Recently quitting my job has given me a multitude of time to work on new projects for myself and my blog including sitting down and listening to all of the music that I have been wanting to listen to from this year. Trust me, there is a LOT of music! 
Before I get to my list there are a LOT of things I would like to get off of my chest about music. Mainly my animosity towards Lana Del Rey and this terrible fascination the UNIVERSE! has with Frank Ocean. But before that I would like to talk about my process to figure out my list. Just so you can understand how terribly and overtly-complicated a list can become and why somebody should pay me to do this!
Firstly, when I am starting any of my best of sheets, I have a tendency to steal borrow from lists all over the interwebs. My favorite music website to search any important information on is stereogum. When I was working at the radio station, there were pry about a dozen music blogs that I would check daily, but after college, Stereogum is one of the few that I decided to keep a hold of because it fits the best to my music tastes. Which of course are alternative, crap hop, ironic, indie music stuffs. I also like it because they post music videos a lot and I am a visual person so that is where I learn my music. Also, I look at places like Spin, Rolling Stone, and Uncut for their best of’s to see if I forgot any releases from the year.
Also, I can’t afford music. It’s true. Especially being out of work, I am broke a lot. So NPR’s First Listen has become my saving grace. I can listen to a lot of new albums without feeling that I have to purchase the album. Now that means I miss a lot of albums, but I have access to a diverse array of music that I really like. All Songs Considered of course introduces me to more music than I thought it could. BOB BOILEN IS A GOD! PERIOD! WHEN HE TELLS YOU TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING YOU FUCKING LISTEN!
The thing with these top 10 lists should be that we shouldn’t be looking at them for what the best music was of the year based on some criteria like complexity, controversy or artist repuation. I think by following the kind of thought where we go “what would make me seem the most pretentious or cool” just makes us miss a lot of REAL GOOD music in the year. I really encourage you to make your own list and post it because I think that we can learn from each other about music. Music is about sharing. I like talking to people about music and sharing playlists and mixtapes and learning about new artists. Music is another people connector! Hell, I would have never listened to the band Sword had I not seen it on a bunch of my friends top 10 lists of 2011, and believe you me, old school death metal isn’t half bad!
So without further ado, here is my top 10 list of 2012 Continue reading
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