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Music Director Jason Bentley’s Top 10 Albums of 2012

Check out Jason’s Top 10 list, and honorable mentions for 2012! See all of our DJ’s Top 10 lists here. 1. Gary Clark Jr – Blak and Blu (Warner Bros)…

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By Rachel Reynolds • Nov 26, 2012 • 1 min read

Check out Jason’s Top 10 list, and honorable mentions for 2012! See all of our DJ’s Top 10 lists here.

1.

Gary Clark Jr – Blak and Blu (Warner Bros)

2. Hot Chip – In Our Heads (Domino)

3. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar (Wichita)

4. Jack White – Blunderbuss (Third Man/Colombia)

5. The Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio (Blue Note)

6. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls (ATO)

7. deadmau5 – >album title goes here< (Ultra)

8. Quantic & Alice Russell – Look Around The Corner (Tru Thoughts)

9. Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again (Interscope)

10. Grizzly Bear – Shields (Warp)

Honorable Mentions:

Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular)

Benjamin Gibbard – Former Lives (Barsuk)

Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)

Beach House – Bloom (Sub Pop)

Alt-J – An Awesome Wave (Atlantic)

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    Rachel Reynolds

    Producer, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic'

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