Late Christmas Brantley Gilbert Meme

Thanks for sending the pic, Anna!

Top 10 Songs of 2012

No commentary on these. I'll just let the music speak for itself.

1. The Gaslight Anthem - Here Comes My Man
from Handwritten

2. Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires - Righteous, Ragged Songs
from There is a Bomb in Gilead

3. Arliss Nancy - 40's
from Simple Machines

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Song is not downloadable despite language in the graphic which suggests otherwise.)

4. Chris Knight - Nothin' On Me
from Little Victories

5. The Trishas - Over Forgiving You
from High, Wide and Handsome

6. Jason Eady - AM Country Heaven
from AM Country Heaven

7. Turnpike Troubadours - Good Lord Lorrie
from Goodbye Normal Street

8. Killer Mike - Big Beast
from R.A.P. Music

9. The Mavericks - Come Unto Me
from Suited Up and Ready EP

10. Some Dark Holler - Chords Are Always the Same
from Hollow Chest

A few more honorable mentions: 

John D. Hale Band - Desperate People

Hayes Carll - Love Don't Let Me Down (feat. Caitlin Rose)

The Dirty Guv'nahs - Dear Alice

Country TwitterFAIL: December '12

Top Songs of 2012 - (Very!) Honorable Mentions

These are the songs released in 2012 that fell outside my top 10, but I felt were worthy of mention... 

not only mention, but excited proclamation actually. 2012 was a banner year for music - 

mostly outside of the mainstream, though there were some true mainstream gems. 

Here are FTM's honorable mentions for top songs of 2012, in no particular order.

Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round (Mainstream Country Song of the Year)

Fistful of Beard - White Bluff

Dwight Yoakam - It's Never Alright

The Departed - Prayer for the Lonely

Shooter Jennings - The Long Road Ahead

The Pollies - Ashes of Burned Out Stars

Horsehead - God Damned the Rain to Fall

Brent Cobb - Diggin' Holes

Ronnie Fauss - This Year

Corb Lund - One Left in the Chamber

Uncle Lucius - Pocket Full of Misery

Kendrick Lamar - B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe

Ryan Bingham - Western Shore

Kathleen Edwards - A Soft Place to Land

fun. - Some Nights

Zac Brown Band - The Wind

Bonnie Raitt - You Can't Fail Me Now

Alabama Shakes - Heartbreaker

Gretchen Peters - The Matador

ZZ Top - I Gotsta Get Paid

EL-P - The Full Retard

Darrell Scott - Dance in the Darkness
Alan Jackson - So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore

The Deadfields - Carolina Backroads

Kellie Pickler - Long As I Never See You Again

Smashing Pumpkins - Pinwheels

Blackberry Smoke - Crimson Moon

Lucero - Like Lightning

Marty Stuart - Sundown in Nashville

Kasey Anderson and the Honkies - Some Depression

Roger Creager - Bad Friend to a Good Man

Soundgarden - Blood on the Valley Floor

Josh Abbott Band - Flatland Farmer

Bruce Springsteen - Land of Hope and Dreams

Japandroids - The House that Heaven Built

Old Crow Medicine Show - Ain't It Enough

Lindi Ortega - Use Me

Frank Ocean - Thinkin' About You

Gary Clark Jr. - You Saved Me

Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble" eCard

Because I'm too lazy and holiday-hungover to come up with my own ideas at the moment, here's a companion eCard to Trigger's new video review of T-Swift's new song... all credit goes to him for the idea.