Here’s a glimpse into what our talented Music Designers were listening to this year…
Ashley Columbus’ Top 10 Albums of 2012:
1. Purity Ring – Shrines
2. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble
3. Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool
4. Ellie Goulding – Halcyon
5. Yeasayer – Fragrant World
6. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
7. Grimes – Visions
8. Young Magic – Melt
9. WhoMadeWho – Brighter
10. Ryat – Totem
David Sheyda’s Top 10 Albums of 2012:
Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
Crystal Syphon – Family Evil
Deftones – Koi No Yokan
DIIV – Oshin
Metric – Synthetica
Metz – Metz
Morning Parade – Morning Parade
Rush – Clockwork Angels
Torche – Harmonicraft
Ty Segall – Twins
Graham Busch’s Top 30 Albums of 2012:
Romare – Meditations On Afrocentrism
Blawan – His He She & She
2562 – Air Jordan
Vessel – Order Of Noise
Supreme Cuts & Haleek Maul – Chrome Lips
Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
Sigha – Living With Ghosts
Evian Christ – Kings And Them
Purity Ring – Shrines
Jacques Greene – Concealer
Stay+ – Arem
Grimes – Visions
Zodiac – Zodiac EP
TNGHT – TNGHT EP
Cristian Vogel – The Inertials
Raime – Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
Shed – The Killer
Disclosure – Tenderly/Flow & The Face EP
Dark Sky – Black Rainbows EP
Girl Unit – Club Rez EP
Airhead – Wait/South Congress & Pyramid Lake
Shelter Point – Forever For Now
Jon Convex – Idoru
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
Demdike Stare – Elemental
Lorn – Ask The Dust
oOoOO – Our Love Is Hurting Us
Lukid – Lonely At The Top
Jameszoo – Faaveelaa EP
Le1f – Dark York
Mandi LeBlac’s Favorite Albums of 2012:
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Santigold – Master Of My Make-Believe
Beach House – Bloom
Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
Sleigh Bells – Reign Of Terror
Marina and the Diamonds – Electra Heart
The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble
M83 – Hurry Up We’re Dreaming
Fun. – Some Nights
Of Monsters And Men – My Head Is An Animal
The Lumineers – The Lumineers
Mumford and Sons – Babel
Grouplove – Never Trust A Happy Song
Clairy Brown and the Bangin’ Rockettes – Baby Caught The Bus
Passion Pit – Gossamer
The Shins – Port Of Morrow
Tanlines – Mixed Emotions
Mandi LeBlac’s Favorite Tracks of 2012:
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
Azealia Banks – “212”
Marina and the Diamonds – “Primadonna”
Solange – “Losing You”
M83 – “Midnight City”
Alabama Shakes – “Heartbreaker”
Bruno Mars – “Locked Out Of Heaven”
Tame Impala – “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
Fun. – “We Are Young”
The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
Mumford and Sons – “I Will Wait”
Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
Grouplove – “Tongue Tied”
Clairy Brown and the Bangin’ Rockettes – “Love Letter”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Thrift Shop”
Tanlines – “All Of Me”
Porcelain Raft – “Unless You Speak From Your Heart”
Wild Belle – “Take Me Away”
Atlas Genius – “Trojans”
Jjamz – “Heartbeat”
– Submitted by Ashley Columbus, David Sheyda, Graham Busch, and Mandi LeBlanc, Music Design