Monday, December 31, 2012

Frank FOE's TOP 100 music releases of 2012

AKA the best in metal, punk, hardcore and alternative, plus: record store day releases, indie, local, country, death, pop and reggae/ska record/cds, along with reissues and/or vinyl only releases from 2012...

I was going to break this down to the TOP TEN of each genre. But then I would have had to decide what genre Torche belongs in... it was tough enough determining the cutoff for 100, never mind categorizing...

Originally 300 releases were under consideration. This list represents the diversity that was 2012 in my aural explorations and entertainment. These records/cds/downloads made 2012 pretty sweet (musically).

Looking forward to finding out what I missed in 2012 (by reading other's top lists of the year). Looking forward to more discovery! 

Cheers,
Frank FOE

Addendummy: Forgot these mandatory 2012 releases: 


DEAD END DRIVE "Skullhands and Ghostheads" (belongs in the TOP 50)
DOOMED TO OBSCURITY (belongs in the TOP 25)
DAMNED DIRTY APES (Belongs in the TOP 100)

  Top 100 of 2012
1        Mould, Bob “Silver Age”  Merge


2        Torche “Harmonicraft” Volcom


3        Ramone, Joey “Ya Know?” BMG


4        Dinosaur Jr. “The Electronic Anthology Project” EAPDJ


5        Bloc Party “Four” Dim Mak


6        Cannibal Corpse “Torture” Metal Blade


7        Cockney Rejects “East End Babylon” Cadiz



8        Poison Idea “The Fatal Erection Years” TKO/SOUTHERN LORD
9        Poison Idea “Darby Crash Rides Again” TKO/SOUTHERN LORD


10      Corrosion of Conformity “Eye for An Eye” Candlelight


11      Buck Satan & the 666 Shooters “Bikers Welcome, Ladies Drink Free” AFM


12      Napalm Death “Utilitarian” Century Media


13      Flag of Democracy “Shatter Your Day” SRA   


14      Teenage Bottlerocket “Freak Out!” Fat


15      High on Fire “The Art of Self Defense” Southern Lord


16      High on Fire “De Vermis Mysteriis” Entertainment One


17      Bad American “Pretty / Ugly” Bad Recordings


18      Black Breath “Sentenced To Life” Southern Lord


19      Reverend Horton Heat “25 To Life” Yep Roc


20      Revilers “Revilers” Black Hole


21      Enabler “All Hail The Void” Southern Lord


22      Ty Segall “Singles 2007-2010” Goner


23      Dollyrots “Dollyrots” Arrested Youth


24      Cattle Decapitation “Monolith of Inhumanity” Metal Blade


25      Dying Fetus “Reign Supreme” Relapse


26      Angels and Airwaves “Stomping the Phantom Brake Pedal” Angels and Airwaves


27      Antidote “No Peace In Our Time” Bridge 9


28      Toy Dolls “The Album After the Last One” King Midas


29      Unsane “Wreck” Alternative Tentacles


30      Corrosion of Conformity “Corrosion of Conformity” Candlelight


31      Devo “Live 1981 Seattle” Booji Boy


32      Pig Destroyer “Book Burner” Relapse


33      Off! “Off!” Vice

34      Fear Factory “The Industrialist” Candlelight



35      NOFX “Self Entitled” Fat



36      Night Birds “Fresh Kills Vol. 1” Grave Mistake



37      Plow United “Narcolepsy” Square of Opposition



38      Primate “Draw Back A Stump” Relapse



39      Sleep “Dopesmoker” Southern Lord



40      Kylesa “From the Vaults Vol.1” Season of Mist



41      Blink 182 “Dogs Eating Dogs” Blink 182 



42      Flag of Democracy “Chinese Food!” Who Cares


43      Cute Lepers “B-Sides” Lady Kinky Karrot



44      Hank III “Long Gone Daddy” Curb



45      F.U.2 “Punk Rock” 1-2-3-4 Go



46      Face To Face “All For Nothing” Antagonist



47      Avengers “Official Re-release of the Pink Album” Water/4 Men With Beards



48      Bloc Party “Four More” Dim Mak



49      Various Artists “Cashing In On Christmas” Black Hole



50      Ty Segall “Twins” Drag City



51      Ty Segall Band “Slaughterhouse” In the Red



52      Hounds & Harlots “The Good Fight” Black Hole


53      Biters “It’s All Chewed Up, OK” Rock and Roll Kills, Pop the Balloon, Yeah Right!



54      Cliff, Jimmy “Rebirth” UMe



55      Lost Sounds “The Lost Lost” Goner



56      Madness “Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da” Koch



57      Stone Sour “House of Gold and Bones Part 1” Roadrunner



58      Jimmy Cliff “Sacred Fire” Collective Sounds     



59      Soulfly “Enslaved” Roadrunner



60      Fang “Here Come the Cops” Malt Soda



61      Municipal Waste “The Fatal Feast” Nuclear Blast



62      Common Enemy “As The World Burns” Overdose on Records



63      White, Jack “Blunderbuss” Third Man



64      Killing Joke “MMXII” Spinefarm


65      Old Firm Casuals / Klasse Kriminale split EP Randale



66      Linkin Park “Living Things” WB



67      Japandroids “Celebration Rock” Polyvinyl



68      Rites of Spring “Six Song Demo” Dischord



69      Neurosis “Honor Found in Decay” Neurot



70      Whitechapel “Whitechapel” Metal Blade



71      Abba “Voulez Vous Extended” Polar


72      Corrosion of Conformity “Megalodon” Scion Audio



73      Failure Face “Discography” Give Praise



74      Autopsy “All Tomorrow's Funerals” Peaceville



75      Anaal Nathrakh "Vanitas" Candlelight



76      Ex Friends “No Wonder We Prefer the Dark” Paper + Plastic



77      Gallows “Gallows” Bridge 9



78      Hives “Lex Hives” No Fun



79      Destruction “Spiritual Genocide” Nuclear Blast



80      Ringworm “Venomous Grand Design” Revelation



81      Snapcase “Progression Through Unlearning” Victory



82      Ministry “Relapse” AFM



83      Stooges, Iggy and the “Live at ATP 2010” MVDaudio



84      Baroness “Yellow and Green” Relapse



85      The Transmission Now “The Transmission Now” The Transmission Now   



86      Modern Pets “Modern Pets” Modern Action



87      Revocation “Teratogenesis” Scion



88      The Briefs “Singles Only” 7” Box Set Modern Action



89      Municipal Waste / Toxic Holocaust “split” Tank Crimes



90      Bouncing Souls “Comet” Rise



91      Rumpelstiltskin Grinder “Ghostmaker” Candlelight



92      Strong Intention “Razorblade Express” Patac



93      Ty Segall and White Fence “Hair” Drag City



94      Dinosaur Jr. “I Bet on Sky” Jagjaguar



95      DOA “We Come In Peace” Sudden Death



96      Queers “Later Days and Better Lays” Universal Warning



97      Kaiser Chiefs “Souvenir” Polydor



98      Alaric / Atriarch "Split" 20 Buck Spin



99      Ringworm “Justice Replaced By Revenge” Revelation



100    Saint Vitus “Lillie: F-65” Season of Mist



Cheers,
Frank FOE