So, as per usual, I took way too long to make my top 5 lists for 2012. In January I emailed my first draft to myself. And now I have finally finished it off. 7 Months late.
In related news, I did a summary of my scrobbles for 2012
here.
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Albums
1. Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
2. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory
3. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
4. Ben Folds Five - The Sound Of The Life of The Mind
5. Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
Honorable mention: Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Songs
1. Japandroids - Younger Us
2. Alabama Shakes - Hold On
3. Cloud Nothings - Wasted Days
4. Allo Darling - Tallulah
5. Islands - Can't Feel My Face
6. Ben Folds Five - Do It Anyway
7. Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless
8. Jason Segel & Walter - Man Or Muppet
9. The Dandy Warhols - SETI vs. The WoW Signal
10. Hanni El Khatib - You Rascal You
Honorable Mention: Swearin' - Just, The Mountain Goats - Harlem Roulette, Gary Clark Jr. - Don't Owe You A Thang, Cat Power - Cherokee, King Tuff - Bad Thing
Live Shows
1. Harvest Festival @ some field in Melbourne - (Ben Folds Five, Cake, The Dandy Warhols, Silversun Pickups, Beck, Los Campesinos!, Santogold, and a touch of Sigur Ros)
2. Flight Of The Conchords @ Challenge Stadium
3. Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield @The Rosemount
4. Foo Fighters, Tenacious D, Fucked Up @ Member's Equity
5. Ryan Adams @ Perth Concert Hall
Honorable Mention: Regurgitator doing Unit & Tu Plang with Hedgehog @ The Astor, WA Day (Jebediah & some other stuff) @ Perth Concert Hall
Movies
1. The Cabin In The Woods
2. Argo
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. The Avengers
5. Ruby Sparks
Honorable Mention: Pitch Perfect, Ted, John Carter, The Muppets, The Amazing Spiderman
TV Shows
1. Friday Night Lights
2. Homeland
3. Misfits
4. Game Of Thrones
5. The New Girl
Games
1. Pokemon Black/White 2
2. Diablo 3
3. Halo 4
4. Super Street Fighter IV
5. Lair Defense
Podcasts
1. The Basketball Jones
2. Doug Loves Movies
3. The BS Report
4. The Adam Carolla Show
5. WTF