Songs

1. A Whisper in the Noise — "Your Hand"

2. Father John Misty — "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings"

3. P.O.S — "Get Down"

4. Hot Chip — "Night and Day"

5. Now, Now — "School Friends"

6. The Pines — "All the While"

7. Y.N.RichKids — "Hot Cheetos and Takis"

8. Sharon Van Etten — "Serpents"

9. John Mark Nelson — "What Did I Find?"

10. Ben Howard — "Old Pine"

Albums

1. P.O.S — We Don't Even Live Here

2. Father John Misty — Fear Fun

3. Sharon Van Etten — Tramp

4. Perfume Genius — Put Your Back N 2 It

5. Japandroids — Celebration Rock

6. Other Lives — Mind the Gap EP

7. Rodriguez — Searching for Sugar Man (Soundtrack)

8. Bloodnstuff — Bloodnstuff

9. Ben Howard — Every Kingdom

10. alt-J — An Awesome Wave

Polls

Top 89 songs of 2012

Top 89 albums of 2012

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