Red Mosquito

Back by unpopular demand for a 7th installation....it's the "get angry about popular grunge and indie music thread!"


The Rules:

1. Post however many albums in your list you would like, but only the top 25 will be counted towards the RM Top Albums of 2012 list.

2. Order your lists please if you want them counted. I'm not going to guess. Also please format them like this: 1. Band Name - Album Title or 1. Band Name, The - Album Title if it's a "The" band. This makes my life easier when compiling hundreds of entries.

3. Scoring is based on a 35 point system (35 pts for your #1, 34 pts for your #2, 11 pts for your #25 and so on).

4. Albums can be studio, live, and of any length - as long as it was released NEW in 2012. Re-releases do not count (the exception would be if an album was released in the UK in 2011, but didn't get a release in the US until 2012). Pearl Jam-related releases are ALLOWED, but use your discretion. Remember, this is the Other Bands forum.

5. Sunday Jan 27th is the deadline for submission if you want your list to be compiled in the RM Top Albums list. I will begin posting the results on Monday the 28th.


PM me your list if you want to be all secretive, or just post it in this thread. I'll compile everything after the deadline. Based on the number of submissions i'll then decide if this is a Top 100, 50, 5, etc. I like these things to display at least some sort of consensus so very likely only albums with 2 or more votes will make the final list. Feel free to discuss your lists here as well.

Past lists:
Top 50 of 2011
Top 50 of 2010
Top 50 of 2009
Top 50 of 2008
Top 50 of 2007
Top 100 of 2006

I think we should push the deadline back a bit. Someone made some good points on the old board about the merits of not rushing these lists as soon as the new year rolls in.

cutuphalfdead wrote:I think we should push the deadline back a bit. Someone made some good points on the old board about the merits of not rushing these lists as soon as the new year rolls in.

what would you suggest?

mf wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:I think we should push the deadline back a bit. Someone made some good points on the old board about the merits of not rushing these lists as soon as the new year rolls in.

what would you suggest?

I don't know, talk to Kevin Davis.

End of January would be my bet.

I guess the no PJ-related entries rule won't be enforced?

Bob Loblaw wrote:I guess the no PJ-related entries rule won't be enforced?

what PJ related releases were there this year? i don't personally see a problem with Soundgarden being in play.

Would the PJ Vic Theater Vault release qualify for our purposes?

zeb wrote:End of January would be my bet.

Seconded.

Soundgarden allowed?

Just ruined it.

1. Murder By Death- Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon

2. RNDM-Acts (its a Joseph Arthur album, lets be honest)

3. The Mynabirds- Generals

looking back at these top 50 lists.. wow the last couple years of music kinda sucked

psychobain wrote:Soundgarden allowed?

Just ruined it.

I'd like to hear your argument against it's inclusion. As far as i'm concerned Soundgarden was a band long before Pearl Jam was so at the very least they deserve to be grandfathered in. I'm all for disallowing a Jeff Ament side project or an Eddie Vedder uke album, but i'm choosing to leave it up to people's discretion. There's just too much grey area with band members making an appearance here and there for me to be comfortable with outright banning all PJ-related material.

Besides, I'm not sure how banning that Soundgarden album would save the list. Every year there is a couple of bands with universal appeal around here that top the list even though they released mediocre albums. It's part of the problem with doing a 'best of' music list on a board centered around an aging grunge band.

also, deadline extended til the end of the month. see header post

Banning anything from the list is ridiculous. Let people vote honestly.

This would be my list:

01 - Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
02 - Jack White - Blunderbuss
03 - Tame Impala - Lonerism
04 - Soundgarden - King Animal
05 - Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel....
06 - Grizzly Bear - Shields
07 - Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill
08 - The Shins - port of marrows
09 - Cat Power - Sun
10 - Bob Mould - Silver Age
11 - Ken Stringfellow - Danzig in the Moonlight
12 - Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
13 - Cody ChestnuTT - Landing on A Hundred
14 - Swans - The Seer
15 - RNDM - Acts
16 - Glen Hansard - Rhythm And Repose
17 - Godspeed you black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
18 - Dr John - Locked Down
19 - Jeff Ament - While My Heart Beats
20 - Japandroids - Celebration Rock

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:Banning anything from the list is ridiculous. Let people vote honestly.

thirded

BurtReynolds wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:Banning anything from the list is ridiculous. Let people vote honestly.

thirded

Fourthdeded.

This is my list. I have only included albums that I have personally purchased and listened to every track multiple times.

1. John Mayer - Born and Raised
2. Soundgarden - King Animal
3. Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
6. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
7. Tori Amos - Gold Dust
8. The Killers - Battle Born
9. Fun - Some Nights
10. Mumford & Sons - Babel
11. 8mm - Between The Devil And Two Black Hearts
12. Jimmy Fallon - Blow Your Pants Off
13. The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
14. Dave Matthews Band - Away from the World
15. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
16. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
17. Pearl Jam - Vic Theater, Chicago 8/2/07 - Vault Series #2
18. Coldplay - Live 2012 6.5/10
19. David Crowder Band - Give Us Rest (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])
20. Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
21. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
22. Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll
23. Mike Doughty - The Question Jar Show (CD)
24. Aaron Freeman (Gene Ween) - Marvelous Clouds
25. Grizzly Bear - Shields



Worst Albums Purchased In 2012:

1. Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix
2. Candlebox - Love Stories & Other Musings