Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

no hate for the disclosure remix at all, it's fun, but the original is the one that really conveys the epic OTT drama perfectly

AGREED

What got me into the Disclosure remix was seeing Jessie Ware sing it live, on that C4 non-stop all-night DJ marathon thingy, at the end of the Annie Mac set. (Which is as close to "in situ" as I'm likely to get at this time of life, sigh.) So I don't have any issues over whether the vocals sit right with the track.

Baltimore Sun's top 10 albums:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/chi-20121207-best-albums-music-pictures,0,6772301.photogallery

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/12/ten_best_noise_tracks_2012.php

Disclosure remix of "Running" is not about the OTT drama at all, I agree, it's just consummate bouncing. The ear-tickling beat is so pretty yet compulsive, the way it dovetails with the synth chords and (yes) the slightly shrill sped up vocals. I wouldn't want them to be more robust.

Always makes me flash back to listening to DJ Q sets at the beginning of the year.

Al is that the SUN list or the Sun Times list?

oh yeah, the byline is Greg Kot from the Chicago Tribune, guess it's just syndicated content :(

no hate for the disclosure remix at all, it's fun, but the original is the one that really conveys the epic OTT drama perfectly

AGREED

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:46 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah like tim says the goal of the disclosure remix is very different. on my annual summer mix (the night edition) i put the original and the remix back to back and it really set off some house parties people... legit started dancing, it was great

and i found the "jazzy" Ab-Soul song to be super lame, was cool with the other stuff mostly

― 2 Celloz (some dude), Thursday, December 20, 2012 8:40 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

man, that's the most heartbreaking and emotional rap song of the year

Rob Sheffield's singles list.

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/pop-life/the-top-25-songs-of-2012-20121220

gotta admit he still makes me lol with buildups like "It's strange how much Leonard Cohen and David Lee Roth have in common"

i have no context for whatever that song is about, i'm just saying i didn't dig the sound of it (xp)

his gf's suicide

sheffield's "mercy" blurb that taunts the first half of a couplet without acknowledging the second half is so obnoxious

not that it's a great line or anything but you have to bend over backwards to make fun of it the way he does

can't even listen to the f.ocean alb cuz the cover looks like an orange ad

did they fund its recording?

i think a car company paid for "nostalgia ultra" too

really disappointed for the lack of blondes' s/t. even not on RA's list! is it because it's like a compilation of singles? or just simply because people wasn't really into it?

every time I see the name Blondes I think their an indie band even tho I know better

*weren't

xp Don't blame you: there's the Long Blondes, Blonde Redhead...

Little White Earbuds - Top Tracks 2012
http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/chart/lwes-top-25-tracks-of-2012-21-25/#.UNQodHfoElQ

01. Andrés, “New For U”
02. Todd Terje, “Inspector Norse”
03. Joy Orbison, “Ellipsis”
04. Anthony Naples, “Mad Disrespect”
05. Head High, “Rave” (Dirt Mix)
06. Frak, “666″
07. Bookworms, “African Rhythms”
08. October, “String Theory (Feat. Borai)”
09. Burial, “Kindred”
10. Real Cool, “What About Our Weekend Adam?”

kendrick tops p4k poll

Ocean second, Apple third.

Yeaah! The Rashad album certainly deserves to top a few lists.

every time I see the name Blondes I think their an indie band even tho I know better

i didn't check it out for a while because i thought this but i was wrong & missing out, and currently you are wrong & missing out

I'm not sure Rev would like Blondes really, that album was okay but 'Wine' is the only one I want to go back to with any regularity.

That one track is amazing obviously but it's kind of the perfection of an aesthetic and the rest is basically the same but not as good.

i still can't tell the difference between any of them, they all sound exactly the same in a fantastic way - it's just 50 mins of dazzling, completely distinct sounds

Thank god ocean didn't top p4k

the bicep remix on the flip is ace, too. so overlooked

I love the first track on the Blondes album (Lovers?) with all the tribal chanting.

Pitchfork albums list isn't terrible actually.

isn't it just a slightly shuffled version of every other list?

Solid list. Surprised to see Spiritualized and Ariel Pink in there and I still don't see what's special about Chromatics but that's about it. Kendrick's a deserving #1.

It's usually eyerollingly terrible but I suppose this year's consensus indie picks haven't been as lame as recent years.

There's also the factor of it coming out relatively late - only P&J and ILX to follow - so nothing seems very surprising.

the stench of "credible" "positioning" has been partic strong this year, across the board. it's been a good year for PRs.

I know you've been waiting for this...

Zane Lowe's 100 Hottest Records
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p7n4x

25 Lucy Rose - Lines
24 Howard Oats - In The Water (BBC Session 31/01/2012)
23 Peace - Bloodshake
22 Spector - Celestine
20 Bat for Lashes - Laura
19 Deadmau5 - Professional Griefers (feat. Gerard Way)
18 Lostprophets - Bring ‘Em Down
17 Blur - Under The Westway
16 Porter Robinson - Language
15 The Killers - Runaways
14 Biffy Clyro - Stingin’ Belle
13 Rudimental - Feel The Love (feat. John Newman)
12 The Vaccines - No Hope
11 Lower Than Atlantis - If The World Was To End
10 Muse - Survival
9 Feed Me & Crystal Fighters - Love Is All I Got
8 Muse - Madness
7 Skrillex - Breakn’ A Sweat (Zedd Remix)
6 MONSTA - Holdin’ On (Skrillex & Nero Remix)
5 Enter Shikari - Arguing With Thermometers
4 Swedish House Mafia - Don’t You Worry Child (feat. John Martin)
3 Foals - Inhaler
2 Green Day - Kill The DJ
1 Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso - Calling

#18 a nice consolation for Ian Watkins there

I sense Zane is somewhat adrift

bragging rights on nonce wing xp

jesus

it's a miracle how many PRs try to gain my attention by namechecking zane lowe's support. if i see his name on a press release it's an automatic chuck-in-the-bin

i hate zane lowe with a fucking passion.

If you remove Blur and probably Bat For Lashes and Foals that's probably a reasonable summation of the sound of a suburban teenage boy's bedroom in 2012. My gf's 16 year old brother is into all that shit. Shame there's no Pendulum any more.

of a suburban teenage boy who listens to radio 1 maybe. there's enough access to tunes now that i'd say plenty are into more diverse stuff than that.

and r1 is v specific demographic

Lots of people listen to Radio 1. Which is a mighty shame.

Boomkat charts are up at last, love these lists for finding new stuff:
http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-charts-2012