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Talk Normal - Sunshine
October 23, 2012
Noise Rock
,
No Wave
Score
77
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Music
Spotify
227
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Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God
May 29, 2012
Heavy Metal
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
228
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Ryan Hemsworth - Last Words
August 21, 2012
Trap [EDM]
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Wonky
,
Cloud Rap
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
229
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KA - Grief Pedigree
February 11, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
230
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Eric Copeland - Limbo
July 24, 2012
Experimental
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
231
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Dustin Wong - Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads
January 11, 2012
Post-Minimalism
,
Post-Rock
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
232
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Aaron Dilloway - Modern Jester
January 31, 2012
Noise
,
Tape Music
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
233
.
Chelsea Wolfe - Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs
October 16, 2012
Ethereal Wave
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
234
.
Kevin Drumm - Relief
November 5, 2012
Noise
,
Drone
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
235
.
U.S. Girls - Gem
October 22, 2012
Psychedelic Pop
,
Noise Pop
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
236
.
Shackleton - Music For the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
April 30, 2012
Experimental
,
Electronic
,
Tribal Ambient
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
237
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Beth Orton - Sugaring Season
October 2, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
238
.
Blanche Blanche Blanche - Wink with Both Eyes
April 26, 2012
Progressive Pop
,
Hypnagogic Pop
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
239
.
The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
September 18, 2012
Experimental
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
240
.
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
September 4, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
241
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Evoken - Atra Mors
July 31, 2012
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
242
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Mission of Burma - Unsound
July 9, 2012
Post-Punk
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
243
.
Deep Time - Deep Time
July 10, 2012
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
244
.
AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It
May 15, 2012
Electropop
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
245
.
Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold
June 26, 2012
Alt-Country
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
246
.
Azealia Banks - 1991
May 29, 2012
Hip House
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
247
.
Grass Widow - Internal Logic
May 29, 2012
Punk
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
248
.
Choir of Young Believers - Rhine Gold
April 10, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
249
.
Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
May 22, 2012
Soul
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
250
.
Orcas - Orcas
February 28, 2012
Ambient
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2012.
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