The Essential Dozen: January

Here's the first set for the year: twelve great songs I've acquired in the past month. They might not necessarily be new, but they're all great and you should get 'em.

1. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky.
2. Vampire Weekend - White Sky
3. The Acorn - Hold Your Breath
4. Madonna - Lucky Star
5. Ball Park Music - Sea Strangers (I Don't Really Know You)
6. Boy & Bear - Mexican Mavis
7. Fuck Buttons - Olympians
8. Girls - Hellhole Ratrace
9. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Le Chat de Cafe des Artistes
10. Gary Numan - Cars
11. Bridezilla - Beaches
12. Four Tet - Love Cry