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2012: A Year In Review

January 20, 2013

2012: A Year In Review
2012: A Year In Review

Top 5 Bands At Fest 11 We Caught, Missed & Discovered in 2012

Top 5 Bands At Fest 11 We Caught, Missed & Discovered in 2012

Top 5 Fest 11 sets that I caught

In no order.

  • Elway
  • Off With Their Heads (8 Seconds)
  • Riverboat Gamblers (8 Seconds)
  • Toys That Kill
  • Whiskey & Co.

Top 5 Fest 11 sets that I missed

Again, in no order.

  • Dwarves – They were up against an F.Y.P reunion. Tough choices.
  • Frank Turner
  • Iron Chic
  • Kepi Ghoulie & Mean Jeans (as Groovie Ghoulies)
  • Tim Barry – What’s to say? There are few live performers as captivating.

Top 5 bands discovered (or previously ignored) at Fest 11

Order? Nah... not this time either.

  • Restoration
  • The Capitalist Kids
  • Dee Cracks
  • Copyrights
  • Mixtapes

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2012: A Year In Review
2012: A Year In Review

Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. Top 5 London Live Shows of 2012
  3. Top 5 Records That Don't Really Count of 2012
  4. Top 5 Splits (within the realm of Metal) in 2012
  5. Best Hip-Hop Records of 2012
  6. Best Hip-Hop Mixtapes of 2012
  7. Top 5 Awesome Reissues of 2012
  8. Worst 5 Albums You Had to Pay Money For of 2012
  9. Top 5 Great (Legally) Free Albums From 2012
  10. Top 5 Albums By Classic Rock Artists Who Have No Business Continuing to Release Music in 2012
  11. Top 5 Late Arrivals or Records I Never Got to in 2012
  12. EPs That Deserved Extra Attention in 2012
  13. Top Sorta Mainstream Records That We Didn't Quite Get To Review But Need To Be Heard of 2012
  14. Top 5 Bands I Discovered in 2012
  15. Top 5 Awesome Songs from 2012
  16. Top 5 Bands At Fest 11 We Caught, Missed & Discovered in 2012
  17. Top 5 Pieces of Album Art of 2012
  18. Top 10 Worst Pieces of Album Art of 2012

Series: Year End 2012

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