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Best of 2012 Pt2 Menu

Last week we began featuring the best music that’s been featured on our radio program thus far. But even 2 hours of music was just a drop in the bucket. This time, we have even more great music that’s been recently released as well as stuff that came out earlier this year. Hear The Appetizer again HERE. Please comment below on what your favorite songs were from this week, or let us know of a great track that came out in 2012 that you feel should be included in our list.

Enjoy!

Song/Artist/Album

Hour 1

Why Am I the One / Fun. / Some Nights
Friends of Friends / Hospitality / Hospitality (Bonus Track Version)

Someone to Someone / Ross Copperman / ForYourPlaylist Sampler
Mint / Kathleen Edwards / Voyageur

Ruby Slippers (Acoustic 2012) / SHEL / SHEL

Pale Horse / Smashing Pumpkins / Oceania
Near Death Experience Experience / Andrew Bird / Break It Yourself

That Wasn’t Me / Brandi Carlile / Live At Bear Creek EP
Terrified / Among Savages / Wanderings of an Illustrative Mind
You Will Ride With Me Tonight / Dar Williams / In The Time Of Gods [Advance]

Giant’s Despair / Strand of Oaks / Pope Killdragon
Little Balloon / Jenny & Tyler / Open Your Doors
The A Team / Ed Sheeran / The A Team – Single

Oh How I Need Changing / Clarensau / The Artist Sampler – Mishara & More

Strong / Glen Campbell / Ghost On The Canvas
I Belong In Your Arms / Chairlift / Something

Hour 2

She’s 22 / Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts
Man Vs. Nature / Young Believers / Man Vs. Nature-Fear Walks With You

For You / Peter Bradley Adams / The Artist Sampler – Mishara & More
Mind Made Up / Jillian Edwards / ForYourPlaylist Sampler

I Say Fever / Ramona Falls / Noisetrade Sampler

Welcome To The Ball / Rufus Wainwright / Out Of The Game
Good As It Gets / Beth Hart / Introducing Beth Hart

Paddling Out / Miike Snow / Paddling Out – Single
Heaven Help Me / Dave Barnes / Stories To Tell

Tell Me Why / The Early November In Currents

All For Nothing (single version) /Face To Face / All for Nothing (deluxe single)
2 AM / Poema / Sing It Now
Bound In Time / Brad / United We Stand
Beautiful / P.O.D. / Murdered Love

Beyond The Surface Menu

This week I’m serving up music this hour that dives into some deep territories in story-telling and emotional content, with a show titled Beyond The Surface. Sometimes it’s good to focus on musical themes. This time I have songs involving letting go, betrayal, forgiveness, and love. New music and some older stuff all in the mix with the flavors of soul, folk, rock, and even gospel. The Appetizer is available for seconds, thirds, or even eighths. Hear the show again. Click HERE. Enjoy!

Song/Artist/Album

Your House (Hidden Track)/Alanis Morissette/Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
Long Road to Forgiveness (feat. Jason Mraz)/Brett Dennen/Live Session (iTunes Exclusive)



The A Team/Ed Sheeran/The A Team – Single

Dear Refuge Of My Weary Soul (Live)/Indelible Grace Music/The Hymn Sing: Live In Nashville


Grux/Dave Matthews Band/Big Whiskey and the Groo Grux King


Be Your Man (Acoustic)/Ivan & Alyosha/The Cabin Sessions
No Strings/Mayer Hawthorne/No Strings – Single


I Like You/Rosi Golan/Lead Balloon

I Will Walk/Release the Sunbird/Brushfire’s Greatest Hits of 2012
Concrete Wall (RAC Remix)/Zee Avi/Brushfire’s Greatest Hits of 2012


The Reaping/Coheed & Cambria/Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World For Tomorrow
Bigger Man/Maya Solovey/ Forte



Born to Die/Lana Del Rey/Born to Die – Single


Little Balloon/Jenny & Tyler/Open Your Doors
The Promise/Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen: 18 Tracks

Best So Far

As you may know, I’ve been doing a lot of updating and working to put our Program Archive online so that you can enjoy any of our previous 460+ programs anytime you want. In the process of assembling all that audio content, I’ve been re-listening to a lot of stuff that we’ve heard this year. It got me thinking about what I feel is some of the best music thus far. So I wanted to just post a few categories and see what you had to say about it. So, comment and let me know what tracks are you favorites at this point in 2012 from what has been featured on the show. And if I’ve missed something that you feel deserves credit, or be included in this list, let me know.

Best Unknown Bands
Other Lives

Clarensau
Fleur Jack & The Jandals
Band Of Heathens
The Young Romans
Young Believers

Best Folk
The Vespers

Mindy Smith
Jenny & Tyler
Jenn Rawlings
Dar Williams
Matthew Perryman Jones
Peter Bradley Adams
Barnaby Bright
Good Old War
Joe Pug

Best Alternative Rock/Punk
Dry The River

The Rocketboys
Kathryn Calder
Face To Face
Princeton
Flatfoot 56
The Natural Shocks
Brad

Best Indie
Chairlift

Adam Cohen
Stuart Davis
The Lighthouse and the Whaler
The Beards
Driftless Pony Club
Trevor Hall
The Lumineers
Chantal Claret
Harper Blynn
Sparkadia
Tune-Yards
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds