Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

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

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.

I like the Blondes album, but "Pleasure" is the much-better-than-the-rest stand-out track for me.

The Zane list is basically Call of Duty and wanking music.

Thank god ocean didn't top p4k

I usually dismiss suggestions that P4k's year-end lists, ostensibly voted upon, are the result of top-level editorial decisions to make points or look cool. But if I were Mark R., or whoever's in charge of the poll, and Kendrick and Frank were close in the voting, I'd be tempted to make Kendrick #1, knowing that Frank is likelier to top P&J.

all about the branding

The Zane list is basically Call of Duty and wanking music.

otm.

call of duty/wanking and supporting the military.

Boomkat lists are up for those who hate fun:

http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-top-100-albums-2012-chart
http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-top-100-singles-eps-2012-chart

Somehow the only people to have the Sprinkles record in their EOY?

Spin's 20 best pop albums: http://www.spin.com/articles/best-pop-albums-2012?utm_source=spintwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spintwitter

The Zane list is basically Call of Duty and wanking music.

― Matt DC, Friday, 21 December 2012 14:24 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

what as opposed to new star soccer and craft beers music? come on i thought we were above this shite

Wot's craft beers music??

xp Ha, they are anti-fun in a way, though always interesting! Someone's gotta rep for The Caretaker and Richard Youngs! Has anyone else slogged through the entire X-TG double?

PAST CARING: Reissues, Compilations, Mixes, Live LPs and Other Odds & Sods

The Quietus Reissues List

1. Can – The Lost Tapes
2. Black Rain – Now I’m Just A Number
3. Swans – We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head
4. Ruff Sqwad - White Label Classics
5. SunnO))) – ØØ Void
6. William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops Box Set
7. Sleep - Dopesmoker
8. Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe
9. Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
10. CC Hennix & The Chora(s)san Time Court Mirage - Live At The Grimm Museum
11. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Blood Lust
12. Chris Watson & Robert Macfarlane - The Sea-Road
13. Laibach - Retro-Monumental Avant-Garde live at the Tate Modern
14. Levon Vincent - Fabric 63
15. Ike Yard - Ike Yard
16. Wire - On The Box
17. Cleaners From Venus – Midnight Cleaners
18. Morphosis - Live At Panoramabar (Mnml Ssgs Mix)
19. Porter Ricks – Biokinetics
20. Karenn - Live At The Boiler Room
21. Iain Sinclair - Stone Tape Shuffle
22. Trans Am – Red Line
23. Various Artists - Disco Discharge: Disco Exotica
24. Annette Peacock – I Am The One
25. Suede - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
26. Pangaea - Mix For Resident Advisor
27. Gareth Williams & Mary Currie - Flaming Tunes
28. Cornershop – Urban Turban
29. Surgeon - This Is The Place Where The Intellect Gets Annihilated (Mix)
30. Jacques Brodier - Filtre De Relate
31. Daphni – Jiaolong Album Launch Party Mix
32. Shangaan Shake - Shangaan Electro Remixes
33. Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar – Golden Horns
34. Electronic Explorations - Electronic Explorations Compilation
35. Front 242 - Front By Front
36. Minny Pops - Standstill to Motion: Live at the Melkweg, 19-03-1981
37. Sonic Youth – Smart Bar: Chicago 1985
38. High On Fire – The Art Of Self Defence
39. ROB - Make It Fast, Make It Slow
40. The Clarke and Ware Experiment – House Of Illustrious Box Set
41. Bo Ningen - Live At St Leonards
42. My Bloody Valentine – EPs 81 – 91
43. Regis - Complete Works
44. Various Artists – Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance
45. Various Artists – Cliff Martinez Presents The Drive OST
46. Various Artists - Voguing
47. Ride - Going Blank Again
48. Peter Zummo & Arthur Russell - Zummo With An X
49. Smith & Mighty - The Three Stripe Collection
50. The Heads - Relaxing With The Heads
51. Various Artists – Andrew Weatherall: Masterpiece
52. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Escape From New York OST
53. Various Artists - Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984
54. Paperclip People - The Secret Tapes of Dr Eich
55. Edzayawa - Projection One
56. Atomic Forest – Obsession
57. Various Artists – Cumbia Cumbia
58. Mogwai - A Wrenched Virile Law
59. Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Music Of The Spheres Box Set
60. Joy O – Resident Advisor Mix
61. The Cure – Pornography
62. Helmet - Meantime
63. Witch – We Intend To Cause Havoc
64. Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists
65. Various Artists - Luk Thung: Classic & Obscure 78s From The Thai Countryside
66. The Human League – Dare
67. David Sylvian - A Victim of Stars
68. The Quietus Mix 65 - Simian Mobile Disco
69. Various Artists - Qat, Coffee and Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen
70. The Body – The Body
71. Suzanne Ciani – Lixiviation
72. The Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It
73. Various Artists - Soul Cal: Funky Disco & Modern Soul (1971 – 1982)
74. Michael Nyman - Michael Nyman
75. Andrzej Korzynski - Secret Enigma

XP: I love the XTG double. Genuinely think it's a fantastic album but there's an argument to be made for the unreleased third disc being the best one in some ways. Faet Narok, is the most modern, evil and minimal sounding of the discs at least.

that Soul Cal comp is wonderful

XP: I think the Antony track Janitor Of Lunacy is the best though, probably my track of the year after Blawan's Why They Hide Their Bodies and The Thing and Neneh Cherry's cover of Dream Baby Dream.

seventy-five reissues and no room for Robbie Basho's Twilight Peaks, makes me sick

I did like the Antony track but haven't been able to get all the way through yet. I will cue it up again soon!

Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2012

50. Lambchop - Mr. M
49. Crystal Castles - (III)
48. Peaking Lights - Lucifer
47. Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
46. Rustie - Essential Mix
45. El-P - Cancer for Cure
44. Metz - Metz
43. Mac DeMarco - 2
42. Rick Ross - Rich Forever
41. Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze EP
40. DIIV - Oshin
39. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
38. Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance
37. Future - Pluto
36. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
35. TNGHT - TNGHT
34. Chairlift - Something
33. Actress - R.I.P.
32. Action Bronson/Party Supplies - Blue Chips
31. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
30. The Men - Open Your Heart
29. Cat Power - Sun
28. How to Dress Well - Total Loss
27. John Talabot - ƒIN
26. Julia Holter - Ekstasis
25. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
24. Purity Ring - Shrines
23. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
22. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
21. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
20. Jessie Ware - Devotion
19. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
18. Ty Segall Band/Ty Segall & White Fence - Slaughterhouse/Hair
17. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
16. Burial - Kindred EP
15. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
14. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
13. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
11. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
10. Grizzly Bear - Shields
9. Death Grips - The Money Store
8. Chromatics - Kill For Love
7. Beach House - Bloom
6. Grimes - Visions
5. Swans - The Seer
4. Tame Impala - Lonerism
3. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
1. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

why did i even bother half-hoping that the combined forces of tim and j0rdan could get dawn into that :(

after tirelessly stanning for the entire year i think i can count the number of critics who voted for her on the fingers of both hands :(

and fucking...other artists just sweep up votes like it's nothing

didn't p1p3c0ck used to write for LWE? it's...interesting how much luv they are giving to Pittsburgh Track Authority

Stereogum couldn't find room for Ka's Grief Pedigree in its top 40 rap albums list:

http://stereogum.com/1225002/stereogums-top-40-rap-albums-of-2012-2/top-stories/lead-story/

1. Kendrick
2. Future
3. Action Bronson
4. El-P
5. Killer Mike
6. Roc Marciano
7. Rick Ross
8. Schoolboy Q

i like that action bronson is getting mentioned, blue chips is prob in my top-10 for any genre

i wish boldy's record had gotten at least a lil love but it seems like it didn't have the impact of the 1st one and that one was completely slept on

people are REALLY riding with this action bronson thing

Stereogum couldn't find room for Ka's Grief Pedigree in its top 40 rap albums list:

Or a single woman

Nicki is on there

maybe she's got a boyfriend?

she's got a lot of sons. Not sure about her relationship status