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Top 100 Albums of the Month - May 2012

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  1. Beach House | Bloom (Sub Pop)
  2. Battles | Dross Glop (Warp)
  3. Dr. John | Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  4. Amadou & Mariam | Folila (Nonesuch)
  5. Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Fat Possum)
  6. Jack White | Blunderbuss (Third Man/Columbia)
  7. Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love (Hopestreet)
  8. Grimes | Visions (4AD)
  9. V/A | WEST INDIES FUNK VOL. 2 (Trans Air)
  10. THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE (Sub Pop)
  11. Ceu | Caravana Sereia Bloom (Six Degrees)
  12. Santigold | Master of My Make-Believe (Atlantic)
  13. Bassnectar | Vava Voom (Amorphous)
  14. Quantic & Alice Russell w/Combo Barbaro | Look Around the Corner (Tru Thoughts)
  15. All Good Funk Alliance | Jacks of All Trades (Fort Knox)
  16. Sugarman Three | What the World Needs Now (Daptone)
  17. V/A | ORIGINAL RAW SOUL VOL. 3 (Now-Again)
  18. Broncho | Can't Get Past the Lips (Guestroom)
  19. Strawberry Whiplash | Hits in the Car (Matinee)
  20. Carolina Chocolate Drops | Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)
  21. Johnny Otis | Johnny Otis Story Vol. 1 (Ace)
  22. Black Dice | Mr. Impossible (Ribbon)
  23. Madjo | Trapdoor (Casablanca)
  24. Gift of Gab | The Next Logical Progression (Quannum)
  25. Busdriver | Beaus $ Eros (Fake Four)
  26. Screaming Females | Ugly (Don Giovanni)
  27. SPIRIT OF THE CRAMPS | Various Artists (Righteous)
  28. Robert Glasper Experiment | Black Radio (Blue Note)
  29. Cheap Time | Wallpaper Music (In the Red)
  30. Joey Ramone | Ya Know? (Mutated)
  31. Moholy-Nagy | Like Mirage (TRR)
  32. Julia Holter | Ekstasis (RVNG Intl)
  33. Best Coast | The Only Place (Mexican Summer)
  34. V/A | TIME TO GO (Flying Nun)
  35. Aaron Dilloway | Modern Jester (Hanson)
  36. Andre Williams & the Sadies | Night and Day (Yep Roc)
  37. Chromatics | Kill for Love (Italians Do It Better)
  38. UNDERCOVER PRESENTS: BLACK SABBATH'S "PARANOID" | Various Artists (Undercover Presents)
  39. Blasted Canyons | 2nd Place (Castle Face)
  40. Moon Hooch | S/T (S/R)
  41. Ray Wylie Hubbard | The Grifter's Hymnal (Bordello)
  42. THE KARINDULA SESSIONS: TRADI-MODERN SOUNDS FROM SOUTHEAST CONGO | Various Artists (Crammed)
  43. Punch Brothers | Who's Feeling Young Now? (Nonesuch)
  44. Woods / Amps For Christ | Split (Shrimper)
  45. Alexander Tucker | Third Mouth (Thrill Jockey)
  46. Burnt Ones | Black Teeth & Golden Tongues (Roaring Colonel)
  47. HIGHLIFE TIME VOL. 2 | Various Artists (Vampi Soul)
  48. Jon Porras | Black Mesa (Thrill Jockey)
  49. Mirel Wagner | S/T (Friendly Fire)
  50. Clark | Iradelphic (Warp)
  51. George Harrison | Early Takes Volume 1 (Universal Music Company)
  52. Los Rakas | Raka Love (S/R)
  53. Devin | Romancing (Frenchkiss)
  54. Squarepusher | Ufabulum (Warp)
  55. J. Davis Trio | Vintage (Elephantpants)
  56. SLONIMSKY'S THESAURUS | Various Artists (Esopus)
  57. Ancestral Diet | V.I.T.R.I.O.L (Sax Wand)
  58. Violens | TRUE (Slumberland)
  59. Mallard | Yes on Blood (Castle Face)
  60. V/A | BEAT FRAULEINS (Grosse Freiheit)
  61. Willis Earl Beal | Acousmatic Sorcery (Hot Charity)
  62. Monophonics | In Your Brain (Ubiquity)
  63. Pond | Beard, Wives, Denim (Modular)
  64. Smoove & Turrell | Eccentric Audio (Jalapeno)
  65. JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound | Want More (Bloodshot)
  66. Glitter Wizard | Solar Hits (Archers Guild)
  67. Black Belles | S/T (Third Man)
  68. Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound | S/T (SideOneDummy)
  69. Slackers | The Radio (Whatevski)
  70. Balkan Beat Box | Give (Nat Geo)
  71. Lee Fields & the Expressions | Faithful Man (Truth & Soul)
  72. Suzanne Ciani | Lixiviation (Finders Keepers)
  73. I Self Devine | Sound of Low Class America (Rhymesayers)
  74. Guilty Pleasures | Summer Strange (Dusty Medical)
  75. Hunx | Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)
  76. Odessa Chen | Archives of the Natural World (S/R)
  77. Reggie Watts | A Live at Central Park (Comedy Central)
  78. Gorillaz | The Singles Collection 2001-2011 (EMI)
  79. Novalima | Karimba (ESL)
  80. Pepe Deluxe | Queen of the Wave (Asthmatic Kitty)
  81. Feedtime | Today Is Friday (S-S)
  82. ORIGINAL SOUND OF CUMBIA | Various Artists (Soundway)
  83. Lost Cat | (I Hate) College Radio (Extra Small)
  84. Carmen | Time to Move (Beat Electric)
  85. Air | Le Voyage dans la Lune (Astralwerks)
  86. Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself (Mom + Pop)
  87. Los Impala | Impala Syndrome (Gear Fab)
  88. Filfla | Flip Tap (Someone Good)
  89. Bahamas | Barchords (Brushfire)
  90. Caethua | The Summer Is Over Before It's Begun (Sax Wand)
  91. Various Artists | Classic Rockabilly (Proper)
  92. Chairlift | Something (Columbia)
  93. Black Seeds | Dust and Dirt (Easy Star)
  94. BRAVE NEW SURF | Various Artists (Double Crown)
  95. Ursula 1000 | Remixes EP! (ESL)
  96. Gentleman Jesse | Leaving Atlanta (Douchemaster)
  97. La Sera | Sees the Light (Hardly Art)
  98. Alabama Shakes | Boys & Girls (ATO)
  99. Mark Lanegan Band | Blues Funeral (4AD)
  100. Tanlines | Mixed Emotions (True Panther)

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