Diario

un poco tarde, pero seguro. dedico esta lista a miguel88, gran compañero de aventuras musicales. extrañare por siempre ir a recitales, grupear, starbuckear, lostear, arrested developmentear, fantasear con ben bridwell, castellanizar los temas del nacio, bardear a mi nick jago, etc. el last no es lo mismo sin vos, gil :'(

- recitales:

gracias a mi pobreza (ok, tambien paja) y caradurez de las productoras, solo pude asistir a un puñado de recitales. todos geniales por suerte, pero obviamente disfrute mas de unos que otros.

1. Gruff Rhys - Niceto, 09.03.2012
creo que todos los que estuvieron ahi coinciden en que fue un show hermoso. setlist casi impecable (faltaron algunas que queria escuchar, otra vez sera), escenario decorado, publico respetuoso y con onda, buena organizacion en general. y obvio, divino gruff. yo moria por verlo desde 2006 cuando supe que estaba en el sur, sin entender por que no habia pasado por baires... pero finalmente me saque las ganas. :)
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2012 provided a wealth of great music! Seemed like there was a treat for everyone when that thing was still going on! Here is a great list of albums for you to check out courtesy of BEA's 2012 chart as of the start of 2013. Hope you find something you enjoy!

Best Albums of 2012

100. The Weeknd - Trilogy
99. Patrick Watson - Adventures in Your Own Backyard
98. The Big Pink - Future This
97. Air - Le Voyage dans la Lune
96. Julia Holter - Ekstasis
95. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
94. Hermitude - HyperParadise
93. Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe
92. El-P - Cancer For Cure
91. King Charles - LoveBlood
90. Blaudzun - Heavy Flowers
89. The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends
88. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
87. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
86. Billy Woods - History Will Absolve Me
85. Wild Nothing - Nocturne
84. Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
83. Richard Hawley - Standing At the Sky's Edge
82. Soundgarden - King Animal
81. The Cribs - In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
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2012 was a really great year for music. There were a lot of incredible albums I couldn't even include on this list.

50. Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
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49. Beach House - Bloom
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48. Sigur Rós - Valtari
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47. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
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46. Baroness - Green / Yellow
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45. Cut Teeth - Televandalism
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44. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
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25) Spawn of Possession - Incurso
24) Best Coast - The Only Place
23) El-P - Cancer for Cure
22) How to Dress Well - Total Loss
21) Mala - Mala in Cuba
20) The Shins - Port of Morrow
19) Friends - Manifest!
18) DIIV - Oshin
17) Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
16) Squarepusher - Ufabulum
15) Twin Shadow - Confess
14) Tame Impala - Lonerism
13) Krallice - Years Past Matter
12) Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
11) The xx - Coexist
10) Beach House - Bloom
9) Grimes - Visions
8) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!'
7) Spaceghost Purrp - Mysterious Phonk
6) Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance
5) Spiritualized- Sweet Heart Sweet Light

Fantastic album, possibly their best since Ladies and Gentlemen, and (in typical Spiritualized fashion) suprisingly listenable and depressing at the same time.

4) Grizzly Bear - Shields

As a piece of art, this is fantastic. The album cover and inserts are very cool…

You know what I hate? People who publish their end of year lists the first week of December. Can you guys relax?*

With that off my chest - here's this year's top 25. Along with a link to 100 of my favorite tracks of 2012 - on Spotify. These are definitely 25 albums I've played the most / loved the most - but the actual rankings are fairly fluid. #2 could be #7, and vice versa. No strong feelings and based solely on how i feel today. (which is great, thanks for asking!)

*this rant may or may not have a little to do with my own procrastination / need to validate the 2013 posting date of a 2012 list. Oops.

Favorite tracks of 2012 - handy dandy Spotify playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/nysmilez/playlist/0o9LskOaLGbnDdio3i40bU


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(25) Cold Showers - Love and Regret
Fave Tracks: BC, Alight

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Top 20 albums of 2012

1) Hot Chip - In Our Heads (Domino)
2) Twin Shadow - Confess (4AD)
3) Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (Polydor)
4) Calvin Harris - 18 Months (Columbia)
5) The Hives - Lex Hives (Sony Music)
6) Grimes - Visions (4AD)
7) Purity Ring - Shrines (4AD)
8) Django Django - Django Django (Because Music)
9) Usher - Looking 4 Myself (RCA)
10) The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea (Domino)
11) Joey Bada$$ - 1999 (self-released)
12) Elton John vs Pnau - Good Morning To The Night (Mercury)
13) Jessie Ware Devotion (PMR)
14) VCMG - SSSS (Mute)
15) Nas - Life Is Good (Mercury)
16) Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Polydor)
17) How to Dress Well - Total Loss (Weird World)
18) Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light (Double Six)
19) The 2 Bears - Be Strong (Southern Fried)
20) Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday ... Roman Reloaded (Island)

Single of the year

Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (Atlantic)

Catalogue release of the year

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