Best of 2012
Free Energy releasing 'Love Sign', touring, told us their 'Top 10 LPs of 2012'
Free Energy @ BOMB Fest (more by Eric Townsend)
Previously on DFA Records, Free Energy‘s new album Love Sign will be out Jan. 15 via their own imprint, Free Energy Records…
Prince Rama lists their Top 10 Top 10 Lists of 2012, playing end-of-the-world party in NYC (win tix!)
Prince Rama @ Cake Shop, CMJ 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
As you may be aware, Friday is December 21 aka 12/21/12, aka the day that the world is supposed to end according to the Mayan calendar…
Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2012 (Grimes' "Oblivion" is #1)
Pitchfork just posted their much anticipated list of the top 100 tracks of 2012. The #1 slot went to… Grimes! Whether you thought the whole of her album Visions was good or not, it was hard to deny the charms of “Oblivion…
Ryan Muir's favorite Live Music Photos of 2012 (that he took)
Guns N Roses at Webster Hall
Photographer Ryan Muir is the latest of our uber-talented contributors to drop off his favorite photos that he took in 2012, leaving us with shots of Guns n Roses, The Hives, Purity Ring and much more…
Chris La Putt's favorite photos of 2012 (that he took) (his favorite songs too)
Swimmers for the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge
Longtime BV contributor Chris La Putt weighed in on his favorite photos that he took in 2012, dropping off the following, unnumbered list…
John Hodgman lists his "Ten Best Things of 2012," welcoming the apocalypse at The Bell House (& tonight in LIC)
John Kellogg Hodgman is a 41 year old author, actor, auctioneer, and humorist with one of the most fertile brains and diverse CVs in the biz…
David Best of Fujiya & Miyagi / Omega Male picks his Top 10 albums of 2012
Fujiya & Miyagi @ Lincoln Hall in Chicago, 1/25/2012 (more by Chase Turner)
Fujiya & Miyagi were in North America a couple times this year, most recently over the summer, playing Glasslands here in NYC and a few festivals around the country…
My Morning Jacket's Tom Blankenship lists his Top 10 albums of 2012
“My Morning Jacket was formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky by singer, songwriter and guitarist Jim James (real name: James Olliges Jr). The original line-up also included three members of the Shelbyville emo-punk band Winter Death Club; namely John McQuade (later known as Johnny Quaid – guitar and vocals), Tom Blankenship (later known as Two Tone Tommy – bass) and J…
Caroline Harrison's favorite Live Music Photos of 2012 ------------ (that she took)
The Psychic Paramount at Cameo, 7/8/2012
Photographer Caroline Harrison has weighed in on her favorite photos that he took in 2012, dropping off the following chronological list…
Here We Go Magic readying live EP, list favorite LPs of 2012, playing NYC in January
Peter of HWGM @ Brooklyn Bowl, 9/18/2012 (more by Sarah Gainer)
Here We Go Magic‘s A Different Ship has made a few Best of 2012 lists, including ones from The Fly, Q, Johnny Beach of Bowery Presents and Freelance Whales…
