Top Ten Records of 2012
1 Django Django - Django Django
2 Bill Fay - Life is People
3 Father John Misty - Fear Fun
4 Shearwater- Animal Joy
5 Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Crown and Treaty
6 Hot Chip - In Our Heads
7 Lower Dens- Nootropics
8 Lau - Race the Loser
9 Madness -Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
10 First Aid Kit -The Lions Roar
Top Ten Gigs
1 Father John Misty - Xoyo - 22.11.12
2 Jason Isbell - Boogaloo - 1.5.12
3 Phil Beer - Green Note - 16.12.12
4 Withered Hand/D Hayman/S Fogarty - The Shacklewell Arms - 3.2.12
5 Horse Feathers/Crooked Finger - Borderline - 19.11.12
6 Madness - O2 - 22.12.12
7 Carter USM/Neds Atomic Dustbin/Cud -
8 Dawes - Borderline - 5.3.12
9 Darren Hayman - Lexington - 29.8.12
10 Meursault/Withered Hand -
Top Ten Festival Performances
1 Grandaddy - End of the Road
2 Billy Bragg - Apple Cart
3 Midlake - End of the Road
4 Lau –
5 Dry the River –
6 Django Django - Field Day
7 Dirty 3 - End of the Road
8 Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells - Apple Cart
9 James Vincent McMorrow -
10 Stornoway - Apple Cart
Song of The Year
Django Django – Storm
Best Musical Experience
The beer at End of the Road Festival
Most Disappointing Musical Experience
Mark Kozelek - 'Mr Charisma' at the Union Chapel 9.11.12.
Book of the Year
Bring Up the Bodies- Hilary Mantel
Film of the Year
The Hobbit
Matt @mjcartledge