As 2012 comes to a close, a few of the staff members of MTV's Creative Music Integration Department were asked to list their favorite Albums and pick a few Artists to Watch in 2013. Take a look at the list below and enjoy your Holiday Season
STAFF PICKS:
RICK KRIMBEL
JMSN - Priscilla
Alex Clare - The Lateness of the Hour
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
How To Dress Well - Total Loss
Artist Pick for 2013:
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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LOUIS CLARK
JEFF the Brotherhood - Hypnotic Nights
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead - Lost songs
King Tuff - King tuff
Ty Seagall - Twins
Tame Impala - Lonerism
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SCOTTIE DIABLO
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Daughn Gibson - All Hell
Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders – Hurtsville
Tiger High - Catacombs After Party
Promised Land - Stoned Eagle
Cian Ciaran - Outside In
Aaron Embry - Tiny Prayers
Dylan LeBlanc - Cast The Same Old Shadow
Searching for Sugar Man – Soundtrack
V / A – Country Funk – 1969 – 1975
The Amazing – Gentle Stream
White Arrows - Dry Land is not a Myth
The Orwells - Remember When
Artist Picks for 2013:
Guards
Krief
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ROCHELLE HOLGUIN
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Chords will Serve You more than Ropes ever do
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Grimes - Visions
White Arrows - Dry Land is not a Myth
Taylor Swift - Red
Beach House - Bloom
The XX - Coexist
Solange - True (ep)
Delta Rae - Carry the Fire
Artist Pick for 2013:
Solange
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JARON LUM
Beach House - Bloom
Chromatics - Kill for Love
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio
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GREG DANYLYSHYN
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Sea Wolf - Old World Romance
Metz - Metz
Nick Waterhouse - Time's All Gone
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Last Smoke before the Snowstorm
The Helio Sequence - Negotiations
Blackchords - A Thin Line
Big Black Delta - Singles
Red Pens - Reasons
Japandriods - Celebration Rock
Artist Pick for 2013:
DIIV
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BEN HOCHSTEIN
Beach House - Bloom
Chromatics - Kill for Love
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Efterklang - Piramida
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
Future - Pluto
Grimes - Visions
The Men - Open Your Heart
Artist Pick for 2013:
Chief Keef
Villagers
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RYAN ACETO
Bahamas - Barchords
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
fun. - Some Nights
Haley Reinhart - Listen Up!
Jessie Ware - Devotion
MIKA - The Origin of Love
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday .. Roman Reloaded
Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour
Artist Pick for 2013:
Jessie Ware
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