Inspired by a friend’s post of his favorite 2012 songs, I thought I’d put my own list together. My favorites from this past year definitely span a wide range of genres – I can’t quite pin down whether my tastes moved in any particular direction. I wouldn’t say it was even close to the best year for music in recent memory, but there were definitely plenty of releases worth a listen.
Here’s a link to listen to a playlist with my top songs in Spotify.
And here’s my list with Spotify links, in no particular order:
1. Zeus – Are You Gonna Waste My Time
2. Andrew Bird – Orpheo Looks Back
5. Japandroids – The Night of Wine And Roses
8. Miniature Tigers – Afternoons With David Hockney
9. Metric – Speed the Collaspe
10. Mumford & Sons – Whispers in the Dark
11. The Goat Rodeo Sessions – Quarter Chicken Dark
12. Neil Young – Driftin’ Back
And here’s a shameless personal plug — my favorite song off the EP I played guitar on with a great group of musicians as part of Vanessa Kafka & The Sunday Spins. The EP’s called Bend When the Sun Moves, and the song is Even Gray Skies Can Be Beautiful. It was just released earlier this month.
Happy new year.