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Primitive Weapons - The Shadow Gallery
March 13, 2012
Score
79
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152
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Kool A.D. - 51
April 24, 2012
Cloud Rap
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
153
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Fatima Al Qadiri - Desert Strike EP
October 23, 2012
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
154
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Juju & Jordash - Techno Primitivism
October 1, 2012
Techno
,
Electronic
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
155
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E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1
March 26, 2012
Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
156
.
Chief Keef - Back from the Dead
March 12, 2012
Gangsta Rap
,
Chicago Drill
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
157
.
Pandr Eyez - Eyes on You
July 10, 2012
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
158
.
Sasha Go Hard - Do You Know Who I Am?
July 9, 2012
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
159
.
Jason Urick - I Love You
January 24, 2012
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
160
.
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds
March 26, 2012
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
161
.
Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
October 30, 2012
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
162
.
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
September 18, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
163
.
Brother Ali - Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
September 18, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
164
.
Cat Power - Sun
September 4, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
165
.
Niki & The Dove - Instinct
May 14, 2012
Electropop
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
166
.
Peaking Lights - Lucifer
June 19, 2012
Electronic
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
167
.
Clams Casino - Instrumental 2
June 4, 2012
Instrumental Hip Hop
,
Cloud Rap
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
168
.
Dope Body - Natural History
May 22, 2012
Noise Rock
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
169
.
James Blackshaw - Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death
April 24, 2012
Folk
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
170
.
Mirrorring - Foreign Body
March 20, 2012
Drone
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
171
.
Gentleman Jesse - Leaving Atlanta
March 20, 2012
Power Pop
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
172
.
Bowerbirds - The Clearing
March 6, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
173
.
Islands - A Sleep & A Forgetting
February 14, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
174
.
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
February 14, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
79
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
175
.
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Score
79
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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