Largehearted Boy: Shorties (Bands That Broke Up in 2012, The "Southern" Novel Defined, and more)

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December 29, 2012

Shorties (Bands That Broke Up in 2012, The "Southern" Novel Defined, and more)

Stereogum lists bands that broke up in 2012.

LitReactor defines the "southern" novel.

41 year-end music lists were added to the master aggregation Thursday, including I Guess I'm Floating's songs of the year, RFTmusic's most absurd pop songs, and much more.

48 lists were added yesterday to the master aggregation of year-end online "best books of 2012" lists, including LitReactor's best books, Highbrow Magazine's best books, and many more.

The Largehearted Boy books of the year (more lists to come):

my favorite graphic novels of 2012
my favorite nonfiction books of 2012
my favorite novels of 2012
my favorite short story collections of 2012

Flavorwire lists its most anticipated albums of 2013.

The Chicago Tribune profiles the literary magazine MAKE.

The Guardian previews 2013 in music.

The Vancouver Sun takes a literary tour of the French cities Paris and Rouen.

Weekend Edition reports on the restoration efforts of Johnny Cash's boyhood home.

Jami Attenberg discusses her novel The Middlesteins at the New York Times Book Review podcast.

The Current lists its most viewed in-studio performances of the year.

Zola Books has authors, critics, and bloggers list the book they most anticipate reading in 2013.

NYCTaper lists the favorite concerts it recorded in 2012, with a streaming sample of each.

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Amazon MP3 is adding five holiday songs to its free mp3 downloads every day through the end of the year.