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Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital
September 25, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
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Music
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77
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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone
September 18, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
78
.
Menomena - Moms
September 18, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
79
.
Band of Horses - Mirage Rock
September 18, 2012
Americana
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
80
.
LV - Sebenza
August 27, 2012
Dubstep
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
81
.
TOY - Toy
September 10, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
82
.
How to Dress Well - Total Loss
September 18, 2012
Ambient Pop
,
Alternative R&B
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
83
.
The xx - Coexist
September 11, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Ambient Pop
,
Indietronica
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
84
.
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
September 18, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
85
.
The Vaccines - Come of Age
September 4, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Garage Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
86
.
Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
September 4, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
87
.
Dan Deacon - America
August 28, 2012
Indietronica
,
Electronic
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
88
.
Swans - The Seer
August 28, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
89
.
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
September 4, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Noise Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
90
.
JJ Doom - Key to the Kuffs
August 21, 2012
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
91
.
Jessie Ware - Devotion
August 20, 2012
Sophisti-Pop
,
Alternative R&B
,
Pop Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
92
.
Spector - Enjoy It While It Lasts
August 13, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
93
.
Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
August 21, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
94
.
Antibalas - Antibalas
August 7, 2012
Afrobeat
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
95
.
Diplo - Express Yourself EP
June 12, 2012
Electronic
,
Trap [EDM]
,
Twerk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
96
.
Turbonegro - Sexual Harassment
August 7, 2012
Hard Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
97
.
CFCF - Exercises
April 24, 2012
Electronic
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
98
.
Eugene McGuinness - The Invitation to the Voyage
August 6, 2012
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
99
.
Angel Haze - Reservation
July 18, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
100
.
The Cast of Cheers - Family
June 12, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2012.
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