As reported to College Music Journal on 08.27.2012
Rank Artist Recording Label
1 Metric Synthetica Mom and Pop--MMI
2 Dr. Dog Be The Void Anti
3 Dr. John Locked Down Nonesuch
4 Father John Misty Fear Fun Sub Pop
5 Pomegranates Heaven Modern Outsider
6 Kimbra Vows Warner Brothers
7 Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm With You Warner Brothers
8 Dandy Warhols This Machine The End
9 Tallest Man on Earth There's No Leaving Now Dead Oceans
10 Matt & Kim "Let's Go" (Single) Fader
11 Of Monsters & Men My Head is an Animal Record
12 Young the Giant Young the Giant Roadrunner
13 Temper Trap The Temper Trap Columbia
14 Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls ATO
15 Jack White Blunderbuss Columbia
16 Dent May Do Things Paw Tracks
17 Antennas Up The Awkward Phase Plastic Artiface
18 Silversun Pickups Neck of the Woods Dangerbird
19 Black Keys El Camino Nonesuch
20 Fun Some Nights Fueled By Ramen
21 Grouplove Never Trust a Happy Song Canvasback
22 Smashing Pumpkins Oceania EMI
23 Drowning Men All of the Unknown Borstal Beat
24 Florence & the Machine Ceremonials Island
25 Japandroids Celebration Rock Polyvinyl
26 Imagine Dragons "It's Time" (Single)
27 Gotye Making Mirrors Universal Republic
28 Liars WIXIW Mute
29 Beach House Bloom Sub Pop
30 Art Decade Western Sunrise