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Future of the Left - The Plot Against Common Sense
June 12, 2012
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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2
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AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It
May 15, 2012
Electropop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
3
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Internet Forever - Internet Forever
April 2, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
4
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Gaggle - From the Mouth of the Cave
June 25, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
5
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Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
May 22, 2012
Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams
September 11, 2012
Dance-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
8
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Purity Ring - Shrines
July 24, 2012
Synthpop
,
Electropop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
January 17, 2012
Alt-Country
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
10
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The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Now, Now - Threads
March 6, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence
November 5, 2012
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
October 2, 2012
IDM
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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The Walkmen - Heaven
May 29, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet
November 13, 2012
Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Matthew Dear - Beams
August 28, 2012
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Crocodiles - Endless Flowers
June 5, 2012
Shoegaze
,
Noise Pop
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Wild Nothing - Nocturne
August 28, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
March 27, 2012
Progressive Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 5, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Graham Coxon - A+E
April 2, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
23
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Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
August 18, 2012
Garage Punk
,
Post-Punk
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
TOY - Toy
September 10, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension
October 9, 2012
Progressive Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings DIY awarded albums throughout 2012.
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