Here's the playlist and the link to the audio and breakdown of Melting Pot's Best of 2012, featuring a web-only mix of honorable mentions!
http://www.meltingpotblog.com/2013/01/07/melting-pots-best-of-2012/
Melting Pot’s Best of 2012: Honorable Mentions (Web Only Mix)
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Dennis The Fox – Piledriver – Country Funk: 1969-1975 (Light In The Attic)
Tame Impala – Endors Toi – Lonerism (Modular)
Killer Mike – Reagan – R.A.P. Music (Williams Street)
Naytronix – Baby Don’t Walk Away – Dirty Glow (Plug Research)
Tindersticks – A Night So Still – The Something Rain (Constellation)
Echo Lake – Swimmers – Wild Peace (Slumberland)
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra – The Ratcatcher – Antibalas (Daptone)
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The Gaslamp Killer – Nissim – Breakthrough (Brainfeeder)
Anthony Valadez feat. Joya Mooi – Looking Backwards – Just Visiting (Plug Research)
Alpha feat. Hannah Collins – Covers Been Blown – Eleventh Trip (Don’t Touch)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti feat. Dam Funk – Baby – Mature Themes (4ad)
Lianne La Havas – Don’t Wake Me Up – Is Your Love Big Enough (Nonesuch)
Barry Adamson – The Sun and the Sea – Recorded Live At KPFK (KPFK Archives)
Dizzy Gillespie – Matrix – Best of Perceptions & Today Records (BBE)
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Wendy Rene – Deep In My Heart – After Laughter Comes Tears: Complete Stax & Volt Singles + Rarities 1964-1965 (Light In The Attic)
Nick Waterhouse – Raina – Time’s All Gone (Innovative Leisure)
Pure Essence – Wake Up – Soul Cal (Now-Again)
Chicano Batman – Joven Navegante – Recorded Live At KPFK (KPFK Archives)
Mount Eerie – Ocean Roar – Ocean Roar (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Some Time Alone, Alone – Melody’s Echo Chamber (Fat Possum)
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Can – Dead Pigeon Suite – The Lost Tapes (Mute)
Melting Pot’s Best of 2012 on KPFK Playlist:
Sureshot Symphony Solution feat. Coultrain – Chair On The Ceiling – Elegant Aggression (Nature Sounds)
Kid Koala – 8 Bit Blues (Chicago to NY to LA) – 12 Bit Blues (Ninja Tune)
Ondatropica feat. Ana Tijoux – Suena – Ondatropica (Soundway)
Ohio Players – Ecstasy (Matthew Africa Extended Edit) – Via http://blog.matthewafrica.com (Westbound)
Thom Janusz – Mirtha Plane – Ronn Forella…Moves! (Ubiquity / Luv’n’Haight)
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The Coup – The Magic Clap – Sorry To Bother You (Anti)
Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro – Magdalena – Look Around The Corner (Tru Thoughts)
Shintaro Sakamoto – You Just Decided – In A Phantom Mood (Other Music)
The Darling Dears & Funky Heavy Prod. – I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Love Another – 7” (Orivious)
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Thomas East – Slipping Around – Love On The Flip Side (Now-Again)
Big K.R.I.T. – Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Live From The Underground (Island Def Jam)
Sun Kil Moon – Black Kite – Among The Leaves (Caldo Verde)
Spain – I Love You – The Soul Of Spain (Diamond Soul)
Chicano Batman – La Tigresa – Recorded Live At KPFK (KPFK Archives)
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Michael Kiwanuka – Tell Me A Tale – Home Again (Cherrytree / Interscope)
Blu & Exile feat. Jimetta Rose – The Only One – Give Me Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them (Fat Beats)
Can – A Swan Is Born – The Lost Tapes (Mute)
Francoiz Breut – L’Eclat Du Jour – La Chirurgie Des Sentiments (Pias)
Bob Dylan – George Jackson (Acoustic Version) – Listen Whitey: The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1975 (Light In The Attic)
Menahan Street Band – The Crossing – The Crossing (Dunham / Daptone)
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Ana Tijoux – Sacar La Voz – La Bala (Nacional)
Menahan Street Band – Keep Coming Back – The Crossing (Dunham / Daptone)
Tim Maia – Nobody Can Live Forever – Nobody Can Live Forever: Existential Soul of Tim Maia (Lauka Bop)
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Seeds – Seeds (SomeOthaShip)
Kelan Phil Cohran & the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Spin – Kelan Phil Cohran & the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jon’s)
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Flying Lotus feat. Niki Randa – Getting There – Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)
Donnie & Joe Emerson – Baby – Dreamin’ Wild (Light In The Attic)
Allo Darlin – Tallulah – Europe (Slumberland)
Dirty Three – Ashen Snow – Toward The Low Sun (Drag City)
Adrian Younge & Venice Dawn – It’s Me – Something about April (Wax Poetics)
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{closing theme} Dirty Three – Rain Song – Toward The Low Sun (Drag City)
