Musical round up: Top 10 Romanian bands of 2012

Looking back at 2012, we discovered some great Romanian music and brought our readers lots of fresh new tunes for their play lists in our Romanian song of the week section. As we anticipate another year of great local music, we came up with our Top 10 Romanian bands - it was too hard to decide on just 10 songs. It is a personal ranking, based on how much we liked the songs of 2012, and on how often we heard them on the radio, just like this whole section is put together week in week out. The only 'serious' rule was for each band/artist to have at least two songs I like, so here they are below. We'd love to hear from you about new artists/songs in 2013, so feel free to get in touch with us at corina@romania-insider.com. Robin & the Backstabbers - have to be among the top Romanian bands this year, at least from our perspective. Their latest song SPANTZR convinced us. Great sound, and powerful lyrics. We're started hearing more of them and we hope their music will go beyond borders. Here are two song by Robin and his crew. Spntzr - Robin & The Backstabbers

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Listen to more music Les Elephants Bizzares - are also one of the discoveries of the year and they have a high position in my personal ranking (I discovered that one of their band members was a high school colleague, which had nothing to do with my love of their music, but made me smile remembering the times). The songs Wish you were here and Nu ma opri are top of the list when it comes to Les Elephants Bizzares. Les Elephants Bizarres - Wish (You Were Here) (Original Radio Edit) By DJ Ovi & www vitanclub net

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Lucia Maria I only listened to two songs by the young Lucia Maria, but her voice convinced me. I said it when we first featured her in this column, and I say it now, we will hear her voice more, we just need to tune into the right channels. Listen to two of her songs below. Her voice and the piano are enough.