The Best of 2012 in Music: Albums, Songs, Shows, Lists, Discussions, Fun!

[cobl04]

I was a huge fan of this band in my early teens. My cousin got me into them. They're christian rock. I don't listen to them much anymore, as snobby as this I think my tastes have developed a bit in recent years and I find them a little plain now, but every now and then a song of theirs pops in my head. They'll always make me smile.

Paul Coleman Trio-Turn w/lyrics - YouTube

Paul Colman Trio - One - YouTube

This live clip has a wicked didgeridoo solo:

PC3 Live - Dip (featuring Adrian Ross on didgeridoo) - YouTube

I started a thread for them once. I think timothius was the only one to reply. I wonder what he's doing now.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Aw, yeah, good question. I liked talking with him, too.

 

[u2popmofo]

Guess what Tinymixtape's #1 is, guyz.

 

[iron yuppie]

That TMT list isn't anywhere near as willfully arcane as their lists usually are.

 

[u2popmofo]

Guess which of these choices pisses me off.

The Most Disappointing Albums of 2012 | PopMatters

 

[iron yuppie]

I really don't know when exactly PopMatters became more self-congratulatory than Pitchfork - which is really a tall order in itself - but it certainly happened sometime over the last six months. The tone of everything they write is becoming increasingly judgmental by the week.

 

[mikal]

Guess which of these choices pisses me off.

The Most Disappointing Albums of 2012 | PopMatters

I find it funny that they list the Smashing Pumpkins album....like they actually expected it to be a great album. I would actually list it as one of my most surprising albums because there were 2 or 3 songs that I actually liked.

 

[u2popmofo]

Ironically, Popmatters gave Bloom a 10.

 

[nielsgov]

 

[PhilsFan]

Guess which of these choices pisses me off.

The Most Disappointing Albums of 2012 | PopMatters

VICTORIA LEGRAND IS A GODDAMN SAINT.

AJ Ramirez will pay.

 

[LemonMelon]

It's a little early, but I felt like writing something, so here's my top 25 albums list for 2012:

The Top 25 Albums of 2012 ? An Ocean of Noise

There were too many images and too many words for me to paste it here, so I used Ashley's blog to post it. There's other good shit there too, including the start to her list.

 

[No spoken words]

It's a little early, but I felt like writing something, so here's my top 25 albums list for 2012:

The Top 25 Albums of 2012 � An Ocean of Noise

There were too many images and too many words for me to paste it here, so I used Ashley's blog to post it. There's other good shit there too, including the start to her list.

Frankie Rose

 

[u2popmofo]

VICTORIA LEGRAND IS A GODDAMN SAINT.

 

[u2popmofo]

Nice list, LeMeL.

 

[LemonMelon]

Thanks. It's been a pretty great year for music. I would have dropped the ball hard if my list had sucked (cue IWB).

 

[No spoken words]

Thanks. It's been a pretty great year for music. I would have dropped the ball hard if my list had sucked (cue IWB).

I agree, nice list...and I will check out a few from that list that I've yet to hear....as soon as project: Spoon delve is over.

 

[the tourist]

I enjoyed your list and the writing.

 

[cobl04]

Yes, nice list. We have the same two favourite tracks from the Tallest Bloke album. Huge props for putting BBNG2 in there, and up so high too. Will be on my list.

Spinning Fin on Spotify. I like it.

 

[phanan]

Thanks. It's been a pretty great year for music. I would have dropped the ball hard if my list had sucked (cue IWB).

You've got the writing skillz, dude. Nicely done.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Yeah, I liked reading through the list, too.

Gave that Chairlift album a listen recently and there's some good stuff on there, indeed. I get the feeling that's one I'll like more and more as time goes on.

 

[LemonMelon]

Thanks, guys. It's my favorite 5,000 word essay to write every year.

 

[IWasBored]

Japandroids over animal joy? You know crack kills, right?

 

[LemonMelon]

I could have chosen to not include Shearwater at all, like 95% of lists I've seen.

 

[iron yuppie]

I'm looking forward to reading that list on the train tomorrow, LM. Also, regarding Shearwater, didn't something similar happen with The Golden Archipelago? It was released early in the year to widespread acclaim, then everyone promptly forgot about it?

 

[bono_212]

You'd think they'd have learned the market by now.

 

[IWasBored]

I could have chosen to not include Shearwater at all, like 95% of lists I've seen.

True. Which is why your list doesn't suck as bad as those lists do.

 

[cobl04]

Interesting that Pitchfork's songs list includes Call Me Maybe. Would that have made it five years ago? Seems a bit odd for a website that is supposed to be the beacon for hipsters. Maybe it's post-ironic.

I think it's pretty damn catchy myself.

Checked out that Hey Jane song, that's a beauty. The Usher track as well.

There's a lot of fucking garbage on that list though, almost all of it hip-hop. If Beez in the Trap was the 18th best song of 2012 maybe the Mayans were right.

 

[LemonMelon]

Interesting that Pitchfork's songs list includes Call Me Maybe. Would that have made it five years ago? Seems a bit odd for a website that is supposed to be the beacon for hipsters. Maybe it's post-ironic.

I think the odds of Call Me Maybe making the list were 1:1.

Don't you remember their best songs of the 2000s list? Crazy In Love, My Love and Ignition (Remix) were all way up there.

Re: the shitty hip-hop on P4k's list, I can't decide if Bandz A Make Her Dance or Beez in the Trap is worse. I'm going with the latter because Lil Wayne's verse in Bands is one of the funniest/most awful things I've ever heard and when I hear that song for the 4th time on our local rap station every day, I usually wait for that part before I turn it.

Waaz ya rreeaaalll naayyymee
Aannnd not ya strippah naaayymeee

I could write a whole post about all the shitty hip-hop I've heard on the radio this year between Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Miguel and random Cruel Summer tracks, but I'll save you guys the trouble. Suffice it to say that "She got a big booty/So I call her Big Booty" is an actual line in a song now.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Don't you remember their best songs of the 2000s list? Crazy In Love, My Love and Ignition (Remix) were all way up there.

Along with Since U Been Gone (in the top 20, if I remember correctly) and Umbrella and Toxic. Songs by Annie and Kylie Minogue. And they put fucking (You Can't Mistake My) Biology on there, too. The beautiful bastards. Maybe their finest moment.

Shit, something like Hey Ya is as much of a goofy, sugary confection as some of those we've listed and it's revered. And rightfully so. Song kicks ass.

 

[IWasBored]

Along with Since U Been Gone (in the top 20, if I remember correctly) and Umbrella and Toxic. Songs by Annie and Kylie Minogue. And they put fucking (You Can't Mistake My) Biology on there, too. The beautiful bastards. Maybe their finest moment.

Shit, something like Hey Ya is as much of a goofy, sugary confection as some of those others and it's revered. And rightfully so. Song kicks ass.

i thought goofy, sugary-ness was why hey ya was revered in the first place.