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

Yoga Pop: Volume 15

Designed to play for the duration of a 75 minute self-directed vinyasa practice.

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Song. Artist. Album. Year
(Time crops noted)

1. Spaced Raider. Wavves. Wavves. 2008
2. Fantasy. The XX. XX. 2009
3. Skin. Grimes. Visions. 2012
4. Devotion. Jessie Ware. Devotion. 2012
5. Motivation [L'il B]. Clams Casino. Instrumentals. 2011
6. 1903. Nitemoves. Longlines. 2012
7. Jitters (Geotic Mix). Dntel. Aimlessness. 2012
8. Sync. Disasterpeace. FEZ. 2012
9. Sundriped. Com Truise. Cyanide Sisters EP. 2011
10. Cosmic Tides. Peaking Lights. Lucifer. 2012
11. Gather. Hundred Waters. Hundred Waters. 2012
12. Irene. Beach House. Bloom. 2012 (6:44)
13. Apples for the Sun. Frankie Rose. Interstellar. 2012
14. Terra Incognita. Atlas Sound. Parallax. 2011
15. 92982.1. William Basinski. 92982. 2009

Favorite Music of 2010

*In reverse alphabetical order

Albums
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
The National – High Violet
Menomena – Mines
Mark McGuire – Living with Yourself
How to Dress Well – Love Remains
Grimes – Halfaxa
Four Tet – There is Love in You
Eluvium – Similes
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Beach House – Teen Dream 

Other albums
Viernes, Tamaryn­­­, The Secret History, Sambassadeur, The Radio Dept., Max Richter, Magenta Skycode, Lali Puna, The Hundred in the Hands, Holly Miranda, Hidden Orchestra, Girl Talk, Forest Swords, Foals, Flying Lotus, Emeralds, Donna Regina, Darkstar, Com Truise, Chicago Underground Duo, Best Coast, Beach Fossils, Avey Tare, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Arcade Fire

Album Art
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
Oriol – Night and Day
High Places – High Places vs. Mankind
Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner
Four Tet – There is Love in You
Agalloch – Marrow of the Spirit

Favorite Music of 2008

Albums
1. Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia
2. Beach House - Devotion
3. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
4. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
5. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
6. Our Sleepless Forest - Our Sleepless Forest
7. Blackfilm - Blackfilm
8. Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
9. Hauschka - Ferndorf
10. Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave

Other Much Liked Albums
Air France, Atlas Sound, Department of Eagles, Destroyer, Dosh, Eksi Ekso, Fennesz, Helios, Horse Feathers, James Blackshaw, Lindstrom, Lykke Li, Max Richter, Moscow Olympics, Nick Cave, The Notwist, Peter Broderick, Populous with Short Stories, The Secret Life of Sofia, Shearwater, Sparkadia, Wolf Parade

Album Covers
Sten - Essence
Pyramids - Pyramids
Parts and Labor - Recievers
Foals - Antidotes
Peter Broderick - Docile

Lyrical Verse
"Now I'm noting the limits to our parabola..."
An Eluardian Instance by Of Montreal

Album Title
Eksi Ekso - I Am Your Bastard Wings

Bedtime Album
Helios - Caesura

Concerts
Shout Out Louds @ Joe's Pub, March 11th
M83 @ Bowery Ballroom, June 4th
Keren Ann @ Joe's Pub, November 4th

Song
River Card by Atlas Sound