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1.

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Score
90
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2.

First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
January 24, 2012
Score
80
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3.

Family of the Year - Loma Vista
July 10, 2012
Score
80
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4.

Eugene McGuinness - The Invitation to the Voyage
August 6, 2012
Score
80
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5.

Mike Wexler - Dispossession
March 6, 2012
Score
80
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6.

Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
August 21, 2012
Score
80
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7.

JBM - Stray Ashes
May 22, 2012
Score
80
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8.

Martha Wainwright - Come Home To Mama
October 16, 2012
Score
80
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9.

Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Score
80
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10.

Mystery Jets - Radlands
April 30, 2012
Score
80
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11.

Laura Gibson - La Grande
January 24, 2012
Score
80
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12.

Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
March 20, 2012
Score
80
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13.

Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence
November 5, 2012
Score
80
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14.

Two Gallants - The Bloom and the Blight
September 4, 2012
Score
80
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15.

Neil Halstead - Palindrome Hunches
September 11, 2012
Score
70
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16.

Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Score
70
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17.

Dry The River - Shallow Bed
April 17, 2012
Score
70
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18.

Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 11, 2012
Score
70
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19.

M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
April 10, 2012
Score
70
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20.

Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - E Volo Love
February 14, 2012
Score
70
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21.

Cult of Youth - Love Will Prevail
September 4, 2012
Score
70
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22.

Lucy Rose - Like I Used To
September 24, 2012
Score
70
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23.

The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
September 11, 2012
Score
60
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24.

The Cornshed Sisters - Tell Tales
April 8, 2012
Score
60
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25.

Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Crown and Treaty
April 30, 2012
Score
60
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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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