Friday, December 21, 2012

The Best Songs of 2012

All the killer cuts and tracks, selected by the esteemed Corey Deiterman.

The Mars Volta - "Zed and Two Naughts" (Noctourniquet)


Why? - "Thirst" (Mumps, Etc.)


Yeasayer - "Longevity" (Fragrant World)


Psy - "Gangnam Style" (Psy6)


Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe" (Curiosity)


Kanye West, Pusha T, and Ghostface Killah - "New God Flow" (Cruel Summer)


Animal Collective - "Today's Supernatural" (Centipede Hz)


El-P - "Works Every Time" (Cancer 4 Cure)


Converge - "All We Love We Leave Behind" (All We Love We Leave Behind)


Fiona Apple - "Valentine" (The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do.)


Frank Ocean - "Pyramids" (Channel Orange)


John Frusciante - "Uprane" (PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone)


Sinead O'Connor - "Take Off Your Shoes" (How About I Be Me (and You Be You?))


Cloud Nothings - "Wasted Days" (Attack on Memory)


The Menzingers - "Sun Hotel" (On the Impossible Past)


Leonard Cohen - "Come Healing" (Old Ideas)


Veil of Maya - "Punisher" (Eclipse)


Say Anything - "Burn a Miracle" (Anarchy My Dear)


Lana Del Rey - "Born to Die" (Born to Die)


Soundgarden - "Been Away Too Long" (King Animal)


Gallows - "Everybody Loves You (When You're Dead)" (Gallows)


Rush - "Headlong Flight" (Clockwork Angels)