Favorite Music of 2012

* In reverse alphabetical order

Albums
The XX -- Coexist

Saint Etienne -- Words and Music
Nitemoves -- Longlines
Julia Holter -- Ekstasis

Grimes -- Visions
Daughn Gibson -- All Hell

Disasterpeace -- FEZ
Leonard Cohen -- Old Ideas
Brad Mehldau Trio -- Ode
Beach House -- Bloom

Other albums
Dustin Wong, Wild Nothing, Jessie Ware, Tame Impala, Social Studies, Pye Corner Audio, Anna Meredith, Lotus Plaza, Hundred Waters, Caspian, Blues Control, Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves Of Destiny, Bat for Lashes, Aesop Rock, Actress

Lyrical Verse
"Where's a dissipating plume of smoke when you need one?"
Grace from Skelethon by Aesop Rock 

Song

Haunted Jukebox by Saint Etienne

Concerts 

Bill Callahan @ The Allen Room -- February 8th

Colin Stetson @ Glasslands -- April 3rd
The Dawn of Midi @ Joe's Pub -- November 24th

Kraftwerk performing Autobahn @ MOMA -- April 10th