Here’s my list of the best of 2012 lists (for songs and albums), collected from all the blogs that I read on a daily basis. I’ll be adding to this as well as new lists appear online. And of course, the master of all lists is over at Largehearted Boy. Check it out.
The 405 (albums)
Aesthetes Anonymous (top albums)
Alphabet Bands (tops songs / top everything)
All Things Go (top music videos / top remixes)
Audio Muffin (top albums)
Beats Per Minute (top albums / top EPs / top music videos / top songs)
Bedwetting Cosmonaut (best songs / best albums)
Breaking More Waves (top albums)
Captain’s Dead (favorite albums)
Cause = Time (best albums)
Chartattack (best songs / best videos)
Chromewaves (favourite albums
Consequence of Sound (top albums / top music videos / top songs)
Exclaim! (top 50 albums)
Everybody Taste (best albums / best songs)
Gorilla vs. Bear (albums / best mixes / music videos / songs)
Knox Road (top albums)
The Line of Best Fit (albums / songs)
Listen Before You Buy (top albums)
Mad Mackerel (top songs)
Music for Kids Who Can’t Read Good (best albums / best songs)
Nialler9 (best new artists / best remixes / best songs)
Perfect Midnight World (top songs)
Pitchfork (top 50 albums)
Pretty Much Amazing (best albums / best mixtapes and EPs / best songs)
Quick Before It Melts (albums)
Rawkblog (favorite albums)
Rollo and Grady (top albums)
Skatterbrain! (favorite songs)
Snob’s Music (music)
Soft Signal (albums / songs)
SomeVelvet Blog (best albums)
Stereogum (best new bands / readers poll top songs / best albums)
Sunset in the Rearview (best albums / top EPs and Mixtapes)
The Recommender (best songs)
Their Bated Breath (best albums / best songs)
Tiny Mix Tapes (favorite albums)
Winnie Cooper (top albums)
You Ain’t No Picasso (favorite songs)