12 great albums of 2012 that nobody listened to
If these aren't on your playlists already - they should be. Overlooked classics from the past year
- Wax Tailor - Dusty Rainbow From The Dark: This Parisian producer has been knocking out his brand of nifty trip-hop since 2005, and his 2007 album Hope & Sorrow won him and Independent Music Award. This year's Dusty Rainbow From The Dark was eagerly anticipated by the initiated, but little was done to take his music to new audiences. An album of snappy hip-hop beats and a bizarre storybook-narrative meant it lived up to fans expectations and further solidified his position as one of the deftest trip-hop producers since DJ Shadow. While it put him on magazine covers in France, he's never come close in the UK and fans of beat orientated music have missed out as a result.
by Gigwise
Tags: Walk The Moon, Kindness
There are usually one or two albums a year that you absolutely adore, but for some infuriating reason just don't get the recognition they deserve.
You spend weeks listening intensely to some great records that it seems just no one else is listening to. It's a sad fact that all too often great albums do slip through the net in an age when it's so hard to fight against The X Factor culture and the increasing number of acts who put out talentless blobs of garbarge get into the top of the charts. Not naming any names, of course...
So this list is our homage to the brilliant albums that have had some of us enthralled, but have eluded so many this year.
Take a look through our gallery and see if you find any forgotten favourites.
