McSquawk's Top 25 songs of 2012

It's the end of another year and that means it's time to bring you the list of my favorite songs of 2012! I spent much of this year catching up on music I had from last year that I hadn't listened to, so I didn't get to listen to as much of this year's new music as I would have liked. However, many of my favorite artists released new albums this year, so this year's list features a lot of new stuff from old favorites, as well as some new artists and a few surprises. I played the top 20 on my show last Sunday, which can be listened to here, but I wanted to expand this list to my top 25 since there was a lot of great stuff that just missed making the top 20.

#25: Cloud Nothings - "Stay Useless"

 
#24: Foals - "Inhaler"


#23: David Byrne & St. Vincent - "Weekend in the Dust"

#22: Silversun Pickups - "Mean Spirits"

#21: Animal Collective - "Applesauce"

#20: DIIV - "Past Lives"

#19: Eternal Summers - "You Kill"

#18: Jonquil - "Mexico"

#17: Yppah - "Never Mess With Sunday"

#16: Mark Foster + A-Trak + Kimbra - "Warrior"

#15: Pinback - "His Phase"

#14: Sun Airway - "Close"

 
#13: Coheed & Cambria - "Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute"

#12: Reptar - "Please Don't Kill Me"

#11: Beach Fossils - "Shallow"


#10: Twin Shadow - "Beg For the Night"

#9: Husky - "History's Door"


#8: Dirty Ghosts - "Shout It In"

#7: Minus the Bear - "Zeros"

#6: Savoir Adore - "Dreamers"

 
#5: Orbital feat. Zola Jesus - "New France"

 
#4: Pepe Deluxe - "A Night and A Day"


#3: Tanlines - "All of Me"

#2: Kitten - "G#"

#1: Wild Nothing - "Nocturne"


And there you have it. Also, click here for 2011's list.