January 2013.

• Whole Note: 2012: The Year in Music
• The Best Songs of 2012

The best songs of 2012 are:

01. “The Garden” / RUSH
02. “Roll on John” / BOB DYLAN
03. “Fight” / SAINT SAVIOUR
04. “Seven Minute Mind” / THE BAD PLUS
05. “Bay of Skaill” / THE MAGNETIC NORTH
06. “Coda” / FRAMES
07. “Green Chimneys” / ERIC REED
08. “Animal Life” / SHEARWATER
09. “Beautiful Friction” / THE FIXX
10. “Song of the Lonely Mountain” / NEIL FINN
11. “Flying (In Crimson Skies)” / MARCONI UNION
12. “State of Grace” / TAYLOR SWIFT
13. “Blew Out the Walls” / ANIMAL LIBERATION ORCHESTRA
14. “Airegin” / BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO
15. “Teo” / BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET
16. “Seek It” / RICHARD HAWLEY
17. “In the Beginning” / TODD SNIDER

Listen to the best songs of 2012.