Essential 2012

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• Julia Holter - Ekstasis
• Gareth Dickson - Quite a way away
• BEAK> - >>
• Swans - The Seer
• Mighty Sparrow - Sparrowmania! (retrospective)
• James Blackshaw - Love is the Plan, The Plan is Death

****1/2

• Quakers - Self Titled
• Serengeti - Kenny Dennis EP
• OM - Advaitic Songs
• Momus - Bibliotek
• Gang Colours - The Keychain Collection
• Max Richter - Vivaldi Recomposed
• Mala - Mala in Cuba

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• Unsane - Wreck
• Peaking Lights - Lucifer
• Field Music - Plumb
• Nite Jewel - One Second of Love
• John Zorn - Nosferatu
• Ricardo Donoso - Assimilating the Shadow
• Rangda - Formerly Extinct
• Acid Pauli - MST
• B.A.T & Ond Ton - Opal Tapes Split

***1/2

• Terry Malts - Killing Time
• Zammuto - Self Titled
• Nicholas Szczepanik - We Make Life Sad
• Sonny & The Sunsets - Longtime Companion
• The Walkmen - Heaven
• Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times and the Tides
• Pye Corner Audio - Sleep Games
• Christian Löffler - A Forest
• Library Tapes - Sun Peeking Through

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• Pupkulies & Rebecca - Looking for the Sea
• Plankton Wat - Spirits
• Pigs - You Ruin Everything
• OFF! - Self Titled