Best of 2012
Dan Deacon made his network TV debut on 'Kimmel,' lists his Top 10 LPs of 2012
Dan Deacon @ MHOW, 11/16/2012 (more by David Andrako)
Dan Deacon made his national network television debut last night (12/13) on Jimmy Kimmel Live, playing “True Thrush” from his most recent album, America…
Ex Cops cover Paul McCartney, list Top 10 Songs of 2012, opening for Paul Banks + more NYC shows (dates, streams)
DOWNLOAD: Ex Cops – Wonderful Christmas Time (MP3)
Admission. Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time” is easily my most-hated holiday pop song…
Frank Ocean tops the AV Club's Top 25 LPs of 2012 list
Frank Ocean at Angel Orensanz Center, 9/24/2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)
One of the saddest losses of 2012 for me was the NYC print edition of The Onion which I always looked forward to picking up on Wednesdays and browsing while on the subway or getting some food on the neighborhood…
Rami Haykal & Jake Rosenthal of Glasslands/Popgun Booking's Top 10 LPs of 2012
Alt-J at Glasslands, 8/7/2012 (more by Toby Tenenbaum)
Rami Haykal and Jake Rosenthal started Popgun Booking back in 2008 and in a very short amount of time became prominent tastemakers, with their homebase of Glasslands becoming one of the first stops for any new hyped band (Django Django, Savages, Palma Violets to names some recent UK ones)…
Todd Beene of Lucero's Top 10 of '12 (LPs, underwear & more)
Lucero at Brooklyn Bowl, Dec 2012 (more by Andrew St. Clair)
Lucero‘s upcoming shows at Brooklyn Bowl (tickets for 12/28 & 12/29, or both) and New Year’s Eve gig at Wellmont Theater with The Hold Steady (tickets) will be here before you know it. We…
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart list 2012 faves (NYC show is this week); Kip Berman throwing "Rough Smooch" party
TPOBPAH @ Summerstage 7/7/2012 (more by Chris La Putt)
While The Pains of Being Pure at Heart didn’t release an album this year, they have stayed busy touring on the heels of last year’s terrific Belong…
FACT names the top 40 reissues of 2012; Monoton playing NYC
FACT recently posted their Top 40 Best Reissues of 2012 list (check out the whole thing HERE) and the number one spot went to Monotonprodukt07, the 1982 album (aka Austrian electronic musician Konrad Becker)…
!!! told us their top albums &songs of 2012, are playing Brooklyn this week (win tix!)
!!! at Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr)
As previously discussed, !!! will be in town for a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday (12/13) with Sinkane (who will open for Solange next week) and Yellow D…
The New York Times posts Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2012
Kendrick Lamar at Terminal 5, Sept 2012 (more by Julie Schnabel)
Venerable newspaper The New York Times have published their Top 10 songs and albums of the year, broken out by specific writers…
Lower Dens released 'Nootropics Remixed' EP, list their favorite things of 2012
Lower Dens @ Chicago’s the Riv, 10/1/2012 (more by Grant McAllister)
Baltimore’s Lower Dens went into new, motorik directions on their second album, Nootropics so it makes sense that tracks from the record might work well in the remix world…
