While I would prefer to be seeing Chrysta Bell in action tonight (she cancelled… what a flake) I had a think about what was best in music and movies this year:
ALBUMS
[ul][li]Nadja - Dagdrom[/li][li]Anoice - The Black Rain[/li][li]The Picturesque Episodes - Other Ghosts[/li][li]GY!BE - Allelujah! Don’t Bend Ascend![/li][li]Swans - The Seer[/li][li]Nadja + Vampillia - The Primitive World[/li][li]Steve Moore + Majeure - Brainstorm[/li][li]Therapy? - A Brief Crack of Light[/li][li]Ben Frost + Daniel Bjarnson - Solaris[/li][li]Grimes - Visions[/li][/ul]
MOVIES[ul][li]The Master[/li][li]Into The Abyss[/li][li]Once Upon a Time in Anatolia[/li][li]Killing Them Softly[/li][li]Shadow Dancer[/li][li]Take This Waltz[/li][li]Rampart[/li][li]Killer Joe[/li][li]Skyfall[/li][li]Looper[/li][/ul]
GIGS[ul][li]Dead Can Dance
[/li][li]Therapy?[/li][li]Earth[/li][li]Michael Gira[/li][li]Opeth
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Soulsavers-The Light the Dead See
Katatonia-Dead End Kings
Swans-The Seer
Jk Flesh record
El-P-Cancer for Cure
Bad Brains-Into the Future
Down-IV
various Laswell records
latest Prong
Sun Kil Moon-Among the Leaves
Tame Impala-Lonerism
Kool Keith-Love and Danger
and a few others I’m forgetting
Film:
Martha Marcy May Marlene
The Cabin in the Woods
Killer Joe
The Candidate
Moonrise Kingdom
The Dictator
Looper
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Everyday Sunshine:The Story of Fishbone
Holy Motors
Crossfire Hurricane
Samsara
Grimes - Visions
Swans - The Seer
Nerd Revolt - Nerd Revolt
Light Asylum - Light Asylum
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Marissa Nadler - The Sister
Murder By Death - Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
Sleigh Bells - Reign Of Terror
The Company Band - Pros And Cons
I didn’t see a lot of movies in theaters, but I liked
Prometheus
The Avengers
Moonrise Kingdom
I don’t even remember all the shows I went to, but I remember enjoying
Swans
Roky Erickson
Iron Maiden/Alice Cooper
William Elliott Whitmore
School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory
The Fixx - Beautiful Friction
Rush - Clockwork Angels (though the mastering sucks)
The Soft Moon - Zeroes
Books:
The Real Frank Zappa Book (FZ)
View From A Hill (Mark Burgess)
Concerts:
Peter Gabriel - Back To Front @ Hollywood Bowl (So in its entirety)
Peter Case and Paul Collins (music of The Nerves, The Beat and The Plimsouls)
Psychedelic Furs (great set list, including Only You and I, All Of This and Nothing, India, and House)
Going to see Zappa Plays Zappa’s ‘Decades’ show next week in Flagstaff.
School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory
The Fixx - Beautiful Friction
Rush - Clockwork Angels (though the mastering sucks)
The Soft Moon - Zeroes
Books:
The Real Frank Zappa Book (FZ)
View From A Hill (Mark Burgess)
Concerts:
Peter Gabriel - Back To Front @ Hollywood Bowl (So in its entirety)
Peter Case and Paul Collins (music of The Nerves, The Beat and The Plimsouls)
Psychedelic Furs (great set list, including Only You and I, All Of This and Nothing, India, and House)
Going to see Zappa Plays Zappa’s ‘Decades’ show next week in Flagstaff.
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Real FZ book is a great read…read it many times long ago…
I don’t think I bought even one new album from 2012.
As for movies, I ALMOST saw a sneak preview of “Avengers” but bailed when I saw they were giving everyone a security pat-down before entry (I was trying to smuggle in beers).
I don’t think I bought even one new album from 2012.
As for movies, I ALMOST saw a sneak preview of “Avengers” but bailed when I saw they were giving everyone a security pat-down before entry (I was trying to smuggle in beers).
Pat-down at a movie theater!!! I’ve never heard of that in my life…wtf
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I don’t think I bought even one new album from 2012.
As for movies, I ALMOST saw a sneak preview of “Avengers” but bailed when I saw they were giving everyone a security pat-down before entry (I was trying to smuggle in beers).
Pat-down at a movie theater!!! I’ve never heard of that in my life…wtf[/reply]
This was probably after the shooting during The Dark Knight. The guy with all the pipe bombs in his house.
It was a pre-showing of the “Avengers” movie and I don’t think it was at all for safety concerns. I’m pretty sure they just wanted to make sure (and they were specifically telling people they needed to check their phone in or go back and put it in their cars) that idiots weren’t filming the screen bootleg style either to make back-alley pirate DVD’s or to put spoilers up on the 'net.
I hardly went to any gigs this year and saw only a handful of films - none of which really blew me away. The Master was good but just short of “greatness”.
I really want to see Moonrise Kingdom - but suppose I’ll have to wait for the dvd.
Best albums:
Swans - The Seer
Liars - WIXIW
KTL - V
Evoken - Atra Mors
Om - Advaitic Songs
Swans - We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Heads
Napalm Death - Utilitarian
John Zorn - Nosferatu
I only bought a couple actual “new” cds this year…
Babel -Mumford and Sons
Relapse -Ministry
Apocalyptic Love -Slash
Jello Biafra -Shock-u-py
Didn’t go but to two shows this year. Ministry and Mumford. Ministry was great for the company I kept. and mumford was great because it was my 4 year anniversary with my wife and the show was great. the guy has a superb voice in concert that doesn’t translate on the CDs, which is fantastic because his voice is already excellent on the cds.
Late,
grmpysmrf
He’s STILL doing this?
It is so tedious. I think I’d rather pull my own intestines out from my rectum and choke myself with them.[/reply]
Oh yeah he’s still going strong. Lol. Couple songs are really good though. He teamed up with D.O.A. again and while they’re not as good as anything on last scream… they’re really pretty good. The whole guantanomo school of medicine project has been the closest thing to a dead kennedys album sine the dead kennedys.
Late,
grmpysmrf
