All Roads Lead You Home by Scrimshire

I'll leave 2012 with a simple notion and a beautiful piece of downtempo jazz: All Roads Lead You Home

http://aurgasm.us/wp/uploads/scrimshire-all-roads-lead-you-home.mp3

Harpswell 123 by if:then:goto

Harpswell 123 uses strings to accentuate and add tension to the piano and vocals at its core. As it says, "fragile at the best of times."

http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/75564230/harpswell%2B123.mp3

Strange Parade by Atlas Sound

Atlas Sound's sparkling layers of guitar and distant vocals make for a fast Strange Parade.

http://cdn02.cdn.gorillavsbear.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/02-Strange-Parade.mp3

Four Ruminations by Charles Rumback

Four Ruminations is slow, elegant, moody, dynamic, wonderful jazz.

http://umbrellamusic.org/sites/default/files/04%20Four%20Ruminations.mp3

Cm by Podington Bear

Just when I'm starting to run out of Pod Bear songs I want to share, I find his Sound of Picture project full of new music. Cm is from the Neoclassical collection.

http://soundofpicture.com/MP3/Neoclassical/Cm.mp3

Fulaninha by Luísa Maita

Fulaniha rolls with a beautiful Brazilian vibes that'll help you imagine the tropics as you get through the winter.

http://aurgasm.us/music/julija/Luisa%20Maita%20-%20Fulaninha.mp3

Deck The Halls by State Shirt

When State Shirt does Deck the Halls, the result is strange and beautiful.

http://www.stateshirt.com/audio/videosongs/stateshirt_deckthehalls.mp3

Home by Glasser

Home is beautiful, with a lush production that makes it sound epic.

http://www.truepanther.com/mp3/Glasser_Home.mp3

Henrietta by Yeasayer

Yeasayer gives us some excellent mid-tempo electro-pop that suddenly slows down to say "Henrietta, we can live on forever."

http://www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/henrietta.mp3

This Is Everything by Josh Woodward

Josh Woodward has a new album, and it's an uncharacteristically cheerful work amusingly titled The Wake. This Is Everything hit's me as an early, energetic standout.

http://www.joshwoodward.com/mp3/TheWake/JoshWoodward-TheWake-02-ThisIsEverything.mp3

Light Bulb by Rachel Goodrich

Aurgasm describes Light Bulb wonderfully: "Quirky yet smooth, she meshes this inventive inventory into a joyful jubilee".

http://aurgasm.us/music/kyle/Rachel%20Goodrich%20-%20Light%20Bulb.mp3

La Danza Del Hada De Azúcar by Daniel Bautista

Sometimes one must simply capitulate to the season. There are worse ways than Bautista rendering Tchaikovsky's La Danza Del Hada De Azúcar.

http://www.danielbautista.com/music/bautista/clasicos/hadaazucar.mp3

Nocturne Op 15 No 2 (in F sharp major) by Paul Cantrell

Today, a simply beautiful performance of Chopin's Nocturne Op 15 No 2 (in F sharp major) by Paul Cantrell.

http://innig.net/music/recordings/ith_chopin-15-2.mp3

Goodbye Horses by Fan Death

Goodbye Horses is a sparkling electronic rendition of an 80s classic.

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/wp-content/uploads/mp3/Goodbye%20Horses.mp3

Until The End by ADD

ADD strips Until the End to its bare essence.

http://actdead.com/mp3s/addab_04_untiltheend.mp3

Christmas Lights by Tiny Folk

Tiny Folk has only the most adorable Christmas themed covers. Enjoy the twinkle of their Christmas Lights.

http://cllct.com/download/files/James_Eric/505/Christmas%20Lights%20(Paul%20Baribeau).mp3

Shreds by John Benjamin Band

Ken Mahru's lyrics might not express the most mature of sentiments, but the JBB's dramatic performance of Shreds makes the whole thing strangely satisfying.

http://johnorama.com/songs/covers/pals/ken_shreds.mp3

Needle in the Hay by Mélissa Laveaux

Melissa Laveaux's soft, slightly rough voice and solid guitar skills make Needle in the Hay an excellent rendition of an Elliott Smith tune.

http://aurgasm.us/music/julija/Melissa%20Laveaux%20-%20Needle%20In%20The%20Hay.mp3

Boregadol by Her Highness

Texture and rhythm composed of sounds of objects dropping, coins rolling, are most of Boregadol, with an occasional droning tone and rambling speech making up the rest.

http://archive.org/download/birdsong003/07boregadol.mp3

The Truth by Jake One featuring Freeway and Brother Ali

Like all the rest of the rappers around, a horde of Rhymesayers want to tell us The Truth and nothing else.

http://rhymesayers.com/download.php?file=http://www.rhymesayers.com/radio/get.php?web=The_Truth_feat._Freeway__Brother_Ali_1.mp3

Norway by Beach House

Norway is lovely dream pop for any lazy day.

http://subpop-public.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/audio/6124.mp3

Spring And By Summer Fall by Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead make particularly gorgeous use of their two distinct voices on Spring and by Summer Fall. Pace leads this one, but for a brief moment Makino's voice shows up, affected to sound even more etheric.

http://blonde-redhead.com.s73428.gridserver.com/tracks/05_spring_and_by_summer_fall.mp3

Algor by Sepulcrum Spei

Algor concludes the EP of the same name with quiet, creepy ambient music.

http://archive.org/download/SEPULCRUMSPEI/04algor.mp3

No More by Dirty Projectors

My first experience of Dirty Projectors is No More, a pleasingly strange soulful sort of indie pop.

http://www.scjag.com/mp3/do/nomore.mp3

Runner Misplaced by Arms And Sleepers

Today we have a slow, somber piece and a stuttering drum rhythm for a Runner Misplaced.

http://aurgasm.us/music/Arms%20And%20Sleepers%20-%20Runner%20Misplaced.mp3

Plateau by The 3.5.7 Ensemble

Plateau ends the Run Suite performance at the Velvet Lounge. Fine Chicago jazz.

http://milkfactoryproductions.com/Downloads_files/The%20Run%20Suite,%20Plateau.mp3

Repetition by Love Is All

Gorilla vs. Bear: "The visceral Repetition captures some of the raw, fleeting young heartache and longing that made the group’s first album such a classic."

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/wp-content/uploads/mp3/02%20Repetition.mp3

Just In A Phase by Brad Sucks

Brad Sucks dropped a new album a month ago. It finishes suitably Just in a Phase.

http://media.bradsucks.net/albums/gwam/10_-_Brad_Sucks_-_Just_in_a_Phase.mp3

NusratmeetsrumbafeaturingDjDaTosta by That Crooner From Nowhere

Almost nonsense names like NusratmeetsrumbafeaturingDjDaTosta describe the almost nonsense acid-doo-wop sounds of That Crooner From Nowhere well.

The vorbis format is less than half the size for comparable quality.

http://archive.org/download/jamendo-031825/11.mp3
http://archive.org/download/jamendo-031825/11.ogg

Make The Road By Walking by The Menahan Street Band

Aurgasm: "The Menahan Street Band offers a solid blend of instrumental funk, late sixties sounding soul, latin grooves and afrobeat." Make the Road by Walking is an excellent example.

http://aurgasm.us/music/julija/The%20Menahan%20Street%20Band%20-%20Make%20The%20Road%20By%20Walking.mp3

Almost Christmas by Uncle Owen Aunt Beru

It's just barely past Thanksgiving, and everything around me has been dying to remind me that it's Almost Christmas.

http://archive.org/download/birdsong019/10-almost_christmas.mp3