Best Albums of 2012 - From the MUSICAL SOULMATE crew.

For over 4 years, MUSICAL SOULMATE has comprised of a group of friends that among many things collectively share and enjoy music. Some live this on a daily basis, fueling their friendship in a unique way, developing a sense of community hard to find somewhere else.

Music plays constantly filling the room and certainly playing a unique role in all this. In a strange way the level of an album increases when is heard in the apartment on Amsterdam 319. Others, like myself (not so lucky) are only exposed to this a few days per year, cherishing every moment of it.

Below, the recommendations of "the crew", which this year strangely differ from each other giving us a glimpse of the individuality of each crew member, all critical for this blog.

Enjoy,

MM

(@MMLeiner)


VANE

1.Grizzly Bear / Shields
2.The Antlers / Undersea
3.Porcelain Raft / Strange Weekend
4.Alabama Shakes / Boys and girls
5.The Walkmen / Heaven
6.Bear in Heaven / I love you it's cool
7. Fanfarlo / Rooms filled with light
8. Lost in the trees / A church that fits our needs
9. Lee Fields and the Expressions / Faithfull man
10. Sharon van Etten / Tramp

ALE

1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
2. Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend
3. The Antlers - Undersea
4. Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It's COol
5. Chromatics - Kill for Love
6. Wild Nothing - Nocturne
7. Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour/ Golden Mile
8. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
9. Glen Hansard - Rhythm and Repose
10. The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
11. M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion

JONSI

1.Grizzly Bear / Shields
2.Porcelain Raft / Strange Weekend
3. Tame Impala / Lonerism
4. Bear in Heaven / I love you, it's cool
5. Sharon van Etten / Tramp
6. Liars / Wixiw
7. Pond / Beard, Wives, Denim
8. Perfume Genius / Put Your Back N 2 It
9. The Walkmen / Heaven
10. Mac De Marco, 2
11. Alt-J - “An Awesome Wave
12. Merchandise / Children of Desire,
13. R Hawley/ Standing at the Sky's Edge
14. Efterklang / Piramida,

BARBS

1. Fanfarlo - “Rooms Filled with Light”
2. Lost in the Trees  - “A Church That Fits Our Needs”
3. Grizzly Bear - “Shields”
4. The Maccabees - “Given To The Wild”
5. Efterklang - “Piramida”
6. Alabama Shakes - ”Boys and Girls”
7. Alt-J - “An Awesome Wave”
8. The Walkmen - “Heaven”
9. Here we go magic- "A Different Ship”
10. Bear in Heaven - “I love you, it's cool”
11. Porcelain Raft - “Strange Weekend”

CHINOCONSUEGRA

1. Alt-J - “An Awesome Wave”
2. Grizzly Bear - “Shields”
3. Alabama Shakes - ”Boys and Girls”
4. Fanfarlo - “Rooms Filled with Light”
5. The Shins - "Port of Morrow"
6. The Walkmen - “Heaven
7. Sharon Van Etten - "Tramp"
8. Bear in Heaven - “I love you, it's cool”
9. Efterklang - "Piramida"
10. Django Django - "Django Django"