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Ricky says: Just like last year, we have enlisted our friend and former Panic Manual member Josh to drop us some commentary from the years past.

For this year’s top 10 I have no method to the madness and so I give you 10 songs in no particular order:

1. Gospel Music -Automobile

Gospel Music, the side project by Owen Holmes of Black Kids released Automobile, featuring Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell. The song is off the EP duettes.

2. Nicki Minaj – Your Love

Taken from the album Pink Friday, Nicki explodes with some retro funk. The song sampled Annie Lennox’s No More I Love You’s.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/?v=pSFyrrhKj1Q

3. Washed Out – You’ll See It

Drowning rich atmospheric indiepop taken from the Life of Leisure EP

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOf-moiZPVQ

4. Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel

Jangily worldly indie track which I’m thinking Mark would give two thumbs up for.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0wPNow3ymc

5. Marina and The Diamonds – Hollywood

This woman tore the roof off the Opera House earlier this year. Infectious pop music.

Video:http://www.youtube.com/?v=n1VTcJfL7RE
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6. Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La

Raw california surf music from the band who’s SXSW show may have been epic?

Video: http://www.youtube.com/?v=Bwck4XOp1vQ

7. Basement Jaxx – Dracula

Thundering industrial club music. Basement Jaxx heads completely south in direction and succeed. Halloween was not the same this year.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd5NJXinhWc

8. Allo Darlin – Dreaming

I must have liked this twee band as I posted about them twice this year by mistake (old age or its really that good.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDM_DyoGGSA

9. Best Coast – Something In The Way

Raw california surf music take two. The birth of a new genre?

Video: http://www.youtube.com/?v=SxJn1Dwal6o
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10. Roll Deep – Good Times

Epic club track that had the UK clubs slammin!!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEGnYyKib9E

11. Blighters – Heartbeat

Number 11. Who was counting anyways……Raw new wave pop goodness.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogOB-snVo5E

12. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Heart In Your Heartbreak

Droning guitar pop was never done any better than this. TPOBPAH continue to not fail.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewhQrteR9OQ

Happy Holidays Panic Manual

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About Josh

Electro Indie pop loving government worker.