After the standard office to-ing and fro-ing, argy bargy and general smackdowns (no news editor, Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t is in no way top 20 material, let alone top 100) we’ve arrived at what we feel is a wholly representative conclusion to an incredibly diverse year in music.
The breadth of musical range present in this list is emblematic of a music scene Crack is proud to be pushing with every sinew of our worn out little brains. In a year where you digest that much music there are going to be victims who didn’t make the cut (give Lana Del Rey another listen, go on), however, after that much democratic debate, we can only have the utmost most confidence in a list we’ve poured the whole of our 2012s into. Here’s 74-50.
74. ∆ (ALT-J)
AN AWESOME WAVE
(Infectious)
∆ – MATILDA
73. OFF!
OFF!
(Vice)
OFF! – I GOT NEWS FOR YOU
72. FOUR TET
PINK
(Text)
FOUR TET – LOCKED
71. OSCAR MULERO
BLACK PROPAGANDA
(Warm Up Recordings)
OSCAR MULERO – FALSE STATEMENTS
70. DAVID BYRNE AND ST VINCENT
LOVE THIS GIANT
(4AD)
DAVID BYRNE & ST VINCENT – I SHOULD WATCH TV
69. BEAK>
BEAK>
(Invada)
BEAK> – YATTON
68. MAC DEMARCO
2
(Captured Tracks)
MAC DEMARCO – ODE TO VICEROY
67. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
CENTIPEDE HZ
(Domino)
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – KIDS ON HOLIDAY
66. KILLER MIKE
R.A.P. MUSIC
(Williams Street)
KILLER MIKE – BIG BEAST
65. TY SEGALL
TWINS
(Drag City)
TY SEGALL – TWINS
64. SCUBA
PERSONALITY
(Hotflush)
SCUBA – DSY CHN
63. SHARON VAN ETTEN
TRAMP
(Jagjaguwar)
SHARON VAN ETTEN – SERPENTS
62. CARTER TUTTI VOID
TRANSVERSE
(Mute)
CARTER TUTTI VOID – V1
61. MALA
MALA IN CUBA
(Brownswood)
MALA – CURFEW
60. THEESATISFACTION
awE naturalE
(Sub Pop)
THEESATISFACTION – EXISTINCT
59. TALL SHIPS
EVERYTHING TOUCHING
(Big Scary Monsters/Blood + Biscuits)
TALL SHIPS – PHOSPHORESCENCE
58. HOLY OTHER
HELD
(Tri Angle)
HOLY OTHER – (W)HERE
57. MARIA MINERVA & LA VAMPIRES
INTEGRATION
(Not Not Fun)
LA VAMPIRES WITH MARIA MINERVA – I FEAR THY KISSES
56. NZCA/LINES
NZCA/LINES
(Load)
NZCA LINES – OKINAWA CHANNELS
55. ERDBEERSCHNITZEL
TENDER LEAF
(Mirau)
ERDBEERSCHNITZEL – THROUGH THE NIGHT
54. PURITY RING
SHRINES
(4AD)
PURITY RING – AMENAMY
53. JAPANDROIDS
CELEBRATION ROCK
(Polyvinyl)
JAPANDROIDS – THE NIGHTS OF WINE AND ROSES
52. MR. G
STATE OF FLUX
(Rekids)
MR G – ABSURD BEATS NO 4
51. THE WALKMEN
HEAVEN
(Bella Union)
THE WALKMEN – HEAVEN
50. DINOSAUR JR.
I BET ON SKY
(Jagjaguwar)
