{"id":11260,"date":"2013-01-02T13:52:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T11:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=11260"},"modified":"2013-01-02T13:52:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T11:52:42","slug":"music-2012-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/music-2012-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Music : 2012 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"musicDate\">MUSIC<\/div>\n<p>Happy new year! Today marks my 6th anniversary of joining\u00a0<a title=\"last.fm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/\" target=\"_blank\">last.fm<\/a>; I&#8217;m a graph junkie and love the listening stats the site generates, especially round this time of year when it makes compiling best-of-the-year lists easier.<\/p>\n<p>Lists of my favourite music of 2012 after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11274\" title=\"Jim Moray - Skulk\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/jim-moray.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Moray - Skulk\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/jim-moray.jpg 199w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/jim-moray-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11275\" title=\"Yoav - Blood Vine\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yoav.jpg\" alt=\"Yoav - Blood Vine\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yoav.jpg 199w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yoav-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11273\" title=\"Ramona Falls - Prophet\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ramona-falls.jpg\" alt=\"Ramona Falls - Prophet\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ramona-falls.jpg 199w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ramona-falls-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I feel like it was a better year for songs than for albums, there were some great ones though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A L B U M S<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite albums:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Jim Moray\" href=\"http:\/\/jimmoray.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Moray &#8211; Skulk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Yoav\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lookandlisten.co.za\/view\/270703\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yoav &#8211; Blood Vine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ramona Falls\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ramonafalls.com\/main\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ramona Falls &#8211; Prophet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Others I enjoyed, in no particular order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"bat for lashes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Haunted-Man-Bat-Lashes\/dp\/B008AU7F3C\" target=\"_blank\">Bat For Lashes &#8211; The Haunted Man<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"mark lanegan\" href=\"http:\/\/marklanegan.com\/discography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Lanegan &#8211; Blues Funeral<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"markus wormstorm (free download)\" href=\"http:\/\/wormstorm.tv\/post\/16713833667\/not-i-but-a-friend\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Wormstorm &#8211; Not I, but a friend<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"we are augustines\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/weareaugustines\" target=\"_blank\">We Are Augustines &#8211; Rise Ye Sunken Ships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"shearwater\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0073ASA7A\/ref=s9_simh_gw_p340_d0_g340_i6\" target=\"_blank\">Shearwater &#8211; Animal Joy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&amp;field-keywords=Susanne+Sundf%F8r+-+The+Silicone+Veil\" target=\"_blank\">Susanne Sundf\u00f8r &#8211; The Silicone Veil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/strandofoaks.bandcamp.com\/album\/dark-shores\" target=\"_blank\">Strand of Oaks &#8211; Dark Shores<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gogoyoko.com\/album\/Fearless1\" target=\"_blank\">Legend &#8211; Fearless<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"listen\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/za\/album\/die-dinkdansmasjien\/id575893856\" target=\"_blank\">Bittereinder &#8211; Die Dinkdansmasjien<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"peter broderick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/These-Walls-Mine-Peter-Broderick\/dp\/B008S8T7J6\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Broderick &#8211; These Walls of Mine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mention to <a title=\"KONGOS for The Urbanist\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/kongos-for-the-urbanist\/\" target=\"_blank\">KONGOS<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0<a title=\"kongos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kongos.com\/musicpage\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lunatic<\/em><\/a>, which came out in SA <a title=\"Music: best of 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/music-best-of-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">last year<\/a> but I&#8217;d made a mental note to include this year instead&#8230;and then didn&#8217;t, because it didn&#8217;t feel like a 2012 album&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T R A C K S<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11299\" title=\"markus krunegard\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/markus-krunegard-1-590x300.jpg\" alt=\"markus krunegard\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/markus-krunegard-1-590x300.jpg 590w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/markus-krunegard-1-590x300-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/markus-krunegard-1-590x300-575x292.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite track:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Markus+Kruneg%C3%A5rd\">Markus Kruneg\u00e5rd<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4gKVNqE2AZ0\" target=\"_blank\">Minusgrader rensar luften<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Others I enjoyed, in no particular order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Jim+Moray\">Jim Moray<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IjgZyOIfPR0\" target=\"_blank\">Big Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Tape+Hiss+and+Sparkle\">Tape Hiss and Sparkle<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/tapehissandsparkle\/the-fountain-of-love\" target=\"_blank\">Fountain of Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Mother+Mother\">Mother Mother<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rvTlu9j87cY\" target=\"_blank\">Let&#8217;s Fall In Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Gravenhurst\">Gravenhurst<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rp7GRlyLzAk\" target=\"_blank\">The Foundry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Yesterday%27s+Pupil\">Yesterday&#8217;s Pupil<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rx8yF5RmV2Q\" target=\"_blank\">Harm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Spleen+United\">Spleen United<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=68ZYfXoVuYE\" target=\"_blank\">Groundspeed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/We+Are+Augustines\">We Are Augustines<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jDVo57p8EnI\" target=\"_blank\">Chapel Song<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Susanne+Sundf%C3%B8r\">Susanne Sundf\u00f8r<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GQ7b1l0iF1s\" target=\"_blank\">Can You Feel The Thunder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Desmond+&amp;+The+Tutus\">Desmond &amp; The Tutus<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1RD8vW25W0Y\" target=\"_blank\">Tattoo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Twin+Shadow\">Twin Shadow<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eBM15sECi2I\" target=\"_blank\">Five Seconds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Strand+of+Oaks\">Strand of Oaks<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/strandofoaks.bandcamp.com\/track\/hard-to-be-young\" target=\"_blank\">Hard To Be Young<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/The+Invisible\">The Invisible<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ninja-tune\/the-stain-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Stain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Trentem%C3%B8ller\">Trentem\u00f8ller<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SCkxsh7EO94\" target=\"_blank\">My Dreams feat. Marie Fisker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Pinback\">Pinback<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XV7PmyLaBhs\" target=\"_blank\">Proceed to Memory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/P%C3%A9tur+Ben\">P\u00e9tur Ben<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gogoyoko.com\/album\/Gods_lonely_man\" target=\"_blank\">Runes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Lucy+Kruger\">Lucy Kruger<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/lucykruger.bandcamp.com\/track\/four-white-walls\" target=\"_blank\">Four White Walls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Imagine+Dragons\">Imagine Dragons<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sENM2wA_FTg\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Frightened+Rabbit\">Frightened Rabbit<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TuGk3XZXboA\" target=\"_blank\">Off<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/El-P\">El-P<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W2ed5osQYvU\" target=\"_blank\">Oh Hail No<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/DIIV\">DIIV<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KI79GPXAICM\" target=\"_blank\">Doused<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Matthew+Dear\">Matthew Dear<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ghostly\/matthew-dear-earthforms\" target=\"_blank\">Earthforms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/The+Great+Apes\">The Great Apes<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"listen\" href=\"http:\/\/thegreatapesband.bandcamp.com\/track\/human-machine-wild-animal-moutain\" target=\"_blank\">Human Machine Wild Animal Mountain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">L I V E<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11304\" title=\"The Tallest Man On Earth at the CTICC\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tallest-man-on-earth-crop_LMcC_2614.jpg\" alt=\"The Tallest Man On Earth at the CTICC\" width=\"590\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tallest-man-on-earth-crop_LMcC_2614.jpg 590w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tallest-man-on-earth-crop_LMcC_2614-300x141.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tallest-man-on-earth-crop_LMcC_2614-575x271.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most enjoyable gigs I&#8217;ve attended this year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Tallest Man on Earth &amp; Beatenberg at the CTICC\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/the-tallest-man-on-earth-beatenberg-at-the-cticc\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Tallest Man on Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Markus Wormstorm: Not I, But a Friend album launch\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/markus-wormstorm-not-i-but-a-friend-album-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Markus Wormstorm&#8217;s album launch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tape Hiss and Sparkle \u2018Paperhawk\u2019 album launch with Mesmer at Obviouzly Armchair\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/tape-hiss-and-sparkle-paperhawk-album-launch-with-mesmer-at-obviouzly-armchair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tape Hiss and Sparkle Album Launch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUSIC Happy new year! Today marks my 6th anniversary of joining\u00a0last.fm; I&#8217;m a graph junkie and love the listening stats the site generates, especially round this time of year when it makes compiling best-of-the-year lists easier. Lists of my favourite &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/music-2012-in-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[153,60,58,754,715,760,444,758,204,463,761,170,757,755,116,19,17,20,221,127,756,759,705,126,131,57,355],"class_list":["post-11260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-reviews","tag-acoustic","tag-afrikaans","tag-american","tag-best-of","tag-british","tag-danish","tag-electronica","tag-end-of-the-year","tag-favourites","tag-hip-hop","tag-indie","tag-international-act","tag-last-fm","tag-list","tag-local","tag-memories","tag-music-2","tag-new-year","tag-nostalgia","tag-pop","tag-rant","tag-reflecting","tag-review","tag-rock","tag-south-africa","tag-south-african","tag-swedish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11260"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11309,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11260\/revisions\/11309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}