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Tall Firs - Out of It and Into It
March 12, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
64
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652
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DVA - Pretty Ugly
May 15, 2012
Experimental
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
653
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Ultraísta - Ultraísta
October 2, 2012
Synthpop
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Indietronica
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
654
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Echo Lake - Wild Peace
June 26, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
655
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d'Eon - LP
June 5, 2012
Ambient Pop
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Art Pop
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Alternative R&B
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Synthpop
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
656
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Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
May 15, 2012
Alternative Rock
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Pop Rock
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
657
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PS I Love You - Death Dreams
May 8, 2012
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
658
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Kindness - World, You Need a Change of Mind
March 20, 2012
Nu-Disco
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
659
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White Hills - Frying on This Rock
March 20, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
64
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
660
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Howlin' Rain - The Russian Wilds
February 14, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
661
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Heartless Bastards - Arrow
February 14, 2012
Blues Rock
Score
64
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
662
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AraabMuzik - Instrumental University
January 31, 2012
Hip Hop
,
Electronic
Score
64
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
663
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Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
January 17, 2012
Alt-Country
Score
64
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
664
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Cardinal - Hymns
January 24, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
64
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
665
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Expensive Looks - Dark Matters
January 17, 2012
Indie Pop
,
Indietronica
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
666
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Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas II
October 29, 2012
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
667
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Rachel Zeffira - The Deserters
December 10, 2012
Dream Pop
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Art Pop
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
668
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Lil B - White Flame
January 31, 2012
West Coast Hip Hop
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Cloud Rap
Score
63
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Amazon
669
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Willits + Sakamoto - Ancient Future
July 31, 2012
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
670
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School of Seven Bells - Put Your Sad Down
November 13, 2012
Dream Pop
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
671
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Chrome Canyon - Elemental Themes
October 9, 2012
Electronic
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
672
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The Young - Dub Egg
June 12, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
673
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
June 18, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
674
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Public Image Ltd. - This is PiL
May 29, 2012
Post-Punk
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
675
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Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
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Chamber Pop
Score
63
Source →
Amazon
Music
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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