3 Years ago this week, I made a post (here) about how I was obsessed with watching my play counts on iTunes. My top 25 Most Played at the time look like this: A year following this, I wrote another post (here), where things were looking like this: There was no post in 2012, but … Continue reading
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Best of 2012: Best Music Gig
5) Lady GaGa – Born This Way Ball – Twickenham Stadium (London) I saw the 2012 Lady GaGa tour and she only makes it to number 5 in my list? It may seem strange but 2012 was a damn good year for me and gigs and our fair Lady was bettered by 4 other concerts. … Continue reading
Best of 2012: Best Game
I’ve been putting off my games list to the last minute as I thought I would have the time/money to play through some of the big games of 2012. Compared to last year where my list was full of AAA releases, I have barely played any this year, so games like ACIII, Dishonored, Journey and … Continue reading
Best of 2012: Best TV Show
I was planning on saving this list to last to allow me to finish watching Homeland before the year’s end, but this hasn’t worked out as planned. Given how much I’m enjoying Season 1, expect that it would make the cut here, but for now these were the 10 shows I enjoyed the most in … Continue reading
Best of 2012: Best Single 10-1
10) Nicki Minaj – Beez In The Trap (Feat. 2 Chainz) My most impassioned relationship of 2012 was with Ms Minaj, an artist who should be my favourite of the era but does everything in her power not to be. Beez in The Trap is a reason for the former those drip drops in the … Continue reading
Best of 2012: Best Single 20-11
20) Coldplay – Charlie Brown Coldplay were a big hit on my 2011 list, their Mylo Xyloto album is most definitely my favourite of their efforts so far, and Every Teardrop was the song that really hooked me on the group. Charlie Brown was the sound of 2012 in my house though. In the lead … Continue reading
PSM3
I’ve spent the last few days starting to look back on 2012, back on the year and writing about the things that have mattered to me in those 12 months. How about sitting down to write a piece on the last 12 years of your life, picking out just a handful of memorable moments that … Continue reading
Best of 2012: Best Single 30-21
30) Little Mix – Wings From that opening smash of brass I was sold on Wings, the sound of Little Mix marching to claim the girl group crown for their own. In this one song they transition between their inspirational, sassy and all around badass personas at lightning speed, the production creating the catchiest marching … Continue reading
Best of 2012: Best Single 40-31
40) Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing (Feat. Florence Welch) 2012’s dream team kicks off my singles list with Sweet Nothing, a club banger in every sense of the word. Florence’s vocal is ridiculous as usual, whilst Harris provides just enough of his signature drum build up to make this an absolute tune. What an explosive … Continue reading
Best of 2012: Best Music Video
10) Jay-Z & Kanye West – No Church In The Wild (Feat. Frank Ocean) Kicking off this list of music videos is No Church In The Wild, less music video, and more an accompanying set of images. It’s powerful hearing that massive guitar riff alongside these images of people rioting, it makes the whole song … Continue reading