Vinyl, CD, MP3, Spotify, etc. Take your pick, bust most of us around here prefer vinyl whenever possible, only because when we listen to a song like Brandi Carlile’s “Hard Way Home,” we can really feel it via our turntables. What’s important, though, is that you find music that suits you. And here are the 100 albums of 2012 that suited us (with convenient links to stream, because we love you; and, you can find our 100 Best Songs of 2012 here).
Happy New Year! And as Lord Huron has told us, “It’s time to run…”
Love,
Speakers in Code (Jason, Katie, Matt, Aggie, Mary)
100. Hannah Georgas – Hannah Georgas
99. Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t
98. Michael Kiwanuka, Home Again
97. The Tallest Man On Earth – There’s No Leaving Now
96. Joe Pug – The Great Despiser
95. Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?
94. Field Report – Field Report
93. Tori Amos – Gold Dust
92. Band of Horses – Mirage Rock
91. Regina Spektor – What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
90. Bob Dylan – Tempest
89. Anaïs Mitchell – Young Man In America
88. Bobby Womack, The Bravest Man In The Universe
87. Bahamas, Barchords
86. Wild Nothing, Nocturne
85. The Avett Brothers, The Carpenter
84. Tame Impala, Lonerism
83. RACES, Year of the Witch
82. Jack White, Blunderbuss
81. Grimes, Visions
80. Great Lake Swimmers, New Wild Everywhere
79. Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
78. Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel…
77. Electric Guest, Mondo
76. Django Django, Django Django
75. Cat Power, Sun
74. Bad Veins, The Mess We’ve Made
73. ZZ Ward, Til The Casket Drops
72. Will Johnson, Scorpion
71. The Orwells, Remember When
70. The District Attorneys, Slowburner
69. Scissor Sisters, Magic Hour
68. School of Seven Bells, Ghostory
67. Rayland Baxter, Feathers & Fishhooks
66. Purity Ring, Shrines
65. Milo Greene, Milo Greene
64. Michael McDermott, Hit Me Back
63. Matthew Mayfield, A Banquet For Ghosts
62. Jenny Owen Youngs, An Unwavering Band Of Light
61. Heartless Bastards, Arrow
60. Dr. Dog, Be The Void
59. Delicate Cutters, Ring
58. Cory Branan, Mutt
57. Corin Tucker Band, Kill My Blues
56. Corb Lund, Cabin Fever
55. Bob Mould, Silver Age
54. Archie Powell & the Exports, Great Ideas in Action
53. Stars, The North
52. Mumford & Sons, Babel
51. Delta Spirit, Delta Spirit
50. Cowboy Junkies, The Wilderness
49. Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, Old Believers
48. Van She, Idea of Happiness
47. Tristan Prettyman, Cedar + Gold
46. The Walkmen, Heaven
45. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist
44. ExitMusic, Passage
43. Cloud Nothings, Attack on Memory
42. Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur
41. Jessie Baylin, Little Spark
40. Ben Howard, Every Kingdom
39. Tift Merritt, Traveling Alone
38. Father John Misty, Fear Fun
37. Ellie Goulding, Halcyon
36. Alabama Shakes, Boys & Girls
35. Admiral Fallow, Tree Bursts in Snow
34. Sharon Van Etten, Tramp
33. Passion Pit, Gossamer
32. Matthew Ryan, In The Dusk Of Everything
31. Gary Clark Jr., Blak and Blu
30. Water Liars, Phantom Limb
29. The Mynabirds, GENERALS
28. Sugar + the Hi-Lows, Sugar + the Hi-Lows
27. Spider Bags, Shake Your Head
26. Justin Townes Earle, Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
25. Grizzly Bear, Shields
24. Damien Jurado, Maraqopa
23. Craig Finn, Clear Heart Full Eyes
22. Beach House, Bloom
21. Tanlines, Mixed Emotions
20. Gross Ghost, Brer Rabbit
19. Glen Hansard, Rhythm and Repose
18. Frank Ocean, channel ORANGE
17. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, The Lion The Beast The Beat
16. Geographer, Myth
15. Brandi Carlile, Bear Creek
14. Matthew E. White, Big Inner
13. Night Moves, Colored Emotions
12. Micah Schnabel, I’m Dead, Serious
11. Japandroids, Celebration Rock
10. First Aid Kit, The Lion’s Roar
9. Reptar, Body Faucet
8. Alt-J, An Awesome Wave
7. The Gaslight Anthem, Handwritten
6. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill
5. Twin Shadow, Confess
4. The Lumineers, The Lumineers
3. Metric, Synthetica
2. Delicate Steve, Positive Force
1. Lord Huron, Lonesome Dreams