As usual, I’m going to sum up the year with a non-definitive playlist of some of my favourite songs from 2012. These are roughly in chronological order according to when I first fell in love with them. Hmm, I certainly listened to a lot of guitar music, didn’t I?
I contributed to year-end retrospectives from the Georgia Straight, Exclaim!, BeatRoute and The Tyee, so follow those links for more formal lists and explanations.
I contributed to year-end retrospectives from the Georgia Straight, Exclaim!, BeatRoute and The Tyee, so follow those links for more formal lists and explanations.
Thanks to Mike Withers for the great artwork.
1. Said the Whale – “Loveless”
2. Weed – “Ben’s Tour”
3. Apollo Ghosts – “Guitar Brother”
4. Japandroids – “The House That Heaven Built”
5. Jack White – “Freedom at 21″
6. DIIV – “Doused”
7. Monomyth – “Feeling”
8. Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa – “Payphone”
9. A.C. Newman – “I’m Not Talking”
10. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Only in My Dreams”
11. Gal Gracen – “∞”
12. Mount Eerie – “House Shape”
13. Mac DeMarco – “Freaking Out the Neighbourhood”
14. Wars – “Wars 1979″
15. Kendrick Lamar – “Backseat Freestyle”
