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Highest Rated Indie Rock Albums of 2012
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1.
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
June 5, 2012
Score
100
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2.
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
January 24, 2012
Score
91
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3.
Black Mountain - Year Zero: The Original Soundtrack
April 3, 2012
Score
91
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4.
Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Score
91
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5.
The Walkmen - Heaven
May 29, 2012
Score
91
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6.
White Rabbits - Milk Famous
March 6, 2012
Score
91
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White Arrows - Dry Land Is Not a Myth
June 19, 2012
Score
91
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8.
Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
August 28, 2012
Score
83
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9.
The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
October 2, 2012
Score
83
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10.
Titus Andronicus - Local Business
October 23, 2012
Score
83
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11.
The Henry Clay People - Twenty-Five For The Rest of Our Lives
June 26, 2012
Score
83
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12.
Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital
September 25, 2012
Score
83
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13.
Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory
January 1, 2012
Score
83
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14.
Menomena - Moms
September 18, 2012
Score
83
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15.
Maps & Atlases - Beware and Be Grateful
April 17, 2012
Score
83
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Guided By Voices - Class Clown Spots a UFO
June 12, 2012
Score
83
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17.
Wymond Miles - Under the Pale Moon
June 12, 2012
Score
83
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18.
The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know
February 7, 2012
Score
83
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19.
Cursive - I Am Gemini
February 21, 2012
Score
75
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20.
The Big Pink - Future This
January 17, 2012
Score
75
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21.
The Corin Tucker Band - Kill My Blues
September 18, 2012
Score
75
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22.
Tindersticks - The Something Rain
February 21, 2012
Score
75
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23.
Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
May 8, 2012
Score
75
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24.
Metric - Synthetica
June 12, 2012
Score
75
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25.
The Raveonettes - Observator
September 11, 2012
Score
75
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2012.
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