2012 welcomed the release of some stellar albums, such as Lana Del Rey's Born To Die, Grimes' Visions, Kendrick's good kid, m.A.A.d city, Frank Ocean's Channel Orange and John Talabot's fin. But there were also other fine releases from Schoolboy Q, Bobby Womack, DIIV, Beach House and more. Johann Wald selects a few cuts to celebrate that the Mayan Calendar miscalculated the end of the world.