Best Musical finds 2012 / 2013

The best of the best of the best....sir...with honors

I’ve been told I listen to way too much music.  Maybe…  but some people watch too much football,  golf too much, Pintrest too much, fill in your vice here:
I __________________ too much _________________.

In my musical journeys, here are my favorite finds/listens this past year followed by some groups I'm starting to dig into here at the end of the year.

Many of these groups/bands/artists can be listened to on Spotify (embeded & links included). 

So if you're looking for good new music, perhaps you'll find something here that connects with you just right

Best Music  2012

OR click the following link and when Spotify opens you can click "shuffle" so you get a sampling of all the groups without listening to one entire album
(Best of 2012)

Obvious/Expected - bands I was expecting great music from

Muse – The 2^nd Law

Killers – Battle Born

Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires (released in ’11 but I just found it this year)

Future of Forestry – Young Man Follow

Shiny Toy Guns - III

New to me - bands I stumbled on and fell in love with

Pas Neos -  Wheat & the Tares / Who Do You Say I Am?

Among Savages – Wanderings of an Illustrative Mind

Paper Route – the Peace of Wild Things

Abandon – Control

Gotye – Making Mirrors

Michael Ketterer – Love/War/Solar System

Sound of Arrows - Voyage

Kimbra – Vows

Welcome Back / Returning to the Stage

Men Without Hats – Love in the Age of War

Worship

We Are Creation – We Are Creation

Young Oceans – Young Oceans

Brett Younker – Come to the Water

Christmas

Solid Rock – Gloria

Heading into 2013 … these are groups I’m test driving

The Hollow Threads

Scientist (not on Spotify yet)

Hey Ocean!

The Rival

Reign of Kindo

Kye Kye

All Sons & Daughters

Loud Harp

Young Galaxy

OR click the following link and when Spotify opens you can click "shuffle" so you get a sampling of all the groups without listening to one entire album
2013 Test Drive