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December 31, 2012
‘Tis the season for Year-End Best of 2012 lists. Here at WFNY, we’re doing the Top Sports Stories of 2012, but in today’s podcast, Craig and I veered off sports a bit to talk about some of our favorite music of the year. We recognize that this only reflect our own personal interests, but we hope you’ll find the discussion interesting.
Also, we sincerely want to hear from you guys. What were some of your favorite bands and artists of 2012? Let us know in the comments below.
I’ve also included a Playlist I made of some of my favorite songs from some of my top albums of the year. I hope everyone finds something they enjoy on the list.
Craig gave his nod for two of his favorite albums of 2012. One of them is a band called Now, Now and their album is “Threads” and the other one is Of Monsters and Men – “My Head Is An Animal”.
I discussed my Top 5 albums in the podcast, but if anyone wants to see my Top 20 through 6, I’ve listed that below as well. Enjoy!
20. Frank Ocean – “channel ORANGE”
19. Nadja – “Dagdrøm”
18. The Men – “Open Your Heart”
17. Freshkills – “Raise Up The Streets”
16. A Place To Bury Strangers – “Worship”
15. Ty Segall – “Twins”
14. Passion Pit – “Gossamer”
13. Deftones – “Koi No Yokan”
12. Gallows – “Gallows”
11. Bob Mould – “Silver Age”
10. Sleigh Bells – “Reign of Terror”
9. Dirty Projectors – “Swing Lo Magellan”
8. Ceremony – “Zoo”
7. Mark Lanegan Band – “Blues Funeral”
6. Titus Andronicus – “Local Business”
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Torche’s Harmonicraft is one of my favorites of 2012 for sure. Saw them on Election Night and it was the best thing ever. They’re so good live.
My #1 album of the year is Pallbearer’s Sorrow and Extinction, followed by Baroness Yellow & Green, and I also loved Graveyard’s Lights Out, Royal Thunder’s CVI, and Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats’ Blood Lust.
Your list is pretty sweet, Andrew, great variety and diversity. I’m generally into heavier music but I really enjoy a lot of the stuff you have listed on here.
My #1 album is “Who’s Feeling Young Now?” by the Punch Brothers. Followed (in no particular order) by The Gaslight Anthem “Handwritten,” The Avett Brothers “The Carpenter,” The Drowning Men “All of the Unknown,” and Nude Beach “II.”
I didn’t listen to nearly the same volume of albums to provide a “ranking” in similar context, but my best listens of 2012 were…
Good Kid, Maad City — Kendrick Lamar (Easily the best hip-hop album of the year)
Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
The Carpenter — Avett Brothers
Field Report — Field Report
GOOD Music — Kanye West, etc
Coexist — The XX
Every Kingdom — Ben Howard
Some Nights — Fun.
God Forgives, i Don’t — Rick Ross
Also, I saw Andrew’s No. 1 album coming from a mile away. Good choice.
I felt this was a down year overall for albums. The #1 album I heard ended up being Wrecking Ball. I find that odd as I am not a Springsteen honk in any way but constantly found myself referring back to any of about 5-6 different songs on the album. I’d say Wrecking Ball was my favorite song of the year. I’d say other top songs were Battleborn, Tongue TIed, It’s Time and there is a song by The Japanroids that I forgot the name too.
I had Torche on my overall list. I really like Harmonicraft a lot. Great album. Enjoyed the Pallbearer, Baroness, and Royal Thunder albums as well.
That Nude Beach album was really, really good.
I’m guessing the Japandroids song you’re referring to is “The House That Heaven Built”.
I definitely agree about Kendrick Lamar. That album came out of nowhere for me, as I suddenly just read a bunch of people talking about it out of nowhere. When I finally got around to listening to it, I understood why. It’s really great.
Favorite 5
Beach House Bloom
Grimes Visions
Grizzly Bear Shields
Nude Beach II
Cloud Nothings Attack On Memory (Cleveland Band)
No particular order just the 10 new albums I have listened to & enjoyed the most
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
xx – Coexist
Cat Power – Sun
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in The Universe
Best Coast – The Only Place
JEFF the Brotherhood – Hypnotic Nights
Jack White – Blunderbuss
Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
Frankie Rose – Interstellar
That Father John Misty album is so good.