Songs

1. Grimes — "Oblivion"

2. Chromatics — "Back from the Grave"

3. The xx — "Chained"

4. Lana Del Rey — "Born to Die"

5. Burial — "Ashtray Wasp"

6. Solange — "Losing You"

7. Alt-J — "Fitzpleasure"

8. Bridget Kelly — "Special Delivery"

9. Miguel — "Do You..."

10. Bat for Lashes — "Laura"

Albums

1. Chromatics — Kill for Love

2. Grimes — Visions

3. The xx — Coexist

4. Kendrick Lamar — good kid; m.A.A.d. city

5. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel...

6. Mirrorring — Foreign Body

7. Alt-J — An Awesome Wave

8. Burial — Kindred EP

9. Tame Impala — Lonerism

10. Beach House — Bloom

Honorary mentions:
Killer Mike — R.A.P. Music; Lil B — God's Father; Chairlift — Something; Mark Van Hoen — The Revenant Diary; Food Pyramid — Mango Sunrise; Raime — Quarter Turns Over a Living Line; Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti — Mature Themes; Darling Farah — Body; Is/Is — III; Main Attrakionz — Bossalinis & Fooliyones; Polica — Give You The Ghost; Andy Stott — Luxury Problems; Daniel Rossen — Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP; Lana Del Rey — Paradise EP & Born to Die

Polls

Top 89 songs of 2012

Top 89 albums of 2012

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