Chris’s Top Songs Of Twenty-Twelve

The Barbaras – these dudes created some of my favorite songs released in 2012

As with every year, I’m listing off my favorite songs (in alphabetical order) and keeping to a three song maximum per band, because there’s just way too many to list all of them! And we’re off.

A:

Adam Green & Binki Shapiro- “Here I Am”
Atlantic Thrills- “Foreign Lands” “Acid Rain” “Give It Back”

B:

The Barbaras- “Breathing Underwater” “How Many Times” “Only One”
Bent Shapes- “Bites and Scratches” “Leave It Till You Need It”
Best Coast- “The Only Place”

C:

Cumstain- “Ghost Love” “Rollin Wrong” “Sit and Twist”

D:

Dangeresque- “Walking Dead”
Diamond Rugs- “Blue Mountains”
Dirty Virgins- “Cheap Talk”

E:

The Electric Street Queens- “Beefcake Baby” “She’s Gotta Bruise” “Doncha Wanna Work At the Brewary”

F:

Fagettes- “If I See Him Again” “On Drugs”
Fat Creeps- “700 Parts” “Nancy Drew” “Secrets”

G:

Gangbang Gordon- “Life At the ABC” “QMI Fatties”
Ghetto Cross- “Still”
Gravys Drop- “Made to Love” “Runaway” “Happy Birthday”

H:

Hunx- “Private Room” “Always Forever” “I’m Not The One You’re Looking For”

J:

Jacques Le Coque- “Grow Up”

K:

King Khan & The Shrines- “Bite My Tongue”

M:

Maine Coons- “Ghetto Queen” “Tired and Inspired” “Uniform Choice”
The Migs- “You and Me” “Fuzzy Son” “Take Take Take”

N:

Natural Child- “Faces of Death”
The New Highway Hymnal- “Hey Kid (Gotta Run)” “More” “Blackend Hands”
Nobunny- “Assholes” “At the Mall”

O:

The Orwells- “Halloween All Year” “Mallrats (La La La)”

P

Peach Kelli Pop- “Panchito Blues II” “Dreamphone”

S:

Saba Lou- “Until The End”
Shannon and the Clams- “Angel Baby”
SKIMASK- “Get U Back” “Fine China”
Slimers- “Spaghetti Ann”
Squall- “Repulsor” “No Life Here”

T:

Ty Segall- “Thank God For Sinners” “You’re The Doctor”
Ty Segall Band- ”Wave Goodbye”

Y:

Yankee Power- “Stray” “Adopted Love Doll” “Real Folk”