january

burial: truant/rough sleeper
califone: sometimes good weather follows bad people
dawn richard: whiteout ep
foxygen: we are the 21st century ambassadors of peace & magic
heathered pearls: loyalty
mystical weapons: st
nightlands: oak island
shugo tokumaru: in focus?
toro y moi: anything in return
torres: st
yo la tengo: fade

my favorite albums of 2012

1. beach house: bloom
2. dirty projectors: sing lo magellan
3. grizzly bear: shields
4. zammuto: s/t
5. crystal castles: (iii)
6. the walkmen: heaven
7. islands: a sleep & a forgetting
8. first aid kit: the lion's roar
9. cat power: sun
10. fiona apple: the adler wheel ...
11. dusted: total dust ep
12. perfume genius: put your back n 2 it
13. the mynabirds: generals
14. hot chip: in our heads
15. the antlers: undersea ep
16. chairlift: something
17. antony and the johnsons: out the world
18. frankie rose: interstellar
19. spiritualized: sweet heart sweet light
20. ac newman: shut down the streets
21. hospitality: s/t
22. nico muhly: drones & piano/ drones & violin eps
23. the shins: port of morrow
24. the chap: we are nobody
25. the fresh & onlys: long slow dance
26. laura gibson: la grande
27. calexico: algiers
28. andrew bird: break it yourself
29. tim hecker/daniel lopatin: instrumental tourist
30. father john misty: fear fun
31. hauschka/hilary hahn: silfra
32. m. ward: a wasteland companion
33. sir richard bishop: intermezzo
34. woods: bend beyond
35. bat for lashes: the haunted man

I got a fisheye lens for christmas :)

aubrey's apartment

november

anna meredith: black prince fury
clinic: free reign
crystal castles: (III)
dirty projectors: about to die ep
dreamscape: la-di-da recordings
guided by voices: the bears for lunch
nico muhly: drones
oneida: a list of the burning mountains
school of sevel bells: put your sad down ep
sufjan stevens: silver & gold
tim hecker/daniel lopatin: instrumental tourist
viv albertine: the vermillion border

btw, here is my instagram profile: instagram.com/aprilfs
it contains many of the same photos, but with instagram filters and cropping. I try to keep the photos on my blog mostly unedited.

october

ac newman: shut down the streets
bat for lashes: the haunted man
black moth super rainbow: cobra juicy
god speed you! black emperor: allelujah! don't bend! ascend!
hercules and love affair: dj kicks
jason molina: autumn bird songs
mac demarco: 2
patrick wolf: sundark and riverlight
rudi zygadlo: tragicomedies
sky ferreira: ghost ep
tame impala: lonerism
the luyas: animator
the mountain goats: transcendental youth
tilly & the wall: heavy mood