Best of 2012

Quinton's list includes Turnstile, L'Rain, Bathe, a podcast, a zine, and more...

Pennywise and Rotting Out will support Rise Against's newly-announced 2022 run.

Ian's list includes Turnstile, Angel Du$t, Citizen, Viagra Boys, Kanye West, and more...

The Village Voice's annual "Pazz n' Jop" critics poll is up and, as with anything like this with averaged votes, the winners are probably not that surprising...

Happy New Year, shit-head! As you know, at the close of 2012 I harangued comedians I like for Top 10 lists pertaining to the year 2012. Many were asked, few replied...

"If my resolution for 2013 had been to eat shrooms, rage in a mosh pit and lose my voice at a @titus_ndronicus show, I'd be done already." - @THEmikewhite "So many scratches on my body that I look like I was attacked by a werewolf, so I guess last nights concert was fuckin dope @titus_ndronicus" - Dimitri Belkin "almost 24 hours later and my neck is insanely sore from the @titus_ndronicus #NYE pit...

(via @lkj) Florida's Merchandise closed out their 2012 with two shows at Brooklyn DIY venue 285 Kent. The first happened on Saturday (12/29) with Philadelphia's Night Sins, plus Pharmakon, Shoxx, and Herzog Rising...

Lou Barlow @ Terminal 5 (more by Gretchen Robinette) Like Dave Hill, Gretchen Robinette and many of us, The Dinosaur Jr. 'you're living all over me' 25 year celebration show at Terminal 5 was a major highlight of 2012 for Dinosaur Jr...

St. Vincent @ Chicago's Vic Theatre in May (more by James Richards IV) Annie Clark may not have released a St. Vincent record this year, but she did tour quite a bit in support of 2011's Strange Mercy...

Merchandise at WIERD, September 2012 (more by Phil Maler) Freelance writer and DJ Maria Sherman gave us a list of her favorites of 2012, including top shows and her favorite label...