Josh's Top 10 of the Year

For this year's top 10 I have no method to the madness and so I give you 10 songs in no particular order:

1. Gospel Music - Automobile

Gospel Music, the side project by Owen Holmes of Black Kids released Automobile, featuring Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell. The song is off the EP duettes.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKTceVlJXP8


2. Nicki Minaj - Your Love

Taken from the album Pink Friday, Nicki explodes with some retro funk. The song sampled Annie Lennox's No More I Love You's.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSFyrrhKj1Q


3. Washed Out - You'll See It

Drowning rich atmospheric indiepop taken from the Life of Leisure EP

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOf-moiZPVQ


4. Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel

Jangily worldly indie track which I'm thinking Mark over at Panic Manual would give two thumbs up for.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0wPNow3ymc


5. Marina and The Diamonds - Hollywood

This woman tore the roof off the Opera House earlier this year. Infectious pop music.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1VTcJfL7RE


6. Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La

Raw california surf music from the band who's SXSW show may have been epic?

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwck4XOp1vQ


7. Basement Jaxx - Dracula

Thundering industrial club music. Basement Jaxx heads completely south in direction and succeed. Halloween was not the same this year.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd5NJXinhWc


8. Allo Darlin - Dreaming

I must have liked this twee band as I posted about them twice this year by mistake (old age or its really that good.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDM_DyoGGSA


9. Best Coast Something In The Way

Raw california surf music take two. The birth of a new genre?

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxJn1Dwal6o


10. Roll Deep - Good Times

Epic club track that had the UK clubs slammin!!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEGnYyKib9E


11. Blighters - Heartbeat

Number 11. Who was counting anyways......Raw new wave pop goodness.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogOB-snVo5E


12. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak

Droning guitar pop was never done any better than this. TPOBPAH continue to not fail.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewhQrteR9OQ

Happy Holidays from all of us at IKVSDK