that time of year again. here are my top 30 best of 2012. playlists in the next post.

and yes, i left grizzly bear, kendrick lamar, frank ocean, fiona apple and japandroids off on purpose.

30. Chairlift: Something

• Critical Track: "Sidewalk Safari"

29. Tanlines: Mixed Emotions

• Critical Track: "All of Me" 

28. Porcelain Raft: Strange Weekend

• Critical Track: "Drifting In and Out"

27. Tops: Tender Opposites

• Critical Track: "VII Babies"

26.Wild Nothing: Nocturne

• Critical Track: "Shadow"

25. Sic Alps: S/T

• Critical Track: "Wake Up It's Over II"

24. Jeff the Brotherhood: Hypnotic Nights

• Critical Track: "Mystic Portal II"

23. Howler: America Give Up

• Critical Track: "Back of Your Neck"

22. Twin Shadow: Confess

• Critical Track: "Five Seconds"

21. Casket Girls: Sleepwalking

• Critical Track: "Heartless"

20.Chromatics: Kill for Love

• Critical Track: "The River"

19.Tamaryn: Tender New Signs

• Critical Track: "I'm Gone"

18. Foxygen: Take the Kids Off Broadway

• Critical Track: "Teenage Alien Blues"

17. Tennis: Young and Old

• Critical Track: "Origins"

16. Ty Segall: Twins

• Critical Track: "Would You Be My Love"

15. David Byrne and St. Vincent: Love this Giant

• Critical Track: "Weekend in the Dust"

14. White Fence: Family Perfume Vol. 1 & 2

• Critical Track: "Hey! Roman nose"

13. Beach House: Bloom

• Critical Track: "Troublemaker"

12. Allah-Las: S/T

• Critical Track: "No Voodoo"

11. Nick Waterhouse: Time’s All Gone

• Critical Track: "Say I Wanna Know"

**Top 10 After the Jump**

10. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan 

• Critical Track: "Swing Lo Magellan"

9. Lower Dens: Nootropics

• Critical Track: "Propogation"

8. Diiv: Oshin

• Critical Track: "Past Lives"

7. Dinosaur Jr.: I Bet on Sky

• Critical Track: "Watch the Corners"

6. Alabama Shakes: Boys and Girls

• Critical Track: "I Found You"

5. Mac Demarco: 2 (Tied with Mac Demarco: Rock and Roll Nightclub)

• Critical Track: "My Kind of Woman"/"Me and Mine"

4. Matthew E. White: Big Inner

• Critical Track: "Steady Pace"

3. Melody’s Echo Chamber: S/T

• Critical Track: "I Follow You"

2. Chris Cohen: Overgrown Path

• Critical Track: "Monad"

1. Tame Impala: Lonerism

• Critical Track: "Keep on Lying"