2012 - Best Music Thread

[troutman]

Allmusic, 2012 in Review:

http://blog.allmusic.com/category/2012-in-review/

[troutman]

Sound Vat, Top 25 Canadian Albums:

http://soundvat.wordpress.com/2012/1...lbums-of-2012/

[polak]

Originally Posted by troutman

Allmusic, 2012 in Review:

http://blog.allmusic.com/category/2012-in-review/

Bahaha, "Allmusic" but when you click on "electronica" look what you get...

http://blog.allmusic.com/genre/electronica

[troutman]

Sled Island, staff picks:

http://www.sledisland.com/staff-picks

My Top Shows:

Small Venue:

Thurston Moore - Grand
Shadowy Men From A Shadowy Planet - Legion
Windom Earle/Magus/Duchess Says - Bamboo Room
Night Commitee/Hot Snakes - Dickens
The Wet Secrets - Broken City
The Evaporators w/ Andrew WK - National Music Center
Malkmus/The Hold Steady - Olympic Plaza

Big Venue:

Los Lobos/ Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Saddledome
Prince - Saddledome

[macker]

A Tribe Called Red!!!

Puppy Love : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-J9GQqgU0

Electric Pow Wow : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zH9wHWMi_k


Grove is in the heart!!!

[troutman]

Exclaim:
http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_best..._rock_part_two

1. Visions by Grimes
2. Lonerism by Tame Impala
3. Attack on Memory by Cloud Nothings
4. Celebration Rock by Japandroids
5. The Idler Wheel… by Fiona Apple
6. Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors
7. METZ by METZ
8. 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
9. Devotion by Jessie Ware
10. Bloom by Beach House

[troutman]

CBC, top albums of the year:

http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/12/...ms-of-the-year

[troutman]

The R3-103: the top 103 Canadian indie songs of 2012


http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/12/...-songs-of-2012

20 Kid Koala "2 Bit Blues"
19 PS I Love You "Sentimental Dishes"
18 Joel Plaskett "North Star"
17 Plants & Animals "Lightshow"
16 Purity Ring "Fineshrine"
15 Luke Lalonde "Undone"
14 The Luyas "Fifty Fifty"
13 Bahamas "Caught Me Thinking"
12 Crystal Castles "Wrath of God"
11 Rah Rah "Art & A Wife"
10 Wintersleep "In Came The Flood"
9 Diamond Rings "I’m Just Me"
8 Great Lake Swimmers "Easy Come Easy Go"
7 Cadence Weapon "Conditioning"
6 Patrick Watson "Step Out For A While"
5 Kathleen Edwards "Change The Sheets"
4 Stars "The Theory Of Relativity"
3 Japandroids "The House That Heaven Built"
2 Metric "Youth Without Youth"
1 Grimes "Oblivion"

[macker]

Chad Valley : Now that i'm real http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGrE3s0wdjA

Chad Valley : I owe you this featuring Twin Shadow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVj0-E9mIRY

Chad Valley : Fall 4 U featuring Glasser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2l5bo0Z9E

Chad Valley : Acker Bilk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzS8znL6GeU

Chad Valley : Manimals featuring Active Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_aWobkqJ2I



Chad Valley is the best artist not on any/many year end lists. His EP and LP from 2012 were both solid!

[troutman]

Pitchfork, Top 100 songs of 2012:

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-...cks-of-2012/6/

01. Grimes: "Oblivion"

[3 Justin 3]

Until anyone recognizes Metal as a genre these polls/list/what ever will always be garbage just like they always have.

Time by Wintersun is by far the best album released this year.

[corporatejay]

Calgary Herald weighs in. Cpuck's own Roger Mexico on Mike Bell's list. Congrats!

4. Night Committee — Crime
This indie rock trio kick it out like no other, infusing shambolic, shouty garage esthetics into some well-aimed hooks and expertly crafted rock songs. In recorded form you get a sense of how powerful these scene vets can be, but when you see them live, and watch and hear the keys/guitar/drums let loose, it will floor you and make you return to the tunes with even hungrier ears.

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/enterta...#ixzz2FW3tU5Ns

[troutman]

Amen/Gangway is one of my favorite songs of the year. It rocks and it rolls. CJSW played it 12/20/12.

http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Night-Committee

[troutman]

33 of Canada’s best bands and musicians told CBC Music about their top 5 Canadian albums of 2012
http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/12/...albums-of-2012

CBC Music's top albums of the year
http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/12/...ms-of-the-year

[macker]

Always look forward to the lists from PMA :
http://prettymuchamazing.com/feature...albums-of-2012

http://prettymuchamazing.com/feature/best-songs-2012

[troutman]

Pitchfork
Presenting our Top 50 Albums of 2012: Today, Nos. 50-21

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-...lbums-of-2012/

[macker]

Lyrically speaking......The 10 best lyrics of 2012 :
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?bl...012&more=1&c=1


1. Alt-J "Tessellate"
"Triangles are my favourite shape/Three points where two lines meet"

[polak]

Originally Posted by macker

Lyrically speaking......The 10 best lyrics of 2012 :
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?bl...012&more=1&c=1


1. Alt-J "Tessellate"
"Triangles are my favourite shape/Three points where two lines meet"

I'm not going to lie... those lyrics are terrible.
#1 doesn't even make sense... A trianlge has three lines. He is talking about an angle.

[Redliner]

No love for Imagine Dragons?

[polak]

This is easily a better lyric than everything else on that list:

"Early in the morning, I'm wakin', bakin', drinkin', contemplatin'
Ain't no such thing as Satan, evil is what you make it"