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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