YOUR 10 best songs of 2012

[TallGuyCM]

Man, Lower Dens' "In the End is the Beginning" is so good. That 12+ minute song that closes their album from this year. Probably not worth going back and editing my list, but it's definitely top 10 for the year.

[lt.roast.a.botch]

no particular order:

Hot Chip - Ends of the Earth
Dave Aju - Ms. Resposado
Kolombo - Dancing on the Floor
John Talabot - So will be now
Purity Ring - Obedear
Killer Mike - Willie Burke Sherwood
AKA AKA & Thalstroem - What Matters (Broombeck remix)
Chris Malinchak - Fuego
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean

[Hannahrain]

I'm just posting one, as I'm a very busy woman with many things to do.

[yeahfontaine]

I wanna play. And thanks to others for helping me find some great tunes (and musicians) I never knew existed. (Andy Stott...wow cool!)

In no particular order

Hot Chip * Look At Where We Are (my husband's and my new 'song' joining Wild Horses)
Yeasayer * Longevity
David Byrne & St. Vincent * Who
Gossip * Move in the Right Direction
Alt J * Breezeblocks
Arctic Monkeys * R U Mine?
Miike Snow * Pretender
Liars * No. 1 Against the Rush
Bosnian Rainbows * I Cry For You
Hot Chip * These Chains

[Boourns]

Atoms for Peace - "Default"
Blur - "Under the Westway"
Bat for Lashes - "Laura"
Cat Power - "Nothin but Time"
dan le sac - "Memorial"
Grimes - "Genesis"
Killer Mike - "Reagan"
Pulp - "After You"
St. Vincent - "Krokodil"
Swans - "The Seer"

[IceyHotshot]

Fire! with Oren Ambarchi - And the Stories Will Flood Your Satisfaction (With Terror) (free jazz/rock)
The Mountain Goats - Cry for Judas (folk rock)
Chromatics - Back to the Grave (indie... dance?)
Deepchord Presents Echospace - Lisbon (dub techno)
Kaki King - Streetlight in the Egg (solo percussive guitar)
The Tallest Man on Earth - Bright Lanterns (indie folk)
Laurel Halo - Carcass (electronic, "experimental")

who needs 10?

[joppy-slow]

Fingerpaint - Lunar
Miike Snow - Pretender (Deniz Koyu Remix)
Scuba - Ne1butu
Chromatics - Back from the grave
AC Newman - Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns
TJR - Ode to Oi
The Paper Kites - Paint
Lord Huron - take your pick
Televisor - Strut
DJ Icey - Knocks (VIP v. svidden remix)

[joppy-slow]

Atoms for Peace - "Default"
Blur - "Under the Westway"
Bat for Lashes - "Laura"
Cat Power - "Nothin but Time"
dan le sac - "Memorial"
Grimes - "Genesis"
Killer Mike - "Reagan"
Pulp - "After You"
St. Vincent - "Krokodil"
Swans - "The Seer"

wow - a song about home made desomorphine. interesting

[IceyHotshot]

DJ Icey - Knocks (VIP v. svidden remix)

Wait, does he really misspell icy, or am I just a bad influence?

[icedKeg]

Hot Chip * Look At Where We Are (my husband's and my new 'song' joining Wild Horses)

this is me and my girl's too

[mountmccabe]

Hey, folks, I threw songs from this thread into a Spotify Playlist.

I didn't add every song but I am pretty sure I included at least one song from each list posted here. I kept it to one song per artist and tended to select the one named most but there was nothing systematic about how this worked.

It is a collaborative playlist so feel free to add but please do not delete songs. If y'all fuck this up I'll take away your toys and you'll get coal.

[mahhhc]

01 Beach House - Myth
02 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Only in my Dreams
03 Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
04 Fiona Apple - Anything We Want
05 Screaming Females - It All Means Nothing
06 Tame Impala - Mind Mischief
07 The Men - Turn It Around
08 Burial - Rough Sleeper
09 Dirty Projectors - Offspring Are Blank
10 Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built

[yeahfontaine]

this is me and my girl's too

Nice! It's such a great one. For our 10th wedding anniversary this year, I got him a bracelet with 'I Need Your Name' engraved on the back.

I sure hope we get to hear Hot Chip on the polo fields this year!

[iwaslike]

Wait, does he really misspell icy, or am I just a bad influence?

He misspells it.

[chunk]

Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Kindness - House
Ty Segall - They Told Me Too
Twin Shadow - Beg For the Night
Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless
Spiritualized - Hey Jane
Dirty Projectors - Dance For You
Kool AD - Oooh
Cat Power - Ruin
Times New Viking - Middle Class Drags
PS 22 Chorus - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

[icedKeg]

Nice! It's such a great one. For our 10th wedding anniversary this year, I got him a bracelet with 'I Need Your Name' engraved on the back.

I sure hope we get to hear Hot Chip on the polo fields this year!

So cool! We saw them at the Hollywood Bowl a couple months ago and they were GREAT but they didn't play it!

[RageAgainstTheAoki]

Nice job, kids. You reminded me of (or introduced me to) some great tracks. Thanks for reminding me of (or introducing me to)...
Miguel - Adorned
Bat for Lashes - All My Gold
Lianne La Hava - Is Your Love Big Enough
Killer Mike - Reagan
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Jai Paul - Jasmine
Cate Le Bon - Fold The Cloth
Andy Stott - Sleepless


One song that I completely forgot to mention and which I don't think made it to anyone's list was Roisin Murphy's "Simulation". It's just pure sex. Sounds like there's an end-of-the-world orgy happening in the room next door. Or something. Surprised no one on here had this one. I think it's one of the best things she's done yet.

[avhua]

1. Flying Lotus - Me Yesterday//Corded
2. The Presets - Fall
3. Duke Dumont - The Giver
4. Grizzly Bear - Speak in Rounds
5. Atoms for Peace - Default
6. Ultraista - Small Talk (Four Tet Remix)
7. Nosaj Thing - Eclipse/Blue
8. Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean
9. Softwar - August
10. Jets - Sin Love With You

HM: John Talabot - So Will Be Now

[GolfWang]

Here's 20 because I can't choose just 10:

1. Frank Ocean - Bad Religion
2. Future - Turn On The Lights
3. Chief Keef - I Don't Like
4. Juicy J - Bands Make Her Dance
5. Usher - Climax
6. Fiona Apple - Every Single Night
7. Ab-Soul - The Book Of Soul
8. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
9. Lambchop - Mr. Met
10. Solange - Losing You
11. Riff Raff & Action Bronson - Bird On A Wire
12. Future - You Deserve It
13. Major Lazer - Get Free
14. Lil Durk - VAL VENIS
15. TNGHT - Bugg'n
16. Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
17. Odd Future - Oldie
18. Recloose - Feels Like Magic
19. Vince Staples - Traffic
20. Animal Collective - Today's Supernatural

Shit, even picking just 20 was quite difficult.

[kucky21]

No particular order:
Simian Mobile Disco - Cerulean
Hot Chip - Flutes (Sasha Mix)
Purity Ring - Obedear
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Disclosure - What's In Your Head
Fiona Apple - DareDevil
Grimes - Genesis
Animal Collective - Today's Supernatural
xx - Chained
Booka Shade - Honeyslave

[Mr. Fuzz]

10. “Would That Not Be Nice” by Divine Fits
9. “Plague” by Crystal Castles
8. “Wet Blanket” by Metz
7. “Default” by Atoms for Peace
6. “Yet Again” by Grizzly Bear
5. “It Feels Like We’re Only Going Backwards” by Tame Impala
4. “Dreams” by the Kills
3. “Bad Girls” by M.I.A
2. “Sixteen Saltines” by Jack White
1. “Paradise” by Wild Nothing

[eddiebrock]

no particular order

Originals
Action Bronson - Steve Wynn
Kendrick Lamar - M.A.A.D City
EPROM - Regis Chillbin
Shadow Child - 23 (ft. Tymer)
TNGHT - Higher Ground/Bugg'n
Usher - Climax
Ab Soul - Double standards
Chief Keef - Love Sosa
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child

Remixes
Flosstradamus - Roll Up the Grass (Baauer Remix)
Kanye West - Mercy (RL Grime & Salva Remix)
Hot Chip - Look at Where We Are (Major Lazer Remix)
Frank Ocean - Thinking About You (Ryan Hemsworth Bootleg)
LOL Boys - Changes (Shlohmo Remix)
The xx - Angels (The Confect Remix)
Major Lazer - Original Don (Flosstradamus Remix)
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (RL Grime Remix)
Kanye West - Cold (TNGHT Remix)
2 Chainz Ft. Drake - No Lie (Cashmere Cat Edit)

EDIT: forgot about until the quiet comes, Sultans Request belongs somewhere up there.

[TomAz]

Swedish House Mafia

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[eddiebrock]

...

come at me bro

[TomAz]

go fuck yourself

[eddiebrock]

your wife taste like honey nut cheerios

[TomAz]

Are you too stupid to follow a simple instruction?

[eddiebrock]

yea


Honorable Mentions
Burial - Ashtray Wasp
Captain Murphy Ft. Earl Sweatshirt - Between Friends
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools
Florence+ The Machine - Sweet Nothing (Diplo Remix)
Four Tet - Lion (Jamie xx Remix)
Schoolboy Q Ft. ASAP Rocky - Hands on the Wheel
Danny Brown - Grown Up

[TomAz]

After you're done fucking yourself, shine my shoes.

[eddiebrock]

After you're done fucking yourself, shine my shoes.