: It featured Brooklyn’s A Place To Bury Strangers (whose album Worship launched in June 2012) and the German trio The Lost Rivers .

: Neon colors, electric blues, and peplum pieces were the dominant trends of June 2012.

In April and June 2012, the influential music site released its "Some Velvet Mixtape," which curated the best shoegaze, noise-rock, and "velvet-textured" music of the year.

: Conceived as a collaboration exploring "mayhem, desire, thoughts, and consequences," it captured the moody, experimental aesthetic popular in the early 2010s indie film circuit. 4. Fashion Trends of June 2012

: The "Velvet" label here represented a specific 2012 revival of lush, layered, and droning soundscapes. 3. Indie Film: Velvet (2012)