It's December, and you know what that means... the holiday season is here. Before you're bombarded with an earful of holiday cheer (we can hear the echoes of "Jingle Bell Rock" in our heads), we want to offer you a glimpse into some of the finer musical stylings that 2012 had to offer.

And who better to offer their takes on this year's cream of the crop than the folks behind the the mics? We asked the on-air staff to come up with their picks for 2012, and the result is an eclectic take on what our staff was digging this year. That's right, we've got a run down of the musical can't-misses of 2012, just in time to add them to your holiday wish list. So just what was it that struck the fancy of your beloved 101X jocks this year? You'll just have to read on to find out!

LAWLESS

Top 10 Albums of 2012 (In no particular order)

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

The Black Keys - El Camino

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill

Mumford & Sons - Babel

Metric - Synthetica

Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon

Maccabees - Given to the Wild

Muse - Second Law

Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe

Maximo Park - National Health

 

 

JASON DICK

Top 10 Albums of 2012

1. Fun. - Some Nights

2. Green Day - ¡Uno!

3. Muse - The 2nd Law

4.Die Antwoord - Ten$ion

5. Metric - Synthetica

6.Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

7. Green Day - ¡Dos!

8. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror

9.Taylor Swift - Red

10. Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix

 

DEB O'KEEFE

Top 10 Albums of 2012

1. Band of Horses - Mirage Rock

2. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal

3. The Lumineers - The Lumineers

4.  Jack White - Blunderbuss

5.  The Weeknd - Trilogy

6.  Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

7.  Muse - The Second Law

8.  Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself

9.  Snow Patrol - Fallen Empire

10.  Gotye - Making Mirrors

 

 

ALEX

Top10 Albums of 2012

1. Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension

2. Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy

3. Circa Survive - Violent Waves

4.  Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods

5.  DEV - The Night The Sun Came Up

6.  The Sword - Apocryphon

7.  Electric Six - Absolute Pleasure

8.  Torche - Harmonicraft

9.  Best Coast - The Only Place

10.  Metric - Synthetica 

 

 

TREVIN

Top Albums of 2012

1.Japandroids - Celebration Rock 

2. Die Antwoord - Ten$ion

3.David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love this Giant

4. Deftones - Koi No Yokan

5. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits

6. Yeasayer - Fragrant World

 

TOBY

Top 10 Albums of 2012 (In no particular order)

Deftones - Koi No Yokan

Zeale - Wake Hell or Make Peace

Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

Fun. - Some Nights

Chiddy Bang - Breakfast

The Hives - Lex Hives

Muse - 2nd Law

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Soundgarden - King Animal

Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix

 

 

Deidre

Favorite Albums of 2012

Tame Impala - Lonerism

Polica - Give You The Ghost

Dent May - Do Things

Tennis - Young and Old

Tanlines - Mixed Emotions

Beach House - Bloom

Islands - A Sleep and A Forgetting

Norah Jones - Little Broken hearts

Husky - Forever So

Hospitality - Hospitality

Favorite Local/Texas Albums:

JC&Co. - Music By

Hundred Visions - Permanent Basement

Belaire - Resonating Symphony

Bobby Jealousy - A Little Death

Dana Falconberry - Leelanau

Sarah Jaffe - The Body Wins