We seem to be posting a lot more lists than actual joined-up writing at the moment – Michael’s just put Uncut’s full Top 75 of 2012 on the website, with links, and is promising our Archive/Reissues chart tomorrow – but, hey, here’s another. Among some other good new arrivals, another strong recommendation for Parquet Courts: check them out here.
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1 Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold (Dull Tools)
2 Atoms For Peace – Amok (XL)
3 Steve Mason – Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time (Double Six)
4 Johnny Marr – The Messenger (Warner Bros)
5 Various Artists – Change The Beat – The Celluloid Records Story 1980-1987 (Republic Of Music)
6 The Beatles – Abbey Road (Apple)
7 Purling Hiss – Water On Mars (Drag City)
8 The Traditional Fools – The Traditional Fools (In The Red)
9 Blue Gene Tyranny – Detours (Unseen Worlds)
10 Ensemble Pearl – Ensemble Pearl (Drag City)
11 Woodpigeon – Thumbtacks And Glue (Fierce Panda)
12 The Beatles – Help! (Parlophone)
13 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd)
14 The Red Rippers – Over There… And Over Here (Paradise Of Bachelors)
15 Autechre – Exai (Warp)
16 Fela Kuti – The Best Of The Black President 2 (Knitting Factory)
17 Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang – The Face Of The Earth (Ideologic Organ)