Best Tracks Of The Year Thru May 31st, 2012

 1. How – Regina Spektor – Her best song since "Ink Stain" is similar in a sense: the desperate anti-Semitism of the latter is mirror'd in the desperate heartbreak of "How", And both chill on the idiosyncrasies.

2. Look The Other Way – Justin Townes Earle

3. I Feel Good – Fred Hammond

4  You Won't regret It – Ceu

5.. Honolulu Blues – Craig Finn

6. Around My Way – Lupe Fiasco

7. Some Nights – fun.

8.. Trash Tongue Talk – Jack White

9. R.A.P. Music – Killer Mike – He doesn't know it, but Mike is exactly echoing sentiments Bob Dylan wrote  on the liner notes of a cover album Bob recorded in the late 80s.

10.  The Best Place – Best Coast – Best line? "We have fun when we please…"

11.. Snow White – Odd Future

12.. The House That Heaven Built – Japandriods – best indie rocker since Superchunk's "Digging For Something".

13.. VIP – Sinead O'Connor

14. . Crying/Laughing – Wesley Wolfe

15.. One Note (Excerpt One) – Dr. D.R. – Catch the Buzzcocks sample.

16.  Unforgivable Blackness – Diggy

18.  As Is – Van Halen

19.  Sidecars – Kathleen Edwards – I like her more now I've seen her live

20. .Ray Charles – Chiddy Bang

21. Wasted Days – Cloud Nothings – A great collab with Steve Albini

22.  Am I That Lonely Tonight – Justin Townes Earle – Hears his Dad on the radio and wants to call him on the phone.

23. .Boyfriend – Justin Bieber

24.. Born At Zero – Deer Tick

25. Honeycomb – Animal Collective

26.. Eyes Open – Taylor Swift

27.  My God – James Fortuna

28.  Old And Gray – Maps And Atlases

29. Comeback Kid – Sleigh Bells

30.. Moving On – Justin Townes Earle

31. It All Belongs To Me – Monica And Brandy – The surprise r&b album of the year and an equally surprising reunion.

32.. Girl Gone Wild – Madonna

33.. Simple Feeling – Heartless Bastards

35.. Balcony – Craig Finn

36. .Emmylou –  First Aid Kit

37.  No Love Lost – Wiley

38.. Terminally Unique – Lamb Of God

39.. Gone Tomorrow – Lambchop

40.. Disease tobacco Free – Margot and the Nuclear So And Sos

41.. Pointed Into Zoom – Love On A Real Train

42. Welcome To The Ballroom – Rufus Wainwright

43.. Sex On The Regular Train – Miniature Trees

44. 88 – Diggy

45. Spiteful Intervention – Of Montreal

46.. Open Your Heart – The Men – Off a great old school rock album.

47.. Everybody Talks – Neon Trees

48.. Secrets – Obie Trice

49. Greenway – The Fall

50.. Celebration – Tyga

51. Vampires – Maps & Atlases – Should be a very big song for them

52. I Fink You Freaky – Die Antwood

53.. These Days – Dr. Dog

54.. Stay Useless – Cloud Nothings – So, yes, they can still nail a melody.

56.. Intersteller – Frankie Rose

57. Mira – Melody Gardot

58. Runaway – Imperial Teen

59.. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go – Miley Cyrus

60.. She's Gold – Josh Blaze

61.. Starships – Nicki Minaj

62.. Ruby Are You Mad At your Man – Carolina Chocolate Drops

63.. It All Means Nothing – Screaming Females

64.. We Made It – de La Soul

65.. Hysteria – Ceremony

66. Amnesia – Jon B

67.. Back In Time – Pitbull

68. Following – Phenomenal Handclap Band

69. Am I the Only One – Dierks Bentley

71. Simple Twist Of Fate – Diana Krall

71. Silence – The Ting Tings

72. Turn It Round – The Men

73.. Show Me The Place – Leonard Cohen

74.  Boom Boom – Rye Rye

75. You Can Keep The Wheels – Toddlers

76.. There's A Key – M. Ward

77. Easy Money – Bruce Springsteen

78. High Of Life – WZRD

79. Payphone – Maroon 5

80.. Maps – Macy Gray

81.. The Whip Hand – the Mars Volta

82.. Small Town Moon – Regina Spektor – Stop, stop, what's you're hurry?

83.. Dreamer – Elizabeta

84.. P – Odd Future

85.. International (Serious) – Estelle

86. Cool Breeze – Long Miles- Gorgeous reggae

87.  When Your Garden's Overgrown -Paul Weller

88. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction – Make em a star

89.. Beekeeper's Daughter – The All American rejects

90.  Wide Awake – Katy Perry – Very real

91. Out Of Time – Elvis Costello – One of the best Stones covers I've ever heard, up there with Steve Earle's "Dead Flowers".

92.  Control – Garbage

93. .Va Va Voom – Bassnectar – Along with Rye Rye, pure pop as electronic dance.

94. Jackson – Florence + The Machine

95.. Lost – Joker

96.. Time To Move On – Monica

97.. Me And Bobby McGee (Demo) – Janis Joplin

98. Fall Of 82 – The Shins

99.  All The Rowboars – Regina Spektor – Down here only because it's the THIRD track I've pulled off the album. Only Justin has an equal amount. Two from Craig Finn and Maps And Atlases.

100. . Let's Have A Kiki – Scissor Sisters  The album is new to me

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