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The KEXP Variety music chart for February, 2012
Week: 2/17/2012 - 2/23/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 2. | Galactic | Carnivale Electricos | Anti- |
| 3. | Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop |
| 4. | Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian |
| 5. | Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 6. | Posse | Posse | Self-released |
| 7. | Lushlife | Plateau Vision | Western Vinyl |
| 8. | John Talabot | fIN | Permanent Vacation |
| 9. | Air | Le Voyage Dans La Lune | Astralwerks |
| 10. | Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD |
| 11. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 12. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 13. | The Big Pink | Figure This | 4AD |
| 14. | Nada Surf | The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy | Barsuk |
| 15. | Terry Malts | Killing Time | Slumberland |
| 16. | Perfume Genius | Put Your Back N 2 It | Matador |
| 17. | Deep Sea Diver | History Speaks | Self-released |
| 18. | Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop |
| 19. | Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny | Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose | Mute |
| 20. | Novalima | Karimba | ESL Music |
| 21. | The Twilight Sad | No One Can Ever Know | Fatcat |
| 22. | Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland |
| 23. | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar |
| 24. | Polica | Give You The Ghost | Totally Gross National Product |
| 25. | Yellow Ostrich | Strange Land | Barsuk |
| 26. | The 2 Bears | Be Strong | DFA |
| 27. | Cate Le Bon | Cyrk | The Control Group |
| 28. | Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum |
| 29. | Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge |
| 30. | My Best Friend | In Ghostlike Fading | Warp |
| 31. | Elliott Brood | Days Into Years | Paper Bag |
| 32. | Common | The Dreamer/The Believer | Think Common/Warner Bros. |
| 33. | Guided By Voices | Let's Go Eat The Factory | Guided By Voices Inc. |
| 34. | Ana Tijoux | La Bala | Nacional |
| 35. | Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks |
| 36. | Howler | America Give Up | Rough Trade |
| 37. | Craig Finn | Clear Heart Full Eyes | Vagrant |
| 38. | Matthew Dear | Headcage EP | Ghostly International |
| 39. | The Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 40. | Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD |
| 41. | Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control |
| 42. | Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 43. | The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones |
| 44. | Mati Zundel | Amazonico Gravitante | ZZK/Waxploitation |
| 45. | Pontiak | Echo Ono | Thrill Jockey |
| 46. | Memoryhouse | The Slideshow Effect | Sub Pop |
| 47. | Comet Gain | Howl of the Lonely Crowd | What's Your Rupture? |
| 48. | A Place To Bury Strangers | Onward To The Wall | Dead Oceans |
| 49. | Chuck Prophet | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc |
| 50. | Au Palais | Tender Mercy EP | The Sounds of Sweet Nothing |
| 51. | Punch Brothers | Who's Feeling Young Now? | Nonesuch |
| 52. | Gonjasufi | MU.ZZ.LE. | Warp |
| 53. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 54. | M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
| 55. | Eighteen Individual Eyes | Unnovae Nights | Self-released |
| 56. | The New Law | The Fifty Year Storm | Self-released |
| 57. | Dr. Dog | Be The Void | Anti- |
| 58. | Jesse Ruins | Dream Analysis | Captured Tracks |
| 59. | Plants and Animals | The End of That | Secret City |
| 60. | Bears | Greater Lakes | Misra |
| 61. | Shigeto | Lineage | Ghostly |
| 62. | Keep Shelly In Athens | Campus Martius EP | Planet Mu |
| 63. | St. Paul de Vence | St. Paul de Vence | Self-released |
| 64. | Thaddeus David | Maven | Members Only |
| 65. | Lux | We Are Not The Same | Self-released |
| 66. | Kithkin | Takers & Leavers | Self-released |
| 67. | Detective Agency | Daggers EP | Self-released |
| 68. | Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom |
| 69. | Jim White | Where It Hits You | Yep Roc |
| 70. | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Columbia |
| 71. | Young Magic | Melt | Carpark |
| 72. | John K. Samson | Provincial | Epitaph |
| 73. | eleventhfloorrecords | eleventhfloorrecords | n5MD |
| 74. | Little Barrie | King of the Waves | Tummy Touch |
| 75. | Robert Glasper Experiment | Black Radio | Blue Note |
| 76. | (Various) | Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan | Amnesty International |
| 77. | Of Montreal | Paralytic Stalks | Polyvinyl |
| 78. | Field Music | Plumb | Memphis Industries |
| 79. | Beach Fossils | Shallow/Lessons | Captured Tracks |
| 80. | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Stage Whisper | Elektra |
| 81. | Radiohead | TKOL RMX 1234567 | Ticker Tape Ltd./TBD/XL |
| 82. | Prinzhorn Dance School | Clay Class | DFA |
| 83. | Sweet Secrets | Color Force | 9lb Recordings |
| 84. | (Various) | Coastal Sightings | Cairo |
| 85. | RA Scion | Beg Borrow Steal | Self-released |
| 86. | Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released |
| 87. | Big Deal | Lights Out | Mute |
| 88. | Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. | Area 52 | ATO |
| 89. | Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker and Yim Yames | New Multitudes | Rounder |
| 90. | Wiley | Evolve Or Be Extinct | Big Dada |
Week: 2/10/2012 - 2/16/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Talabot | fIN | Permanent Vacation |
| 2. | Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 3. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 4. | Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum |
| 5. | Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 6. | The Roots | undun | Def Jam |
| 7. | Air | Le Voyage Dans La Lune | Astralwerks |
| 8. | Posse | Posse | Self-released |
| 9. | Galactic | Carnivale Electricos | Anti- |
| 10. | Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop |
| 11. | Novalima | Karimba | ESL Music |
| 12. | Memoryhouse | The Slideshow Effect | Sub Pop |
| 13. | Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian |
| 14. | The Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 15. | Ana Tijoux | La Bala | Nacional |
| 16. | Poliça | Give You The Ghost | Totally Gross National Product |
| 17. | Cate Le Bon | Cyrk | The Control Group |
| 18. | Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD |
| 19. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 20. | The Twilight Sad | No One Can Ever Know | Fatcat |
| 21. | Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks |
| 22. | Elliott Brood | Days Into Years | Anti- |
| 23. | Dr. Dog | Be The Void | Anti- |
| 24. | Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland |
| 25. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 26. | Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control |
| 27. | Nada Surf | The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy | Barsuk |
| 28. | The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones |
| 29. | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar |
| 30. | Yellow Ostrich | Strange Land | Barsuk |
| 31. | The Big Pink | Figure This | 4AD |
| 32. | Thaddeus David | Maven | Members Only |
| 33. | Deep Sea Diver | History Speaks | Self-released |
| 34. | Lux | We Are Not The Same | Self-released |
| 35. | Detective Agency | Daggers EP | Self-released |
| 36. | Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge |
| 37. | Comet Gain | Howl of the Lonely Crowd | What's Your Rupture |
| 38. | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Columbia |
| 39. | Jesse Ruins | Dream Analysis | Captured Tracks |
| 40. | Plants and Animals | The End of That | Secret City |
| 41. | M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
| 42. | The New Law | The Fifty Year Storm | Self-released |
| 43. | Big Deal | Lights Out | Mute |
| 44. | Common | The Dreamer/The Believer | Think Common/Warner Bros. |
| 45. | Islands | A Sleep & A Forgetting | Anti- |
| 46. | Au Palais | Tender Mercy EP | The Sounds of Sweet Nothing |
| 47. | Tindersticks | The Something Rain | Constellation |
| 48. | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Stage Whisper | Elektra |
| 49. | Plug | Back on Time | Ninja Tune |
| 50. | Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom |
| 51. | Fred Eaglesmith | 6 Volts | AML |
| 52. | The Weeknd | Echoes of Silence | Self-released |
| 53. | A Place To Bury Strangers | Onwards To The Wall | Dead Oceans |
| 54. | Guided By Voices | Let's Go Eat The Factory | Guided By Voices Inc. |
| 55. | Black Bananas | Rad Times Xpress IV | Drag City |
| 56. | Shigeto | Lineage | Ghostly |
| 57. | Chuck Prophet | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc |
| 58. | Gonjasufi | MU.ZZ.LE | Warp |
| 59. | Matthew Dear | Headcage EP | Ghostly International |
| 60. | Balkan Beat Box | Give | Nat Geo Music |
| 61. | Wild Nothing | Nowhere/Wait | Captured Tracks |
| 62. | Canyons | Keep Your Dreams | Modular |
| 63. | The Juan MacLean | Everybody Get Close | DFA |
| 64. | Gabriel Teodros | Colored People's Time Machine | Fresh Chopped Beats |
| 65. | The Torn ACLs | Make A Break, Make A Move | CreeperSpeak |
| 66. | Howler | America Give Up | Rough Trade |
| 67. | Jim White | Where It Hits You | Yep Roc |
| 68. | Laura Gibson | La Grande | Barsuk |
| 69. | Craig Finn | Clear Heart Full Eyes | Vagrant |
| 70. | Trailer Trash Tracys | Ester | Domino |
| 71. | Kimbra | Settle Down EP | Warner Bros. |
| 72. | Little Barrie | King of the Waves | Tummy Touch |
| 73. | The Toure-Raichel Collective | The Tel Aviv Session | Cumbancha |
| 74. | Young Magic | Melt | Carpark |
| 75. | Ryan Stively | Soft Kingdom | Self-released |
| 76. | Lambchop | Mr. M | Merge |
| 77. | Keep Shelly In Athens | Campus Martius EP | Planet Mu |
| 78. | Bears | Greater Lakes | Misra |
| 79. | Wendy Rene | After Laughter Comes Tears | Light in the Attic |
| 80. | Robert Glasper Experiment | Black Radio | Blue Note |
| 81. | Todd Terje | It's the Arps EP | Smalltown Supersound/Olsen |
| 82. | Doomtree | No Kings | Doomtree |
| 83. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 84. | Pontiak | Echo Ono | Thrill Jockey |
| 85. | Keyboard Kid | The Mind Is So Complex When You're #Based | Self-released |
| 86. | The West | Don't Make A Sound | Self-released |
| 87. | Kithkin | Takers & Leavers | Self-released |
| 88. | RA Scion | Beg Borrow Steal | Self-released |
| 89. | Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released |
| 90. | Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. | Area 52 | ATO |
Week: 2/03/2012 - 2/09/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Posse | Posse | Self-released |
| 2. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 3. | Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop |
| 4. | Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 5. | Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 6. | The Big Pink | Figure This | 4AD |
| 7. | Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian |
| 8. | Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD |
| 9. | Nada Surf | The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy | Barsuk |
| 10. | Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland |
| 11. | Air | Le Voyage Dans La Lune | Astralwerks |
| 12. | Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks |
| 13. | Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum |
| 14. | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar |
| 15. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 16. | The Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 17. | Poliça | Give You The Ghost | Totally Gross National Product |
| 18. | Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge |
| 19. | Novalima | Karimba | ESL Music |
| 20. | Jesse Ruins | Dream Analysis | Captured Tracks |
| 21. | The New Law | The Fifty Year Storm | Self-released |
| 22. | Dr. Dog | Be The Void | Anti- |
| 23. | The Roots | undun | Def Jam |
| 24. | Comet Gain | Howl of the Lonely Crowd | What's Your Rupture |
| 25. | A Place To Bury Strangers | Onwards To The Wall | Dead Oceans |
| 26. | Canyons | Keep Your Dreams | Modular |
| 27. | Keep Shelly In Athens | Campus Martius EP | Planet Mu |
| 28. | Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control |
| 29. | Gabriel Teodros | Colored People's Time Machine | Fresh Chopped Beats |
| 30. | Sonic Avenues | Television Youth | Dirtnap |
| 31. | Pontiak | Echo Ono | Thrill Jockey |
| 32. | Elliott Brood | Days Into Years | Paper Bag |
| 33. | Walls | Coracle | Kompakt |
| 34. | Deep Sea Diver | History Speaks | Self-released |
| 35. | M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
| 36. | Wild Nothing | Nowhere/Wait | Captured Tracks |
| 37. | The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones |
| 38. | Big Deal | Lights Out | Mute |
| 39. | The Twilight Sad | No One Can Ever Know | Fatcat |
| 40. | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Columbia |
| 41. | Doomtree | No Kings | Doomtree |
| 42. | Laura Gibson | La Grande | Barsuk |
| 43. | You Won't | Skeptic Goodbye | Old Flame |
| 44. | Bears | Greater Lakes | Misra |
| 45. | Wendy Rene | After Laughter Comes Tears | Light in the Attic |
| 46. | Matthew Dear | Headcage EP | Ghostly International |
| 47. | The Jet Age | Domes | Sonic Boomerang |
| 48. | Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm |
| 49. | Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD |
| 50. | Kithkin | Takers & Leavers | Self-released |
| 51. | Howlin Rain | The Russian Wilds | American |
| 52. | Guided By Voices | Let's Go Eat The Factory | Guided By Voices Inc. |
| 53. | Common | The Dreamer/The Believer | Think Common/Warner Bros. |
| 54. | Memoryhouse | The Slideshow Effect | Sub Pop |
| 55. | Howler | America Give Up | Rough Trade |
| 56. | Yellow Ostrich | Strange Land | Barsuk |
| 57. | Cate Le Bon | Cyrk | The Control Group |
| 58. | The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | Out Of Frequency | BMG |
| 59. | Beach Fossils | Shallow/Lessons | Captured Tracks |
| 60. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 61. | Keyboard Kid | The Mind Is So Complex When You're #Based | Self-released |
| 62. | Fred Eaglesmith | 6 Volts | AML |
| 63. | Craig Finn | Clear Heart Full Eyes | Vagrant |
| 64. | Trailer Trash Tracys | Ester | Domino |
| 65. | Jim White | Where It Hits You | Yep Roc |
| 66. | Ryan Stively | Soft Kingdom | Self-released |
| 67. | The Juan MacLean | Everybody Get Close | DFA |
| 68. | Lana Del Rey | Born To Die | Interscope |
| 69. | Tim Love Lee | Fully Bearded: 15 Years of Tummy Touch Records in Dub | Tummy Touch |
| 70. | Dum Dum Girls | Only In Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 71. | Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum |
| 72. | Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released |
| 73. | The Walkabouts | Travels in the Dustland | Glitterhouse |
| 74. | eleventhfloorrecords | eleventhfloorrecords | n5MD |
| 75. | The Weeknd | Echoes of Silence | Self-released |
| 76. | Cardinal | Hymns | Fire |
| 77. | John K. Samson | Provincial | Epitaph |
| 78. | Odonis Odonis | Hollandaze | Fatcat |
| 79. | Hanni El Khatib | Will the Guns Come Out | Innovative Leisure |
| 80. | Adrian Younge presents Venice Dawn | Something About April | Wax Poetics |
| 81. | Gonjasufi | MU.ZZ.LE | Warp |
| 82. | Drunken Prayer | Into the Missionfield | Fluff & Gravy |
| 83. | Tindersticks | The Something Rain | Constellation |
| 84. | Francois & the Atlas Mountains | E Volo Love | Domino |
| 85. | Chuck Prophet | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc |
| 86. | The Black Belles | The Black Belles | Third Man |
| 87. | Radiohead | TKOL RMX 1234567 | Ticker Tape Ltd./TBD/XL |
| 88. | Blouse | Blouse | Captured Tracks |
| 89. | Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge |
| 90. | The Soft Moon | Total Decay EP | Captured Tracks |
First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita | |
Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control | |
Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian | |
Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge | |
Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark | |
Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop | |
Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum | |
Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge | |
Novalima | Karimba | ESL Music | |
Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar | |
The Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch | |
Posse | Posse | Self-released | |
The Big Pink | Figure This | 4AD | |
Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks | |
Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Columbia | |
Comet Gain | Howl of the Lonely Crowd | What's Your Rupture | |
The New Law | The Fifty Year Storm | Self-released | |
Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD | |
The Roots | undun | Def Jam | |
Nada Surf | The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy | Barsuk | |
You Won't | Skeptic Goodbye | Old Flame | |
Big Deal | Lights Out | Mute | |
Howler | America Give Up | Rough Trade | |
Todd Terje | It's The Arps EP | Smalltown Supersound/Olsen | |
Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released | |
Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record | |
Gabriel Teodros | Colored People's Time Machine | Fresh Chopped Beats | |
The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones | |
A Place To Bury Strangers | Onwards To The Wall | Dead Oceans | |
The Weeknd | Echoes of Silence | Self-released | |
Bears | Greater Lakes | Misra | |
Doomtree | No Kings | Doomtree | |
Jim White | Where It Hits You | Yep Roc | |
Common | The Dreamer/The Believer | Think Common/Warner Bros. | |
Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland | |
Trailer Trash Tracys | Ester | Domino | |
Elliott Brood | Days Into Years | Paper Bag | |
John K. Samson | Provincial | Epitaph | |
The Dø | Both Ways Open Jaws | Six Degrees | |
Canyons | Keep Your Dreams | Modular | |
The Jet Age | Domestic Disturbances | Sonic Boomerang | |
Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian | |
(Various) | Coastal Sightings | Cairo | |
The Walkabouts | Travels in the Dustland | Glitterhouse | |
Kithkin | Takers & Leavers | Self-released | |
The Head and The Heart | iTunes Session | Sub Pop | |
The Sister Ruby Band | In Cold Blood | Starfish | |
Craig Finn | Clear Heart Full Eyes | Vagrant | |
Walls | Oracle | Kompakt | |
Fred Eaglesmith | 6 Volts | AML | |
Adrian Younge presents Venice Dawn | Something About April | Wax Poetics | |
Blouse | Blouse | Captured Tracks | |
James Blake | Love What Happened Here | R&S | |
Tindersticks | The Something Rain | Constellation | |
Matthew Dear | Headcage EP | Ghostly International | |
Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD | |
M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute | |
Tomten | Wednesday's Children | Self-released | |
Hanni El Khatib | Will the Guns Come Out | Innovative Leisure | |
eleventhfloorrecords | eleventhfloorrecords | n5MD | |
Laura Gibson | La Grande | Barsuk | |
Dreams | Feelings 4 U | Self-released | |
Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. | Area 52 | ATO | |
Keep Shelly In Athens | Campus Martius EP | Planet Mu | |
Gonjasufi | MU.ZZ.LE | Warp | |
The Black Belles | The Black Belles | Third Man | |
Tim Love Lee | Fully Bearded: 15 Years of Tummy Touch Records in Dub | Tummy Touch | |
Radiohead | TKOL RMX 1234567 | Ticker Tape Ltd./TBD/XL | |
The Juan MacLean | Everybody Get Close | DFA | |
Of Montreal | Paralytic Stalks | Polyvinyl | |
Gui Boratto | III | Kompakt | |
Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | |
Cloud Control | Bliss Release | Infectious | |
Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | |
The Pharmacy | Dig Your Grave | Kind Turkey | |
The Torn ACLs | Make A Break, Make A Move | CreeperSpeak | |
Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released | |
Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | |
Cardinal | Hymns | Fire | |
Howlin Rain | The Russian Wilds | American | |
Guided By Voices | Let's Go Eat The Factory | Guided By Voices Inc. | |
Union | Analogtronics | Fat Beats | |
Cate Le Bon | Cyrk | The Control Group | |
The Soft Moon | Total Decay EP | Captured Tracks | |
Charles Bradley | Heartaches and Pain | Daptone | |
(Various) | Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics | Nublu | |
Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler/The Dream EP | In the Red | |
Real Estate | Days | Domino | |
Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | |
Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge |
Week: 1/27/2012 - 2/02/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 2. | Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control |
| 3. | Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 4. | Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 5. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 6. | Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop |
| 7. | Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum |
| 8. | Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge |
| 9. | Novalima | Karimba | ESL Music |
| 10. | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar |
| 11. | The Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 12. | Posse | Posse | Self-released |
| 13. | The Big Pink | Figure This | 4AD |
| 14. | Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks |
| 15. | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Columbia |
| 16. | Comet Gain | Howl of the Lonely Crowd | What's Your Rupture |
| 17. | The New Law | The Fifty Year Storm | Self-released |
| 18. | Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD |
| 19. | The Roots | undun | Def Jam |
| 20. | Nada Surf | The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy | Barsuk |
| 21. | You Won't | Skeptic Goodbye | Old Flame |
| 22. | Big Deal | Lights Out | Mute |
| 23. | Howler | America Give Up | Rough Trade |
| 24. | Todd Terje | It's The Arps EP | Smalltown Supersound/Olsen |
| 25. | Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released |
| 26. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 27. | Gabriel Teodros | Colored People's Time Machine | Fresh Chopped Beats |
| 28. | The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones |
| 29. | A Place To Bury Strangers | Onwards To The Wall | Dead Oceans |
| 30. | The Weeknd | Echoes of Silence | Self-released |
| 31. | Bears | Greater Lakes | Misra |
| 32. | Doomtree | No Kings | Doomtree |
| 33. | Jim White | Where It Hits You | Yep Roc |
| 34. | Common | The Dreamer/The Believer | Think Common/Warner Bros. |
| 35. | Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland |
| 36. | Trailer Trash Tracys | Ester | Domino |
| 37. | Elliott Brood | Days Into Years | Paper Bag |
| 38. | John K. Samson | Provincial | Epitaph |
| 39. | The Dø | Both Ways Open Jaws | Six Degrees |
| 40. | Canyons | Keep Your Dreams | Modular |
| 41. | The Jet Age | Domestic Disturbances | Sonic Boomerang |
| 42. | Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian |
| 43. | (Various) | Coastal Sightings | Cairo |
| 44. | The Walkabouts | Travels in the Dustland | Glitterhouse |
| 45. | Kithkin | Takers & Leavers | Self-released |
| 46. | The Head and The Heart | iTunes Session | Sub Pop |
| 47. | The Sister Ruby Band | In Cold Blood | Starfish |
| 48. | Craig Finn | Clear Heart Full Eyes | Vagrant |
| 49. | Walls | Oracle | Kompakt |
| 50. | Fred Eaglesmith | 6 Volts | AML |
| 51. | Adrian Younge presents Venice Dawn | Something About April | Wax Poetics |
| 52. | Blouse | Blouse | Captured Tracks |
| 53. | James Blake | Love What Happened Here | R&S |
| 54. | Tindersticks | The Something Rain | Constellation |
| 55. | Matthew Dear | Headcage EP | Ghostly International |
| 56. | Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD |
| 57. | M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
| 58. | Tomten | Wednesday's Children | Self-released |
| 59. | Hanni El Khatib | Will the Guns Come Out | Innovative Leisure |
| 60. | eleventhfloorrecords | eleventhfloorrecords | n5MD |
| 61. | Laura Gibson | La Grande | Barsuk |
| 62. | Dreams | Feelings 4 U | Self-released |
| 63. | Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. | Area 52 | ATO |
| 64. | Keep Shelly In Athens | Campus Martius EP | Planet Mu |
| 65. | Gonjasufi | MU.ZZ.LE | Warp |
| 66. | The Black Belles | The Black Belles | Third Man |
| 67. | Tim Love Lee | Fully Bearded: 15 Years of Tummy Touch Records in Dub | Tummy Touch |
| 68. | Radiohead | TKOL RMX 1234567 | Ticker Tape Ltd./TBD/XL |
| 69. | The Juan MacLean | Everybody Get Close | DFA |
| 70. | Of Montreal | Paralytic Stalks | Polyvinyl |
| 71. | Gui Boratto | III | Kompakt |
| 72. | Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm |
| 73. | Cloud Control | Bliss Release | Infectious |
| 74. | Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop |
| 75. | The Pharmacy | Dig Your Grave | Kind Turkey |
| 76. | The Torn ACLs | Make A Break, Make A Move | CreeperSpeak |
| 77. | Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released |
| 78. | Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom |
| 79. | Cardinal | Hymns | Fire |
| 80. | Howlin Rain | The Russian Wilds | American |
| 81. | Guided By Voices | Let's Go Eat The Factory | Guided By Voices Inc. |
| 82. | Union | Analogtronics | Fat Beats |
| 83. | Cate Le Bon | Cyrk | The Control Group |
| 84. | The Soft Moon | Total Decay EP | Captured Tracks |
| 85. | Charles Bradley | Heartaches and Pain | Daptone |
| 86. | (Various) | Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics | Nublu |
| 87. | Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler/The Dream EP | In the Red |
| 88. | Real Estate | Days | Domino |
| 89. | Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum |
| 90. | Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge |



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