Chambered's Top 20 Songs Of 2012
Here are the 20 best songs you'll hear in 2012 so far enjoy! |
| 20 | | Hodgy Beats
In A Dream
Haunting sample, crackle, Hodgy goin' off, awesome. |
| 19 | | Emay
Un for One
While I have my own reasons for not really caring about ADAM, Un For One is some real thought-provoking stuff, from the lyrics but also the surrounding, ethereal soundscape. |
| 18 | | Silversun Pickups
Bloody Mary
Guilty pleasure. |
| 17 | | BADBADNOTGOOD
Flashing Lights
Shit is DEEP. |
| 16 | | Cloud Nothings
Wasted Days
A powerhouse that dissolves and reappears for your very ears. |
| 15 | | Lana Del Rey
Video Games
There's something vividly unsettling and upsetting about this song and even today I am still entranced by it. |
| 14 | | St. Vincent
Krokodil
If you thought Strange Mercy was weird. |
| 13 | | Led Er Est
Animal Smear
Look out, Sacred Bones offering more gut-punching rawk. |
| 12 | | Big K.R.I.T.
Red Eye
Like a soul-search being played out over the most heartbreaking piano. |
| 11 | | Pop. 1280
Dogboy
So sick man. |
| 10 | | Alvin Band
Crazy High
this is so silly, so fun, and it keeps things interesting as well. A unique listen. |
| 9 | | Casey Veggies
Garden
The jazziest, coolest cat of a rap song this side of twenty11. |
| 8 | | Grimes
Genesis
catchy catchy catchy catchy catchy catchy catchy catchy catchy catchy, atmosphere |
| 7 | | Chromatics
These Streets Will Never Look The Same
A sprawling twilight-pop club banger that immerses fully. |
| 6 | | The Men
Country Song
Awesome. |
| 5 |  | Burial
Kindred
Sure "Ashtray Wasp" is the big finisher, but the title track is absolute perfection. |
| 4 | | Pepe Deluxe
My Flaming Thirst
While the rest of Queen Of The Wave is very much hit-or-miss, "My Flaming Thirst" explodes with a chorus for the ages, keeping things subdues in the verses but propelling like a fully charged bottle rocket to the sky. |
| 3 | | Schoolboy Q
Hands On The Wheel
Everytime Q says "Fuck" in this song you can fuckin feel it man. This goes hard, as in a punch to the face. the beat punishes, the verses slice, and the chorus keeps you hovering until Q crushes you back down. |
| 2 | | Dead Bugs
Lucky Clover
So beautiful and achingly sad. "Like water boiling up into steam, desire completely consumes you and me". The horns are also amazing. |
| 1 | | Death Grips
Hacker
For something this baffling and insane to be this gloriously catchy is a wonder. I am most definately in your area. |
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