YEAR OF THE GLAD

These guys listen to music.

So I've been putting together a little online radio station for eMusic the past few months. (If you don't know eMusic, it's a subscription music discovery service, and I'm honored to contribute alongside all of the super-knowledgeable critics who write there.) While I don't necessarily expect anyone to want to trawl through all of my playlists, I figured I might as well share the songs I've added so far.

Maybe bands will Google themselves and see I'm not a big jerk all of the time? Maybe you'll skim the names and either nod your head in agreement or spit out your coffee in frustration, wondering why I put x on my list but not y? Maybe nobody will ever see this? Who cares!

P.S. If you're in town, please don't forget, Bob Nastanovich and I will be spinning records until we fall down over at Vaudeville Mews on New Year's Eve.

AND TO MY RIGHT, A PERFECT 10...

Sleigh Bells' best song of 2012: "End of the Line"

ALBUMS

1. Frank Ocean: channel ORANGE

2. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

3. Beach House: Bloom

4. Chromatics: Kill for Love

5. Allo Darlin': Europe

6. Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn't

7. Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music

8. Japandroids: Celebration Rock

9. Lotus Plaza: Spooky Action at a Distance

10. TNGHT: TNGHT EP

TRACKS

1. Solange: "Losing You"

2. Cassie: "King of Hearts (Richard X Remix Edit)" (related)

3. Frank Ocean: "Bad Religion"

4. Usher: "Climax"

5. Japandroids: "The House That Heaven Built"

6. Bat for Lashes: "Laura"

7. R. Kelly: "Share My Love"

8. Titus Andronicus: "In a Big City"

9. Sky Ferreira: "Everything Is Embarrassing"

10. BenZel & Jessie Ware: "If You Love Me"

Elite Gymnastics: "Andreja 4-ever"