Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

KEANE - Strangeland (Island)

Keane’s fourth album did for the seaside towns of East Sussex what Bruce Springsteen once did for his native New Jersey.

Had no idea that Keane had even made an album this year, and what's worse, now i've read this blurb, i feel duty bound to listen to it. :(

Shame it's not West Sussex really, guess i'm going to have to sit on my Lancing In The Dark and Goring Days puns for now.

Seaford Garden, does that work?

so i guess i should do my pazz and jop now that i have a minute.

done! this is maybe the first year in a while where i haven't felt bad about not writing comments.

now to start compiling results for the poll i'm coordinating...

some albums released in 2012 that i listened to a lot :

- soulsavers : the light the dead see.
- dj food : the search engine.
- lana del ray : born to die.
- the jim jones revue : the savage heart.
- michael kiwanuka : home again.
- the pre new : music for people who hate themselves.
- chromatics : kill for love (and the associated ‘drumless’ version).
- o. children : apnea.
- adrian sherwood : survival and resistance.
- kindness : world, you need a change of mind.

now to start compiling results for the poll i'm coordinating...

― Raymond Cummings, Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:17 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what's this?

What's that, boy? Hey, gang, I think Shipley-Doo smells a poll!

lol i just wanna know what ray's up to

Splice today music poll

For what it's worth (?)
This week, Consequence of Sound celebrates the year in music with its 2012 Annual Report, presented by Rdio. The report includes the website's selections for Top 50 Albums and Songs of the Year, as well as Top Videos of the Year, Artist of the Year, Band of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Music Festival of the Year, Top Photos of the Year, and The Year in News.
Artist of the Year: Frank Ocean

Band of the Year: Death Grips

Rookie of the Year: Angel Haze

Festival of the Year: Fun Fun Fun Fest

Top 50 Albums of 2012
01. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE

02. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...

03. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

04. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory

05. Swans - The Seer

06. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music

07. Beach House - Bloom

08. Japandroids - Celebration Rock

09. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

10. Action Bronson - Blue Chips

11. Lambchop - Mr. M

12. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp

13. Angel Haze - Reservation EP

14. John Talabot - ƒin

15. Matthew E. White - Big Inner

16. Death Grips - The Money Store

17. Grimes - Visions

18. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream

19. Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man

20. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits

21. Chromatics - Kill For Love

22. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

23. Ty Segall - Slaughterhouse

24. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

25. El-P - Cancer For Cure

26. Liars - WIXIW

27. METZ - METZ

28. Purity Ring - Shrines

29. How to Dress Well - Total Loss

30. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch

31. TNGHT - TNGHT EP

32. Cat Power - Sun

33. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror

34. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas

35. Tig Notaro - Live!

36. Future - Pluto

37. The Henry Clay People - Twenty Five for the Rest Of Our Lives

38. Beak - >>

39. Crystal Castles - (III)

40. Grizzly Bear - Shields

41. Tame Impala - Lonerism

42. The Men - Open Your Heart

43. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania

44. Joey Bada$$ - 1999

45. Allo Darlin' - Europe

46. Code Orange Kids - Love is Love // Return to Dust

47. Bob Mould - Silver Age

48. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

49. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes

50. Nas - Life is good

Top 50 Songs of 2012:

01. Frank Ocean - "Thinkin Bout You"

02. Japandroids - "The House That Heaven Built"

03. Passion Pit - "I'll Be Alright"

04. Grimes - "Genesis"

05. Usher - "Climax"

06. Fiona Apple - "Every Single Night"

07. Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

08. Death Grips - "I've Seen Footage"

09. TNGHT - "Goooo"

10. Cloud Nothings - "Wasted Days"

11. Jessie Ware - "Wildest Moments"

12. Miguel - "Adorn"

13. Swans - "Apostate"

14. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe"

15. Bat for Lashes - "All Your Gold"

16. Twin Shadow - "Five Seconds"

17. Skrillex feat. Sirah - "Bangarang"

18. Killer Mike feat. Bun B, T.I., and Trouble - "Big Beast"

19. Chromatics - "Kill for Love"

20. Torche - "Kicking"

21. Todd Terje - "Inspector Norse"

22. Spiritualized - "Hey Jane"

23. Action Bronson - "9-24-11"

24. Lambchop - "Gone Tomorrow"

25. King Tuff - "Bad Thing"

26. Beach House - "Myth"

27. Angel Haze - "Cleaning Out My Closet"

28. Divine Fits - "My Love Is Real"

29. Sharon Van Etten - "Serpents"

30. Jack White - "Love Interruption"

31. El-P - "The Full Retard"

32. Purity Ring - "Fineshrine"

33. Gorillaz feat. André 3000 and James Murphy - "DoYaThing"

34. Lotus Plaza - "Monoliths"

35. Solange Knowles - "Losing You"

36. Burial - "Kindred"

37. Chief Keef feat. Lil Reese - "I Don't Like"

38. The xx - "Angels"

39. Titus Andronicus - "My Eating Disorder"

40. Taylor Swift - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

41. Rick Ross feat. Meek Mill - "So Sophisticated"

42. The Walkmen - "Heaven"

43. Crystal Castles - "Sad Eyes"

44. Earl Sweatshirt - "Chum"

45. Leonard Cohen - "Come Healing"

46. Indian Handcrafts - "Bruce Lee"

47. Tanlines - "All of Me"

48. Cult of Youth - "Garden of Delights"

49. Ty Segall Band - "Wave Goodbye"

50. M.I.A. - "Bad Girls"

ABOUT CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

Consequence of Sound (CoS) is a Chicago-based online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. Since its inception in 2007, CoS has reported on all of music's breaking news, reviewed thousands of albums, hyped new artists and cracked highly anticipated lineups for music festivals across the globe. With a committed staff of just over 50 writers, editors, graphic designers, and photographers, CoS continues to successfully push its way ahead of the engaging and highly competitive new media market, drawing over 4 million impressions monthly.

Consequence of Sound is also the home of the long-form writing site Aux.Out. and the vlogging series Rock It Out! Blog.

Consequence of Soundwas crowned About.com's Best Music Blog of 2010 and Technorati's Most Influential Music Blog, is featured on Metacritic and Time Entertainment, and is an exclusive partner of IndieClick.

Note Tig Notaro-Live

Not sure whether it's been posted or not, but Other Music's top 30 albums: http://othermusic.com/2012december15update.html

Can somebody at a PC tell me whether those are full mp3s on the OM site?

nope.
from the ones i checked they are 1 minute 30 second samples ...

http://www.afropop.org/wp/6432/running-down-the-year-part-1/

Someone named Sax*n Baird at afropop worldwide lists some of his fave caribbean (dancehall & soca or inspired by such) tunes for 2012:

Machel Montano – Go Down (Loudspeaker Riddim)

Popcaan – “When Mi Party” (Summer Wave Riddim

Vybz Kartel – ” R U Ready” Ft Stylysh (Buss Up Riddim)

Tnght Riddim – The Heatwave Refix Featuring Mr. Lexx & Nikisha

he also likes Montreal dj Poirier – Soca Road EP

Juno Download - Top 100 EPs/Singles of 2012
http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2012/12/11/best-of-2012-top-100-tracks-100-76/

Here's the top 25:

01 Andrés - New For U
02 Mr Beatnick - Sun Goddess
03 Anthony Naples - Mad Disrespect
04 Omar S - S E X
05 Kowton - Des Bisous
06 Blawan - His He She & She
07 Head High - RAVE
08 Bookworms - Love Triangles
09 Kahn & Neek - Percy/Fierce
10 Kassem Mosse/Mix Mup - KM/MM
11 Chasing Voices - Valley Of The Dry Bones
12 Todd Terje - It’s The Arps
13 Ekoplekz - Dromilly Vale
14 Fatima / Funkineven - Phone Line
15 Jam City - Now We Relate
16 Bandshell - Dust March
17 Powell - Body Music
18 Max D - Polo
19 DJ Sotofett - Pulehouse
20 Willie Burns - The Overlord
21 Tropic Of Cancer - Permissions Of Love
22 Tessela - Channel/D Jane
23 Delroy Edwards - 4 Club Use Only
24 Untold - Change In A Dynamic Environment EP1
25 Marquis Hawkes - Cabrini Green EP

Same #1 as FACT btw

drat

Are we doing a Pazz & Jop thread this year?

02 Mr Beatnick - Sun Goddess

^^YASSSSSS
so good

Are we doing a Pazz & Jop thread this year?

― Raymond Cummings, Saturday, December 15, 2012 11:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

usually one doesn't get started until they unveil the results in january but invariably year there is one every year

first 'year' = 'yeah' obv

Line of Best Fit - tracks of 2012
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/lists/the-best-fit-fifty-tracks-of-2012-114338

Tracks

50. Wolf Alice – Leaving You
49. The Magnetic Fields – Quick!
48. Taken By Trees – Dreams
47. Dinosaur Jr. – Rude
46. John Talabot – Destiny
45. Lykke Li – Silver Springs
44. HAERTS – Wings
43. Savages – City’s Full (Live)
42. Disclosure – Latch
41. Purity Ring – Fineshrine
40. M.I.A. - Bad Girls
39. Doldrums – Jump Up
38. San Zhi – Ice Light
37. Luke Abbott – Modern Driveway
36. Chvrches – The Mother We Share
35. Little Nikki – Intro Intro
34. The Neighbourhood – Female Robbery
33. King Krule – Rock Bottom
32. Postiljonen – How Will I Know / All That We Had Is Lost
31. Iberia – An Ending (Ascent)
30. Rhye – The Fall
29. Lianne La Havas – Forget (Shlohmo remix)
28. Katy B - Aaliyah (ft. Jessie Ware and Geeneus)
27. Angel Haze – New York
26. Beach House – Wild
25. Usher - Climax
24. Elliphant – Ciant Hear It
23. Haim – Don’t Save Me
22. Tamaryn – I’m Gone
21. Echo Lake – Even The Blind
20. DIIV – How Long Have You Known
19. Foxes – Echo
18. World Tour – Believe
17. Bondax – Baby I Got That
16. Sharon Van Etten – Serpents
15. Kilo Kish – Navy
14. Mikky Ekko – Pull Me Down
13. Bobby Womack – Please Forgive My Heart
12. Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t
11. El Perro Del Mar – Walk On By
10. Flume - Holdin' On
9. Syron – Breaking
8. S O H N – The Wheel
7. Solange – Losing You
6. Caitlin Rose – No One To Call
5. Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together
4. AlunaGeorge – Your Drums, Your Love
3. Frank Ocean – Thinkin Bout You
2. Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments
1. Icona Pop - I Love It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCIaj-oLi28

Dagbladet - Best Norwegian tracks:

1 Susanne Sundfør - White Foxes
2 Sirkus Eliassen - Æ vil bare dans
3 Karpe Diem - Toyota'n til Magdi
4 Hellbillies - Reise i lag med deg
5 Röyksopp & Susanne Sundfør - Running to the Sea
6 Lars Vaular & Sondre Lerche - Øynene lukket
7 Admiral P - Kallenavn
8 Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
9 John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - Eurosport
10 Sweden - Hey C'Mon
11 Razika - Oslo
12 Ida Jenshus - Someone to Love
13 Little Hands Of Asphalt - Fitzcaraldo
14 Blood Command - High Five For Life
15 Donkeyboy - Pull of the Eye
16 I Was a King - Hanging On
17 Hanne Kolstø - Black Willow
18 Turbonegro - I Got a Knife
19 Tønes - Slutt og riks
20 Vamp - Liten fuggel
21 Kaveh - Det er greit
22 deLillos - Tapetser meg i gangen før du går
23 Anja Elena Viken - Klæsser deg ned
24 Michael Paskalev - I Spy
25 Vinni - Sommerfuggel i vinterland

XLR8R's 2012 Top 100 Downloads. You may have to click the tracks' titles to see each one's description/justification and download link. Or go to the bottom of Page Two, from the following, and download all tracks in one zip:
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/12/xlr8rs-best-2012-top-downloads

what the hell, they're free (now that's what I call a list)

Downloads are main interest for me, but might do their Readers Poll--closes today, looks like still time though:
http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2012/12/xlr8rs-best-2012-begins-next-wee

Here's their Best New Artists: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/12/xlr8rs-best-2012-new-artists

Best Labels: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/12/xlr8rs-best-2012-labels

And--Best Overrated:
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/12/xlr8rs-best-2012-overrated-relea

Pontone mixtape of albums of the year:
http://pontone.pl/tones-of-the-year-2012-50-best-albums-vol-1-50-35/
http://pontone.pl/tones-of-the-year-2012-50-best-albums-vol-2-34-18/
http://pontone.pl/tones-of-the-year-2012-50-best-albums-vol-3-17-1/

43. eMMplekz IZOD Days (Mordant Music)

^ this one is so classic if you haven't heard it yet emil.y!

But yeah, lots of good stuff on that list, thanks!

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9015-the-top-100-tracks-of-2012/

I only know a few of the p4k songs (so far) but I'm cool with what they've done there.

Only crossover with my own tracks list is "There He Go."

huh i didnt know ariel pink did a cover of 'baby' (although i did know he 'rediscovered' it or w/e so, not surprised i guess) - ive been in love w/ the orig the last month or so

Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland have also covered "Baby" this year; it's "2" on their album.

The write-up for Miguel's "Do You" is pretty o_O

yeah

Guardian individual lists here

bollocks if i'd voted for the royal-t album (subbed out at the last minute) it would've placed, with kieran's #1 vote! (but then if i'd heard vatican shadow before i voted...)

always surprises me that so few UK critics care about school of seven bells. like, they're my token indie pick!

As usual there's such a long gap between voting and the votes being posted that I've already changed my mind about half the list.

this is written by an ilxer right?? http://thecorner.co.nz/2012/12/14/the-corners-2012-year-in-review-50-best-international-singles/

!

attn lex

Slate round table. Jody Rosen's list. I'm happy he remembered Kellie Pickler:

Future, Pluto
Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof
Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox
Bob Dylan, Tempest
Micachu and the Shapes, Never
Melanie Fiona, The MF Life
Ka, Grief Pedigree
Miguel, Kaleidoscope Dream
JB and the Moonshine Band, Beer for Breakfast
Usher, Looking 4 Myself
Lionel Richie, Tuskegee
Jeremih, Late Nights with Jeremih
fun., Some Nights
R. Kelly, Write Me Back
Jens Lekman, I Know What Love Isn't
Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
Prinzhorn Dance School, Clay Class
2 Chainz, Based on a T.R.U. Story
Keyshia Cole, Woman to Woman
Action Bronson, Blue Chips

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_music_club/features/2012/music_club_2012_the_top_albums_and_songs_of_the_year/music_club_2012_jody_rosen_s_top_albums_and_songs_of_the_year.html

nice to see some good late year releases like the Bruno Mars and Keyshia Cole get into a list

and Lionel Richie!