February 19, 2013

Rank

Artist

Recording

Label

1

FLAMING LIPS

"Sun Blows Up Today" [Single]

Warner Brothers

2

TIM LEE 3

Devil's Rope

3

LOCAL NATIVES

Hummingbird

Frenchkiss

4

SHUGO TOKUMARU

In Focus?

Polyvinyl

5

FIDLAR

FIDLAR

Mom And Pop

6

TORO Y MOI

Anything In Return

Carpark

7

BUKE AND GASE

General Dome

Brasslands

8

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB

Specter At The Feast

Abstract Dragon

9

DOG BITE

Velvet Changes

Carpark

10

LEAGUES

You Belong Here

11

JIM JAMES

Regions Of Light And Sound

ATO

12

TEGAN AND SARA

Heartthrob

Warner Brothers

13

RUBY SUNS

Christopher

Sub Pop

14

MY BLOODY VALENTINE

MBV

Self-Released

15

STROKES

"One Way Trigger" [Single]

RCA

16

FOXYGEN

We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic

Jagjaguwar

17

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA

II

Jagjaguwar

18

ATMOSPHERE

"It Ain't The Prettiest" [Single]

Rhymesayers

19

VERONICA FALLS

Waiting For Something To Happen

Slumberland

20

CHEATAHS

Extended Plays

Wichita

21

PILLOWFIGHT

Pillowfight

Bulk-EMI

22

JOY FORMIDABLE

Wolf's Law

Canvasback-Atlantic

23

EX-COPS

True Hallucinations

Other Music

24

PARQUET COURTS

Light Up Gold

What's Your Rupture

25

NIGHT BEDS

Country Sleep

Dead Oceans

26

SURFER BLOOD

"Weird Shapes" [Single]

27

DEPECHE MODE

"Heaven" [Single]

28

PVT

Homosapien

Felte

29

KINGSTON SPRINGS

The Kingston Springs

Self-Released

30

CHARLES BRADLEY

"Strictly Reserved For You" [Single]

Dunham

Rank

Artist

Recording

Label

1

ATMOSPHERE

"It Ain't The Prettiest" [Single]

Rhymesayers

2

YANCEY BOYS

The Throwaway

Delicious Vinyl

3

KENDRICK LAMAR

Good Kid, M.A.A.d City

Top Dawg-Interscope

4

WEEKND

Trilogy

Republic-XO

5

A$AP ROCKY

LongLiveA$AP

RCA

6

ROOTS MANUVA

Banana Skank [EP]

Big Dada

7

JOEY BADA$$

"Unorthodox" [Single]

Green Label Sound

8

CAUCASIAN

Boom Bap Blueprint

9

BI-POLAR BEAR

When Ledge Is Home

Modern Shark

10

J. COLE

"Miss America" [Single]

Roc Nation

Rank

Artist

Recording

Label

1

CULT OF LUNA

Vertikal

Density

2

INCANTATION

Vanquish In Vengeance

Listenable

3

HATE

Solarflesh

Napalm

4

ANCIENT VVISDOM

Deathlike

Prosthetic

5

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH

Baphometic Chaosivm

Metal Blade

6

HELLOWEEN

Straight Out Of Hell

The End

7

HOLY GRAIL

Ride The Void

Prosthetic

8

SHAI HULUD

Reach Beyond The Sun

Metal Blade

9

HATEBREED

The Divinity Of Purpose

Razor and Tie

10

DEMON HUNTER

Godforsaken [EP]

Solid State

Rank

Artist

Recording

Label

1

RED BARAAT

Shruggy Ji

Sinj

2

DOM LA NENA

Ela

Six Degrees

3

EMPRESARIOS

El Sonido Magico

Fort Knox

4

DOMENICO

Cine Prive

Plug Research

5

FELA KUTI

The Best Of The Black President 2

Knitting Factory

6

BALLAKE SISSOKO

At Peace

Six Degrees

7

VO-DUO

Nou La

Lakou Brooklyn

8

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock From Singapore And Malaysia - 1964-1970

Sublime Frequencies

9

THE LIONS

This Generation

Lion Bread

10

EGYPTIAN PROJECT

Ya Amar

Six Degrees

Rank

Artist

Recording

Label

1

CRYSTAL CASTLES

III

Universal

2

ULRICH SCHNAUSS

A Long Way To Fall

Domino

3

ERRORS

New Relics

Rock Action

4

TORO Y MOI

Anything In Return

Carpark

5

LINDSTROM

Smalhans

Smalltown Supersound

6

BLUE FOUNDATION

In My Mind I Am Free Reconstructed

Dead People's Choice

7

FALTYDL

Hardcourage

Ninja Tune

8

RUBY SUNS

Christopher

Sub Pop

9

IAN POOLEY

What I Do

Plant Music

10

DJ SUN

One Hundred

Soular