Here are my 20 favourite tracks from this year (in chronological order):
- Night Moves – Colored Emotions
- The Freezing Hands – Pretty Ann
- Big Black Delta – Side of the Road
- John Grant – Pale Green Ghost
- Ron Sexsmith – Nowhere To Go
- Darkstar – Deadness
- Beacon – Drive
- Board of Canada – Reach for the Dead
- Money – Bluebell Fields
- Scott Matthew – To Love Somebody
- Dan Bodan – Anonymous
- Jono McCleery – Ballade
- Inc. – Angel
- Holy Models – Swimming
- Raffertie – Rain
- Date Palms – Sky Trails
- Memory Tapes – Green Window
- Connan Mockasin – Do I Make You Feel Shy? + I’m The Man, That Will Find You
- Francis and the Lights – Like A Dream
- Blaudzon – Euphoria
UPDATE! I forgot this amazing track by my friend Anders Trentemøller – it is quite possibly the best of them all!!
UPDATE 2! I need to include this three tracks on my year list:
Kurt Vile – Feel My Pain
Blood Orange – Time Will Tell (This is also Nicole Kidman’s favourite!)
Black Sabbath – God Is Dead
UPDATE 3! Adding a couple of more tracks to my year list:
Son Little – Cross My Heart
Mogwai – Remurdered
Here is the year list from Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear, who has one of the great tracks from 2012 on his list. They also released a great bonus track this year.
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