As we move into the second ten songs on the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll, I find a lot less overlap with last year’s blog entries. Only two tracks made it to Meet Me In Montauk. Indeed, I’d barely heard of any of these songs before seeing the poll.

Let’s see what new discoveries I have in store.

At #12 is ‘Queen’ by Perfume Genius, described as the year’s best gay anthem by Salon.com.

Perfume Genius is Seattle’s Mike Hadreas, an indie artist who has released three albums since 2010, the latest titled Too Bright.

I get a David Bowie vibe here, not just from the theatricality of his persona but from the sound of the song itself. That’s a good thing, though I don’t know how much I’d listen to this in the real world.