Stereogum made another list. Shocking, I know. The latest publication to post their Best Of list for 2012 is Stereogum. You can check out the list and song samples here, or if you just want to see the picks look below.
1. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
2. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
3. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. City
4. Swans – The Seer
5. Jessie Ware – Devotion
6. Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory
7. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
8. The Walkmen – Heaven
9. Chairlift – Something
10. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
11. Tame Impala – Lonerism
12. Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
14. Chromatics – Kill For Love
15. El-P – Cancer For Cure
16. Grizzly Bear – Shields
17. The Men – Open Your Heart
18. Baroness – Yellow & Green
19. Taylor Swift – Red
20. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
21. Screaming Females – Ugly
22. DIIV – Ocean
23. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
24. Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
25. Nude Beach – II
26. Grimes – Visions
27. Beach House – Bloom
28. Cat Power – Sun
29. Purity Ring – Shrine
30. Torche – Harmonicraft
31. Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
32. Ty Segall – Twins
33. How To Dress Well – Total Loss
34. Future – Pluto
35. Swearin’ – Swearin’
36. Chris Cohen – Overgrown Path
37. Joey Bada$$ – 1999
38. Mount Eerie – Ocean Roar
39. Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt
40. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
41. Sun Kil Moon – Among The Leaves
42. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
43. Action Bronson & Party Supplies – Blue Chips
44. Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
45. The Evens – The Odds
46. Matthew E. White – Big Inner
47. Rick Ross – Rich Forever
48. The Shins – Port of Morrow
49. Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold
50. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
