Music, movies, games, events, and other assorted nerdery. These are the things that made my year in 2012, in no particular order.
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2012 in music, pt. 8: There Is No Future in This History
The final seven: NOFX, Matt & Kim, Coheed and Cambria, Dethklok, Forgetters, Angels & Airwaves, and Blink-182. Up next: my top picks of 2012.
2012 in music, pt. 7: A Primordial Flow Across the Blood-Brain Barrier
Nearing the end here. Reel Big Fish, Yellowcard, Weep, Blaqk Audio, Propagandhi, and Gallows.
2012 in music, pt. 6: I Dig the Future
The saga continues with The Atom Age, Millencolin, The Bouncing Souls, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Offspring, and The Gaslight Anthem.
2012 in music, pt. 5: I Wanna Club You Like a Baby Seal
There are 2 weeks left of 2012, and I’ve still got around 25 albums I’d like to comment on. So I’m going to blaze through 5 or 6 per post and try not to get wordy. In this one: MxPx, Cancer Bats, Pennywise, Off!, Matt Skiba and the Sekrets, and Best Coast.
2012 in music, pt. 4: Let Me Dream If I Want To
The theme of this installment is bands who had multiple releases this year. Within: Obits, Smoking Popes, Motion City Soundtrack, and Green Day.
2012 in music, pt. 3: Comebacks and Bow-outs
So far I’ve been reviewing albums in the order they were released. To mix things up and keep myself motivated, I’m adopting a theme for this one: reunion albums and farewell albums. Herein you’ll find Hot Water Music, Redd Kross, No Doubt, Further Seems Forever, and Thrice.
2012 in music, pt. 2: Simply Nervous
So…here’s part 2. At this rate I’ll finish around 2014. In this installment: Mrs. Magician, Anti-Flag, Sharks, Brendan Kelly & the Wandering Birds, The Mars Volta, Spider Fever, and The Used. There are music videos in this one.
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2012 in music, pt. 1: My Cabinet Brain of Canned Thoughts
Remember when we started a blog? And posted all about Comic-Con? And then abandoned the blog? We tend to do that sort of thing. Sorry. Point is: I’m back, and I’m gonna be writing about the “m” part of the blog name (that’d be “music”). As if you thought I’d write about anything else…
Over the next however-many-posts-it-takes-me, I’m going to attempt to review all the new music I purchased this year. Fair warning: That’s about 40 albums, and there are still 3 months of new releases yet to come. I’ll try to keep it short, 5 or 6 releases per post, maybe a short paragraph each, with a little more devoted to my top picks. And where possible, a video or stream of my favorite track to spice it up. For this post I’ve embedded a playlist; you’ll need to have Spotify installed to listen to it.
Here is part 1, which covers The Hell, Agent 51, Classics of Love, Cursive, and The Menzingers.
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