TOP 80 Songs of 2012

And a special shout out to another one of my FAVORITES of the year not on this list... "Just a Spark" by Alex Troisi a former student who would be mentioned here even if she wasn't.  Make sure you check it out on iTunes!!!

80) Big K.R.I.T - Country Shit
79) Literature - Criminal Kids
78) Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)
77) Yeasayer - Damaged Goods
76) Death Grips - Whammy
75) The Fresh and Onlys - Long Slow Dance
74) Nightlands - So Far So Long
73) The Soft Walls - Black Cat
72) Screaming Females - Expire
71) Times New Viking - Sleep-In
70) Tennis - Origins
69) Ke$ha - We Die Young
68) Liturgy - Veins of God
67) Converge - Vicious Muse
66) Ben Gibbard - A Hard One to Know
65) DIIV - Human
64) Xray Eyeballs - Escape from that Girl
63) Mount Eerie - House Shape
62) Lambchop - Gone Tomorrow
61) Jaill - I'm Home
60) Tame Impala - Elephant
59) Danny Brown - Detroit 187
58) Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Pink Slime
57) The Smittens - Burning Streets of Rome
56) Craig Finn - No Future
55) Black Tambourine - I Want You Around
54) The Walkmen - Heaven
53) Colleen Green - I Wanna be Degraded
52) The School - Never Thought I'd See the Day
51) Avett Brothers - Live and Die
50) Alabama Shakes - Ain't the Same
49) Spiritualized - Little Girl
48) Pujol - DIY2K
47) Best Coast - Do You Still Love Me Like You Used To?
46) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - We Drift Like Worried Fire
45) Memoryhouse - The Kids Were Wrong
44) The High Water Marks - Accidentally on Purpose
43) Frankie Rose - Know Me
42) PAWS - Sore Tummy
41) Wild Nothing - Paradise
40) Patterson Hood - Better Off Without
39) Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
38) The xx - Angels
37) The Lumineers- Big Parade
36) Dirty Projectors - Impregnable Question
35) Sleigh Bells - Demons
34) Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids
33) Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Sings
 32) Hospitality - 8th Avenue
31) Standard Fare - Kicking Puddles
30) The Men - Turn it Around
29) Animal Collective - Applesauce
28) Daughn Gibson - In the Beginning
27) Passion Pit - American Blood
26) Tinariwen - Iswegh Attay
25) Chairlift - I Belong in Your Arms
24) Grimes - Oblivion
23) JJ - High Summer
22) Allo Darlin' - Neil Armstrong
21) The Vaccines - No Hope
20) Beachwood Sparks - Sparks Fly Again
19) Gentleman Jesse - I'm Only Lonely
18) The Mountain Goats - Cry for Judas
17) Perfume Genius - Dark Parts
16) Tanlines - All of Me
15) Kanye West ft. Big Sean and Jay-Z - Clique
14) Matthew E. White - Brazos
13) Kendrick Lamar - Backstreet Freestyle
12) Beach House - Lazuli
11) Azealia Banks - 212
10) The Shins - Simple Song
9) Japandroids - The House that Heaven Built
8) Bob Mould - Briefest Moment
7) Titus Andronicus - Still Life With Hot Deuce on Silver Platter
6) Chromatics - Kill for Love
5) Twin Shadow - Patient
4) Lucero - Lightning
3) Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless
2) Bobby Womack - Please Forgive My Heart
1) Divine Fits - Like Ice Cream