In the first podcast of 2013, the gang reviews new albums from Yo La Tengo, LA's FIDLAR and indie-rock godfathers Camper Van Beethoven. PLUS!!! DC singer/songwriter LAURA TSAGGARIS stops buy the basement to play some songs off of her latest release EVERYMAN, and talk to us about it's making, and the importance of choice Madonna and Depeche Mode covers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you think about the sheer quantity of music that was released in 2012, the thought of compiling anything into some sort of consensus seems a fool’s errand. Yet, this year, like every year, our prehistoric brain takes over and we are once again force to assign, rearrange, tabulate and label until we are able to put together one of man’s greatest contributions to the universe: The list.This year, eleven voters ended up contributing over seventy different albums to a pool that ultimately had to be whittled down to just ten. Every single staffer here has one thing in common - THEY FUCKING LOVE MUSIC – and I think this list represents not only the diversity of the ChunkyGlasses team, but why what we do is so much damn fun.But the time for writing is done this year. Now we hash it out, mano y mano, for your listening pleasure. For the faint of heart, we’ve broken this booze soaked supersized podcast into ten bite size nuggets to consume at will should you choose. Either way, strap in, grab a cold one (or ten) and get ready to find out what happens when a bunch of music nerds with no filters lock themselves in a basement and hit record.70 albums. 11 contributors. Only the strong survivedThe Official ChunkyGlasses Top 10 Albums of 2012!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.