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276
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Taken By Trees - Other Worlds
October 2, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
76
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Amazon
Spotify
277
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Moon Duo - Circles
October 2, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
278
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Chris Cohen - Overgrown Path
September 25, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
279
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iamamiwhoami - kin
June 12, 2012
Art Pop
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Synthpop
,
Electropop
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
280
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Bob Mould - Silver Age
September 4, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
281
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The Fresh & Onlys - Long Slow Dance
September 4, 2012
Jangle Pop
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Indie Rock
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
282
.
Delicate Steve - Positive Force
July 10, 2012
Electronic
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
283
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Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
August 28, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Synthpop
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
284
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The Black Swans - Occasion for Song
July 31, 2012
Folk
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
285
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Serengeti - C.A.R.
July 31, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
76
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
286
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Eternal Summers - Correct Behavior
July 24, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
287
.
Azealia Banks - Fantasea
July 11, 2012
Hip House
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
288
.
Usher - Looking 4 Myself
June 12, 2012
Contemporary R&B
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
289
.
Diplo - Express Yourself EP
June 12, 2012
Electronic
,
Trap [EDM]
,
Twerk
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
290
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Exitmusic - Passage
May 22, 2012
Experimental
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
291
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kwes. - Meantime
May 1, 2012
Experimental
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
292
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Black to Comm - Earth
March 6, 2012
Ambient
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
293
.
Poliça - Give You The Ghost
February 14, 2012
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Electropop
,
Indietronica
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
294
.
Unsane - Wreck
March 20, 2012
Noise Rock
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
295
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Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
February 21, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
296
.
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
February 21, 2012
Folk
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
297
.
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
January 24, 2012
Folk Pop
,
Indie Folk
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
298
.
Cate Le Bon - Cyrk
January 17, 2012
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
299
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Todd Terje - It's the Arps EP
January 10, 2012
Disco
Score
76
Source →
Amazon
Music
300
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Forgotten Tomb - ...and Don't Deliver Us from Evil
October 30, 2012
Melodic Black Metal
,
Depressive Black Metal
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
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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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