2012 Top Ten, Belated

Oh, hello. Looks like I'm back. Yeah, Facebook turns out to be kind of a pain in the butt. Did you know that? It's all people doing and saying and liking things, and then before you can close the window, they've gone and had another opinion/meal/baby. Exhausting!

So, is it too late for a top ten list? Because I really enjoy looking back at these, and it feels like a nice, shallow way to ease back into the long form. In fact, I'll keep my reviews to three words, if it'll make you happy. All right, then — my picks for last year were:

Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man

Lush goth balladry.

Beach House - Bloom

Spare goth balladry.

Chromatics - Kill for Love

Bleak primitive disco.

Chris Cohen - Overgrown Path

Gorgeous complex pop. (Former member of Deerhoof!)

Cousins - Palm at the End of the Mind

Catchy Halifax duo.

Deerhoof - Breakup Song

ADD dance rock.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor -
Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

Instrumental noise anthems.
(First album in 10 years! Exclamation points!)

Grimes - Visions

Dark Madonna wunderkind.

Liars - WIXIW

Spooky synth barbarians.

Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
French psychedelic Broadcast-lover.
(Produced by the Tame Impala guy!)

Tame Impala - Lonerism

Australian psychedelic Lennon-lover.

Honourable mentions:

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes

Can - The Lost Tapes

Mohn - Mohn

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock vinyl reissues

Wild Nothing - Nocturne