WKNC DJs pick the best albums of 2012

Now that the year 2012 is coming to a close us here at WKNC look back at our top five albums of the year once again. Although we might not always agree on what is the most amazing, the love of great music not only kept us excited throughout 2012, but we look forward to the amazing music that it will bring as well. Take a gander at what are a few of the albums we loved throughout this year, as chosen by WKNC DJs. See you in 2013!

 

Sarahnade



1. Caspian - Waking Season
2. El Ten Eleven - Transitions
3. Spider Bags - Shake My Head
4. Pinback - Information Retrieved
5. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits

 

C. Deuce



1. Yeasayer - Fragrant World
2. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
3. Hundred Waters - Hundred Waters
4. Sweet Valley - Eternal Champ
5. Miike Snow - Happy to You

 

CMYK



1. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
2. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
3. Beach House - Bloom
4. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
5. Oceanics - Bright People

 

JKG


1. Dan Deacon - America
2. MAKE - Trephine
3. The Album Leaf - Forward/Return
4. Dads - American Radass (this is important)
4. El Ten Eleven - Transitions

 

Zaps



1. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
2. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
3. Bowerbirds - The Clearing
4. Lost In The Trees - A Church That Fits Our Needs
5. Jukebox the Ghost- Safe Travels

 

Seagull



1. DIIV - Oshin
2. Tame Impala - Lonerism
3. Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
4. Mac Demarco - 2
5. Beach House - Bloom

 

DJ DiGiorno



1. Howler - America Give Up
2. Beach House - Bloom
3. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
4. Father John Misty- Fear Fun
5. Dr. Dog- Be The Void

 

DJ GRZA



1.  Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
2.  Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
3.  Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
4.  Kendrick Lamar - good kid, M.A.D.D city
5.  Alt-J - An Awesome Wave

 

The Mattador



1. Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song (Released 2011)
2. Dr. Dog - Be the Void
3. Passion Pit - Gossamer
4. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
5. Supreme Cuts - Whispers in the Dark

 

DJ Smitty



1. The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past
2. Red Collar - Welcome Home
3. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
4. Murder By Death - Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
5. Hop Along - Get Disowned

 

DJ Ones



1. Andrew Bird - Break if Yourself
2. Tame Impala - Lonerism
3. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
4. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
5. Grizzly Bear - Shields

 

DJ Salinger



1. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
2. Grimes - Visions
3. The XX - Coexist
4. Toro y Moi - June 2009
5. Oberhofer - Time Capsules II

 

Muta



1. GRiZ - Mad Liberation
2. Purity Ring - Shrines
3. Submotion Orchestra - Fragments
4. Badbadnotgood - BBNG2
5. XXYYXX - XXYYXX

 

May Day



1. Beach House - Bloom
2. Purity Ring - Shrines
3. The Walkmen - Heaven
4. The Helio Sequence - Negotiations
5. Oberhofer - Time Capsules II

 

Billy



1.Stripmines - Crimes of Dispassion
2. Oiltanker/No Tomorrow - Split LP
3. The Sword - Apogryphon
4. High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
5. Mob Rules - The Donor

 

Walter-Ego



1. Dan Deacon - America
2. Death Grips - The Money Store
3. Spider Bags - Shake My Head
4. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
5. Dr. Dog - Be The Void

 

DJ Sweet D



1. Grimes - Visions
2. Purity Ring - Shrines
3. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
4. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
5. Grizzly Bear - Shields

 

Major Tom


1. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
2. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory
3. Tame Impala - Mind Mischief
4. The Shins - Port Of Morrow
5. Beach House - Bloom

 

DJ ACORN



1. Micachu & The Shapes - Never
2. Daughn Gibson - All Hell
3. The Music Tapes - Mary's Voice
4. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
5. Murder by Death - Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon

 

Anastassia



1. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
2. Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
3. DIIV - Oshin
4. Grass Widow - Internal Logic
5. Grimes - Visions

 

Spaceman Spiff



1.  Chromatics - Kill for Love
2.  Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
3.  Wild Nothing - Nocturne
4.  Grimes - Visions
5.  Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits

 

DJ CJ



1. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
2. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden
3. Steep Canyon Rangers - Nobody Knows You
4. Trampled By Turtles - Stars & Satellites
5. Old Crow Medicine Show - Carry Me Back To Virginia

 

ALASKA



1. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre is Evil
2. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
3. White Lung - Sorry
4. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
5. La Sera - Sees the Light

 

DJ Mason



1. Lost in the Trees - A Church That Fits Our Needs
2. Beach House - Bloom
3. Death Grips - The Money Store
4. Grimes - Visions
5. Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship