Top 89 Staff Picks: Leah Garaas, Intern
November 26, 2012
Songs
1. Frank Ocean — "Lost"
2. Alt-J — "Tesselate"
3. Twin Shadow — "Five Seconds"
4. Dirty Projectors — "Gun Has No Trigger"
5. Cat Power — "Cherokee"
6. Animal Lover — "Rumpus Room"
7. Sharon Van Etten — "Serpents"
8. David Byrne and St. Vincent — "Who"
9. Death Grips — "I've Seen Footage"
10. Solange — "Losing You"
Albums
1.Grizzly Bear — Shields
Top 5 Tracks:
"Sun In Your Eyes"
"Speak In Rounds"
"A Simple Answer"
"Yet Again"
"Sleeping Ute"
2. Cloud Nothings — Attack On Memory
Top 5 Tracks:
"Separation"
"Wasted Days"
"Cut You"
"No Future/No Past"
"No Sentiment"
3. Purity Ring — Shrines
Top 5 Tracks:
"Obedear"
"Fineshrine"
"Belispeak"
"Ungirthed"
"Lofticries"
4. Bear In Heaven — I Love You, It's Cool
Top 3 Tracks:
"Sinful Nature"
"The Reflection of You"
"World of Freakout"
5. Poliça — Give You the Ghost
Top 3 Tracks:
"Lay Your Cards Out"
"Dark Star"
"Wandering Star"
6. Night Moves — Colored Emotions
Top 3 Tracks:
"Horses"
"Headlights"
"Country Queen"
7. Japandroids — Celebration Rock
Top 3 Tracks:
"Younger Us"
"The House That Heaven Built"
"The Nights of Wine and Roses"
8.Ty Segall — Twins
Top 3 Tracks:
"Thank God for Sinners"
"You're the Doctor"
"The Hill"
9. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
Top 3 Tracks:
"Blue Jeans"
"Video Games"
"Ride"
10. Jack White — Blunderbuss
Top 3 Tracks:
"Sixteen Saltines"
"Freedom at 21"
"I'm Shakin'"
Polls
Top 89 songs of 2012
Top 89 albums of 2012
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