2012 Music Sampler

Instead of doing a list of my favorite albums, I'm making a sampler of some of my favorite songs from 2012. I knew 10 songs was going to be impossible, and 20 wouldn't be enough, so I forced myself to stop at 35* so this wouldn't go on forever. But I easily could have kept going...

*35-ish when I include bonus material...

I included a youtube video for each song, so it may take a while to load...

(Note: I simply put the songs in alphabetical order, by artist)

My 2012 Music Sampler:




Alabama Shakes - I Found You


Andrew Bird - Three White Horses


The Avett Brothers - The Once and Future Carpenter


Azure Ray - Red Balloon


Ben Kweller - Jealous Girl


Benjamin Gibbard - Broken Yolk in Western Sky 
(couldn't find the album version on youtube)


Best Coast - The Only Place


Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
(Now Here's My Plan EP version. Also, the video is pretty creepy -- you can ignore it.)


BOY - Little Numbers
(Love the video - Barcelona!)


Brandi Carlile - A Promise to Keep


Calexico - The Vanishing Mind


Cat Power - Cherokee


Damien Jurado - Museum of Flight


Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - That's What's Up
(Love this video!)

Bonus Material: Another great video: "Man on Fire"


Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings


Fiona Apple - Valentine


First Aid Kit - Emmylou


Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow
(What a crescendo!)


Grizzly Bear - Yet Again


Kathleen Edwards - Tiny Desk Concert
(Ok, this is technically four songs. But I love this Tiny Desk Concert. All of the songs are off her latest album -- which is a personal and very emotionally honest account of her marriage falling apart.
Songs: Chameleon/Comedian, House Full of Empty Rooms, Sidecar, and Change the Sheets. If you think this is cheating, and I had to only pick one song, "A Soft Place to Land" always gives me chills.)


Laura Gibson - Crow/Swallow


The Lumineers - Flapper Girl


M. Ward - Sweetheart


Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert)
(Gorgeous video)

Bonus Material: I couldn't resist..."Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)"


Metric - Breathing Underwater


Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait


Norah Jones - She's 22


Now, Now - Dead Oaks


Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart


Patrick Watson - Into Giants


Regina Spektor - All The Rowboats


Rocky Votolato - Start Over


Sharon Van Etten - Ask


Stars - Walls


Willie Nelson - The Scientist (Coldplay cover)