We’ve got a very eclectic group of tracks rounding out our personal top 150. Daphni’s beastly “Yes, I Know” with it’s throbbing bass lines comes in at #150 followed by Walrus’ uber-delicate “Growing Pains.” These two tracks exemplify the tremendous variety of music that finds itself in our top list this year. The Walkman’s stellar 2012 LP makes it’s first appearance at 147 with “Song For Leigh,” a track that probably deserves the award for gut wrenching refrain of the year. The Shins’ polished new sound makes it into the countdown with “Simple Song”, a song that earned the band a huge increase in fan numbers for 2012 -i think they might even be on MTV now (yikes). A scorcher from Lone and a truly moving track from the one and only Frank Ocean enter the list at 144 and 143, respectively. Square Pusher’s “Dark Steering” is a brutally interesting experimental electronic track that we couldn’t ignore this year as was the Elite Gymnastics remix of Korallreven’s “Sa Sa Samoa.” John Talabot makes his first appearance at 133 with his agonizingly beautiful “Destiny”. Talabot’s album is an absolutely gorgeous work of art that everybody needs to purchase. Personal indie heroes Magic Wands’ “Space” is pure sci-fi meets indie rock at number 132 followed closely by a group that is probably going to EXPLODE in 2013, AlunaGeorge, with their wonderful “You Know You Like it”. Sleigh Bells had a great year and have made it into our top tracks list with their power ballad “End of the Line,” which is basically like a pure high school rebellion meets tragic love rock song. Oliver Tank’s “Help You Breathe” gained a bit of recognition on the blogosphere this year, but not enough in our opinion. His sound lies very much in the vein of the post-dubstep movement that gained traction last year, but is a bit more analog sounding at times. We’re hoping for more from Oliver in 2013. Finally, we had to throw in “1-800″ from the very indie group Roads and Boats for it’s perfectly captured retro feel and pure nod-ability.
All download links are right-click (save linked file as) external links unless otherwise stated.
150. Daphni: “Yes, I Know” Download
149.Walrus: “Growing Pains” Download
148. Shout It In: “Dirty Ghosts” Download
147. The Walkmen: “Song for Leigh” Download
146. The Shins: “Simple Song”
145. TV Girl: “I Wonder Who She’s Kissing Now” Download
144. Lone: “As a Child” Download
143. Frank Ocean: “Bad Religion” Download
142. Cat Power: “Ruin” Download
141. Squarepusher: “Dark Steering” Download
140. Crystal Castles: “Affection” Download
139. Cloud Nothings: “Stay Useless” Download
138. TNGHT: “Higher Ground” Download
137. Andrew Bird: “Give It Away” Download
136. Blood Diamonds: “Dreams” Download
135. CHVRCHES: “The Mother We Share” Download
134. Octo Octa: “Oh Love”
133. John Talabot: “Destiny (ft Pional)” Download
132. Magic Wands: “Space” Download
131. Korallreven: “Sa Sa Samoa (Elite Gymnastics remix)” Download
130. AlunaGeorge: “You Know You Like It” Download
129. Sleigh Bells: “End of the Line” Download
128. Dose: “Is That You?” Download
127. Roads and Boats: “1-800” Buy at Bandcamp
126. Oliver Tank: “Help You Breathe” Download
Looking foreward to enjoying you list
Glad you’re back
Keep it up, hope you managed to check out my 1,000 list this year.
http://www.marcusrimondini.com/2012/12/my-1000-songs-of-2012-100-to-1.html
Your blog is excellent! I though your list was excellent!
no stream?
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Not currently, we’re still working on getting that up and running.
May we listen them before download them?