Alright, so it took me many many many hours to get this done and it took me even longer to post it! The year of 2012 was a good one (2 years ago… sheesh) but here are my top 250 songs in order! Thanks for your patience. Here you go.
1 “Tessellate” by Alt-J on the album An Awesome Wave [Link]
2 “Genesis” 4:15 Visions (Vinyl Edition) by Grimes [Link]
3 “Open” 3:42 Open – EP by Rhye [Link]
4 “Myth” 4:19 Bloom Beach House [Link]
5 “Emmylou” 4:18 The Lion’s Roar by First Aid Kit [Link]
6 “1904” 4:00 There’s No Leaving Now by The Tallest Man On Earth [Link]
7 “ZZZ Top” 4:16 Skelethon by Aesop Rock [Link]
8 “Mind Mischief” 4:32 Lonerism by Tame Impala [Link]
9 “Teenage Icon” 3:06 The Vaccines Come of Age by The Vaccines [Link]
10 “About To Die” 3:59 Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors [Link]
11 “Mountains Crave” 3:35 Ceremony by Anna von Hausswolff [Link]
12 “Blue Meanies” 3:21 Electric Hawaii by Opossom [Link]
13 “On a Ladder Leading Nowhere” 4:20 [Loners] by Absofacto [Link]
14 “Cut the World” 4:20 Cut The World by Antony & The Johnsons [Link]
15 “Overjoyed” 3:25 Overjoyed – EP by Bastille [Link]
16 “Henrietta” 4:40 Fragrant World by Yeasayer [Link]
17 “Only In My Dreams” 3:12 Mature Themes by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti [Link]
18 “The Paper Trench” 3:31 Tree Bursts in Snow by Admiral Fallow [Link]
19 “I’ll Let You Pick A Window” 3:35 Barna Howard by Barna Howard [Link]
20 “Tenderloin” 4:27 Exorcise by Tilbury [Link]
21 “Someone Purer” 5:18 Radlands by Mystery Jets [Link]
22 “It’s My Part” 4:08 Point of Go by Jonquil [Link]
23 “Dazed And Confused” 4:00 Dazed And Confused by Iko [Link]
24 “Animal Life” 3:38 Animal Joy by Shearwater [Link]
25 “Catamaran” 3:33 Allah-Las by Allah-Las [Link]
26 “Sick” 4:24 No One Can Ever Know by The Twilight Sad [Link]
27 “Yoshua Alikuti” 4:13 MTMTMK by The Very Best [Link]
28 “New Ceremony” 4:17 Shallow Bed [Acoustic] by Dry The River [Link]
29 “Ungirthed” 2:49 Shrines by Purity Ring [Link]
30 “Get Free (feat. Amber of Dirty Projectors)” 4:50 Get Free (Single) by Major Lazer [Link]
31 “Love This” 3:59 Think Bigger by Cosmo Jarvis [Link]
32 “Leading Me Now” 3:25 There’s No Leaving Now by The Tallest Man On Earth [Link]
33 “Simple Song” 4:15 Port Of Morrow by The Shins [Link]
34 “In The Long Run” 2:46 Dead & Born & Grown by The Staves [Link]
35 “Gun Has No Trigger” 3:24 Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors [Link]
36 “Today’s Supernatural” 4:15 Centipede Hz by Animal Collective [Link]
37 “Bright Whites” 4:13 151a by Kishi Bashi [Link]
38 “This Fire” 5:27 A Wild Hunger by Ben Rosenbush And The Brighton [Link]
39 “Ciervos” 3:31 by Astro Astro [Link]
40 “I Belong In Your Arms” 3:27 Something by Chairlift [Link]
41 “Ghost” 3:40 Ghost by Yellow Ostrich [Link]
42 “Laura” 4:26 The Haunted Man by Bat For Lashes [Link]
43 “Perfect Girl” 2:56 Greater Lakes by Bears [Link]
44 “Tightrope” 3:30 Anna Sun by Walk The Moon [Link]
45 “Forever” 4:05 Forever by Haim [Link]
46 “Cardhouse” 3:29 We Hunt by All We Are [Link]
47 “Breezeblocks” 3:47 An Awesome Wave by Alt-J [Link]
48 “Lessons” 2:31 Shallow/Lessons by Beach Fossils [Link]
49 “Breaker” 3:04 Yung Life by Yung Life [Link]
50 “Sex On the Regular” 3:33 Mia Pharaoh by Miniature Tigers [Link]
51 “Losing You” 4:20 True by Solange [Link]
52 “Hurricane” 3:47 Hurricane by MS MR [Link]
53 “Move To The Mountains” 4:25 Ways To Forget by Clock Opera [Link]
54 “Hit The Ground (Superman)” 4:56 Future This by The Big Pink [Link]
55 “Heaven” 4:22 Heaven by The Walkmen [Link]
56 “Into Pieces” 4:26 Ask Me This by Alcoholic Faith Mission [Link]
57 “Kindergarten” 3:51 Major by Fang Island [Link]
58 “Danse Carribe (Barn Sessions)” 6:09 Give It Away EP by Andrew Bird [Link]
59 “Easter Island” 3:13 The Eclectic Moniker by The Eclectic Moniker [Link]
60 “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings” 3:11 Fear Fun by Father John Misty [Link]
61 “Hands On The Wheel (Feat. A$AP Rocky)” 3:17 Habits & Contradictions by ScHoolboy Q [Link]
62 “Look At Where We Are” 3:59 In Our Heads by Hot Chip [Link]
63 “Honeycomb” 3:04 Honeycomb / Gotham by Animal Collective [Link]
64 “Lies” 6:32 [Loners] by Absofacto [Link]
65 “Fall In” 3:14 Attack on Memory by Cloud Nothings [Link]
66 “Old Friend” 3:57 Old World Romance by Sea Wolf [Link]
67 “Hey Jane” 8:52 Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized [Link]
68 “Somebody” 4:06 Safe Travels by Jukebox The Ghost [Link]
69 “It All Began With a Burst” 3:04 151a by Kishi Bashi [Link]
70 “Make Up Your Mind” 4:06 A Different Ship by Here We Go Magic [Link]
71 “Born to be Free” 4:28 Born to Be Free by Borko [Link]
72 “Maybe One Day (feat. Black Spade)” 4:01 Maybe One Day EP by Blu & Exile [Link]
73 “Gimme Twice” 3:27 The Royal Concept by The Royal Concept [Link]
74 “I Got You Babe” 2:47 Barchords by Bahamas [Link]
75 “Cold Nites” 3:39 Total Loss by How To Dress Well [Link]
76 “Bayonne” 3:19 Life Is Elsewhere by Little Comets [Link]
77 “Matchstick” 4:24 Matchstick by American Royalty [Link]
78 “Tell All Your Friends” 3:35 Young Hunger by Chad Valley [Link]
79 “Love Lust” 2:58 LoveBlood by King Charles [Link]
80 “Believe Me/Leave Me” 3:13 Nature by Bye Bye Bicycle [Link]
81 “Only The Horses” 3:39 Magic Hour by Scissor Sisters [Link]
82 “Between Friends Ft. Earl Sweatshirt (Produced by Flying Lotus)” 3:40 Duality by Captain Murphy [Link]
83 “No Hope” 4:10 The Vaccines Come of Age by The Vaccines [Link]
84 “Into the Black” 5:23 Kill for Love by Chromatics [Link]
85 “Thinkin Bout You” 3:21 channel ORANGE (Explicit Version) by Frank Ocean [Link]
86 “Violent Games” 4:12 Give You the Ghost by POLIÇA [Link]
87 “Flaws” 3:38 Flaws – EP by Bastille [Link]
88 “Missing Pieces” 3:28 Blunderbuss by Jack White [Link]
89 “Wisely & Slow” 3:38 Dead & Born & Grown by The Staves [Link]
90 “Indian Summer” 3:29 All That Floats Will Rain by Highasakite [Link]
91 “Shooting Up Sunshine” 3:21 Reptile Youth by Reptile Youth [Link]
92 “Caroline” 2:54 Here We Are by Citizens! [Link]
93 “Phantom Light” 3:12 Poor Moon by Poor Moon [Link]
94 “Your Words” 4:00 To You by by Battleships [Link]
95 “Utilitarian Uses of Love” 4:11 Beaus$Eros by Busdriver [Link]
96 “Lafaye” 4:14 Ghostory by School of Seven Bells [Link]
97 “Lord Knows” 4:18 End of Daze by Dum Dum Girls [Link]
98 “Walk Out On Me” 3:06 The Iron Is Hot – EP by Act As If [Link]
99 “Grown Up” 2:20 Grown Up (Single) by Danny Brown [Link]
100 “The Late Blue” 4:11 The Late Blue by Gypsy & The Cat [Link]
101 “Time to Run” 5:25 Time to Run – EP by Lord Huron
102 “She’s So Groovy” ’86 3:47 Haight Ashbury 2: The Ashburys by Haight Ashbury
103 “Bad For Me” 4:08 What Kind Of World by Brendan Benson
104 “You Are My Sister” 4:21 Cut The World by Antony & The Johnsons
105 “Get Out Your Guns” 3:00 Real Punks Don’t Sing About Girls by Bronx Cheerleader
106 “The Keepers” 3:34 Master Of My Make-Believe by Santigold
107 “The Lion’s Roar” 5:07 The Lion’s Roar by First Aid Kit
108 “The Wilderness” 3:20 The Wilderness by Cemeteries
109 “Com Touch” 4:24 Iradelphic by Clark
110 “The Fall” 3:43 The Fall by Rhye
111 “Vandals” 4:07 Dave Drusky by Capybara
112 “Strangers” 4:31 Spooky Action at a Distance by Lotus Plaza
113 “The Hours” 4:12 Bloom by Beach House
114 “Female Doctor” 4:19 Mia Pharaoh by Miniature Tigers
115 “Little Brother” 3:57 There’s No Leaving Now by The Tallest Man On Earth
116 “Rabbit Hole” 3:06 The Temper Trap by The Temper Trap
117 “Chitty Chitty” 1:35 Drunk Mums by Drunk Mums
118 “Miracle” 3:28 Modern Tongues – EP by Ghost Beach
119 “We Can’t Be Beat” 4:43 Heaven by The Walkmen
120 “Working Titles” 3:44 Maraqopa by Damien Jurado
121 “Brother to Brother” 3:23 We Have Electricity by Balthrop, Alabama
122 “Blinders” 3:09 Myth by Geographer
123 “Masollan” 5:14 Stranger by Balmorhea
124 “Norway” 4:02 Norway by The Bright Road
125 “Sure As Weather” 4:00 Goodnight My Dear… I’m Falling Apart by Amos The Transparent
126 “Ghost To Me” 3:00 Daytrotter Studio 3/26/2012 by Youth Lagoon
127 “No Destruction” 4:55 We Are The 21st Century Ambassador… by Foxygen
128 “Lucid Dreaming” 4:19 There by I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper
129 “Energy Could Be Our Closest Friend” 3:17 I Start To Believe You by Lola Kite
130 “Run” 2:57 Point of Go by Jonquil
131 “Get Got” 2:52 The Money Store by Death Grips
132 “Sinead” 4:34 Diver by Lemonade
133 “Cold Feet” 4:07 DRRT by Lost Lander
134 “Got Me Wrong” 5:25 Where Do You Start by Brad Mehldau Trio
135 “Daughter” 4:51 Strange Land by Yellow Ostrich
136 “Sinful Nature” 5:14 I Love You, It’s Cool by Bear In Heaven
137 “Full Circle” 3:02 Dark Eyes by Half Moon Run
138 “Andrew in Drag” 2:12 Love at the Bottom of the Sea by The Magnetic Fields
139 “Boxer’s Blood” 3:10 All Our Dancing Days by Hope and Social
140 “Dead Pontoon” 2:25 June 2009 by Toro Y Moi
141 “Independence” 3:22 Frightened by Easter Island
142 “Slides By” 4:39 Filth by A Band of Buriers
143 “Real Boy” 3:15 Sees the Light by La Sera
144 “Unreal Square” 5:18 Ufabulum by Squarepusher
145 “Paint New Horrors” 4:38 Rhine Gold by Choir Of Young Believers
146 “Default” 3:06 Django Django by Django Django
147 “Trojans” 3:36 Through The Glass by Atlas Genius
148 “Pleasure Palaces” 6:16 Have Some Faith In Magic by Errors
149 “The Coyotes” 3:16 The Coyote by Mesita
150 “Milwaukee Blues” 2:43 FolkAlley Sessions by Carolina Chocolate Drops
151 “Pepita, Queen of the Animals” 3:13 Archaeology of the Future by Vadoinmessico
152 “Idea Of Happiness” 3:28 Idea Of Happiness by Van She
153 “Five Seconds” 4:20 Confess by Twin Shadow
154 “Minor Fantasy” 3:26 Solo Piano II by Chilly Gonzales
155 “Goldie” 3:12 LongLiveA$AP by A$AP Rocky
156 “Open” 4:12 In Decay by Com Truise
157 “Marfa” 3:52 Hoyas by S. Carey
158 “The Couple” 3:45 Whistling While The End Is Near by The Viking Progress
159 “Good To Be A Man” 2:51 Good To Be A Man by Elle King
160 “Elephant” 3:31 Lonerism by Tame Impala
161 “It’s Easy” 4:31 Correct Behavior by Eternal Summers
162 “Maiden Of Ice” 3:17 Lone Migration by Demetra
163 “Bad Girls” 3:48 Bad Girls by M.I.A.
164 “Wunjo” 4:02 Wunjo by Oberon Rose
165 “My Girl” 3:45 Tiger Talk by Yukon Blonde
166 “50’s Are Good” 3:17 Vampiric Way by The Bewitched Hands
167 “Diversity” 3:40 Loma Vista by Family of the Year
168 “Calling Me Names” 3:51 Come Back As Rain by Good Old War
169 “Fron†ier” 4:01 EP †† – EP ††† by (Crosses)
170 “Goooo” 3:21 Tnght – EP by TNGHT (Hudson Mohawke x Lunice)
171 “Mane” 3:41 Conveyor by Conveyor
172 “Two Men In Love” 6:27 Nude by The Irrepressibles
173 “Lighting Bolt” 2:24 Jake Bugg by Jake Bugg
174 “Told You So” 3:13 Told You So by Cub Scouts
175 “This I Know” 4:31 Picture Of Our Youth by David’s Lyre
176 “Jamaica” 4:18 Jamaica by Theme Park
177 “Young Bucks” 3:03 Whistle Tips by Dinosaur Feathers
178 “Bad Thing” 2:19 King Tuff by King Tuff
179 “Pelican” 3:45 Given to the Wild by the Maccabees
180 “Kite (Siriusmo Remix)” 4:37 Solent EP by Jimmy Somerville
181 “Fast Forward” 2:41 White Tones by Minerals
182 “Last To Know” 3:46 Feel The Sound by Imperial Teen
183 “Capricornia” 4:31 Europe by Allo Darlin’
184 “When We Could All Float Away” 4:01 Feel Me – EP by Evan Voytas
185 “Iron Deer Dream” 3:31 We’ll Be The Moon by Fixers
186 “Anti, Anti, Anti” 2:04 All My Friends Are Dead by The Consumers
187 “Breathing Underwater” 3:56 Synthetica by Metric
188 “Valerie” 3:51 Valerie / The Big Ship by Ra Ra Riot with Delicate Steve
189 “Everyone Knows” 3:18 Gone by Vacationer
190 “Upskirt” 3:01 Visitor’s Center by Kid Mountain
191 “Apples” 4:16 Piramida by Efterklang
192 “The Bridgeport Run” 3:44 Hardscrabble by The Flashbulb
193 “There’s That Grin” 3:20 Breakup Song by Deerhoof
194 “999” 6:53 Jag Är Inte Rädd För Mörkret by Kent
195 “Upon Viewing Oregon’s Landscape With the Flood of Detritus” 3:29 Local Business by Titus Andronicus
196 “Dark Parts” 3:09 Put Your Back N 2 It by Perfume Genius
197 “Are You Listening” 4:53 A City On A Lake by A City on A Lake
198 “City Maze” 4:54 City Maze EP by J. Thoven
199 “Lucky Numbers” 4:38 Lucky Numbers by Generationals
200 “Born Whole” 4:03 Slow to Love by Doe Paoro
201 “Belispeak” 2:59 Shrines by Purity Ring
202 “No Black Clouds For Dee Dee” 3:13 Endless Flowers by Crocodiles
203 “Balloon #3” 7:19 Balloons by The Candle Thieves
204 “Dreamer” 3:19 Beatrix Runs by Elizaveta
205 “De Camino” 3:22 Delta by Hyperpotamus
206 “Talking Empty Bed Blues” 4:10 New Multitudes by Jay Farrar, Yim Yames, Will Johnson and Anders Parker
207 “Pillars and Pyre” 3:51 Earning Keep by Christopher Smith
208 “A Yé Wili” 4:22 Sodjan Makan by Badje Tounkara
209 “Bruises” 3:51 Sweet Sour by Band of Skulls
210 “How I Roll” 3:23 Blackberry Light by Charlie Mars
211 “Taller” 2:59 Little Victories Alphabet by Backwards
212 “Should This Noose Unloosen” 5:46 Should This Noose Unloosen by Civilian
213 “Wildest Moments” 3:43 Devotion by Jessie Ware
214 “I Wanna Be Your Man” 2:06 The Beatles by AG
215 “Penitentiary” 3:59 Houndmouth by Houndmouth
216 “A New Life” 4:28 Regions of Light and Sound of God by Jim James
217 “Dwell” 3:11 Wild Quiet by Junk Culture
218 “From Amelie” 4:54 The Sleep of Adam by Henrik Skanfors
219 “Magnetic North” 4:44 The Romantics by Inlet Sound
220 “I Will Wait” 4:37 Babel by Mumford & Sons
221 “I Don’t Belong To Anyone” 3:21 Now Here’s My Plan by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
222 “Good Advice” 3:12 Hemisphere by Storm The Beaches
223 “Unless You Speak From Your Heart” 3:35 Strange Weekend by Porcelain Raft
224 “The Moderately Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man”3:44 Among The Leaves by Sun Kil Moon
225 “Lakeside View Apartments Suite” 4:00 Transcendental Youth by Mountain Goats
226 “The Old Dun Cow” 2:53 Rant by The Futureheads
227 “Odyssey” 4:25 Volition by Ruby Frost
228 “The Chambers & The Valves” 3:10 Shallow Bed by Dry The River
229 “Kerosene” 3:12 (III) by Crystal Castles
230 “Always” 3:36 Always – EP by Summer Camp
231 “No One Will Know” 4:26 Fort Atlantic by Fort Atlantic
232 “Lines” 3:39 Like I Used To by Lucy Rose
233 “Bad Habits” 3:22 Unfaithfully Yours by General Fiasco
234 “Reagan” 4:10 R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike
235 “Staycations” 4:03 Staycations by Kotki Dwa
236 “Lost River” 4:24 Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon by Murder By Death
237 “Adrenaline Nightshift” 4:26 Celebration Rock by Japandroids
238 “Some Nights” 4:37 Some Nights by fun.
239 “Small Hands” 3:01 Dear by Keaton Henson
240 “Stay Away From Downtown” 3:37 Researching The Blues by Redd Kross
241 “Poison” 4:56 Behold, This Dreamer! by Thieving Irons
242 “All I Can” 4:54 Tramp by Sharon Van Etten
243 “My Love Is Winter” 3:31 Oceania by The Smashing Pumpkins
244 “Angels” 2:53 Coexist by The xx
245 “Stay With You” 3:24 All is Here by Parlours
246 “Faithful Man” 4:05 Faithful Man by Lee Fields & The Expressions
247 “Eva Cherie” 4:27 Peel It by Indian Jewelry
248 “Summer Life” 4:18 Never Live Another Yesterday by The Penelopes
249 “Jesus Christ” 3:20 In Ghostlike Fading by My Best Fiend
250 “Broken Toy” 2:23 Waiting For Something To Happen by Veronica Falls