Recap of 2012
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Best of 2012 (non-concert)
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Best of 2012 concerts
Number of shows in 2011: 38
Number of different bands I saw in 2005: 94
Number of bands I saw more than once: 10
Number of establishments:25
Top three Venues of 2012:
Bowery Ballroom( 4 )
Prospect Park( 4 )
Zoellner Arts Center (3)
Coachella (3)
Bands:
the three
Fiona Apple, Neil Young & Crazy Horse
the twos
Bon Iver, Andrew Bird, Everest, Patti Smith, Pulp, Radiohead, The Black Keys
only once
Anglagard, Ani DiFranco, Aranis, At the Drive-In, Azealia Banks, Band of Horses, Benzos, Beriut, Bjork, black angels, Black Lips, Brian Eno Tribute, Buzzcocks, Calvin Harris, Childish Gambino, Dawes, Destroyers, Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg (Eminem, 50 Cent, Tupak hologram), Explosions in the Sky, Feist, Firehouse, First Aid Kit, Florence + the Machine, Foo Fighters, Gang Gang Dance, Gary Clark Jr, Girls, Givers, Gösta Berlings Saga, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Growlers, Happy People, Harry Belefonte Cover Band, Helmet of Gnats, Honey Honey, Hot Chip, II Tempio delle Clessidre, James, Jeff Mangum, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Henry, Kathleen Edwards, Kraftwerk, Le Butcherettes, M Ward, M83, Madness, Marc Ribot, Marillion, Marina and The Diamonds, Mazzy Star, Mike Keneally Band, My Morning Jacket,
Nada Surf, New Orleans Jazz Bands (2), Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds, Other Lives, Palomar, Paul Banks, Real Estate, Renaissance, Sanigold, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater, Sigur Ros, Spiritualized, Squeeze, St Vincent, Swedish House Mafia, The Allman Brothers, The Big Pink, The Head & the Heart, The Hives, The Shins, Tori Amos, tUnE YarDs, Twelfth Night, UK, Van Der Graaf Generator, We Are Augustines, Wilco, Wild Belle, Wild Flag, Wu Lyk, Yuck
Favorite Concerts:
1. Kraftwerk- MOMA, NYC
2. Bjork- Roseland Ballroom
3. Sigur Rós- Prospect Park, NYC
4. Fiona Apple-Bowery Ballroom, NYC
5. Radiohead- Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
6. Anglagard- NEARfest, Bethleham, PA
7. Pulp-Radio City Music Hall, NYC
8. Marillion- Irving Plaza, NYC
9. Andrew Bird- Riverside Church, NYC
10. UK-NEARfest, Bethleham, PA
11. Neil Young and Crazy Horse/Patti Smith- Barclays Center, Brooklyn
12. Tori Amos-Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
13. Florence + The Machine - Coachella Indo,CA
14. Aranis- NEARfest, Bethleham, PA
15. Spiritualized- Terminal 5
Best Albums of 2012
1 Änglagård Viljans Öga
2 Spiritualized-Sweet Heart Sweet Light
3 Astra-The Black Cord
4 Fiona Apple-The Idle Wheel
5 Tame Impala – Lonerism
6 Swans-The Seer
7 Mark Lanegan Band-Blues Funeral
8 Cripple Black Phoenix - (Mankind)The Crafy Ape
9 Neil Young-Psychedelic Pill
10 Hidria Spacefolk-Astronautica
11 Andrew Bird -Break it Yourself
12 Jack White-Blunderbuss
13 Sharon VanEtten- Tramp
14 Aranis-Made In Belgium
15 Sigur Rós-Valtari
16 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
17 Beach House - Bloom
18 Echolyn-Echolyn
19 Beth Orton-Sugaring Season
20 Paul Banks-Paul
21 Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
22 Muse - The 2nd Law
23 Father John Misty – Fear
24 Joan Osborne-Bring It on Home
25 Grizzy Bear-Shields
26 Tori Amos-Gold Dust
27 Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse
28 Hot Chip – In Our Heads
29 Steven Wilson-Get All You Deserve
30 Marina & the Diamonds - Electric Heart
31 Lana Del Rey -Born to Die
32 The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
33 Steve Hackett-Genesis Revisited II
34 Pepe Deluxe -Queen of the Wave
35 Alt J- An Awesome Wave
36 Ty Segall & White Fence – Hair
37 Om – Advaitic Songs
38 Wovenhand-The Laughing Stalk
39 Shearwater-Animal Joy
40 The Junipers-Paint the Ground
41 Bob Dylan-Temptest
42 Sleigh Bells-Reign of Terror
43 Bloc Party-Four
44 Storm Corrosion-Storm Corrosion
45 First Aid Kit-Lion’s Roar
46 The XX- Coexist
47 Big Big Train-English Electric (part One)
48 The Lumineers-The Lumineers
49 The Liars-WIXIW
50 Distict 97-Trouble with Machines
51 Magma-Félicité Thösz
52 Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Trembling Bells – The Marble Downs
53 Marillion-Sounds that Can't be Made
54 Soundgarden - King Animal
55 Espernanza Spalding-Radio Music Society
56 Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra-Theatre is Evil
57 The Explorers Club-Grand Hotel
58 Metric-Synthetica
59 Peter Hammill - Consequences
60 Byrne / St. Vincent - Love this Giant
61 Fanfarlo - Rooms Filled With Light
62 The Japandroids-Celebration Rock
63 Beardfish-Wish
64 Gary Clark Jr. – Blak and Blu
65 The Mountain Goats – Transcendental Youth
66 Shins – Port of Morrow
67 Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet on Sky
68 Shoes – Ignition
69 Alabama Shakes- Boys & Girls
70 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: The Lion, The Beast, The Beat
71 Patti Smith – Banga
72 Bat for Lashes-The Haunted Man
73 The Tallest Man on Earth-There is no leaving Now
74 Goat-World Music
75 Django Django-Django Django
top photos of 2012-non-concert
Best of 2012 (non-concert)
top concert photos of 2012
Best of 2012 concerts
Number of shows in 2011: 38
Number of different bands I saw in 2005: 94
Number of bands I saw more than once: 10
Number of establishments:25
Top three Venues of 2012:
Bowery Ballroom( 4 )
Prospect Park( 4 )
Zoellner Arts Center (3)
Coachella (3)
Bands:
the three
Fiona Apple, Neil Young & Crazy Horse
the twos
Bon Iver, Andrew Bird, Everest, Patti Smith, Pulp, Radiohead, The Black Keys
only once
Anglagard, Ani DiFranco, Aranis, At the Drive-In, Azealia Banks, Band of Horses, Benzos, Beriut, Bjork, black angels, Black Lips, Brian Eno Tribute, Buzzcocks, Calvin Harris, Childish Gambino, Dawes, Destroyers, Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg (Eminem, 50 Cent, Tupak hologram), Explosions in the Sky, Feist, Firehouse, First Aid Kit, Florence + the Machine, Foo Fighters, Gang Gang Dance, Gary Clark Jr, Girls, Givers, Gösta Berlings Saga, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Growlers, Happy People, Harry Belefonte Cover Band, Helmet of Gnats, Honey Honey, Hot Chip, II Tempio delle Clessidre, James, Jeff Mangum, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Henry, Kathleen Edwards, Kraftwerk, Le Butcherettes, M Ward, M83, Madness, Marc Ribot, Marillion, Marina and The Diamonds, Mazzy Star, Mike Keneally Band, My Morning Jacket,
Nada Surf, New Orleans Jazz Bands (2), Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds, Other Lives, Palomar, Paul Banks, Real Estate, Renaissance, Sanigold, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater, Sigur Ros, Spiritualized, Squeeze, St Vincent, Swedish House Mafia, The Allman Brothers, The Big Pink, The Head & the Heart, The Hives, The Shins, Tori Amos, tUnE YarDs, Twelfth Night, UK, Van Der Graaf Generator, We Are Augustines, Wilco, Wild Belle, Wild Flag, Wu Lyk, Yuck
Favorite Concerts:
1. Kraftwerk- MOMA, NYC
2. Bjork- Roseland Ballroom
3. Sigur Rós- Prospect Park, NYC
4. Fiona Apple-Bowery Ballroom, NYC
5. Radiohead- Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
6. Anglagard- NEARfest, Bethleham, PA
7. Pulp-Radio City Music Hall, NYC
8. Marillion- Irving Plaza, NYC
9. Andrew Bird- Riverside Church, NYC
10. UK-NEARfest, Bethleham, PA
11. Neil Young and Crazy Horse/Patti Smith- Barclays Center, Brooklyn
12. Tori Amos-Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
13. Florence + The Machine - Coachella Indo,CA
14. Aranis- NEARfest, Bethleham, PA
15. Spiritualized- Terminal 5
Best Albums of 2012
1 Änglagård Viljans Öga
2 Spiritualized-Sweet Heart Sweet Light
3 Astra-The Black Cord
4 Fiona Apple-The Idle Wheel
5 Tame Impala – Lonerism
6 Swans-The Seer
7 Mark Lanegan Band-Blues Funeral
8 Cripple Black Phoenix - (Mankind)The Crafy Ape
9 Neil Young-Psychedelic Pill
10 Hidria Spacefolk-Astronautica
11 Andrew Bird -Break it Yourself
12 Jack White-Blunderbuss
13 Sharon VanEtten- Tramp
14 Aranis-Made In Belgium
15 Sigur Rós-Valtari
16 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
17 Beach House - Bloom
18 Echolyn-Echolyn
19 Beth Orton-Sugaring Season
20 Paul Banks-Paul
21 Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
22 Muse - The 2nd Law
23 Father John Misty – Fear
24 Joan Osborne-Bring It on Home
25 Grizzy Bear-Shields
26 Tori Amos-Gold Dust
27 Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse
28 Hot Chip – In Our Heads
29 Steven Wilson-Get All You Deserve
30 Marina & the Diamonds - Electric Heart
31 Lana Del Rey -Born to Die
32 The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
33 Steve Hackett-Genesis Revisited II
34 Pepe Deluxe -Queen of the Wave
35 Alt J- An Awesome Wave
36 Ty Segall & White Fence – Hair
37 Om – Advaitic Songs
38 Wovenhand-The Laughing Stalk
39 Shearwater-Animal Joy
40 The Junipers-Paint the Ground
41 Bob Dylan-Temptest
42 Sleigh Bells-Reign of Terror
43 Bloc Party-Four
44 Storm Corrosion-Storm Corrosion
45 First Aid Kit-Lion’s Roar
46 The XX- Coexist
47 Big Big Train-English Electric (part One)
48 The Lumineers-The Lumineers
49 The Liars-WIXIW
50 Distict 97-Trouble with Machines
51 Magma-Félicité Thösz
52 Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Trembling Bells – The Marble Downs
53 Marillion-Sounds that Can't be Made
54 Soundgarden - King Animal
55 Espernanza Spalding-Radio Music Society
56 Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra-Theatre is Evil
57 The Explorers Club-Grand Hotel
58 Metric-Synthetica
59 Peter Hammill - Consequences
60 Byrne / St. Vincent - Love this Giant
61 Fanfarlo - Rooms Filled With Light
62 The Japandroids-Celebration Rock
63 Beardfish-Wish
64 Gary Clark Jr. – Blak and Blu
65 The Mountain Goats – Transcendental Youth
66 Shins – Port of Morrow
67 Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet on Sky
68 Shoes – Ignition
69 Alabama Shakes- Boys & Girls
70 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: The Lion, The Beast, The Beat
71 Patti Smith – Banga
72 Bat for Lashes-The Haunted Man
73 The Tallest Man on Earth-There is no leaving Now
74 Goat-World Music
75 Django Django-Django Django
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