Top 10 Songs of 2012
23 Dec 2012(I'm a few days late getting this going, so they'll probably be a couple of posts a day until I get caught up.)
Here we are, year six of my annual listing of my favorite songs of the year. Year S-I-X. I'm shocked I've made it this far, and shocked that anyone still reads it.
As with last year, both for my convenience (to not have to upload a bunch of music or find links to songs) and to make enough money to buy a postage stamp, I'm going to use Amazon's little MP3 clips player. If you like the song, click through, and a) listen to the song, or b) buy it.
The rules, as they are every year:
- The song had to have been released on an album in 2012
- One song per artist
That way, I don't end up with a list of three artists and it's boring for everyone.
Since I think it's a nice way for you to determine if you should bother to read the rest of my list, here are the links (and concise versions of) the previous year's lists.
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007
2007
- Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
- Klaxons - Golden Skans
- Spoon - The Underdog
- Tokyo Police Club - Your English is Good (I cheated here)
- Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost?
- Dear Leader - Everything Looks Better in the Dark
- The New Pornographers - All the Old Showstoppers
- Hallelujah the Hills - Wave Backwards to Massachusetts
- The Shins - Australia
- Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
2008
- Tokyo Police Club - Your English is Good
- Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
- Weezer - The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
- Nada Surf - I Like What You Say
- Delta Spirit - Trashcan
- Violens - Violent Sensation Descends
- The Decemberists - Valerie Plame
- Ra Ra Riot - Ghosts Under Rocks
- Girls Guns and Glory - 667
- Lyrics Born - I Like It, I Love It
2009
- Phoenix - Lisztomania
- Camera Obscura - French Navy
- Metric - Gold Guns Girls
- Fanfarlo - I'm a Pilot
- Passion Pit - Moth's Wings
- Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You
- The Decemberists - The Rake's Song
- Dear Leader - Barbarians
- The Thermals - Now We Can See
- The Everyday Visuals - Florence Foster Jenkins
2010
- Arcade Fire - Ready to Start / Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
- The Lonely Forest - Turn Off This Song and Go Outside
- Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You
- Klaxons - Echoes
- Broken Social Scene - World Sick
- Spoon - Written in Reverse
- Tokyo Police Club - Favourite Colour
- Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
- Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love
- Best Coast - Each & Everyday
2011
- Typhoon - The Honest Truth
- Bon Iver - Calgary
- The Joy Formidable - Whirring
- Cults - You Know What I Mean
- Wye Oak - Civilian
- Fountains of Wayne - The Summer Place
- St. Vincent - Cruel
- Childish Gambino - Hold You Down
- Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out
- Fleet Foxes - Montezuma