- Audacity – “Pink Confusion Formula” from Mellow Cruisers (Burger)
- Bombay Royale – “Monkey Fight Snake” from You Me Bullets Love (Hope Street)
- Jimmy Cliff – “Outsider” from “Rebirth” (Universal)
- Bob Dylan – “Tin Angel” from “Tempest” (Columbia)
- Ecid – “Werewolf Hologram” from Werewolf Hologram (Fill in the Breaks)
- Heartless Bastards – “Low Low Low” from Arrow (Partisan)
- Liminanas – “Salvation” from Crystal Anis (Hozac)
- Mind Spiders – “On the Radio” from Meltdown (Dirtnap)
- Perfume Genius – “Dark Parts” from Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)
- Pizazz – “Crafty Maneuvers” from Get Out of My House!!! (Burger)
- Redd Kross – “Stay Away From Downtown” from Researching the Blues (Merge)
- School of Seven Bells – “The Night” from Ghostory (Vagrant)
Favorite Album of 2012
- Cate Le Bon – Cyrk (Control Group)
