TOP 50 SINGLES OF 2012

1.  GOLD FIELDS - DARK AGAIN (LIGHTS OUT)

2.  ALT-J - FITZPLEASURE

3.  BRETON - INTERFERENCE

4.  LOVELIFE - YOUR NEW BELOVED

5.  WILD CUB - THUNDER CLATTER

6.  FOALS - INHALER

7.  ST. LUCIA - SEPTEMBER

8.  DISCLOSURE - LATCH (FEAT. SAM SMITH)

9.  GHOST BEACH - TEAR US APART

10.  THE FAINT - EVIL VOICES

11.  GOLDROOM - FIFTEEN

12.  HAIM - DON'T SAVE ME

13.  CITIZENS! - REPTILE

14.  RA RA RIOT - BETA LOVE

15.  LULS - SWING LOW / YOUNG

16.  VYDAMO - GONNA MAKE IT

17.  DAPPLED CITIES - RUN WITH THE WIND

18.  CITY CALM DOWN - PLEASURE & CONSEQUENCE

19.  GEMINI CLUB - SPARKLERS

20.  FLIGHT FACILITIES - CLAIR DE LUNE

21.  THE SHOES - TIME TO DANCE

22.  HOLY GHOST! - IT GETS DARK

23.  SWIM DEEP - KING CITY

24.  SPECTOR - GREY SHIRT & TIE

25.  MITZI - WHO WILL LOVE YOU NOW?

26.  SNOWDEN - THE BEAT COMES

27.  FUTURE UNLIMITED - LIGHTWEIGHT EYES

28.  FATHER JOHN MISTY - HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY SINGS

29.  STARFUCKER - LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND

30.  WILDCAT! WILDCAT! - THE CHIEF

31.  DEATH AT SEA - DRAG

32.  LOCAL NATIVES - BREAKERS

33.  CHINA RATS - TO BE LIKE I

34.  PVT - NIGHTFALL

35.  PAPA - PUT ME TO WORK

36.  THE OTHER TRIBE - SKIRTS

37.  YESYOU - FRIVOLOUS LIFE

38.  RAC - HOLLYWOOD (FEAT. PENGUIN PRISON)

39.  THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - A LITTLE DEATH

40.  YOUNG DREAMS

41.  GYPSY & THE CAT - BLOOM

42.  PURITY RING - FINESHRINE

43.  EVERYTHING EVERYTHING - KEMOSABE

44.  ON AN ON - THE HUNTER

45.  CAROUSEL - STAY AWAY

46.  DAN CROLL - FROM NOWHERE

47.  HARTS - ALL TOO REAL

48.  VAN SHE - JAMAICA

49.  WHITE ARROWS - GET GONE

50.  MATTHEW DEAR - HER FANTASY (POOLSIDE REMIX)

THANK YOU FROM POOLSIDE!

One of our favorite bands from 2012 - Poolside - would like to say thank you for the amazing year!  Here is all of their downloadable tracks all in one place!  Free music for all! 

NEW MUSIC: EX COPS - JAMES

Everyone needs a little fuzzy Brooklyn tropical pop in their day, so here ya go!  Ex Cops have a new single called "James" and it is sunny and delicious!  Their first album True Hallucinations drops January 22 via Other Music Recording Co. 

LIVE TRACK: BRETON- DECEMBER

It is very rare that I post a live track.  Maybe it's because a recording never fully captures the total emotion and feeling of what is really going on live, but I have to say when I heard this track this morning, it totally brought me back to some of the best live music I saw in all of 2012 from London UK electro-rockers Breton.  I have two words - holy shit! 

Fucking brilliant!  I am a lucky girl!  I met Breton when they played my SXSW showcase in Austin 2012 where we fell in love and began a beautiful friendship.  I think I know some of the most talented people on the planet.  They inspire me, and I hope they can inspire all of you as well!  This is a 10 minute live version of "December" recorded on September 27, 2012 @ La Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France.  Grab it as a free download! 

XMAS MUSIC: CAROUSAL - CHRISTMAS TIME WITH YOU

Xmas - worst holiday ever!  Why can't we just take time off and hang out with each other!  We don't need baby Jesus or gifts or huge meals of dead animals!  However....we do need music, and if you hate Xmas music as much as I do then you know how annoying it has been for the last 6 weeks....hearing the bad Xmas music everywhere you go!  Thankfully, some of our favorite bands have made some Xmas music that is a bit easier to tolerate!  Like this one....... from New York synth popers Carousal!  Happy Xmas!

NEW VIDEO: HUNTER HUNTED - END OF THE WORLD

Brand spanking new music to start off your weekend!  Hunter Hunted is Dan Chang and Michael Garner. The Los Angeles duo weave intricate vocal harmonies and heart beat rhythms into voluminous, soaring songs that toe the line between California indie and folk rock.  They have a new video for first ever single "End Of The World" - check it out!

REMIX: YESYOU - HALF OF IT (MITZI REMIX)

Australian dance pop hour time!  Our last Australian dance pop hour was about Mitzi,  and I have to say they are becoming one of my "most looking forward to" bands for 2013!  Now we have a remix from Mitzi of "Half Of It" by YesYou - another amazing indie dance pop Australian band we here at Beautiful Buzzz have talked about quite a bit!  Grab this one as a free download! 

REMIX: POOLSIDE - SLOW DOWN (PIXELATED 2012 END OF THE WORLD REMIX)

The Mayans were wrong!  Shocker!  Everyone can just relax, or slow down and let this feeling last!  Poolside!  Another brilliant version of daytime disco masters "Slow Down" .... Poolside can do no wrong!

REMIX: BEAT CONNECTION - THINK/FEEL (SAINT ETIENNE REMIX)

The Mayans say today is our last day on Earth.  Awesome!  I'll have the headphones on all day and will be hitting that Capital Cities party tonight, but until then it's nothin' but jams like this Saint Etienne remix of "Think/Feel" by Beat Connection!  Enjoy it while you can!