Free Music of the Week 3: January 25th, 2013

Sunny Ali & The Kid | Tastebuds EP

At the very end of 2012, Sunny Ali & The Kid release a 2 song EP that kicks more ass than a lot of full length albums do. The first song Vinegar Lips is an old time Rock N’ Roll song with Sunny singing in an almost spooky voice. The second song Onamonapia has some great lyrics in it. I love “been around the world/seen a lot of things/I wanna fuck your face”. Both songs are super catchy and super short. The EP isn’t even 5 minutes long. So go ahead and download this and enjoy your life. 

Some other cool albums that came out in 2012 that you should check out.

There really were a lot of great albums that came out this year. There are definitely SO many more that I probably would have loved, but just haven’t listened to, yet. Here are some more albums that you should totally check out, if you have the time.

Ferret: Arctic Custard / Chocolate Cow / Manfred and Goliath’s Adopted Son / Manfred and Goliath (yes that is 4 full album releases in one year and a 5th in the works)

Dusty Gorilla: The Lights Below

White Lung: Sorry

185668232: 21st CENTURY AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT

Cheers Elephant: Like Wind Blows Fire

BADBADNOTGOOD: BBNG2

Sweet Valley: Eternal Champ / Stay Calm

Himanshu: Nehru Jackets

Lower Dens: Nootropics

Milo: Milo Takes Baths

Pallbearer: Sorrow and Extinction

El-P: Cancer 4 Cure

The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

Fucked Up: Year of the Tiger

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Mac Demarco: 2

Liars: WIXIW

Pop 1280: The Horror

Purity Ring: Shrines

R. Stevie Moore: Lo Fi High Fives… A Kind of Best of

Dan Deacon: America

Chromatics: Kill For Love

Best Coast: The Only Place

Beach House: Bloom

Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man

Shows I’ve Been To In 2012

Human BBQ 2012

• Norwegian Arms
• Sunny Ali & The Kid
• Screaming Females

Orion 2012

• Fucked Up
• Modest Mouse
• Metallica

Pitchfork Music Festival 2012

• A$AP Rocky
• Chromatics
• Cloud Nothings
• Danny Brown
• Dirty Projectors
• Feist
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Japandroids
• King Krule
• Liturgy
• Lower Dens
• The Olivia Tremor Control
• Real Estate
• Sleigh Bells
• Thee Oh Sees
• Ty Segall
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• Vampire Weekend
• Youth Lagoon

XPoNential 2012

• Lee Ranaldo Band
• Lower Dens
• The War On Drugs
• Wilco

Other Shows

• Atlas Sound / MGMT
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• Ceremony / Titus Andronicus
• Cousin Brian / Slutever
• Cousin Brian / Slow Animal
• Cults
• Daniel Johnston
• Death Grips / Mykki Blanco
• Slutever / Push Ups / Dry Feet / Diarrhea Planet
• Far-Out Fangtooth
• Grimes
• True Widow / Kurt Vile & The Violators
• Man Man
• Mount Eerie
• Neon Indian
• Purling Hiss / Dr. Dog
• Spiritualized
• Twin Shadow
• Washed Out

TOP ALBUMS OF 2012: #1

Death Grips: The Money Store

This is Death Grips’ second album, first of two albums released this year, and first and possibly the last album signed to a major label. As soon as that bass comes in and that keyboard samples comes in on Get Got, the very first track, you will get it. The album is abrasive and scary. I feel as though I don’t even need to describe Death Grips anymore because everyone already knows about them. If you are one of the few, please listen and enlighten yourself. You have no choice.

TOP ALBUMS OF 2012: #2

Cousin Brian: First

This band I would have never stumbled across if it weren’t for the weird stuff that they do. When my friend ordered their EP it came with locks of the band members’ hair. After seeing that, I had to at least listen to them. I fell in love with their sound instantly. It’s punk rock with all clean guitars. Download their album now. Order it on vinyl too!

TOP ALBUMS OF 2012: #3

Perfume Genius: Put Your Back N 2 It

This is the saddest album I’ve heard all year. Perfume Genius plays beautiful, short piano songs. Even though only a few instruments are used, it sounds gigantic. Like a huge orchestra playing with him. Listen to this and sob.

TOP ALBUMS OF 2012: #4

Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Fiona Apple is a eerily skinny woman on piano that makes just as eerie music. This is an amazing album. If you really want to hear me go on about it, just read my very first review ever. But just take my advice and listen to it. 

TOP ALBUMS OF 2012: #5

Ty Segall & White Fence: Hair

As it should be to anyone who reads this’s surprise, Ty Segall & White Fence have made it into my top 5. This was the first of three releases this year. This being the best. It was also the very first time I heard Ty Segall. This is what got me hooked.  ”One, two, three four” are the first words you’ll hear being mumbled when this begins. Everything comes in at once; then, the sweet melody of the opening guitar solo comes in. It’s just so… so… so fucking great. It relaxes the most stressed of minds. You have no choice but to close your eyes and bob your head to the beat. Then, just when you least expect it, they turn the distortion on and soothe you with “ooh” back-up vocals. This is one of the greatest album openers I’ve ever heard. It seriously just gets me pumped to listen to the rest of the album every time I hear it. This is an album worth buying. This is what will make you want to go out and get a guitar and make music. 

TOP ALBUMS OF 2012: #6

Mount Eerie: Clear Moon

This is one of the most depressing albums of the year. If you enjoy feeling sad, you’ll love this. It’s not the kind of sad where you want to cry, but the kind where everything sucks so much that you can’t really react. But that’s what makes this album so fucking great. That it can evoke such a great feeling (in me, anyway). 

TOP ALBUMS OF 2012: #7

The Music Tapes: Mary’s Voice

The Music Tapes is fronted by Neutral Milk Hotel’s Julian Koster. He plays weird music on weird instruments with weird stories.