“Pitchfork”, la publicación indie por excelencia (desde la red se ha transformado en el medio más influyente), ha preparado su lista de los mejores 50 discos del año 2012. El rapero Kendrick Lamar se sitúa en el primer puesto, seguido de Frank Ocean. Fiona Apple ocupa el tercer puesto y los australianos Tame Impala el cuarto, mientras que Swans aparecen en quinta posición.
Esta es la lista completa de los 50 mejores discos de 2012, según “Pitchfork”:
50. Lambchop: Mr. M [Merge / City Slang]
49. Crystal Castles: (III) [Fiction / Casablanca / Universal Republic]
48. Peaking Lights: Lucifer [Mexican Summer / Weird World]
47. Pallbearer: Sorrow and Extinction
46. Rustie: Essential Mix [BBC]
45. El-P: Cancer for Cure [Fat Possum]
44. METZ: METZ [Sub Pop]
43. Mac DeMarco: 2 [Captured Tracks]
42. Rick Ross: Rich Forever [Maybach]
41. Dum Dum Girls: End of Daze EP [Sub Pop]
40. DIIV: Oshin [Captured Tracks]
39. Hot Chip: In Our Heads [Domino]
38. Lotus Plaza: Spooky Action at a Distance [Kranky]
36. Sharon Van Etten: Tramp [Jagjaguwar]
35. TNGHT:; TNGHT [Warp / Luckyme]
34. Chairlift: Something [Columbia]
33. Actress: R.I.P. [Honest Jon’s]
32. Action Bronson/Party Supplies: Blue Chips [Fool’s Gold / Reebok Classics]
31. Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light [Fat Possum]
30. The Men: Open Your Heart [Sacred Bones]
29. Cat Power: Sun [Matador]
28. How to Dress Well: Total Loss [Acéphale / Weird World]
27. John Talabot: ƒIN [Permanent Vacation]
26. Julia Holter: Ekstasis [Rvng Intl.]
25. Schoolboy Q: Habits & Contradictions [Top Dawg]
24. Purity Ring: Shrines [4AD]
23. Miguel: Kaleidoscope Dream[RCA]
22. Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes [Warp]
21. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: Mature Themes [4AD]
20. Jessie Ware: Devotion [PMR]
19. Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memory [Carpark]
18. Ty Segall Band/Ty Segall & White Fence: Slaughterhouse/Hair [In the Red / Drag City]
17. Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man [Parlophone]
16. Burial: Kindred EP [Hyperdub]
15. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan [Domino]
14. Andy Stott: Luxury Problems [Modern Love]
13. Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music [Williams Street]
12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! [Constellation]
11. Japandroids: Celebration Rock [Polyvinyl]
10. Grizzly Bear: Shields [Warp]
09. Death Grips: The Money Store [Epic]
08. Chromatics: Kill For Love [Italians Do It Better]
07. Beach House: Bloom [Sub Pop]
06. Grimes: Visions [4AD / Arbutus]
05. Swans: The Seer [Young God]
04. Tame Impala: Lonerism [Modular]
03. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel … [Epic]
02. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange [Def Jam]
01. Kendrick Lamar: Good kid, m.A.A.d city [Interscope/Top Dawg]
