22 Great albums you might have missed in 2012

I’ve just stumbled across this link at Buzzfeed, listing some interesting-looking releases from 2012. I’ve not finished going through the list yet, but I’ve had Paralytic Stalks on my to-buy list for months, and anything by Girls Aloud is usually worth a listen. Interesting to see Dexys and Carly Rae Jepsen in the same list: I’ve repeatedly heard great things about Dexys (mostly from Everett True) but if there’s more to Ms Call Me Maybe than first appears, I’m all ears …

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In case you were living under a rock lately …

Two astonishingly meticulous parodies have been doing the rounds lately, and if you’d missed either of them, you’re poorer for the giggles. The first is a spoof on Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe (no, I’d never heard of it, either), which must have taken them aaaaaaaaaaaaages