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Mathuss' Best Of 2012 - Final Recap
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Mathuss' Best Of 2012 - Albums: #25-#21 + Concerts: #17-#15
Second set of albums is here, including three debut albums, one of the most talked female artists of the year and one of my favorite electronic bands nowadays.
#30-#26
30. Beach House - Bloom
29. No Doubt - Push And Shove
28. Tame Impala - Lonerism
27. Mystery Jets - Radlands
26. Maxïmo Park - The National Health
| #25. 'Django Django'
by Django Django
Release date: January 30th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Waveforms
4. Storm
3. Firewater
2. Hail Bop
1. Default | #25 in 2010: 'Total Life Forever' by Foals
#25 in 2011: 'Codes and Keys' by Death Cab for Cutie
| #24. 'In Our Heads'
by Hot Chip
Release date: June 6th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Ends Of The Earth
4. How Do You Do?
3. Night & Day
2. Look At Where We Are
1. Don't Deny Your Heart | #24 in 2010: 'Obsesionario' by Tan Bionica
#24 in 2011: 'Killer Sounds' by Hard-Fi
| #23. 'A Thing Called Divine Fits'
by Divine Fits
Release date: August 27th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Baby Get Worse
4. For Your Heart
3. The Salton Sea
2. Would That Not Be Nice
1. Flaggin' A Ride | #23 in 2010: 'Infinite Arms' by Band Of Horses
#23 in 2011: 'Up, Guards And At 'Em!' by The Pigeon Detectives
| #22. 'Born To Die'
by Lana Del Rey
Release date: January 27th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Summertime Sadness
4. Video Games
3. Dark Paradise
2. Born To Die
1. Blue Jeans | #22 in 2010: 'The Pursuit' by Jamie Cullum
#22 in 2011: 'Wounded Rhymes' by Lykke Li
| #21. 'Funtimes'
by The Heartbreaks
Release date: May 7th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Save Our Souls
4. Hand On Heart
3. Liar, My Dear
2. Jealous, Don't You Know
1. Delay, Delay | #21 in 2010: 'Serotonin' by Mystery Jets
#21 in 2011: 'Collapse Into Now' by R.E.M.
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Another set of 3 concerts composed by three bands from three very different styles.
#20-#18
20. Happy Mondays
19. Best Coast
18. Babasónicos
| #17. Maroon 5
Date: August 31st, 2012
Event: Overexposed Tour 2012
Location: Estadio Ferrocarril Oeste
Last year was Datarock and Cut Copy, this year was Maroon 5 the band I watched live as I won a contest in mtvla.com!
It's one of those band that I like but I don't know if I'd pay to watch them live, maybe because I've read many bad reviews about their performances. But the did well in Buenos Aires. I arrived at the venue just before Deborah De Corral (an argentinian musician) started playing. She was nice and then Javier Colon came after her. He really surprised a lot of people with his voice (and even more after saying he was the winner of The Voice US).
Maroon 5 made a good performance. They sounded great and they played all of their hits from "Harder To Breathe" to "One More Night". I knew they wouldn't play "Goodnight Goodnight", one of my favorite songs from them, and quite underrated. | Adam has a very particular voice, don't know how he always reaches the high notes. But I could barely heard his voice since I had hundreds of girls around me screaming and shouting with every song and with every move Adam would made, lol.
Maroon 5 Setlist
01. Payphone
02. Makes Me Wonder
03. Lucky Strike
04. Sunday Morning
05. If I Never See Your Face Again
06. Wipe Your Eyes
07. Won't Go Home Without You
08. Harder to Breathe
09. Wake Up Call
10. The Bed's Too Big Without You (The Police cover)
11. One More Night
12. Hands All Over
13. Misery
14. This Love
Encore:
15. Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes cover)
16. She Will Be Loved
17. Stereo Hearts (Gym Class Heroes cover)
18. Daylight
19. Don't You Want Me (The Human League cover)
20. Sexy Back (Justin Timberlake cover)
21. Moves Like Jagger
| #16. The Virgins
Date: December 1st, 2012
Event: Personal Fest 2012
Location: Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (GEBA)
Another band that played at Personal Fest this year was The Virgins.
It's a great band, I like all of the songs I know from them. They appeared on stage wearing dirty and worn clothes. They didn't speak too much, just introduced some songs and laughed when someone from the audience shouted something crazy like 'Marry me!' or something like that.
The setlist was good, but I still cannot believe they didn't play "Teen Lovers", definitely my favorite song from them.
It was an OK show, maybe I was expecting a little bit more from them. It was their first performance in Argentina, so I could say they are no longer virgins in playing in our country, lol. |
The Virgins Setlist
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01. Private Affair
02. Venus In Chains
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04. One Week Of Danger
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08. Radio Christiane
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10. Rich Girls
11. Fernando Pando
| #15. Wild Beasts
Date: May 23rd, 2012
Event: Movistar Free Music
Location: Anfiteatro de Puerto Madero
Before Happy Mondays, another two bands opened for them: We Have Band and Wild Beasts. Unluckily, I lost We Have Band performance as I arrived late at the venue.
Thank God I managed to watch Wild Beasts! They really surprised me. I didn't know many songs from them, except for the ones in their latest album 'Smother' (2011). I've heard that album last year but honestly I didn't pay the attention it deserved at that time. Now, I love that album.
The singer has a very particular voice, and it was great to hear it live. It's impossible not to link his voice to Antony Hegarty's from Antony and the Johnsons.
I didn't knew most of the songs, but the show was amazing. I was like stunned during the whole performance, a great musical journey. |
Wild Beasts Setlist
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Finally, it's here!
For the last set... Bluderbuss Such a shame it didn't make it. I've only heard Key To My Heart by Zulu Winter, but it's amazing!
Push And Shove is here In my opinion it is a really weak album, but I've never heard a full No Doubt's album, I just love their singles, haha.
Tame Impala was a big surprise for me! I've never heard about them until they came to our country They are a really good band.
I like Amy Macdonald, Bat For Lashes, Beach House and Mystery Jets, but I haven't checked their albums. I should check songs about the others too.
Regarding the top of concerts... I'm glad you went to the Personal Fest! This year I decided not to go to any international concert. They are really expensive, and I don't think they deserve so much money.
For this set... Django Django! I've downloaded their album just a few days ago. "Storm" is freaking amazing! I'm glad to see Lana here too! I loved Born To Die, definitely one of the best albums from this year. Sadly I didn't like Hot Chip's singles this year, and I didn't know that The Heartbreaks had a new album. Last year I remember hearing two songs by them that were really good but I don't remember their names . I should check out Divine Fits's music, I don't know them.
Woah, this year you've gone to a lot of concerts! I'm really glad for you
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Lana Del Rey and No Doubt
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Born To Die, so low but still
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Born to die is a really good album
i've missed M5 concert here lucky you for winning a ticket, lol.
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OMG! Fuiste a ver a Maroon 5 y The Virgins! Qué envidia.
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Django Django y Born To Die!!
de los conciertos, me gustan Virgins y Wild Beasts aunque solo escuché 1 de cada 1
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Yes at Blue Jeans being your fave on Born ToDie
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Sólo he escuchado el de Django Django y Born To Die y son increíbles. , los amo.
De los demás, he escuchado sólo los singles y me encantan.
Sobre todo "Would That Not Be Nice" de Divine Fits y "Delay, Delay" que estarán en mi top 200.
OMFG! los conciertos.
Buenísimas bandas.
Había comprado mi entrada para ir a ver a Maroon 5 cuando vinieron al Perú y justo dos días antes del concierto me peleé con mi ex , no tenía ganas de nada y le vendi la entrada a una tía que quería ir. lol
Me encanta The Virgins, sería genial verlos.
Este año escuche 2 álbumes de Wild Beasts, Two Dancer y Smother, son INCREIBLES!
El próximo año sacarán uno nuevo, ya quiero oírlo.
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Maroon 5 como es que logras ir a tanto concierto cada año?
Amo "Born to Die", el album
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Love Hot Chip (nice call on "Don't Deny Your Heart" as #1! I agree), that Divine Fits album is great, and I like some of the LDR songs i've heard. I also continue to love your concert reviews/countdown.
Great stuff!
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Maroon 5 and Born To Die
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The only album I'm familiar with is "Born To Die" because my brother used to play it a lot during October.
As for the concerts, great to see you attended The Virgins's concert. "Rich Girls" is my favorite from them.
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I've been trying to get into Hot Chip lately. How Do You Do is a great track.
My housemates went to see Maroon 5 this year, they said it was great (and very crowded)
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I missed Maroon 5 when they went here
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Maroon 5
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Mathuss' Best Of 2012 - Albums: #20-#16 + Concerts: #14-#13
Thanks once again for your comments!
Here's another set of five albums composed by three debut albums and one of my favorite female singers in these times.
#30 - #21
30. Beach House - Bloom
29. No Doubt - Push And Shove
28. Tame Impala - Lonerism
27. Mystery Jets - Radlands
26. Maxïmo Park - The National Health
25. Django Django - Django Django
24. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
23. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
22. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
21. The Heartbreaks - Funtimes
| #20. 'Ways To Forget'
by Clock Opera
Release date: April 23rd, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Move To The Mountains
4. Belongings
3. Once And For All
2. White Noise
1. Man Made | #20 in 2010: 'Congratulations' by MGMT
#20 in 2011: 'Raven In The Grave' by The Raveonettes
| #19. 'Jake Bugg'
by Jake Bugg
Release date: October 15th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Slide
4. Simple As This
3. Lightning Bolt
2. Two Fingers
1. Seen It All | #19 in 2010: 'Mt. Desolation' by Mt. Desolation
#19 in 2011: 'Crystal Sounds' by Thirteen Senses
| #18. 'An Awesome Wave'
by Alt-J
Release date: May 25th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Fitzpleasure
4. Breezeblocks
3. Matilda
2. Tessellate
1. Something Good | #18 in 2010: 'Head First' by Goldfrapp
#18 in 2011: 'Zonoscope' by Cut Copy
| #17. 'Heaven'
by The Walkmen
Release date: May 29th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Love Is Luck
4. Heartbreaker
3. The Love You Love
2. Song for Leigh
1. Heaven | #17 in 2010: 'Contra' by Vampire Weekend
#17 in 2011: 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
| #16. 'What We Saw From The Cheap Seats'
by Regina Spektor
Release date: May 29th, 2012
Favorite Tracks:
5. Small Town Moon
4. Patron Saint
3. How
2. Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
1. All The Rowboats | #16 in 2010: 'Night Train [EP]' by Keane
#16 in 2011: 'This Modern Glitch' by The Wombats
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Another set of two concerts, both of them took place in the same festival. There is only one band left to appear later from that festival.
#20 - #15
20. Happy Mondays
19. Best Coast
18. Babasónicos
17. Maroon 5
16. The Virgins
15. Wild Beasts
| #14. Kings Of Leon
Date: December 1st, 2012
Event: Personal Fest 2012
Location: Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (GEBA)
Kings Of Leon were the main attraction of the festival for most of the people there. They played just after Babasónicos finished their last song. It was in another stage so most of the people started running from one stage to the other. Wow, the sound was amazing! Their show didn't last more than an hour and a half, but they played songs from their whole discography, including all the hits the audience wanted to hear. There was quite a good connection between the band and the crowd. Caleb told us at the beginning of the show that this was their last show of the year and that he wanted it to be a special one. Actually, it was. In the middle of the concert the audience began chanting the classic "Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé, Olá, cada día te quiero más, oh Kings Of Leon, es un sentimiento, no puedo parar" a popular 'soccer song', which means something like "each day I love you more, oh Kings Of Leon, it's a feeling that I can't | stop". The looked each other not understanding very well what they were saying, but they knew it was some kind of encouragement and they thank for that.Kings Of Leon Setlist
01. Molly's Chambers
02. Taper Jean Girl
03. Four Kicks
04. The Immortals
05. Fans
06. Back Down South
07. Crawl
08. No Money
09. Radioactive
10. Notion
11. Be Somebody
12. Closer
13. Pyro
14. On Call
15. Knocked Up
16. Sex on Fire
Encore:
17. The Bucket
18. Manhattan
19. Use Somebody
20. Black Thumbnail
| #13. Divine Fits
Date: December 1st, 2012
Event: Personal Fest 2012
Location: Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (GEBA)
A couple of hours before Kings Of Leon closed the festival, Divine Fits had played a great show. I didn't know they would be playing in that festival, even worse I didn't know there was a band named Divine Fits, lol. They opened with "Flaggin a Ride" and their sound really caught my eye. I started to find some influences or band that sounded similar. I thought: "These guys sound like a mixture of The Clash and Spoon". Actually, it took me several minutes to reach such conclusion, becuase the voice of the singer sounded familiar to me and I couldn't find which band it was. The funny thing was that when I got home I searched on the web about the band and I found out that actually it was Spoon's singer! And there were other members of other bands like Handsom Furs and others I don't know. Definitely I needed to listen to their debut album 'A Thing Called Divin Fits' which is great and also made my list of best albums of the year. |
Divine Fits Setlist
01. Flaggin a Ride
02. Baby Get Worse
03. The Salton Sea
04. What Gets You Alone
05. Would That Not Be Nice
06. Civilian Stripes
07. My Love Is Real
08. You Got Lucky (Tom Petty cover)
09. Like Ice Cream
10. For Your Heart
11. Shivers (The Boys Next Door cover)
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Maroon 5
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Regina and Lana made appearances
Jake Bugg
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solo conozco a the walkmen
KoL en concierto deben de ser buenisimos
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