After posting our staff’s top album picks from 2012 so far, I caught some heat from some of my friends in the music industry (*cough* VICTORIA) reaming me for all of the amazing artists we forgot to include.
The solution? Going to the people whose taste I trust most to see what their top albums were. This was such a fun project finding out everyone’s faves and I couldn’t be more honored to have such a talented group of people represented here.
Here they are… in alphabetical order:
Carter Smith – Founder, Rollo & Grady
01. Lace Curtains – The Garden of Joy and The Well of Loneliness
02. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
03. Natural Child – For The Love Of The Game
04. Lee Fields & The Expressions – Faithful Man
05. Ty Segall – Slaughterhouse
Chryde Abric – Founder, La Blogotheque
“In no particular order…”
00. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
00. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
00. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
00. Alt J – An Awesome Wave
00. Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend
Dustin Reid – Producer, Red Hot Organization
01. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
02. Twin Shadow – Confess
03. Mount Eerie – Clear Moon
04. Lambchop – Mr. M
05. Grimes – Visions
Eloise Hess – Founder, verb/re/verb
“In no particular order…”
00. Pressed And – Hyper Thistle
00. Blithe Field – Warm Blood
00. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
00. Julia Holter – Ekstasis
00. Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters
Jason Merz – Events & Creative, Fender Musical Instruments
01. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
02. Jack White – Blunderbuss
03. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
04. Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit
05. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
Ian Wheeler – President: Partisan Records, Knitting Factory Records, Figure Eight Management
“Aside from my own bands obviously, there’s only really one record that’s moved my core so far this year…”
01. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Kasey Truman – Music Supervisor, Chop Shop Music
01. Milo Greene – Milo Greene
02. Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
03. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back Into It
04. Stepdad – Wildlife Pop
05. Wake Owl – Wild Country
Mark Schoneveld – Founder, yvynyl
01. Twin Shadow – Confess
02. Chairlift – Something
03. Yung Life – Yung Life
04. Foxygen – Take the Kids off Broadway
05. MacDemarco – Rock n’ Roll Night Club
Mary Chellamy – Music Promotions Coordinator, KCRW
01. Beach House – Bloom
02. The Walkmen – Heaven
03. Liam Bailey – It’s Not the Same EP
04. Saint Motel – Voyeur
05. Chet Faker – Thinking in Textures EP
Matt Dufour – Vibe Manager, Hard Rock Hotel San Diego
01. Mrs. Magician – Strange Heaven
02. Pond – Beard, Wives, Denim
03. Beach House – Bloom
04. Friends – Manifest!
05. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
Matt Mugford – Music Coordinator, Walt Disney Motion Pictures
“In no particular order…”
00. Stepdad – Wildlife Pop
00. The Neighbourhood – I’m Sorry… EP
00. Of Monsters And Men – My Head Is An Animal
00. Band Of Skulls – Sweet Sour
00. Husky – Forever So
Nada Alic – Founder, Friends With Both Arms
01. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
02. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
03. Purity Ring – Shrines
04. Megafortress – S/T
05. Polica – Give You the Ghost
Sean Stout – Founder, Terror Eyes
01. Death Grips – The Money Store
02. Gnaw Their Tongues – Eschatological Scatology
03. The Men – Open Your Heart
04. P.C. Worship – Toxic Love
05. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Victoria Tsigonis – Co-Founder and Head Of Marketing, Weapon Of Choice
01. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
02. Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory
03. Young Magic – Melt
04. 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
05. Jack White – Blunderbuss
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