El-P – Cancer
4 Cure
Graveyard
- Lights Out
Graveyard
came this year with another delicious piece of oldschool rock’n’roll, but this
time with a slight change. Growing old and bitter, these dudes decided it’s
high time they expressed some negative feelings about the system. I’ve always been especially attracted to
bands that bash the system (in an intelligent way, of course) and Graveyard did
exactly that. Touching subjects such as consumerism, the media and other evil
brainwashing entities, Lights Out is a
good listen for anyone who enjoys the fine rhythms of the 70’s and vandalizing
public institutions from time to time.
Ian
Anderson – Thick As A Brick 2
Tzeeeac fans know that Marco loves his goddamn
flute solos, and Ian Anderson does just that. He plays the SHIT out of that
instrument. He plays it so well that you start a whole fucking flashmob made of
barbaric metalheads to headbang until exhaustion. Oh, and he has a pretty nice
voice too.
Death Grips
– The Money Store
You know
what happens when you combine the most disguisting and repulsive elements of
the known Universe and put them on a beat? Death Grips happens. To say they’re
aggressive would be inappropriate. You would need a team of highly trained sociologists
and linguists to search or even invent an appropriate word to describe their
music. The least I could say without repeating myself is this : never, ever
play this LP at a nice family reunion. Not because of its inappropriate content
or anything, but I can’t guarantee that your dad won’t turn into a murderous
beast a few seconds after hearing the first track.
JJ DOOM –
Key To The Kuffs
As you can
see, I’ve been listening to a whole lot of hip-hop this year and boy was it
worth it. Bad ass comic book nerd MF DOOM, known for his mysterious public
persona and infamous concert antics where he would send somebody else to sing
in his place from time to time, released
an interesting project with Jneiro Jarel. Though I was a little reserved at
first, my pessimism was fortunately crushed and replaced with the satisfaction
of listening to a fine hip-hop album. It might sound familiar in places, but
all in all, MF Doom has grown as a musician and it really shows on this album.
The Cribs –
In The Belly of The Brazen Bull
There’s no
better example of a late bloomer than The Cribs. With a weak to mediocre career
start, these dudes did their thing and matured step by step, from album to
album. Eventually, they released this gem and shit was fucked. What initially
was an LP that I tried out of boredom turned out to be one of the best albums
of the year. OK, fuck it, who am I
kidding, IT IS the best album of this year and I can’t wait to see what lies
next for these guys.
So this is my (badly written) list of my favorite albums released in 2012. Though it was a weak year, it wouldn't be fair to say that I didn't stumble into a a few gems from time to time. Anyway, from what I heard, 2013 is going to be a killer-fucking-year, with Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys and Queens of the Stone Age with scheduled releases, so stay tuned for more Tzeeeac bashing and nitpicking.
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