Halfway through 2012, here are some of my favourite albums and singles of the year so far.

Albums:

• Not Your Kind of People – Garbage
• MDNA – Madonna
• Wrecking Ball – Bruce Springsteen
• The Idler Wheel… – Fiona Apple
• Old Ideas – Leonard Cohen
• Mid Air – Paul Buchanan
• Give You The Ghost – POLICA
• Out of the Game – Rufus Wainwright
• Oceania – Smashing Pumpkins
• Tramp – Sharon Van Etten 
• Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North – The Magnetic North
• 2:54 – 2:54
• Other People’s Problem’s – Breton

Albums Spotify Playlist

Singles:

• Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
• iLL Manors – Plan B
• Melancholy Sky – Goldfrapp
• Born to Die – Lana del Rey
• Next to Me – Emeli Sande
• Ekki mukk – Sigur Ros
• Simple Song – The Shins
• Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
• Safe and Sound – Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars
• Disparate Youth – Santigold
• Home Run – Misha B
• Guardian – Alanis Morissette

Singles Spotify Playlist (without Misha B or Alanis)