Best Albums Of 2012: non-prog edition

[ItalProgRules]

Haven't bought much non-Prog this year, but I did pick up the Skynyrd album and was quite pleasantly surprised.

[davis]

Golden Earring - Tits 'n Ass
Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band - Between The Ditches
Brian Setzer - Rockabilly Riot: Live From the Planet
The Sword - Apocryphon
Reverend Horton Heat - 25 to Life
The Doors - Live at the Bowl '68
Paul McCartney - Kisses on the Bottom
Los Straitjackets - Jet Set

[Rufus]

The Producers
Coldplay
The Script
Example

[Tim35]

This is the non prog edition. So, Rush and Threshold should not be on your list.

Rush has not made a prog album since I was in my early teens. I am 43 now.

[Trane]

Rush has not made a prog album since I was in my early teens. I am 43 now.

Bad-a-boom crash!!!

This might be a bit of an over-statement, but in itself, I can't dispute that too much

[ChrisXymphonia]

Haven't had the time yet to do any Best Of 2012 compiling but in the nonprog section these four will certainly end up high:

Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel Word
Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
Treacherous Orchestra - Origins
Mumford And Sons - Babel

Yep, most of my listening time this year has been spent in the folky / Americana corner. Gretchen's album certainly is one of my most played albums, damn, what a great songwriter.

[JIF]

Haven't bought much non-Prog this year, but I did pick up the Skynyrd album and was quite pleasantly surprised.

I've been wanting to get Last Of A Dying Breed, especially since Johnny Colt(ex-The Black Crowes and Train) is now Skynyrd's bassist.

[JIF]

Rival Sons - Head Down

I got this CD today at Best Buy, and it's pretty killer. I'd call it modern blues rock with a gospel twist.

[Oreb]

Shearwater, Animal Joy

Amanda Palmer, Theatre is Evil

Bob Mould, Silver Age

The Tea Party, Live from Australia

Alister Spence Trio, Far Flung

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, The Jazz Age

Les discrets, Ariettes oubliees

Nik Bartsch's Ronin, Live

Laura Marling, Live from York Minster

Pat Metheny, Unity Band

Mike Nock & Laurenz Pike, Kindred

[Wisdomview]

Rush has not made a prog album since I was in my early teens. I am 43 now.

[Facelift]

Rush has not made a prog album since I was in my early teens. I am 43 now.

Agreed. Rush is not a prog band.

My 2012 album of the year was probably "The Seer" by Swans. I did like the new GYBE album, too, but I feel like I need to hear it more.

[PeterG]

No idea, I stopped buying new albums a few years ago.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Agreed. Rush is not a prog band. My 2012 album of the year was probably "The Seer" by Swans. I did like the new GYBE album, too, but I feel like I need to hear it more.

+1. Both the recent Swans and GY!BE are actually more in line with progressive rock as well as "Prog" than Rush. I think Rush are a solid band, but again I agree - they're not "prog" (anymore) and they certainly don't need to be in order for them to be good.

[Wisdomview]

+1. Both the recent Swans and GY!BE are actually more in line with progressive rock as well as "Prog" than Rush. I think Rush are a solid band, but again I agree - they're not "prog" (anymore) and they certainly don't need to be in order for them to be good.

I agree, but I disagree with what many people on PE call prog like Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Flower Kings, etc.. To my ears those bands are not doing anything new, so by PE consensus definition, Rush is somewhat prog.

I also agree that the best post-rock bands (Labraford, GSY!BE, Tortoise, earlier Sigur Ros, Isotope 217, Chicago Underground, etc.) and I would add some electronic groups (Autechre, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Boards of Canada) are the prog of the 00's. I'm not really sure what is 'progressive' now though?

[Scrotum Scissor]

I agree, but I disagree with what many people on PE call prog like Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Flower Kings, etc.. To my ears those bands are not doing anything new, so by PE consensus definition, Rush is somewhat prog. I also agree that the best post-rock bands (Labraford, GSY!BE, Tortoise, earlier Sigur Ros, Isotope 217, Chicago Underground, etc.) and I would add some electronic groups (Autechre, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Boards of Canada) are the prog of the 00's. I'm not really sure what is 'progressive' now though?

I see what you mean, and I'm in perfect harmony with your qualitative judgment. For contemporary progressive rock music as such, try Secret Chiefs 3, Extra Life, Zs, (some) Kayo Dot, Upsilon Acrux, Ahleuchatistas, (some) Cheer-Accident, (some) Jack O' the Clock or a number of other acts that will likely never be heard, enjoyed or "grasped" by many followers of "traditional" progressive rock (or "Prog" as it's referred to).

[Wisdomview]

Word.
I've been in a jazz time warp as of late; I'll definitely have to check out some of those groups you mentioned. Thanks.

[NogbadTheBad]

I see what you mean, and I'm in perfect harmony with your qualitative judgment. For contemporary progressive rock music as such, try Secret Chiefs 3, Extra Life, Zs, (some) Kayo Dot, Upsilon Acrux, Ahleuchatistas, (some) Cheer-Accident, (some) Jack O' the Clock or a number of other acts that will likely never be heard, enjoyed or "grasped" by many followers of "traditional" progressive rock (or "Prog" as it's referred to).

Nice list of bands, I like a bunch of those, I'd add Mirthkon, Yugen, Herd Of Instincts & The Nerve Institute.