This year we had a whopping 41 entries, which included votes from the following bloggers, music sites and DJs:
Scots Whay Hae!, Jim Gellatly, Detour, Jock N Roll, Houdidontblog, Rave Child, Fusion New Music, Fish In A Sub, Manic Pop Thrills, Kowalskiy, 17 Seconds, Net Sounds, The Steinberg Principle, Songs Heard On Fast Trains, Peenko, Hercules Moments, Dauphin Mag, JockRock, Play That Song For Me, The Spill, The Tidal Wave of Indifference, HP, Inverness Gigs, Elba Sessions, Fresh Air, Scottish Fiction, Tenement TV, Marion Scott MFR, Last Years Girl, Dear Scotland, Blues Bunny, The Pop Cop, Vic Galloway, Ally McCrae, Glasgow PodcART, I Hate Fun, Avalanche, Edinburgh Man, Everything Flows, Nicola Meighan, Aye Tunes and Song, by Toad.
Anyway, without further ado here's a selection of the top Scottish BAMS albums of 2012...
Joint 9-12th
8th
7th
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
And the winner is...
1st Place
I managed to catch up with Neil from Meursault at Kid Canaveral's Baubles III event yesterday, where I also got to present him with the much coveted BAMS Buckie!
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Congratulations Neil, you are this years' winners of the Scottish BAMS award, how do you feel?
I feel like the chubby lad at school after being picked first for the football team. I fear that any minute now I'm going to be told it's all a joke and you're going to burn my shoes and flush my head down the toilet.
It seems to have been a pretty exciting year for the band, what with European tours supporting Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to headlining the Queen's Hall back in July, aside from winning this years BAMS, what's been your personal highlight of 2012?
My highlight is probably the QH gig. I've wanted to play that venue since I was 18. Feels nice to have ticked that one off.
Last years the BAMS was won by Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells, who later went on to win the SAY Awards. Have you allowed yourself the thought that you might potentially be in with a shout at next years SAY Awards?
What? I thought this was the SAY awards? You ARE still giving me £10000 though right? (whip round anyone? - Peenko)
I noted that once again you've decided not to head over to Austin for next years SXSW, is not something that interests you or are you just keeping our friends on the other side of the pond waiting?
It's not something that appeals to me to be honest. I get really tired of the competitive aspect of playing music and do my best to avoid it. I've no interest in travelling halfway round the world (at great expense) to peddle my music to pissed up strangers in laminates . Playing in the states is something that I'm keen to pursue but not that way.
How important do you feel that the support of music blogs has been to the band?
It's been hugely important for us. After all it was a blogger (song, by toad) who put out our first 3 records.
Seeing as we are on the subject of albums of the year, what have been your personal favourites of the last 12 months?
I've not sure if all of these came out this year but I'm going with them anyway...
Chad Vangaalen- Diaper Island
Youth Lagoon- The Year of Hibernation
Charles Latham- Fast Loans
Grouper- alien observer
Paws- Cokefloat
Cheers!
Thanks to Neil for taking the time to do that for me and for producing my favourite album of 2012.
"Something For The Weakened" is out now on Song By Toad Records
Thanks to all of the music sites, blogs and DJs who took part in this years BAMS, I don't know about you guys but I am already pretty damn excited about what 2013 has in store for us.
Brilliant :)
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