{"id":292436,"date":"2012-12-19T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2012\/12\/19\/will-clevelands-favorite-albums-of-2012-music-podcast\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:45:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:45:05","slug":"will-clevelands-favorite-albums-of-2012-music-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2012\/12\/19\/will-clevelands-favorite-albums-of-2012-music-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Cleveland's Favorite Albums of 2012 [Music Podcast]"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a supplement to this week’s “Favorite Music of 2012” podcast,<\/a> we’ll be posting top 10 album lists from all four participants over the course of the day. Here’s Will Cleveland’s list.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Allelujah! Don\u2019t Bend! Ascend!<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

The Canadian post-rock icons returned with their first album in 10 years, and it proved that they are still the best. This album is huge, symphonic, and breathtakingly beautiful. I was lucky enough to experience them live in concert this year in Buffalo. Here is a video<\/a> I shot at the show of the opening song.<\/p>\n

2. Kowloon Walled City, Container Ships<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

The Bay area quartet delivers sludge-y bummer jams. The music is beautifully produced and it beautifully recorded. The bassist, Ian Miller, is one half of the Productive Outs baseball podcast\/blog. It is one of my favorite spots on the internet, and his musical endeavors<\/a> are every bit as awesome as his baseball ones.<\/p>\n

3. The Evens, The Odds<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

This is the first new album from the Evens in six years. I love the vocal interplay between husband and wife duo of Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina. And the contrast between Farina\u2019s inventive drumming and MacKaye\u2019s baritone guitar is excellent. Here’s a sample.<\/a><\/p>\n

4. El-P, Cancer 4 Cure<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

El-P is the master. His space-y, science fiction-influenced beats are both schizophrenic and beautiful. I\u2019ve love El-P since his Company Flow and Def Jux days. His production on Cannibal Ox\u2019s \u201cThe Cold Vein\u201d still stands as my single favorite hip-hop album of all-time. As a rapper, he is both brutally honest and slightly abstract. In a year full of great rap releases, this one<\/a> stands out the most to me.<\/p>\n

5. Frank Ocean, channel ORANGE<\/span><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

The Odd Future crooner hit new heights for me this year. His “nostalgia, ULTRA<\/span>” mixtape found its way into my top 10 last year, and he really surpasses it with his debut. I was lucky enough to see him live in Toronto over the summer. And in the live setting, his voice is untouchable. The performance was both intimate and grandiose. I love his unique vision<\/a> of old school soul.<\/p>\n

6. Miguel, Kaleidoscope Dream<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve loved Miguel since his contributions to Blu and Exile\u2019s “Below the Heavens.” That album is a masterpiece. And while Miguel\u2019s debut album didn\u2019t really resonate with me, his second one truly does. Like Frank Ocean, Miguel delivers R&B goodness<\/a> with honesty and aplomb.<\/p>\n

7. Joey Bada$$, 1999<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

At just 17 years old, Brooklyn\u2019s Joey Bada$$ is insanely talented. His \u201c1999\u201d mixtape highlights his uniquely old school sensibility. Bada$$ and his entire Progressive Era family give rap music an exciting new voice.<\/a> I am really stoked to see where he goes next.<\/p>\n

8. Flying Lotus\/Captain Murphy, Until the Quiet Comes\/Duality<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s really hard for me to separate the dual releases from Steven Ellison this year. FlyLo\u2019s release is his most muted to date, but it sits along his two earlier albums in terms of innovation and beauty. And when Captain Murphy surfaced earlier this summer, blogs were ablaze, trying to figure out the rapper\u2019s true identity. Speculation ran from Tyler, the Creator to a slew of others. But when Ellison revealed himself as Captain Murphy, it all made sense. The Murphy project is a new stoner-rap-like outlet. It features a number of great beats from FlyLo and contributions from Earl Sweatshirt. It\u2019s one of my favorite releases<\/a> of the year.<\/p>\n

9. The xx, Coexist<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

Just watch The xx perform with the BBC<\/span> Philharmonic live earlier this year and you can begin to understand my love of them. Their second album is a thing of beauty.<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Clams Casino, Instrumentals Mixtape 2<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

Beats like \u201cPalace\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m God\u201d show that this New Jersey hip-hop producer is the new master. His second self-released collection highlights his unique ability to mine interesting vocal samples and overlay them in his woozy, thumping productions.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a supplement to this week’s “Favorite Music of 2012” podcast, we’ll be posting top 10 album lists from all four participants over the course of the day. Here’s Will Cleveland’s list. 1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Allelujah! Don\u2019t Bend! Ascend! The Canadian post-rock icons returned with their first album in 10 years, and it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67446],"tags":[49266,44596],"class_list":["post-292436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-three-percent-podcast","tag-music-podcast-2012","tag-will-cleveland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335276,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292436\/revisions\/335276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}