Artist	Song
Tegan and Sara	Closer
from Heartthrob (2012) 'I won't treat you like you're oh so typical'
Gaptooth	Ladykillers
from Ladykillers (2012) 'I've been thinking about your theory and I believe you are misled/Does the world look that much different from the other side of the bed?'
Jack White	Sixteen Saltines
from Blunderbuss (2012) 'Well, every morning I deliver the news/Black hat, white shoes and I'm red all over'
Johnny Foreigner	(small fraud)
from Vs Everything outtake (2012) 'Some stories are perfect unfinished/And I'm just flattered I was in it'
Holy Esque	Rose
from Holy Esque EP (2012) 'And God knows I am cold'
Regina Spektor	All The Rowboats
from What We Saw From The Cheap Seats (2012) 'But the most special are the most lonely/God, I pity the violins'
Benjamin Gibbard	Teardrop Windows
from Former Lives (2012) 'There's too many vacancies; he's been feeling oh so empty/When the sun sets over the Sound, he just goes to sleep'
The Shins	Simple Song
from Port of Morrow (2012) 'And you feel like an ocean made warm by the sun'
Laura Imbruglia	Why'd You Have To Kiss Me So Hard?
from Why'd You Have To Kiss Me So Hard? (2012) 'It's just a flash 'til you let it linger'
Slowdim	Money
from Money (2012) 'All I know is this feeling - it's surrounding me, and it's beating like an ocean ripping at my feet and my soul'
Stealing Sheep	Genevieve
from Into the Diamond Sun (2012) 'Look to the sun and you'll come undone/In my world, you'll unfold'
Alabama Shakes	Hang Loose
from Boys & Girls (2012) 'We'll let the sun melt our cares away'
Morgan Page	Body Work
from In The Air (2012) 'I get shy in these lights/I feel my pulse doing overtime'
First Aid Kit	King of the World
from The Lion's Roar (2012) 'Tell me something real, tell me something true/I just want to feel there's something left that I can do'

Comment:

There was a fiercely contended battle for the title of the mix this year as I managed to keep a record of potential titles from January; this was great as it meant that I remembered and shared a lot of brilliant/funny things, but also a bit rubbish as many potential winners have...well, lost. Sad times.

2012's been a bit disappointing in that I haven't discovered lots of new music, and have relied on quite a lot of familiar things; nonetheless, the mix has managed to be fairly represented of the good stuff I've met with - three of which are courtesy of the ever-ace Captain Polaroid.

This is the first year that I haven't used an Exploding Dog picture, which is also slightly distressing; instead, I've gone for something that was in the shortlist for the title, thus killing two metaphorical birds with two (yes!) metaphorical stones (I'd never kill any real birds with any real stones).

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