Another year has come, another year has gone. With that year, memories of laughter, joy, heartbreak, and loss. Throughout it all, the constants are what remain atop our memory of what was 2012. What greater constant to recall than that of music.

Throughout the journey of the last twelve months, we’ve all been immersed in music of different likings. What follows, are my 25 favorite tunes of the time that was. If you know some, enjoy. If there are some new tracks you’ve yet to hear, I am pleased to introduce you to some great songs (in my opinion, of course).

25. Anna Sun—Walk the Moon
24. Only Son of the Ladiesman—Father John Misty
23. October—The Helio Sequence
22. Paradise—Wild Nothing
21. Impregnable Question—Dirty Projectors
20. Oats in the Water—Ben Howard
19. On The Sea—Beach House
18. Chained—The xx
17. Nerve—Half Moon Run
16. Feel So Close—Calvin Harris
15. Breathing Underwater—Metric
14. Sugar—Paper Route
13. Firewood—Regina Spektor
12. Oblivion—Grimes
11. Kill For Love—Chromatics
10. Constant Conversations—Passion Pit
9. State Hospital—Frightened Rabbit
8. Breezeblocks—∆ (alt-J)
7. Great Divide—Lovedrug
6. Thinkin Bout You—Frank Ocean
5. The Mother We Share—CHVRCHES
4. Yet Again—Grizzly Bear
3. Five Seconds—Twin Shadow
2. Hold On—Alabama Shakes
1. The House That Heaven Built—Japandroids

To make things even easier for you to discover these lovely songs, I give you a full Spotify playlist. You are all very welcome.

Spotify Playlist

After posting my “Best Albums of 2011” list last night (here), I wanted to continue posting some of my other favorites from last year. So, here is my next Best of list, listing what were my ten favorite songs of last year. After you read the list, feel free to give the songs a listen on this Spotify Playlist.

Best of 2011 - Singles

10. The Art of Almost- Wilco (Spotify)

9. Will Do- TV on the Radio (Spotify)

8. Video Games- Lana Del Rey (Spotify)

7. The Wilhelm Scream- James Blake (Spotify)

6. Lonely Boy- The Black Keys (Spotify)

5. Save the World- Swedish House Mafia (Spotify)

4. Barton Hollow- The Civil Wars (Spotify)

3. Helplessness Blues- Fleet Foxes (Spotify)

2. Holocene- Bon Iver (Spotify)

1. Midnight City- M83 (Spotify)

At the end of the playlist I linked you to, I’ve included several honorable mentions. While I didn’t listened to these songs quite as much as the ten above, they still stood out to me this last year. They were some of the more powerful, and just flat out incredible songs of the year (IMO), and feel they should also be shared.

Honorable Mentions
Simple Math/Virgin- Manchester Orchestra
Give Up the Ghost- Radiohead
Exile Vilify- The National
Heartbeat- Childish Gambino