Now that I’m back from abroad, I’m amped to finally be sharing my list of stand-out indie tracks from the last year!
In no particular order, below are my top 50 artists and/or tracks of 2012. Since I started blogging midway through the year, some of these artists have been honored with a post prior and some have not. Thus for the sake of diversifying, in some cases the featured track below is not necessarily my favorite but a varying version of the original or new track entirely (but equally adored, obv).
1. Alpine – Hands
2. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
3. Trails & Ways – Border Crosser (Seshen Remix)
4. Air Traffic Controller – You Know Me
5. Electric Guest – This Head I Hold (their cover of Little Dragon’s Ritual Union is a must-listen as well)
6. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
7. Beat Culture – Useless
8. Tennis – Origins
9. Tanlines – S.A.W.
10. Beach House – Myth
11. Blackbird Blackbird – Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush Cover)
12. Dems – Down on You (Hannes Fischer Remix)
13. Charli XCX – I’ll Never Know
14. Lord Huron – The Stranger
15. Ellie Goulding – Figure 8 (Alias Mix)
16. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) – Tapes & Money
17. Flight Facilities – Clair de Lune (ft. Christine Hoberg)
18. Wild Belle – It’s Too Late
19. Dirty South & Alesso – City of Dreams
20. Alt-J – Something Good
21. Bumblebeez – Next to You
22. St. Lucia – Closer Than This
23. Crystal Castles – Wrath of God
24. Sky Ferreira – Everything is Embarrassing
25. Ben Howard – The Fear (Moonlight Matters Rework)
26. No Ceremony/// – Feelsolow
27. The 1975 – You
28. Ultraista – Smalltalk
29. The Zolas – Knot In My Heart
30. Southern Shores – New Love
31. Django Django – Default
32. AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It (Bondax Remix)
33. Dan Croll – From Nowhere
34. Germany Germany – With You (ft. Kotomi)
35. Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (The Knocks Remix)
36. Sun Airway – Close
37. Grimes – Genesis
38. Youth Lagoon – Daydream
39. Miike Snow – Bavarian #1 (Say You Will)
(Track begins at 3:05)
40. Wild Child – The Tale of You & Me
41. The Naked and Famous – Young Blood
42. Dwntwn – See My Eyes
43. Passion Pit – Take A Walk
44. Beat Connection – Think/Feel (ft. Chelsey Scheffe)
45. Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute
46. Years & Years – I Wish I Knew
47. MS MR – Hurricane
48. Kindness – House
49. Hot Chip – How Do You Do (Todd Terje remix)
50. Wild Cub – Thunder Clatter
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
These tracks also received a considerable amount of air time on my playlist this year.
1. The Xx – Sunset
2. Bloc Party – Truth
3. Cat Power – Ruin
4. Adventure Club – Retro City (Bronze Whale Remix)
5. Panama – It’s Not Over
6. Santigold – Disparate Youth
7. Phebe Starr – Alone With You
8. Viceroy – Chase Us Around – (Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver Remix)
9. U-Tern – You Don’t Know Me
10. The Establishment – Love Like This
poetry in an empty coke can 