WONGIE FM: Best of 2012 #21-30

Best of 2012: #21-30

Edging closer to the top 20, this batch consists of some of my favorite bands of last year (The Maccabees, Dirty Projectors, Everything Everything and Alt J are all f-ing brilliant!) that offered up a mix of tracks that both appealed to my quiet internal and boppy external, all the while teaching me some quirky musicality no one else had.

While the rest of the bunch definitely showcases the fact that electronic music and hipster soul have ALOT in common these days (Solange, Santigold and Azealia Banks being the best examples of what I'm talking about). Of course fans of dance music will not be surprised that the epic Swedish House Mafia track made the list, as did the uber catchy Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (I mean the vocal hook is "feet don't fail me now!").  Finally 2012 discovery Haim make their way into the top 30 with their happy go lucky sunny pop that feels both retro and fresh at the same time. Just love these gals!!!

Up next the Top 20!  

21. The Maccabees – Pelican / Feel To Follow
22. Dirty Projectors – Dance For You / Swing Lo Magellan
23. Everything Everything – Cough Cough / Kemosabe
24. Alt J – Tessellate / Matilda
25. Solange – Losing You
26. Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
27. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Tapes and Money
28. Santigold – Disparate Youth
29. Haim – Don’t Save Me / Forever
30. Azealia Banks – Esta Noche

want to hear the rest of the chart? check them out with each click below:
#1-10
#11-20
#21-30
#31-40
#41-50
#51-60
#61-70

10 SONGS YOU NEED TO BE OBSESSED WITH NOW: swedish house mafia feat john martin - don't you worry child

swedish house mafia feat john martin - don't you worry child
this #1 song has been blasting from club speakers since late summer and should have been a wongie favorite awhlie back (i definitely go mad when i hear this on my ipod). but here we are, officially calling this one of the best songs you should be going a tad mad about for the season, if you haven't already. it's also the official going away single for the dj 'supergroup' of axwell, steve angello and sebastian ingrosso. feeling that they've gone as far as they could under the swedish house mafia moniker, this is an epic song to say goodbye with (though their farewell tour has been extended til march of next year...so maybe there's still a single or two left).

WONGIE DANCE SONG OF THE WEEK: swedish house mafia feat john martin - save the world

swedish house mafia feat john martin - save the world
[what an epic song! featuring the glorious vocals of miike snow's john martin, this is the kind of smart solid tune that easily catapults itself as one of the strongest tracks of the summer!]

WONGIE DANCE SONG OF THE WEEK: swedish house mafia vs tinie tempah - miami 2 ibiza

swedish house mafia vs tinie tempah - miami 2 ibiza
[oh this song is so cheesy that it's almost perfect! throw in the fact that tinie really offers up some sweet catchy stuff and you've got one brilliant piece of dancefloor filler!]

DANCE BITCH DANCE: swedish house mafia - one (ft pharrell) / miami 2 ibiza (ft tinie tempah)

swedish house mafia feat pharrell - one
[what happens when you get 3 of the biggest dj's in the world (axwell, sebastian ingrosso and steve angello) combining their talents to form a 'superDJ group' called swedish house mafia? you quickly produce one of the biggest dance smashes of the year (with pharrell no less) and just sit back and watch the club world go bonkers.

what do you do for a 2nd act, you get the talent of hot UK rapper tinie tempah and continue with the same vibe and produce what radio 1 dj zane lowe calls the hottest record in the world this week. holy shizz things are going well for this side project!]

swedish house mafia feat tinie tempah - miami 2 ibiza