There was a time when this list was a “First Half of 2012” sort of thing (probably titled “1006” or something else equally hilarious) to be posted during the first week of July. It’s seven weeks later butwhateverwe’vebeenbusyshutup. We still thought you might like to know what we’ve been listening to so far this year:
- Regina Spektor’s What We Saw From the Cheap Seats
- “Xizi She Knows“ by Imogen Heap
- Beach House’s Bloom
- “Spiral” by Wye Oak
- Frank Ocean’s channel ORANGE
- “Angels” by The xx
- Best Coast’s The Only Place
- “Bad Girls” by M.I.A.
- Hans Zimmer’s score for The Dark Knight Rises
- all the Black Hippy crew stuff (Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab Soul)
- “Miracle” by Ghost Beach
- Meiko’s The Bright Side
- Hot Chip’s In Our Heads
- “Once” by Slow Magic & Beat Culture
- Daniel and the Lion’s Death Head (Side A)
- “Look Out Mama” by Hurray For the Riff Raff
- “Harlem Shake” and “Yaow!” by Baauer
- John Mayer’s Born and Raised
- “Disparate Youth” by Santigold
- Japandroids‘ Celebration Rock
- “Echo” by Jethro Fox
- Diplo’s Express Yourself EP
- Keane’s Strangeland
- “History of Headaches” by Jonquil
We’ve also put together a Spotify playlist of this music for you… if you subscribe you can stay up to date as we add new bits that we can’t stop listening to…. and tell us what we’re missing! What are your 2012 favorites so far?
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