Carlos Jove hosts "Latin Hemispheres" every Sunday from 1-3 a.m. Central, providing a variety of Latin tunes for late-night listeners.

Tim Rakel hosts "Mystery Train" every Monday from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Central with playlists that look disconnected on paper but sound cohesive on air.

The bros sporting their headache-inducing shirts, the raver girls wearing their psychedelic furry boots and suburban youth with their pasty faces occupied the compact mosh pit at the Pageant. It was going to be an interesting night. Making its debut performance in St. Louis, Major Lazer was determined to get everybody in the joint jumping and at least one girl to p-pop on a handstand.

The year has barely begun but exceptional new releases are coming fast and feverish -- with many more to follow. Apparently, the DJs of 88.1 KDHX are champing at the bit to hear them all.

Letting over three hours go by after doors opened, Dirt Nasty's Saturday night show at the Old Rock House devolved into a referendum on unpredictability and expectations. Actor Simon Rex's foray into music came across like his "Scary Movie 3" parody of Eminem, minus the MPAA concerns.

The clock is ticking on 2012, and now's the time to look back on all the amazing new releases the year had to offer. The DJs of 88.1 KDHX did just that, picking their top 10 albums of the year.

Every Monday 7-10 a.m. Central on 88.1 KDHX, Cat Pick hosts "Emotional Rescue," a wide-ranging mix of pop, rock, R&B and so much more.

Electronic musician and dance-party captain Girl Talk, aka Gregg Gillis, returns to St. Louis this summer for LouFest.

Every early Tuesday morning, from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. Central, valis guides 88.1 KDHX listeners through the netherworlds of psychedelic music on "Trip Inside This House."

As we hit the halfway mark of 2012, the releases are piling up, but which ones will stand the test of time? In this feature, the DJs of 88.1 KDHX begin to answer that question by selecting their favorite albums so far this year.