Favourite albums released between January and end of June 2012:
- Philippe Petit & Friends – Cordophony
- Liars – WIXIW
- Au – Both Lights
- Carter Tutti Void – Transverse
- Actress – R.I.P
- Hildur Gudnadottir – Leyfdu ljosinu
- Sven Kacirek – Scarlet Pitch Dreams
Closely followed by:
- Grass Widow – Internal Logic
- Belbury Poly – The Belbury Tales
- Mirrorring – Foreign Body
- Grimes – Visions
- Dirty Three – Toward the Low Sun
Favourite EPs:
- Burial – Kindred
- Grouper – Violet Replacement Pt. I: Rolling Gate
- Grouper – Violet Replacement Pt. II: SLEEP
- SP-X – Stalker
Amazing older albums, new to me this year:
- Gavin Bryars – The Sinking Of The Titanic / Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
- The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
- Make Up – In Mass Mind / Sound Verite
- Exuma – Exuma, the Obeah Man / Exuma II
- Jim Sullivan – U.F.O.
- Porter Ricks – Biokinetics
- James Brown & The Famous Flames – James Brown Live At The Apollo, 1962
- Kim Jung Mi – Now
- Paul McCartney – RAM
- Thelonious Monk – Underground