The 2012 Music Thread!

[Hobo]

The Magnetic Fields have song of the year tied up with Andrew in Drag. Just fucking perfect. The rest of the album on first listen is a bit shit, but that song is amazing. I just think the lyrics are going to stop anyone from listening to it. Silly Stephin. But it's his best stand alone song since well I dunno, normally there is one great song an album. But this one is special. I can see it holding up in a way California Girls, the Nun's Litany and You Must be out of your Mind failed to. I would put it up there with their super special stuff.

If I was ever to make a Best Of compilation it would have earnt its place, which is impressive given just how many songs they've released and just how much I love them.

Andrew in Drag is probably the best song on the new album. Very litttle Magnetic Fields stuff has ever been better than 69 Love Songs for me though.

[LittleDaniel]

Tom Gabel of Against Me! has come out as being transgendered and will soon be beginning the transition. I may not be a huge fan of his newer music, but its so nice to hear that he is taking steps to become the woman he is inside.

Also, consider these lyrics from a few CDs ago:

"If I could have chosen, I would've been born a woman,

My mother once told me she would have named me Laura."

Her new name will be Laura.

[METALMAN]

Guardian are streaming the new Sigur Ros

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/may/21/sigur-ros-valtari-exclusive-stream

[Cactus Drags]

Has anyone mentioned Beach House in here? I was listening to Bloom this afternoon, perfect summer album. Well, if you like that kind of dreampoppy/electronic stuff.

[METALMAN]

Oh it's brilliant isn't it? It's very similar to their last album, so much so that I cannot decide which one is better. But both are lovely!

[livid]

Yeah it is pretty great. I had actually forgotten about it since it actually leaked like two months ago but re-listened the other day.

At the time their previous album came out, I wasn't really into dream pop or anything so I need to re-visit that.

[RPS]

Bloom lacks the high points but is overall better.

If stuck on an island, I'd probably take Teenage Dream. The first two tracks are out of this world amazing.

[METALMAN]

Teenage Dream is the Katy Perry album.>_>

[RPS]

Yeah, the one that Beach House and Katy Perry released together. Was pretty interesting stuff.

[GA!]

So anyway, this happened...

[SRN]

I hope Muse take the Korn way out and do a dubstep-inspired album next, just so their fans will get pissed off.

[GA!]

*cough*I like dubstep*cough*

I imagine that song will be the Supermassive Black Hole of 2nd Law while the rest of the album is more comfortably Muse. Supermassive is in my fave five songs so I'm quite excited on that basis.

[SRN]

Eh, I've never been a big Muse fan outside of a few songs so I don't really care that much.

[RPS]

Muse meets brostep!

[apsham]

I just have to pop in and say that the new Jukebox The Ghost kicks so, so much ass.

[GA!]

I need help. Can anyone recommend an up to date music news website that covers almost every genre? I swear if I have to go on NME's website much longer, where all their writers are trying to be the next Swells by writing like humourless versions of Charlie Brooker, I will have to send some sort of explosive device to their office*.

*Please note I will not send some sort of explosive device to their office. That was a joke. One that's as funny as the ones the NME staff write.

[METALMAN]

Surely Charlie Brooker is a humourless version of Charlie Brooker?

oh and

allmusic.oom?

[RPS]

RateYourMusic. It's user submitted scores and the like, but it is somewhat useful to discover what people are listening to each year.

[SRN]

I follow mostly NPR and The Fader, also read The Fader's monthly magazine. However, they mostly gravitate towards hip hop but NPR is good, if you ask me. I'd recommend RateYourMusic as well if you want to find new bands to listen to.

[RPS]

RateYourMusic is good, but as I said, user submitted. Rock and metal are very much overrepresented in the overall charts for each year, but it is a plus that you can customize your search so you can search for specific genres during specific years or decades.

EDIT: Metacritic is good too, but I don't find it overly user-friendly unless you know what you are looking for. Acclaimed Music is good too, but compiles end of year lists, so you could search for 2011 stuff, but not 2012. They have message boards discussing 2012 albums, but...

Edited June 8, 2012 by RockPaperScissors