We’ve reached the halfway point of 2012. We love making lists. Obviously, it’s time to share our favorite albums of the year so far. We have decided to list the albums in alphabetical order; we’ll rank them at the end of the year.
Allah-Las – Tell Me (What’s On Your Mind) Ep
Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
Beach House – Bloom
Burial – Kindred
Chairlift – Something
Chromatics – Kill For Love
Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory
Conduits – Conduits
Dry The River – Shallow Bed
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Here
Grimes – Visions
Julia Holter – Ekstasis
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
Kishi Bashi – 151a
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
Cate Le Bon – CYRK
Lower Dens – Nootropics
The Men – Open Your Heart
Anaïs Mitchell – Young Man In America
Mount Eerie – Clear Moon
Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It
Frankie Rose – Interstellar
The Shins – Port of Morrow
Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
John Talabot – Fin
Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
The Walkmen – Heaven
Jack White – Blunderbuss
Zammuto – Zammuto



















