Check out Eric J. Lawrence’s Top 10 list, and honorable mentions for 2012! See all of the DJ Top 10 lists here.
2. The Futureheads – Rant (Nul) unreleased
3. Cate Le Bon – Cyrk (The Control Group)
4. Euros Childs – Summer Special (National Elf)
5. Django Django – Django Django (Ribbon Music)
6. The Wave Pictures – Long Black Cars (Moshi Moshi)
7. Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular)
8. Field Music – Plumb (Memphis Industries)
9. Shawn Lee – Synthesizers in Space (Eighteenth Street)
10. The Scantharies – The Scantharies (Memphis Industries)
Honorable Mentions:
The Intelligence – Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me (In the Red)
Ty Segall & White Fence – Hair (Drag City)
Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
Family of the Year – Loma Vista (Nettwerk)
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Scrappy Happiness (Maple Music)
Father John Misty – Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
The High Strung – Posible O Imposible? (Paper Thin)
The Sea & Cake – Runner (Thrill Jockey)
Bill Fay – Life Is People (Dead Oceans)
Prinzhorn Dance School – Clay Class (DFA)
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Cobra Juicy (Rad Cult)