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The KEXP Variety music chart for May, 2012
Week: 5/25/2012 - 5/31/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Downtown/Atlantic |
| 2. | Fresh Espresso | Bossalona | Out For Stardom |
| 3. | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man/Columbia |
| 4. | Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 5. | 2:54 | 2:54 | Fat Possum |
| 6. | Chromatics | Kill For Love | Italians Do It Better |
| 7. | The Walkmen | Heaven | Fat Possum |
| 8. | Lotus Plaza | Spooky Action At A Distance | Kranky |
| 9. | Crocodiles | Endless Flowers | Frenchkiss |
| 10. | Public Image Ltd. | This Is PiL | self-released |
| 11. | Absolute Monarchs | 1 | Good to Die |
| 12. | Royal Headache | Royal Headache | What's Your Rupture? |
| 13. | Lemonade | Diver | True Panther Sounds |
| 14. | TV Girl | The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle | Greedhead |
| 15. | El-P | Cancer 4 Cure | Fat Possum |
| 16. | XXYYXX | XXYYXX | Relief in Abstract |
| 17. | Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 18. | Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 19. | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | ATO |
| 20. | King Tuff | King Tuff | Sub Pop |
| 21. | Daughn Gibson | All Hell | White Denim |
| 22. | Exitmusic | Passage | Secretly Canadian |
| 23. | Yppah | Eighty One | Ninja Tune |
| 24. | Cold Specks | I Predict A Graceful Expulsion | Mute |
| 25. | Lower Dens | Nootropics | Ribbon Music/Domino |
| 26. | Ramona Falls | Prophet | Barsuk |
| 27. | Violens | True | Slumberland |
| 28. | Grass Widow | Internal Logic | HLR |
| 29. | Killer Mike | R.A.P. Music | Williams Street |
| 30. | Best Coast | The Only Place | Mexican Summer |
| 31. | Dr. John | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
| 32. | Japandroids | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 33. | Brian Jonestown Massacre | Aufheben | a' |
| 34. | Monophonics | In Your Brain | Ubiquity |
| 35. | Amirali | In Time | Crosstown Rebels |
| 36. | Moonface | With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery | Jagjaguwar |
| 37. | Sigur Ros | Valtari | XL |
| 38. | Craft Spells | Gallery EP | Captured Tracks |
| 39. | Blooper | Go Away | self-released |
| 40. | THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop |
| 41. | Allo Darlin' | Europe | Slumberland |
| 42. | Kelly Hogan | I Like To Keep Myself In Pain | Anti- |
| 43. | Amadou & Mariam | Folila | Nonesuch |
| 44. | K-Holes | Dismania | Hardly Art |
| 45. | Rhett Miller | The Dreamer | Maximum Sunshine/The Orchard |
| 46. | Jakwob | The Prize | self-released |
| 47. | PS I Love You | Death Dreams | Paper Bag |
| 48. | New Build | Yesterday Was Lived And Lost | Lanark |
| 49. | Reptar | Body Faucet | Vagrant |
| 50. | The Funkees | Dancing Time | Soundway |
| 51. | Ty Segall & White Fence | Hair | Drag City |
| 52. | Actress | R.I.P. | Honest Jon's |
| 53. | Blockhead | Interludes After Midnight | Ninja Tune |
| 54. | Joy Wants Eternity | The Fog Is Rising | self-released |
| 55. | The Tallest Man On Earth | There's No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans |
| 56. | Death Grips | The Money Store | Epic |
| 57. | Screaming Females | Ugly | Don Giovanni |
| 58. | Maga Bo | Quilombo Do Futuro | Post World Industries |
| 59. | The Sugarman 3 | What The World Needs Now | Daptone |
| 60. | Langhorne Slim & The Law | The Way We Move | Ramseur |
| 61. | Evans The Death | Evans The Death | Slumberland |
| 62. | The Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love | Hopestreet |
| 63. | Port St. Willow | Holiday | self-released |
| 64. | The Spy From Cairo | Arabadub | Wonderwheel |
| 65. | JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers | Rounder |
| 66. | PUJOL | United States of Being | Saddle Creek |
| 67. | Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 68. | The Dandy Warhols | This Machine | The End |
| 69. | Simian Mobile Disco | Unpatterns | Wichita |
| 70. | The Mynabirds | Generals | Saddle Creek |
| 71. | Nickodemus | Moon People | ESL |
| 72. | Joey Ramone | "…ya know?" | BMG |
| 73. | Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop |
| 74. | J. Pinder | Careless | Fin |
| 75. | Shannon Stephens | Pull It Together | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 76. | TacocaT | Take Me To Your Dealer | Hardly Art |
| 77. | Orcas | Orcas | Morr |
| 78. | Fly Moon Royalty | Dimenions EP | Sportn' Life |
| 79. | Ryan Shaw | Real Love | Dynatone |
| 80. | Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Radio Salone | Cumbancha |
| 81. | Lightships | Electric Cables | Geographic/Domino |
| 82. | Diamond Rugs | Diamond Rugs | Partisan |
| 83. | KonKoma | KonKoma | Soundway |
| 84. | Mister Lies | Hidden Neighbors EP | self-released |
| 85. | Fixers | Pop Meat/Your Corruptor | Dolphin Love |
| 86. | Alcoholic Faith Mission | Ask Me This | Old Flame |
| 87. | The Cribs | In the Belly of the Brazen Bull | Wichita |
| 88. | Twerps | Twerps | Underwater Peoples |
| 89. | (Various) | Future Sounds of Buenos Aires | ZZK/Waxploitation |
| 90. | Gossip | A Joyful Noise | Columbia |
Week: 5/18/2012 - 5/24/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Walkmen | Heaven | Fat Possum |
| 2. | Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 3. | Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Downtown/Atlantic |
| 4. | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man/Columbia |
| 5. | Fresh Espresso | Bossalona | Out For Stardom |
| 6. | Chromatics | Kill For Love | Italians Do It Better |
| 7. | Best Coast | The Only Place | Mexican Summer |
| 8. | Allo Darlin' | Europe | Slumberland |
| 9. | Cold Specks | I Predict A Graceful Expulsion | Mute |
| 10. | Lotus Plaza | Spooky Action At A Distance | Kranky |
| 11. | Amirali | In Time | Crosstown Rebels |
| 12. | Royal Headache | Royal Headache | What's Your Rupture? |
| 13. | Absolute Monarchs | 1 | Good to Die |
| 14. | Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 15. | Yppah | Eighty One | Ninja Tune |
| 16. | Exitmusic | Passage | Secretly Canadian |
| 17. | Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 18. | Blooper | Go Away | self-released |
| 19. | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | ATO |
| 20. | King Tuff | King Tuff | Sub Pop |
| 21. | River Giant | River Giant | self-released |
| 22. | Killer Mike | R.A.P. Music | Williams Street |
| 23. | Daughn Gibson | All Hell | White Denim |
| 24. | Rhett Miller | The Dreamer | Maximum Sunshine/The Orchard |
| 25. | Jakwob | The Prize | self-released |
| 26. | The Funkees | Dancing Time | Soundway |
| 27. | Dr. John | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
| 28. | PS I Love You | Death Dreams | Paper Bag |
| 29. | Amadou & Mariam | Folila | Nonesuch |
| 30. | Ramona Falls | Prophet | Barsuk |
| 31. | The Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love | Hopestreet |
| 32. | Violens | True | Slumberland |
| 33. | The Bats | Free All The Monsters | Flying Nun |
| 34. | Shannon Stephens | Pull It Together | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 35. | XXYYXX | XXYYXX | Relief in Abstract |
| 36. | TV Girl | The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle | Greedhead |
| 37. | Ryan Shaw | Real Love | Dynatone |
| 38. | K-Holes | Dismania | Hardly Art |
| 39. | Monophonics | In Your Brain | Ubiquity |
| 40. | Reptar | Body Faucet | Vagrant |
| 41. | Maga Bo | Quilombo Do Futuro | Post World Industries |
| 42. | Cornershop | Urban Turban | Ample Play |
| 43. | Gossip | A Joyful Noise | Columbia |
| 44. | Here We Go Magic | A Different Ship | Secretly Canadian |
| 45. | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| 46. | Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Radio Salone | Cumbancha |
| 47. | Lightships | Electric Cables | Geographic/Domino |
| 48. | The Sugarman 3 | What The World Needs Now | Daptone |
| 49. | Brian Jonestown Massacre | Aufheben | a' |
| 50. | Silversun Pickups | Neck of the Woods | Dangerbird |
| 51. | Trentemoller | My Dreams EP | In My Room |
| 52. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 53. | M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion | Merge |
| 54. | The Dandy Warhols | This Machine | The End |
| 55. | JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers | Rounder |
| 56. | Actress | R.I.P. | Honest Jon's |
| 57. | Orchestre Super Borgou De Parakou | The Bariba Sound | Analog Africa |
| 58. | Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 59. | The Spy From Cairo | Arabadub | Wonderwheel |
| 60. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 61. | Animal Collective | Honeycomb/Gotham | Domino |
| 62. | Orcas | Orcas | Morr |
| 63. | Deadkill | Deadkill | Good to Die |
| 64. | Screaming Females | Ugly | Don Giovanni |
| 65. | Chicha Libre | Canibalismo | Barbes |
| 66. | Lower Dens | Nootropics | Ribbon Music/Domino |
| 67. | Moonface | With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery | Jagjaguwar |
| 68. | Cheap Freaks | Bury Them All | Big Neck |
| 69. | Evans The Death | Evans The Death | Slumberland |
| 70. | Grass Widow | Internal Logic | HLR |
| 71. | Alcoholic Faith Mission | Ask Me This | Old Flame |
| 72. | White Fence | Family Perfume Vols. 1 & 2 | Woodsist |
| 73. | The Cribs | In the Belly of the Brazen Bull | Wichita |
| 74. | Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro | Look Around the Corner | Tru Thoughts |
| 75. | Gravenhurst | The Ghost In Daylight | Warp |
| 76. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 77. | John Talabot | fIN | Permanent Vacation |
| 78. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 79. | Choir Of Young Believers | Rhine Gold | Ghostly International |
| 80. | Death Grips | The Money Store | Epic |
| 81. | New Build | Yesterday Was Lived And Lost | Lanark |
| 82. | Kingdom Crumbs | Kingdom Crumbs | Cloud Nice |
| 83. | Craft Spells | Gallery EP | Captured Tracks |
| 84. | 214 | Plastic Spokes EP | Fortified Audio |
| 85. | THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop |
| 86. | Parlovr | Kook Soul | Dine Alone |
| 87. | Alejandro Escovedo | Big Station | Fantasy |
| 88. | Fixers | Pop Meat/Your Corruptor | Dolphin Love |
| 89. | Blockhead | Interludes After Midnight | Ninja Tune |
| 90. | FIDLAR | Don't Try EP | Mom + Pop |
Week: 5/11/2012 - 5/17/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Downtown/Atlantic |
| 2. | Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 3. | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man/Columbia |
| 4. | Absolute Monarchs | 1 | Good to Die |
| 5. | Yppah | Eighty One | Ninja Tune |
| 6. | Royal Headache | Royal Headache | What's Your Rupture? |
| 7. | TV Girl | The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle | Greedhead |
| 8. | Brian Jonestown Massacre | Aufheben | a' |
| 9. | Chromatics | Kill For Love | Italians Do It Better |
| 10. | Best Coast | The Only Place | Mexican Summer |
| 11. | Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 12. | Ramona Falls | Prophet | Barsuk |
| 13. | Reptar | Body Faucet | Vagrant |
| 14. | THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop |
| 15. | Allo Darlin' | Europe | Slumberland |
| 16. | Violens | True | Slumberland |
| 17. | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | ATO |
| 18. | Cold Specks | I Predict A Graceful Expulsion | Mute |
| 19. | The Shins | Port of Morrow | Columbia |
| 20. | Dr. John | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
| 21. | Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 22. | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| 23. | K-Holes | Dismania | Hardly Art |
| 24. | Amirali | In Time | Crosstown Rebels |
| 25. | The Sugarman 3 | What The World Needs Now | Daptone |
| 26. | Miike Snow | Happy To You | Downtown/Universal Republic |
| 27. | River Giant | River Giant | self-released |
| 28. | Lotus Plaza | Spooky Action At A Distance | Kranky |
| 29. | XXYYXX | XXYYXX | Relief in Abstract |
| 30. | Daughn Gibson | All Hell | White Denim |
| 31. | Amadou & Mariam | Folila | Nonesuch |
| 32. | PS I Love You | Death Dreams | Paper Bag |
| 33. | The Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love | Hopestreet |
| 34. | Fresh Espresso | Bossalona | Out For Stardom |
| 35. | Craft Spells | Gallery EP | Captured Tracks |
| 36. | Ty Segall & White Fence | Hair | Drag City |
| 37. | Lower Dens | Nootropics | Ribbon Music/Domino |
| 38. | Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Radio Salone | Cumbancha |
| 39. | Choir Of Young Believers | Rhine Gold | Ghostly International |
| 40. | Maga Bo | Quilombo Do Futuro | Post World Industries |
| 41. | Silversun Pickups | Neck of the Woods | Dangerbird |
| 42. | The Dandy Warhols | This Machine | The End |
| 43. | Alcoholic Faith Mission | Ask Me This | Old Flame |
| 44. | The Walkmen | Heaven | Fat Possum |
| 45. | Monophonics | In Your Brain | Ubiquity |
| 46. | New Build | Yesterday Was Lived And Lost | Lanark |
| 47. | M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion | Merge |
| 48. | Evans The Death | Evans The Death | Slumberland |
| 49. | Moonface | With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery | Jagjaguwar |
| 50. | The Cribs | In the Belly of the Brazen Bull | Wichita |
| 51. | Simian Mobile Disco | Unpatterns | Wichita |
| 52. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 53. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 54. | Danny the Street | Prom Is King | self-released |
| 55. | Screaming Females | Ugly | Don Giovanni |
| 56. | Chicha Libre | Canibalismo | Barbes |
| 57. | La Sera | Sees The Light | Hardly Art |
| 58. | Maps & Atlases | Beware and Be Grateful | Barsuk |
| 59. | Alejandro Escovedo | Big Station | Fantasy |
| 60. | Fixers | Pop Meat/Your Corruptor | Dolphin Love |
| 61. | The Spy From Cairo | Arabadub | Wonderwheel |
| 62. | JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers | Rounder |
| 63. | Twerps | Twerps | Underwater Peoples |
| 64. | Blockhead | Interludes After Midnight | Ninja Tune |
| 65. | Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 66. | The Bats | Free All The Monsters | Flying Nun |
| 67. | Shadows On Stars | Shadows On Stars | self-released |
| 68. | Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop |
| 69. | GravelRoad | Psychedelta | Knick Knack |
| 70. | TacocaT | Take Me To Your Dealer | Hardly Art |
| 71. | Kingdom Crumbs | Kingdom Crumbs | Cloud Nice |
| 72. | Orcas | Orcas | Morr |
| 73. | Shabazz Palaces | Live at KEXP | Sub Pop |
| 74. | The Satellite 4 | Street Food | self-released |
| 75. | Death Grips | The Money Store | Epic |
| 76. | Jon DeRosa | A Wolf In Preacher's Clothes | Mother West |
| 77. | Ceremony | Zoo | Matador |
| 78. | Actress | R.I.P. | Honest Jon's |
| 79. | Guantanamo Baywatch | Chest Crawl | Dirtnap |
| 80. | Quakers | Quakers | Stones Throw |
| 81. | Paul Weller | Sonik Kicks | Yep Roc |
| 82. | Kwes | Meantime | Warp |
| 83. | Suckers | Candy Salad | Frenchkiss |
| 84. | Kishi Bashi | 151a | Joyful Noise |
| 85. | Animal Collective | Honeycomb/Gotham | Domino |
| 86. | Bear In Heaven | I Love You, It's Cool | Dead Oceans |
| 87. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 88. | Wayfinders | Wayfinders | self-released |
| 89. | Fearce and BeanOne | There Goes the Neighborhood | self-released |
| 90. | Neighbors | John In Babeland | Lost Sound Tapes |
Week: 5/04/2012 - 5/10/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Downtown/Atlantic |
| 2. | Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 3. | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man/Columbia |
| 4. | Best Coast | The Only Place | Mexican Summer |
| 5. | Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 6. | Chromatics | Kill For Love | Italians Do It Better |
| 7. | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | ATO |
| 8. | Bear In Heaven | I Love You, It's Cool | Dead Oceans |
| 9. | Allo Darlin' | Europe | Slumberland |
| 10. | Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 11. | Yppah | Eighty One | Ninja Tune |
| 12. | Silversun Pickups | Neck of the Woods | Dangerbird |
| 13. | Amadou & Mariam | Folila | Nonesuch |
| 14. | Miike Snow | Happy To You | Downtown/Universal Republic |
| 15. | THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop |
| 16. | Dr. John | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
| 17. | Lotus Plaza | Spooky Action At A Distance | Kranky |
| 18. | The Shins | Port of Morrow | Columbia |
| 19. | Brian Jonestown Massacre | Aufheben | a' |
| 20. | Absolute Monarchs | 1 | Good to Die |
| 21. | Ceremony | Zoo | Matador |
| 22. | The Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love | Hopestreet |
| 23. | PS I Love You | Death Dreams | Paper Bag |
| 24. | The Dandy Warhols | This Machine | The End |
| 25. | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| 26. | Chicha Libre | Canibalismo | Barbes |
| 27. | Violens | True | Slumberland |
| 28. | The Sugarman 3 | What The World Needs Now | Daptone |
| 29. | Ramona Falls | Prophet | Barsuk |
| 30. | Tanlines | Mixed Emotions | True Panther Sounds |
| 31. | Choir Of Young Believers | Rhine Gold | Ghostly International |
| 32. | Reptar | Body Faucet | Vagrant |
| 33. | Lightships | Electric Cables | Geographic/Domino |
| 34. | Scuba | Personality | Hotflush |
| 35. | M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion | Merge |
| 36. | Trust | TRST | Arts & Crafts |
| 37. | Blockhead | Interludes After Midnight | Ninja Tune |
| 38. | The Magnetic Fields | Love at the Bottom of the Sea | Merge |
| 39. | River Giant | River Giant | self-released |
| 40. | Mister Lies | Hidden Neighbors EP | self-released |
| 41. | La Sera | Sees The Light | Hardly Art |
| 42. | Moonface | With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery | Jagjaguwar |
| 43. | Lee Ranaldo | Between The Times And The Tides | Matador |
| 44. | Twerps | Twerps | Underwater Peoples |
| 45. | Light Asylum | Light Asylum | Mexican Summer |
| 46. | Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 47. | Wayfinders | Wayfinders | self-released |
| 48. | GravelRoad | Psychedelta | Knick Knack |
| 49. | Craft Spells | Gallery EP | Captured Tracks |
| 50. | XXYYXX | XXYYXX | Relief in Abstract |
| 51. | Lower Dens | Nootropics | Ribbon Music/Domino |
| 52. | Daughn Gibson | All Hell | White Denim |
| 53. | Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Radio Salone | Cumbancha |
| 54. | Cheap Freaks | Bury Them All | Big Neck |
| 55. | New Build | Yesterday Was Lived And Lost | Lanark |
| 56. | Evans The Death | Evans The Death | Slumberland |
| 57. | The Wedding Present | Valentina | Scopitones |
| 58. | Cold Specks | Winter Solstice EP | Mute |
| 59. | The Bats | Free All The Monsters | Flying Nun |
| 60. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 61. | John Talabot | fIn | Permanent Vacation |
| 62. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 63. | TacocaT | Take Me To Your Dealer | Hardly Art |
| 64. | Screaming Females | Ugly | Don Giovanni |
| 65. | Monophonics | In Your Brain | Ubiquity |
| 66. | Jon DeRosa | A Wolf In Preacher's Clothes | Mother West |
| 67. | Kishi Bashi | 151a | Joyful Noise |
| 68. | Guantanamo Baywatch | Chest Crawl | Dirtnap |
| 69. | Paul Weller | Sonik Kicks | Yep Roc |
| 70. | JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers | Rounder |
| 71. | Battleme | Battleme | Trashy Moped |
| 72. | Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro | Look Around the Corner | Tru Thoughts |
| 73. | The White Buffalo | Once Upon A Time In The West | Unison |
| 74. | Quakers | Quakers | Stones Throw |
| 75. | RxGibbs | Futures EP | Cascine |
| 76. | Off! | Off! | Vice |
| 77. | Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop |
| 78. | The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones |
| 79. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 80. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 81. | Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself | Mom + Pop |
| 82. | Death Grips | The Money Store | Epic |
| 83. | Maps & Atlases | Beware and Be Grateful | Barsuk |
| 84. | Fearce and BeanOne | There Goes the Neighborhood | self-released |
| 85. | Blood Orange Paradise | Blood Orange Paradise | self-released |
| 86. | Orcas | Orcas | Morr |
| 87. | Kingdom Crumbs | Kingdom Crumbs | Cloud Nice |
| 88. | Country Lips | Touched | self-released |
| 89. | Shabazz Palaces | Live at KEXP | Sub Pop |
| 90. | Tomten | Ta Ta Dana | Flat Field |
Week: 4/27/2012 - 5/03/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 2. | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man/Columbia |
| 3. | Best Coast | The Only Place | Mexican Summer |
| 4. | Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 5. | Chromatics | Kill For Love | Italians Do It Better |
| 6. | Allo Darlin' | Europe | Slumberland |
| 7. | Craft Spells | Gallery EP | Captured Tracks |
| 8. | THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop |
| 9. | Lotus Plaza | Spooky Action At A Distance | Kranky |
| 10. | Yppah | Eighty One | Ninja Tune |
| 11. | The Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love | Hopestreet |
| 12. | Dr. John | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
| 13. | Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Downtown/Atlantic |
| 14. | Daughn Gibson | All Hell | White Denim |
| 15. | Absolute Monarchs | 1 | Good to Die |
| 16. | Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop |
| 17. | XXYYXX | XXYYXX | Relief in Abstract |
| 18. | The Sugarman 3 | What The World Needs Now | Daptone |
| 19. | The Dandy Warhols | This Machine | The End |
| 20. | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | ATO |
| 21. | Ceremony | Zoo | Matador |
| 22. | The Shins | Port of Morrow | Columbia |
| 23. | Amadou & Mariam | Folila | Nonesuch |
| 24. | Tanlines | Mixed Emotions | True Panther Sounds |
| 25. | Lightships | Electric Cables | Geographic/Domino |
| 26. | Trust | TRST | Arts & Crafts |
| 27. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 28. | Fanfarlo | Rooms Filled With Light | Canvasback/Atlantic |
| 29. | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| 30. | Ramona Falls | Prophet | Barsuk |
| 31. | New Build | Yesterday Was Lived And Lost | Lanark |
| 32. | Reptar | Body Faucet | Vagrant |
| 33. | Miike Snow | Happy To You | Downtown/Universal Republic |
| 34. | La Sera | Sees The Light | Hardly Art |
| 35. | River Giant | River Giant | self-released |
| 36. | Orcas | Orcas | Morr |
| 37. | Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 38. | Death Grips | The Money Store | Epic |
| 39. | Cheap Freaks | Bury Them All | Big Neck |
| 40. | Lower Dens | Nootropics | Ribbon Music/Domino |
| 41. | Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself | Mom + Pop |
| 42. | The Chemical Brothers | Don't Think | Astralwerks |
| 43. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 44. | Bear In Heaven | I Love You, It's Cool | Dead Oceans |
| 45. | Mind Spiders | Meltdown | Dirtnap |
| 46. | Lee Ranaldo | Between The Times And The Tides | Matador |
| 47. | Moonface | With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery | Jagjaguwar |
| 48. | Choir Of Young Believers | Rhine Gold | Ghostly International |
| 49. | M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion | Merge |
| 50. | Suckers | Candy Salad | Frenchkiss |
| 51. | RxGibbs | Futures EP | Cascine |
| 52. | The Lions | A Sampler | Stones Throw |
| 53. | John Talabot | IN | Permanent Vacation |
| 54. | Neighbors | John In Babeland | Lost Sound Tapes |
| 55. | Wayfinders | Wayfinders | self-released |
| 56. | TacocaT | Take Me To Your Dealer | Hardly Art |
| 57. | Shabazz Palaces | Live at KEXP | Sub Pop |
| 58. | Rocky Votolato | Television of Saints | self-released |
| 59. | Country Lips | Touched | self-released |
| 60. | Screaming Females | Ugly | Don Giovanni |
| 61. | Evans The Death | Evans The Death | Slumberland |
| 62. | Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Radio Salone | Cumbancha |
| 63. | Diamond Rugs | Diamond Rugs | Partisan |
| 64. | Maps & Atlases | Beware and Be Grateful | Barsuk |
| 65. | Scuba | Personality | Hotflush |
| 66. | Cold Specks | Winter Solstice EP | Mute |
| 67. | JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers | Rounder |
| 68. | Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro | Look Around the Corner | Tru Thoughts |
| 69. | Light Asylum | Light Asylum | Mexican Summer |
| 70. | School of Seven Bells | Ghostory | Vagrant/Ghostly |
| 71. | Grynch | Perspective | self-released |
| 72. | Blood Orange Paradise | Blood Orange Paradise | self-released |
| 73. | Kingdom Crumbs | Kingdom Crumbs | Cloud Nice |
| 74. | Tomten | Ta Ta Dana | Flat Field |
| 75. | Brad | United We Stand | Razor & Tie |
| 76. | Mister Lies | Hidden Neighbors EP | self-released |
| 77. | Chicha Libre | Canibalismo | Barbes |
| 78. | Alejandro Escovedo | Big Station | Fantasy |
| 79. | Outer Minds | Outer Minds | Southpaw |
| 80. | The White Buffalo | Once Upon A Time In The West | Unison |
| 81. | Battleme | Battleme | Trashy Moped |
| 82. | Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 83. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 84. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 85. | Fearce and BeanOne | There Goes the Neighborhood | self-released |
| 86. | GravelRoad | Psychedelta | Knick Knack |
| 87. | Witch Gardens | R-I-P | self-released |
| 88. | Jon DeRosa | A Wolf In Preacher's Clothes | Mother West |
| 89. | Paul Weller | Sonik Kicks | Yep Roc |
| 90. | Kishi Bashi | 151a | Joyful Noise |