Top 10 of 2012

I haven’t posted here for a while. I have a massive back log to post about as well. So here is my top ten list for 2012:

• Top ten releases of 2012:

-       Mean Jeans – On Mars LP

-       Guantanamo Baywatch – Chest Crawl LP

-       Chinese Burns Unit - Chinese Burns Unit 7”

-       Title Fight – Floral Green LP

-       Various Artists – Split Scene LP

-       Helta Skelta - Helta Skelta LP

-       Snake Face – Oberon LP

-       Code Orange Kids – Love Is Love/Return To Dirt

-       Big Eyes – Back From The Moon 7”

-       Smith Street Band – Sunshine and Technology

• Most disappointing release of 2012:

-       Hot Water Music – Exister LP (This is a good album, but I was expecting a little bit more. Much like The Fire, The Steal, The Tread 7” from 2011)

• Favourite reissue of 2012:

-       The New Red Archives reissues of Samiam’s Samiam, Soar and Billy

• Favourite release from 2011 that you discovered in 2012:

-       Night Birds – The Other Side Of Darkness LP