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Highest Rated Indie Rock Albums of 2012
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1
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The Maccabees - Given to the Wild
January 9, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
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2
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Mystery Jets - Radlands
April 30, 2012
Folk Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
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3
.
Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes
March 27, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
4
.
Gravenhurst - The Ghost in Daylight
May 1, 2012
Contemporary Folk
,
Slowcore
Score
80
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Music
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5
.
The Helio Sequence - Negotiations
September 11, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
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6
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Clinic - Free Reign
November 12, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
The Vaccines - Come of Age
September 4, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Garage Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
9
.
Bloc Party - Four
August 21, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
10
.
Gaz Coombes - Here Come the Bombs
May 21, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Graham Coxon - A+E
April 2, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
12
.
Jack White - Blunderbuss
April 24, 2012
Blues Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Score
80
Source →
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Music
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13
.
The Walkmen - Heaven
May 29, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Shins - Port of Morrow
March 20, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Shearwater - Animal Joy
February 14, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
January 24, 2012
Post-Hardcore
,
Emo
,
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Guided by Voices - Class Clown Spots a UFO
June 12, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Blood Red Shoes - In Time to Voices
March 26, 2012
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Spector - Enjoy It While It Lasts
August 13, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Tribes - Baby
January 16, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
The Big Pink - Future This
January 17, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Maps & Atlases - Beware and Be Grateful
April 17, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
23
.
Breton - Other People's Problems
April 3, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Gossip - A Joyful Noise
May 22, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
September 4, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2012.
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