CMJ’s 2012 Year-End Charts
CMJ’s year end charts are officially out! Take a look at how Distiller artists fared in 2012.For more info check out our site, and scope the full list at CMJ!
Top 200 of 2012:
25. First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar (Wichita)
60. Heartless Bastards - Arrow (Partisan)
67. Yellow Ostrich - Strange Land (Barsuk)
71. Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil (8 Ft.)
77. Menomena - Moms (Barsuk)
85. Diamond Rugs - Diamond Rugs (Partisan)
87. Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
107. Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion (Mute)
109. Mynabirds - Generals (Saddle Creek)
115. Laura Gibson - La Grande (Barsuk)
133. Delicate Steve - Positive Force (Luaka Bop)
136. Diamond Rings - Free Dimensional (Astralwerks)
140. Night Moves - Colored Emotions (Domino)
152. Dead Can Dance - Anastasis (PIAS)
186. Tilly And The Wall - Heavy Mood (Team Love)
196. Gemma Ray - Island Fire (Bronze Rat)
RPM of 2012:
5. Bassnectar - Vava Voom (Amorphous)
10. Boys Noize - Out Of The Black (Boysnoize)
13. Balkan Beat Box - Give (Nat Geo)
23. Kraak And Smaak - Mixed Feelings (Jalapeno)
26. Nickodemus - Moon People (ESL)
49. Second Sky - The Art Of Influence Remixed (Rhythm and Culture)
New World of 2012:
1. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52 (Red-ATO)
2. Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
3. Novalima - Karimba (ESL)
5. Ceu - Caravana Sereia Bloom (Six Degreees)
6. Chicha Libre - Canibalismo (Barbes)
8. TIm Maia - World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia (Luaka Bop)
12. Balkan Beat Box - Give (Nat Geo)
13. Spy From Cairo - Arabadub (Wonderwheel)
16. Lijadu Sisters - Mother Africa (KFR)
17. Janka Nabay And The Bubu Gang - En Yay Sah (Luaka Bop)
18. Baloji - Kinshasa Succersale (Crammed Discs)
19. Chieftains - Voice Of Ages (Hear-Concord)
21. Rupa And The April Fishes - Build (Electric Gumbo Radio Music)
22. Bombay Royale - You Me Bullets Love (Hope Street)
23. Various Artists - Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics (Nublu)
24. Tribecastan - New Deli (Evergreene)
25. Brownout - Dozy (Nat Geo)
26. Bibi Tanga and The Selenites - 40 Degrees Of Sunshine (Nat Geo)
27. Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde! (Crammed Discs)
29. Niyaz - Sumud (Six Degrees)
30. Lijadu Sisters - Danger (KFR)
31. Funk Ark - High Noon (ESL)
33. Curumin - Arrocha (Six Degrees)
34. Egyptian Project - Ya Amar (Six Degrees)
35. Mati Zundel - Amazonico Gravitante (ZZK-Waxploitation)
38. La Chiva Gantiva - Pelao (Crammed Discs)
39. Calibro 35 - Any Resemblence To Real Persons Or Actual Facts Is PUrely Coincidental (Nublu)
40. Black Seeds - Dust and Dirt (Easy Star)
41. Ba Cissoko - Nimissa (Cristal)
42. Archives - The Archives (ESL)
43. Jovanotti - Italia 1988-2012 (ATO)
48. El Rego - El Rego (Daptone)
AAA of 2012:
9. Heartless Bastards - Arrow (Partisan)
21. First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar (Wichita)
48. Diamond Rugs - Diamond Rugs (Partisan)
Jazz of 2012:
1. Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society (Head’s Up International)
26. Sugarman 3 - What The World Needs Now (Daptone)
