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Nas - Life is Good
July 17, 2012
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
83
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52
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DIIV - Oshin
June 26, 2012
Shoegaze
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Dream Pop
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Post-Punk
Score
83
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53
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Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
May 22, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
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Avant-Folk
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Psychedelic Folk
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Drone
Score
83
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Amazon
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54
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Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Motion Sickness of Time Travel
May 14, 2012
Ambient
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
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55
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Lambchop - Mr. M
February 21, 2012
Alt-Country
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Chamber Pop
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
56
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Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation
February 11, 2012
Memphis Rap
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Southern Hip Hop
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
57
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Circle Of Ouroborus - The Lost Entrance of the Just
February 29, 2012
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
58
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Meshuggah - Koloss
March 23, 2012
Djent
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Progressive Metal
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
59
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Samothrace - Reverence to Stone
July 31, 2012
Sludge Metal
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
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60
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Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando
March 13, 2012
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
82
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Amazon
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61
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Dawn Richard - Armor On
March 27, 2012
Contemporary R&B
Score
82
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Amazon
Music
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62
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Mac DeMarco - 2
October 16, 2012
Jangle Pop
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Indie Rock
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Indie Pop
Score
82
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63
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Death Grips - No Love Deep Web
October 1, 2012
Experimental Hip Hop
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Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
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Industrial Hip Hop
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
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64
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Freddie Gibbs - Baby Face Killa
September 25, 2012
Gangsta Rap
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
65
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Ricardo Villalobos - Dependent and Happy
September 25, 2012
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
66
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Four Tet - Pink
August 20, 2012
Electronic
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Microhouse
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Future Garage
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
67
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Krallice - Years Past Matter
August 25, 2012
Black Metal
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
68
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Aesop Rock - Skelethon
July 10, 2012
Abstract Hip Hop
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East Coast Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
69
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Lone - Galaxy Garden
May 1, 2012
Acid House
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UK Funky
,
Footwork
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
70
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Ty Segall & White Fence - Hair
April 24, 2012
Garage Rock
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
71
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Lower Dens - Nootropics
May 1, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
72
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Anhedonist - Netherwards
June 5, 2012
Doom Metal
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
73
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The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
April 21, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
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Alternative Rock
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
74
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High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
April 3, 2012
Stoner Metal
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Sludge Metal
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
75
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Drudkh - Вічний оберт колеса (Eternal Turn of the Wheel)
March 13, 2012
Black Metal
Score
82
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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