - May 21 @ Symbiosis Festival
    • Subatomic Soundsystem - May 28 @ Dub Mission, Elbo Room
    • Nosaj Thing - June 2nd @ Low End Theory - 1015 Folsom
    • Captain Planet - June 7 @ Afrolicious - Elbo Room
    • Chrissy Murderbot - June 17 @ Icon Ultra
    • Sergio - July 12 @ Spilt Milk - Milk Bar
    • Novalima - July 14 @ The Independent
    • DRMS - July 29 @ KALX co-announce - Rickshaw Stop
    • Squarepusher - August 2 @ KALX co-announce - Regency Ballroom
    • The Pharcyde (performing Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde)- August 3 @ 1015 Folsom
    • Twin Shadow + Poolside - August 17 @ Great American Ballroom
    • The Funk Ark - August 19 @ The Ashkenaz
    • Austra - September 17 @ KALX co-announce - The Indpendent
    • The Dodos - September 28 @ KALX 50th Anniversary - Berkeley Art Museum
    • Amon Tobin - October 6 @ Greek Theater
    • Poolside - October 11  @ Mezzanine
    • Peaches - October 20 @ 1015 Folsom
    • Flying Lotus - October 25 - Fox Theater
    • Mount Kimbie - November 9 @ 1015 Folsom
    • The Jazz Mafia - November 18 @ The Fillmore
    • Simian Mobile Disco - December 2 @ Mezzanine

    Favorite local releases

    • Afrolicious - Pleasuretime (ESL)
    • Will Magid - Midnight High (S/R)
    • Bondi Blaster - Lo Juimo! (Stronghold Sound)
    • Undercover Presents: Black Sabbath's Paranoid (Undercover Presents) 

    Fave albums

    • Analog Players Society - Hurricane Season In Brooklyn (Studio Brooklyn)
    • Bonobo - Black Sands Remixed (Ninja Tune)
    • Cumbia Cosmonauts - Tribal Amazonico EP (Chusma)
    • Nickodemus - Moon People (ESL)
    • Peaking Lights - Lucifer (Mexcian Summer)
    • Poolside - Pacific Standard Time (Poolside Music)
    • Fourt Tet - Pink (Text Records)
    • Flying Lotus - Until The Quite Comes (Warp)

    Dope compilations

    • The Best of Disco Demands  (KAKZ9)
    • AOR Disco Presents The Mojo Filter Vintage Edits
    • Future Sounds of Buenos Aires (ZZK)

    Cuppa Joe


    Best Records of 2012

    1. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (Columbia)
    2. Jack White - Blunderbuss (Third Man)
    3. Dr. John - Locked Down (Nonesuch)
    4. Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge (Mute)
    5. Quantic & Alice Russell - Look Around The Corner (Tru Thoughts)
    6. Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (Sunpower)
    7. The Coup - Sorry to Bother You (Anti-)
    8. Social Studies - Developer (Antenna Farm)
    9. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone (Mom and Pop)
    10. Kelly Hogan - I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (Anti-)
    11. Magic Bullets - Much Ado About (Mon Amie)
    12. John K. Samson - Provincial (ADA?Epitaph)
    13. Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times and the Tides (Matador)
    14. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (Wichita)
    15. The New Kinetics - Contact (Aural Gravy)

    Best Reissues of 2012

    1. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch)
    2. Woody Guthrie - Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)
    3. The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions (Capitol)
    4. Can - The Lost Tapes (Mute)
    5. The Avengers - S/T (Water)

    DJ Aahh


    Top 10 Singular Sensations of 2012

    • Scissor Sisters - Shady Love (Silkie Remix)
    • Wiley - Cheer Up, It's Christmas
    • Dillinja - So Hard
    • Junior Boys - Like a Child (Carl Craig remix)
    • Cookbook feat. Chino XL - Musica Grande
    • Toddla T - Badder Man Runs (Agitated by Ross Orton and Pipes)
    • Adrian Sherwood - Starship Bahia
    • Neotropic - Tall Fences (The Electric Fence remix by Deaflemon)
    • Jamie Woon - Spirits
    • Joker - On my Mind (Goldie Remix)

    DJ Eddie and the Stones


    Top Albums of 2012

    1. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE (Def Jam)
    2. Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself (Mom + Pop)
    3. Alt-J – An Awesome Wave (Canvasback)
    4. Jack White – Blunderbuss (Third Man)
    5. Jake Bugg – S/T (Mercury)
    6. Two Gallants – The Bloom & the Blight (ATO)
    7. Kendrick Lamar – good kid m.A.A.d city (Interscope)
    8. Glen Hansard – Rhythm & Repose (Anti-)
    9. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls (ATO)
    10. The Tallest Man on Earth – There’s No Leaving Now (Dead Oceans)
    11. M. Ward – A Wasteland Companion (Merge)
    12. Peace – Delicious EP (Columbia)
    13. Lucy Rose – Like I Used To (Columbia)
    14. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Double Six)
    15. Grizzly Bear – Shields (Warp)
    16. Joey Bada$$ - 1999 (Cinematic)
    17. Spector – Enjoy It While It Lasts (Fiction)
    18. Hodgy Beats – Untitled EP (Odd Future)
    19. Father John Misty – Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
    20. Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular)
    21. Bahamas – Barchords (Brushfire)
    22. Bloc Party – Four (Frenchkiss)
    23. The Maccabees – Given to the Wild (Fiction)
    24. Sigur Ros – Valtari (XL)
    25. The Cribs – In the Belly of the Brazen Bull (Wichita)

    Encephalous


    2012's Electronic Music Releases You Should Be Ear Peepin'

    • Actress - R.I.P. (Honest Jon’s)
    • Andy Stott - Luxury Problems (Modern Love)
    • Blawan - Long Distance Open Water Worker (Black Sun)
    • Boys Noize - Out of the Black (Boysnoize)
    • Burial - Kindred (Hyperdub)
    • Clark - Fantasm Planes (Warp)
    • Death Grips - No Love Deep Web (Third Worlds)
    • Four Tet - Pink (Text)
    • Golden Retriever - Occupied with the Unspoken (Thrill Jockey)
    • J. Soliday - Nonagon Knives (C.I.P.)
    • John Bischoff - Audio Combine (New World)
    • John Talabot - ƒIN (Permanent Vacation)
    • Lorn - Ask The Dust (Ninja Tune)
    • Maggi Payne - Ahh-Ahh - Music For Ed Tannenbaum’s Technological Feets, 1984-1987 (Root Strata)
    • Mark Fell - Sentielle Objectif Actualité (Editions Mego)
    • Mouse On Mars - Parastrophics (Monkeytown)
    • Mr. Oizo - STADE 3 (S/R)
    • Oneohtrix Point Never / Rene Hell - Oneohtrix Point Never / Rene Hell Split LP (NNA Tapes)
    • Otto Von Schirach - Supermeng (Monkeytown)
    • Percussions - Birds Songs / Rabbit Songs (Text)
    • Peter Seligman - FDD (S/R)
    • Peter Seligman - Swing Freeze (S/R)
    • Peter Seligman - Whale (Immigrant Breast Nest)
    • Richard Devine - Risp LP (Detroit Underground)
    • RL Grime - GRAPES EP (Wedidit Collective)
    • Robert Hood - Motor: Nighttime World 3 (Music Man)
    • Rrose - Wedge of Chastity (Eaux)
    • Salo - Is This Jazz? (Immigrant Breast Nest)
    • Sepalcure - Eternally Yrs (Hotflush)
    • Shawn Lee - Synthesizers in Space (Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
    • Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns (Wichita)
    • Skeleton Lipstick - Glows Then Melts (Airlines Tapes)
    • SpaceGhostPurrp - Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles Of SpaceGhostPurrp (4AD)
    • Squarepusher - Ufabulum (Warp)
    • Suicide Booth - How You Get Ants (S/R)
    • Various Artists - The Sine Wave Vol. 1 (Sine Field)
    • Various Artists - Beat Stew Vol. 4 (Proximal)
    • Various Artists - Universus Vol. IV (Circuitree)
    • Wake - Oakland Blackouts (Proximal)
    • Wake - The Fifth Finger (Proximal)

    F*Bomb


    Best Of 2012

    1. Prince Rama – Top Ten Hits for the End of the World (Pawtracks)
    2. Swans – The Seer (Young God)
    3. Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular)
    4. Bob Mould – Silver Age (Merge)
    5. Psychotic Pineapple – Where’s the Party reissue (Richmond)
    6. Grass Widow – Internal Logic (HLR)
    7. Neon Piss –S/T (Deranged)
    8. Tragedy – live and Darker Days Ahead (Tragedy)
    9. The Coup – Sorry to Bother You (Anti-)
    10. Red Kross – Researching the Blues (Merge)
    11. Jawbreaker – Bivouac reissue (Blackball)
    12. The Babies - Our House on the Hill (Woodsist)
    13. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory (Carpark)
    14. Santigold – Master of My Make Believe (Atlantic)
    15. Sugar – Copper Blue reissue (Merge)
    16. Dead Ending – S/T EP (Alternative Tentacles)
    17. Golden Void – S/T (Thrill Jockey)
    18. Imperial Teen – Feel the Sound (Merge)
    19. Divine Fits – A thing called… (Merge)
    20. Alice Bag – Violence Girl (Weirdo)


    Fernando


    2012 Favorites

    1. Liechtenstein - Fast Forward (Fraction)
    2. La Sera - Sees The Light (Hardly Art)
    3. Orca Team - Restraint (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)
    4. Grass Widow - Internal Logic (HLR)
    5. Allo Darlin' - Europe (Slumberland)
    6. Evans The Death - S/T (Slumberland)
    7. Seapony - Falling (Hardly Art)
    8. Eternal Summers - Correct Behavior (Kanine)
    9. Wild Nothing - Nocturne (Captured Tracks)
    10. Deep Time - S/T (Hardly Art)
    11. Strawberry Whiplash - Hits In The Car (Matinée)
    12. DIIV - Oshin (Captured Tracks)
    13. Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze (Sub Pop)
    14. Hospitality - S/T (Merge)
    15. The Babies - Our House on the Hill (Woodsist)
    16. The Garlands - S/T (Shelflife)
    17. Tender Trap - Ten Songs About Girls (Fortuna Pop)
    18. The Sea and Cake - Runner (Thrill Jockey)
    19. Sweater Girls - Sweater Girls Were Here (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)
    20. Tamaryn - Tender New Signs (Mexican Summer)
    21. Tunabunny - Genius Fatigue (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)
    22. So Many Wizards - Warm Nothing (Jaxart)
    23. The Pheromoans - Does This Guy Stack Up? (Upset The Rhythm)
    24. Butter The Children - S/T (S/R)
    25. Black Tambourine - OneTwoThreeFour (Slumberland)
    26. Frankie Rose - Interstellar (Slumberland)
    27. Hollows - Vulture (Trouble In Mind)
    28. Craft Spells - Gallery (Captured Tracks)
    29. Sea Pinks - Freak Waves (CF)
    30. Magic Bullets - Much Ado About (Monamie)
    31. School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory (Full Time Hobby)
    32. Eux Autres - Sun Is Sunk (Bons Mots)
    33. Violens - True (Slumberland)
    34. Echo Lake - Wild Peace (Slumberland)
    35. Royal Baths - Better Luck Next Life (Kanine)
    36. Radar Eyes - S/T (HoZac)
    37. Terry Malts - Killing Time (Slumberland)
    38. Lust For Youth - Growing Seeds (Sacred Bones)
    39. The Walkmen - Heaven (Fat Possum)
    40. Heavenly Beat - Talent (Captured Tracks)

    Home Alone


    Best Albums and Reissues of 2012

    • Annette Peacock - I'm the One (Light in the Attic)
    • Can - Lost Tapes Box Set (Mute)
    • Carter Tutti Void - Transverse (Mute)
    • Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
    • Fire! with Oren Ambarchi - In the Mouth a Hand (Rune Grammofon)
    • Josh Berman & His Gang - There Now (Delmark)
    • Kourosh Yaghmaei - Back from the Brink (Now Again)
    • Lee Hazlewood - The LHI Years (Light in the Attic)
    • Melody's Echo Chamber - S/T (Fat Possum)
    • Micachu and the Shapes - Never (Rough Trade)

    Hurricane Lorraine


    2012's Raddest of Rad

    • The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore (Adeline)
    • Toys That Kill - Fambly 42 (Recess)
    • Classics of Love - S/T (Asian Man)
    • Bob Mould - Silver Age (Merge)
    • Neon Piss - S/T (Deranged)
    • Infinite Void - S/T (Posion City)
    • Terry Malts - Killing Time (Slumberland)
    • Born Petrified - Townes Said (PB&J)
    • Guantanamo Baywatch - Chest Crawl (Burger)
    • Coup - Sorry To Bother You (Anti-)
    • Typical Cats - 3 (Galapagos4)
    • Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (Universal)
    • JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound - Want More (Bloodshot)

    Shows That Knocked My Socks Off

    • 1-2-3-4 Go!'s Go! Go! showcase - New Parish
    • Bouncing Souls - Slims
    • Aquabats - Slims
    • Phenomenauts and Pansy Divison - 924 Gilman
    • La Plebe - Bottom of the Hill
    • Tornado Rider - Rickshaw Stop

    Ion The Prize


    12 Favorite Hip Hop Releases From The Bay Area

    • A-1 - The Thurl Tape (s/r)
    • Aesop Rock - Skelethon (Rhymesayers)
    • Aisha Fukushima - RAPtivism (s/r)
    • DaVinci - The MOEna Lisa (SWTBRDS)
    • E-40 - The Block Brochure (Heavy on the Grind)
    • 40Love - Dreams Don't Sleep (s/r)
    • Gift of Gab - The Next Logical Progression (Quannum)
    • Iamsu! - KILT (s/r)
    • JB Nimble & Poe - Candlespit Collective Presents JB & Poe in…The Park (Ear Peace)
    • Kero One - Color Theory (Plug Label)
    • Le Vice - Neverland (s/r)
    • The Coup - Sorry to Bother You (Anti-)

    20 Favorite Hip Hop Releases

    • Action Bronson / Party Supplies - Blue Chips (Fool's Gold)
    • Add-2 - Save.Our.Souls (s/r)
    • Aesop Rock - Skelethon (Rhymesayers)
    • Ana Tijoux - La Bala (Oveja Negra)
    • Apollo Brown & O.C. - Trophies (Mello Music Group)
    • Big K.R.I.T. - Live from the Underground (Def Jam)
    • Brother Ali - Mourning in America and Dreaming in Colour (Rhymesayers)
    • Dark Time Sunshine - ANX (Fake Four Inc)
    • El-P - Cancer 4 Cure (Fat Possum)
    • Homeboy Sandman - First of a Living Breed (Stones Throw)
    • Kendrick Lamar - good kid M.A.A.D. city (Aftermath)
    • Killer Mike - R.A.P. Musik (Williams Street)
    • Lushlife - Plateau Vision (Western Vinyl)
    • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Hei$t (s/r)
    • Marcus D - Melancholy Hopeful (s/r)
    • Nas - Life is Good (Def Jam)
    • Oddisee - People Hear What They See (Mello Music Group)
    • Sene - Brooklyknight (Plug Research)
    • Skyzoo - A Dream Deferred (Duck Down)
    • Quakers - S/T (Stones Throw)

    20 Favorite Outside of Hip Hop (OOHH) Albums

    • Actress - R.I.P. (Honest Jon's)
    • Asbjørn - Sunken Ships (s/r)
    • B.Lewis - A Lion's Aperture (s/r)
    • Breakbot - By Your Side (Ed Banger)
    • The Chromatics - Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better)
    • Debo Band - S/T (Next Ambiance)
    • Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
    • Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes (Warp)
    • Four Tet - Pink (Hostess)
    • Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (Island Def Jam)
    • Jessie Ware - Devotion (Island)
    • John Talabot - Fin (Permanent Vacation)
    • Lee Fields & the Expressions - Faithful Man (Truth & Soul)
    • Lone - Galaxy Garden (R&S)
    • Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (RCA)
    • Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro - Look Around the Corner (Tru Thoughts)
    • Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio (Blue Note)
    • Snarky Puppy - Ground Up (s/r)
    • Tame Impala - Lonerism (Modular)
    • Thriftworks - Rainmaker (s/r)

    Know Your Conjurer


    Best Albums of 2012

    • Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch - Concerning The Entrance Into Eternity (Important)
    • Shintaro Sakamoto - How To Live With A Phanthom (Other Music)
    • CAN - The Lost Tapes (Mute)
    • Action Bronson - Blue Chips (Fool's Gold Records)
    • Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man (Parlophone)
    • John Zorn - The Gnostic Preludes (Tzadik)
    • Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze (Sub Pop)
    • Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE (Island Def Jam)
    • Expo 70 - Soft Wave Continuum (Sonic Meditations)
    • Troy Ave. - Bricks In My Backpack 3: The Harry Powder Trilogy (S/R)
    • Sympathy Nervous - Plastic Love (Minimal Wave)
    • Sun Araw - Formatting Formants: Live from Adelaide 2012    (Sun Ark Records)
    • Frankie Rose - Interstellar (Slumberland Records)
    • Hundred Waters - S/T (Elestial Sound)
    • The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary [Super Deluxe Box Set] (Polydor)
    • Peaking Lights - Lucifer (Mexican Summer)
    • Guided by Voices - The Bears For Lunch (GBV, Inc)
    • Joey Bada$$ - 1999 (Cinematic / Creative Control)
    • Philip Sanderson - Hollow Gravity (Puer Gravy)
    • Tame Impala - Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
    • WYLD WYZRDZ - Acceptance (Inner Islands)
    • Trouble Books - Concatenating Fields (Bark and Hiss)

    Leftfield Lance


    Favorite 7" Singles of 2012

    • Aggi Doom - Bring Me the Head (Soft Power)
    • Cozy - Cola Shock Kids (Hozac)
    • English Singles - Disaster (Squirmy)
    • Fidlar - No Waves (Mom + Pop)
    • King Tuff - Wild Desire (Suicide Squeeze)
    • Lamps - All Seeing Eye (Sweet Rot)
    • Lures - New Boy (Salvaged)
    • Protomartyr - Colpi Proibiti (X!)
    • Spray Paint - Spock Fingers (S-S)

    Favorite LPs of 2012

    • Bits of Shit - Cut Sleeves (Homeless)
    • Hank Wood & the Hammerheads - Go Home (Toxic State)
    • Spacin' - Deep Thuds (Richie)
    • Terry Malts - Killing Time (Slumberland)
    • Tyvek - On Triple Beams (In the Red)

    Madame X


    Top 10 Albums of 2012

    1. Shearwater - Animal Joy (Sub Pop)
    2. Murder By Death - Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon (Bloodshot)
    3. Emel Mathlouthi - Kelmti Horra (World Village)
    4. Metric - Synthetica (Mom & Pop)
    5. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (Infectious)
    6. Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound - S/T (Side One Dummy)
    7. Ana Tijoux - La Bala (Nacional)
    8. Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man (Capitol)
    9. The Bombay Royale - You Me Bullets Love (Hope Street)
    10. Mexican Institute of Sound - Politico (Nacional)

    Majority Whip


    Favorite Albums

    1. Mexican Institute of Sound – Politico (Nacional)
    2. The Coup - Sorry to Bother You (Anti)
    3. Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang - En Yay Sah (Luaka Bop)
    4. Ali Fuat Aydin and Cenk Güray - Bir (Felmay)
    5. Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea (Merge)
    6. Moon Hooch - The Moon Hooch Album (Crowd Control)
    7. Deerhoof – Breakup Song (Polyvinyl)
    8. Markus Mehr – On (Hidden Shoal)
    9. William Britelle – Loving the Chambered Nautilus (New Amsterdam)
    10. Endah Laras and Dedek Gamelan Orchestra – S/T (Felmay)
    11. J.D. McPherson – Signs & Signifiers (Rounder)
    12. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (Williams Street)
    13. Ethel - Heavy (Innova)
    14. Alexander Tucker – Third Mouth  (Thrill Jockey) 
    15. Taraf de Haïdouks and Kocani Orkestar - Band of Gypsies 2 (Crammed Discs)
    16. Mati Zundel – Amazonico Gravitante (Waxploitation)
    17. Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group – Signing (Motema)
    18. Novalima – Karimba (ESL)
    19. Squarepusher – Ufabulam (Warp)
    20. Kayhan Kalhor – I Will Not Stand Alone (World Village)

    Miranda Wright


    Best 20 Tracks of 2012

    • Woods - "Impossible Sky" Beyond Bend (Woodsist)
    • Cate Le Bon - "Falcon Eyed" Cyrk (Control Group)
    • Diamond Rugs - "Gimme a Beer" (S/T) (Partisan)
    • Grass Widow - "Spock On Muni" Internal Logic (HLR)
    • Lower Dens - "Brains" Nootropics (Ribbon)
    • Kishi Bashi -"It All Began With a Burst" 151A (Joyful Noise)
    • Chromatics - "Kill For Love" Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better)
    • Major Powers and the Low Fi Symphony - "Ode to Russia" We Became Monsters (Amazing Pony)
    • Real Estate - "It's Real" Days (Domino)
    • Chairlift - "I Belong in Your Arms" Something (Kanine)
    • King Tuff - "Bad Thing" S/T (Subpop)
    • Sharon Van Etten - "Serpents" Tramp (Jagjaguwar)
    • Ty Segall - "Love Fuzz" Twins (Drag City)
    • Bobby Womack - "Jubilee (Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around) The Bravest Man in the Universe (XL)
    • Tame Impala - "That's All For Everyone" Just Tell Me You Want Me - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac (Star Con)
    • Lee Fields and The Expressions - "Your the Kind of Girl" Faithful Man (Truth and Soul)
    • Howler - "Beach Sluts" America Give Up (Rough Trade)
    • The Allah-Las - "Tell Me (What's On Your Mind)" S/T (Innovative Leisure)
    • JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound - "I am Trying to Break Your Heart" Want More (Bloodshot)
    • Mac Demarco - "Ode To Viceroy" 2 (Captured Tracks)

    Poindexter


    Top 5 Albums

    • Howler - America Give Up (Rough Trade)
    • Hospitality - S/T (Merge)
    • King Tuff - S/T (Sub Pop)
    • Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
    • Guantanamo Baywatch - Chest Crawl (Dirtnap)

    Top 15 Songs

    • King Tuff - "Bad Thing" - S/T (Sub Pop)
    • Howler - "This One's Different" - America Give Up (Rough Trade)
    • Hospitality - "All Day Today" - S/T (Merge)
    • Twin Steps - "Junkie Song" - Serial Parade (Cola Bruin)
    • Dirty Projectors - "About To Die" - Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
    • Ariel Pink - "Only In My Dreams" - Mature Themes (4AD)
    • The Babies - "Mess Me Around" - Our House On The Hill (Woodsist)
    • Jaill - "Waste A Lot Of Things" - Traps (Sub Pop)
    • Seapony - "Tell Me So" - Falling (Hardly Art)
    • Soft Pack - "Tallboy" - Strapped (Mexican Summer)
    • Gap Dream - "58th St. Fingers" - S/T (Burger)
    • Tiger High - "Hot Black Honda" - Myth Is This (Trashy Creatures)
    • Tropical Punk - "Dream Darlin" - Ends of The World (Denim)
    • Nick Waterhouse - "Raina" - Time's All Gone (Innovative Leisure)
    • Guantanamo Baywatch - "We Came With Dottie" - Chest Crawl (Dirtnap)

    Pop Goes The Weasel


    Favorite Songs of 2012

    • Audacity - "Pink Confusion Formula" from Mellow Cruisers (Burger)
    • Bombay Royale - "Monkey Fight Snake" from You Me Bullets Love (Hope Street)
    • Jimmy Cliff - "Outsider" from "Rebirth" (Universal)
    • Bob Dylan - "Tin Angel" from "Tempest" (Columbia)
    • Ecid - "Werewolf Hologram" from Werewolf Hologram (Fill in the Breaks)
    • Heartless Bastards - "Low Low Low" from Arrow (Partisan)
    • Liminanas - "Salvation" from Crystal Anis (Hozac)
    • Mind Spiders - "On the Radio" from Meltdown (Dirtnap)
    • Perfume Genius - "Dark Parts" from Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)
    • Pizazz - "Crafty Maneuvers" from Get Out of My House!!! (Burger)
    • Redd Kross - "Stay Away From Downtown" from Researching the Blues (Merge)
    • School of Seven Bells - "The Night" from Ghostory (Vagrant)

    Favorite Album of 2012

    • Cate Le Bon - Cyrk (Control Group)

    Roscoe 2000


    10 Albums That Were Heard, And Sometimes Even Enjoyed, In 2012 (in reverse alphabetical order)

    • Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth (Interscope)
    • Rush - Clockwork Angels (Roadrunner)
    • Tame Impala - Lonerism (Modular)
    • Donnie & Joe Emerson - Dreamin' Wild (Light In The Attic)
    • Dirty Ghosts - Metal Moon (Last Gang)
    • En - Already Gone (Students Of Decay)
    • Sam Flax - Age Waves (Burger)
    • Suzanne Ciani - Lixiviation (B-Music)
    • Broncho - Can't Get Past The Lips (Guestroom)
    • Francis Bebey - African Electronic Music 1975-1982 (Born Bad )

    Rubberband Girl


    Albums that moved me in 2012

    • Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (S/R)
    • Diego Garcia - Laura (Nacional)
    • The Helio Sequence - Negotiations (Sub Pop)
    • Korallreven - An Album By Korallreven (Acephale)
    • The Mallard - Yes On Blood (Castle Face)
    • JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers (Rounder)
    • Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy (Barsuk)
    • The People's Temple - More For The Masses (Hozac)
    • Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Reel To Reel (Ubiquity)
    • Slug Guts - Playin' In Time With The Deadbeat (Sacred Bones)
    • Tennis - Young & Old (Fat Possum)
    • The Walkmen - Heaven (Fat Possum)
    • Wild Nothing - Nocturne (Captured Tracks)
    • Yppah - Eighty One (Ninja Tune)

    Sex 14s


    Top 40 Albums of 2012 (Alphabetical Order)

    • Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (Infectious Music)
    • Theo Bleckmann - Hello Earth! (The Music Of Kate Bush) (Winter & Winter)
    • Bowerbirds - The Clearing (Dead Oceans)
    • Brooklyn Rider - Seven Steps (S/R)
    • Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)
    • Mary Chapin Carpenter - Ashes And Roses (Zoe)
    • Chairlift - Something (Columbia)
    • Neneh Cherry and The Thing - The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound)
    • Clocked Out and Topology - From Small Things Grow (S/R)
    • Kelan Philip Cohran And The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - S/T (Honest Jon's)
    • Ravi Coltrane - Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
    • The Coup - Sorry To Bother You (Anti-)
    • The dB's - Falling Off The Sky (Bar/None)
    • Debo Band - Debo Band (Next Ambiance/Sub Pop)
    • Iris Dement - Sing The Delta (Flariella)
    • Exitmusic - Passage (Secretly Canadian)
    • Michael Harrison & Maya Beiser - Time Loops (Cantaloupe)
    • Billy Hart Quartet - All Our Reasons (ECM)
    • Julia Holter - Ekstasis (RVNG Int'l)
    • Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola - Not Getting Behind Is The New Getting Ahead  (S/R)
    • Icebreaker; BJ Cole - Apollo (Cantaloupe)
    • Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando (ACT)
    • Japandroids - Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
    • Kishi Bashi - 151a (Joyful Noise)
    • Luce Trio - Pieces Vol. 1 (Musæum Clausum)
    • Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (RCA)
    • Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America (Wilderland)
    • Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (Def Jam)
    • Sinead O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (One Little Indian)
    • Pallbearer – Sorrow and Extinction (Profound Lore)
    • Acid Pauli - Mst (Clown And Sunset)
    • Jenny Scheinman - Mischief & Mayhem (S/R)
    • Sigur Rós - Valtari (XL)
    • So Percussion; Grey McMurray - Where (We) Live (Cantaloupe)
    • Ebo Taylor - Appia Kwa Bridge (Strut)
    • Ryan Teague - Field Drawings (Village Green)
    • THEESatisfaction - Awe Natural (Sub  Pop)
    • Ryan Truesdell - Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (artistShare)
    • Matt Ulery - By A Little Light (Greenleaf)
    • Sharon Van Etten - Tramp (Jagjaguwar)

    Top 12 Films for 2012

    • Michael Haneke's AMOUR
    • Nicholas Jarecki's ARBITRAGE
    • Benh Zeitlin's BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
    • Jennifer Lynch's CHAINED
    • Craig Zobel's COMPLIANCE
    • David Cronenberg's COSMOPOLIS
    • Terence Davies' THE DEEP BLUE SEA
    • Leos Carax' HOLY MOTORS
    • Ang Lee's THE LIFE OF PI
    • Colin Trevorrow's SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
    • Ron Fricke & Mark Magidson's SAMSARA
    • Malik Bendjelloul's SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

    Spanky


    Best Releases of 2012

    • Courtney & the Crushers “In My Bed” – S/T (Self Released)
    • Fidlar - Don’t Try EP (Mom + Pop)
    • Growlers – Beach Goth (Burger Records)
    • Guantanamo Baywatch – Chest Crawl (Burger Records)
    • Hunx - “private room”- Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)
    • King Tuff – S/T (Sub Pop)
    • Peach Kelli Pop – “dreamphone” – S/T (Burger Records)
    • Terry Malts – Killing Time (Slumberland)
    • Weiner Dog Comp - V/A (Burger/Wiener Records)

    Best Video of 2012

    • Burger TV!!!! (Burger Records)

    Best Live Shows of 2012

    • Younger Lovers, Wet Spots – 1234 Go!, 12/5/12
    • King Tuff, Terry Malts – New Parish, 12/1/12
    • Nobunny, Shannon & the Clams - New Parish, 10/26/12 (Total Trash Halloween Bash)
    • Okmoniks, Yolks – Knockout, 8/2/12
    • Talk Is Poison – 1234 Go!, 7/5/12
    • Guantanamo Baywatch, Courtney & the Crushers – White Horse, 6/14/12
    • The Go! Go! showcase presented by 1234 Go! Records – New Parish, 5/24-6/1/12

    Terra Incognita


    Best New Releases of 2012

    • Listen Whitey! Sounds of Black Power 1967-74 –V/A (Light in the Attic)
    • The Coup - Sorry to Bother You (Anti-)
    • Krzysztof Penderecki/Jonny Greenwood  - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, etc. (Nonesuch)
    • Swans – Seer (Young Gods)
    • Sleepy Sun – Spine Hits (The End)
    • Father John Misty – Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
    • Ty Segall - Twins (Drag City)
    • Ty Segall & White Fence /Hair (Drag City)
    • Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II EP (In The Red)
    • Coal Porters - Find the One (Prima)
    • Los Straitjackets  - Jet Set (Yep Roc)
    • Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral (4AD)
    • Amadou & Mariam  - Folila (Nonesuch)
    • Dr. John - Locked Down (Nonesuch)
    • Menahan Street Band – Crossing (Daptone)
    • On With the Show - The Johnny Otis Story Volume 2: 1957-1974 (Ace)
    • Magnetic Fields  - Love at the Bottom of the Sea (Merge)
    • Lee Fields & the Expressions  - Faithful Man (Truth & Soul)
    • Jim White - Where It Hits You (Yep Roc)
    • Dan Melchior – Backward Path (Northern-Spy Records)
    • Howlin’ Rain – The Russian Wilds (Columbia/ DMZ)
    • Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables (Aimless)
    • Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas (Columbia)
    • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone (Mom and Pop)
    • Chuck Prophet - Temple Beautiful (Yep Roc)

    Best Shows of 2012

    • Dick Dale at the Uptown, Oakland
    • Tenacious D at the Fox, Oakland
    • Willie Nelson at the Fox, Oakland
    • George Clinton at the Regency Ballroom, SF
    • The Magnetic Fields at the Fox, Oakland
    • Dan Hicks at Davies Symphony Hall, SF
    • Sleep/Oxbow at the Fox, Oakland
    • Quintron and Miss Pussycat at New Parish, Oakland
    • Dumpstafunk at New Parish, Oakland
    • Mount Carmel at One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans
    • Treme Brass Band at Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans
    • Washboard Chaz at the Spotted Cat, New Orleans
    • Bonerama at the Blue Nile, New Orleans
    • Foreverland at New Parish, Oakland
    • Jason Brock at Martuni’s, SF

    THE ALMIGHTY KABALLA-BONGA


    Top 12 for 2012

    • Art Elliot - Earth Abides
    • Father You See Queen - 47 (Flingco Sound Systems)
    • Foxygen - Take the Kids Off Broadway (Jagjaguar)
    • Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden – Jasmine (ECM)
    • Neil Jendon - Corporate Laughter (Crippled Intellect)
    • Amanda Palmer & Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre is Evil (8 Ft.)
    • Steely Dan – Gaucho (MCA)
    • Sult - Bark (Conrad Sound)
    • Swans - The Seer (Young God)
    • Taming Power - Selected Works (Early Morning)
    • U.S. Girls – GEM (FatCat)
    • Yek Koo - Love Song for the Dead C

    Transister Sistor


    My Year In Music 2012

    • Santigold featuring Karen O.-GO!- "Master Of My Make" - Believe (Atlantic)
    • Richard Hawley - "She Brings The Sunlight" - Standing At The Skyís Edge (Parlophone)
    • Tame Impala - "Be Above It" - Lonerism (Modular)
    • Redd Kross - "Stay Away From Downtown"- Researching The Blues (Merge)
    • Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - "Melody Dean" - Theater Is Evil (8 ft.)
    • Imperial Teen - "Runaway"- Feel The Sound (Merge)
    • Jack White - "I'm Shakin" - Blunderbuss (Third Man)
    • Mark Lanegan Band - "Ode To Sad Disco" - Blues Funeral (Sub Pop)
    • Father John Misty - "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings" - Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
    • Cloud Nothings - "Stay Useless" - Attack On Memory (ADA/ Carpark)
    • The Electric Mess - "I Thought About You" - Standing at the Edge of the World (S/R)
    • Divine Fits - "Would That Not Be Nice" - A Thing Called Divine Fits (Merge)
    • Parquet Courts - "Stoned and Starving" - Light Up Gold (What's Your Rupture?)
    • The Coup - "The Guillotine" - Sorry To Bother You... (Anti-)
    • Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - "Institutionalized" - A Tribute To Repo Man (American Laundromat)
    • Killer Mike - "Anywhere But Here" - R.A.P. Music (Williams Street)
    • Marina and the Diamonds - "How To Be A Heartbreaker" - Electra Heart (Atlantic)
    • Foxy Shazam - "Holy Touch" - The Church Of Rock N Roll (Capitol/ I.R.S)
    • Muse - "Survival" - The 2nd Law (Helium-3/Warner Brothers)
    • Ty Segall Band - "The Tongue" - Slaughterhouse (In The Red)
    • Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - "Stars" - The Lion The Beast The Beat (Hollywood)
    • Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Mature Themes" - Mature Themes (4AD)
    • Marianne Faithfull - "Angel" - Just Tell Me That You Want Me (Hear)
    • The Walkmen - "Heartbreaker" - Heaven (Fat Possum)
    • U.S. Girls - "Down In The Boondocks" - Gem (Fat Cat)

    Tumble Weed


    Best Of The Thrifts v.4 2012

    Best Ofs are a tricky lot, as they are like ideas, coming and going, fulfilling but never quite lasting. So, I offer to you, dearest listener, an extremely whittled down version of the albums that I discovered and rescued last year, discarded, unwanted, and stranded in thrift stores (with the exception of Golden Retriever, my one 2012 release endorsement to you) that I offer to you as a lasting legacy of petroleum gone good (mileage may vary).

    • Phil Harris - "Some Little Bug Is Gonna Find You" - Southern Comfort (Mega)
    • Audience - "The House on the Hill" - The House on the Hill (Elektra)
    • Richard Linhas - "Rhizosphere" - Rhizosphere (Aural Experience)
    • Darrell De Vore - "?" - Gravikords, Whirlies and Pyrophones (Ellipsis)
    • Various Artists - "Side 1" - Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle (Scholastic)
    • Christine Price - "Momotaro" - Japanese Folk and Fairy Tales (CMS)
    • Narrators - "Side 2" - Crystal Odyssey (CBS)
    • Golden Retriever - "Serene Velocity" - Occupies With The Unspoken (Thrill Jockey)
    • Henry Mancini - "Charlie's Angel's" - Mancini's Angels (RCA)
    • Johnny Western - "Cowpoke" - Have Gun, Will Travel (Columbia)
    • The Couriers - "There's No One" - S/T (Hymntone)
    • The Lamplighters - "Salty Dog" - Gabe's Dirty Blues (Gabe's)
    • Rosemary Clooney - "Why Don't Ya Haul Off and Kiss Me" - Rosie's Greatest Hits (Columbia)
    • Harry Nilsson - "Joy" - Son of Schmilsson (Victor)
    • Wendy Carlos - "1. Allegro" - Switched On Brandenbergs (CBS)
    • Ween - "Stroker Ace" - White Pepper (Elektra)
    • Mel Torme - "Superstition" - Live at the Maisonette (Atlantic)
    • Box of Chocolates - "Good Side" - Fearful Symmetry (High Beem)
    • Prefab Sprout - "Faron" - Two Wheels Good (Epic)
    • Comateens - "Cinnamon" - Pictures on a String (Mercury)
    • Sparks - "Wonder Girl" - Collection (Rhino)
    • Nina Hagen Band - "White Punks on Dope" - Nina Hagen Band (CBS)
    • Jamie Linders - "The Great Pretender" - Menopause the Musical (S/R)
    • Bugs and Yosemite Sam - "Heartbreak Hotel" - Bugs and Friends Sing Elvis (WB)
    • Andre Previn - "Toccata in D Minor" - Rollerball (UA)
    • Narrator - "Side 2" - Hear How to Handle Your Boat (Hear Now)
    • Don Buchla - "Thunder and Lightening" - Gravikords, Whirlies and Pyrophones (Ellipsis Arts)
    • Narrator - "Side 1" - Crystal Odyssey (CBS)
    • Narrator - "Side A" - Exploring the New World (Standard School Broadcast)
    • Golden Retriever - "Serene Velocity" - Occupies With The Unspoken (Thrill Jockey)
    • George Benson - "Come Together" - Shape of Things to Come (A&M)
    • Ray Charles - "Sinner's Prayer" - Hallelujah (Atlantic Recording Corp)
    • Ike and Tina Turner - "Find a Substitute" - It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Sue)
    • Chambers Brothers - "To Love Somebody" - Love, Peace and Happiness (Columbia)
    • Janice Joplin - "Work Me, Lord" - Kozmic Blues (CBS)
    • Henry Mancini - "What's Happening!!! Theme" - Mancini's Angels (RCA)
    • Jimmy Cliff - "Look at the Mountain" - Follow My Mind (Reprise)
    • Poogy Tales - "Track 5, Side 2" - S/T (Hed-Arzi)
    • Norman Connors - "Jump Street" - Slewfoot (Buddah)
    • Yellow - "The Race" - Flag (Polygram)
    • Spike Jones - "Frantic Freeway" - Spiked (BMG)
    • Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Scrapped and Trapped" - S/T (ZTT)

    Zabardast


    20 Silky Tracks of 2012

    • Jimmy Cliff - "Guns of Brixton" - Rebirth  (Universal)
    • Menahan Street Band - "Lights Out" - The Crossing (Daptone)
    • Lupe Fiasco - "B*tch Bad" - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (Atlantic)
    • Dark Time Sunshine - "Never Cry Wolf ft Reva Devito" - ANX (Fake Four, inc)
    • Frank Ocean - "Bad Religion" - Channel Orange (Def Jam)
    • Mexican Institute of Sound - "Tipo Raro" - Politico (Nacional)
    • Kanwar - "Son of a Sardar" - Mystics Martyrs & Maharajas (Nachural Music)
    • The Bombay Royale - "Monkey Fight Snake" - You Me Bullets Love (HopeStreet Recordings)
    • Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - "Kali" - Radio Salone (Cumbancha)
    • The Coup - "The Guillotine" - Sorry to Bother You  (Anti-)
    • Poolside - "Harvest Moon" - Pacific Standard Time  (s/r)
    • JD McPherson - "North Side Gal" - Signs & Signifiers (HiStyle Enterprises)
    • Tame Impala - "Mind Mischief" - Lonerism (Modular)
    • Souljazz Orchestra - "Conquering Lion" - Solidarity (Strut)
    • Ebo Taylor - "Kruman Dey" - Appia Kwa Bridge (Strut)
    • Brother Ali - "Letter To My Countrymen feat. Dr. Cornel West" - Mourning in America And Dreaming In Color (Rhymesayers)
    • Ondatropica - "Punkero Sonidero" - Ondatropica (Soundway)
    • Mokoomba - "Njoka" - Rising Tide (Zig Zag World)
    • TigerStyle, Ms Rajni - "Ik Banere" - Ik Banere (AK Music Publishing)
    • Shawn Lee - "Tiger Style" - Synthesizers in Space (ESL Music)

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