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A Wishing Well and a Bolt of Electricity: Top 25 Tracks of 2012

Limit one per artist. Format is #. Artist - Song || Genres || Country

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25.  Silversun Pickups - Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)  ||  Indie Rock, Alternative Rock  ||  USA

24. Imagine Dragons - Amsterdam  ||  Pop Rock  ||  USA

23. Ásgeir Trausti - Dýrð í dauðaþögn  ||  Indie Folk, Art Pop  ||  Iceland  

22. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You  ||  Neo-Psychedelia, Dream Pop  ||  France

21. LA Vampires - A Lover & a Friend  ||  Hypnagogic Pop, Outsider House, Lo-fi House  ||  USA

20. Passion Pit - It's Not My Fault, I'm Happy  ||  Synthpop, Indietronica  ||  USA

19. Lil Ugly Mane - Serious Shit  ||  Memphis Rap, Southern Hip Hop  ||  USA

18. Linea Aspera - Malarone  ||  Minimal Synth, Synthpop  ||  UK

17. Dead Can Dance - Children of the Sun  ||  Neoclassical Darkwave  ||  Australia

16. Grizzly Bear - Gun-Shy  ||  Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock  ||  USA

15. Kavinsky - Nightcall  ||  Synthwave  ||  France

14. Beach House - Myth  ||  Dream Pop  ||  USA

13. Anathema - Untouchable, Part 1  ||  Progressive Rock  ||  UK

12. Fiona Apple - Werewolf  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Pop  ||  USA

11. Death Grips - Hacker  ||  Industrial Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop  ||  USA

10. Crystal Castles - Plague  ||  Synthpop, Witch House  ||  Canada

9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mladic  ||  Post-Rock  ||  Canada

8. Burial - Kindred  ||  Future Garage  ||  UK

7. Chelsea Wolfe - The Way We Used To  ||  Ethereal Wave, Dark Folk  ||  USA

6. Scott Walker - Epizootics!  ||  Experimental  ||  USA

5. Kendrick Lamar - The Art of Peer Pressure  ||  West Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop  ||  USA

4. Blood Command - Cult of the New Beat  ||  Post-Hardcore, Pop Punk  ||  Norway

3. Susanne Sundfør - White Foxes  ||  Art Pop, Indietronica, Synthpop  ||  Norway

2. Swans - The Apostate  ||  Post-Rock, Experimental Rock  ||  USA

1. Soap&Skin - Boat Turns Toward the Port  ||  Neoclassical Darkwave, Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter  ||  Austria

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