That time of year again. It's the first half of the best tracks from 2012 as played on the podcast, and as voted by the listeners. Again I thought I'd have to combine the results of the poll with my own list, but in the end hundreds and hundreds of votes were came in. So with the exception of a few equal placed entries somewhere in the forties where I made a casting vote, this is basically your poll.

I almost fell at the last hurdle too. I work up ill this morning - every time I moved I felt like I was going to throw up. Luckily I didn't, and luckily I made it to end of the day to do the show. As a result no port is being consumed this time however. Boo.

Evil Hand - "The Waves Still Come" (Played courtesy of Evil Hand)

50. Jo Mango - "Cordelia" (Played courtesy of Olive Grove Records)
49. The Sea Life - "Surf Rock Nine" (Played courtesy of The Sea Life, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
48. Yellow Ostrich - "Marathon Runner" (Played courtesy of Barsuk Records)
47. Spooky Bubble - "Red Blue" (Played courtesy of Swamping, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
46. Magnetic Island - "Whatever You Wanted" (Played courtesy of Magnetic Island, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
45. Heidi Harris - "Wall of Night" (Played courtesy of Heidi Harris, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
44. Cancel The Astronauts - "Echoes Of Love" (Played courtesy of Cancel The Astronauts)
43. Paws - "Chair (Big Deal Cover)" (Played courtesy of Song by Toad)
42. Rob St. John - "Sargasso Sea (In the Horizon FOUND Become Islands Remix)" (Played courtesy of Song by Toad Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
41. Arran Arctic - "Headphones" (Played courtesy of Arran Arctic)
40. Stanley Odd - "Marriage Counselling" (Played courtesy of http://stanleyodd.com / Stanley Odd)
39. ZED PENGUIN - "HEATHENS" (Played courtesy of Zed Penguin)
38. Xiu Xiu - "Hi" (Played courtesy of Polyvinyl)
37. Joanna Gruesome - "Sweater" (Played courtesy of Art is Hard Records)
36. The Son(s) - "If I Hear You Talk Apostrophes Again..." (Played courtesy of The Son(s) / Olive Grove Records)
35. Nallo - "Beasts and Cartoons (Rope and Sand)" (Played courtesy of Nallo)
34. Lucy Cait - "Sweet Merry Merchant Man" (Played courtesy of Folkroom Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
33. HEHFU - "Two And A Half Years" (Played courtesy of Bleeding Gold Records)
32. Jen Schande - "Nice Fez" (Played courtesy of Jen Schande)
31. Plastic Animals - "Pirate DVDs" (Played courtesy of Plastic Animals)
30. Birds Are Indie - "I Will Say It In Your Face" (Played courtesy of Birds are Indie)
29. Year Of Birds - "Four Square House" (Played courtesy of Year Of Birds)
28. Kings - "I Got Stuck" (Played courtesy of Kings, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
27. Yusuf Azak - "Swim" (Played courtesy of Song by Toad Records)
26. The Wedding Present - "Back a Bit... Stop" (Played courtesy of Scopitones / IODAPromonet)