Nu är det den där tiden på året igen. Det börjar bli dags att blicka tillbaka och lyfta fram det som varit allra, allra bäst under det gångna året. Det har kommit så mycket bra musik 2012, att begränsa sig till 100 låtar har varit tufft, men här är dem – årets hundra bästa låtar enligt Kulturbloggen (Spotify-lista hittar du längst ner i inlägget):
1. Cat Power – Cherokee
2. Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
3. Bat for Lashes – Laura
4. Mac DeMarco – My Kind of Woman
5. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Only in My Dreams
6. Kindness – Swingin Party
7. Friends – I’m His Girl
8. Purity Ring – Loftcries
9. Christopher Owens – Here We Go
10. Julia Holter – In the Same Room
11. Alt-J – Tessellate
12. Grimes – Genesis
13. Porcelain Raft – Drifting in and Out
14. TOY – Lose My Way
15. Cold Specks – Blank Maps
16. Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments
17. The Walkmen – Heaven
18. Chromatics – Kill for Love
19. Crystal Castles – Wrath of God
20. Father John Misty – Only Son of the Ladies’ Man
21. MS MR – Hurricane
22. Japandroids – The House That Heaven Built
23. Chairlift – I Belong in Your Arms
24. Death Grips – Hacker
25. DIIV – Doused
26. Emeli Sandé – Next to Me
27. Grizzly Bear – Yet Again
28. The Weeknd – Enemy
29. Kendrick Lamar – Backseat Freestyle
30. How to Dress Well – Cold Nites
31. Jack White – Freedom at 21
32. Miguel – Adorn
33. Daughn Gibson – Tiffany Lou
34. WU LYF – Triumph
35. The xx – Angels
36. AlunaGeorge – Your Drums, Your Love
37. Foals – Inhaler
38. Local Natives – Breakers
39. MØ – Pilgrim
40. John Talabot – Destiny
41. Charli XCX – You’re the One
42. Blur – Under the Westway
43. Palma Violets – Best of Friends
44. Savages – Husbands
45. Poliça – Dark Star
46. Andy Stott – Numb
47. Hot Chip – Motion Sickness
48. Lower Dens – Brains
49. Major Lazer – Get Free
50. The Maccabees – Pelican
51. Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks
52. Egyptian Hip Hop – SYH
53. Everything Everything – MY KZ, UR BF
54. Sharon Van Etten – Give Out
55. Susanne Sundfør – The Silicone Veil
56. Sky Ferreira – Everything is Embarrassing
57. Beach House – Myth
58. Sigur Rós – Varúð
59. Solange – Losing You
60. Sibille Attar – Alcoholics
61. Frank Ocean – Thinkin Bout You
62. Scott Walker – Epizootics!
63. Tribes – When My Day Comes
64. Yuck – Chew
65. Haim – Forever
66. Craft Spells – Burst
67. Death at Sea – Drag
68. Fidlar – Cheap Beer
69. SoKo – First Love Never Die
70. Michael Kiwanuka – Bones
71. Animal Collective – Applesauce
72. Deap Vally – End of the World
73. Kate Boy – Northern Lights
74. Dry the River – No Rest
75. Peace – Bloodshake
76. Melody’s Echo Chamber – I Follow You
77. Lee Ranaldo – Off the Wall
78. Lana Del Rey – Ride
79. Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid
80. Lianne La Havas – Forget
81. Two Door Cinema Club – Sleep Alone
82. Zulu Winter – We Should Be Swimming
83. Memoryhouse – The Kids Were Wrong
84. Django Django – Default
85. Night Engine – I’ll Make It Worth Your While
86. Alabama Shakes – Hold On
87. Azealia Banks – 212
88. Leonard Cohen – Going Home
89. Sudakistan – El Movimiento
90. Holograms – ABC City
91. Chvrches – Lies
92. Wild Nothing – Paradise
93. Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You
94. Lucy Rose – Bikes
95. Flying Lotus – Between Friends
96. Prince Rama – Those Who Live for Love Will Live Forever
97. Spiritualized – Hey Jane
98. Cloud Nothings – Stay Useless
99. Kodaline – All I Want
100. Angel Haze – New York
Obs. eftersom enbart 85 av ovanstående 100 låtar finns på Spotify har vi nu uppdaterat listan med följande 15 bubblare:
101. Fiction – Careful
102. Beach Fossils – Careless
103. Jake Bugg – Two Fingers
104. El Perro del Mar – Walk On By
105. The Lumineers – Ho Hey
106. METZ – Wet Blanket
107. First Aid Kit – Emmylou
108. Swans – The Seer
109. Why? – Sod in the Seed
110. Oberhofer – Away frm U
111. Anna von Hausswolff – Mountains Crave
112. El-P – The Full Retard
113. iceage – White Rune
114. Efterklang – Apples
115. YAST- Stupid
Konsertbilder: Jonatan Södergren
Det enda jag känner saknas är Swans – The Seer