WBER - Best of 2012
Every year, I always try to create a YouTube playlist of the WBER Best of the Year countdown.
WBER BEST OF 2012 YOUTUBE PLAYLIST: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ3GqYxO716dYFlKZxGQkvKaFcbNQQo9p
Since I moved away from Rochester, I try to check out the WBER lists at the end of each year so I can learn about some new artists that I hadn't heard before. Past discoveries included Pete Yorn & Scarlet Johansson, Hot Chip, Lily Allen, Regina Spektor, Lisa Hannigan, Kate Nash, Tegan and Sara, Junior Senior, Yoav, Bat for Lashes and Air Traffic.
My thoughts on what rocks and what does not rock from this year's list:
Great
Great songs I knew:
Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Fun "We Are Young"
Florence + the Machine "Shake It Out"
Mumford & Sons "I Will Wait"
Passion Pit "Take a Walk"
Fun "Carry On"
songs I did not know:
Chantal Claret "Pleasure Seeker"
M83 "Midnight City"
The Black Keys "Lonely Boy"
Karen O, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross: "Immigrant Song"
Voodoun Moi "monthly lullaby"
Ben Folds Five "Do It Anyway"
Youth "Daughter"
JD McPherson "North Side Girl"
Matt & Kim "Let's Go"
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour "The Golden Age"
Not Great
The Avett Brothers Live and Die
MC Lars Summer Camp Love
Chris Trapper "Skin"
POLICA Dark Star
Video Games Lana Del Rey
The Shins Simple Song
Jane's Addiction "Irresistible Force"
KO "Capable"
Coldplay "Paradise"
Muse "Madness"
Metric "Youth without Youth"
Porter Robinson Unison (Knife Party Remix)
BT "Suddenly"
Dry the River "Weights & Measures"
WBER BEST OF 2012 YOUTUBE PLAYLIST: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ3GqYxO716dYFlKZxGQkvKaFcbNQQo9p
Since I moved away from Rochester, I try to check out the WBER lists at the end of each year so I can learn about some new artists that I hadn't heard before. Past discoveries included Pete Yorn & Scarlet Johansson, Hot Chip, Lily Allen, Regina Spektor, Lisa Hannigan, Kate Nash, Tegan and Sara, Junior Senior, Yoav, Bat for Lashes and Air Traffic.
My thoughts on what rocks and what does not rock from this year's list:
Great
Great songs I knew:
Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Fun "We Are Young"
Florence + the Machine "Shake It Out"
Mumford & Sons "I Will Wait"
Passion Pit "Take a Walk"
Fun "Carry On"
songs I did not know:
Chantal Claret "Pleasure Seeker"
M83 "Midnight City"
The Black Keys "Lonely Boy"
Karen O, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross: "Immigrant Song"
Voodoun Moi "monthly lullaby"
Ben Folds Five "Do It Anyway"
Youth "Daughter"
JD McPherson "North Side Girl"
Matt & Kim "Let's Go"
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour "The Golden Age"
Not Great
The Avett Brothers Live and Die
MC Lars Summer Camp Love
Chris Trapper "Skin"
POLICA Dark Star
Video Games Lana Del Rey
The Shins Simple Song
Jane's Addiction "Irresistible Force"
KO "Capable"
Coldplay "Paradise"
Muse "Madness"
Metric "Youth without Youth"
Porter Robinson Unison (Knife Party Remix)
BT "Suddenly"
Dry the River "Weights & Measures"