den endstand dieser kategorie präsentiere ich unter vorbehalten. es ist in aller bewußtheit so einiges an material an mir vorbei gezogen, ohne dass ich auch nur die chance gehabt hätte, seiner gewahr zu werden. vor allem die fehlende zeit zwang mich zur konzentration. dass sich schließlich noch einhundert alben fanden, die zählbar zu den meistgehörten in 2012 zu rechnen sind, hat einzig und allein mit dieser sucht, die musik heißt, zu tun. und wenn charles gayle die liste anführt, so ist dies vor allem dafür bezeichnend, dass ich im jazz bereich kaum zum wildern kam.
ansonsten hat 2012 gelehrt, was viele jahrgänge zuvor auch schon wussten. die enttäuschungen (shearwater, marissa nadler, heartless bastards...) sind genauso nah wie die überraschungen (josephine foster, howth, apollo ghosts).
charles gayle trio - compassion I from streets
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- charles gayle trio – streets
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- howth – newkirk
- stephanie hladowski & c joynes – the wild wild berry
- simon joyner – ghosts
- josephine foster – blood rushing
- aine o’dwyer – music for church cleaners
- black motor - juhmehniemi
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- horse feathers – cynic's new year
- angel olsen – half way home
- pelt - effigy
- mariee sioux – gift for the end
- mount eerie – clear moon
- father john misty - fear fun
- damien jurado - maraqopa
- laura gibson – la grande
- bowerbirds – the clearing
- of montreal – paralytic stalks
- michael hurley – back home with drifting woods
- expo '70 – hovering resonance
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- gunn-truscinski duo – ocean parkway
- sharon van etten – tramp
- mirroring – foreign body
- swans – the seer
- sons of noel and adrian – knots
- apollo ghosts – landmark
- woods – bend beyond
- great lake swimmers – new wild everywhere
- bears – greater lakes
- aidan baker – the spectrum of distraction
- hear hums – opens
- heidi harris – dream fodder
- jessica bailiff – at the down-turned jagged rim of the sky
- conveyor - s/t
- frankie rose – interstellar
- desmadrados soldados de ventura – untitled
- black to comm – earth
- black twig – paper trees
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- lower dens - nootropics
- burning hearts – extinctions
- moon duo – circles
- dakota suite – an almost silent life
- mv & ee – space homestead
- cutleri – we sink ships
- pool whales – s/t
- amandine – s/t
- mairi morrison and alasdair roberts - urstan
- dreamend - and the tears washed me, wave after cowardly wave
- rm hubbert – thirteen lost & found
- anais mitchell – young man in america
- o emperor – hither thither
- julia holter – ekstasis
- stealing sheep – into the diamond sun
- wild nothing - nocturne
- first aid kit – the lion's roar
- songs of green pheasant – soft wounds
- me and oceans – the pond
- peasant – bound for glory
- soko – i thought i was an alien
- bear in heaven – i love you, it's cool
- rozi plain – joined sometimes unjoined
- klinke auf cinch - highs and hills
- the fresh and onlys – long slow dance
- andrew bird – break it yourself
- dirty three – towards the low sun
- hurray for the riff raff – look out mama
- nive nielsen & the deer children – nive sings!
- mossy nolan – s/t
- david daniell and douglas mccombs - versions
- turnstile junkpile – everything is cheaper than it looks
- gareth dickson - quite a way away
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- white birds – when women played drums
- liars - wixiw
- cats on fire – all blackshirts to me
- whistle peak – half asleep upon echo falls
- staring girl - sieben stunden und vierzig minuten
- jason urick – i love you
- windy & carl – we will always be
- kristofer aström – from eagle to sparrow
- pacific uv – weekends
- jon porras – black mesa
- sophia knapp – into the waves
- good old war – come back as rain
- silent whys – our rook
- smoke fairies – blood speaks
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- beth orton – sugaring season
- mount washington – s/t
- tindersticks – the something rain
- dry the river – shallow bed
- the pines – dark so gold
- peter broderick – itstartshear
- dr. dog – be the void
- xiu xiu - always
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- hanuman 5 – ethereo
- marissa nadler – the sister
- neil young - americana
- shearwater – animal joy
- heartless bastards – arrow
- oddfellow's casino – the raven's empire
- the ragbirds – travelin' machine
- old man winther – bedroom country volume 2