Here are some of my favorite releases from the past year, in no particular order, plus a big-ass mix of my favorite songs from the Free Music Archive that I discovered in 2012:
Stacian Songs for Cadets (Moniker) - perfect soundtrack for a robot dance party | listen
Eric Copeland Limbo (Underwater Peoples) - sounds from the ghettos of outer space | listen
Jonathan Kane’s February Live at Issue Project Room (Issue Project Room) - rocking at a steady pace | listen
Household Items (Dull Knife)* - fans of Rough Trade lady groups of the '70s take note | listen
Moonmen On the Moon, Man Maan (Cape Shock) - bratty bedroom punk | listen
XRay Pop The Dream Machine (Dark Entries, reissue) - minimal synth pop | listen
9th Ward Marching Band Sneakin Up the Street (Rhinestone) - giant marching band plays the hits | listen
Mazes Mazes Blazes (Parasol) - melodic pop gems | listen
Laurie Spiegel The Expanding Universe (Unseen Worlds, reissue) - epic, spacey synth journeys | listen
Mark Sultan War on Rock and Roll (In the Red) - multi-song meltdown | listen
*technically this came out in 2011, but it didn’t hit my eardrums until 2012, so I'm counting it here, dammit.
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