Happy New Year! To celebrate 2013 I figure… why not go back and revisit the releases that moved me most in 2012? In this episode I worked my way through the Top 15 Releases of 2012 blog I wrote for PPRAE. I find it so terribly interesting that 5 of these 15 were released completely for free. The Free Music Culture Movement seems to be making some serious strides! Here’s to another year of great music!

1. Gypsy – “Count Your Blessings”
   Giants Despair
2. Thank You Scientist – “Blood on the Radio”
   Maps of Non-Existent Places – self-released
3. Cloudkicker – “Our Crazy Night”
   Fade [free download] – self-released
4. Every Time I Die – “Indian Giver”
   Ex Lives
5. Silverstein – “SOS”
   Short Songs
6. I The Mighty – “Dancing on a Tightrope”
   Karma Never Sleeps
7. Fucktard – “Corporate Rats”
   Corporate Rats [free download]
8. Coheed and Cambria – “Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute”
   The Afterman: Ascension 
9. Night Verses – “Be Happy With Yourself, I’m Staying Here In Hell”
   Out of the Sky [free download] – self-released
10. Josh Benash – “The Worst”
    The Dismal; The Beautiful [free download] – self-released
11. Josh Benash – “Swarm”
    The Dismal; The Beautiful – self-released
12. Deftones – “Tempest”
    Koi No Yokan
13. Deftones – “Gauze”
    Koi No Yokan
14. Vuvuzela – “Rings and Things”
    The Hollow Choir [free download] – self-released
15. Vuvuzela – “The New”
    The Hollow Choir – self-released
16. Athletics – “II”
    Who You Are Is Not Enough [free download] – self-released
17. Stellar Young – “The Universe is a Bully”
    Everything At Once [free download] – self-released
18. Stellar Young – “The Misses”
    Everything At Once [free download] – self-released
19. Stellar Young – “We Own Nothing”
    Everything At Once [free download] – self-released
20. Session 606 – “Long Live King Re-Animator”
    REBIRTH – self-released
21. Session 606 – “Deadpan”
    REBIRTH – self-released
22. Session 606 – “Repo Assassins”
    REBIRTH – self-released

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1. Neeshcast #14: Daniel Grimsland (Part 2)
2. Neeshcast #20: Josh Benash (part 1)
3. Neeshcast #18: have i become the ghost anxiety has made?