The penultimate quarter in our 2012’s best songs countdown features tons of slick R&B; an experiment in classical; two teen pop starlettes and the band that after 30 years in music has released their career’s best. Find out who they are after the jump.
50-USHER Climax (RCA) |
49-JOEY BADA$$ FEAT. CAPITAL STEEZ Survival Tactics (Self-Released) |
48-BLUR Under The Westway (EMI) |
47-HOW TO DRESS WELL Cold Nites (Total World) |
46-SWANS Mother Of The World (Young God) |
45-ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Symphony Of The Nymph (Columbia) |
44-SKY FERREIRA Everything Is Embarrasing (EMI) |
43-DAUGHN GIBSON Tiffany Lou (White Denim) |
| 42-PERFUME GENIUS Hood (Organs) |
41-DIIV Doused (Captured Tracks) |
40-JOHN TALABOT FEAT. PIONAL Destiny (Permanent Vacation) |
39-ANNA MEREDITH Nautilus (Black Prince Fury EP) (Moshi Moshi) |
38-GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Mladic (Constellation) |
37-BUKE & GASE Hiccup (Brassland) |
36-THE MEN Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones) |
35-KENDRICK LAMAR Backseat Freestyle (Top Dawg) |
34-NAS FEAT. RICK ROSS Accident Murderers (Def Jam) |
33-CAT POWER Ruin (Matador) |
32-JESSIE WARE Wildest Moments (PMR) |
31-FRANK OCEAN Thinking Bout You (Def Jam) |
30-DJANGO DJANGO Default (Because) |
29-CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe (Interscope) |
28-DEATH GRIPS Get Got (Epic) |
27-KINDNESS That's Alright (Polydor) |
26-CRYSTAL CASTLES Affection (Casablanca) |
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