Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

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

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