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The Best Indie Folk Albums of 2012
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1
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Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
79
38
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
October 2, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
78
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
March 20, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
78
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
September 4, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Murder by Death - Bitter Drink Bitter Moon
September 25, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
January 24, 2012
Folk Pop
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
75
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Trembling Bells - The Marble Downs
April 10, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
75
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
11
.
John K. Samson - Provincial
January 24, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
75
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Bowerbirds - The Clearing
March 6, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
75
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
February 28, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Folk Pop
Critic Score
75
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Lucy Rose - Like I Used To
September 24, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
74
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Choir of Young Believers - Rhine Gold
April 10, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
74
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's - Rot Gut, Domestic
March 20, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
70
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
October 9, 2012
Folk
,
Indie Folk
,
Alt-Country
,
Americana
Critic Score
70
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Dry The River - Shallow Bed
April 17, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
70
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Marissa Nadler - The Sister
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
70
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
The Lumineers - The Lumineers
April 3, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
69
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - E Volo Love
February 14, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
69
10
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
22
.
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
May 29, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
68
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Andrew Bird - Hands of Glory
October 30, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
68
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Sea of Bees - Orangefarben
April 10, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
66
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Poor Moon - Illusion
March 27, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
63
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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