This is a VERY busy year and NO I CAN'T KEEP UP! However, I try. I have my charts settled up pretty much for the first 7 months of the year now. I realize it may be hard to read but I'm inserting it the way I have it in my document and hope you have the patience and tenacity to check it out and see all the amazing records that have come out this year, as well as those I suggest you avoid. Please enjoy and remember I always love feedback. We can all agree to disagree. I just LOVE music so much and love to share what I think is worthwhile and not worthwhile. Enjoy and please check back for the remainder of 2012 charts and of course the Best Of 2012 lists that will be coming!
MIKEY’S MUSIC
LIST 2012
2012 LISTS BY MONTH 2012:
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. LANA
DEL REY-“WITHOUT YOU”
40. BLACK
BANANAS-“RAD TIMES”
41. HOSPITALITY-“EIGHTH
AVENUE”
42. THE
2 BEARS-“WORK”
43. CANYONS-“MY
RESCUE” (A FAV!)
44. TRAILER
TRASH TRACYS-“STRANGLING GOOD GUYS”
45. FRED
EAGLESMITH-“KATIE”
46. THEE
OH SEES-“AA WARM BREEZE” (A FAV!)
47. DJANGO
DJANGO-“DEFAULT” (A FAV!)
48. DJANGO
DJANGO-“WAVEFORMS” (A FAV!)
49. J.R.
PLANKTON-“SUNDANCE” (A FAV!)
50. BUXTON-“FINGERTIPS”
51. ELEPHANT
MICAH-“AIRLINE LIVING”
52. BARRY
ADAMSON-“TURNAROUND”
53. BARRY
ADAMSON-“DESTINATION” (A FAV!)
54. HOWLER-“THIS
ONES DIFFERENT” (A FAV!)
55. HOWLER-“PYTHAGOREAN
FEAREM” (TOTAL FAV!!)
56. JESSIE
BAYLIN-“HURRY, HURRY”
57. JESSIE
BAYLIN-“THE WINDS” (TOTAL FAV!!)
58. JESSIE
BAYLIN-“SEASICK”
59. BISHOP
MOROCCO-“COLONIAL MAN”
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.
HOWLER-“AMERICA GIVE UP”
10. CLOUD
NOTHINGS-“ATTACK ON MEMORY”
11. WINDY
& CARL-“WE WILL ALWAYS BE”
12. THE
2 BEARS-“BE STRONG”
13. FRED
EAGLESMITH-“6 VOLTS”
14. BARRY
ADAMSON-“I WILL SET YOU FREE”
15. J.R.
PLANKTON-“NEON”
16. KENDL
WINTER-“THE MECHANICS OF HOVERING FLIGHT”
17. CRIPPLED
BLACK PHOENIX-“(MANKIND) THE CRAFTY APE” (2-CD)
18. BUXTON-“NOTHING
HERE SEEMS STRANGE”
19. GUIDED
BY VOICES-“LET’S GO EAT THE FACTORY”
20. CANYONS-“KEEP
YOUR DREAMS”
21. LANA
DEL REY-“BORN TO DIE” (DELUXE EDITION)
22. MATADOR-“KINGSWING”
[EP]
23. XRAY
EYEBALLS-“SPLENDOR SQUALOR”
24. THE
BIG SLEEP-“NATURE EXPERIMENTS”
25. CHAIRLIFT-“SOMETHING”
26. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“POP AMBIENT 2012”
27. THE
BOATS-“BALLADS OF THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT”
28. BILL
RYDER-JONES (FROM THE CORAL)-“IF…(ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER)” (U.S.
EDITION)
29. ALOG-“UNEMPLOYED”
30. MI
AND L’AU-“IF BEAUTY IS A CRIME”
31. JESSIE
BAYLIN-“LITTLE SPARK”
32. LAURA
GIBSON-“LA GRANDE”
33. OREN
AMBARCHI-“AUDIENCE OF ONE”
34. CARDINAL-“HYMNS”
35. HEAVENLY
BEAT-“FAITHLESS B/W PRESENCE” (SINGLE)
36. SCHOOL
OF SEVEN BELLS-“LAFAYE B/W LOVE FROM A STONE” (SINGLE)
37. CASPIAN-“LIVE
AT OLD SOUTH CHURCH”
38. TRAILER
TRASH TRACYS-“ESTER”
39. ANCIENT
SKY-“T.R.I.P.S.”
40. 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)
41. MATT
ELLIOTT-“THE BROKEN MAN”
42. BIG
DEAL-“LIGHTS OUT”
43. SFV
ACID-“GROWN” [EP]
44. OLAFUR
ARNALDS-“LIVING ROOM SONGS”
45. THE
JEALOUS SOUND-“A GENTLE REMINDER”
46. DISKJOKKE-“NOW
DANCE” (2-TRACK SINGLE W/ REMIX BY BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT)
47. BLACK
BANANAS-“RAD TIMES XPRESS IV”
48. DIVE-HUMAN
B/W BIG JOKE” (SINGLE)
49. CATE
LE BON-“CYRK”
50. IMPERIAL
TEEN-“FEEL THE SOUND”
51. ACID
WASHED-“FOR YOUR EYES ONLY / PRINCE ACID” (SINGLE)
52. THE
2 BEARS-“WORK: THE REMIXES EP 1”
53. THE
LIFE & TIMES-“NO ONE LOVES YOU LIKE I DO”
54. LOST
LANDER-“DRRT”
55. TODD
TERJE-“IT’S THE ALPS” [EP]
56. HELIGOLAND-“BETHMALE”
[EP]
57. FRANKIE
ROSE-“KNOW ME” (SINGLE)
58. DARREN
HAYMAN-“JANUARY SONGS” (2-CD)
59. DRY
THE RIVER-“WEIGHTS & MEASURES” [EP]
60. THE
BABIES-“CRY ALONG WITH THE BABIES” (DEMOS)
61. THE
BIG PINK-“FUTURE THIS”
62. EARLY
WINTERS-“EARLY WINTERS”
63. ELECTRIC
GUEST-“THIS HEAD I HOLD / TROUBLEMAN / AMERICAN DAYDREAM” (THEIR ONLY 3
RELEASED TRAX SO FAR)
64. AIDAN
BAKER-“SPECTRUM OF DISTRACTION” (2-CD)
65. ONEIDA
/ MUGSTAR-“COLLISIONS 02”
66. LIECHTENSTEIN-“FAST
FORWARD”
67. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“UNCUT MAGAZINE COMPILATION CD: JANUARY 2012 ISSUE: 15 TRACKS FROM
UNCUT’S ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2011”
68. 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)
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”
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.
SFV ACID-“GROWN” [EP]
5.
ACID WASHED-“FOR YOUR EYES ONLY / PRINCE
ACID” (SINGLE)
6.
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.
HOWLER-“AMERICA GIVE UP”
4.
THE 2 BEARS-“BE STRONG”
5.
BUXTON-“NOTHING HERE SEEMS STRANGE”
6.
CANYONS-“KEEP YOUR DREAMS”
7.
BIG DEAL-“LIGHTS OUT”
8.
BLACK BANANAS-“RAD TIMES XPRESS IV”
9.
TRAILER TRASH TRACYS-“ESTER”
10. LANA
DEL REY-“BORN TO DIE”
11. LOST
LANDER-“DRRT”
12. EARLY
WINTERS-“EARLY WINTERS”
13. POP
1280-“THE HORROR”
14. A
HEAVY FEATHER-“YOU’RE THE LOTION ON DARKNESS KNUCKLES AS IT PUNCHES LIGHT
IN THE FACE”
15. O
F F LOVE-“PROBABLY LOVE”
16. DIAGRAMS-“BLACK
LIGHT”
17. HOSPITALITY-“HOSPITALITY”
18. LILACS
& CHAMPAGNE-“LILACS & CHAMPAGNE”
19. 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”
FEBRUARY SINGLES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
1.
FARMER SEA-“NOTHING EVER HAPPENED”
2.
SHARON VAN ETTEN-“SERPENTS” (A FAV!)
3.
SHARON VAN ETTEN-“KEVIN’S (A FAV! A
STUNNER – FAV SINGLE OF THE MONTH?)
4.
THE TWILIGHT SAD-“DON’T MOVE”
5.
THE TWILIGHT SAD-“DON’T LOOK AT ME”
6.
MARK LANEGAN BAND-“THE GRAVEDIGGER’S
SONG”
7.
MARK LANEGAN BAND-“GRAY GOES BLACK”
8.
MARK LANEGAN BAND-“RIOT IN MY HOUSE” (A
FAV! NEXT FAV SINGLE OF THE MONTH?)
9.
MARK LANEGAN BAND-“ODE TO SAD DISCO”
(ANOTHER SUPER FAV!)
10. MARK
LANEGAN-“QUIVER SYNDROME”
11. LA
SERA-“PLEASE BE MY THIRD EYE”
12. FRANKIE
ROSE-“KNOW ME”
13. A
PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-“I LOST YOU” (A FAV!)
14. A
PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-“DRILL IT UP”
15. THERAPY?-“LIVING
IN THE SHADOW OF THE TTERRIBLE THING”
16. THERAPY?-“MARLOW”
(4TH FAV SINGLE OF THE MONTH!)
17. BOY
FRIEND-‘LAZY HUNTER”
18. DJ
FOOD-“GIANT (FEATURING MATT JOHNSON OF THE THE)” (2ND FAV SINGLE
OF THE MONTH TIED W/ MARK LANEGAN!)
19. WYMOND
MILES-“HIDDEN THINGS ARE ASKING YOU TO FIND THEM” (3RD FAV
SINGLE!)
20. TAPE-“IN
VALLEYS” (GORGEOUS 5TH FAV)
21. DAVID
SYLVIAN & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO-“BAMBOO HOUSES” (FROM THE ‘WE ARE THE WORKS
IN PROGRESS’ COMPILATION)
22. GOTH-TRAD-“MIRAGE”
23. RADAR
EYES-“IN LOVE”
24. RADAR
EYES-“ACCIDENT”
25. RADAR
EYES-“I AM”
26. JOHN
TALABOT-“DESTINY FEATURING PIONAL”
27. JOHN
TALABOT-“WHEN THE PAST WAS PRESENT” (FAV!)
28. JENNY
OWEN YOUNGS-“YOUR APARTMENT”
29. JENNY
OWEN YOUNGS-“PIRATES”
30. JENNY
OWEN YOUNGS-“BORN TO LOSE” (FAV!)
31. CLASSICS
OF LOVE-“CASTLE IN THE SKY”
32. DESTROYER-“LEAVE
ME ALONE” (NEW ORDER COVER) (6TH FAV OF THE MONTH)
33. BIOSPHERE-“BLUE
MONDAY” (NEW ORDER COVER)
34. TENNIS-“IT
ALL FEELS THE SAME” (7TH FAV)
35. TENNIS-“HIGH
ROAD”
36. TENNIS-“TAKE
ME TO HEAVEN”
37. FRANCOIS
& THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS-“CITY KISS”
38. AMOS
LEE-“SIMPLE THINGS”(8TH FAV)
39. HEARTLESS
BASTARDS-“PARTED WAYS” (FAV!)
40. ROBERT
DEEBLE-“HEART LIKE FEATHERS” (FAV!)
41. GIOVANNA
PESSI & SUSANNA WALLUMROD-“HANGOUT” (STUNNING! TIED W/ 1ST
OR 2ND FAV OF THE MONTH)
42. POLICA-“DARK
STAR”
43. TERRANOVA-“SO
STRONG (FEAT. KHAN)
44. EMIKA-“HIT
ME (FEATURING JIMMY EDGAR)”
45. SHEARWATER-“YOU
AS YOU WERE”
46. SHEARWATER-“STAR
OF THE AGE” (FAV!)
47. ROSIE
THOMAS-“WHERE WAS I” (FAV!)
48. TRIBES-“WE
WERE CHILDREN” (FAV!)
49. WILD
NOTHING-“NOWHERE” (FAV!)
50. WILD
NOTHING-“WAIT” (IN TOP FAVS!)
51. WINTERPILLS-“AMAZING
SKY”
52. WINTERPILLS-“THE
SUN IS ALONE” (IN TOP FAVS!)
53. YOUNG
PRISMS-“FOUR HOURS (AWAY)” (FAV!)
54. CHADWICK
STOKES-“CROWBAR HOTEL”
55. LAMBCHOP-“MR.
MET” (IN TOP FAVS!)
56. GRIMES-“NIGHTMUSIC
(FEAT. MAJICAL CLOUDS)
57. EISLEY-“LIGHTS
OUT”
58. EISLEY-“DEEP
SPACE” (FAV!)
59. BOOKA
SHADE-“NUMBERS” (SUPER FAV!)
60. TINDERSTICKS-“FROZEN”
(FAV!)
61. SLEIGH
BELLS-“COMEBACK KID”
62. KEVN
KINNEY & THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS-“GOTTA MOVE ON” (FAV!)
63. KEVN
KINNEY & THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS-“CHALLENGE” (FAV!)
64. KEVN
KINNEY & THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS-“BIRD” (SUPER WOW FAV IN TOPS!)
65. BRIGHT
MOMENTS-“BEHIND THE GUN”
66. COLLEEN
GREEN-“I WANNA BE DEGRADED”
67. PETER
BRODERICK-“BLUE” (GORGEOUS FAV!)
68. RELEASE
THE SUNBIRD-“I WILL WALK”
69. MY
BEST FIEND-“ONE VELVET DAY”
70. BURNING
HEARTS-“INTO THE WILDERNESS” (FAV!)
71. BURNING
HEARTS-“THE SWALLOWS”
72. WRINKLE
NECK MULES-“STONE ABOVE YOUR HEAD”
73. FUTURE
UNLIMITED-“GOLDEN”
74. THE
CRANBERRIES-“TOMORROW” (FAV!)
75. NEW
MULTITUDES-“OLD L.A.” (SUPER TOP FAV!)
76. NEW
MULTITUDES-“CARELESS RECKLESS LOVE”
77. NEW
MULTITUDES-“WHEN I GET HOME”
78. SOPHIA
KNAPP-“GLASSES HIGH” (FAV!)
79. PLANTS
AND ANIMALS-“BEFORE” (SUPER TOP FAV!)
80. PLANTS
AND ANIMALS-“WHY & WHY”
81. PLANTS
AND ANIMALS-“CONTROL ME”
82. SCHOOL
OF SEVEN BELLS-“THE NIGHT”
83. SCHOOL
OF SEVEN BELLS-“LAFAYE”
84. SCHOOL
OF SEVEN BELLS-“WHEN YOU SING” (FAV!)
85. MONOLAKE-“GHOSTS”
86. MONOLAKE-“ALIGNING
THE DAEMON”
87. NZCA/LINES-“OKINAWA
CHANNELS”
88. BADLY
DRAWN BOY-“LET IT RAIN” (FAV!)
89. BEACH
FOSSILS-“SHALLOW” (FAV!)
90. ELLIOTT
BROOD-“NORTHERN AIR” (TOP FAV!)
91. BETH
JEANS HOUGHTON AND THE HOOVES OF DESTINY-“ATLAS”
92. BETH
JEANS HOUGHTON AND THE HOOVES OF DESTINY-“NIGHTSWIMMER”
93. TRUST-“DRESSED
FOR SPACE” (FAV!)
94. TRUST-“GLORYHOLE”
(TOP FAV!)
95. TRUST-“CHRISSY
E.”
96. TRUST-“SULK”
(TOP FAV!)
97. BEARS-“FROM
GOOD TO BAD”
98. LITTLE
BARRIE-“HOW COME”
99. WHITE
BUFFALO-“HOW THE WEST WAS WON” (TOP FAV!)
100.
WHITE BUFFALO-“THE PILOT”
101.
CUFF THE DUKE-“YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S
LIKE”
102.
CUFF THE DUKE-“COUNT ON ME”
103.
CUFF THE DUKE-“STANDING ON THE EDGE”
104.
THE MINUTES-“SECRET HISTORY”
105.
THE MINUTES-“I.M.T.O.D. (LIVE)” (IN MY
TIME OF DYING COVER) (SUPER TOP FAV!!)
106.
BAND OF SKULLS-“WANDERLUSTER”
107.
THE CHAP-“RHYTHM KING”
108.
THE CHAP-“BETTER PLACE”
109.
THE CHAP-“HANDS FREE” (TOP FAV!)
FEBRUARY (IN ORDER BEGINNING WITH MY FAVOURITE RELEASES OF
THE MONTH)
1.
MARK LANEGAN BAND-“BLUES FUNERAL”
2.
SHARON VAN ETTEN-“TRAMP”
3.
BETH JEANS HOUGHTON AND THE HOOVES OF DESTINY-“YOURS
TRULY, CELLOPHANE NOSE”
4.
TINDERSTICKS-“THE SOMETHING RAIN”
5.
GOTH-TRAD-“NEW EPOCH”
6.
WINTERPILLS-“ALL MY LOVELY GONERS”
7.
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER &
YIM YAMES-“NEW MULTITUDES” (2-CD DELUXE EDITION) (A COLLECTION OF WOODY
GUTHRIE LYRICS SET TO MUSIC)
8.
LAMBCHOP-“MR.M”
9.
TERRY MALTS-“KILLING TIME”
10. PERFUME
GENIUS-“PUT YOUR BACK N 2 IT”
11. TRUST
(ROBERT ALFONS + MAYA POSTEPSKI OF AUSTRA)-“TRST”
12. CUFF
THE DUKE -“MORNING COMES”
13. BAND
OF SKULLS-“SWEET SOUR”
14. TENNIS-“YOUNG
& OLD”
15. A
PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-“ONWARDS TO THE WALL” [EP]
16. JOHN
TALABOT-“FIN”
17. GIOVANNA
PESSI & SUSANNA WALLUMROD-“IF GRIEF COULD WAIT”
18. KEVN
KINNEY & THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS-“A GOOD COUNTRY MILE”
19. MONOLAKE-“GHOSTS”
20. DIRTY
THREE-“TOWARD THE LOW SUN”
21. WHITE
BUFFALO-“ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST”
22. ELLIOTT
BROOD-“DAYS INTO YEARS”
23. MY
BEST FIEND-“IN GHOSTLIKE FADING”
24. THE
TWILIGHT SAD-“NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW”
25. TENNIS-“YOUNG
& OLD”
26. SHEARWATER-“ANIMAL
JOY”
27. ANAIS
MITCHELL-“YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA”
28. POLICA-“GIVE
YOU THE GHOST”
29. BANG
ON A CAN-“BIG BEAUTIFUL DARK AND SCARY” (2-CD 25TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION)
30. TAPE-“REVELATIONES”
31. GRIMES-“VISIONS”
(BONUS TRAX EDITION)
32. BHI
BHIMAN-“BHIMAN”
33. BURNING
HEARTS-“EXTINCTIONS”
34. THE
MINUTES-“THE MINUTES” [EP]
35. WYMOND
MILES-“EARTH HAS DOORS” [EP]
36. RICH
HOPKINS AND LUMINARIOS-“BURIED TREASURE”
37. GABRIEL
& THE HOUNDS-“KISS FULL OF TEETH”
38. WRINKLE
NECK MULES-“APPRENTICE TO GHOSTS”
39. FRANCOIS
& THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS-“E VOLO LOVE”
40. THE
PLIMSOULS-“BEACH TOWN CONFIDENTIAL: LIVE AT THE GOLDEN BEAR HUNTINGTON
BEACH, CA 1983”
41. SCUBA-“PERSONALITY”
(2-CD)
42. ELLIOTT
BROOD-“DAYS INTO YEARS”
43. THE
CHAP-“WE ARE NOBODY”
44. PALLBEARER-“SORROW
AND EXTINCTION”
45. TEAM
ME-“TO THE TREETOPS!”
46. RADAR
EYES-“RADAR EYES”
47. JENNY
OWENS YOUNGS-“AN UNWAVERING BAND OF LIGHT”
48. ROBERT
DEEBLE-“HEART LIKE FEATHERS”
49. DONOVAN
QUINN-“HONKY TONK MEDUSA”
50. BADLY
DRAWN BOY-“BEING FLYNN” (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
51. WARM
DIGITS-“KEEP WARM…WITH THE WARM DIGITS”
52. PLANTS
AND ANIMALS-“THE END OF THAT”
53. THE
BAND IN HEAVEN-“EP”
54. CLASSICS
OF LOVE-“CLASSICS OF LOVE”
55. LOOPS
OF YOUR HEART-“AND NEVER ENDING NIGHTS”
56. SCHOOL
OF SEVEN BELLS-“GHOSTORY”
57. WILD
NOTHING-“NOWHERE B/W WAIT” (SINGLE)
58. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“DJ-KICKS: THE EXCLUSIVES VOLUME TWO” (2-CD)
59. AIR-“LE
VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE”
60. BEACH
FOSSILS-“SHALLOW B/W LESSONS” (SINGLE)
61. WATER
LIARS-“PHANTOM LIMB”
62. AMOS
LEE-“AS THE CROW FLIES” [EP]
63. TRIBES-“WE
WERE CHILDREN” [EP]
64. PUBLIC
LOVER-“A BROKEN SHAPE OF YOU”
65. DAMON
MOON AND THE WHISPERING DRIFTERS-“LUNGS, DIRT AND DREAMS”
66. AMY
ALLISON & DAVID SCOTT-“TURN LIKE THE WORLD DOES””
67. ISIDORE
(JEFFEREY CAIN OF REMY ZERO & STEVE KILBEY OF THE CHURCH)-“LIFE
SOMEWHERE ELSE”
68. DISAPPEARS-“PRE
LANGUAGE”
69. FRANKIE
ROSE-“INTERSTELLAR”
70. ULRICH
SCHNAUSS & MARK PETERS OF ENGINEERS-“UNDERRATED SILENCE”
71. THE
UNTHANKS-“THE SONGS OF ROBERT WYATT AND ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS, LIVE
FROM THE UNION CHAPEL (DIVERSIONS, VOLUME 1)”
72. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“THE MINIMAL WAVE TAPES, VOLUME 2”
73. MOUSE
ON MARS-“PARASTROPHICS”
74. FARMER
SEA-“A SAFE PLACE”
75. YOUNG
PRISMS-“FOUR HOURS (AWAY) B/W WHEN I’M WITH YOU” (SINGLE)
76. PINCH-“FABRICLIVE
61”
77. BLONDES-“BLONDES”
(DELUXE EDITION 2-CD)
78. ROYAL
BATHS-“BETTER LUCK NEXT LIFE”
79. TERRANOVA-“HOTEL
AMOUR”
80. FIELD
MUSIC-“PLUMB”
81. EISLEY-“DEEP
SPACE” [EP]
82. PETER
BRODERICK-“IT STARTS HEAR”
83. DUSTIN
WONG-“DREAMS SAY, VIEW, CREATE, SHADOW LEADS”
84. DEAD
FINGERS (TAYLOR & KATE HOLLINGSWORTH)-“DEAD FINGERS
85. BONNIE
‘PRINCE’ BILLY-“THE B-SIDES FOR TIME TO BE CLEAR” [EP]
86. BAHAMAS-“BARCHORDS”
(WHY DOES AFIE JURVANEN SOUND EXACTLY LIKE M. WARD ON THIS RECORD?! IT’S A GOOD ALBUM. NOT GREAT AND NOT LIKE HIS DEBUT “PINK
STRAT”)
87. THERAPY?-“A
BRIEF CRACK OF LIGHT”
88. CAGE
& AVIARY-“MIGRATION”
89. COLLEEN
GREEN-“MILO GOES TO COMPTON”
90. PONTIAK-“ECHO
ONO”
91. HEARTLESS
BASTARDS-“ARROW”
92. STRATEGY-“BOXY
MUSIC” [EP]
93. DISTANCE-“REBOOT
B/W BAZURK” (SINGLE)
94. MEMORYHOUSE-“THE
SLIDESHOW EFFECT”
95. AMY
RAY-“THE NOISETRADE SAMPLER”
96. DAVID
FORD-“AUSTERITY MEASURES” [EP]
97. JULIA
STONE-“LET’S FORGET ALL THE THINGS THAT WE SAY” [EP]
98. CLARO
INTELECTO-“SECOND BLOOD” [EP]
99. EMIKA-“3
HOURS” [EP]
100.
EARTH-“ANGELS OF DARKNESS, DEMONS OF
LIGHT II”
101.
YOUNG MAGIC-“MELT”
102.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MONK MIX: REMIXES &
INTERPRETATIONS OF MUSIC BY MEREDITH MONK” (VOLUME TWO)
103.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MONK MIX: REMIXES &
INTERPRETATIONS OF MUSIC BY MEREDITH MONK” (VOLUME ONE)
104.
GRACE WOODROOFE-“ALWAYS WANT”
105.
BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY & MARIEE SIOUX-“BONNIE
& MARIEE” [EP]
106.
ONE MODEL NATION-“TOTALWERKS VOL 1
(1969-1977) (COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR FROM THE DANDY WARHOLS)
107.
SHIGETO-“LINEAGE”
108.
LANA DEL REY-“VIDEO GAMES REMIXES” [EP]
109.
BRIGHT MOMENTS-“NATIVES”
110.
RELEASE THE SUNBIRD-“IMAGINARY SUMMER”
[EP]
111.
CHADWICK STOKES-“SIMMERKANE II”
112.
THE CHIEFTAINS-“VOICE OF AGES”
113.
MINILOGUE-“LET LIFE DANCE THRU YOU
(REMIXES EP)”
114.
BURIAL-“KINDRED” [EP]
115.
BART SKILS-“BURNIN’” (SINGLE)
116.
JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW-“WE DON’T EAT”
[EP]
117.
ROSIE THOMAS-“WITH LOVE”
118.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“WE ARE THE WORKS IN
PROGRESS” (BENEFIT TO SUPPORT JAPAN COMPILED BY KAZU MAKINO OF BLONDE REDHEAD)
119.
FUCKED UP-“YEAR OF THE TIGER” [EP]
120.
DJ FOOD-“THE SEARCH ENGINE”
121.
CHEAP GIRLS-“GIANT ORANGE”
122.
BEARS-“GREATER LAKES”
123.
GEMMA RAY-“GEMMA RAY SINGS SPARKS (WITH
SPARKS)” (2-TRACK SINGLE)
124.
DAMIEN JURADO-“MARAQOPA”
125.
OBJEKT-“CACTUS B/W PORCUPINE” (SINGLE)
126.
CARLOS GIFFONI-“EVIDENCE B/W DESIRE IN
THE SUMMER” (SINGLE)
127.
BLACK MARBLE-“WEIGHT AGAINST THE DOOR”
[EP]
128.
HANS CHEW-“TENNESSEE & OTHER STORIES:
BONUS MATERIAL EP”
129.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MOJO MAGAZINE FEBRUARY
2012 PRESENTS: NEW ORDER’S 1983 MASTERPIECES ‘POWER CORRUPTION & LIES’
RE-RECORDED COVERED”
130.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“UNCUT MAGAZINE FEBRUARY
2012 PRESENTS: BAD MOON RISING: 15 TRACKS IN THE SPIRIT OF CREEDENCE CLEARWATER
REVIVAL”
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 ARE
WORTH A LISTEN AND A MENTION OTHERWISE SEE MY DIDN’T CARE FOR AT ALL LIST FOR
THOSE THAT I JUST COULDN’T RELATE TO.
FEBRUARY (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL)
1.
DIGITAL LEATHER-“MODERN PROBLEMS”
2.
THE 2 BEARS-“WORK: THE REMIXES EP 2”
3.
BOY & BEAR-“MOONFIRE”
4.
TIM BERNE-“SNAKEOIL”
5.
BONOBO-“BLACK SANDS REMIXED”
6.
HOOKWORMS-“HOOKWORMS”
7.
HOWLIN RAIN-“THE RUSSIAN WILDS”
8.
ITAL-“HIVE MIND”
9.
LIAM THE YOUNGER-“AFTER THE GRAVEYARD”
10. LIAM
THE YOUNGER-“CLEAR SKIES OVER BLACK RIVER”
11. MY
DARLING CLEMENTINE-“HOW DO YOU PLEAD?”
12. SLEIGH
BELLS-“REIGN OF TERROR”
13. JOSH
RITTER-“BRINGING IN THE DARLINGS” [EP]
14. SINEAD
O’CONNOR-“HOW ABOUT I BE ME (AND YOU BE YOU)?”
15. THE
CRANBERRIES-“ROSES”
16. SOPHIA
KNAPP-“INTO THE WAVES”
17. NZCA/LINES-“NZCA/LINES”
18. FANFARLO-“ROOMS
FILLED WITH LIGHT”
19. CAROLINA
CHOCOLATE DROPS-“LEAVING EDEN”
20. THE
CHROME CRANKS-“AIN’T NO LIES IN BLOOD”
21. DREAMEND-“AND
THE TEARS WASHED ME WAVE AFTER COWARDLY WAVE”
22. GEOGRAPHER-“MYTH”
23. LITTLE
BARRIE-“KING OF THE WAVES”
DIDN’T REALLY CARE FOR MUCH AT ALL IN FEBRUARY:
1.
CHUCK PROPHET-“TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL” (THIS
ONE GETS MY VOTE FOR WORST ALBUM OF THE MONTH. I’M A BIG FAN SINCE THE DAYS OF GREEN ON RED. HIS SOLO ALBUMS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS
HAVE BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE AND THIS ONE IS NO EXCEPTION. SQUANDERED IDEAS AND FRANKLY JUST
UNBEARABLE SONGS. I KNOW CHUCK IS
TALENTED BUT HE’S JUST NOT APPLYING IT TO HIS SOLO ALBUMS. I GUESS THIS IS ABOUT SAN
FRANCISCO. GEE, I SURE DIDN’T GET
THAT PART EITHER…)
2.
LINDSTROM-“SIX CUPS OF REBEL” (THIS IS A
MESS! THIS IS A DISASTER! I REALLY AM A FAN OF LINDSTROM AND HE
WAS AMAZING LIVE LAST YEAR. THIS
ALBUM IS CONFOUNDING. APPARENTLY
HE DECIDED TO TAKE ALL OF HIS INFLUENCES AND LIKES AND CRAM THEM INTO EACH AND
EVERY SONG. I FOUND IT DIDN’T WORK AND I COULDN’T WAIT FOR THE ALBUM TO END. I
WON’T BE REVISITING THIS ONE –EVER!
3.
DR. DOG-“BE THE VOID” (THE LAST ALBUM I
REALLY LIKED FROM THEM MUST HAVE BEEN “FATE” FROM 2008. THESE LAST COUPLE OF ALBUMS ARE AN
ABSOLUTE CHORE TO EVEN GET THROUGH ONCE.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GONE ON WITH THEIR SONGWRITING SKILLS BECAUSE THE
BAND CAN STILL PLAY BUT THE SONGS ARE JUST AWFUL AND FALL TERRIBLY FLAT ON TAKE
OFF. I THINK I’M DONE CHECKING OUT
THEIR NEW RELEASES.)
4.
CALLERS & DELICATE STEVE-“FURTHER OUT
B/W PERFECT PAIRS” (SINGLE)
5.
HOUSE OF LOW CULTURE-“POISONED SOIL”
6.
NEW YORK DOLLS-“LIVE FROM THE BOWERY IN
2011”
7.
THE SAINT JAMES SOCIETY-“THE SAINT JAMES
SOCIETY” [EP]
8.
THE KILLS-“THE LAST GOODBYE” (COVERS EP)
9.
ISLANDS-“A SLEEP & A FORGETTING”
(2-CD DELUXE EDITION) (THIS TITLE IS PERFECT! IT COULD PUT YOU TO SLEEP AND IT IS INCREDIBLY FORGETFUL.
JUST AWFUL!)
10. THE
LAST HURRAH!-“SPIRITUAL NON-BELIEVERS” + “THE GREAT GIG IN DISGUISE”
(UNLISTENABLE)
11. LAURA
J MARTIN-“THE HANGMAN TREE”
12. MULL
HISTORICAL SOCIETY-“CITY AWAKENINGS”
13. (BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AWARD GOES
TO: PUNCH BROTHERS-“WHO’S
FEELING YOUNG NOW?” (THE FIRST
TRACK IS EXCELLENT. THEN, IT’S
ONLY DOWNHILL FROM HERE WITH TRACKS 10 & 11 REDEEMING. THESE GUYS CAN SURE PLAY THEIR
INSTRUMENTS AND SING BUT THEY JUST CAN’T SEEM TO WRITE GREAT SONGS. IT’S KIND OF SAD THAT THEY MAY NEED THE
REST OF THE NICKEL CREEK GANG TO PITCH IN AND OFFER SOME SONGS ALREADY! SAD.)
14. JAH
WOBBLE & KEITH LEVINE-“EP” (WHY OH WHY DID THEY BOTHER? SO STUPID)
15. JONES
STREET STATION-“THE UNDERSTANDING” [EP]
16. DIRTY
GHOSTS-“METAL MOON”
17. HANNE
HUKKELBERG-“FEATHERBRAIN”
18. THE
MENZINGERS-“ON THE IMPOSSIBLE PAST”
19. ORGANS
OF LOVE-“LIVE IN STEREO” [EP]
20. (WHAT IS THIS CRAP?!) AMY RAY-“LUNG OF LOVE”
21. KEITH
FULLERTON WHITMAN-“GENERATORS”
22. ELECTRICITY
IN OUR HOMES-“DEAR SHAREHOLDER”
23. RHYE-“OPEN”
[EP]
24. JONQUIL-“POINT
OF GO”
25. WILD
BELLE-“KEEP YOU B/W TAKE ME AWAY” (SINGLE) (HORRIBLE!!!!!)
THESE ARE EITHER A RE-RELEASE OR BEST OF COLLECTION FOR 2012.
FEBRUARY FAVOURITES IN ORDER:
1.
DIANA ROSS-“DIANA ROSS 1976” (2-CD
SPECIAL EDITION)
BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE RECORDS (FEBRUARY 2012)
1.
GOTH-TRAD-“NEW EPOCH”
2.
JOHN TALABOT-“FIN”
3.
SCUBA-“PERSONALITY” (2-CD EDITION)
4.
MONOLAKE-“GHOSTS”
5.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“DJ-KICKS: THE EXCLUSIVES
VOLUME TWO” (2-CD)
6.
TRUST (ROBERT ALFONS + MAYA POSTEPSKI OF
AUSTRA)-“TRST”
7.
STRATEGY-“BOXY MUSIC” [EP]
8.
CAGE & AVIARY-“MIGRATION”
9.
PINCH-“FABRICLIVE 61”
10. MINILOGUE-“LET
LIFE DANCE THRU YOU (REMIXES EP)”
11. TERRANOVA-“HOTEL
AMOUR”
12. DISTANCE-“REBOOT
B/W BAZURK” (SINGLE)
13. BURIAL-“KINDRED”
[EP]
14. BART
SKILS-“BURNIN’” (SINGLE)
15. MOUSE
ON MARS-“PARASTROPHICS”
BEST FOLK / COUNTRY / AMERICANA ALBUMS OF THE MONTH (FEBRUARY
2012)
1.
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER &
YIM YAMES-“NEW MULTITUDES” (2-CD DELUXE EDITION) (A COLLECTION OF WOODY
GUTHRIE LYRICS SET TO MUSIC)
2.
LAMBCHOP-“MR.M”
3.
WHITE BUFFALO-“ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE
WEST”
4.
ELLIOTT BROOD-“DAYS INTO YEARS”
5.
BHI BHIMAN-“BHIMAN”
6.
WRINKLE NECK MULES-“APPRENTICE TO GHOSTS”
7.
DEAD FINGERS (TAYLOR & KATE
HOLLINGSWORTH)-“DEAD FINGERS”
DEBUT ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – IN ORDER OF GREATNESS OR NOT SO
GREAT (THAT WOULD BE THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST) (FEBRUARY 2012)
1.
BETH JEANS HOUGHTON AND THE HOOVES OF DESTINY-“YOURS
TRULY, CELLOPHANE NOSE”
2.
GOTH-TRAD-“NEW EPOCH”
3.
TERRY MALTS-“KILLING TIME”
4.
TRUST (ROBERT ALFONS + MAYA POSTEPSKI OF
AUSTRA)-“TRST”
5.
MY BEST FIEND-“IN GHOSTLIKE FADING”
6.
JOHN TALABOT-“FIN”
7.
POLICA-“GIVE YOU THE GHOST”
8.
WARM DIGITS-“KEEP WARM…WITH THE WARM
DIGITS”
9.
BHI BHIMAN-“BHIMAN”
10. GABRIEL
& THE HOUNDS-“KISS FULL OF TEETH”
11. WYMOND
MILES-“EARTH HAS DOORS” [EP]
12. LOOPS
OF YOUR HEART-“AND NEVER ENDING NIGHTS”
13. CLASSICS
OF LOVE-“CLASSICS OF LOVE”
14. CAGE
& AVIARY-“MIGRATION”
15. BLONDES-“BLONDES”
(2-CD DELUXE EDITION W/ REMIX BONUS DISC)
16. RADAR
EYES-“RADAR EYES”
17. FARMER
SEA-“A SAFE PLACE”
18. FRANKIE
ROSE-“INTERSTELLAR”
19. YOUNG
MAGIC-“MELT”
20. MEMORYHOUSE-“THE
SLIDESHOW EFFECT”
21. DEAD
FINGERS (TAYLOR & KATE HOLLINGSWORTH)-“DEAD FINGERS”
22. BRIGHT
MOMENTS-“NATIVES”
23. ONE
MODEL NATION-“TOTALWERKS VOL 1 (1969-1977) (COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR FROM THE
DANDY WARHOLS)
24. NZCA/LINES-“NZCA/LINES”
MY PICKS FOR BEST EP’S OF FEBRUARY 2012
1.
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-“ONWARDS TO THE
WALL” [EP]
2.
THE MINUTES-“THE MINUTES” [EP]
3.
STRATEGY-“BOXY MUSIC” [EP]
4.
EISLEY-“DEEP SPACE” [EP]
5.
WYMOND MILES-“EARTH HAS DOORS” [EP]
6.
TRIBES-“WE WERE CHILDREN” [EP]
7.
AMOS LEE-“AS THE CROW FLIES” [EP]
8.
FUCKED UP-“YEAR OF THE TIGER” [EP]
9.
CLARO INTELECTO-“SECOND BLOOD” [EP]
10. THE
BAND IN HEAVEN-[EP]
11. EMIKA-“3
HOURS” [EP]
12. BONNIE
“PRINCE” BILLY-“THE B-SIDES FOR TIME TO BE CLEAR” [EP]
13. JULIA
STONE-“LET’S FORGET ALL THE THINGS THAT WE SAY” [EP]
14. BURIAL-“KINDRED”
[EP]
15. LANA
DEL REY-“VIDEO GAMES REMIXES” [EP]
16. JAMES
VINCENT MCMORROW-“WE DON’T EAT” [EP]
17. BONNIE
“PRINCE” BILLY & MARIEE SIOUX-“BONNIE & MARIEE” [EP]
18. RELEASE
THE SUNBIRD-“IMAGINARY SUMMER” [EP]
19. BLACK
MARBLE-“WEIGHT AGAINST THE DOOR” [EP]
20. JOSH
RITTER-“BRINGING IN THE DARLINGS” [EP]
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONIC / INSTRUMENTAL / OR EXPERIMENTAL
RECORDS OF FEBRUARY 2012
1.
DIRTY THREE-“TOWARD THE LOW SUN”
2.
BANG ON A CAN-“BIG BEAUTIFUL DARK AND
SCARY” (2-CD 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) (2/28)
3.
MONOLAKE-“GHOSTS”
4.
WARM DIGITS-“KEEP WARM…WITH THE WARM
DIGITS”
5.
TAPE-“REVELATIONES”
6.
DUSTIN WONG-“DREAMS SAY, VIEW, CREATE,
SHADOW LEADS”
7.
AIR-“LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE”
8.
LOOPS OF YOUR HEART-“AND NEVER ENDING
NIGHTS”
9.
ULRICH SCHNAUSS & MARK PETERS OF
ENGINEERS-“UNDERRATED SILENCE”
10. PUBLIC
LOVER-“A BROKEN SHAPE OF YOU”
11. CLARO
INTELECTO-“SECOND BLOOD” [EP]
12. YOUNG
MAGIC-“MELT”
13. SHIGETO-“LINEAGE”
14. CARLOS
GIFFONI-“EVIDENCE B/W DESIRE IN THE SUMMER” (SINGLE)
MARCH SINGLES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
1.
DESARIO-“SUCCESS (IS OURS)”
2.
MIND SPIDERS-“WAIT FOR US”
3.
JOSEPH ARTHUR-“TRAVEL AS EQUALS”
4.
JOSEPH ARTHUR-“NO SURRENDER COMES FOR
FREE”
5.
NITE JEWEL-“IN THE DARK”
6.
CEREMONY-“CITIZEN”
7.
VIOLENS-“DER MICROARC”
8.
TEEN DAZE-“BROOKLYN SUNBURN” (FAV!)
9.
THE MEN-“TURN IT AROUND” (TOP FAV!)
10. THE
MEN-“ANIMAL”
11. THE
MEN-“PLEASE DON’T GO AWAY”
12. THE
MEN-“OPEN YOUR HEART”
13. YELLOW
OSTRICH-“STAY AT HOME” (FAV!)
14. SHARON
VAN ETTEN-“LIFE OF HIS OWN” (STUNNING TOP FAV?!)
15. ZULU
WINTER-“WE SHOULD BE SWIMMING”
16. WARM
DIGITS-“WARM WELCOME / KEEP WARM” (TOP FAV!)
17. WARM
DIGITS-“HERE COME THE WARM DIGITS”
18. TERRY
MALTS-“SOMETHING ABOUT YOU” (FAV!)
19. TERRY
MALTS-“WAITING ROOM”
20. TERRY
MALTS-“I’M NEUROTIC”
21. TERRY
MALTS-“NAUSEOUS”
22. WHOMADEWHO-“FIREMAN”
23. WHOMADEWHO-“NEVER
HAD THE TIME” (FAV!)
24. ST
LUCIA-“WE GOT IT WRONG” (FAV!)
25. ST
LUCIA-“CLOSER THAN THIS”
26. LOTUS
PLAZA-“REMEMBER OUR DAYS” (TOP FAV!)
27. MOONLIGHT
BRIDE-“DIEGO”
28. POND-“WHEN
IT EXPLODES”
29. POND-“ELEGANT
DESIGN” (THESE 2 TOGETHER PROBABLY MY TOP FAVS!)
30. VCMG-“SPOCK
XOQ” (FAV!)
31. VCMG-“SLIP
BLIP”
32. HOBO-“SHADOWZ”
(FAV!)
33. WHIRR-“JUNEBOUVIER”
(FAV!)
34. WHIRR-“HOME
IS WHERE MY HEAD IS” (TOP FAV!)
35. DELTA
SPIRIT-“TEAR IT UP”
36. DESARIO-“CALL
OUT YOUR RIVALS”
37. LEE
RANALDO-“LOST”
38. BIRDY-“1901”
(PHOENIX COVER)
39. GUIDED
BY VOICES-“KEEP IT IN MOTION”
40. TANLINES-“ALL
OF ME”
41. NOVELLA-“DON’T
BELIEVE AYN RAND” (A TOP FAV!)
42. PAUL
WELLER-“KLING I KLANG”
43. CARL
COX-“BREAD AND BUTTER” (FAV!)
44. GOOD
OLD WAR-“CALLING ME NAMES”
45. GOOD
OLD WAR-“TOUCH THE CLOUDS (TASTE THE GROUND)”
46. BROTHERTIGER-“I’VE
BEEN WAITING”
47. MICHAEL
KIWANUKA-“HOME AGAIN”
48. THE
PIERCES-“YOU’LL BE MINE”
49. YOUNG
PRISMS-“BETTER DAYS”
50. THE
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN-“ALL THINGS MUST PASS”
51. BOXER
THE HORSE-“SENTIMENTAL/ORIENTAL”
52. BOXER
THE HORSE-“KAREN SILKWOOD” (SUPER TOP FAV!)
53. MARGOT
& THE NUCLEAR SO & SO’S-“PROZAC ROCK”
54. THE
PARSON RED HEADS-“LONG WAY BACK”
55. SECRET
MUSIC-“GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD” (SUPER FAV!)
56. SECRET
MUSIC-“GULLIVER” (ANOTHER SUPER FAV!)
57. SECRET
MUSIC-“FLOOZIES”
58. SECRET
MUSIC-“TOP DROP” (ANOTHER TOP FAV)
59. TEAM
ME-“SHOW ME” (FAV!)
MARCH (IN ORDER BEGINNING WITH MY FAVOURITE RELEASES OF THE
MONTH)
1.
THE MEN-“OPEN YOUR HEART”
2.
SECRET MUSIC-“SECRET MUSIC”
3.
YELLOW OSTRICH-“STRANGE LAND”
4.
DENISON WITMER-“THE ONES WHO WAIT”
5.
DEMDIKE STARE-“ELEMENTAL” (2-CD)
6.
WHIRR-“PIPE DREAMS”
7.
VCMG (VINCE CLARK & MARTIN GORE)-“Ssss”
8.
FORT ROMEAU-“KINGDOMS”
9.
ANDREW BIRD-“BREAK IT YOURSELF”
10. JULIA
HOLTER-“EKSTASIS”
11. SHARON
VAN ETTEN-“LEONARD B/W LIFE OF HIS OWN” (SINGLE)
12. HOBO-“IRON
TRIANGLE”
13. LOST
IN THE TREES-“A CHURCH THAT FITS OUR NEEDS”
14. KEVIN
TIHISTA’S RED TERROR-“ON THIS DARK STREET”
15. MARGOT
& THE NUCLEAR SO & SO’S-“ROT GUT, DOMESTIC”
16. JESSE
RUINS-“DREAM ANALYSIS”
17. DELTA
SPIRIT-“DELTA SPIRIT”
18. NITE
JEWEL-“ONE SECOND OF LOVE”
19. GOOD
OLD WAR-“COME BACK AS RAIN”
20. YOUNG
PRISMS-“IN BETWEEN”
21. BOXER
THE HORSE-“FRENCH RESIDENCY”
22. BOWERBIRDS-“THE
CLEARING”
23. LEE
RANALDO-“BETWEEN THE TIMES AND THE TIDES”
24. MICHAEL
KIWANUKA-“HOME AGAIN” [EP]
25. POND-“BEARD,
WIVES, DENIM”
26. CONDUITS-“CONDUITS”
27. BIRDY-“BIRDY”
(DELUXE EDITION)
28. CARL
COX-“ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE DANCEFLOOR”
29. MI
AMI-“DECADE”
30. PAUL
WELLER-“SONIK KICKS”
31. SASCHIENNE-“UNKNOWN”
32. THE
PARSON RED HEADS-“MURMURATIONS” [EP]
33. RETRIBUTION
GOSPEL CHOIR-“THE REVOLUTION” [EP]
34. VINCE
WATSON-“EVERY SOUL NEEDS A GUIDE”
35. ST
LUCIA-“ST. LUCIA”
36. LOTUS
PLAZA / ODONIS ODONIS-“SPLIT EP”
37. BROTHERTIGER-“GOLDEN
YEARS”
38. XIU
XIU-“ALWAYS”
39. CONDRE
SCR-“YOU ARE GENIUS”
40. THAT
FUCKING TANK-“TFT”
41. NADA
SURF-“THE DULCITONE FILES” (ACOUSTIC EP)
42. ROBERT
POLLARD-“MOUSEMAN CLOUD”
43. LA
SERA-“SEES THE LIGHT”
44. CAVEMAN-“COCO
BEWARE”
45. NOVELLA-“NOVELLA
EP”
46. DESOLATE-“CELESTIAL
LIGHT BEINGS”
47. MIIKE
SNOW-“HAPPY TO YOU” (DELUXE EDITION)
48. AUREX-“STRING
THEORY” (2-CD)
49. THE
HOST-“THE HOST”
50. ALASDAIR
ROBERTS AND MAIRI MORRISON-“URSTAN”
51. GENTLEMAN
JESSE-“LEAVING ATLANTA”
52. SEVENTEEN
EVERGREEN-“STEADY ON, SCIENTIST!”
53. BVDUB-“SERENITY”
54. CEREMONY-“ZOO”
55. LOTUS
PLAZA/NICE WEEKEND-“LONGEST DAYS B/W COMEBACK” (SPLIT SINGLE)
56. THE
CHEMICAL BROTHERS-“DON’T THINK” (LIVE AT FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2011)
57. MARTYN-“HELLO
DARKNESS” [EP]
58. LUKE
ROBERTS-“IRON GATES AT THROOP & NEWPORT”
59. KINDNESS-“WORLD
YOU NEED A CHANGE OF MIND”
60. SLOW
CLUB-“THE DOG” [EP]
61. VCMG-“SINGLE
BLIP” (REMIX EP)
62. OLIVERAY-“WONDERS”
(NILS FRAHM & PETER BRODERICK)
63. NICK
CURLY-“BETWEEN THE LINES”
64. MIRRORING-“FOREIGN
BODY”
65. BRAD
MEHLDAU TRIO-“ODE”
66. TANLINES-“MIXED
EMOTIONS”
67. VCMG-“SPOCK”
(REMIX EP)
68. 120
DAYS-120 DAYS II”
69. SOAP
& SKIN-“NARROW”
70. THE
PIERCES-“YOU AND I”
71. SKAI
NINE-“EMBER” [EP]
72. YOUNG
HEEL-“FALLS” [EP]
73. RACES-“YEAR
OF THE WITCH”
74. TRIBES-“BABY”
75. BELLE
AND SEBASTIAN-“LATE NIGHT TALES” (3-CD MIX ALBUM)
76. DZ
DEATHRAYS-“NO SLEEP” [EP]
77. CALIFORNIA
X-“SUCKER B/W MUMMY” (SINGLE)
78. DAUGHN
GIBSON-“ALL HELL”
79. CHAINS
OF LOVE-“STRANGE GREY DAYS”
80. MOONLIGHT
BRIGHT-“TWIN LAKES” [EP]
81. WHOMADEWHO-“BRIGHTER”
82. JOHN
FOXX & THE MATHS-“THE SHAPE OF THINGS”
83. ALLO
DARLIN’-“CAPRICORNIA B/W WHEN YOU WERE MINE” (SINGLE)
84. CHOIR
OF YOUNG BELIEVERS-“RHINE GOLD”
85. OBERHOFER-“TIME
CAPSULES II”
86. BODY
DOUBLE-“MY LIFE” [EP]
87. BVDUB-“THE
FIRST DAY”
88. ZULU
WINTER-“WE SHOULD BE SWIMMING” (SINGLE)
89. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“SHANGAAN SHAKE” (2-CD COMPILATION OF ELECTRO MEETS SHANGAAN)
90. COWBOY
JUNKIES-“THE WILDERNESS: THE NOMAD SERIES VOLUME 4”
91. WHISPERTOWN-“PARALLEL”
[EP]
92. MMOTH-“MMOTHS”
[EP]
93. AZARI
& III-“RECKLESS WITH YOUR LOVE” (REMIXES)
94. ST
LUCIA-“WE GOT IT WRONG” (REMIXES EP)
95. TALL
FIRS-“OUT OF IT AND INTO IT”
96. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“FAME: JON SAVAGE’S SECRET HISTORY OF POST-PUNK 197801981”
97. DANIEL
ROSSEN-“SILENT HOUR / GOLDEN MILE”
98. CASS
MCCOMBS-“BRADLEY MANNING” (SINGLE)
99. SIMIAN
GHOST-“YOUTH”
100.
VACATIONER-“GONE”
101.
DESARIO-“MIXER”
102.
POOR MOON-“ILLUSION” [EP]
103.
THE DECEMBERISTS-“WE ALL RAISE OUR VOICES
TO THE AIR: LIVE SONGS 04/11 TO 08/11” (2-CD)
104.
ROCCO DELUCA-“DRUGS ‘N HYMNS”
105.
OLAFUR ARNALDS-“ANOTHER HAPPY DAY”
(ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)
106.
THE VINES-“FUTURE PRIMITIVE”
107.
WORM OUROBOROS-“COME THE THAW”
108.
ANYA MARINA-“FELONY FLATS” (DELUXE
EDITION)
109.
EVANS THE DEATH-“TELLING LIES B/W MORNING
VOICE (ACOUSTIC VERSION)” (SINGLE)
110.
BLACK BREATH-“SENTENCED TO LIFE”
111.
SFV ACID-“NEW WEST COAST”
112.
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS-“SILVER SKY”
113.
PEARL AND THE BEARD-“PRODIGAL DAUGHTER”
[EP]
114.
HIS CLANCYNESS-“ALWAYS MIST: REVISITED”
115.
GUIDED BY VOICES-“KEEP IT IN MOTION” [EP]
116.
THIEVES LIKE US-“BLEED BLEED BLEED”
117.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“8 SELECTIONS FROM THE
HUNGER GAMES SOUNDTRACK” (IE. ARCADE FIRE, SECRET SISTERS, NEKO CASE, THE
DECEMBERISTS, THE CIVIL WARS, GLEN HANSARD, THE LOW ANTHEM & BIRDY. I COULDN’T BE BOTHERED WITH THE OTHER
PEOPLE LISTED ON THE SOUNDTRACK – HORRIBLE!)
118.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“LOST IN THE HUMMING AIR
– MUSIC INSPIRED BY HAROLD BUDD”
119.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“PINK FLOYD TRIBUTE
ALBUM: US AND THEM – FROM HALCYON RECORDS”
120.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MOJO MAGAZINE 2012: THE
SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN COVERED. MOJO PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO HIS CLASSIC 1967
DEBUT ALBUM”
121.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“INSOUND DIGITAL MIXTAPE
– INSOUND MARCH 2012 MIXTAPE”
122.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“INSOUND DIGITAL MIXTAPE-
INSOUND VINYL NEWS MIXTAPE 3/1/12”
123.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“INSOUND DIGITAL
MIXTAPE-INSOUND VINYL NEWS MIXTAPE 3/15/12”
124.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“SPIN PRESENTS BEST SXSW
ACTS 2012 WITH 36 BANDS HIGHLIGHTS”
125.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“UNCUT MAGAZINE 2012:
SOUNDS OF THE STAR-CLUB: 16 ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF SONGS COVERED BY THE BEATLES”
126.
GIT SOME-“GIT SOME” [EP]
127.
BEAT RADIO-“HARD TIMES, GO! PART ONE”
[EP]
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 ARE
WORTH A LISTEN AND A MENTION OTHERWISE SEE MY DIDN’T CARE FOR AT ALL (MARCH
2012)
1.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“THE WIRE MAGAZINE –
BELOW THE RADAR VOLUME 8”
2.
SKAI NINE-“NOT A WORRY IN THE WORLD B/W
DANDELION (ORIGINAL MIX) (SINGLE)
3.
MICATONE-“WISH I WERE HERE”
4.
HUNX-“HAIRDRESSER BLUES”
5.
NOW, NOW-“DEAD OAKS” [EP]
6.
THE ROSIE TAYLOR PROJECT-“TWIN BEDS”
7.
WHITE RABBITS-“MILK FAMOUS”
8.
VANAPRASTA-“HEALTHY GEOMETRY”
9.
VANAPRASTA-“EFFIE HOUSE SESSIONS” [EP]
10. TITUS
ANDRONICUS-“LLC MIXTAPE, VOLUME ONE” (MARCH 2012 FREE FROM THE BAND. SOUND
QUALITY NOT SO GREAT ON A LOT OF THE TRACKS BUT THERE ARE SOME GOOD ONES SO
IT’S WORTH IT!)
11. ATHLETE-“LIVE
AT UNION CHAPEL”
12. CAST-“TROUBLED
TIMES”
13. JAGWAR
MA-“COME SAVE ME B/W WHAT LOVE?” (SINGLE)
14. MRS
MAGICIAN-“STRANGE HEAVEN”
15. DUNES-“NOCTILUCA”
16. CARTER
TUTTI VOID-“TRANSVERSE”
17. JUSTIN
TOWNES EARLE-“NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW”
18. THE
MARS VOLTA-“NOCTOURNIQUET”
19. AVA
LUNA-“ICE LEVEL”
20. WHITE
HILLS-“FRYING ON THIS ROCK”
21. DOLPHINS
INTO THE FUTURE-“CANTO ARQUIPELAGO”
+ “ON SEA-FARING ISOLATION” (REISSUE FROM 2009)
LIST FOR THOSE THAT I JUST COULDN’T RELATE TO.
MARCH (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL)
1.
(WORST ALBUM OF MARCH 2012 GOES TO:) BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN-“WRECKING BALL” (WHERE DOES ONE START WITH THIS MESS? IT’S A
GOSPEL ALBUM! WELL, THERE IS PLENTY OF GOD, JESUS AND FAITH (DON’T FORGET
RIGHTEOUSNESS) AND BACK UP GOSPEL SINGERS, AND JUST PLAIN OLD BACK UP
SINGERS. BUT WAIT! IT’S AN IRISH
ALBUM! OR IS THAT A PIRATE LURKING?
WHAT’S WITH THAT FAKE ACCENT?
MUST BE HANGING AROUND WITH THAT OTHER FAKE ACCENT PERSON MADONNA. AND
THEY BOTH SOUND JUST AS BAD. OH NO! LOOK OUT! HERE’S A RAPPER. MUST FEEL HE HAS TO PROVE HE’S SO “NOW”
WITH THAT (ALWAYS) BAD CHOICE OF AN INCLUSION. HOWEVER IT FITS ALL THE OTHER RIDICULOUSNESS GOING ON HERE. DISAPPOINTMENT IN ALL OF THESE
PROCEEDINGS COULDN’T BE OVERSTATED.
WHY AM I WASTING TIME ON THIS CRAP WHEN THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2012
ARE ALREADY HERE SO FAR AND THEY ARE FROM FIRST AID KIT AND MARK LANEGAN. IT’S TIME TO RETIRE BRUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCE.
P.S. IF ALL THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, THE PRICING ON THIS BAD RECORD IS EVEN MORE
INSULTING THAN THE CONTENTS. $12.99 DIGITAL WHEN HE’S RICHER THAN THE GOD HE
SINGS ABOUT. OTHER NEW RELEASES
ARE 5.99 TO 9.99. DIDN’T EVEN
“LOWER” HIMSELF TO OFFER A $3.99 RELEASE DAY DISCOUNT BECAUSE HE’S OBVIOUSLY
TOO GREEDY. DON’T PREACH TO ME
ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUS MISTER.)
2.
(THE NEXT WORST ALBUM
GOES TO: ) JONATHAN SEGEL-“ALL ATTRACTIONS” + “APRICOT JAM –
INSTRUMENTALS” (FROM CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN. DOES NOT HAVE A STRONG VOICE AT ALL
WHICH EXPLAINS WHY HE’S NOT THE SINGER BUT SADLY HE IS ON HIS SOLO ALBUMS. SOME OF THE MUSIC IS GOOD BUT THE
LYRICS AND VOCALS ARE UNACCEPTABLE TORTURE)
3.
(BIGGEST
DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE MONTH) JOSEPH ARTHUR-“REDEMPTION CITY” (2-CD)
(FREE FROM JOSEPH’S SITE). DISC
ONE HAS IT’S MOMENTS AND IS MOSTLY ENJOYABLE. DISC TWO BEGINS WITH A DECENT 11
MINUTE INSTRUMENTAL AND THEN IT’S DOWNHILL FROM THERE. JOSEPH HAS DECIDED THAT HIS GREAT VOICE
ISN’T WORTH SINGING WITH THIS TIME AROUND OR IT’S JUST HIS LAZY PIECE OF WORK
THIS TIME? I DON’T KNOW BUT LAZY TALK/RAPPING EXACTLY THE SAME ON EVERY SINGLE
SONG ON THIS ALBUM WAS NOT ONLY SADLY TRENDY, BUT BORING, MONOTONOUS, TEDIOUS
TO TRY TO GET THROUGH (WHICH WITH DISC TWO I HAD TO JUST MOVE ON AS EACH SONG
DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING – JOSEPH WOULD START TALK/RAPPING IN THE SAME EXACT
WAY AS THE SONG THAT PRECEDED IT ALL – WHAT A MESS!) LAZY AND I’M FRUSTRATED
OVER WHY HE’D WASTE HIS POETRY IN THIS WAY. I GUESS HE FINDS RAP AN ART FORM, WHEN I DO NOT. HE IS GIFTED WITH A GREAT VOICE AND IF
HE’S BORED SINGING THEN HE COULD HAVE JUST PUT OUT A POETRY BOOK OF THESE SONGS
WITH SOME PAINTINGS INSTEAD. I’VE
SEEN HIM LIVE TWICE AND HE WAS GREAT.
THIS IS JUST AN EXPERIMENT GONE ALL WRONG SINCE IT QUICKLY DIDN’T MATTER
WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
4.
DIE ROSTIGEN LOFFEL-“DIESES ALBUM MACHT
SCHLANK” [EP]
5.
(I THINK THIS TIES
WITH BRUCE AS WORST ALBUM OF MARCH! OMG IT’S A HOT MESS!) THE MAGNETIC
FIELDS-“LOVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA” (IF I COULD PLAY MATCHMAKER RIGHT
NOW IT WOULD BE TO CONNECT THE LEADERS FROM MAGNETIC FIELDS AND OF
MONTREAL. I BELIEVE THESE 2 BOYS
WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TOGETHER AND MAKE EVEN STRANGER MUSIC TOGETHER ONCE THEY
HOOKED UP. STEPHEN HAS MOSTLY LOST
ME HERE ON THIS ONE… AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON THE MESS THAT IS THE NEW OF
MONTREAL ALBUM!)
6.
ROYAL CANOE-“EXTENDED PLAY” [EP]
7.
WOWSER BOWSER-“WOWSER BOWSER”
8.
CUDDLE MAGIC-“INFO NYMPHO”
9.
TIM FITE-“AIN’T AIN’T AIN’T”
10. KAISER
CHIEFS-“START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME” (UM, MORE LIKE “START THE RECORD
WITHOUT ME IN THE ROOM! YUCK!)
11. MINIATURE
TIGERS-“MIA PHAROAH”
12. NOW,
NOW-“THREADS”
13. SAID
THE WHALE-“LITTLE MOUNTAIN”
14. MIKE
WEXLER-“DISPOSESSION”
15. WHISTLE
PEAK-“HALF ASLEEP UPON ECHO FALLS”
16. KYLER
ENGLAND-“NOISE TRADE SAMPLER MARCH 2012”
17. GANG
COLOURS-“THE KEYCHAIN COLLECTION” + “FANCY RESTAURANT” [EP]
18. LUCERO-“WOMEN
& WORK”
19. SAY
ANYTHING-“ANARCHY, MY DEAR”
20. THE
TING TINGS-“SOUNDS FROM NOWHERESVILLE” (THAT’S FOR SURE! UGH!)
21. XERXES-“OUR
HOME IS A DEATHBED” (THE BAND IS QUITE CAPABLE BUT THOSE STUPID GROWLING
NONSENICAL VOCALS WENT OUT THE FIRST TIME THEY CAME OUT FOREVER AGO. I’M NOT A FAN OF THAT… SO GET A SINGER
AND MAYBE YOUR BAND COULD BE GOOD)
22. THE
WEDDING PRESENT-“VALENTINA”
23. (TIED WITH BRUCE FOR WORST ALBUM OF THE MONTH. STUPID SONGWRITING SET TO BORE ME TO
TEARS SCHMALTZ POP AND I LOST INTEREST DURING THE FIRST SONG. I MADE IT THROUGH THE WHOLE RECORD ONCE
AND HOPE TO NOT HAVE TO BE SUBJECTED TO THIS CRAP AGAIN) THE SHINS-“PORT
OF MORROW”
24. BATIDA-“BATIDA”
25. HUMAN
TEENAGER-“ANIMAL HUSBANDRY”
26. RUTHIE
FOSTER-“LET IT BURN”
27. ALEX
CLARE-“THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR”
THESE ARE EITHER A RE-RELEASE OR BEST OF COLLECTION FOR 2012.
MARCH FAVOURITES IN ORDER:
1.
JANIS JOPLIN WITH BIG BROTHER & THE
HOLDING COMPANY-“LIVE AT THE CAROUSEL BALLROOM 1968”
2.
AZUSA PLANE-“WHERE THE SANDS TURN TO
GOLD” (A COLLECTION) (2-CD)
BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE RECORDS (MARCH 2012)
1.
VCMG (VINCE CLARK & MARTIN GORE)-“Ssss”
2.
HOBO-“IRON TRIANGLE”
3.
FORT ROMEAU-“KINGDOMS”
4.
CARL COX-“ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE
DANCEFLOOR”
5.
AUREX-“STRING THEORY” (2-CD)
6.
WHOMADEWHO-“BRIGHTER”
7.
MI AMI-“DECADE”
8.
SASCHIENNE-“UNKNOWN”
9.
NICK CURLY-“BETWEEN THE LINES”
10. VCMG-“SINGLE
BLIP” (REMIXES EP)
11. BODY
DOUBLE-“MY LIFE” [EP]
12. VCMG-“SPOCK”
(REMIXES EP)
13. SKAI
NINE-“EMBER” [EP]
14. MARTYN-“HELLO
DARKNESS” [EP]
15. AZARI
& III-“RECKLESS (WITH YOUR LOVE)” (REMIXES)
16. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“SHANGAAN SHAKE” (2-CD COMPILATION OF ELECTRO MEETS SHANGAAN)
BEST FOLK / COUNTRY / AMERICANA ALBUMS OF THE MONTH (MARCH
2012)
1.
DENISON WITMER-“THE ONES WHO WAIT”
2.
DEBUT ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – IN ORDER OF GREATNESS OR NOT SO
GREAT (THAT WOULD BE THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST) (MARCH 2012)
1.
SECRET MUSIC-“SECRET MUSIC”
2.
JESSE RUINS-“DREAM ANALYSIS”
3.
WHIRR-“PIPE DREAMS”
4.
CAVEMAN-“COCO BEWARE”
5.
FORT ROMEAU-“KINGDOMS”
6.
DAUGHN GIBSON-“ALL HELL”
7.
CONDUITS-“CONDUITS”
8.
BROTHERTIGER-“GOLDEN YEARS”
9.
BIRDY-“BIRDY” (DELUXE EDITION)
10. ST.
LUCIA-“ST. LUCIA”
11. OLIVERAY-“WONDERS”
12. TANLINES-“MIXED
EMOTIONS”
13. TRIBES-“BABY”
14. CHAINS
OF LOVE-“STRANGE GREY DAYS”
15. RACES-“YEAR
OF THE WITCH”
16. VACATIONER-“GONE”
MY PICKS FOR BEST EP’S OF MARCH 2012
1.
MICHAEL KIWANUKA-“HOME AGAIN” [EP]
2.
THE PARSON RED HEADS-“MURMURATIONS” [EP]
3.
LOTUS PLAZA / ODONIS ODONIS-“SPLIT EP”
4.
VCMG-“SINGLE BLIP” (REMIXES EP)
5.
NOVELLA-“NOVELLA EP”
6.
SLOW CLUB-“THE DOG” [EP]
7.
RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR-“THE REVOLUTION”
[EP]
8.
MIDNIGHT BRIDE-“TWIN LAKES” [EP]
9.
YOUNG HEEL-“FALLS” [EP]
10. MARTYN-“HELLO
DARKNESS” [EP]
11. POOR
MOON-“ILLUSION” [EP]
12. ST
LUCIA-“WE GOT IT WRONG” (REMIXES EP)
13. DZ
DEATHRAYS-“NO SLEEP” [EP]
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONIC / INSTRUMENTAL / OR EXPERIMENTAL
RECORDS OF MARCH 2012
1.
DEMDIKE STARE-“ELEMENTAL” (2-CD)
2.
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO-“AGE OF ENERGY”
3.
JULIA HOLTER-“EKSTASIS”
4.
THE HOST-“THE HOST (BARRY LYNN OF
BOXCUTTER)
5.
THAT FUCKING TANK-“TFT”
6.
CONDRE SCR-“YOU ARE GENIUS”
7.
DESOLATE-“CELESTIAL LIGHT BEINGS”
8.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“LOST IN THE HUMMING AIR
– MUSIC INSPIRED BY HAROLD BUDD”
9.
VINCE WATSON-“EVERY SOUL NEEDS A GUIDE”
10. MMOTHS-“MMOTHS”
[EP]
11. CARTER
TUTTI VOID-“TRANSVERSE”
12. NIK
COLK VOID-“GOLD E” (SINGLE)
APRIL SINGLES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
1.
BEAR IN HEAVEN-“SINFUL NATURE”
2.
BEAR IN HEAVEN-“THE REFLECTION OF YOU”
(BOTH FAVS!)
3.
TORCHE-“KICKING”
4.
CHROMATICS-“INTO THE BLACK” (2nd
SINGLE OF THE MONTH!)
5.
CHROMATICS-“THE PAGE”
6.
CHROMATICS-“THESE STREETS WILL NEVER LOOK
THE SAME” (SUPER TOP FAV!)
7.
LOTUS PLAZA-“REMEMBER OUR DAYS” (3rd
SINGLE OF THE MONTH!)
8.
LOTUS PLAZA-“STRANGERS” (FAV!)
9.
LOTUS PLAZA-“EVENINGNESS” (FAV!)
10. OF
MONSTERS AND MEN-“MOUNTAIN SOUND”
11. CLARK-“TOOTH
MOVES” (FAV!)
12. JAPANDROIDS-“THE
HOUSE THAT HEAVEN BUILT” (FAV!)
13. PHOTEK
& PINCH-“M25FM” (FAV!)
14. PHOTEK-“NO
AGENDA”
15. THE
SHUTES-“ECHO OF LOVE”
16. LISSY
TRULLIE-“CARING”
17. FUTURE
UNLIMITED-“GOLDEN” (FAV!)
18. VERONICA
FALLS-“MY HEART BEATS”
19. ORBITAL-“NEW
FRANCE (FEATURING ZOLA JESUS” (FAV!)
20. ORBITAL-“STRINGY
ACID” (FAV!)
21. AEGES-“SOUTHERN
COMFORT”
22. ALLO
DARLIN’-“CAPRICORNIA”
23. DRY
THE RIVER-“SHIELD YOUR EYES”
24. GOOD
DANGERS-“D.F.Y.F. (DON’T FUCK YOUR FRIENDS)”
25. HUMAN
DON’T BE ANGRY-“MONOLGUE: RIVER” (FAV!)
26. MAGIC
WANDS-“ALOHA MOON” (FAV!)
27. MAGIC
WANDS-“KALEIDOSCOPE HEARTS”
28. JOE
PUG-“THE GREAT DESPISER” (FAV!)
29. JOE
PUG-“STRONGER THAN THE WORLD” (FAV!)
30. MEGAN
REILLY-“TO SEAL MY LOVE” (FAV!)
31. VIRALS-“COMING
UP WITH THE SUN” (FAV!)
32. VIRALS-“GLORIA”
(TOP FAV!)
33. THE
JEZABELS-“ENDLESS SUMMER” (#1 SINGLE OF THE MONTH!)
34. MIDTOWN
DICKENS-“WALK, DON’T YOU RUN” (4TH FAV SINGLE?!)
35. BRIAN
JONESTOWN MASSACRE-“ILLUMINOMI” (TOP FAV TOO!)
36. GIARDINI
DI MIRO-“RIDE”
37. GIARDINI
DI MIRO-“GOOD LUCK”
38. GIARDINI
DI MIRO-“TIME ON TIME”
APRIL (IN ORDER BEGINNING WITH MY FAVOURITE RELEASES OF THE
MONTH)
1.
LOTUS PLAZA-“SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE”
2.
CHROMATICS-“KILL FOR LOVE” (2-CD)
3.
SIMONE FELICE-“SIMONE FELICE”
4.
DRY THE RIVER-“SHALLOW BED”
5.
MEGAN REILLY-“THE WELL”
6.
GIARDINI DI MIRO-“GOOD LUCK”
7.
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE-“AUFHEBEN”
8.
JOE PUG-“THE GREAT DESPISER”
9.
EIGHT AND A HALF-“EIGHT AND A HALF”
(JUSTIN PEROFF OF BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE + DAVE HAMELIN AND LIAM O’NEIL OF THE
STILLS)
10. HUMAN
DON’T BE ANGRY (AKA MALCOLM MIDDLETON)-“HUMAN DON’T BE ANGRY”
11. YPPAH-“EIGHTY
ONE”
12. BEAR
IN HEAVEN-“I LOVE YOU, IT’S COOL”
13. TORCHE-“HARMONICRAFT”
14. THE
JEZABELS-“PRISONER”
15. CLARK-“IRADELPHIC”
16. A
WHISPER IN THE NOISE-“TO FORGET”
17. MAGIC
WANDS-“ALOHA MOON”
18. ACTRESS-“R.I.P.”
19. SEA
OF BEES-“ORANGEFARBEN”
20. M.
WARD-“A WASTELAND COMPANION”
21. ZAMBRI-“HOUSE
OF BAASA”
22. MIDTOWN
DICKENS-“HOME”
23. HUORATRON-“CRYTOCRACY”
24. MARIEE
SIOUX-“GIFT FOR THE END”
25. ALABAMA
SHAKES-“BOYS & GIRLS”
26. LISSY
TRULLIE-“LISSY TRULLIE”
27. VIRALS-“COMING
UP WITH THE SUN” [EP]
28. BRETON-“OTHER
PEOPLE’S PROBLEMS”
29. TRAMPLED
BY TURTLES-“STARS AND SATELLITES”
30. REN
HARVIEU-“THROUGH THE NIGHT” (JOHNNY MARR GUESTS, NEED I SAY MORE)
31. TREMBLING
BELLS & BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY-“THE MARBLE DOWNS”
32. ATOM
TM-“WINTERREISE”
33. GREAT
LAKE SWIMMERS-“NEW WILD EVERYWHERE” (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD)
34. LIGHTSHIPS-“ELECTRIC
CABLES”
35. HORSE
FEATHERS-“CYNIC’S NEW YEAR”
36. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“THE WIRE TAPPER # 28” (APRIL 2012 FROM THE MAGAZINE ‘THE WIRE’)
37. BLEEDING
KNEES CLUB-“NOTHING TO DO”
38. ALLO
DARLIN’-“EUROPE”
39. ORBITAL-“WONKY”
(2-CD DELUXE EDITION)
40. ELECTRIC
GUEST-“MONDO”
41. JAPANDROIDS-“THE
HOUSE THAT HEAVEN BUILT B/W JACK THE RIPPER” (SINGLE)
42. PHOTEK-“DJ-KICKS”
(3-CD)
43. ESP-“627”
[EP]
44. FLORENCE
+ THE MACHINE-“MTV PRESENTS UNPLUGGED”
45. MOHN-“MOHN”
(WOLFGANG VOIGT & JORG BURGER)
46. THE
MACCABEES-“GIVEN TO THE WILD”
47. MARIO
& VIDIS-“CHANGED” (2-CD)
48. BENJAMIN
SCHOOS-“CHINA MAN VS CHINA GIRL”
49. LORI
CARSON-“ANOTHER YEAR”
50. YANN
TIERSEN-“SKYLINE”
51. DIAMOND
RUGS-“DIAMOND RUGS”
52. LP-“INTO
THE WILD – LIVE AT EASTWEST STUDIOS” [EP]
53. AEGES-“THE
BRIDGE”
54. THE
SHUTES-“ECHO OF LOVE” [EP]
55. THE
SHUTES-“NOAH’S ARK B/W WALTZ ALONE” (SINGLE)
56. VERONICA
FALLS-“MY HEART BEATS B/W KILLING TIME” (SINGLE)
57. MIDTOWN
DICKENS-“HOME”
58. SHIFTED-“CROSSED
PATHS”
59. TORCHE-“HARMONICRAFT”
60. BLEEDING
KNEES CLUB-“NOTHING TO DO”
61. MOONFACE-“WITH
SIINAI: HEARTBREAKING BRAVERY”
62. THE
LUMINEERS-“THE LUMINEERS”
63. THE
LUMINEERS-“TALES FROM THE ATTIC” [EP]
64. PELICAN-“ATARAXIA/TARAXIS”
[EP]
65. JOHN
DOE & EXENE CERVENKA-“SINGING AND PLAYING”
66. OF
MONSTERS AND MEN-“MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL”
67. HURRAY
FOR THE RIFF RAFF-“LOOK OUT MAMA”
68. DIRTY
FENCES-“DIRTY FENCES” [EP]
69. MAYA
JANE COLES-“DJ KICKS” (3-CD)
70. MIKA
VAINIO-“RASPUTIN 3000 B/W DEVIL ARRIVES TO FINSPANG” (SINGLE)
71. FUTURE
UNLIMITED-“FUTURE UNLIMITED EP”
72. PAUL
VAN DYK-“EVOLUTION”
73. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND DIGITAL MIXTAPE APRIL 2012”
74. SETH
LAKEMAN-“TALES FROM THE BARREL HOUSE”
75. FORT
ATLANTIC-“NOISETRADE SAMPLER 2012”
76. HALEY
BONAR-“THE GOLDER SAMPLER 2012”
77. THE
ABSOLUTE MONARCHS-“1”
78. WILLIS
EARL BEAL-“ACOUSMATIC SORCERY”
79. ADAM
COHEN-“LIKE A MAN”
80. JIM
LOCKEY & THE SOLEMN SUN-“DEATH”
81. JON
PORRAS-“BLACK MESA”
82. MAPS
& ATLASES-“BEWARE AND BE GRATEFUL”
83. FENN
O’BERG-“IN HELL” (LIVE 2010)
84. THE
YELLOW DOGS-“UPPER CLASS COMPLEXITY” [EP]
85. WEIRD
DREAMS-“CHOREOGRAPHY”
86. RAVENS
& CHIMES-“HOLIDAY LIFE”
87. NANCI
GRIFFITH-“INTERSECTION”
88. DOUG
PAISLEY-“GOLDEN EMBERS” [EP]
89. THE
MASTERSONS-“BIRDS FLY SOUTH”
90. SPIRITUALIZED-“SWEET
HEART SWEET LIGHT”
91. TREMBLING
BELLS & BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY & MULDOON’S PICNIC-“DUCHESS” [EP]
92. CUFF
THE DUKE-“IN OUR TIME” (COVERS EP)
93. SIMIAN
MOBILE DISCO-“SERAPHIM” [EP]
94. BLACK
DEVIL DISCO CLUB-“MAGNETIC CIRCUS” (THE REMIX ALBUM)
95. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND VINYL MIXTAPE 4/26/12”
96. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“UNCUT MAGAZINE APRIL 2012: WATCH THAT BAND! UNCUT PRESENTS NEW
MUSIC FOR A NEW YEAR”
97. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“MOJO MAGAZINE APRIL 2012: COME ON LET’S GO! A MODERN DAY JUKEBOX
COMPILED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MOJO BY PAUL WELLER”
98. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND VINYL NEW MIX 4/12/12”
LIST FOR THOSE I JUST COULDN’T RELATE TO
APRIL (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL):
1.
THE VESPERS-“EP”
2.
BUTTERFLY BOUCHER-“THE EVOLUTION”
3.
THE SPRING STANDARDS-“YELLOW//GOLD” [EP]
4.
ROCKET JUICE & THE MOON-“ROCKET JUICE
& THE MOON”
5.
JOHNNY DOWD-“NO REGRETS”
6.
HIGH ON FIRE-“DE VERMIS MYSTERIIS”
7.
MORGAN PAGE-“IN THE AIR”
8.
SOUL JUNK-“1961”
9.
NEW BUILD-“YESTERDAY WAS LIVED AND LOST”
10. AMADOU
& MARIAM-“FOLILA”
11. COUNTING
CROWS-“UNDERWATER SUNSHINE” (COVERS ALBUM) (YUCK THIS IS AWFUL!!!!!!)
12. DINOSAUR
FEATHERS-“WHISTLE TIPS”
13. BAD
VEINS-“THE MESS WE’VE MADE”
14. THE
CLOUD ROOM-“ZITHER”
15. THE
ROCKET SUMMER-“BRYCE AVARY, HIS INSTRUMENTS AND YOUR VOICES” (LIVE)
16. SUCKERS-“CANDY
SALAD”
17. HAL-“THE
TIME THE HOUR”
18. THE
FORECAST-“EVERYBODY LEFT”
19. NEON
TREES-“PICTURE SHOW”
20. THE
WAVE PICTURES-“LONG BLACK CARS”
21. DAR
WILLIAMS-“IN THE TIME OF GODS”
22. STRINGS
OF CONSCIOUSNESS-“FROM BEYOND LOVE”
23. BRENDAN
BENSON-“WHAT KIND OF WORLD”
24. BRAD-“UNITED
WE STAND”
25. TEITUR-“LET
THE DOG DRIVE HOME”
26. CRYSTAL
FIGHTERS-“STAR OF LOVE”
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 ARE
WORTH A LISTEN AND A MENTION OTHERWISE SEE MY DIDN’T CARE FOR AT ALL LIST FOR
THOSE THAT I JUST COULDN’T RELATE TO.
APRIL (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL)
1.
BLACK MOUNTAIN-“YEAR ZERO: THE ORIGINAL
SOUNDTRACK”
2.
VINYL THIEF-“REBEL HILL” [EP]
3.
WEIRD DREAMS-“CHOREOGRAPHY”
4.
THE MASTERONS-“BIRDS FLY SOUTH”
5.
ZAMMUTO-“ZAMMUTO”
6.
STEVE BARTON-“PROJECTOR”
7.
BIG SIR-“BEFORE GARDENS AFTER GARDENS”
8.
DR JOHN-“LOCKED DOWN”
9.
KATE CAMPBELL-“1,000 POUND MACHINE”
10. QUANTIC
AND ALICE RUSSELL-“LOOK AROUND THE CORNER”
11. BATTLES-“DROSS
GLOP” (‘GLOSS DROP’ REMIX ALBUM)
12. GRINDERMAN-“GRINDERMAN
2 REMIX ALBUM)
13. MOTOR-“MAN
MADE MACHINE”
14. WHITE
FENCE-“FAMILY PERFUME VOL. 1”
15. BLACK
DICE-“MR. IMPOSSIBLE”
16. JACK
WHITE-“BLUNDERBUSS”
17. ETERNAL
SUMMERS-“THE DAWN OF ETERNAL SUMMERS”
18. SLEEPY
SUN-“SPINE HITS”
19. TORO
Y MOI-“JUNE 2009”
20. WACO
BROTHERS AND PAUL BURCH-“GREAT CHICAGO FIRE”
21. DOLPHINS
INTO THE FUTURE-“A STAR MAKER, STRANGE DREAMS, AND CLAIRVOYANCE”
22. EMILY
WELLS-“MAMA”
23. TIESTO-“CLUB
LIFE – VOLUME TWO: MIAMI” (2-CD)
24. THE
CORNSHED SISTERS-“TELL TALES”
25. CLAUDE
VIOLANTE-“CLAUDE VIOLANTE EP”
26. THE
DANDY WARHOLS-“THIS MACHINE”
27. SARAH
JAFFE-“THE BODY WINS”
28. MARILYN
MANSON-“BORN VILLAIN”
29. THE
NIGHTINGALES-“NO LOVE LOST”
THESE ARE EITHER A RE-RELEASE OR BEST OF COLLECTION OR
COMPILATION FOR 2012. APRIL FAVOURITES IN ORDER:
1.
JANIS JOPLIN-“THE PEARL SESSIONS” (2-CD
COLLECTION)
2.
HALF STRING-“MAPS FOR SLEEP (1991-1997)”
3.
DAVID SYLVIAN-“A VICTIM OF STARS:
1982-2012” (2-CD)
4.
U.V. POP-“NO SONGS TOMORROW” (1983/2012)
5.
FIREHOSE-“LOWFLOWS” THE COLUMBIA
ANTHOLOGY 1991-1993 (2-CD)
6.
THE PASTELS-“SITTIN’ PRETTY” (1989/2012)
BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE RECORDS (APRIL 2012)
1.
HUORATRON-“CRYTOCRACY”
2.
PHOTEK-“DJ KICKS” (3-CD COMPILATION)
3.
MARIO & VIDIS-“CHANGED” (DISC 2 ONLY)
4.
ORBITAL-“WONKY”
5.
SHIFTED-“CROSSED PATHS”
6.
ACTRESS-“R.I.P.”
7.
PAUL VAN DYK-“EVOLUTION”
8.
MAYA JANE COLES-“DJ-KICKS” (3-CD)
9.
MOTOR-“MAN MADE MACHINE”
10. SIMIAN
MOBILE DISCO-“SERAPHIM” [EP]
BEST FOLK / COUNTRY / AMERICANA ALBUMS OF THE MONTH (APRIL
2012)
1.
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES-“STARS AND
SATELLITES”
2.
SETH LAKEMAN-“TALES FROM THE BARREL
HOUSE”
3.
NANCI GRIFFITH-“INTERSECTION”
4.
JOHN DOE & EXENE CERVENKA-“SINGING
AND PLAYING”
DEBUT ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – IN ORDER OF GREATNESS OR NOT SO
GREAT (THAT WOULD BE THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST) (APRIL 2012)
1.
DRY THE RIVER-“SHALLOW BED”
2.
HUMAN DON’T BE ANGRY-“HUMAN DON’T BE
ANGRY”
3.
EIGHT AND A HALF-“EIGHT AND A HALF”
4.
ZAMBRI-“HOUSE OF BAASA”
5.
MAGIC WANDS-“ALOHA MOON”
6.
LIGHTSHIPS-“ELECTRIC CABLES”
7.
MARIEE SIOUX-“GIFT FOR THE END”
8.
REN HARVIEU-“THROUGH THE NIGHT”
9.
BROKEN WATER-“TEMPEST”
10. BLEEDING
KNEES CLUB-“NOTHING TO DO”
11. ELECTRIC
GUEST-“MONDO”
12. DIAMOND
RUGS-“DIAMOND RUGS”
13. OF
MONSTERS AND MEN-“MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL”
14. WEIRD
DREAMS-“CHOREOGRAPHY”
15. THE
MASTERSONS-“BIRDS FLY SOUTH”
16. THE
ABSOLUTE MONARCHS-“1”
17. AEGES-“THE
BRIDGE”
MY PICKS FOR BEST EP’S OF APRIL 2012
1.
THE SHUTES-“ECHO OF LOVE” [EP]
2.
VIRALS-“COMING UP WITH THE SUN” [EP]
3.
DIRTY FENCES-“DIRTY FENCES” [EP]
4.
ESP-“627” [EP]
5.
FUTURE UNLIMITED-“FUTURE UNLIMITED EP”
6.
DOUG PAISLEY-“GOLDEN EMBERS” [EP]
7.
CUFF THE DUKE-“IN OUR TIME” (COVERS EP)
8.
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (P.I.L.)-“ONE DROP” [EP]
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONIC / INSTRUMENTAL / OR EXPERIMENTAL
RECORDS OF APRIL 2012
1.
ACTRESS-“R.I.P.”
2.
CLARK-“IRADELPHIC”
3.
ATOM TM-“WINTERREISE”
4.
MOHN-“MOHN”
5.
PELICAN-“ATARAXIA/TARAXIS” [EP]
6.
FENN O’BERG-“IN HELL” (LIVE IN 2010)
MAY SINGLES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
1.
MICHAEL KIWANUKA-“HOME AGAIN”
2.
ANE BRUN-“WORDS” (FAV!)
3.
ANE BRUN-“OH LOVE” (TOP FAV!)
4.
FATHER JOHN MISTY-“HOLLYWOOD FOREVER
CEMETERY SINGS”
5.
LIGHT ASYLUM-“POPE WILL ROLL”
6.
EVANS THE DEATH-“THREADS” (FAV!)
7.
CLARO INTELECTO-“IT’S GETTING LATE”
8.
JIMMY EDGAR-“U NEED LOVE”
9.
HERE WE GO MAGIC-“HOW DO I KNOW”
10. COOKIE
DUSTER-“TWO FEET STAND UP”
11. SLEEP
PARTY PEOPLE-“CHIN”
12. SLEEP
PARTY PEOPLE-“GAZING AT THE MOON”
13. BEACH
HOUSE-“MYTH” (TOP FAV!)
14. BEACH
HOUSE-“OTHER PEOPLE” (FAV!)
15. BEACH
HOUSE-“TROUBLEMAKER”
16. BEST
COAST-“THE ONLY PLACE”
17. BLACK
TAMBOURINE-“I WANT YOU AROUND” (TOP FAV!)
18. CRAFT
SPELLS-“STILL LEFT WITH ME”
19. CRAFT
SPELLS-“BURST”
20. DZ
DEATHRAYS-“DUMB IT DOWN”
21. THE
HOBART BROTHERS & LIL’ SIS HOBART, JON DEE GRAHAM, FREEDY JOHNSTON &
SUSAN COWSILL-“BALLAD OF SIS (DIDN’T I LOVE YOU)”
22. THE
CULT-“HONEY FROM A KNIFE”
23. THE
CULT-“AMNESIA” (TOP FAV!)
24. GARBAGE-“AUTOMATIC
SYSTEMATIC HABIT”
25. GARBAGE-“SHOW
ME”
26. HERZOG-“FUCK
THIS YEAR” (TOP FAV!)
27. JEFF
THE BROTHERHOOD-“HYPNOTIC MIND”
28. EXITMUSIC-“THE
NIGHT”
29. EXITMUSIC-“THE
MODERN AGE” (TOP FAV!!)
30. EXITMUSIC-“THE
COLD” (FAV!!)
31. MOTHLITE-“SOMETHING
IN THE SKY”
32. VIOLENS-“TOTALLY
TRUE”
33. VIOLENS-“EVERY
MELTING DEGREE” (TOP FAV!!)
34. VIOLENS-“SO
HARD TO SEE”
35. HOT
WATER MUSIC-“DROWN IN IT”
36. HOT
WATER MUSIC-“THE TRAPS”
37. FORT
ATLANTIC-“MY LOVE IS WITH YOU”
38. SAINT
ETIENNE-“LAST DAYS OF DISCO”
39. YOUNG
MAN-“FATE” (FAV!)
40. YOUNG
MAN-“21” (FAV!)
41. HANDS-“WARM
NIGHT HOME” (FAV!)
42. LADYHAWKE-“GIRL
LIKE ME”
43. LADYHAWKE-“GONE”
44. LA
VAMPIRES BY OCTO OCTA-“HIS LOVE” (TOP FAV!)
45. LIGHTOUTS-“STRAY
BOY” (TOP FAV!)
46. THE
SMOKE FAIRIES-“HIDEAWAY” (FAV!)
47. THE
WALKMEN-“HEAVEN”
48. VICTOR
TALKING MACHINE-“TUSCANY”
49. 254-“YOU’RE
EARLY (FAV!)
50. 254-“SCARLET”
(FAV!)
51. GEMMA
RAY-“FLOOD AND A FIRE”
52. THE
KDMS-“WONDERMAN”
53. THE
KDMS-“TONIGHT” (FAV!)
54. KING
TUFF-“BAD THING”
55. KING
TUFF-“STRANGER”
56. KING
TUFF-“HIT & RUN” (FAV!)
57. TORCHE-“KICKING”
(TOP FAV!)
58. HUORATRON-“A699F”
59. HUORATRON-“FORCE
MAJEURE”
60. BLEEDING
KNEES CLUB-“NOTHING TO DO” (FAV!)
61. BLEEDING
KNEES CLUB-“WHO ARE YOU” (TOP FAV!)
62. AIRIEL-“FLASHLIGHT
TAG” (TOP FAV!)
63. PICNIC-“WE’VE
ONLY JUST BEGUN” (FAV!)
64. SPAIN-“BECAUSE
OF YOUR LOVE”
65. GREG
LASWELL-“COME BACK DOWN (FEAT. SARA BAREILLES)”
66. GREG
LASWELL-“LATE ARRIVING”
67. GREG
LASWELL-“LANDLINE (FEAT. INGRID MICHAELSON)”
68. LOVELOCK
(STEVE MOORE FROM ZOMBI)-“LOVE REACTION”
69. REN
HARVIEU-“DO RIGHT BY ME” (FAV!)
MAY (IN ORDER BEGINNING WITH MY FAVOURITE RELEASES OF THE
MONTH)
1.
MICHAEL KIWANUKA-“HOME AGAIN”
2.
BEACH HOUSE-“BLOOM”
3.
EXITMUSIC-“PASSAGE” (I SWEAR IT’S A 3 WAY
TIE THIS MONTH! ALL 3 OF THESE RELEASES ARE WORTHY OF #1!!!! FANTASTIC MUSIC)
4.
MARISSA NADLER-“THE SISTER”
5.
ALT-J-“AN AWESOME WAVE”
6.
2:54-“2:54”
7.
SPAIN-“THE SOUL OF SPAIN”
8.
COLD SPECKS-“I PREDICT A GRACEFUL
EXPULSION”
9.
ANE BRUN-“IT ALL STARTS WITH ONE”
10. GRAVENHURST-“THE
GHOST IN DAYLIGHT”
11. THE
SOULSAVERS (FEATURING DAVE GAHAN OF DEPECHE MODE ON ALL VOCALS)-“THE LIGHT
THE DEAD SEE”
12. DEAD
MELLOTRON-“GLITTER” [EP]
13. BASS
CLEF-“REELING SKULLWAYS”
14. TORCHE-“HARMONICRAFT”
15. GREG
LASWELL-“LANDLINE”
16. FORT
ATLANTIC-“FORT ATLANTIC”
17. CLARO
INTELECTO-“REFORM CLUB”
18. VIOLENS-“TRUE”
19. NORTH
ATLANTIC OSCILLATION-“FOG ELECTRIC”
20. YOUNG
MAN-“VOL. 1”
21. THE
SMOKE FAIRIES-“BLOOD SPEAKS”
22. KING
TUFF-“KING TUFF”
23. FATHER
JOHN MISTY-“FEAR FUN”
24. HUORATRON-“CRYPTOCRACY”
25. EVANS
THE DEATH-“EVANS THE DEATH”
26. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-A TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL CHAPMAN: “OH MICHAEL, LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE –
FRIENDS PLAY MICHAEL CHAPMAN”
27. MOUNT
EERIE-“CLEAR MOON”
28. MOTHLITE-“DARK
AGE”
29. LOVELOCK-“BURNING
FEELING” (STEVE MOORE FROM ZOMBI)
30. LOWER
DENS-“NOOTROPICS”
31. THE
WALKMEN-“HEAVEN”
32. SIGUR
ROS-“VALTARI”
33. LA
VAMPIRES BY OCTO OCTA-“FREEDOM 2K”
34. BROKEN
WATER-“TEMPEST”
35. JULIA
STONE-“BY THE HORNS”
36. IT
HUGS BACK-“LAUGHING PARTY”
37. PS..
I LOVE YOU-“DEATH DREAMS”
38. DZ
DEATHRAYS-“BLOODSTREAMS”
39. HERE
WE GO MAGIC-“A DIFFERENT SHIP”
40. ROYAL
HEADACHE-“ROYAL HEADACHE”
41. SLEEP
PARTY PEOPLE-“WE WERE DRIFTING ON A SAD SONG”
42. MARRIAGES-“KITSUNE”
[EP]
43. SCSI-9-“METAMORPHOSIS”
44. SUSANNA-“WILD
DOG”
45. GEMMA
RAY-“ISLAND FIRE”
46. PICNIC-“WE’VE
ONLY JUST BEGUN B/W SAY A LITTLE PRAYER” (SINGLE)
47. SIMIAN
MOBILE DISCO-“UNPATTERNS”
48. ANYWHERE-“ANYWHERE”
49. JAMES
BLACKSHAW-“LOVE IS THE PLAN, THE PLAN IS DEATH”
50. HEALTH-“MAX
PAYNE 3 OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK”
51. HANDS-“MASSIVE
CONTEXT” [EP]
52. CRAFT
SPELLS-“GALLERY” [EP]
53. BLACK
TAMBOURINE-“ONETWOTHREEFOUR” [EP]
54. SUN
KIL MOON-“AMONG THE LEAVES”
55. LIGHT
ASYLUM-“LIGHT ASYLUM”
56. GEOFF
BARROW / BEN SALISBURY-“DROKK: MUSIC INSPIRED BY MEGA CITY ONE”
57. PATRICK
WATSON-“ADVENTURES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD”
58. BILLY
BRAGG & WILCO-“MERMAID AVENUE VOL. 3 (THE SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE)”
59. BERANGERE
MAXIMIN-“NO ONE IS AN ISLAND”
60. HOT
WATER MUSIC-“EXISTER”
61. THE
CRIBS-“IN THE BELLY OF THE BRAZEN BULL”
62. THE
CULT-“CHOICE OF WEAPON”
63. MERCHANDISE-“CHILDREN
OF DESIRE”
64. JEFF
THE BROTHERHOOD-“HYNOTIC KNIGHTS” [EP]
65. SQUAREPUSHER-“UFABULUM”
66. ILIKETRAINS-“THE
SHALLOWS”
67. SAINT
ETIENNE-“WORDS AND MUSIC BY SAINT ETIENNE” (2-CD DELUXE EDITION W/ REMIX
DISC)
68. LADYHAWKE-“ANXIETY”
69. THE
KDMS-“KINKY DRAMAS AND MAGIC STORIES”
70. BEST
COAST-“THE ONLY PLACE”
71. MV
& EE-“SPACE HOMESTEAD”
72. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND VINYL MIXTAPE 5-24-12”
73. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND VINYL MIXTAPE 5-10-12”
74. CHEAP
TIME-“WALLPAPER MUSIC”
75. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“THE WIRE MAGAZINE PRESENTS: BELOW THE RADAR #09 COMPILATION”
76. SHACKLETON-“MUSIC
FOR THE QUIET HOUR / THE DRAWBAR ORGANS” [EP] (2-CD)
77. DISTAL-“CIVILIZATION”
78. JIMMY
EDGAR-“MAJENTA”
79. SIMONE
WHITE-“SILVER SILVER”
80. ADMIRAL
FALLOW-“TREE BURSTS IN SNOW”
81. GRASS
WIDOW-“INTERNAL LOGIC”
82. VIRGINIA
WING-“A WORN PATH B/W DIVINATION” (SINGLE)
83. NADA
SURF-“NOISETRADE SAMPLER 2012”
84. FEEDER-“GENERATION
FREAKSHOW”
85. THE
PROCLAIMERS-“LIKE COMEDY”
86. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND DIGITAL MIXTAPE MAY 2012”
87. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“UNCUT MAGAZINE MAY 2012 PRESENTS: JACK WHITE’S BLUES: 15 ORIGINAL
VERSIONS OF CLASSIC SONGS COVERED BY JACK”
88. VICTOR
TALKING MACHINE-“TUSCANY B/W SARAH LAUGHS” (SINGLE)
89. S.
CAREY-“HOYAS” [EP]
90. RAMONA
FALLS-“NOISETRADE SAMPLER 2012”
91. MAGIC
TOUCH / ITAL-“ANYWHERE YOU WANT ME / FROM A DREAM” (SPLIT CD)
92. LANA
DEL REY-“BLUE JEANS REMIX EP”
93. BONNIE
“PRINCE” BILLY-“HUMMINGBIRD” [EP]
94. SILVERSUN
PICKUPS-“NECK OF THE WOODS”
95. ROSS
FLOURNOY / THE BROKEN WEST / APEX MANOR-“NOISE TRADE COMPILATION RF: THE
SONGS OF APEX MANOR & THE BROKEN WEST”
96. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“SPIN MAGAZINE MAY/JUNE 2012 SAMPLER”
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 ARE
WORTH A LISTEN AND A MENTION OTHERWISE SEE MY DIDN’T CARE FOR AT ALL LIST FOR
THOSE THAT I JUST COULDN’T RELATE TO.
MAY (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL)
1.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT-“OUT OF THE GAME”
2.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MOJO MAGAZINE MAY 2012
PRESENTS: THE WORLD OF THE SMALL FACES AND BEYOND”
3.
HEAVY BLANKET-“HEAVY BLANKET” (FEAT. J.
MASCIS)
4.
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE-“HONEYCOMB B/W GOTHAM”
(SINGLE)
5.
KTL-“KTL V”
6.
CARLETTA SUE KAY-“INCONGRUENT”
7.
JOSEPHINE FOSTER AND THE VICTOR HERRERO BAND-“PERLAS”
8.
THE HOBART BROTHERS & LIL’ SIS HOBART,
JON DEE GRAHAM, FREEDY JOHNSTON & SUSAN COWSILL-“AT LEAST WE HAVE EACH
OTHER”
9.
THE FEATURES-“STILL LOST VOLUME 1”
10. DALIS
CAR-“INGLADALONENESS” [EP]
11. GARBAGE-“NOT
YOUR KIND OF PEOPLE”
12. JOEY
RAMONE-“…YA KNOW?”
13. LAUREL
HALO-“QUARANTINE” (BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE MONTH, THIS IS! I LOVE HER PREVIOUS RELEASES AND THIS
JUST DID NOT DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF THOSE EP’S AND SINGLES. HOPE IT’S NOT THE END OF THE LINE FOR
HER HERE… IT HAS IT’S MOMENTS BUT IT’S NOT COHESIVE FOR ME AT ALL. I’M WAITING
TO SEE IF IT WILL GROW ON ME SOME MORE…)
14. THE
PRIMITIVES-“ECHOES & RHYMES”
15. CHICANE-“THOUSAND
MILE STARE”
16. SUB
FOCUS-“OUT THE BLUE” (FEATURING ALICE GOLD) (REMIXES EP)
17. VIDEO
LOVE-“MON ANGE”
18. EDWARD
SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS-“HERE”
19. BRANDI
CARLILE-“LIVE AT BEAR CREEK” [EP]
20. ALUNA
GEORGE-“YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT” [EP]
21. PACIFIC
UV-“WEEKENDS”
DIDN’T REALLY CARE FOR MUCH AT ALL IN MAY:
1.
ALLIE MOSS-“LATE BLOOMER (WITH THE AGE OF
ROCKETS REMIXES)” (2011/2012 REISSUED)
2.
JESS KLEIN-“BEHIND A VEIL”
3.
CARLETTA SUE KAY-“JOY DIVISION” [EP]
4.
MINDY SMITH-“NOISETRADE EXCLUSIVE 4 SONG
SAMPLER”
5.
K HOLES-“DISMANIA”
6.
THE MEMORIES-“THE MEMORIES”
7.
REPTAR-“BODY FAUCET”
8.
ANGEL SNOW-“LIVE AT EDDIE’S ATTIC” [EP]
9.
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD-“THIS IS PIL”
10. CARINA
ROUND-“TIGERMENDING”
11. BOBBY
CONN-“MACARONI”
12. KEANE-“STRANGELAND”
THESE ARE EITHER A RE-RELEASE OR BEST OF COLLECTION OR
COMPILATION FOR 2011. MAY FAVOURITES IN ORDER:
1.
KING CREOSOTE & JON HOPKINS-“DIAMOND
MINE” (JUBILEE EDITION)
2.
MACHINE DRUM-“ROOM(S)” (EXTENDED BONUS
REMIX CD)
3.
THE KNACK-“HAVIN’ A RAVE UP: LIVE IN LOS
ANGELES 1978”
4.
BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE RECORDS (MAY 2012)
1.
CLARO INTELECTO-“REFORM CLUB”
2.
HUORATRON-“CRYPTOCRACY”
3.
BASS CLEF-“REELING SKULLWAYS”
4.
LOVELOCK-“BURNING FEELING” (STEVE MOORE
FROM ZOMBI)
5.
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO-“UNPATTERNS”
6.
LA VAMPIRES BY OCTO OCTA-“FREEDOM 2K”
7.
THE KDMS-“KINKY DRAMAS AND MAGIC STORIES”
8.
JIMMY EDGAR-“MAJENTA”
9.
SCSI-9-“METAMORPHOSIS”
10. MAGIC
TOUCH / ITAL-“ANYWHERE YOU WANT ME / FROM A DREAM” (SPLIT CD)
BEST FOLK / COUNTRY / AMERICANA ALBUMS OF THE MONTH (MAY
2012)
1.
MICHAEL KIWANUKA-“HOME AGAIN”
2.
BILLY BRAGG & WILCO-“MERMAID AVENUE
VOL. 3 (THE SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE)”
3.
DEBUT ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – IN ORDER OF GREATNESS OR NOT SO
GREAT (THAT WOULD BE THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST) (MAY 2012)
1.
MICHAEL KIWANUKA-“HOME AGAIN”
2.
2:54-“2:54”
3.
COLD SPECKS-“I PREDICT A GRACEFUL EXPULSION”
4.
EXITMUSIC-“PASSAGE”
5.
FORT ATLANTIC-“FORT ATLANTIC”
6.
ALT-J-“AN AWESOME WAVE”
7.
FATHER JOHN MISTY-“FEAR FUN”
8.
EVANS THE DEATH-“EVANS THE DEATH”
9.
KING TUFF-“KING TUFF”
10. P.S.
I LOVE YOU-“DEATH DREAMS”
11. ROYAL
HEADACHE-“ROYAL HEADACHE”
12. MERCHANDISE-“CHILDREN
OF DESIRE”
13. MARRIAGES-“KITSUNE”
[EP]
14. LIGHT
ASYLUM-“LIGHT ASYLUM”
MY PICKS FOR BEST EP’S OF MAY 2012
1.
DEAD MELLOTRON-“GLITTER” [EP]
2.
MARRIAGES-“KITSUNE” [EP]
3.
CRAFT SPELLS-“GALLERY” [EP]
4.
HANDS-“MASSIVE CONTEXT” [EP]
5.
S. CAREY-“HOYAS” [EP]
6.
JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD-“HYPNOTIC KNIGHTS”
[EP]
7.
DALIS CAR-“INGLADALONENESS” [EP]
8.
BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY-“HUMMINGBIRD” [EP]
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONIC / INSTRUMENTAL / OR EXPERIMENTAL
RECORDS OF MAY 2012
1.
JAMES BLACKSHAW-“LOVE IS THE PLAN, THE
PLAN IS DEATH”
2.
MARRIAGES-“KITSUNE” [EP]
3.
BERANGERE MAXIMIN-“NO ONE IS AN ISLAND”
4.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“THE WIRE MAGAZINE
PRESENTS: BELOW THE RADAR #09 COMPILATION” (MAY 2012 ISSUE)
5.
GEOFF BARROW / BEN SALISBURY-“DROKK:
MUSIC INSPIRED BY MEGA CITY ONE”
6.
DISTAL-“CIVILIZATION”
7.
HEALTH-“MAX PAYNE 3 OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK”
8.
SQUAREPUSHER-“UFABULUM”
9.
HEAVY BLANKET-“HEAVY BLANKET” (FEAT. J.
MASCIS)
JUNE SINGLES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
1.
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS-“TROUBLE”
2.
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS-“SOLO”
3.
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS-“TAPES
& MONEY”
4.
CROCODILES-“ENDLESS FLOWERS” (FAV!)
5.
CROCODILES-“SUNDAY (PSYCHIC CONVERSATION
#9”
6.
BRANDI CARLILE-“RISE AGAIN” (TOP FAV!)
7.
COCO ROSIE-“TEARZ FOR ANIMALS” (W/ ANTONY
HEGARTY) (FAV!)
8.
MATTHEW DEAR-“HER FANTASY”
9.
FRIENDS-“MIND CONTROL”
10. THE
HIVES-“1000 ANSWERS”
11. JAPANDROIDS-“FIRE’S
HIGHWAY” (TOP FAV!)
12. JAPANDROIDS-“FOR
THE LOVE OF IVY” (TOP FAV!)
13. JAPANDROIDS-“THE
HOUSE THAT HEAVEN BUILT”
14. LEMONADE-“SOFTKISS”
15. POMEGRANATES-“SISTERS”
(FAV!)
16. POMEGRANATES-“NIGHT
RUN”
17. TEEN
DAZE-“BROOKLYN SUNBURN” (SINGLE OF THE MONTH? TOP FAV!)
18. THE
TEMPER TRAP-“TREMBLING HANDS” (FAV!)
19. THE
TEMPER TRAP-“THIS ISN’T HAPPINESS”
20. THE
TALLEST MAN ON EARTH-“1904” (2ND FAV SINGLE OF THE MONTH? TOP
FAV!)
21. NIKI
& THE DOVE-“THE DRUMMER”
22. TOTALLY
ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS-‘STRONGER”
23. HOT
CHIP-“MOTION SICKNESS”
24. HOT
CHIP-“HOW DO YOU DO?”
25. HOT
CHIP-“ENDS OF THE EARTH”
26. IAMAMIWHOAMI-“DROPS”
(FAV!)
27. IAMAMIWHOAMI-“IN
DUE ORDER” (TOP FAV!)
28. IAMAMIWHOAMI-“GOODS”
29. WYMOND
MILES-“PALE MOON”
30. SUPERCHUNK-“THIS
SUMMER”
31. EMILY
JANE WHITE-“THE CLIFF”
32. PEAKING
LIGHTS-“LIVE LOVE”
33. WHIRR-“BLUE”
34. WHIRR-“MEANINGLESS”
(TOP FAV!)
35. WHIRR-“MEANINGLESS”
(THE DEMO) (SLAMMING! TOP FAV)
36. GOLD
& YOUTH-“TIME TO KILL”
37. AIRBIRD-“ROYAL”
38. BLACK
FOREST FIRE-“SAINT CHRISTOPHER”
39. RELEASE
THE SUNBIRD-“I WILL WALK”
40. COLD
CAVE-“BELIEVE IN MY BLOOD” (TOP FAV!)
41. BEACHWOOD
SPARKS-“FORGET THE SONG”
42. A
PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-“MIND CONTROL”
43. EVEREST-“GIVE
A LITTLE”
44. DIIV-“HUMAN”
45. DIIV-“WAIT”
(TOP FAV!)
46. DIIV-“FOLLOW”
(FAV!)
47. DIIV-“GEIST”
(TOP FAV!)
48. ECHO
LAKE-“ANOTHER DAY” (FAV!)
49. TY
SEGALL BAND-“I BOUGHT MY EYES” (TOP FAV!)
50. THE
SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES-“FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT” (TOP FAV!)
51. THE
SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES-“IF NOTHING LASTS FOREVER” (FAV!)
52. MINDY
SMITH-“TAKE ME BACK” (FAV!)
53. MILK
MAID-“DO RIGHT”
54. MILK
MAID-“BAD LUCK” (FAV!)
55. TWO
WOUNDED BIRDS-“TO BE YOUNG”
56. THE
MACCABEES-“FEEL TO FOLLOW”
57. LIGHTOUTS-“STRAY
BOY” (FAV!)
58. LANDING-“FINALLY”
59. LANDING-“HEART
FINDS THE BEAT”
60. SLOWDANCE-“BOYFRIEND”
61. FAWN-“IT’S
NEVER OVER” (FAV!)
62. FAWN-“SUICIDE”
(FAV!)
63. FAWN-“PENNIES”
64. FAWN-“COBRA
ON THE BEACH”
JUNE (IN ORDER BEGINNING WITH MY FAVOURITE RELEASES OF THE
MONTH)
1.
THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES-“THROW IT TO
THE UNIVERSE”
2.
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS-“TROUBLE”
3.
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH-“THERE’S NO
LEAVING NOW”
4.
DIIV-“OSHIN”
5.
JAPANDROIDS-“CELEBRATION ROCK”
6.
IAMAMIWHOAMI-“KIN”
7.
THE MACCABEES-“GIVEN TO THE WILD”
8.
BRANDI CARLILE-“BEAR CREEK”
9.
RICHARD HAWLEY-“STANDING AT THE SKY’S
EDGE”
10. HOT
CHIP-“IN OUR HEADS”
11. TEEN
DAZE-“ALL OF US, TOGETHER”
12. PIANO
MAGIC-“LIFE HAS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET”
13. WHIRR-“DISTRESSOR”
14. EMILY
JANE WHITE-“ODE TO SENTIENCE”
15. WINTERSLEEP-“HELLO,
HUM” (DELUXE VERSION)
16. FUTURE
OF THE LEFT-“THE PLOT AGAINST COMMON SENSE” (DELUXE EDITION)
17. THE
INVISIBLE-“RISPAH”
18. ECHO
LAKE-“WILD PEACE”
19. FAWN-“COASTLINES”
20. JK
FLESH (JUSTIN BRODERICK OF GODFLESH)-“POSTHUMAN”
21. NEIL
YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE-“AMERICANA”
22. RYAN
DAVIS-“PARTICLES OF BLISS”
23. COCO
ROSIE-“WE ARE ON FIRE B/W TEARZ FOR ANIMALS” (SINGLE)
24. CHRIS
ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD-“BIG MOON RITUAL”
25. WYMOND
MILES-“UNDER THE PALE MOON”
26. PAT
METHENY-“UNITY BAND”
27. PHIL
WESTERN-“LABORANDUM” (2-CD)
28. PEAKING
LIGHTS-“LUCIFER”
29. TY
SEGALL BAND-“SLAUGHTERHOUSE”
30. LANDING-“LANDING”
31. FIONA
APPLE-“THE IDLER WHEEL IS WISER THAN THE DRIVER OF THE SCREW AND WHIPPING
CORDS WILL SERVE YOU MORE THAN ROPES WILL EVER DO”
32. BEACHWOOD
SPARKS-“THE TARNISHED GOLD”
33. EVEREST-“OWNERLESS”
34. GIANT
GIANT SAND-“TUCSON”
35. JAILL-“TRAPS”
36. NENEH
CHERRY & THE THING-“THE CHERRY THING”
37. MINDY
SMITH-“MINDY SMITH”
38. OCTO
OCTA-“OH LOVE” [EP]
39. BAIO-“SUNBURN”
[EP]
40. NO
JOY-“NEGAVERSE” [EP]
41. FORT
LEAN-“FORT LEAN” [EP]
42. URSPRUNG-“URSPRUNG”
(PANTHA DU PRINCE PROJECT)
43. AIRBIRD-“CITY
VS. MOUNTAINS B/W ROTATING CLOUD” (SINGLE)
44. FRIENDS-“MANIFEST!”
45. RHETT
MILLER-“THE DREAMER”
46. LANGHORNE
SLIM-“THE WAY WE MOVE”
47. POMEGRANATES-“HEAVEN”
48. A
PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-“WORSHIP”
49. THE
HUNDERED IN THE HANDS-“RED NIGHT”
50. ANNA
TERNHEIM-“THE NIGHT VISITOR”
51. MYSTERY
JETS-“RADLANDS”
52. CROCODILES-“ENDLESS
FLOWERS”
53. DAUGHTER-“THE
WILD YOUTH” [EP]
54. SLOWDANCE-“BOYFRIEND
B/W AIRPORTS” (SINGLE)
55. TOMAS
BARFOD-“SALTON SEA”
56. BAP
KENNEDY-“THE SAILOR’S REVENGE”
57. MICE
PARADE-“LIVE: ENGLAND VS. FRANCE”
58. SFV
ACID-“SFV ACID #2”
59. SHOVELS
& ROPE-“NOISETRADE SAMPLER”
60. FAMILY
OF THE YEAR-“LOMA VISTA” [EP]
61. PATTI
SMITH-“BANGA”
62. TWO
WOUNDED BIRDS-“TWO WOUNDED BIRDS”
63. MILK
MAID-“MOSTLY NO”
64. LIARS-“WIXIW
(WISH YOU)”
65. URSPRUNG-“URSPRUNG”
(PANTHA DU PRINCE SIDE PROJECT)
66. DNTEL-“AIMLESSNESS”
67. ANNA
TERNHEIM-“THE NIGHT VISITOR”
68. AIRBIRD-“TRUST”
[EP]
69. AIRBIRD-“WE
USED TO” (SINGLE)
70. LIGHTOUTS-“THE
CURE FOR SHYNESS” [EP]
71. LIGHTOUTS-“THE
BIG PICTURE” [EP]
72. RUSH-“CLOCKWORK
ANGELS”
73. NIKI
& THE DOVE-“INSTINCT”
74. DRIVIN’
N’ CRYIN’-“SONGS FROM THE LAUNDROMAT” [EP]
75. LUKE
ABBOTT-“MODERN DRIVEWAY” [EP]
76. ZULU
WINTER-“LANGUAGE”
77. GLEN
HANSARD-“RHYTHM AND REPOSE”
78. SUPERCHUNK-“THIS
SUMMER B/W CRUEL SUMMER” (SINGLE)
79. METRIC-“SYNTHETICA”
80. MATTHEW
DEAR-“HER FANTASY” [EP]
81. ROBYN
HITCHCOCK-“PHANTOM 45”
82. LOCKED
GROOVE-“KEEP IT SIMPLE” [EP]
83. GOLD
PANDA-“MOUNTAIN B/W FINANCIAL DISTRICT” (SINGLE)
84. DISCLOSURE-“THE
FACE” [EP]
85. DISCLOSURE-“TENDERLY
B/W FLOW” (SINGLE)
86. THE
TEMPER TRAP-“THE TEMPER TRAP”
87. RYAN
MONROE-“A PAINTING OF A PAINTING ON FIRE”
88. PAUL
BANKS-“JULIAN PLENTI LIVES…” [EP]
89. SUUM
CUIQUE-“ASCETIC IDEALS”
90. MOBY-“DESTROYED
REMIXED” (2-CD)
91. THE
JUNE BRIDES-“A JANUARY MOON B/W CLOUD” (SINGLE)
92. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND DIGITAL MIXTAPE – INSOUND VINYL MIXTAPE 6-21-12”
93. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“ARTS & CRAFTS SAMPLER”
94. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND JUNE 2012 MIXTAPE”
95. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“INSOUND VINYL MIXTAPE 6/7/12”
96. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“UNCUT MAGAZINE COMPILATION – AMERICANA 2012: 15 BRILLIANT TRACKS
OF COSMIC AMERICAN MUSIC”
97. STEVE
VON TILL, SCOTT KELLY & WINO-“SONGS OF TOWNES VAN ZANDT”
98. SKINNY
PUPPY-“BOOTLEGGED, BROKE & IN SOLVENT SEAS” (LIVE TOUR 2010)
99. FUNERAL
SUITS-“LILY OF THE VALLEY”
100.
ONE LITTLE PLANE-“INTO THE TREES”
101.
STACEY EARLE & MARK STUART-“DEDICATION”
102.
THE HIVES-“LES HIVES”
103.
SMASHING PUMPKINS-“OCEANIA”
104.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“BRUSHFIRE RECORDS
GREATEST HITS OF 2012”
105.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“SPIN MAGAZINE PRESENTS
THE TENN. COMMANDMENTS A BONNAROO 2012 MIXTAPE”
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 ARE
WORTH A LISTEN AND A MENTION OTHERWISE SEE MY DIDN’T CARE FOR AT ALL LIST FOR
THOSE THAT I JUST COULDN’T RELATE TO.
JUNE (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL)
1.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MOJO MAGAZINE PRESENTS:
PET SOUNDS REVISITED – A TRIBUTE TO THE BEACH BOYS’ 1966 ALBUM” (JUNE 2012
ISSUE)
2.
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO-“BIG STATION”
3.
KELLY HOGAN-“I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN
PAIN”
4.
ULTRAVOX-“BRILLIANT”
5.
CHARLI XCX-“YOU’RE THE ONE” [EP]
6.
GUIDED BY VOICES-“CLASS CLOWN SPOTS A
U.F.O.”
7.
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER-“DOG IN THE FOG:
‘REPLICA’ COLLABORATIONS AND REMIXES”
8.
VARIETY LIGHTS-“CENTRAL FLOW”
9.
FLAMING LIPS-“THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY
FWENDS”
DIDN’T REALLY CARE FOR MUCH AT ALL IN JUNE:
1.
THE MYNABIRDS-“GENERALS”
2.
SKAI NINE-“HODGEPODGE”
3.
PUJOL-“UNITED STATES OF BEING”]
4.
THE DB’S-“FALLING OFF THE SKY” (A VERY
BAD REUNION ALBUM. I COULDN’T BE MORE DISAPPOINTED IN THIS LAME ATTEMPT.)
5.
IVAN & ALYOSHA-“THE CABIN SESSIONS”
[EP]
6.
HELM-“MY PASSENGER B/W WHEN ROMANCE DIES”
(SINGLE)
7.
BOXES-“STICKERS” (CAREY FROM ATHLETE)
THESE ARE EITHER A RE-RELEASE OR BEST OF COLLECTION OR
COMPILATION FOR 2011. JUNE FAVOURITES IN ORDER:
1.
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL-DELUXE 2-CD
REISSUES OF: EDEN / LOVE NOT MONEY / BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT / IDLEWILD
2.
EPIC SOUNDTRACKS-“WILD SMILE – AN
ANTHOLOGY” (2-CD COLLECTION)
BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE RECORDS (JUNE 2012)
1.
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS (AKA TEED)-“TROUBLE”
2.
TEED-“TAPES & MONEY” (REMIX EP)
3.
TEED-“GARDEN” (REMIX EP)
4.
HOT CHIP-“IN OUR HEADS”
5.
RYAN DAVIS-“PARTICLES OF BLISS”
6.
PHIL WESTERN-“LABORANDUM”
7.
LUKE ABBOTT-“MODERN DRIVEWAY” [EP]
8.
DISCLOSURE-“THE FACE” [EP]
9.
LOCKED GROOVE-“KEEP IT SIMPLE” [EP]
10. DISCLOSURE-“TENDERLY
B/W FLOW” (SINGLE)
BEST FOLK / COUNTRY / AMERICANA ALBUMS OF THE MONTH (JUNE
2012)
DEBUT ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – IN ORDER OF GREATNESS OR NOT SO
GREAT (THAT WOULD BE THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST) (JUNE 2012)
1.
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS-“TROUBLE”
2.
IAMAMIWHOAMI-“KIN”
3.
RYAN DAVIS-“PARTICLES OF BLISS”
4.
THE INVISIBLE-“RISPAH”
5.
FAWN-“COASTLINES”
6.
LANDING-“LANDING”
7.
JAILL-“TRAPS”
8.
BAIO-“SUNBURN” [EP]
9.
ZULU WINTER-“LANGUAGE”
MY PICKS FOR BEST EP’S OF JUNE 2012
1.
DRIVIN’ N’ CRYIN’-“SONGS FROM THE
LAUNDROMAT” [EP]
2.
NO JOY-“NEGAVERSE” [EP]
3.
FAMILY OF THE YEAR-“LOMA VISTA” [EP]
4.
DAUGHTER-“THE WILD YOUTH” [EP]
5.
FORT LEAN-“FORT LEAN” [EP]
6.
ROBYN HITCHCOCK-“PHANTOM 45” (2-TRACK
SINGLE W/ KT TUNSTALL)
7.
LIGHTOUTS-“THE CURE FOR SHYNESS” [EP]
8.
LIGHTOUTS-“THE BIG PICTURE” [EP]
9.
SLOWDANCE-“BOYFRIEND B/W AIRPORTS”
(SINGLE)
10. PAUL
BANKS-“JULIAN PLENTI LIVES… [EP]
11. CHARLI
XCX-“YOU’RE THE ONE” [EP]
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONIC / INSTRUMENTAL / OR EXPERIMENTAL
RECORDS OF JUNE 2012
1.
PAT METHENY-“UNITY BAND”
2.
URSPRUNG-“URSPRUNG” (PANTHA DU PRINCE
PROJECT)
3.
SUUM CUIQUE-“ASCETIC IDEALS”
4.
SFV ACID-“SFV ACID #2”
JULY SINGLES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
1.
THE BLASTERS-“JACKSON” (W/ EXENE
CERVENKA) (TOP FAV!)
2.
FAZE ACTION-“FREAK FOR YOUR LOVE”
3.
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS-“RADIOACTIVE”
4.
TWIN SHADOW-“FIVE SECONDS”
5.
HOLOGRAMS-“YOU ARE ANCIENT”
6.
HUSKY-“HISTORY’S DOOR” (FAV!)
7.
SAINT MOTEL-“HONEST FEEDBACK” (TOP FAV!)
8.
ELTON JOHN VS PNAU-“SAD” (FAV!)
9.
ELTON JOHN VS PNAU-“KARMATRON”
10. BLOOD
DIAMONDS-“PHONE SEX” (FEATURING GRIMES)
11. BLOOD
DIAMONDS-“RITUAL”
12. BARONESS-“TAKE
MY BONES AWAY” (FAV!)
13. ALBERTA
CROSS-“MAGNOLIA” (TOP FAV!)
14. ALBERTA
CROSS-“COME ON MAKER” (TOP FAV!)
15. MILO
GREENE-“DON’T YOU GIVE UP ON ME” (FAV!)
16. MILO
GREENE-“1957”
17. HOT
PANDA-“LITTLE COINS”
18. I
SEE HAWKS IN L.A.-“BOHEMIAN HIGHWAY”
19. ICKY
BLOSSOMS-“HEAT LIGHTNING”
20. ICKY
BLOSSOMS-“SEX TO THE DEVIL” (THIS HAS TO BE THE SINGLE OF THE MONTH!!!!)
21. JEFF
THE BROTHERHOOD-“STARING AT THE WALL”
22. SAINT
SAVIOUR-“I CALL THIS HOME”
23. MAXIMO
PARK-“THE NATIONAL HEALTH” (TOP FAV!)
24. MAXIMO
PARK-“THE UNDERCURRENTS”
25. MAXIMO
PARK-“WOLF AMONG MEN”
26. THE
TORCHES-“I WANT SOMETHING”
27. THE
TORCHES-“BLACK MAGIC” (TOP FAV!)
28. THE
TORCHES-“DIRT & TEARS”
29. LAETITIA
SADIER-“ASCULTATION TO THE NATION” (FAV!!)
30. ICE
CHOIR-“I WANT YOU NOW AND ALWAYS”
JULY (IN ORDER BEGINNING WITH MY FAVOURITE RELEASES OF THE
MONTH)
1.
ALBERTA CROSS-“SONGS OF PATIENCE”
2.
MAXIMO PARK-“THE NATIONAL HEALTH”
3.
MILO GREENE-“MILO GREENE”
4.
MAXIMO PARK-“THE NATIONAL HEALTH”
5.
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA-“THE CINEMATIC
ORCHESTRA PRESENTS IN MOTION PT. 1”
6.
THE TORCHES-“HEADS FULL OF RUST”
7.
HUSKY-“FOREVER SO”
8.
BARONESS-“YELLOW & GREEN” (2-CD)
9.
ICKY BLOSSOMS-“ICKY BLOSSOMS”
10. SAINT
MOTEL-“VOYEUR”
11. OLD
CROW MEDICINE SHOW-“CARRY ME BACK”
12. FENNESZ
(CHRISTIAN FENNESZ)-“AUN: THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF ALL THINGS” (SCORE
FROM THE FILM)
13. SAINT
SAVIOUR-“UNION”
14. SAINT
SAVIOUR-“ANATOMY” [EP]
15. YOUNG
MOON-“NAVIGATED LIKE THE STARS”
16. ELENOWEN-“ELENOWEN”
[EP]
17. O
CHILDREN-“APNEA”
18. LAETITITA
SADIER (FROM STEREOLAB)-“SILENCIO”
19. BLOOD
RED SHOES-“IN TIME TO VOICES”
20. ELTON
JOHN VS PNAU-“GOOD MORNING TO THE NIGHT”
21. BEAK>-“>>BEAK
2”
22. GRASSCUT-“UNEARTH”
23. I
SEE HAWKS IN L.A.-“NEW KIND OF LONELY”
24. ANGUS
STONE-“BROKEN BRIGHTS”
25. THE
BLACK SWANS-“OCCASION FOR SONG”
26. LITTLE
COMETS-“JENNIFER AND OTHER STORIES” [EP]
27. ELENI
MANDELL-“I CAN SEE THE FUTURE”
28. XIU
XIU / DIRTY BEACHES-“SPLIT SINGLE)
29. FANG
ISLAND-“MAJOR”
30. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“UNCUT MAGAZINE PRESENTS: NEW DIRECTIONS HOME – 16 TRACKS FROM THE
MONTH’S BEST NEW ALBUMS” (JULY 2012)
31. SIX
ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE-“MISSION ABORT B/W BLUES FOR JACK PARSONS” (SINGLE)
32. SEAMS-“TOURIST/SLEEPER”
33. GATEKEEPER-“EXO”
34. FAMILY
BAND-“GRACE & LIES”
35. DIGITALISM-“DJ-KICKS”
(2-CD)
36. DUKE
SPECIAL-“OH PIONEER”
37. VARIOUS
ARTISTS-“RICHARD SEN PRESENTS: THE UNDERGROUND SOUND OF UK HOUSE & ACID
1987-1991” (2-CD)
38. LINE
AND CIRCLE-“ROMAN RUINS B/W CARELESSNESS” (SINGLE)
39. FAZE
ACTION-“FREAK FOR YOUR LOVE” (REMIX EP)
40. SUPERPITCHER-“MOON
FEVER” (REMIXE EP)
41. TRAMPLED
BY TURTLES-“BURN FOREVER” [EP]
42. MAINLAND-“SUMMER
SICK” [EP]
43. MISSION
OF BURMA-“UNSOUND”
44. HOLOGRAMS-“HOLOGRAMS”
45. GLACIAL
(FEAT LEE RANALDO)-“ON JONES BEACH”
46. FOALS-“TAPES”
(3-CD MIX COMPILATION)
47. HOT
PANDA-“GO OUTSIDE”
48. JEFF
THE BROTHERHOOD-“HYPNOTIC NIGHTS”
49. FAMILY
OF THE YEAR-“LOMA VISTA”
50. TWIN
SHADOW-“CONFESS”
51. BLOOD
DIAMONDS-“PHONE SEX” (FEATURING GRIMES” [EP]
52. SHOES-“IGNITION”
53. KASEY
CHAMBERS-“STORYBOOK” (A COVERS ALBUM)
54. ICE
CHOIR-“AFAR” (DRUMMER FROM PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART)
55. COM
TRUISE-“IN DECAY”
56. INK
AND NEEDLE-“THIRTEEN B/W FOURTEEN” (SINGLE)
57. STARFUCKER-“HEAVEN’S
YOUTH (THE ‘REPTILIANS’ DEMOS)”
58. BONNIE
‘PRINCE’ BILLY-“NOW HERE’S MY PLAN” [EP] (RE-RECORDINGS BY STEVE ALBINI)
59. PURITY
RING-“SHRINES”
60. BEAT
RADIO-“HARD TIMES GO, PART 2” [EP]
61. CLARE
& THE REASONS-“KR-51”
62. CHEAP
CURLS-“JACKIE OH” [EP]
63. THREE
MILE PILOT-“MAPS” [EP]
64. DISMANTLE-“THE
WARP E.P.”
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 ARE
WORTH A LISTEN AND A MENTION OTHERWISE SEE MY DIDN’T CARE FOR AT ALL LIST FOR
THOSE THAT I JUST COULDN’T RELATE TO.
JULY (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL)
1.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MOJO MAGAZINE PRESENTS: YELLOW
SUBMARINE RESURFACES” (JULY 2012)
2.
THE BLASTERS-“FUN ON SATURDAY NIGHT”
3.
DIRTY PROJECTORS-“SWING LO MAGELLAN”
4.
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS-“ELECTRA HEART”
(DELUXE EDITION)
5.
SAM AIREY-“A MARKER & A MAP” [EP]
6.
THE ANTLERS-“UNDERSEA” [EP]
7.
PASSION PIT-“GOSSAMER”
8.
DIRTY BEACHES-“DIRTY BEACHES” [EP]
9.
DOOMWORK-“CLUB ABDUCTION”
DIDN’T REALLY CARE FOR MUCH AT ALL IN JULY:
1.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“MOJO MAGAZINE PRESENTS:
YELLOW SUBMARINE RESURFACES”
2.
VARIOUS ARTISTST-“SCIENCE FAIR:
COMPILATION TO BENEFIT SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR GIRLS”
THESE ARE EITHER A RE-RELEASE OR BEST OF COLLECTION OR
COMPILATION FOR 2011. JULY FAVOURITES IN ORDER:
1.
THE BE GOOD TANYAS-“A COLLECTION
(2000-2012)”
2.
THE LOCUST-“MOLECULAR GENETICS FROM THE
GOLD STANDARD LABS” (COLLECTION)
3.
JOHN MAUS-“A COLLECTION OF RARITIES AND
UNRELEASED MATERIAL “
BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE RECORDS (JUNE 2012)
1.
DIGITALISM-“DJ-KICKS” (2-CD)
2.
FAZE ACTION-“FREAK FOR YOUR LOVE” (REMIX
EP)
3.
GATEKEEPER-“EXO”
4.
VARIOUS ARTISTS-“RICHARD SEN PRESENTS:
THE UNDERGROUND SOUND OF UK HOUSE & ACID 1987-1991” (2-CD)
5.
INK AND NEEDLE-“THIRTEEN B/W FOURTEEN”
(SINGLE)
6.
DISMANTLE-“THE WARP E.P.”
7.
DOOMWORK-“CLUB ABDUCTION”
BEST FOLK / COUNTRY / AMERICANA ALBUMS OF THE MONTH (JULY
2012)
DEBUT ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – IN ORDER OF GREATNESS OR NOT SO
GREAT (THAT WOULD BE THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST) (JULY 2012)
1.
MILO GREENE-“MILO GREENE”
2.
HUSKY-“FOREVER SO”
3.
THE TORCHES-“HEADS FULL OF RUST”
4.
ICKY BLOSSOMS-“ICKY BLOSSOMS”
5.
SAINT SAVIOUR-“UNION”
6.
BLOOD RED SHOES-“IN TIME TO VOICES”
7.
YOUNG MOON-“NAVIGATED LIKE THE STARS”
8.
HOLOGRAMS-“HOLOGRAMS”
9.
SEAMS-“TOURIST/SLEEPER”
10. ICE
CHOIR (DRUMMER FROM PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART)-“AFAR”
11. PURITY
RING-“SHRINES”
MY PICKS FOR BEST EP’S OF JULY 2012
1.
ELENOWEN-“ELENOWEN” [EP]
2.
LITTLE COMETS-“JENNIFER AND OTHER
STORIES” [EP]
3.
SUPERPITCHER-“MOON FEVER” (REMIXE EP)
4.
MAINLAND-“SUMMER SICK” [EP]
5.
BEAT RADIO-“HARD TIMES GO, PART 2” [EP]
6.
CHEAP CURLS-“JACKIE OH” [EP]
7.
BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY-“NOW HERE’S MY
PLAN” [EP] (RE-RECORDINGS BY STEVE ALBINI)
8.
THREE MILE PILOT-“MAPS” [EP]
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONIC / INSTRUMENTAL / OR EXPERIMENTAL
RECORDS OF JULY 2012
1.
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA-“THE CINEMATIC
ORCHESTRA PRESENTS IN MOTION PT. 1”
2.
FENNESZ (CHRISTIAN FENNESZ)-“AUN: THE
BEGINNING AND THE END OF ALL THINGS” (SCORE FROM THE FILM)
3.
SEAMS-“TOURIST/SLEEPER”
4.
GLACIAL (FEAT LEE RANALDO)-“ON JONES
BEACH”
5.
COM TRUISE-“IN DECAY”
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