Syncopated Soundtrack: Best Albums of 2012

Rock

Blues

mixed

My favorite new songs in 2012. A few were released in 2011, but found their following in 2012. Feedback appreciated. 

2012 Gems

Andy

Top Songs of 2012

ilike

The Bright Lights EP available at your local record store and on tour now.

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Gary Clark Jr

Simple Math

Virgin

The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977 - 1991

Juke Box Hero (Nearly Unplugged Version)

Gary Clark Jr.'s Bright Lights from the Bright Lights EP 
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The Bright Lights EP

Bright Lights

Gary Clark Jr.'s Don't Owe You A Thang from the Bright Lights EP 
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Don't Owe You a Thang

Gary Clark Jr. - The Bright Lights EP  - Things Are Changin' (Live)

Things Are Changin' (Solo Acoustic) [Live] (Solo Acoustic; Live)

Gary Clark Jr. - The Bright Lights EP  - When My Train Pulls In (Live)

When My Train Pulls In (Solo Acoustic) [Live] (Solo Acoustic; Live)

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Sat 09 Las Vegas, NV - Container Park (AA)

Sun 10 Salt Lake City, UT - Loading Dock (AA)

Mon 11 Denver, CO - Lost Lake (21+)

Wed 13 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace (18+)

Thu 14 Austin, TX - Holy Mountain (AA)

Fri 15 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio (AA)

Sat 16 Dallas, TX - Prophet Bar (AA)

Sun 17 Little Rock, AR - Rev Room (AA)

Tue 19 St. Louis, MO - The Demo (AA)

Wed 20 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern (AA)

Thu 21 Pittsburgh, PA - Hard Rock Cafe (AA)

Fri 22 Arlington, VA - IOTA Club (21+)

Sat 23 New York - Mercury Lounge (21+)

Sun 24 Philadelphia, PA - Ortlieb's Lounge (21+)

Tue 26 Boston, MA - Great Scott (18+)

This Road

Released Oct 3rd. Vinyl Only 12".
Cos-Ber-Zam "Ne Noya" appears courtesy of Analog Africa (www.analogafrica.com)

02 Daphni - Yes, I Know

Lady liberty is bruised and bleeding
Living in a shelter down on 20th and mission
It's a fucking miracle that she's still breathing
Traded in her torch for a needle
Lock down final solution
The lives of the many decided by the few
Gotta be a better way but I don't see it
Ain't no one free in this so called war for freedom
The tomb of the unknown soldier lies empty
The sacrificial lambs are trained and ready
And in the business district the drums of war
Top the charts shake the dancefloor

Wow wow where'd we go wrong?
Wow wow where did we go wrong?
Wow wow where'd we go wrong? we've been running in the same direction too long
Wow wow where'd we go wrong?
Wow wow where did we go wrong?
Wow wow where'd we go wrong? once there was a way but now it's gone

Lock the doors turn out the lights
When the cops come knocking better keep it quiet
And a voice keeps talking in the back of my mind
How long can you last where you gonna hide

Eye for eye one devil fights another
When the antichrists clash the innocent suffer
And what's all this about one man one vote
Check who's in the white house it's a fucking joke
In the name of god or in god we trust
Either way it just don't add up
The streets ain't save man stay in your homes
When the curfew falls in the occupied zone
All the rats are jumping ship
And the sailors are asleep below deck
And the captains drunk again
And there ain't no sign of land anywhere

Where'd we go wrong? we've been running in the same direction too long
Where'd we go wrong? once there was a way but now it's gone
Lock the doors turn out the lights
When the cops come knocking better keep it quiet
And a voice keeps talking in the back of my mind
Telling me to stop... 

As I lay me down to sleep I pray my sanity to keep
And if I die before I wake maybe that's a better way

Jaya the cat - Final solution

Sultans of Swing

Gold On The Ceiling is from the new album El Camino. 

El Camino

Gold on the Ceiling

Default - Out Now
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/default-ep/id487005655?uo=4
Remixes from Dan Carey, Tom Furse (The Horrors), JD Twitch and Walls out January 16th.

Debut album out 30th January 2012
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Because Music

Django Django - Default

The Resistance

Resistance

Taken from the debut album from Django Django, Out Now.
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Django Django - Storm

Daughter - Medicine

From the upcoming release 'Beams,' out August 27th. 
Release info:  http://ghostly.com/releases/beams

Beams

Matthew Dear - Her Fantasy

"Fineshrine" by Purity Ring

From the album 'Shrines', out in Canada July 24th, 2012 on Last Gang Records

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Purity Ring - Fineshrine

If You Build It

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You Know Me

Lonerism

Elephant

Ain't Messin 'Round by Gary Clark Jr. - Available on iTunes 9/18/12

From the new album 'Blak And Blu' - Available 10/22/12

Ain't Messin 'Round

From 'The Flip Is Another Honey' 
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The title of Mike Doughty's 'The Flip Is Another Honey', taken from a 1957 Variety Review of a Jerry Lee Lewis single, means "the b-side is also fantastic." Doughty covers tunes from surprising sources, like John Denver, Cheap Trick, and the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a cover of the John Denver song, sung with Rosanne Cash; "Sunshine" finds Doughty rapping Doughty-esque-ly around samples of Denver's voice. "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat" is a straight-up version of the song from Guys and Dolls; "Reach Out" is an obscure Cheap Trick tune from the soundtrack of the early 80's animated film Heavy Metal--which segues into a version of Josh Wink's 90's EDM classic, "Higher State of Consciousness". Except for three songs that were performed live, in the studio, with a cello and piano, Doughty played, or programmed, every sound.

Sunshine - From 'The Flip Is Another Honey'

Mac's debut '2' will be available worldwide October 16th on Captured Tracks. 

Mac DeMarco // Ode to Viceroy

From the "Our House On The Hill" LP out November 13, 2012 on Woodsist

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The Babies - Get Lost

Download Palmbomen's new single Black Safari Here:
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Palmbomen - Black Safari (Promo)

From the new album Blak and Blu - Available 10/22. 

Blak and Blu

Numb

"Don't Save Me" by HAIM.

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Don't Save Me

Young The Giant

Apartment

Daughter - Youth

Originally released on Bella Union as a limited edition limited edition vinyl EP for Record Store Day 2012.  Released digitally in November 2012.  

Includes the following 3 songs:
1. "Isn't It A Pity" featuring Graham Nash on guest vocals (George Harrison cover) 
2. "Trials of Jonathan (Happy and Artie Traum cover)
3. "Tomorrow's Child" (Apryl Fool cover)

Trials of Jonathan

<b>Gary Clark Jr </b>
Warner Records
Austin TX