Kevin Bronson on December 7th, 2012

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Popular With Me 2012 – the annual countdown of my favorite SoCal songs of the year – kicks off today on the Buzz Bands LA Show on Moheak Radio. Tune in at 11 a.m. as I launch into the three-week series, which continues Dec. 14 and winds up Dec. 21. This year: 101 songs … in honor of the 101 Freeway, which recently claimed the life of my poor car.

This year’s list was especially hard to pare down; I had almost 300 songs in my L.A. iTunes folder. Close followers will note the absence of some songs that were omnipresent elsewhere on L.A. radio (i.e., Dead Sara’s big hit, White Arrows, Milo Greene, Race, etc.). That’s because their big singles were in last year’s countdown.

Anyway, enjoy. Thanks for your support this year, and thanks to L.A.’s music community for bringing the good stuff. After the jump, the playlist:

Popular With Me 2012
101. The Jealous Sound, “This Is Where It Starts”
100. JJAMZ, “Heartbeat”
99. Death to Anders, “Handshakes and Earthquakes”
98. Electric Guest, “This Head I Hold”
97. Soft Pipes, “Unpaid Holiday”
96. Earlimart, “10 Years”
95. Dreamers Dose, “She Is Good”
94. Abandoned Pools, “Sublime Currency”
93. Best Coast, “The Only Place”
92. Line & Circle, “Roman Ruins”
91. Tsar, “Police Station”
90. Yellow Alex & the Feelings, “Lisa Lisa Lisa”
89. Paper Pilots, “Catch the Lamplight Low”
88. The World Record, “Freeway Special”
87. Gangi, “Gold”
86. Draemings, “Reno”
85. Nick Waterhouse, “(If) You Want Trouble”
84. Standing Hawthorn, “Worlds Away”
83. Michael Davis With Lions, “Real Love (Bandages)”
82. Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound, “The Real Thing”
81. Go West Young Man, “High School”
80. Allah-Las, “Don’t You Forget It”
79. Of Verona, “Castles”
78. WALK, “Icebreaker”
77. The Breakups, “Better Off Alone”
76. Dead Sara, “We Are What You Say”
75. Aaron Embry, “Your Heart and Mine”
74. Black Apples, “Cover Up”
73. Meiko, “Leave the Lights On”
72. Louis Friend, “Evolver”
71. Miner, “Hey Love”

Next week: Nos. 70 through 41 (or so)