Songs

1. Nada Surf — "When I Was Young"

2. Miguel — "Adorn"

3. The Chalice — "Push It"

4. P.O.S. — "Lockpicks, Knives, Bricks and Bats"

5. The Set — "Here is My Heart"

6. Fiona Apple — "Left Alone"

7. Ani DiFranco — "Albacore"

8. Grimes — "Genesis"

9. Metric — "Breathing Underwater"

10. Actual Wolf — "Minneapolis"

Albums

1. P.O.S. — We Don't Even Live Here

2. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel...

3. Sharon Van Etten — Tramp

4. Now, Now — Threads

5. Zoo Animal — Departure

6. METZ — Metz

7. Bloodnstuff — Bloodnstuff

8. Wiping Out Thousands — This Came First

9. Dark Dark Dark — Who Needs Who

10. Bomba de Luz — What a Heavy Weight

Polls

Top 89 songs of 2012

Top 89 albums of 2012

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