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Black Dice - Mr. Impossible
April 10, 2012
Experimental
Score
77
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Music
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252
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New Build - Yesterday Was Lived & Lost
March 5, 2012
Electropop
Score
77
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
253
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Car Bomb - ‘w^w^^w^w’
September 25, 2012
Mathcore
Score
76
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Amazon
254
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Group Doueh - Zayna Jumma
Score
76
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Amazon
255
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Love - Black Beauty
February 12, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
76
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
256
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Cashmere Cat - Mirror Maru
October 22, 2012
Score
76
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
257
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Kotki Dwa - Staycations
July 2, 2012
Score
76
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
258
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Horseback - Half Blood
May 8, 2012
Drone
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Atmospheric Sludge Metal
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Psychedelic Rock
Score
76
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
259
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Ihsahn - Eremita
June 18, 2012
Melodic Black Metal
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Progressive Metal
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
260
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Christian Mistress - Possession
February 28, 2012
Heavy Metal
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
261
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Three Legged Race - Persuasive Barrier
December 1, 2012
Score
76
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
262
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Atriarch - Ritual of Passing
October 30, 2012
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
263
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Corrosion of Conformity - Corrosion of Conformity
February 28, 2012
Sludge Metal
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
264
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Dunes - Noctiluca
March 6, 2012
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
265
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Majical Cloudz - Turns Turns Turns
December 3, 2012
Experimental
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
266
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Naomi Punk - The Feeling
November 19, 2012
Garage Punk
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
267
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JK Flesh - Posthuman
June 19, 2012
Industrial Metal
Score
76
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
268
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White Fence - Family Perfume Vol. 1
April 3, 2012
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
269
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Weird Dreams - Choreography
April 2, 2012
Jangle Pop
Score
76
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
270
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Gunplay - Bogota Rich: The Prequel
March 9, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
76
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Amazon
271
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Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
March 26, 2012
Crust Punk
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
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272
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Angel Haze - Classick
October 25, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
273
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Lindstrøm - Smalhans
November 6, 2012
Electronic
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
274
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Black Moth Super Rainbow - Cobra Juicy
October 9, 2012
Psychedelic Pop
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Noise Pop
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
275
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Ricardo Donoso - Assimilating the Shadow
September 14, 2012
Drone
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2012.
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