Best Of: Brian Rutherford aka hstisgod, Top albums of 2012 and more…

posted December 20, 2012, 3:27 pm by Brian Rutherford | Filed Under Editorial, General Interest, MP3, Music News, Releases, Top Albums | Leave a Comment

Its been a bit of a return to excitement of new music for me in 2012. Although fatherhood has impeded my ability to write as many reviews, I’ve enjoyed more new music this year. Aside from my experiences with UNSW, here are some of my favorite albums and articles from 2012! Click the album title for a staff review.

1. Band Of Skulls – Sweet Sour

2. Smoke and Jackal – EP No. 1

3. Slightly Stoopid – Top Of The World

4. Japandroids – Celebration Rock

5. The Features – Wilderness

6. Tame Impala – Lonerism

7. Brother Ali – Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color

8. The Gaslight Anthem- Handwritten

9. IamDynamite – Supermegafantastic

10. Coastal – Sunzal

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Easy Star All Stars, El-P, Yellow Ostrich, How to destroy angels, El Perro Del Mar, Air, Crystal Castles, The Shins, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls, Jack White, Aesop Rock, …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Ben Gibbard (Teardrop)