Personal selection of last year's finest songs:

gil scott-heron - me and the devil /i'm new here. xl/
james murphy - people /greenberg ost, parlophone/
andreya triana - draw the stars /lost where i belong, ninja tune/
steve mason - lost and found /boys outside, domino/
guards - crystal truth /guards ep, diy/
paul & the patients - the way that you are / songs.paulandthepatients.com /
beck's record club - never tear us apart /kick, beck.com /
blitzen trapper - heaven and earth /destroyer of the void, sub pop/
boy & bear - mexican mavis /with emperor antartica ep, universal/
midlake - fortune (alternate version) /fortune ep, bella union/
broken bells - october /s/t, columbia/
the morning benders - excuses /big echo, rough trade/
villagers - home /becoming a jackal, domino/
the bird and the bee - rich girl /interpreting the masters vol.1 - a tribute to hall & oates, verve/

cee-lo green - no one's gonna love you /the lady killer, elektra/
ariel pink's haunted graffiti - round and round /before today, 4ad/
the drums - down by the water /s/t, island/
family of the year - summer girl /summer girl ep, crc/
robert plant - i'm falling in love again /band of joy, decca/
kathryn williams - 50 white lines /the quickening, one little indian/
gorillaz - crystalized /bootleg/
john grant - where dreams go to die /queen of denmark, bella union/
james blake - limit to your love /10", polydor/
blonde redhead - everything is wrong /penny sparkle, 4ad/
girls - caroline /broken dreams club ep, true panther/
still corners - don't fall in love /7", the great pop supplement/
isobel campbell & mark lanegan - time of the season /hawk, v2/
the national - bloodbuzz ohio /high violet, 4ad/
she & him - i can hear music /7", merge/