Ruptured

Best 7 Lebanese records of 2012:
- A-Trio: Music To Our Ears
- Charbel Haber: It Ended Up Being A Great Day Mr. Allende
- El Rass & Munma: Kachf el Mahjoub (Unveiling The Hidden)
- Fareeq el Atrash: ‘Al Mawjeh el Tarcha
- Infinite Moment Of Composure (Munma & Liliane Chlela): Turbulence
- The Incompetents: Of Minor Differences… And Narcissism
- Under The Carpet: Self-titled

Best 7 Folk/Pop/Rock records of 2012:
- Beach House: Bloom
- David Byrne & St. Vincent: Love This Giant
- Disappears: Pre-Language
- Eric Chenaux: Guitar & Voice
- Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
- Grizzly Bear: Shields
- Patrick Watson: Adventures In Your Own Backyard

Best 7 Electronica records of 2012:
- Acid Pauli: mst
- Andy Stott: Luxury Problems
- Burial: Street Halo/Kindred EP
- Demdike Stare: Elemental
- Monolake: Ghosts
- Moritz Von Oswald Trio: Horizontal Structures
- Tasjiil Moujahed: Self-titled

Best Post-Rock records of 2012:
- Earth: Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor: ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
- Swans: The Seer

Best ‘Out-There’ records of 2012:
- Hanetration: Tenth Oar EP
- Scott Walker: Bish Bosch
- Shalabi Effect: Feign To Delight Gaeity Of Gods

Best Free Jazz records of 2012:
- Fire! & Oren Ambarchi: In The Mouth – A Hand
- The Thing & Neneh Cherry: The Cherry Thing

Best French record of 2012:
- Dominique A: Vers les lueurs

Best Hip-Hop record of 2012:
- Frank Ocean: Channel Orange

Best ‘Comeback’ records of 2012:
- Bill Fay: Life Is People
- Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man In The Universe
- Dexys: One Day I’m Going To Soar
- Dr. John: Locked Down
- Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

Best ‘Debut’ record of 2012:
- Half Moon Run: Dark Eyes

Best ‘2nd album’ of 2012:
- The XX: Coexist

Best ‘Soundtrack’ (or not) of 2012:
- Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury: Drokk (Music inspired by Mega-City One)

Best ‘Covers’ record of 2012:
- Iggy Pop: Après

Best Reissue of 2012:
- Gareth Williams & Marie Currie: Flaming Tunes (1985)

Best Compilation of 2012:
- To What Strange Place: The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora, 1916-1929