Top 100
Kosmik Artists of 2012
Based on
frequency of play & total airtime on the program
(N) = released a new album in 2012
1 Can Germany (N - archival recordings)
2 Neil Young Canada (N - two albums with Crazy Horse)
3 Sonic
Youth/Solo USA (N - Lee Ranaldo solo & archival live albums)
4 Ty Segall USA (N - two albums)
5 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention USA (N - more posthumous releases)
6 Captain
Beefheart & The Magic Band USA (N - long lost Bat Chain Puller album)
7 Mission Of Burma USA (N)
8 Velvet
Underground/Solo USA/UK (Wales) (N - John Cale solo album)
9 Dr. John USA (N)
10 Ariel Pink's
Haunted Graffiti USA (N)
11 Grateful Dead
USA (N - more concert archives)
12 Peaking
Lights
USA (N)
13 Sun Araw
USA (N - also collaboration with The Congos)
14 Black
Bananas/Royal Trux
USA (N - Black Bananas debut)
15 Blues Control
USA (N)
16 Tame
Impala/Pond Australia (N - one from each)
17 The
Beatles/Solo
UK (N - McCartney classical, posthumous Harrison demos)
18 Scott Walker
USA/UK (N)
19 Patti Smith
USA (N)
20 Dinosaur Jr.
USA (N)
21 Jefferson Airplane
USA
22 Thee Oh Sees
USA (N)
23 Liars
USA (N)
24 Acid Mothers
Temple Japan (N)
25 Miles Davis
USA
26 Pink Floyd
UK
27 Jimi Hendrix
USA
28 Woods
USA (N - also collaboration with Amps For Christ)
29 The Luck Of
Eden Hall
USA (N)
30 Armand
Schaubroeck Steals
USA
31 Joni Mitchell Canada
32 Melvins
USA (N)
33 Bob Dylan
USA (N)
34 Bobby Conn
USA (N)
35 David
Byrne/Talking Heads
UK/USA (N - Byrne collaboration with St. Vincent)
36 Deerhoof
USA (N)
37 Parliament/Funkadelic
USA
38 Brian Eno
UK (N)
39 MV & EE
USA (N)
40 Earthling
Society/Moon Of Ostara UK (N - Moon of Ostara debut)
41 The Band Canada/USA
42 The
Temptations
USA
43 The Monkees
USA/UK
44 Baby Woodrose Denmark (N)
45 Lee "Scratch"
Perry Jamaica (N - solo album and collaboration with The Orb)
46 Laetitia Sadier/Stereolab France (N - solo album)
47 Wild Flag
USA
48 Sly & The
Family Stone
USA
49 Crosby Stills & Nash/Solo
USA/UK
50 The Guess Who Canada
51 Nico Germany
52 Cluster/Harmonia/Moebius
& Roedelius Germany
53 Redbone
USA
54 OM
USA (N)
55 Black Tempest
UK
56 Master
Musicians Of Bukkake
USA
57 Black Sabbath
UK
58 Nektar
UK/Germany
59 White Hills
USA (N)
60 GlowPeople
UK (N)
61 Solus 3
UK (N - dub remix album)
62 Stephen
Malkmus/Pavement
USA
63 Black
Dice/Eric Copeland
USA (N - one from each)
64 Amps For
Christ
USA (N - collaboration with Woods)
65 Pontiak
USA (N)
66 Chuck Prophet
USA (N)
67 Kool &
The Gang
USA
68 Shonen Knife Japan (N)
69 High Pink
Clouds
USA
70 White Fence
USA (N)
71 Gonjasufi
USA (N)
72 Second Family
Band
USA (N)
73 Million
Brazilians
USA (N)
74 Swans
USA (N)
75 Public Image
Ltd.
UK (N)
76 Steppenwolf Canada/USA
77 Burial Hex
USA (N)
78 Charles
Mingus
USA
79 Emerson Lake
& Palmer
UK
80 Incredible
String Band
UK (Scotland)
81 James Brown
USA
82 Amon Duul 2 Germany
83 The Congos Jamaica (N - collaboration with Sun Araw)
84 Van der Graaf
Generator
UK
85 Faust Germany
86 Kraftwerk Germany
87 Lumerians
USA (N)
88 Hawkwind
UK
89 Mahavishnu
Orchestra/John Mclaughlin
UK/USA/others
90 Suicide
USA
91 Herbie Mann
USA
92 Stevie Wonder
USA
93 Moon Duo
USA (N)
94 The Orb
UK (N - collaboration with Lee "Scratch" Perry)
95 Zun Zun Egui
UK
96 Aguaturbia Chile
97 Yamantanka//Sonic
Titan Canada (N)
98 Duchess Says Canada (Quebec)
99 Beefus
USA (N)
100 The Stooges/Iggy
Pop USA
Bubbling Under the Kosmik 100
101 Kurt Vile
USA (N)
102 Gang Of Four
UK
103 Guzzo Pinc/Los
Zombies
USA (N)
104 Cribshitter
USA (N)
105 Meat Puppets
USA
106 The Funkees Nigeria (N - archival release)
107 Black Moth
Super Rainbow
USA (N)
108 Black Flag
USA
109 Menahan Street
Band/Budos Band
USA (N - Menahan Street Band album)
110 Killdozer
USA
111 The Setting
Son Denmark (N)
112 Spirit
USA
113 Love
USA
114 Mercy Whip
USA (N)
115 Trin-Tran
USA (N)
116 Allman
Brothers Band
USA
117 Van Morrison
UK (N. Ireland) (N)
118 Yes
UK
119 Egg
UK
120 Hampton Grease
Band USA
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