2012 LISTS BY MONTH 2012:
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER THESE ARE RELEASES I DIDN’T REALLY CARE FOR AT ALL IN JANUARY:
1. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MOJO MAGAZINE COMPILATION CD: JANUARY 2012 ISSUE: STICKY SOUL FINGERS – A ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE THEIR 1971 “STICKY FINGERS” REGROOVED” (OK, THIS MATERIAL IS JUST AWFUL. HAS TO BE THE WORST BATCH OF COVERS I’VE HEARD IN A WHILE. THE ONLY REDEEMER WAS THE BONUS TRACK “ANGIE” AT THE END BY BETA HECTOR. DON’T KNOW WHO THAT IS BUT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. IT WAS BASICALLY TORTURE FOR ME LISTENING TO THIS.)
2. BRIGHT EYES (FEATURING FIRST AID KIT)-“WE ARE GONNA BE FRIENDS” (SINGLE TRACK) (BEING FANS OF BOTH I EXPECTED A GREAT SONG. INSTEAD IT’S SOME KITSCHY TRACK. I DIDN’T LIKE IT. BUT THE NEW FIRST AID KIT ALBUM “THE LION’S ROAR” IS THE FIRST STUNNER OF 2012!)
3. MATTHEW DEAR-“HEADCAGE” [EP] (OK, THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE FOR MATTHEW. LAST YEAR’S ALBUM SUCKED AND I REALLY HATE THIS EP TOO. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HIS OBJECTIVE IS BUT THESE 4 SONGS ARE JUST AWFUL REALLY.)
4. PYRAMIDS + HORSEBACK-“A THRONE WITHOUT A KING”
5. (WORST OF THE MONTH AWARD) CRAIG FINN-“CLEAR HEART FULL EYES” (WHAT A SCAM! THIS IS HANDS DOWN WORST ALBUM OF THE MONTH. I JUST FULL OUT SUCKS. HE MAY HAVE A MORE THAN COMPETENT BAND OF MUSICIANS BEHIND HIM BUT HE IS ANYTHING BUT. NOT THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A HOLD STEADY ALBUM; WHATEVER HE THINKS IT IS , I THINK IT’S UNLISTENABLY STUPID.
6. JASON URICK-“I LOVE YOU”
7. WOLF PEOPLE-“TIDINGS”
8. THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR-“OUT OF FREQUENCY” (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2 GREAT TRACKS, BOTH SINGLE WORTHY, THE REST OF THIS IS JUST CRAP!!! IT’S MOSTLY THE SINGER’S FAULT. UGH!)
9. LILACS & CHAMPAGNE-“LILACS & CHAMPAGNE”
10. WE HAVE BAND-“TERNION”
11. GOTYE-“MAKING MIRRORS”
12. ACTUAL WATER-“THE PAISLEY ORCHARD”
13. BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT-“BLUEPRINTS EP1”
14. PALOMAR-“SENSE & ANTISENSE”
15. THE GOLDEN CALVES-“COLLECTION: MONEY BAND + CENTURY BAND” (THIS IS PRE-WOODEN WAND AND THE VANISHING VOICE MATERIAL FROM JAMES JACKSON TOTH’S GOLDEN CALVES PROJECT FROM 1996) (BASICALLY SKETCHES OF TRACKS AND NOT ENGAGING MUCH AT ALL…)
16. THE LIBRARY IS ON FIRE-“WORKS ON PAPER”
FAVOURITE SINGLES BY MONTH:
JANUARY (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
1. DREXCIYA-“LARDOSSEN FUNK”
2. DREXCIYA-“SEA QUAKE”
3. XRAY EYEBALLS-“DIE LITTLE LOVE (MENTHOL 100’S VERSION)”
4. GUIDED BY VOICES-“WAVES”
5. CANDY CLAWS & MIKE ADAMS AT HIS HONEST WEIGHT-“DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT WAY” (STARFLYER 59 COVER)
6. HEAVENLY BEAT-“FAITHLESS” (A FAV!)
7. KATHLEEN EDWARDS-“CHANGE THE SHEETS”
8. FIRST AID KIT-“THE LION’S ROAR” (A FAV!)
9. FIRST AID KIT-“EMMYLOU” (A FAV!)
10. DIAGRAMS-“TALL BUILDINGS”
11. THE LIFE AND TIMES-“DAY TWO”
12. THE BIG PINK-“STAY GOLD”
13. FRANKIE ROSE-“KNOW ME”
14. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS-“LAFAYE”
15. PORCELAIN RAFT-“SHAPELESS & GONE” (A FAV!)
16. PORCELAIN RAFT-“PUT ME TO SLEEP”
17. PORCELAIN RAFT-“BACKWORDS”
18. CLOUD NOTHINGS-“FALL IN”
19. NADA SURF-“WAITING FOR SOMETHING” (A FAV!)
20. NADA SURF-“THE MOON IS CALLING”
21. NADA SURF-“LOOKING THROUGH” (A FAV!)
22. CHAIRLIFT-“WRONG OPINION”
23. CHAIRLIFT-“I BELONG” (A FAV!)
24. KENDL WINTER-“SHADES OF GREEN” (A FAV!)
25. KENDL WINTER-“LONG WAY”
26. ANCIENT SKY-“TIME IS AN OCEAN”
27. THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR-“HEART ATTACK” (A FAV!)
28. THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR-“FANTASY FRIEND FOREVER”
29. THE BIG SLEEP-“ACE”
30. THE BIG SLEEP-“VALENTINE”
31. ERRORS-“PLEASURE PALACES” (A FAV!)
32. ERRORS-“HOLUS-BOLUS” (A FAV!)
33. DISKJOKKE-“NOW DANCE (BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT REMIX)” (A FAV!)
34. THE JEALOUS SOUND-“CHANGE YOU”
35. THE JEALOUS SOUND-“YOUR EYES WERE SHINING”
36. LANA DEL REY-“BORN TO DIE”
37. LANA DEL REY-“BLUE JEANS”
38. LANA DEL REY-“VIDEO GAMES” (A FAV!)
39. BLACK BANANAS-“RAD TIMES”
40. HOSPITALITY-“EIGHTH AVENUE”
41. THE 2 BEARS-“WORK”
42. CANYONS-“MY RESCUE” (A FAV!)
43. TRAILER TRASH TRACYS-“STRANGLING GOOD GUYS”
44. FRED EAGLESMITH-“KATIE”
45. THEE OH SEES-“AA WARM BREEZE” (A FAV!)
46. DJANGO DJANGO-“DEFAULT” (A FAV!)
47. DJANGO DJANGO-“WAVEFORMS” (A FAV!)
48. J.R. PLANKTON-“SUNDANCE” (A FAV!)
49. BUXTON-“FINGERTIPS”
50. ELEPHANT MICAH-“AIRLINE LIVING”
51. BARRY ADAMSON-“TURNAROUND”
52. BARRY ADAMSON-“DESTINATION” (A FAV!)
JANUARY 2012 (IN ORDER BEGINNING WITH MY FAVOURITE RELEASES OF THE MONTH)
1. FIRST AID KIT-“THE LION’S ROAR”
2. NADA SURF-“THE STARS ARE INDIFFERENT TO ASTRONOMY”
3. PORCELAIN RAFT-“STRANGE WEEKEND”
4. DJANGO DJANGO-“DJANGO DJANGO”
5. KATHLEEN EDWARDS-“VOYAGEUR”
6. ERRORS-“HAVE SOME FAITH IN MAGIC”
7. ELEPHANT MICAH-“LOUDER THAN THOU”
8. THE PINES-“DARK SO GOLD”
9. CLOUD NOTHINGS-“ATTACK ON MEMORY”
10. WINDY & CARL-“WE WILL ALWAYS BE”
11. THE 2 BEARS-“BE STRONG”
12. FRED EAGLESMITH-“6 VOLTS”
13. BARRY ADAMSON-“I WILL SET YOU FREE”
14. J.R. PLANKTON-“NEON”
15. KENDL WINTER-“THE MECHANICS OF HOVERING FLIGHT”
16. CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX-“(MANKIND) THE CRAFTY APE” (2-CD)
17. BUXTON-“NOTHING HERE SEEMS STRANGE”
18. GUIDED BY VOICES-“LET’S GO EAT THE FACTORY”
19. CANYONS-“KEEP YOUR DREAMS”
20. MATADOR-“KINGSWING” [EP]
21. XRAY EYEBALLS-“SPLENDOR SQUALOR”
22. THE BIG SLEEP-“NATURE EXPERIMENTS”
23. CHAIRLIFT-“SOMETHING”
24. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“POP AMBIENT 2012”
25. THE BOATS-“BALLADS OF THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT”
26. BILL RYDER-JONES (FROM THE CORAL)-“IF…(ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER)” (U.S. EDITION)
27. ALOG-“UNEMPLOYED”
28. MI AND L’AU-“IF BEAUTY IS A CRIME”
29. LAURA GIBSON-“LA GRANDE”
30. OREN AMBARCHI-“AUDIENCE OF ONE”
31. CARDINAL-“HYMNS”
32. HEAVENLY BEAT-“FAITHLESS B/W PRESENCE” (SINGLE)
33. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS-“LAFAYE B/W LOVE FROM A STONE” (SINGLE)
34. CASPIAN-“LIVE AT OLD SOUTH CHURCH”
35. TRAILER TRASH TRACYS-“ESTER”
36. ANCIENT SKY-“T.R.I.P.S.”
37. CANDY CLAWS & MIKE ADAMS AT HIS HONEST WEIGHT-“HELP ME WHEN YOU’RE GONE B/W DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT WAY” (STARFLYER 59 COVERS SINGLE)
38. MATT ELLIOTT-“THE BROKEN MAN”
39. LANA DEL REY-“BORN TO DIE” (DELUXE EDITION)
40. BIG DEAL-“LIGHTS OUT”
41. OLAFUR ARNALDS-“LIVING ROOM SONGS”
42. THE JEALOUS SOUND-“A GENTLE REMINDER”
43. DISKJOKKE-“NOW DANCE” (2-TRACK SINGLE W/ REMIX BY BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT)
44. BLACK BANANAS-“RAD TIMES XPRESS IV”
45. DIVE-HUMAN B/W BIG JOKE” (SINGLE)
46. CATE LE BON-“CYRK”
47. IMPERIAL TEEN-“FEEL THE SOUND”
48. ACID WASHED-“FOR YOUR EYES ONLY / PRINCE ACID” (SINGLE)
49. THE 2 BEARS-“WORK: THE REMIXES EP 1”
50. THE LIFE & TIMES-“NO ONE LOVES YOU LIKE I DO”
51. LOST LANDER-“DRRT”
52. TODD TERJE-“IT’S THE ALPS” [EP]
53. HELIGOLAND-“BETHMALE” [EP]
54. FRANKIE ROSE-“KNOW ME” (SINGLE)
55. DRY THE RIVER-“WEIGHTS & MEASURES” [EP]
56. THE BABIES-“CRY ALONG WITH THE BABIES” (DEMOS)
57. THE BIG PINK-“FUTURE THIS”
58. EARLY WINTERS-“EARLY WINTERS”
59. ELECTRIC GUEST-“THIS HEAD I HOLD / TROUBLEMAN / AMERICAN DAYDREAM” (THEIR ONLY 3 RELEASED TRAX SO FAR)
60. AIDAN BAKER-“SPECTRUM OF DISTRACTION” (2-CD)
61. ONEIDA / MUGSTAR-“COLLISIONS 02”
62. LIECHTENSTEIN-“FAST FORWARD”
63. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“UNCUT MAGAZINE COMPILATION CD: JANUARY 2012 ISSUE: 15 TRACKS FROM UNCUT’S ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2011”
64. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“SPIN MAGAZINE COMPILATION: JANUARY 2012 ISSUE: 24 TRACKS FROM THEIR BEST OF 2011”
OTHER RELEASES I LIKED BUT EITHER WEREN’T AMAZING TO MAKE MY FAVOURITES LIST, OR THEY ONLY HAD A FEW TRACKS I REALLY LIKED. STILL THEY MAY BE WORTH A LISTEN AND A MENTION.
JANUARY (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL)
1. TAYLOR DEUPREE + MARCUS FISCHER-“IN A PLACE OF SUCH GRACEFUL SHAPES”
2. PLUG-“BACK ON TIME”
3. ANI DIFRANCO-“WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?”
4. A HEAVY FEATHER-“YOU’RE THE LOTION ON DARKNESS KNUCKLES AS IT PUNCHES LIGHT IN THE FACE”
5. DEERHOOF / DAVID BAZAN-“DEERBAZAN” (SINGLE)
6. DIAGRAMS-“BLACK LIGHT”
7. SNOW PATROL-“FALLEN EMPIRES” (TURNS OUT THAT THE NEW ALBUM FROM THE JEALOUS SOUND-“A GENTLE REMINDER” IS PROBABLY THE NEW RECORD THAT GARY LIGHTBODY SHOULD HAVE MADE AS SNOW PATROL…)
8. RODRIGO Y GABRIELA AND C.U.B.A.-“AREA 52”
9. O F F LOVE-“PROBABLY LOVE”
10. IMBOGODOM-“AND THEY TURNED NOT WHEN THEY WENT”
11. POP. 1280-“THE HORROR”
12. RHYTON-“RHYTON”
13. HOSPITALITY-“HOSPITALITY”
14. LILACS & CHAMPAGNE-“LILACS & CHAMPAGNE”
15. THE DOOZER-“KEEP IT TOGETHER”
16. LEONARD COHEN-“OLD IDEAS”
17. KEVIN SAUNDERSON-“DEFECTED PRESENTS: KEVIN SAUNDERSON IN THE HOUSE” (6-CD MIX ALBUM)
18. PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL-“CLAY CLASS” (A MELLOW GANG OF FOUR FIXATION!)
19. LIBERTEER-“BETTER TO DIE ON YOUR FEET THAN LIVE ON YOUR KNEES”
20. MIDNIGHT DAVIS-“AFTERSHOCKS” [EP]
21. WIRE-“THE BLACK SESSION PARIS, 10 MAY 2011”
22. FCL-“MORE VOCALS FOR EVERYONE” [EP]
23. DJANGO DJANGO-“DEFAULT” (REMIX EP)
THESE ARE EITHER A RE-RELEASE OR BEST OF COLLECTION FOR 2012. JANUARY FAVOURITES IN ORDER:
1. DREXCIYA-“JOURNEY OF THE DEEP SEA DWELLER” (COMPILATION)
2. JAY FARRAR-“TERROIR BLUES: DOGTOWN SESSIONS” (2003/2012)
3. WHITE DENIM-“LAST DAY OF SUMMER” (2009-2010 IMPORT COLLECTION)
4. KAREN DALTON-“1966”
BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE RECORDS (JANUARY 2012)
1. DREXCIYA-“JOURNEY OF THE DEEP SEA DWELLER 1” (COMPILATION) (JANUARY)
2. MATADOR-“KINGSWING” [EP] (JANUARY)
3. CANYONS-KEEP YOUR DREAMS” (JANUARY)
4. ACID WASHED-“FOR YOUR EYES ONLY / PRINCE ACID” (SINGLE)
5. KEVIN SAUNDERSON-“DEFECTED PRESENTS: KEVIN SAUNDERSON IN THE HOUSE” (6-CD MIX ALBUM)
BEST FOLK / COUNTRY / AMERICANA ALBUMS OF THE MONTH (JANUARY 2012)
1. FIRST AID KIT-“THE LION’S ROAR”
2. KENDL WINTER-“THE MECHANICS OF HOVERING FLIGHT”
3. FRED EAGLESMITH-“6 VOLTS”
4. LAURA GIBSON-“LA GRANDE”
DEBUT ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – IN ORDER OF GREATNESS OR NOT SO GREAT (THAT WOULD BE THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST) (JANUARY 2012)
1. PORCELAIN RAFT-“STRANGE WEEKEND”
2. DJANGO DJANGO-“DJANGO DJANGO”
3. THE 2 BEARS-“BE STRONG”
4. BUXTON-“NOTHING HERE SEEMS STRANGE”
5. CANYONS-“KEEP YOUR DREAMS”
6. BIG DEAL-“LIGHTS OUT”
7. BLACK BANANAS-“RAD TIMES XPRESS IV”
8. TRAILER TRASH TRACYS-“ESTER”
9. LANA DEL REY-“BORN TO DIE”
10. LOST LANDER-“DRRT”
11. EARLY WINTERS-“EARLY WINTERS”
12. POP 1280-“THE HORROR”
13. A HEAVY FEATHER-“YOU’RE THE LOTION ON DARKNESS KNUCKLES AS IT PUNCHES LIGHT IN THE FACE”
14. O F F LOVE-“PROBABLY LOVE”
15. DIAGRAMS-“BLACK LIGHT”
16. HOSPITALITY-“HOSPITALITY”
17. LILACS & CHAMPAGNE-“LILACS & CHAMPAGNE”
18. ACTUAL WATER-“THE PAISLEY ORCHARD”
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONIC / INSTRUMENTAL / EXPERIMENTAL RECORDS OF JANUARY 2012
1. ERRORS-”HAVE SOME FAITH IN MAGIC”
2. WINDY & CARL-“WE WILL ALWAYS BE”
3. J.R. PLANKTON-“NEON”
4. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“POP AMBIENT 2012” (A KOMPAKT RECORDS COMPILATION)
5. CASPIAN-“LIVE AT OLD SOUTH CHURCH”
6. THE BOATS-“BALLADS OF THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT”
7. OREN AMBARCHI-“AUDIENCE OF ONE”
8. STARVING WEIRDOS-“HARD LINES”
9. BILL RYDER JONES (FROM THE CORAL)-“IF… (ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER)” (U.S. EDITION)
10. OLAFUR ARNALDS-“LIVING ROOM SONGS”
11. ALOG-“UNEMPLOYED”
12. AIDAN BAKER-“SPECTRUM OF DISTRACTION” (2-CD)
13. ONEIDA / MUGSTAR-“COLLISIONS 02”
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