Year-end articles always seem rather arbitrary and questionably pointless, but one thing is for certain…this year-end article is late. It’s already the fourth week of January 2013! To make the list even more arbitrary I decided to do the Top 12 of 2012 (I did the Top 11 of 2011 last year) and you can expect the Top 52 Tracks of 2012 soon. I refuse to make honorable mentions as that defeats the purpose. I hope that you deem this article worthy of reading despite its tardy release. Continue reading →
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