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Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Score
90
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Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
August 21, 2012
Score
80
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JBM - Stray Ashes
May 22, 2012
Score
80
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Martha Wainwright - Come Home To Mama
October 16, 2012
Score
80
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Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Score
80
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Mystery Jets - Radlands
April 30, 2012
Score
80
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Laura Gibson - La Grande
January 24, 2012
Score
80
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Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
March 20, 2012
Score
80
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Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence
November 5, 2012
Score
80
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Two Gallants - The Bloom and the Blight
September 4, 2012
Score
80
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11
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First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
January 24, 2012
Score
80
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Family of the Year - Loma Vista
July 10, 2012
Score
80
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Eugene McGuinness - The Invitation to the Voyage
August 6, 2012
Score
80
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Mike Wexler - Dispossession
March 6, 2012
Score
80
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Dry The River - Shallow Bed
April 17, 2012
Score
70
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Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 11, 2012
Score
70
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M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
April 10, 2012
Score
70
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18
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Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - E Volo Love
February 14, 2012
Score
70
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Cult of Youth - Love Will Prevail
September 4, 2012
Score
70
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Lucy Rose - Like I Used To
September 24, 2012
Score
70
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Neil Halstead - Palindrome Hunches
September 11, 2012
Score
70
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Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Score
70
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23
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Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Crown and Treaty
April 30, 2012
Score
60
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Mumford & Sons - Babel
September 25, 2012
Score
60
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James Yorkston - I Was a Cat from a Book
August 13, 2012
Score
60
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