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Top 100 Albums of the Month - August 2012

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  1. Shonen Knife | Pop Tune (Good Charamel)
  2. Jimmy Cliff | Rebirth (Sun Power)
  3. Twin Shadow | Confess (4AD)
  4. Mexican Institute of Sound | Politico (Nacional)
  5. Purity Ring | Shrines (4AD)
  6. Trust | TRST (Arts and Crafts)
  7. John Maus | A Collection of Rarities (Ribbon)
  8. Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone (Innovative Leisure)
  9. Dead Can Dance | Anastasis (Pias)
  10. Antibalas | S/T (Daptone)
  11. Nervebreakers | Hijack the Radio (Get Hip)
  12. A Place to Bury Strangers | Worship (Dead Oceans)
  13. Cluster | Cluster II (Esoteric)
  14. JUST TELL ME THAT YOU WANT ME: A TRIBUTE TO FLEETWOOD MAC | Various Artists (Hear Music)
  15. Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
  16. Los Straitjackets | Jet Set (yep roc)
  17. Swans | The Burning World (Water)
  18. Liminanas | Crystal Anis (Hozac Records)
  19. Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra | Last Odyssey (Ubiquity)
  20. Two Gallants | The Bloom and the Blight (ATO)
  21. SUPERHITS OF THE SEVENTIES | Various Artists (Mike Shell)
  22. Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang | En Yay Sah (Luaka Bop)
  23. Metric | Synthetica (MomPop)
  24. MAXIMUM SITAR | Various Artists (Particles)
  25. Golden Retriever | Occupied with the Unspoken (Thrill Jockey)
  26. Old Crow Medicine Show | Carry me back (ATO)
  27. Dan Deacon | America (Domino)
  28. Antony and the Johnsons | Cut the World (Secretly Canadian)
  29. The Monochrome Set | Strange Boutique (Water)
  30. Micachu and the Shapes | Never (Rough Trade)
  31. Crocodiles | Endless Flowers (Frenchkiss)
  32. Lawrence Arabia | The Sparrow (Bella Union)
  33. Die Zorros | Future (Voodoo Rhythms)
  34. Hot Chip | In Our Heads (Domino)
  35. Icky Blossoms | S/T (Saddle Creek)
  36. IVORY COAST SOUL: AFROFUNK IN ABIDJAN FROM 1972 TO 1982 | Various Artists (Hot Casa)
  37. Diego's Umbrella | Proper Cowboy (Ninth Street Opus)
  38. Aesop Rock | Skeleton (Rhymesayers)
  39. Ana Tijoux | La Bala (Nacional)
  40. Trampled by Turtles | Stars and Satellites (Banjodad)
  41. FUTURE SOUNDS OF BUENOS AIRES | Various Artists (Waxploitation/ZZK)
  42. Barons of Tang | S/T (Self Released)
  43. Shawn Lee | Synthesizers In Space (ESL)
  44. Cadence Weapon | Hope In Dirt City (Upper Class)
  45. Redd Kross | Researching The Blues (Merge)
  46. La Vida Boheme | Nuestra (Nacional)
  47. The Sultans of Soul | Various Artists (Wind Hit)
  48. Rodriguez | Searching For Sugar Man OST (Light In The Attic/Legacy)
  49. Eternal Summers | Correct Behavior (Kanine)
  50. Jill Barber | Mischievous Moon (Outside Music)
  51. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Mature Themes (4AD)
  52. Dr. John | Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  53. Deep Time | S/T (Hardly Art)
  54. DIIV | Oshin (Captured Tracks)
  55. Jerry Fels and the Jerry Fels | Evil is the Root of All Money (Nobody's Favorite)
  56. Grass Widow | Internal Logic (HLR)
  57. Kelly Hogan | I Like to Keep Myself In Pain (Anti-)
  58. Bloody Jug Band | Coffin Up Blood (Tinderbox)
  59. IT'S YOUR VOODOO WORKING | Various Artists (Universal)
  60. Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Epic)
  61. James & Evander | Bummer Pop (Velvet Blue)
  62. Liars | WIXIW (Mute)
  63. Echo Lake | Wild Peace (Slumberland)
  64. Be Good Tanyas | A Collection (2000-2012) (Nettwerk)
  65. New Kinetics | Contact (Aural Gravy)
  66. Db's | Falling Off the Sky (Bar None)
  67. Spencey Dude & the Doodles | Night Problems (California Clap)
  68. Burnt Ones | Protection Circle/Black Leather Or Furs (Fuzz City)
  69. The Cactus Channel | Haptics (HopeStreet)
  70. Silver Machine | Symmetry (S/R)
  71. Ondatropica | S/T (Soundway)
  72. Microscopium Oo | LAX>KIX (S/R)
  73. Glitter Wizard | Solar Hits (Archers Guild)
  74. King Tuff | S/T (Sub Pop)
  75. Exitmusic | Passage (Secretly Canadian)
  76. Allen Clapp and his Orchestra | Mixed Greens (Mystery Lawn Music)
  77. Joe Rut | Live (s/r)
  78. Future of the Left | The Plot Against Common Sense (The Syndicate)
  79. Opossom | Electric Hawaii (Fire)
  80. Julia Holter | Ekstasis (RVNG Intl)
  81. Orkestar Zirkonium | Too Hot for Sleep (S/R)
  82. Cynics | Spinning Wheel Motel (Get Hip)
  83. Twin Steps | Serial Parade (Cola Bruin)
  84. Sonny and the Sunsets | Longtime Companion (Polyvinyl)
  85. Bondi Blaster | Lo Juimo (Stronghold Sound)
  86. Woody Guthrie | Woody At 100 ()
  87. Umbrella Bed | Go (Mad Butcher)
  88. Passion Pit | Gossamer (Frenchkiss)
  89. Emel Mathlouthi | Kelmti Horra (World Village)
  90. Patti Smith | Banga (Columbia)
  91. Carter/Tutti/Void | Transverse (Mute)
  92. Robert Wyatt | The End of An Ear (Esoteric)
  93. Guided By Voices | Class Clown Spots A UFO (S/R)
  94. Bibi Tanga & the Selenites | 40 Degrees of Sunshine (Nat Geo)
  95. Allen Stone | S/T (ATO)
  96. Foxygen | take the kids off broadway (Jagjaguwar)
  97. Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra | Theater is Evil (8ft)
  98. Bonde Do Role | Tropicalbacanal (Terrorbird)
  99. Wild Nothing | Nocturne (Captured Tracks)
  100. Animal Collective | Centipede Hz (Domino)

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