FAVORITE SONGS OF 2012
These are the songs that I enjoyed the most throughout the year. The songs' artists are in alphabetical order in their respective section; I limited myself to three entries per artist. I hope you enjoy the list and find something that you might have missed throughout the year (because, what are lists for anyway?). Remember, this is just my opinion.
51-100: • Anaïs Mitchell - Young Man In America • Angel Olsen - The Waiting • Animal Collective - Applesauce • The Antlers - Drift Dive • Antony and The Johnsons - Cut The World • Bat For Lashes - Marylin • Beach House - Lazuli • Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms • Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless • David Byrne & St. Vincent - Who • Death Grips - I've Seen Footage • DIIV - How Long Have You Known Me? • Dirty Projectors - About To Die • Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings • Grimes - Genesis • Grizzly Bear - Half Gate • Hip Hatchet - Sing Me A Reprise • How To Dress Well - & It Was You • How To Dress Well - Talking To You • Jai Paul - Jasmine (Demo) • Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't • Jessie Ware - 110% • John Talabot feat. Pional - Destiny • Kendrick Lamar - Backseat Freestyle • Killer Mike feat. Bun B, T.I. & Trouble - Big Beast • Killer Mike - Reagan
• Lambchop - If Not I'll Just Die
• Leonard Cohen - Darkness
• Liars - No. 1 Against The Rush • Lotus Plaza - Monoliths • Lower Dens - Brains • The Magnetic Fields - Andrew In Drag
• Marissa Nadler - The Wrecking Ball Company • M.I.A. - Bad Girls • The Men - Open Your Heart • Merchandise - Become What You Are • Perfume Genius - Take Me Home • Rhye - The Fall • Rustie feat. AlunaGeorge - After Light
• Savages - Husbands
• Sharon Van Etten - Serpents
• Sigur Rós - Varúð • Sky Ferreira - Everything Is Embarrasing • Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards • Todd Terje - Inspector Norse • Tomas Barford feat. Kinert - November Skies • Ty Segall Band - I Bought My Eyes • Ty Segall - You Are The Doctor • The Walkmen - We Can't Be Beat • The xx - Angels
41-50: • Animal Collective - Amanita • Chromatics - Back From The Grave • Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You • Mac DeMarco - Ode To Viceroy • Mount Eerie - Through the Trees Pt. 2 • Old Apparatus - Mernom • Purity Ring - Fineshrine • Sharon Van Etten - Leonard • Swans - A Piece Of The Sky • Ty Segall & White Fence - Scissor People
31-40: • AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It • Angel Olsen - Acrobat • Dirty Projectors - Dance For You • El-P - The Full Retard • Fiona Apple - Werewolf • Julia Holter - In The Same Room • Lambchop - Gone Tomorrow • Major Lazer feat. Amber Coffman - Get Free • Miguel - Adorn • Scott Walker - Epizootics!
21-30: • AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love • Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Only In My Dream • Death Grips - Hacker • Fiona Apple - Left Alone • Grizzly Bear - Sleeping Ute • Hot Chip - Flutes • Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) • Perfume Genius - Hood • Rhye - Open • Tame Impala - Elephant
11-20: • Andy Stott - Numb • Animal Collective - Today's Supernatural • Chromatics - Kill For Love • Frank Ocean - Bad Religion • Grimes - Oblivion • Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments • Julia Holter - Marienbad • Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst • Sharon Van Etten - Give Out • Usher - Climax
1-10: • Bat For Lashes - Laura • Beach House - Myth • Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger • Fiona Apple - Every Single Night • Frank Ocean - Pyramids • Grizzly Bear - Yet Again • Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built • Solange - Losing You • Spiritualized - Hey Jane • Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams