welcome to another this year's music thread from your year-end music thread maker Ear Bip. this isn't necessarily a "best of" thread since most of us don't seem to listen to that much new music, but feel free to post best of 2012 lists or just text/youtube dumps of whatever new music you listened to this year. your participation is vital!!/appreciated, I always anticipate the bonzi and kaworu curmudgeonposts, sincerely my friends...


I'm just gonna list some of the albums I remember enjoying, and hopefully yall can add a little to it cuz it's looking kind of grim. I don't know if it was a down year or not, but it didn't really seem like there were any bands that everyone was talking about. the music sites, at least, talked a lot about the two Death Grips albums and all the other crud that band has done this year (I bet pitchfork ends up putting both albums in their top 20 they love doing that stuff)

death grips - The Money Store; No Love Deep Web

I've Seen Footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DigtCrO77L8
Get Got http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIrKSqb4H4A
No Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_S-CLd3n0

neat ultra aggression music. my favorite tracks are the ones that sound the most like guys yelling stuff on the street. I don't really understand anything other people have been saying about em, but I guess there's been a lot of controversy with them and their label. I know their second album cover is a picture of the one guy's boner with the album title written on it with magic marker, but unfortunately the background looks pretty clean and isn't a subway bathroom. I think that says all you need to know


there have also been some solid new releases from pretty well-established SW bands:

swans - the seer

mother of the world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4mQxGXxU2M
more swans


dinosaur jr - I Bet on Sky; Chocomel Daze (live 1987)

watch the corners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpsGcnLEZbk
in a jar live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOfuEPbhNME&list=PLkxaWXJ1sTmooES3HnDpAEPRpUJVvZwyz
more dinosaur jr


ariel pink - mature themes

only in my dreams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta46M5rksBk
baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS6-CeLSuE0
more ariel pink, pre-before today style/trying to scare off his new fans


other 2012 music:

strange passion - explorations in irish post-punk

The Virgin Prunes - Twenty Tens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN4YXM8dgJA&noredirect=1
idk if this belongs here but it's got some good tunes, the catamite spits puss in disgust


shed - the killer

viomf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG5EIeyK8lQ
I come by night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryymHd6WjP4
electronic stuff

bonde do role - tropical/bacanal

picole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81c7yAV6Zw
tropical bacanal music

moon duo - circles
sleepwalker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw6OyUREaxk

jesse ruins - dream analysis
dream analysis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJrgDToCn8

metz - st
wet blanket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNxVxzLnYBQ

WOW this looks like junk. everyone please help.

everything released in 2012 sucked

The amount of music released that left an impression this year is very low for me.

I guess Mac DeMarco's album was ok. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2_r94MwW18

I might think of more later.

Best song ever!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys7-6_t7OEQ

Sharon Van Etten, Tramp

Magic Chords
Leonard
Give Out
Serpents

Tame Impala, Lonerism

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Sun's Coming Up (Lambingtons)
Gotta Be Above It

I pretty much just listen to First Listens very sporadically. I've also liked Shearwater's Animal Joy, Andrew Bird's Break It Yourself, and David Byrne/St. Vincent's Love This Giant, but can't pin down specific tracks.

Twin Shadow - Confess




Golden Light - http://youtu.be/ZH5XjFJtXUw

Run My Heart - http://youtu.be/5zwZDvj565g

Patient - http://youtu.be/wlknpVspI-A     (the album version is better but I can't find it on youtube)


I like him. If you pay attention to his lyrics, on this album especially, he's a bit of a motherfucker but he makes really good pop songs and I think I like his mean edge on this, too. There is a lot of music with the kind of influences he obviously draws from around right now, but I've always liked people who have really defined personalities beyond you know, just good songs or fitting certain styles that I like, and this guy is like that for me. I will post another pick later.

thanks puppet, vale, esiann, and jamie, I'm checkin em all out. don't be reluctant puppet and vale, I think many of us appreciate any suggestion from a SWer a lot more than some misc music site. yall get us

pitchfork's list came out today, fiona apple's the idler wheel is at #3, smug snort

i seriously don't get how anyone could like ariel pink's music, or at least what i've heard of it from pitchfork/etc.
 
like i watched a live video of him performing or sometihng a song and i just assumed it was a joke of some sort

I also really like the Screaming Females album that came out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ism4J7QvsZQ
I saw this band on a whim this year after they played a club not too far from my apartment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtkePLlTUcY
I still haven't heard too much of the new Dinosaur Jr. album, but I saw them on the tour for it.

It's not that I'm afraid you'll laugh at my music choices or something, I'm really drawing a blank. Most of the stuff I listened to this year was older or local stuff.

EDIT: I am checking out the songs everyone puts up, though. I have some good music to catch up on it seems.

yeah i liked screaming females as well

I've never heard of the screaming females but I like the vocalist so far!

It's not that I'm afraid you'll laugh at my music choices or something, I'm really drawing a blank. Most of the stuff I listened to this year was older or local stuff.

that's ok. I was wondering if it really is a down year or if I'm just growing out of popular music. I hope not, I'm not even out of college yet

i seriously don't get how anyone could like ariel pink's music, or at least what i've heard of it from pitchfork/etc.
 
like i watched a live video of him performing or sometihng a song and i just assumed it was a joke of some sort

I'm being as earnest and non-smug as possible when I say it's not for everyone. it just deals with a lot of stuff that not everyone would find value in for better or for worse. and of course people can have totally valid criticisms of it too

I'm being as earnest and non-smug as possible when I say it's not for everyone. it just deals with a lot of stuff that not everyone would find value in for better or for worse. and of course people can have totally valid criticisms of it too

music for laffs?

Also I also kind of hear what you are saying I've kind of grown out of popular music and I'm totally okay with that.  I go over music zines and what not and find that I haven't heard most of the artsits listed and thats not totally a bad thing, because I still occasionally stumble across music that I like on my own, and can find the things I'm interested in, not whatever pitchsuck or NME thinks that I should enjoy listening to.  It's one thing to take suggestions, but another thing to let a third party dictate what you like.   If you find yourself falling outside of what is popular and most people on the dancefloor are familiar with, there is nothing wrong with that as long as you are finding things that are pushing the envelope and are musically interesting and challenging beyond the basic pop-structure.

Also I also kind of hear what you are saying I've kind of grown out of popular music and I'm totally okay with that.  I go over music zines and what not and find that I haven't heard most of the artsits listed and thats not totally a bad thing, because I still occasionally stumble across music that I like on my own, and can find the things I'm interested in, not whatever pitchsuck or NME thinks that I should enjoy listening to.  It's one thing to take suggestions, but another thing to let a third party dictate what you like.   If you find yourself falling outside of what is popular and most people on the dancefloor are familiar with, there is nothing wrong with that as long as you are finding things that are pushing the envelope and are musically interesting and challenging beyond the basic pop-structure.

ya, I don't think pitchfork really even represents what's popular but I like looking at it since they're a big music site and sometimes something stands out to me. i don't really follow popmusic but I like to check out the new stuff & be able to talk about it with the young folk

young folk suck, they don't know what they're talking about. fuck em