2013年 01月 21日 月曜日 15:30
Better late than never, the usual musical year overview of 2012!
Albums
1/ Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
A hype? Yes, undeniably! But at the same time an awesome band with creative songwriting skills that deliver a stunning album worthy of the number 1 spot? Most definitely!
2/ Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Excellent masterpiece of the cool britpop-crooner. Standing at the sky’s Edge beautifully meanders from one pearl tot the next.
3/ Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Josh Tillman shakes off his Fleet Foxes image and - under a new moniker - reveals a whole new universe of slightly deranged but beautifully orchestrated songs.
4/ Chromatics - Kill For Love
From the stunning Neil young cover of Into the black to electronically infused dreams like Lady and Back From The Grave, Kill for Love is a killer album!
5/ Calexico - Algiers
Recorded in and influenced by New Orleans but at the same time loyal to the Calexico-recipe. Algiers is another standout in their impressive discography!
6/ Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
7/ Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
8/ Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
9/ Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet comes
10/ First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar
11/ Chairlift - Something
12/ Mon-o-phone - Two
13/ Daphni - JIAOLONG
14/ Yeasayer - Fragrant world
15/ Goat - World Music
16/ The Magnetic North - Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North
17/ Liesa Van der Aa - Troops
18/ The Maccabees - Given to The Wild
19/ Dr. John - Locked Down
20/ The xx - Coexist
21/ Django Django - Django Django
22/ Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
23/ Purity ring - Shrines
24/ Tame Impala - Lonerism
25/ Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?
Listen to the 2012 albums on Spotify!
Songs
1/ dEUS - Quatre Mains
dEUS releasing a single in french? Has the world gone mad? Yes, it actually has in 2012 but with a soundtrack like this we are more than ready for 2013! Or to quote the Barman: “Okay. Go!”
2/ Martina Topley Bird, Mark Lanegan and Warpaint- Crystalised (The XX cover)
The lovechild of Mark Lanegan & Martina Topley-Bird, carefully cured for by the midwives of Warpaint and the doctors of Massive Attack. Covers don’t come any better than this!
3/ The Civil Wars - Kingdom Come
What a shame they split up in 2012. An what an irony that one of their last songs is one about perseverance in hard times. Appeared on the soundtrack of The Hunger Games.
4/ Cold Specks - Blank Maps
Canadian singer Al Spx put herself on the map of female vocalists with a unique soulful voice. with a very good album of which this track definitely is the ‘piece de resistance’!
5/ Goat- Det som aldrig förändras / Diarabi
Toxically enchanting vibes in this closing track of Goat’s debut album World Music. This swedish band is shrouded in one big air of scary mystery and is almost ungoogleable for correct information..
6/ Atoms for Peace - Default
7/ First Aid Kit - King of the World
8/ Howler - Back of your neck
9/ Grimes - Oblivion
10/ Sigur Rós - Varúð
11/ Major Lazer - Get Free
12/ Jack White - Sixteen Saltines
13/ Netsky - Give & Take
14/ Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?
15/ Beach House - Myth
16/ Django Django - Default
17/ Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms (Japanese version)
18/ Chromatics - Into The Black
19/ Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
20/ Yeasayer - Henrietta
21/ The Magnetic North - Bay Of Skaill
22/ Bat For Lashes - All Your Gold
23/ Calexico - Sinner in the Sea
24/ Mon-o-Phone - In The Water
25/ Ben Howard - The Fear
Listen to the 2012 songs on Spotify!
Gigs
1/ Damien Rice @ Gent Jazz
2/ Trixie Whitley @ Handelsbeurs
3/ Calexico @ Ancienne Belgique
4/ Wovenhand @ Cactusfestival
5/ Radiohead @ Sportpaleis