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