Well, 2012 was an interesting year.
But now it’s come to a close and I have to figure out how to rank everything from the past year and get a list together. I’ve been procrastinating on this one for a while, but, alas – here we go …
Top Albums of 2012
- The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
- Japandroids – Celebration Rock
- John Mayer – Born and Raised
- Stars – The North
- The Menzingers – On the Impossible Past
- Good Old War – Come Back as Rain
- fun. – Some Nights
- Andy Burrows – Company
- The Shins – Port of Morrow
- P.O.S – We Don’t Even Live Here
- Muse – The Second Law
- Neon Trees – The Picture Show
- The xx – Coexist
- Further Seems Forever – Penny Black
- Anberlin – Vital
- Yellowcard – Southern Air
- House of Heroes – Cold Hard Want
- Every Time I Die – Ex-Lives
- The Killers – Battle Born
- S. Carey – Hoyas EP
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist
- Yeasayer – Fragrant World
- Hot Water Music – Exister
- Walk the Moon – Walk the Moon
- The All-American Rejects – Kids in the Street
- Now, Now – Threads
- Sharks – No Gods
- mewithoutYou – Ten Stories
- Blink-182 – Dogs Eating Dogs EP
- All Time Low – Don’t Panic
Best Lyrics of 2012
Brian Fallon (Handwritten)
It’s the reason the album ended up being my favorite of the year. Most of the years that Brian Fallon is writing music, I am going to fall in love with his lyrics. He did it again …
Best Vocals of 2012
Keith Goodwin (Good Old War)
Best Record Label of 2012
Rise Records
Best Movies of 2012
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- Looper
- The Dark Knight Rises
Best Book of 2012
’A Hologram for the King’ by Dave Eggers
Best TV Shows of 2012
- Doctor Who
- Archer
- Homeland
- Mad Men
- Breaking Bad
Most Anticipated of 2013
- Daybreaker
- Young the Giant
- My Chemical Romance
- Astronautalis/POS Collaboration Album
- Frank Turner
- Paramore
- Phoenix
- Jimmy Eat World
- Brand New?
- A Wilhelm Scream
Note: If you grab anything from this list through Amazon the affiliate link ends up giving me a little extra back as well.
This article was originally published on AbsolutePunk.net