Holy motors! 2012. Quite a mixed bag this year. One of the most mentioned bands was named after a keyboard shortcut used on Apple to insert the Greek letter Delta (Alt-J). And the probably most eccentric album was made by, well, a seventy year old! (Scott Walker). A sincere thank you to all contributors.
ROB BENDERS rob benders
Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra – The Jazz Age
Patti Smith – Banga
Brian Eno – Lux
A Place To Bury Strangers – Worship
Man From The South – Koblenz
Dexys – One Day I’m Going To Soar
Pil – This Is Pil
Lee Ranaldo – Between The Times And The Tides
ERIK VAN DEN BERG oor
1. Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
2. Grizzly Bear – Shields
3. Moss – Ornaments
4. The Vaccines – Come Of Age
5. Swans – The Seer
6. Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory
7. Holy Other – Held
8. Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
9. The Horse Company – Calypso
10. Graham Coxon – A+E
KEES VAN DE BERG nieuwe nor
1 The Walkmen – Heaven
2 Sukilove – Drunkaleidoscoop
3 Jason Lytle – Dept. Of Disappearence
4 Tomàn – Postrock Hits Vol. 2
5 Damien Jurado – Maraqopa
6 Ken Stringfellow – Danzig in the Moonlight
7 Oberhofer – Time Capsules II
8 Tiny Ruins – Some Were Meant For Sea
9 Adrian Crowley – I See Three Birds Flying
10 Divv – Oshin
DANNIJ BOL parkstad limburg theaters
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
Balthazar – Rats
Dr. John – Locked Down
Blaudzun – Heavy Flowers
Anne Soldaat – Anne Soldaat
Phantom Limb – The Pines
Chromatics – Kill for love
Zita Swoon Group – Wait for me
Gonjasufi – Mu.zz.le
ANN BOUWMA
1. Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
2. Calexico – Algiers
3. dEUS – Following Sea
4. Liz Green – O, Devotion!
5. Ensemble du Verre – The Contemporary Cowboy
6. Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
7. Adrian Crowley – I See Three Birds Flying
8. Chelsea Wolfe – Unknown Rooms: A Collection Of Acoustic Songs
9. Moon Duo – Circles
10. Mugstar – Axis
A.H.J. DAUTZENBERG ahj dautzenberg
Neurosis – Honor Found In Decay
Amenra – Mass V
Dexys – One Day I’m Going To Soar
Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
Napalm Death – Utilitarian
Phobia – Remnants Of Filth
Swans – The Seer
Van Morrison – Born To Sing: No Plan B
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
Nihill – Verdonkeremaan
MAURICE DIELEMANS kindamuzik
1 Barna Howard – Barna Howard
2 Bowerbirds – The Clearing
3 Daughn Gibson – All Hell
4 Angel Olsen – Halfway Home
5 Low Roar – Low Roar
6 Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes
7 Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt
8 Sun Kil Moon – Among The Leaves
9 Sean Rowe – The Salesman And The Shark
10 Neil Halstead – Palindrome Hunches
JOHN DORAN the quietus
1 Carter Tutti Void – Transverse
2 Swans – The Seer
3 X-TG – Desertshore/The Final Report
4 Anaal Nathrakh – Vanitas
5 Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
6 VCMG – SSSS
7 Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Cherry Thing
8 Dragged Into Sunlight – Widowmaker
9 The Congos, Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras – Icon Give Thank
10 Eccentronic Research Council – 1612 Underture
BART EBISCH bart ebisch
1 The Maldives – Muscle For The Wing
2 Chris Knight – Little Victories
3 Allah-Las – Allah-Las
4 Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
5 The Shins – Port Of Morrow
6 The Dirty Guv’nahs – Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies
7 Bill Fay – Life Is People
8 Howler – America Give It Up
9 Kevin Montgomery – Some Comfort
10 Alabama Shakes – Boys And Girls
GAVIN FRIDAY gavin friday
Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
Beach House – Bloom
X-TG – Desertshore/The Final Report
Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
Bob Dylan – Tempest
The Chromatics – Kill for Love
Azealia Banks – 1991 EP
Swans – The Seer
Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
The xx – Coexist
HENK GENDERS gong-records
1 Sons Of Noel & Adrian – Knots
2 Nurse With Wound & Graham Bowers – Rupture
3 Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
4 X-TG – Desertshore/The Final Report
5 Leila – U & I
6 Swans – The Seer
7 Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
8 John Cale – Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood
9 Om – Advaitik Songs
10 Oneida – A List Of The Burning Mountains
TITIA HAHNE titia hahne
1 Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
2 Disappears – Pre Language
3 Trust – TRST
4 Grizzly Bear – Shields
5 Wild Nothing – Nocturne
6 The Soft Moon – Zeros
7 Beach House – Bloom
8 Breton – Other People’s Problems
9 Chromatics – Kill For Love
10 Karin Park – Highwire Poetry
DÉSIRÉE HANSSEN burning world records
1 Rush – Clockwork Angels
2 Conan – Monnos
3 Om – Advaitic Songs
4 High On Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis
5 Wino & Conny Ochs – Heavy Kingdom
6 Sabbath Assembly – Ye Are Gods
7 Black Magician – Nature Is The Devil’s Church
8 Mos Generator – Nomads
9 Kadavar – Kadavar
10 Undersmile – Narwhal
SIMONE VAN HUGTEN zwartgoud
1 Grimes – Visions
2 Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
3 Tame Impala – Lonerism
4 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
5 Jack White – Blunderbuss
6 Django Django – Django Django
7 The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
8 The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
9 Balthazar – Rats
10 Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
LEONOR AMELIE JONKER
1 Public Image Ltd – This Is PiL
2 Polar Twins – Wee Small Hours At Swansneck
3 Wooden Constructions – People Now People
4 Minny Pops – Standstill To Motion: Live At The Melkweg, 19-03-1981
5 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
6 Hugh Cornwell – Totem & Taboo
7 Die Antwoord – Tension
8 Violence Conjugale – Violence Conjugale
9 The Stranglers – Giants
10 Attila the Stockbroker’s Barnstormer – Bankers & Looters
RENÉ VAN KAAM platenblad
1 Knock Knock – We Will Raise Your Child
2 Gretchen Peters – Hello Cruel World
3 The See See – Fountayne Mountain
4 Julia Holter – Ekstasis
5 Allah-Las – Allah-Las
6 Angus Stone – Broken Brights
7 Simon Joyner – Ghosts
8 Sophie Hunger – The Danger Of Light
9 The xx – Coexist
10 Outer Minds – Outer Minds
ROGER KENGEN hszuyd
1 Om – Advaitic Songs
2 The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know
3 Golden Void – Golden Void
4 Xiu Xiu – Always
5 Liars – WIXIW
6 Neneh Cherry & The Thing – The Cherry Thing
7 Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken – The Death Defying Unicorn
8 Sigur Rós – Valtari
9 Grizzly Bear – Shields
10 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
MIKE KRAMER h-ear experimental audio reseach
1 OM – Advaitic Songs
2 Brian Eno – Lux
3 Seamus Cater & Viljam Nybacka – The Anecdotes
4 Clark – Iradelphic
5 Squarepusher – Ufabulum
6 A Sun Amissa – Desparate In Her Heavy Sleep
7 Eric Chenaux – Guitar & Voice
8 Af Ursin – Trois Mémoires Discrètes
9 Simon Scott – Below Sealevel
10 Gastón Arévalo – Classical Landscapes
JB MEIJERS jb meijers
Animal Collective – Centipide Hz
Tom Waits – Bad As Me
Deerhoof – Breakup Song
Ken Stringfellow – Danzig In The Moonlight
Sebatian Tellier – Politics
Jack White – Blunderbuss
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti – Mature Themes
Giant Giant Sand – Tuscon
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid Maad City
JAN VAN MONTFORT musicmachine
1 Dead Can Dance – Anastasis
2 Off! – Off!
3 Jack White – Blunderbuss
4 White Hills – Frying On This Rock
5 Vibravoid – Gravity Zero
6 Ufomammut – Oro Opus Primum
7 Vespero – SubKraut U-Boats Wilkommen Hier
8 Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
9 Goat – World Music
10 Carlton Melton – Photos Of Photos
TIM PENNINGS charles ronson
Pond – Beard, Wives, Denim
Django Django – Django Django
Lee Fields – Faithful Man
Bed Rugs – 8th Cloud
Orange Goblin – A Eulogy For The Damned
White Rabbits – Milk Famous
Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
Lee Ranaldo – Between The Times And The Tides
Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
Aaron Freeman – Marvelous Clouds
LUC PETERS
1 The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet
2 Swans – The Seer
3 Anywhere – Anywhere
4 Rangda – Formerly Extinct
5 Why? – Mumps etc.
6 Le Butcherettes – Sin Sin Sin
7 Shabazz Palace – Black Up
8 Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
9 Kramer – The Brill Building
10 Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
THEO PLOEG theo ploeg
1 Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
2 Burial – Kindred
3 Die Heiterkeit – Herz Aus Gold
4 Shed – The Killer
5 Juju & Jordash – Techno Primitivism
6 Space Siren – Mr Wagner, Please Give Us A Call
7 JK Flesh – Posthuman
8 Mohn – Mohn
9 The Sugarettes – Destroyers Of Worlds
10 Roel Funcken – Mercury Retrograde
HARRY PRENGER
1 Giant Giant Sand – Tuscson
2 Lana del Rey – Born To Die
3 Lou Doillon – Places
4 Liars – WIXIW
5 Kreng – Works For Abbatoir Fermé 2007-2011
6 Af Ursin – Trois Mémoires Discrètes
7 Dr John – Locked Down
8 Raime – Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
9 Chelsea Wolfe – Unknown Rooms: A Collection Of Acoustic Songs
10 Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
NILS ROMPEN zwartgoud
1 Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
2 Maccabees – Given To The Wild
3 Django Django – Django Django
4 Mumford and Sons – Babel
5 Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
6 Balthazar – Rats
7 Jack White – Blunderbuss
8 Madness – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da
9 Muse – The 2nd Law
10 Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
BOB RUSCHE concertzender x-rated
1 Mohn – Mohn
2 Astrowind – Kaidanovsky
3 JK Flesh – Posthuman
4 Carter Tutti Void – Transverse
5 Outer Space – Akashic Record
6 Philipp Münch – Mondo Obscura
7 Demdike Stare – Elemental
8 Loscil – Sketches From New Brighton
9 Loops Of Your Heart – And Never Ending Nights
10 2Kilos & More – Kurz Vor5
SEVDALIZA sevdaliza
1 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
2 Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid M.a.a.d. City
3 Drake – Take Care
4 Kanye West – Good Music
5 Jessie Ware – Devotion
6 Xxyyxx – xxyyxx
7 Galimatias – Luna Soul EP
8 Lunice & Hudson Mohawke – TNGHT
9 The Weeknd – Wicked Games
10 The xx – Coexist
THESSY SEGERS sounds venlo
1 Dr. John – Locked Down
2 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti – Mature Themes
3 Bathazar – Rats
4 Goat – World Music
5 Moon Duo – Circles
6 Jackamo Brown – Oh No, The Drift Of The World
7 Gunn-Truscinski Duo – Ocean Parkway
8 Dan Deacon – America
9 Tame Impala – Lonerism
10 Sharon van Etten – Tramp
MARCO SMEETS head music
1 Graham Coxon – A+E
2 Crippled Black Phoenix – No Sadness Or Farewell
3 Om – Advaitic Songs
4 Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
5 Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
6 Zeus – Busting Visions
7 Metz – Metz
8 Ian Skelly – Cut From A Star
9 Toy – Toy
10 The D.O.T. – And That
CINDY STERN
1 Bérangère Maximin – No One Is An Island
2 Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
3 Gudrun Gut – Wildlife
4 Carter Tutti Void – Transverse
5 Julia Kent & Barbara De Dominicis – Parallel 41
6 Swans – The Seer
7 Julia Holter – Ekstasis
8 Laurel Halo – Quarantine
9 Terre Thaemlitz – Soulnessless
10 Can – The Lost Tapes
SWIE TIO lowlands lustforlifemagazine
1 Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
2 White Rabbits – Milk Famous
3 School Of Seven Bells – Ghostory
4 Scuba – Personality
5 Bertrand Burgalat – Toutes Directions
6 Soulsavers – The Light The Dead See
7 DeeExpus – King Of Number 33
8 Lou Doillon – Places
9 Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
10 The Black Seeds – Dust And Dirt
HENK VAESSEN
1 X-TG – Desertshore/The Final Report
2 Wovenhand – The Laughing Stalk
3 Tindersticks – The Something Rain
4 Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
5 Godspeed! You Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
6 Swans – The Seer
7 Giant Giant Sand – Tuscon
8 Gert Vlok Nel – Onherroepelijk
9 Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses – Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses
10 Krzysztof Penderecki / Jonny Greenwood – Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima / Popcorn Superhet Receiver / Polymorphia / 48 Responses To Polymorphia
IVO VICTORIA ivo victoria
DIIV – Oshin
Daughter – The Wild Youth ep
Tallest Man On Earth – There’s No Leaving Now
The Bony King Of Nowhere – The Bony King Of Nowhere
Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough
The Vaccines – Come Of Age
The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
Chromatics – Kill For Love
RINO VINCKEN musicmachine
1 The People’s Temple – More For The Masses
2 Zeus – Bursting Visions
3 Om – Advaitic Songs
4 The Night Birds – Fresh Kills Vol. 1
5 DeWolff – IV
6 Holograms – Holograms
7 Beak – >>
8 Adrian Younge – Something About April
9 Lee Ranaldo – Between The Times And The Tides
10 Camera – Radiate
De verschillen worden ieder jaar groter, zo lijkt het.
Klopt. Maar misschien lijkt dit zo omdat in overzichten van oor, rolling stone, the wire, pitchfork, etc veel dezelfde bands genoemd worden door de betreffende medewerkers. in mijn overzicht heb ik het gevoel dat de deelnemers zich niet of minder hebben laten beinvloeden door deze media-achtige ‘gettovorming’, hypes of ‘wat je geacht wordt goed te vinden’.vandaar wellicht die bijzondere variëteit. veel ervan ken ik ook niet eens. heel bijzonder.
Wauw, en ik die dacht dat ik veel muziek ken… Ik ken maar een stuk of 10 namen! Shame on me!
1. Patrick Watson – Adventures in your own Backyard
2. Daiqing Tana + Haya band – Migration
3. Sigur rós – Valtari
4. R.U.T.A. – Na uschod
5. Muse – the 2nd law
6. Filastine – Loot
7. Emel Mathlouthi – Kelmti Horra
8. Dead can dance – Anastsis
9. CéU – Caravana Sereia Bloom
10. Mariem Hassan – El Aaiun Egdad
ik mis het sublieme album van Wovenhand -The Laughing Stalk in 1 van de lijstjes
@Peter één iemand heeft Wovenhand op waarde geschat en op de tweede plaats gezet (Henk Vaessen)
@Sarah shame on me is nergens voor nodig hoor. Ik ken ook veel genoemde bands niet. Spotify biedt veelal uitkomst.
Fijne lijst Joop. Patrick Watson inderdaad.
Bedankt Harry, het was weer een mooi muzikaal jaar. Op http://www.eigenwijze30.nl staat een top160 van de beste singles van 2012.
Mooie lijst. Ik verdiep me aardig in muziek maar zitten toch enkele albums tussen die ik nog even ga beluisteren. Dank je wel!
Ah, was ik zoooo afwijkend dat ik niet meer mee mocht doen? ;-)
Stiekem dan toch:
TOP20’12
01. Eva Quartet & Hector Zazou – The Arch (Elen Music)
02. Swans – The Seer (Young God)
03. Piano Magic – Life Has Not Finished With Me Yet (Second Language)
04. Matt Elliott – The Broken Man (Ici D’Ailleurs)
05. Mount Eerie – Clear Moon/ Ocean Roar (7 E.P.)
06. Glissando – The World Without Us (Gizeh)
07. Mi & L’Au – If Beauty Is A Crime (Alter K/Important)
08. Andrea Schroeder – Blackbird (Glitterhouse)
09. Blackie & The Oohoos – Songs For Two Sisters (Unday/N.E.W.S.)
10. Soulsavers – The Light The Dead See (V2)
11. Olan Mill – Paths (Facture)
12. I Like Trains – The Shallows (I Like Records)
13. 2:54 – 2:54 (Fiction)
14. Dead Can Dance – Anastasis (DCD/PIAS)
15. Breathless – Green To Blue (Tenor Vossa)
16. Jessica Bailiff – At The Down-Turned Jagged Rim of the Sky (Kranky)
17. Mary & Me – We Go Round (Pikebole)
18. Dark Dark Dark – Who Needs Who (Melodic)
19. Birdt – Place For One Day (Birdt)
20. A Naifa – Não Se Deitam Comigo Corações Obedientes (Antena)