(31) Days of Good: 12.7.12
Yesterday’s good highlighted some of the year’s best debuts, which makes today the perfect opportunity to highlight tracks from some of 2012′s most impressive sophomore efforts. I can only imagine how difficult it is to follow up a debut album, especially when the sophomore release is in high demand. The bands below most definitely avoided the dreaded “sophomore slump”, none better so than The xx. Coexist was my most anticipated release of the year and it exceeding all of expectations. Easily my favorite album of the year. And like yesterday’s good, the tracks below are a very small representation of the year’s best follow ups. Enjoy.
♩Best Coast – How They Want Me To Be [from The Only Place]
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♩Chairlift – I Belong In Your Arms [from Something]
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♩Fanfarlo – Tightrope [from Rooms Filled With Light]
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♩First Aid Kit – Emmylou [from The Lion's Roar]
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♩Freelance Whales – Locked Out [from Diluvia]
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♩Sleigh Bells – Crush [from Reign of Terror]
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♩Tennis – My Better Self [from Young & Old]
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♩Twin Shadow – Five Seconds [from Confess]
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♩The xx – Try [from Coexist]
♩The xx – Try [Abisko remix] [bonus]
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- 35mmBeats
- 85decibels
- A Heart Is A Spade
- bedwetting cosmonaut
- Brooklyn Ski Club
- Brooklyn Vegan
- Ca Va Cool
- Chromewaves
- Cream Team
- Earbuddy
- EARMILK
- Elbows
- Fluxblog
- Follow The Cairn…
- Gorilla vs. Bear
- Hash Outloud – We are a lifestyle
- Head Underwater
- Hipster Runoff
- Indie Shuffle
- kickin the peanuts!
- Knox Road
- largehearted boy
- Lovely Hearts Club
- Lucy vs. the Globe
- Max's Kansas City
- Music Savage
- MusicVagabond
- MuuMuse
- My Old Kentucky Blog
- Nialler9
- Oh My Rockness
- Oh So Fresh! Music
- Pretty Much Amazing
- Sheena Beaston
- Stereofox
- Swedesplease
- Tastes Like Caramel
- TEENAGE VULTURE
- ThatFix
- The Blue Walrus
- The Culture Of Me
- The SF Critic
- Treble In Trouble
- Turntable Kitchen
- Tympanogram
- We All Want Someone
- Weekly Tape Deck
- Why FuKK When You Can Dance
- Winnie Cooper
- You Ain't No Picasso
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- Arcade Fire
- Asobi Seksu
- Best Coast
- Blackbird Blackbird
- Childish Gambino
- Craig Armstrong
- Crystal Castles
- Danny Elfman
- Deerhoof
- Freelance Whales
- Future Islands
- Hoodie Allen
- Islands
- John Murphy
- LCD Soundsystem
- Los Campesinos!
- M83
- Matt and Kim
- Mew
- N.A.S.A.
- Passion Pit
- Phoenix
- Radiohead
- Regina Spektor
- Robyn
- Saint Motel
- Savoir Adore
- Shout Out Louds
- Sleigh Bells
- Snow & Voices
- Stellastarr*
- The Antlers
- The Go! Team
- The New Pornographers
- The Temper Trap
- The xx
- Theophilus London
- Tilly and the Wall
- Wale
- Yann Tiersen
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Zowie
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