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KEXP Adds music charts for 2012
Week: 12/07/2012 - 12/13/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
 Big Boi | Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors | Def Jam | |
| Midnight Magic | Walking the Midnight Streets | self-released | |
| Kim Baxter | The Tale of Me and You | self-released | |
| The Walkabouts | Dresden EP | self-released |
Week: 11/30/2012 - 12/06/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinkane | Mars | DFA | |
| Wild Yaks | Million Years | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | |
| Dan Penn | The Fame Recordings | Ace | |
| How to destroy angels_ | An Omen EP | Columbia | |
| Andrew Combs | Worried Man | self-released | |
| (Various) | Ivory Coast Soul 2 | Hot Casa | |
| Speck Mountain | Badwater | Carrot Top | |
| (Various) | Keb Darge & Little Edith's Legendary Wild Rockers 2 | BBE | |
| Lee "Scratch" Parry and Friends | Disco Devil: The Jamaica Discomixes | Trojan | |
| Your Youth | Battery | Old Flame | |
| Punch Brothers | Ahoy! | Nonesuch | |
| (Various) | The Sound Doctor: Black Ark Singles and Dub Plates 1972-1978 | Pressure Records | |
| Shoes | 35 Years: The Definitive Shoes Collection 1977-2012 | Real Gone Music | |
| The Weeknd | Trilogy | Republic | |
| (Various) | London's Calling | Culture Clash | |
| Anna Coogan and Daniele Fiaschi | The Nowhere, Rome Sessions | self-released | |
| METZ | Dirty Shirt/Leave Me Out | Sub Pop |
Week: 11/23/2012 - 11/29/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stag | Stag | Fin | |
| Solange | True | Terrible | |
| The Soft Moon | Zeros | Captured Tracks | |
| Soundgarden | King Animal | A&M | |
| Shugo Tokumaru | In Focus? | Polyvinyl | |
| Fur | Image On The Reverse | self-released | |
| Books On fate | Memory | Ephemerata | |
| No Regular Play | Endangered Species | Wolf + Lamb | |
| Memory Tapes | Grace/Confusion | Carpark | |
| Stumbleine | Spiderwebbed | Monotreme | |
| KRTS | The Dread Of An Unknown Evil | Project:Mooncircle | |
| (Various) | Electric Blues Part 1: Begginings 1939-1954 | Bear Family` | |
| Super Hi-Fi | Dub to the Bone | Electric Cowbell | |
| Hammock | Departure Songs | Hammock Music | |
| The Crystal Ark | The Crystal Ark | DFA | |
| Fort Lean | Change Your Name | self-released | |
| Maribou State | Scarlett Groove EP | Southern Fried | |
| Amos Miller | Rogers Thriftway | self-released | |
| Don DiLego | Western & Atlantic EP | Velvet Elk | |
| Teengirl Fantasy | Tracer | True Panther Sounds | |
| Worth | Six Foot Soul | NIAYH | |
| Cub Scouts | Told You So | self-released | |
| Fatima Al Qadiri | Desert Strike EP | Fade to Mind | |
| Steve Hauschildt | Sequitur | Kranky | |
| Bongos Ikwue and Double X | Wulu Wulu | Bik |
Week: 11/16/2012 - 11/22/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| West End Motel | Only Time Can Tell | Warner Bros. | |
| (Various) | Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985 | Analog Africa | |
| Ex-Cult | Ex-Cult | Goner | |
| The JD Hobson Band | Where the Sun Don't Shine | self-released | |
| Io Echo | Io Echo | IAMSOUND | |
| Chaos Chaos | S | self-released | |
| Tyvek | On Triple Beams | In the Red | |
| The Animals at Night | The Animals at Night EP | self-released | |
| James Younger | James Younger | Light Organ | |
| Los Cenzontles | Regeneration | Los Cenzontles | |
| Lijadu Sisters | Horizon Unlimited | Knitting Factory |
Week: 11/09/2012 - 11/15/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Castles | (III) | Fiction/Casablanca/Universal Republic | |
| Stephanie | One Glove | self-released | |
| The Babies | Our House on the Hill | Woodsist | |
| ODESZA | Summer's Gone | self-released | |
| Pop Levi | Medicine | Counter | |
| The Evens | The Odds | Dischord | |
| Golden Gardens | How Brave the Hunted Wolves | Neon Sigh | |
| DeVotchKa | Live with the Colorado Symphony | Cicero | |
| Errors | New Relics | Rock Action | |
| Submotion Orchestra | Fragments | Exceptional | |
| (Various) | Eccentric Soul: Omnibus Vol. 1 | The Numero Group | |
| Alfonso Lovo | La Gigantona | The Numero Group | |
| The Hoot Hoots | Feel the Cosmos | self-released | |
| Truckasauras | 2012 | Fourthcity | |
| Lou Ragland | I Travel Alone | The Numero Group | |
| Hercules and Love Affair | DJ-Kicks | !K7 | |
| Jesse Boykins III & MeLo-X | Zulu Guru | Ninja Tune | |
| The Purrs | Rotting on the Vine | Fin | |
| (Various) | Vase Sampler 2012 | Vase | |
| Jake Bugg | Two Fingers | Mercury | |
| Free Energy | Electric Fever/Dance All Night | Free People | |
| Blackbird Blackbird | Boracay Planet | Lavish Habits | |
| Cathedral Pearls | Place of Our Residence | self-released |
Week: 11/02/2012 - 11/08/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bomba Estereo | Elegancia Tropical | Polen | |
| Kendrick Lamar | good kid, m.A.A.d. city | Top Dawg/Aftermath | |
| Golden Void | Golden Void | Thrill Jockey | |
| Guided By Voices | The Bears For Lunch | Guided By Voices Inc. | |
| Empresarios | El Sonido Magico | Fort Knox | |
| Sufjan Stevens | Silver & Gold | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Clinic | Free Reign | Domino | |
| School of Seven Bells | Put Your Sad Down | Vagrant | |
| Mean Creek | Youth Companion | Old Flame | |
| OC Notes | Pre Future Post Modern Love Songs aka Alienbootybass | self-released | |
| Slam Dunk | Welcome to Miami | File Under: Music | |
| Domenico | Cine Prive | Plug Research | |
| Sidewalk Dave | Hard On Romance | The Telegraph Recording Company | |
| Dirty Projectors | About to Die EP | Domino | |
| Hot Sugar | MiDi Murder EP | Scion A/V | |
| Smokey Brights | No Sheer Force of Will | Thrill Jockey | |
| Lindstrom | Smalhans | Smalltown Supersound | |
| Cayucas | Cayucos | Secretly Canadian | |
| Elison Jackson | I Do Believe She Flew Out the Drain Pipe | The Telegraph Recording Company |
Week: 10/26/2012 - 11/01/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flume | Flume | Future Classic | |
| Rhye | The Fall | Republic | |
| Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Psychedelic Pill | Reprise | |
| Kid Smpl | Skylight | Hush Hush | |
| Mac DeMarco | 2 | Captured Tracks | |
| (Soundtrack) | The Man With the Iron Fists | Soul Temple | |
| Child Actor | Victory | Fake Four Inc. | |
| El Perro Del Mar | Pale Fire | The Control Group | |
| Andy Stott | Luxury Problems | Modern Love | |
| La Luz | Damp Face | self-released | |
| The Valley | Halloween EP | self-released | |
| Snowgoose | Harmony Springs | Ba Da Bing | |
| Gospel Claws | Put Your Sunshine Away | Common Wall Media | |
| Main Attrakionz | Bossalinis & Fooliyones | Young One | |
| Angel Olsen | Half Way Home | Bathetic | |
| The Glass Notes | As the Building Crumbles | self-released | |
| Sin Fang | Half Dreams | gogoyoko | |
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Live From Alabama | Lightning Rod | |
| Grape Soda | Form A Sign | Kindercore | |
| Cashmere Cat | Mirror Maru EP | Pelican Fly | |
| Gibraltar | Storms EP | self-released | |
| Prince Rama | Top Ten Hits of the End of the World | Paw Tracks | |
| Gold and Soil | Gold and Soil | Non Projects | |
| The Quiet Ones | Version Suicides | self-released | |
| Lapalux | Some Other Time EP | Brainfeeder | |
| The Insomniax | Love She Wants EP | Earnest Endeavours |
Week: 10/19/2012 - 10/25/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Windows | The Sun Dogs | self-released | |
| Paws | Cokefloat! | Fatcat | |
| Chad Valley | Young Hunger | Cascine | |
| P.O.S. | We Don't Even Live Here | Rhymesayers | |
| The Coup | Sorry To Bother You | ANTI- | |
| RNDM | Acts | Monkeywrench | |
| (Various) | Light from Los Angeles | dublab | |
| Gary Clark Jr. | Blak and Blu | Warner Bros. | |
| Kylie Auldist | Still Life | Tru Thoughts | |
| (Various) | Melting Pot Music: 10 Years | Melting Pot Music | |
| The Carousels | Sweet Northern Light | Northern Star | |
| Plan B | Ill Manors | Atlantic/679 | |
| The Hot 8 Brass Band | The Life & Times Of… | Tru Thoughts | |
| San Cisco | Awkward | Fat Possum | |
| The Black Opera | Overture | Mello Music Group | |
| Dam Mantle | Brothers Fowl | Notown | |
| Egyptian Project | Ya Amar | Six Degrees | |
| (Various) | Escape From Chicago | Loose Squares | |
| U.S. Girls | GEM | Fatcat | |
| (Various) | Wizard Sleeve Beat Emporium Vol. 2 | Wizard Sleeve | |
| Of Montreal | Daughter of Cloud | Polyvinyl | |
| Wolf + Lamb | Versus EP | Wolf + Lamb | |
| The Hermit Crabs | Time Relentless EP | Matinee | |
| Pale Sunday | The Fake Stories About You and Me | Matinee | |
| Different Sleep | Infinite EP | Svengali | |
| Futurewife | It Gets Better EP | Immersed Audio | |
| GravelRoad | Pedernales | Knick Knack |
Week: 10/12/2012 - 10/18/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titus Andronicus | Local Business | XL | |
| Bat For Lashes | The Haunted Man | Capitol | |
| Tamaryn | Tender New Signs | Mexican Summer | |
| Diamond Rings | Free Dimensional | Astralwerks | |
| And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead | Lost Songs | Richter Scale/Superball Music | |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow | Cobra Juicy | Rad Cult | |
| Hundred Waters | Hundred Waters | OWSLA | |
| Breakbot | By Your Side | Ed Banger | |
| Paul Banks | Banks | Matador | |
| The Amazing | Gentle Stream | Partisan | |
| BRAINSTORM | Heat Waves | Tender Loving Empire | |
| iamamiwhoami | kin | Cooperative | |
| King Dude | Burning Daylight | DAIS | |
| Lonesome Shack | City Man | Knick Knack | |
| Holiday Friends | Chicks | self-released | |
| Luna Is Honey | Coolbreeze | self-released | |
| Calamalka | All the Way Up | Hybridity | |
| Albert Swarm | Wake | Ceremony | |
| GRMLN | Explore | Carpark | |
| Cahalen Morrison & Eli West | Our Lady of the Tall Trees | self-released | |
| Beacon | For Now EP | Ghostly | |
| Zodiac | Zodiac EP | Vase | |
| Typhoon | Common Sentiments | Tender Loving Empire |
Week: 10/05/2012 - 10/11/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macklemore and Ryan Lewis | The Heist | self-released | |
| Ty Segall | Twins | Drag City | |
| LV | Sebenza | Hyperdub | |
| Night Moves | Colored Emotions | Domino | |
| Daphni | JIAOLONG | Merge | |
| Andrew Bird | Hands of Glory | Mom+Pop | |
| Peace | The World Is Too Much With Us | Suicide Squeeze | |
| Rudi Zygadlo | Tragicomedies | Planet Mu | |
| The Gaslamp Killer | Breakthrough | Brainfeeder | |
| Iris DeMent | Sing the Delta | Flariella | |
| The Herbaliser | There Were Seven | Department H | |
| Ken Stringfellow | Danzig in the Moonlight | Spark & Shine | |
| Maximo Park | The National Health | Straight to the Sun | |
| Very Be Careful | Remember Me From the Party? | Downtown Pijao | |
| Terror Danjah | Dark Crawler | Hyperdub | |
| Levek | Look A Little Closer | Lefse |
Week: 9/28/2012 - 10/04/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cody ChesnuTT | Landing On A Hundred | self-released | |
| Tame Impala | Lonerism | Modular | |
| Police Teeth | Police Teeth | Latest Flame | |
| A.C. Newman | Shut Down the Streets | Matador | |
| Black Marble | A Different Arrangement | Hardly Art | |
| Ringo Deathstarr | Mauve | Sonic Unyon | |
| Jason Lytle | Dept. of Disappearance | Anti- | |
| Ronnie Fauss | I Am the Man You Know I'm Not | Normaltown | |
| Two Fingers | Stunt Rhythms | Big Dada | |
| Freelance Whales | Diluvia | Mom+Pop/Frenchkiss | |
| Wanda Jackson | Unfinished Business | Sugar Hill | |
| Menahan Street Band | The Crossing | Dunham | |
| Chastity Belt | Dude | self-released | |
| Aimee Man | Charmer | SuperEgo | |
| Matt and Kim | Lightning | Fader | |
| John Cale | Shifty Adventures in Nookie World | Domino | |
| Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson | Wreck & Ruin | Sugar Hill | |
| Ray Stinnett | A Fire Somewhere | Light in the Attic | |
| Land of Pines | Dead Feathers/Follow the Leader | Fin | |
| Red Jacket Mine | Amy/Any Major Dude Will Tell You | Fin | |
| Gospel Gossip | Atlantic Blue | Old Blackberry Way/Guilt Ridden Pop | |
| Rosie Flores | Working Girl's Guitar | Bloodshot | |
| A Breakthrough in Field Studies | A Breakthrough in Field Studies | self-released |
Week: 9/21/2012 - 9/27/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Lotus | Until the Quiet Comes | Warp | |
| The Maldives | Muscle For the Wing | Spark & Shine | |
| Pinback | Information Retrieved | Temporary Residence Ltd. | |
| METZ | METZ | Sub Pop | |
| Caspian | Waking Season | Triple Crown | |
| Efterklang | Piramida | 4AD | |
| The Soft Pack | Strapped | Mexican Summer | |
| Sic Alps | Sic Alps | Drag City | |
| Melody's Echo Chamber | Melody's Echo Chamber | Fat Possum | |
| Chris Cohen | Overgrown Path | Captured Tracks | |
| Mala | Mala In Cuba | Brownswood Recordings | |
| Reptile Youth | Reptile Youth | HFN | |
| Tim Maia | World Psychedelic Classics 4 | Luaka Bop | |
| Jackrabbit | A Better Place | self-released | |
| The Moons | Fables of History | Schnitzel | |
| Moses Hightower | Onnur Mosebok | Records Records | |
| Tea Cozies | Bang Up | self-released | |
| Wires Under Tension | Replicant | Western Vinyl | |
| Edmund Wayne | Edmund Wayne | self-released | |
| Swans | The Seer | Young God | |
| Don't Talk to the Cops! | What's the 411? Remix, Love Family + Friends | self-released | |
| Friendzone | Collection 1 | self-released | |
| The Demon Beat | Less Is Less | self-released | |
| Shelter Point | Forever For Now | Hotflush | |
| Becoming Real | Solar Dreams/Neon Decay | Not Even | |
| Asgeir Trausti | Dýrð í dauðaþögn | self-released | |
| Lupe Fiasco | Food & Liqour II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 | Atlantic | |
| Ojba Rasta | Ojba Rasta | Records Records | |
| Dude York | The Lake | self-released |
Week: 9/14/2012 - 9/20/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| How To Dress Well | Total Loss | Acephale | |
| The Mountain Goats | Transcendental Youth | Merge | |
| Moon Duo | Circles | Sacred Bones | |
| Brother Ali | Mourning in America | Rhymesayers | |
| Unnatural Helpers | Land Grab | Hardly Art | |
| Holy Other | Held | Tri Angle | |
| Benjamin Gibbard | Former Lives | Barsuk | |
| Dum Dum Girls | End of Daze | Sub Pop | |
| Mark Eitzel | Don't Be A Stranger | Merge | |
| Rah Rah | The Poet's Dead | Hidden Pony | |
| Beth Orton | Sugaring Season | Anti- | |
| Four Tet | Pink | Text | |
| Sun Airway | Soft Fall | Dead Oceans | |
| Ryan Hemsworth | Last Words | Wedidit | |
| Body Language | Grammar EP | Lavish Habits | |
| Kid Smpl | Dope Pac SE | Hush Hush | |
| Balmorhea | Stranger | Western Vinyl | |
| Callers | Reviver | Partisan | |
| Frightened Rabbit | State Hospital EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | |
| Onuinu | Mirror Gazer | Bladen County | |
| Letting Up Despite Great Faults | Untogether | self-released | |
| DFRNT | Fading | Echodub | |
| Birds of Chicago | Birds of Chicago | self-released | |
| El Ten Eleven | Transitions | Fake Record Label | |
| Robert Pollard | Jack Sells the Cow | Guided By Voices Inc. | |
| Beats Antique | Contraption Vol. 2 | self-released | |
| Finally Boys | Feelings EP | AM Discs | |
| Danglo | Adapt EP | Dandelion Lotus | |
| Karantamba | Ndigal | Teranga Beat | |
| Royal Band de Thies | Kadior Demb | Teranga Beat | |
| Diamond Rings | I'm Just Me/This Is The Day | Astralwerks |
Week: 9/07/2012 - 9/13/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The xx | Coexist | Young Turks | |
| Corin Tucker Band | Kill My Blues | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Sera Cahoone | Deer Creek Canyon | Sub Pop | |
| Woods | Bend Beyond | Woodsist | |
| Jens Lekman | I Know What Love Isn't | Secretly Canadian | |
| Noddy | Yes On 74 | self-released | |
| The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Meat and Bone | Boombox/Mom + Pop | |
| Legendary Oaks | These Narrow Bars of Light | self-released | |
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Solidarity | Strut | |
| Lavender Diamond | Incorruptible Heart | Paracadute | |
| Taken By Trees | Other Worlds | Secretly Canadian | |
| Weird Dreams | Choreography | Tough Love | |
| Band Of Horses | Mirage Rock | Columbia | |
| Kris Orlowski & Andrew Joslyn | Pieces We Are | self-released | |
| First Aid Kit | iTunes Session | Wichita | |
| You May Die in the Desert | International Waters | Mic-in-a-Room | |
| So Many Wizards | Warm Nothing | self-released | |
| Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs | Sunday Run Me Over | Transdreamer | |
| Tilly and the Wall | Heavy Mood | Team Love | |
| Astro | Astro | Nacional | |
| The Lost Brothers | The Passing of the Night | Readymade | |
| Larry Graham & Graham Central Station | Raise Up | Moosicus | |
| Murder By Death | Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon | Bloodshot | |
| Ravenna Woods | The Jackals sampler | self-released | |
| Hannalee | Cucurbita | self-released | |
| The Mad Caps | The Mad Caps | Devil's Tower | |
| Willy Moon | Railroad Track/Bang Bang | Third Man | |
| Cuckoo Chaos | Super Skeleton/Shanghaied | White Iris |
Week: 8/31/2012 - 9/06/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Eight | KEXP | |
| Beat Connection | The Palace Garden | Moshi Moshi | |
| Yeasayer | Fragrant World | Secretly Canadian | |
| Nude Beach | II | Other Music | |
| Spider Bags | Shake My Head | Odessa | |
| Staff Benda Bilili | Bouger Le Monde! | Crammed Discs | |
| TNGHT | TNGHT EP | Warp/LuckyMe | |
| Poolside | Pacific Standard Time | Day & Night | |
| Universe People | Bad French | self-released | |
| Poor Moon | Poor Moon | Sub Pop | |
| Eat Lights Become Lights | Heavy Electrics | Rocket Girl | |
| Hope for a goldensummer | Life Inside the Body | Mazarine | |
| Benjamin Schoos | China Man vs. China Girl | Freaksville | |
| The Bo-Keys featuring Percy Wiggins | Handwriting on the Wall | Electraphonic |
Week: 8/17/2012 - 8/23/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Mould | Silver Age | Mute | |
| The Physics | Tomorrow People | self-released | |
| Lord Huron | Lonesome Dreams | IAMSOUND | |
| Wild Nothing | Nocturne | Captured Tracks | |
| Dinosaur Jr. | I Bet On Sky | Jagjaguwar | |
| Richard Hawley | Standing At the Sky's Edge | Mute | |
| Matthew Dear | Beams | Ghostly International | |
| (Soundtrack) | Lawless | Sony Music | |
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Mature Themes | 4AD | |
| The Heavy | The Glorious Dead | Counter/Ninja Tune | |
| Crypts | Crypts | Sargent House | |
| JJ DOOM | Key to the Kuffs | Lex | |
| David Wax Museum | Knock Knock Get Up | self-released | |
| Thee Oh Sees | Putrifiers II | In the Red | |
| Ry Cooder | Election Special | Nonesuch | |
| Black Pistol Fire | Big Beat '59 | self-released | |
| Menomena | Moms | Barsuk | |
| Rick Holstrom | Cruel Sunrise | M.C. | |
| Tokyoidaho | Tokyoidaho | Neon Sigh | |
| Dylan LeBlanc | Cast the Same Old Shadow | Rough Trade | |
| Young Fresh Fellows | Tiempo De Lujo | Yep Roc | |
| Minus the Bear | Infinity Overhead | Dangerbird | |
| Explone | Telescope & Satellite | self-released | |
| Lee Hazelwood | A House Safe for Tigers | Light in the Attic | |
| Houndmouth | Houndmouth EP | Rough Trade | |
| Fox and The Law | Scarlet Fever | self-released | |
| Taj Mahal | The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973 | Columbia/Legacy | |
| No | What's Your Name/Eleven Eleven | White Iris |
Week: 8/10/2012 - 8/16/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom Crumbs | Kingdom Crumbs | Cloud Nice | |
| Divine Fits | A Thing Called Divine Fits | Merge | |
| Ondatrópica | Ondatrópica | Soundway | |
| Allah-Las | Allah-Las | Innovative Leisure | |
| The Sea and Cake | Runner | Thrill Jockey | |
| Dan Deacon | America | Domino | |
| Groundislava | Feel Me | Friends of Friends | |
| Firewater | International Orange | Bloodshot | |
| Orbital | Wonky | ACP Recordings | |
| The Cactus Channel | Haptics | Hope Street | |
| John Maus | A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material | Ribbon Music | |
| (Various) | Country Funk 1969-1975 | Light in the Attic | |
| USF | Universal EP | self-released | |
| JusMoni x WD4D | Queen Feel EP | Care Package | |
| Bloc Party | Four | Frenchkiss | |
| Stars | The North | ATO | |
| Jazzanova | Funkhaus Studio Sessions | Sonar Kollektiv | |
| Prism Tats | Prism Tats | self-released | |
| (Various) | Black Acre presents Rebuilds | Black Acre | |
| Corb Lund | Cabin Fever | New West | |
| Wymond Miles | Under the Pale Moon | Sacred Bones | |
| Shad | Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness | self-released | |
| The-Drum | Sense Net EP | Mishka | |
| Can | Tago Mago (40th Anniversary Edition) | Spoon/Mute | |
| The Flatlanders | The Odessa Tapes | New West | |
| Gulls | Running Times | Boomarm Nation | |
| Shortcircles | Remember Me EP | Plug Research | |
| Lorn | Ask the Dust | Ninja Tune | |
| Hotels | Cinemascope II | self-released | |
| Vox Mod | ABSTRACT | self-released | |
| The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Bag of Bones/Black Mold | Boombox/Mom+Pop |
Week: 8/03/2012 - 8/10/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Eight | KEXP | |
| Beat Connection | The Palace Garden | Moshi Moshi | |
| Yeasayer | Fragrant World | Secretly Canadian | |
| Nude Beach | II | Other Music | |
| Spider Bags | Shake My Head | Odessa | |
| Staff Benda Bilili | Bouger Le Monde! | Crammed Discs | |
| TNGHT | TNGHT EP | Warp/LuckyMe | |
| Poolside | Pacific Standard Time | Day & Night | |
| Universe People | Bad French | self-released | |
| Poor Moon | Poor Moon | Sub Pop | |
| Eat Lights Become Lights | Heavy Electrics | Rocket Girl | |
| Hope for a goldensummer | Life Inside the Body | Mazarine | |
| Benjamin Schoos | China Man vs. China Girl | Freaksville | |
| The Bo-Keys featuring Percy Wiggins | Handwriting on the Wall | Electraphonic |
Week: 7/20/2012 - 7/26/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passion Pit | Gossamer | Columbia | |
| Holograms | Holograms | Captured Tracks | |
| Two Gallants | The Bloom and the Blight | ATO | |
| Antlers | Undersea | Anti- | |
| Foxygen | Take the Kids Off Broadway | Jagjaguwar | |
| Junk Culture | Wild Quiet | Illegal Art | |
| (Various) | Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwod Mac | Hear Music | |
| The Gaslight Anthem | Handwritten | Mercury | |
| Dead Can Dance | Anastasis | PIAS | |
| Young Guv & The Scuzz | A Love Too Strong | Southpaw | |
| Western Haunts | The Ambassador | self-released | |
| Antony and the Johnsons | Cut the World | Secretly Canadian | |
| Yuni In Taxco | Prizes | self-released | |
| Mandingo Ambassadors | Tougna | Engine | |
| Tango in the Attic | Sellotape | Domicile Crocodile | |
| Admiral Fallow | Tree Bursts In Snow | Nettwerk | |
| Micachu and the Shapes | Never | Rough Trade | |
| Cate Le Bon | Cyrk II | The Control Group | |
| Dan Deacon | True Thrush EP | Domino | |
| Sundress | California Dames/Pilot Wings | White Iris | |
| Western Medicine | In Transit | self-released |
Week: 7/13/2012 - 7/19/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Same Love | Sub Pop | |
| Purity Ring | Shrines | 4AD | |
| Hounds of the Wild Hunt | El Mago | self-released | |
| Nas | Life Is Good | Def Jam | |
| Song Sparrow Research | Song Sparrow Research | self-released | |
| Para One | Passion | Marble/Because | |
| Eternal Summers | Correct Behavior | Kanine | |
| Milo Greene | Milo Greene | Chop Shop/Atlantic | |
| Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang | En Yay Sah | Luaka Bop | |
| Fort Union | Fort Union | self-released | |
| Vanilla | Soft Focus | self-released | |
| Shannon McArdle | Fear the Dream of Axes | Bar/None | |
| Dusted | Total Dust | Polyvinyl | |
| Big Wheel Stunt Show | Wonderful Life | self-released | |
| Rusty Willoughby | Adult Soft Record | self-released | |
| Los Fulanos | Si Esto Se Acaba Que Siga El Boogaloo | Lovemonk | |
| The Invisible | Rispah | Ninja Tune | |
| Lawrence Arabia | The Sparrow | Bella Union | |
| (Various) | Svengali Vol. 2 | Svengali | |
| Indians | singles sampler | TWIMM | |
| (Various) | Our Nest, Vol. 1 | Earnest Endeavours | |
| Donnie & Joe Emerson | Dreamin' Wild | Light in the Attic | |
| (Various) | 6BIT Compilation Vol. 1 | 6BIT | |
| Slime | Increases II | Get Me! | |
| (Various) | Young Adults 001 | Young Adults | |
| Submerse | Tears | Project: Mooncircle |
Week: 7/06/2012 - 7/12/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ocean | Channel Orange | Def Jam | |
| Fang Island | Major | Sargent House | |
| Aesop Rock | Skelethon | Rhymesayers | |
| Milk Maid | Mostly No | FatCat | |
| Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabate | A Curva Da Cintura | Mais Um Discos | |
| Bearhug | Bill, Dance, Shiner | Spunk | |
| Sun Kil Moon | Among the Leaves | Caldo Verde | |
| The Very Best | MTMTMK | Moshi Moshi | |
| Tilbury | Exorcise | Record | |
| Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Old Gold | Signature Sounds | |
| The Torn ACLs | Real Risks | CreeperSpeak | |
| Shonen Knife | Pop Tune | Good Charamel | |
| Los Straitjackets | Jet Set | Yep Roc |
Week: 6/29/2012 - 7/05/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan | Domino | |
| Twin Shadow | Confess | 4AD | |
| DIIV | Oshin | Captured Tracks | |
| The Henry Clay People | Twenty-Five For the Rest Of Our Lives | tbd | |
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Hypnotic Nights | Warner Bros. | |
| Mission of Burma | Unsound | Fire | |
| Deep Time | Deep Time | Hardly Art | |
| Spaceneedles | Olive Towers | self-released | |
| Foreign Friends | Measurements EP | self-released | |
| Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones | Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 | Eagle Rock | |
| Woody Guthrie | Woody at 100 | Smithsonian Folkways | |
| Karen Dalton | 1966 | Delmore | |
| Blur | The Puritan/Under the Westway | EMI | |
| Wild Nothing | Shadow/Feel You Now | Captured Tracks | |
| Line & Circle | Roman Ruins/Carelessness | White Iris | |
| Paul Banks | Julian Plenti lives | Matador |
Week: 6/22/2012 - 6/28/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Segall Band | Slaughterhouse | In The Red | |
| Dark Time Sunshine | ANX | Fake Four Inc. | |
| The Flaming Lips | The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends | Warner Bros. | |
| Black Nite Crash | Drawn Out Days | Neon Sigh | |
| Debo Band | Debo Band | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | |
| Eleni Mandell | I Can See the Future | Yep Roc | |
| Ape School | Junior Violence | Hometapes | |
| Sonny and the Sunsets | Longtime Companion | Polyvinyl | |
| Echo Lake | Wild Peace | Slumberland | |
| Tom House | Winding Down the Road | Mud | |
| Michael Vermillion | Ten Stories High | Sound vs Silence | |
| Old Crow Medicine Show | Take Me Back | ATO | |
| Erika Spring | Erika Spring | Cascine | |
| Posse | Some Dongs | self-released |
Week: 6/15/2012 - 6/21/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do | Clean Slate/Epic | |
| Supreme Cuts | Whispers in the Dark | Dovecote | |
| Lemolo | The Kaleidoscope | self-released | |
| A Place To Bury Strangers | Worship | Dead Oceans | |
| Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Trouble | Casablanca | |
| Lost Lander | DRRT | Glad I Did | |
| White Arrows | Dry Land Is Not A Myth | Votiv | |
| Still Flyin' | On A Bedroom Wall | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | |
| Delicate Steve | Positive Force | Luaka Bop | |
| Brothers From Another | Taco Tuesday EP | self-released | |
| Cooly G | Playin Me | Hyperdub | |
| Superchunk | This Summer | Merge | |
| Cat Power | Sun | Matador | |
| Doseone | G Is For Deep | Anticon | |
| Faws | Blue Notes EP | self-released | |
| The Archives | The Archives | ESL Music | |
| Can | The Lost Tapes | Mute | |
| Husky | Forever So | Sub Pop | |
| CocoRosie | We Are On Fire/Tearz For Animals | Touch and Go | |
| (Various) | Plant Music: Love Me | Plant Music | |
| LOL Boys | Changes EP | Friends of Friends | |
| Cadence Weapon | Hope In Dirt City | Upper Class | |
| Onra | Deep in the Night EP | Fool's Gold | |
| Legendary Oaks | 2 | self-released |
Week: 6/08/2012 - 6/14/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Infectious | |
| Shovels & Ropes | O' Be Joyful | Dualtone | |
| The Bamboos | Medicine Man | Tru Thoughts | |
| Orca Team | Restraint | HHBTM | |
| Peaking Lights | Lucifer | Mexican Summer | |
| Future of the Left | The Plot Against Common Sense | Xtra Mile | |
| Magic Trick | Ruler of the Night | Hardly Art | |
| The Young Evils | Foreign Spells | self-released | |
| Ba Cissoko | Nimissa | Cristal | |
| The Blakes | Art of Losses | self-released | |
| Gold Motel | Gold Motel | Good As Gold/Thirty Tigers | |
| Belleruche | Rollerchain | Tru Thoughts | |
| Beachwood Sparks | The Tarnished Gold | Sub Pop | |
| Neneh Cherry & The Thing | The Cherry Thing | Smalltown Supersound | |
| Ivan & Alyosha | All The Times We Had | Missing Piece | |
| Daydream Vacation | Dare Seize the Fire | self-released | |
| Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band | Prehistory EP | self-released | |
| Fawn | Coastlines | Quite Scientific | |
| Metric | Synthetica | Mom + Pop | |
| The Late Show | Portable Pop | Trashy Creatures | |
| Calibro 35 | Any Resemblance To Real Persons or Actual Facts Is Purely Coincidental | Nublu | |
| Living Things | Fake It, Baby, Fake It | Brotherly | |
| Beware of Darkness | Howl | Bright Antenna |
Week: 6/01/2012 - 6/07/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Womack | The Bravest Man in the Universe | XL | |
| Hot Chip | In Our Heads | Domino | |
| Niki and the Dove | Instinct | Sub Pop | |
| Patti Smith | Banga | Columbia | |
| Clams Casino | Instrumental Mixtape 2 | self-released | |
| Guided By Voices | Class Clown Spots A UFO | Guided By Voices Inc. | |
| Erik Blood | Touch Screens | self-released | |
| Dana Buoy | Summer Bodies | Lefse | |
| Giant Giant Sand | Tucson | Fire | |
| The Intelligence | Everybody's Got It Easy But Me | In the Red | |
| Jherek Bischoff | Composed | Brassland | |
| I Self Devine | The Sound of Low Class Amerika | Rhymesayers | |
| Dude York | Escape From Dude York | The Sounds of Sweet Nothing | |
| Spirit Family Reunion | No Separation | self-released | |
| The White Wires | III | Dirtnap | |
| Dent May | Do Things | Paw Tracks | |
| (Various) | Sembeh Ma Fa Fe: Revisits Volume | Stronghold Sounds | |
| Cookie Duster | Cookie Duster | SQE | |
| MMOTHS | MMOTHS | SQE | |
| Masha Qrella | Analogies | Morr Music | |
| RYAT | Totem | Brainfeeder | |
| (Various) | Oh Michael, Look What You've Done: Friends Play Michael Chapman | Tompkins Square | |
| The Young | Dub Egg | Matador | |
| Sonnymoon | Sonnymoon | Plug Research | |
| (Various) | CryBaby Studios: Comp 2012 | CryBaby Productions | |
| The Hundred In The Hands | Red Night | Warp | |
| Lazer Kitty | Ruins | self-released | |
| Patrick Watson | Adventures In Your Own Backyard | Secret City/Domino | |
| Dntel | Aimlessness | Pampa | |
| Human Woman | Human Woman | HFN Music | |
| Books On Tape | Memory/Carnival Lights | Ephemerata | |
| Groundislava | TV Dreams EP | Friends of Friends |
Week: 5/25/2012 - 5/31/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japandroids | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl | |
| The Tallest Man On Earth | There's No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans | |
| Liars | WIXIW | Mute | |
| Soulsavers | The Light The Dead See | Mute | |
| These United States | These United States | United Interests | |
| Regina Spektor | What We Saw From the Cheap Seats | Sire | |
| Friends | Manifest! | Fat Possum | |
| Broken Water | Tempest | Hardly Art | |
| Jaill | Traps | Sub Pop | |
| Bill Baird | Career | self-released | |
| Neil Young | Americana | Reprise | |
| The Beach Boys | That's Why God Made the Radio | Capitol | |
| Sam Russell with the Harborrats | The Water Balloon | self-released | |
| Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros | Here | Vagrant | |
| Curumin | Arrocha | Six Degrees | |
| Pomegranates | Heaven | Modern Outsider | |
| Beck | I Just Started Hating Some People Today/Blue Randy | Third Man |
Week: 5/18/2012 - 5/24/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:54 | 2:54 | Fat Possum | |
| Lemonade | Diver | True Panther Sounds | |
| El-P | Cancer 4 Cure | Fat Possum | |
| Kelly Hogan | I Like To Keep Myself In Pain | Anti- | |
| Public Image Ltd. | This Is PiL | self-released | |
| Sigur Ros | Valtari | XL | |
| Langhorne Slim & The Law | The Way We Move | Ramseur | |
| Crocodiles | Endless Flowers | Frenchkiss | |
| Port St. Willow | Holiday | self-released | |
| J. Pinder | Careless | Fin | |
| Marissa Nadler | The Sister | Box of Cedar | |
| PUJOL | United States of Being | Saddle Creek | |
| Nouella | Chants | The Control Group | |
| (Various) | Future Sounds of Buenos Aires | ZZK/Waxploitation | |
| KonKoma | KonKoma | Soundway | |
| Joy Wants Eternity | The Fog Is Rising | self-released | |
| Nickodemus | Moon People | ESL | |
| Lights Out Asia | Hy-Brasil | n5MD | |
| Sol | Yours Truly | self-released | |
| Kimbra | Vows | Warner Bros. | |
| The Mynabirds | Generals | Saddle Creek | |
| Squarepusher | Ufabulum | Warp | |
| Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band | One Of My Kind | Team Love | |
| Portable Sunsets | Mercy | Magical Properties | |
| Joey Ramone | "…ya know?" | BMG | |
| Chants | Night After EP | Dutty Artz | |
| Bam Spacey | Land EP | Ceremony | |
| Fly Moon Royalty | Dimensions EP | Sportn' Life | |
| Caged Animals | This Summer EP | Lucky Number | |
| Daega Sound/Kid Smpl | No Northwest Cycle 2 EP #3 | Car Crash Set |
Week: 5/11/2012 - 5/17/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Walkmen | Heaven | Fat Possum | |
| Fresh Espresso | Bossalona | Out For Stardom | |
| Killer Mike | R.A.P. Music | Williams Street | |
| Exitmusic | Passage | Secretly Canadian | |
| King Tuff | King Tuff | Sub Pop | |
| Ryan Shaw | Real Love | Dynatone | |
| Jakwob | The Prize | self-released | |
| Rhett Miller | The Dreamer | Maximum Sunshine/The Orchard | |
| Blooper | Go Away | self-released | |
| The Funkees | Dancing Time | Soundway | |
| Shannon Stephens | Pull It Together | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| Parlovr | Kook Soul | Dine Alone | |
| Grass Widow | Internal Logic | HLR | |
| Orchestre Super Borgou De Parakou | The Bariba Sound | Analog Africa | |
| White Fence | Family Perfume Vols. 1 & 2 | Woodsist | |
| Cornershop | Urban Turban | Ample Play | |
| 214 | Plastic Spokes EP | Fortfied Audio | |
| Gossip | A Joyful Noise | Columbia | |
| Here We Go Magic | A Different Ship | Secretly Canadian | |
| Deniz Kurtel & the Marcy All-Stars | The Way We Live | Wolf + Lamb | |
| Trentemoller | My Dreams EP | In My Room |
Week: 5/04/2012 - 5/10/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Specks | I Predict A Graceful Expulsion | Mute | |
| Royal Headache | Royal Headache | What's Your Rupture? | |
| TV Girl | The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle | Greedhead | |
| K-Holes | Dismania | Hardly Art | |
| Maga Bo | Quilombo Do Futuro | Post World Industries | |
| Ty Segall & White Fence | Hair | Drag City | |
| Amirali | In Time | Crosstown Rebels | |
| Danny the Street | Prom Is King | self-released | |
| Actress | R.I.P. | Honest Jon's | |
| Ten Cent Fuck Flicks | Eight Songs About Drugs and Sex | Drug Front | |
| Lone | Galaxy Garden | R & S | |
| The District Attorneys | Slowburner | self-released | |
| Fixers | Pop Meat/Your Corruptor | Dolphin Love | |
| The Cribs | In the Belly of the Brazen Bull | Wichita | |
| Slugabed | Time Team | Ninja Tune | |
| Amanda Nair | Amanda Nair | Labrador | |
| FIDLAR | Don't Try EP | Mom+Pop | |
| The Spy From Cairo | Arabadub | Wonderwheel | |
| (Various) | Ball of Wax Volume 28: Spring 2012 | Ball of Wax | |
| Simian Mobile Disco | Unpatterns | Wichita | |
| Turing Machine | What Is The Meaning Of What | Temporary Residence Ltd. | |
| JBM | Stray Ashes | Western Vinyl | |
| Humans | Traps | Hybridity | |
| Girl Unit | Club Rez EP | Night Slugs | |
| RL Grime | Grapes EP | Wedidit | |
| Ayron Jones & The Way | Baptized in Muddy Waters | self-released | |
| The Jesus Rehab | Drunken Hillbilly Fight Bar | self-released | |
| Animal Collective | Honeycomb/Gotham | Domino | |
| Slowdance | Boyfriend/Airports | White Iris |
Week: 4/27/2012 - 5/03/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Downtown/Atlantic | |
| PS I Love You | Death Dreams | Paper Bag | |
| Violens | True | Slumberland | |
| Monophonics | In Your Brain | Ubiquity | |
| Brian Jonestown Massacre | Aufheben | 'a' | |
| Silversun Pickups | Neck of the Woods | Dangerbird | |
| Alcoholic Faith Mission | Ask Me This | Old Flame | |
| Blockhead | Interludes After Midnight | Ninja Tune | |
| Twerps | Twerps | Underwater Peoples | |
| The Bats | Free All The Monsters | Flying Nun | |
| Quakers | Quakers | Stones Throw | |
| Blasted Canyons | 2nd Place | Castle Face | |
| Guantanamo Baywatch | Chest Crawl | Dirtnap | |
| Advance Base | A Shut-In's Prayer | Caldo Verde | |
| Norah Jones | Little Broken Hearts | Blue Note | |
| (Various) | Kitsune America | Kitsune | |
| Felix | Oh Holy Molar | Kranky | |
| Gravenhurst | The Ghost In Daylight | Warp | |
| Off! | Off! | Vice | |
| Addison Groove | Transistor Rhythms | Fifty Weapons | |
| Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha | Yom Rovaniemella | Helmi Levyt | |
| Cheap Time | Wallpaper Music | In The Red | |
| WAZU | WAZU | self-released | |
| The Far Away Eyes | There's No Such Thing | Unsmashable | |
| 88:88 | Heady EP | self-released | |
| Tom Eddy | The Bread Maker's Blues | self-released | |
| The Pornadoes | Now Serving | self-released | |
| Kyson | Patience | Moodgadget | |
| Arca | Stretch 1 | UNO |
Week: 4/20/2012 - 4/26/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop | |
| Allo Darlin' | Europe | Slumberland | |
| Best Coast | The Only Place | Mexican Summer | |
| Death Grips | The Money Store | Epic | |
| Lower Dens | Nootropics | Ribbon Music/Domino | |
| Daughn Gibson | All Hell | White Denim | |
| Reptar | Body Faucet | Vagrant | |
| The Sugarman 3 | What The World Needs Now | Daptone | |
| Ramona Falls | Prophet | Barsuk | |
| Evans The Death | Evans The Death | Slumberland | |
| Lightships | Electric Cables | Geographic/Domino | |
| Cheap Freaks | Bury Them All | Big Neck | |
| The Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love | Hopestreet | |
| Craft Spells | Gallery EP | Captured Tracks | |
| Hiss Golden Messenger | Poor Moon | Tompkins Square | |
| Orcas | Orcas | Morr | |
| Whitney Ballen | White Feathers, White Linens | self-released | |
| Alejandro Escovedo | Big Station | Fantasy | |
| Tomas Barfod | Salton Sea | Friends of Friends | |
| Shadows on Stars | Shadows on Stars | self-released | |
| Deadkill | Deadkill | Good To Die | |
| St. Vincent | Radio EP | 4AD | |
| Battles | Gloss Drop | Warp | |
| The Wandering | Go On Now, You Can't Stay Here | Songs of the South | |
| Fontomi | EP | self-released | |
| Justin Martin | Ghettos & Gardens | dirtybird | |
| Hawthorne Headhunters | Myriad of Now | Plug Research | |
| James & Evander | Bummer Pop | Velvet Blue Music | |
| Giraffage & XXYYXX | Even Though EP | Kitsune | |
| Squarepusher | Ufabulum | Warp | |
| Evil Eyes | EP | self-released | |
| Brad | United We Stand | Razor & Tie | |
| Woods/Amps For Christ | Woods/Amps For Christ | Shrimper | |
| Smile Brigade | Briana/Lovey Dovey | self-released | |
| Bo Diddley | The Black Gladiator | Future Days/Light in the Attic |
Week: 4/13/2012 - 4/19/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man/Columbia | |
| New Build | Yesterday Was Lived and Lost | Lanark | |
| Chicha Libre | Canibalismo | Barbes | |
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Radio Salone | Cumbancha | |
| The Chemical Brothers | Don't Think | Astralwerks | |
| Jon DeRosa | A Wolf In Preacher's Clothes | Mother West | |
| Shabazz Palaces | Live at KEXP | Sub Pop | |
| Diamond Rugs | Diamond Rugs | Partisan | |
| Mister Lies | Hidden Neighbors EP | self-released | |
| Kingdom Crumbs | Kingdom Crumbs | Cloud Nice | |
| Cold Specks | Winter Solstice EP | Mute | |
| Kwes | Meantime | Warp | |
| Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure | |
| Cock and Swan | Stash | Lost Tribe Sound | |
| Dreams | Flyte EP | 6BIT | |
| RxGibbs | Futures EP | Cascine | |
| Suckers | Candy Salad | Frenchkiss | |
| (Various) | Plug Research: Spring Forward Thinking | Plug Research | |
| Hurray For The Riff Raff | Look Out Mama | Born To Win | |
| Light Asylum | Light Asylum | Mexican Summer | |
| Part Time | What Would You Say? | Mexican Summer | |
| King of Prussia | Transmissions from the Grand Strand | self-released | |
| Dog Shredder | Brass Tactics | Good to Die | |
| Witch Gardens | R-I-P | self-released | |
| Asonat | Love In Times of Repetition | n5MD | |
| Magic Bullets | Much Ado About | Mon Amie | |
| (Various) | Stash Ritual | Mexican Summer | |
| Slavic Soul Party! | New York Underground Tapes | Barbes | |
| (Various) | Generation Y Not | Absent Fever | |
| Pressed And | Imbue Up | Mush | |
| Evil Eyes | EP | self-released | |
| Brad | United We Stand | Razor & Tie | |
| Woods/Amps For Christ | Woods/Amps For Christ | Shrimper | |
| Smile Brigade | Briana/Lovey Dovey | self-released | |
| Bo Diddley | The Black Gladiator | Future Days/Light in the Attic |
Week: 4/06/2012 - 4/12/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light | Fat Possum | |
| XXYYXX | XXYYXX | Relief in Abstract | |
| Amadou & Miriam | Folila | Nonesuch | |
| Screaming Females | Ugly | Don Giovanni | |
| The Dandy Warhols | This Machine | The End | |
| Outer Minds | Outer Minds | Southpaw | |
| JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers | Rounder | |
| Toro y Moi | June 2009 | Carpark | |
| Waco Brothers & Paul Burch | Great Chicago Fire | Bloodshot | |
| Batida | Batida | Soundway | |
| Gemma Ray | Island Fire | Bronze Rat | |
| Joan Soriano | La Familia Soriano | iASO | |
| Robert Pollard | Mouseman Cloud | Guided By Voices, Inc. | |
| Julia Holter | Ekstasis | RVNG Intl. | |
| The Lions | A Sampler | Stones Throw | |
| Ebo Taylor | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut | |
| Roaming Herds of Buffalo | Roaming Herds of Buffalo | self-released | |
| Emily Wells | Mama | Partisan | |
| Doe Paoro | Slow To Love | Anorak | |
| Pure Bathing Culture | Pure Bathing Culture EP | Father/Daughter | |
| Abjo | Sanfoka | Soulection | |
| Lee Hazlewood | The LHI Years | Light in the Attic | |
| Rob | Make It Fast, Make It Slow | Soundway |
Week: 3/30/2012 - 4/05/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromatics | Kill For Love | Italians Do It Better | |
| Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | ATO | |
| Lotus Plaza | Spooky Action At A Distance | Kranky | |
| Dr. John | Locked Down | Nonesuch | |
| Absolute Monarchs | 1 | Good to Die | |
| Maps & Atlases | Beware and Be Grateful | Barsuk | |
| Moonface | With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery | Jagjaguwar | |
| Brownout | Oozy | Nat Geo | |
| Neighbors | John In Babeland | Lost Sound Tapes | |
| The White Buffalo | Once Upon A Time In The West | Unison | |
| Zammuto | Zammuto | Temporary Residence Ltd. | |
| Devin | Romancing | Frenchkiss | |
| Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop | |
| Tacocat | Take Me To Your Dealer | Hardly Art | |
| The Satellite 4 | Street Food | self-released | |
| River Giant | River Giant | self-released | |
| Zambri | House of Baasa | Kanine | |
| Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro | Look Around the Corner | Tru Thoughts | |
| Black Mountain | Year Zero | Jagjaguwar | |
| Country Lips | Touched | self-released | |
| Willis Earl Beal | Acousmatic Sorcery | XL | |
| Hotels | Cinemascope 1 | self-released | |
| Tomten | Ta Ta Dana | Flat Field | |
| Fletcher C. Johnson | Messin' Up My Mind/Lost My Head | White Iris |
Week: 3/23/2012 - 3/29/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion | Merge | |
| FRCxBNE | There Goes The Neighborhood | self-released | |
| Kishi Bashi | 151a | Joyful Noise | |
| Wayfinders | Wayfinders | self-released | |
| Breton | Other People's Problems | FatCat | |
| Gravelroad | Psychedelta | Knick Knack | |
| The Wedding Present | Valentina | Scopitones | |
| Trampled By Turtles | Stars and Satellites | Banjodad/Thirty Tigers | |
| (Various) | West In Dust 2012 | West In Dust | |
| Peter Broderick | http://itstartshear.com | Hush | |
| (Various) | Svengali Vol. 1 | Svengali | |
| Freshkills | Raise Up The Sheets | The End | |
| Ravens & Chimes | Holiday Life | Better Looking | |
| Fort Romeau | Kingdoms | 100% Silk | |
| feedtime | The Aberrant Years | Sub Pop | |
| Anenon | Inner Hue | Non Projects | |
| 10 Ft. Ganja Plant | 10 Deadly Shots Vol. II | ROIR | |
| Elephant & Castle | Transitions | Plug Research | |
| Clark | Iradelphic | Warp | |
| Lower Dens | Brains/Propagation | Domino | |
| White Arrows | Fireworks of the Sea | Votiv |
Week: 3/16/2012 - 3/22/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yppah | Eighty One | Ninja Tune | |
| Choir of Young Believers | Rhine Gold | Ghostly International | |
| Paul Weller | Sonik Kicks | Yep Roc | |
| La Sera | Sees The Light | Hardly Art | |
| Miike Snow | Happy To You | Downtown/Universal Republic | |
| Battleme | Battleme | Trashy Moped | |
| Georgia Anne Muldrow | Seeds | SomeOhtaShip | |
| Keaton Collective | Tercera | self-released | |
| Hush Arbors & Arbouretum | Aureola | Thrill Jockey | |
| Sidi Toure | Koima | Thrill Jockey | |
| Rocket Juice & The Moon | Rocket Juice & The Moon | Honest Jon's | |
| Mirrorring | Foreign Body | Kranky | |
| Arctic Monkeys | R U Mine? | Domino | |
| Learning Team | Daypack EP | self-released | |
| A Gun That Shootes Knives | Wish You Were Here XOXO | self-released |
Week: 3/09/2012 - 3/15/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shins | Port of Morrow | Columbia | |
| THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop | |
| Lee Ranaldo | Between The Times And The Tides | Matador | |
| Scuba | Personality | Hotflush | |
| Cu | Caravana Sereia Bloom | Six Degrees | |
| The Lumineers | The Lumineers | Dualtone | |
| Tanlines | Mixed Emotions | True Panther Sounds | |
| Rocky Votolato | Television of Saints | self-released | |
| Trust | TRST | Arts & Crafts | |
| Blood Orange Paradise | Blood Orange Paradise | self-released | |
| Labyrinth Ear | Apparitions EP | self-released | |
| Daughter | The Wild Youth EP | Glassnote | |
| La Chiva Gantiva | Pelao | Crammed Discs | |
| Young Prisms | In Between | Kanine | |
| Mouse On Mars | Parastrophics | Monkeytown | |
| Caetano Veloso & David Byrne | Live at Carnegie Hall | Nonesuch | |
| White Hills | Frying On This Rock | Thrill Jockey | |
| Tensei | Constellation EP | Plug Research | |
| Yarn | Almost Home | self-released | |
| Brother Ali | The Bite Marked Heart EP | Rhymesayers |
Week: 2/17/2012 - 2/23/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Magnetic Fields | Love at the Bottom of the Sea | Merge | |
| Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop | |
| Pond | Beard, Wives, Denim | Modular | |
| White Rabbits | Milk Famous | tbd | |
| Errors | Have Some Faith In Magic | Rock Action | |
| Jamie Woon | Mirrorwriting | Polydor/Verve Forecast | |
| The Megaphonic Thrift | The Megaphonic Thrift | Sonic Unyon | |
| Natasha Kmeto | The Ache | Dropping Gems | |
| Lucero | Women & Work | ATO | |
| The Blakes | Art of Losses | self-released | |
| ZZ Ward | Eleven Roses | self-released | |
| The Funk Ark | High Noon | ESL | |
| Oliver Tank | Dreams + Dreams Remixed | Yes Please | |
| Lilacs & Champagne | Lilacs & Champagne | Mexican Summer | |
| Crushed Stars | In The Bright Rain | Simulcra | |
| Speech Debelle | Freedom of Speech | Big Dada | |
| NUMBJAC | Grief EP | Car Crash Set | |
| Eux Autres | Sun Is Sunk | Bons Mots | |
| Hunx | Hairdresser Blues | Hardly Art | |
| Los Rakas | Raka Love | self-released | |
| Sol | Yours Truly | self-released | |
| Gangrene | Vodka & Avahuasca | Decon | |
| Subcoda | Wide Awake | Satellite 451 | |
| Radiation City | Cool Nightmare | Tender Loving Empire | |
| Breton | The Blanket Rule EP | FatCat | |
| Shortcircles | EP | Plug Research | |
| Burial | Kindred EP | Hyperdub | |
| Greylag | The Only Way To Kill You | Ninth Street Opus | |
| Bonobo | Black Sands Remixed | Ninja Tune | |
| Gold Fields | EP | Astralwerks | |
| Ringo Deathstarr | Shadow EP | Sonic Unyon | |
| Guards | Do It Again/Feels Like That | White Iris | |
| Mo Kolours | EP2: Banana Wine | One-Handed Music | |
| Callers & Delicate Steve | Further Out and Perfect Pairs | Western Vinyl |
Week: 2/10/2012 - 2/16/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grimes | Visions | 4AD | |
| Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny | Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose | Mute | |
| Lushlife | Plateau Vision | Western Vinyl | |
| Perfume Genius | Put Your Back N 2 It | Matador | |
| Terry Malts | Killing Time | Slumberland | |
| Mati Zundel | Amazonico Gravitante | ZZK/Waxploitation | |
| My Best Fiend | In Ghostlike Fading | Warp | |
| The 2 Bears | Be Strong | DFA | |
| St. Paul de Vence | St. Paul de Vence | self-released | |
| Eighteen Individual Eyes | Unnovae Nights | self-released | |
| Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker and Yim Yames | New Multitudes | Rounder | |
| Bowerbirds | The Clearing | Dead Oceans | |
| Sweet Secrets | Color Force | 9lb Recordings | |
| Punch Brothers | Who's Feeling Young Now? | Nonesuch | |
| (Various) | Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan | Amnesty International | |
| Loga Ramin Torkian | Mehraab | Six Degrees | |
| Field Music | Plumb | Memphis Industries | |
| Prinzhorn Dance School | Clay Class | DFA | |
| Wild Belle | Keep You | Sandhill Sound | |
| Pepe Deluxe | Queen Of The Wave | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| The Horde and The Harem | A Long Midwinter | self-released | |
| K.S. Chithra | K.S. Chithra | B-Music |
Week: 2/03/2012 - 2/09/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Talabot | fIN | Permanent Vacation | |
| Galactic | Carnivale Electricos | Anti- | |
| The Twilight Sad | Non One Can Ever Know | Fatcat | |
| Memoryhouse | The Slideshow Effect | Sub Pop | |
| Yellow Ostrich | Strange Land | Barsuk | |
| Thaddeus David | Maven | Members Only | |
| Plants and Animals | The End of That | Secret City | |
| Black Bananas | Rad Times Xpress IV | Drag City | |
| Ana Tijoux | La Bala | Nacional | |
| Lux | We Are Not The Same | self-released | |
| Wiley | Evolve Or Be Extinct | Big Dada | |
| Chuch Prophet | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc | |
| Little Barrie | King of the Waves | Tummy Touch | |
| Young Magic | Melt | Carpark | |
| Bhi Bhiman | Bhiman | self-released | |
| Lapalux | When You're Gone EP | Brainfeeder | |
| Tommy Womack | Now What! | Cedar Creek | |
| Detective Agency | Daggers EP | self-released | |
| Au Palais | Tender Mercy EP | The Sounds of Sweet Nothing | |
| Kimbra | Settle Down EP | Warner Bros. | |
| The Toure-Raichel Collective | The Tel Aviv Session | Cumbancha | |
| Islands | A Sleep & A Forgetting | Anti- | |
| Shigeto | Lineage | Ghostly | |
| Lambchop | Mr. M | Merge | |
| XPOSURE | Digital Perception | Egyptian Maracas | |
| Balkan Beat Box | Give | Nat Geo Music | |
| Evian Christ | Kings and Them | Tri Angle | |
| DJ Food | The Search Engine | Ninja Tune | |
| Plug | Back on Time | Ninja Tune | |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | Stage Whisper | Elektra | |
| RA Scion | Beg Borrow Steal | self-released | |
| (Various) | Re:Generation | Hyundai/The Recording Academy/Greenlight/ATO | |
| The Riffbrokers | The Green Key Will Let You In | Unsmashable |
Week: 1/27/2012 - 2/02/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian | |
| Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD | |
| Polica | Give You The Ghost | Totally Gross National Product | |
| Sonic Avenues | Television Youth | Dirtnap | |
| Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland | |
| Deep Sea Diver | History Speaks | self-released | |
| Jesse Ruinjs | Dream Analysis | Captured Tracks | |
| Air | Le Voyage Dans La Lune | Astralwerks | |
| Pontiak | Echo Ono | Thrill Jockey | |
| Dr. Dog | Be The Void | Anti- | |
| Francois & the Atlas Mountains | E Volo Love | Domino | |
| Adam Arcuragi | Like a fire that consumes all before it | Thirty Tigers | |
| Drunken Prayer | Into the Missionfield | Fluff & Gravy | |
| Wendy Rene | After Laughter Comes Tears | Light in the Attic | |
| Lana Del Rey | Born To Die | Interscope | |
| Wild Nothing | Nowhere/Wait | Captured Tracks | |
| Beach Fossils | Shallow/Lessons | Captured Tracks | |
| (Various) | Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974 | Light in the Attic | |
| Michael Chapman | Rainmaker | Light in the Attic | |
| The Missionary Position | Consequences | The Boredom Killing Business | |
| The Crying Shame | EP One | self-released | |
| Red Jacket Mine | Listen Up (If The World Is Going To Hell | Fin |
Week: 1/20/2012 - 1/26/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop | |
| Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks | |
| Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum | |
| Posse | Posse | self-released | |
| Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control | |
| Trailer Trash Tracys | Ester | Domino | |
| Fred Eaglesmith | 6 Volts | AML | |
| Comet Gain | Howl of the Lonely Crowd | What's Your Rupture? | |
| Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Columbia | |
| A Place To Bury Strangers | Onwards To The Wall | Dead Oceans | |
| Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar | |
| Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. | Area 52 | ATO | |
| Gonjasufi | MU.ZZ.LE | Warp | |
| Keep Shelly In Athens | Campus Martius EP | Planet Mu | |
| Matthew Dear | Headcage EP | Ghostly International | |
| Bears | Greater Lakes | Misra | |
| Radiohead | TKOL RMX 1234567 | Ticker Tape Ltd./TBD/XL | |
| The Black Belles | The Black Belles | Third Man | |
| Todd Terje | It's the Arps EP | Smalltown Supersound/Olsen | |
| Arrange | Five Years With the Sun | Jukboxr | |
| Rob Crow | He Thinks He's People | Temporary Residence Limited | |
| (Various) | Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics | Nublu | |
| Shlohmo | Vacation EP | Friends of Friends | |
| Of Montreal | Paralytic Stalks | Polyvinyl | |
| Shawn Lee's Incredible Tabla Band | Tabla Rock | Ubiquity | |
| Zoos of Berlin | Pallister Chant EP | Time No Place | |
| Sonnymoon | 2012 EP | Plug Research |
Week: 1/13/2012 - 1/19/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark | |
| Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge | |
| Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge | |
| Big Deal | Lights Out | Mute | |
| Craig Finn | Clear Heart Full Eyes | Vagrant | |
| Gabriel Teodros | Colored People's Time Machine | Fresh Chopped Beats | |
| Jim White | Where It Hits You | Yep Roc | |
| Adrian Younge presents Venice Dawn | Something About April | Wax Poetics | |
| Elliott Brood | Days Into Years | Paper Bag | |
| The Big Pink | Figure This | 4AD | |
| Howlin Rain | The Russion Wilds | American | |
| (Various) | Coastal Sightings | Cairo | |
| Union | Analogtronics | Fat Beats | |
| The New Law | The Fifty Year Storm | self-released | |
| Busdriver | Beaus$Eros | Fake Four Inc. | |
| Keyboard Kid | The Mind Is So Complex When You're #Based | self-released | |
| Ryan Stively | Soft Kingdom | self-released | |
| Robert Glasper Experiment | Black Radio | Blue Note | |
| Water Borders | Harbored Mantras | Tri Angle | |
| John & Tom | Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar | Third Man | |
| Becky & John | I'll Be There If You Ever Want | Third Man |
Week: 1/06/2012 - 1/12/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian | |
| First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita | |
| Common | The Dreamer/The Believer | Think Common/Warner Bros. | |
| Howler | America Give Up | Rough Trade | |
| Cardinal | Hymns | Fire | |
| Laura Gibson | La Grande | Barsuk | |
| John K. Samson | Provincial | Epitaph | |
| Lana Del Rey | EP | Interscope | |
| The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | Out of Frequency | BMG | |
| Cate Le Bon | Cyrk | The Control Group | |
| Steven Bernstein's Milennial Territory Orchestra | MTO Plays Sly | The Royal Potato Family | |
| The Torn ACLs | Make A Break, Make A Move | CreeperSpeak | |
| Neverever | Shake-a-Baby | Slumberland | |
| Spekulation | Spekulation | self-released | |
| The Pharmacy | Dig Your Grave | Kind Turkey | |
| Jessie Baylin | Little Spark | Blonde Rat | |
| Brokaw | Interiors | Good To Die | |
| Joe Louis Walker | Hellfire | Alligator | |
| Air | Parade/Seven Stars | Astralwerks |
Week: 12/30/2011 - 1/05/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nada Surf | The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy | Barsuk | |
| The Weeknd | Echoes of Silence | self-released | |
| Novalima | Karimba | ESL Music | |
| The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones | |
| Guided By Voices | Let's Go Eat The Factory | Guided By Voices Inc. | |
| eleventhfloorrecords | eleventhfloorrecords | n5MD | |
| Hanni El Khatib | Will the Guns Come Out | Innovative Leisure | |
| Tindersticks | The Something Rain | Constellation | |
| The Jet Age | Domestic Disturbances | Sonic Boomerang | |
| Sapient | Eaters Volume One: Tusks | self-released | |
| Herman Dunee | Tell Me Something I Don't Know | Strange Moosic | |
| Tim Love Lee | Fully Bearded: 15 Years of Tummy Touch Records in Dub | Tummy Touch | |
| Kithkin | Takers & Leavers | self-released | |
| (Various) | Gem Drops Two | Dropping Gems | |
| The Little Willies | For the Good Times | Milking Bull | |
| Jonsi | We Bought A Zoo | Columbia | |
| Warm Ghost | Narrows | Partisan | |
| Orkestar Zirkonium | Too Hot For Sleep | self-released | |
| Ernest Gonzales | Natural Traits | Friends of Friends | |
| Pandr Eyez | Eyes On You EP | Cascine | |
| Adanowsky | Amador | Everloving | |
| Sinjin Hawke | The Lights EP | Pelican Fly | |
| IG68 | A Loom and Not Me | Nueva Forma | |
| Countrycide | The Rise and the Fall | self-released | |
| Don't Talk To The Cops | Let's Quit | self-released | |
| Little Cuts | Plastic Disaster | Dirtnap | |
| Graintable/Kimnusico Trio | No Northwest Cycle 2 EP #2 | Car Crash Set | |
| Charles Bradley | Heartaches and Pain | Daptone |