Everett True’s 12 favourite all-male albums of 2012
These are in order of estimated plays because, bugger it, today music IS a competition.
Everett True’s 20 Favourite Songs of 2012 (the edited version)
It seems like folk just don’t have the time these days for the full unexpurgated version.
Everett True’s 64 Favourite Songs of 2012

Last year was sensational for music. This year was even more sensational.
Riot Act Media’s Nathan Walker on Record Collecting: “It’s a mix of excitement and fear…”
There’s nothing more calming than the process of looking through my collection for the perfect record, finding it, and then laying the needle into it.
Song of the day – 502: The Pharmacy
It’s as if [Steve] Malkmus had spent his college years digging the groove of [Paul] McCartney’s second solo album instead of [Mark E.] Smith’s band’s fifth one.