Best of Austin Music 2012
I never thought the independent music scene in Austin could ever top the late 1990s, when I was really loving on bands such as Spoon, Knife in the Water, The Kiss Offs and Silver Scooter. Of course, I have since been proven wrong by the massive explosion of incredible music currently being made in this city on a daily basis. For the second time in my life, a majority of my favorite bands hail from Austin; and it has been an honor and privilege to track the progress of these bands over the last couple of years for AdobeAirstream.
You probably know by now that I really hate to play favorites, but 2012 will forever be remembered as the year that we witnessed the release of two seminal albums by Austin bands:
That said, there was a ton of other truly amazing LPs released in 2012 in addition to those two musical masterpieces (a word I very rarely use)…
Resonating Symphony by Belaire
Banana Moon by Burgess Meredith
Before You Were Born by Frank Smith
Daydream Western by The Lonesome Heroes
And, there were also a lot of great EPs released in 2012 too…
Let Them Talk by Agent Ribbons
Rocketship Girl by Grace London (an honorary Austinite, in my mind)