Owen's End Of 2012 List

 It's always tricky to write end of the year lists for music because most of the time you either forget albums that came out in 2012 or that there's so many you want to write about that it's hard to make a list. Regardless here is the easynoiz 2012 end of the year list.


Top 3 Albums:
The Shins  "Port Of Morrow"
Backtrack “Darker Half”
Warhound "Colder Than Ever"

Worst (most dissapointing compared to their hype) 3 albums:
Title Fight “Floral Green”
Basement "colormekindness"
Rolo Tomassi "Astraea"

Best single:
Crabby Love "Grind Me/Hold Me"

Worst single:
Nicki Minaj "Stupid Ho"

Best Live Album
Kylie Minogue "Abbey Road Sessions"

Best Cover Song
Joyce Manor "Video Killed The Radio Star"

The Punk Award For Services To Being A Punk: 
Violent Reaction
Obstruct
Think Twice

Top 3 EPs:
Inherit "Crushing Wheels Of Samsara"
Wrong Answer "Cross A Black Cat's Path"
Abolition "Language Of Violence"

Best Live Video: 
Alpha & Omega (Sound And Fury 2012)
Survival (Outbreak Fest 2012)

Top 3 Music Videos:
2 Chainz "Birthday Song"
MIA "Bad Girls"
Die Antwoord "Babies On Fire"

Top 3 Demos: 
Feral Youth "Demo 2012"
Outrage CC "Demo"
No Substance "Minds Eye"

Best One Day Festival:
UK EDGE DAY 2012 (Pain runs deep/abolition/ironxcurtain/inherit/obstruct/survival/breaking point/violent reaction)

Best Live Performance:
Taking Back Sunday at Slamdunk 2012

Worst Live Performance
Let It Die (old blue last)

Best Show:
Bane, Cruel Hand, Rotting Out @ Camden Underworld

Worst Gig:
Joyce Manor @ OBL (Joyce manor played an immaculate set but a combination of it being packed beyond normal levels and the 4 coma inducing bands before hand combined with a naseau inducing smell coming from the guy in front of me)

Best Metal Releases: 
Cattle Decapitation "Monolith Of Inhumanity"
Water Torture "Shellfire!"
Pig Destroyer "Book Burner"

RIP: Feral Youth, AoTC, Speak Up, xCurraheex, Tremors, IronXcurtain,

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Best Coast "The Only Place"
Handguns "Angst"
Broken Teeth "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked"
Battle For Paris "Superstar"
Alda "Tahoma"
Joyce Manor "Of All These Things I Soon Shall Grow Tired"

HHF Fest @ Purple Turtle
The Black Dahlia Murder @ SUB89
Wrong Answer/Kingdom @ Star Of Kings
Hardside @ Star Of Kings