In what will come to be known as the year of revealing, for music and world news alike, there is no question that 2012 had surprises around every corner. There have been an unprecedented number of standout albums this year and a frighteningly large amount of disappointments as well. Some bands reformed, some bands split up, and a record number of debut bands came racing out of the gates. The Superbowl XLVI halftime show featuring Madonna, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, MIA, and Cee Lo Green demonstrated the power of pop music by setting the record for the most watched TV event of all time (118 million). Let’s not forget that it was a year of sorrow for fans, family, and friends of musical legends Whitney Houston, who died at the untimely age of 48, Donna Summer, 63, and Doc Watson, who left us at 89, and then the very recent loss of the musical giants Dave Brubeck and Ravi Shankar. While 2012 had its ups and downs, we would like to reflect on all of the amazing music that was released over the last year. Here are our 2012 Albums of the Year:
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By Carey Uhl Posted in Features A Fine Frenzy, A Place to Bury Strangers, Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra, Anywhere, Back Moth Super Rainbow, Between the Buried and Me, Carina Round, Cat Power, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Devin Townsend Project, Dntel, Drop the Lime, Extra Life, Flying Lotus, frank ocean, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, heartless bastards, Horse Feathers, Howlin Rain, husky, Jack White, Ken Stringfellow, Lavender Diamond, mark lanegan band, patrick watson, Redd Kross, Santigold, Scott Kelly Steve Von Till Wino, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, Starring, taken by trees, TEEN, The Big Sleep, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, the darkness, The Mountain Goats, The XX, Twin Shadow, Virgin Forest
