Monday, February 25, 2013

The Top 50 Songs of 2012


I had some stuff written for this originally, but reviewing each song was getting a bit tiresome for me (probably because I started at No. 50 and worked my way down), so here, for your viewing pleasure and without commentary (but with YouTube links!), is my list of what I thought were the 50 best songs of 2012.


50 | Passion Pit | "Take A Walk"

49 | Purity Ring | "Loftcries"

48 | Major Lazer ft. Amber Coffman | "Get Free"

47 | Purity Ring | "Ungirthed"

46 | Dinosuar, Jr. | "Watch The Corners"

45 | Plants and Animals | "Control Me"

44 | Twin Shadow | "Five Seconds"

43 | PS I Love You | "First Contact"

42 | Gramercy Riffs | "Call Me"

41 | Cold Specks | "When The City Lights Dim"

40 | Tennis | "Origins"

39 | Father John Misty | "Only Son of the Ladies' Man"

38 | Death Grips | "I've Seen Footage"

37 | the xx | "Tides"

36 | The Shins | "Simple Song"

35 | Santigold | "Disparate Youth"

34 | Icona Pop | "I Love It"

33 | Wintersleep | "Rapture"

32 | Purity Ring | "Fineshrine"

31 | Jessie Ware | "Sweet Talk"

30 | Rah Rah | "Little Poems"

29 | Dum Dum Girls | "Lord Knows"

28 | Plants and Animals | "The End of That"

27 | Trust | "Sulk"

26 | Beach House | "Lazuli"

25 | Clams Casino | "Unchain Me"

24 | Divine Fits | "Like Ice Cream"

23 | Rhye | "The Fall"

22 | the xx | "Sunset"

21 | Mo Kenney | "Déjà Vu"

20 | Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch | "Sweet Nothing"

19 | Grizzly Bear | "Yet Again"

18 | Blood Diamonds ft. Grimes | "Phone Sex"

17 | Wild Nothing | "Shadow"

16 | Cloud Nothings | "Stay Useless"

15 | the xx | "Angels"

13 | the xx | "Reunion"

12 | A Tribe Called Red | "Electric Pow Wow Drum"

11 | Autre Ne Veut | "Counting"

10 | The Luyas | "Fifty Fifty"

9 | Fanny Bloom | "Annie"

8 | Merchandise | "Time"

7 | Grimes | "Genesis"

6 | FUN | "Some Nights"

4 | Lykke Li | "Silver Springs"

3 | the xx | "Chained"

2 | Wild Nothing | "Paradise"

1 | Japandroids | "The House That Heaven Built"