Music Chart - August 2012

Top albums this month from Great Lake Swimmers, Diiv, Sharon Van Etten, The Unthanks, Grasscut, Franz Nicolay, Antony & The Johnsons, The Darkness, Yeasayer, Karine Polwart, Yellowcard, Of Monsters And Men and Elbow. This takes the Underwurld Music chart for the year past 100 great albums.

1. Shallow Bed by Dry The River 
2. Valtari by Sigur Ros
3. The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit
4. Bloom by Beach House 
5. Traces by Karine Polwart
6. Ssss by Vcmg
7. Generation Freakshow by Feeder
8. Celebration Rock by Japandroids
9. Cut The World by Antony & The Johnsons 
10. Oshin by Diiv
11. The Ghost In Daylight by Gravenhurst 
12. An Awesome Wave by Alt-J 
13. Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized
14. Ghostory by School of Seven Bells
15. Born And Raised by John Mayer
16. Like Drawing Blood by Gotye 
17. Southern Air by Yellowcard
18. Banga by Patti Smith
19. Instinct by Niki And The Dove
20. Electric Cables by Lightships
21. New Wild Everywhere by Great Lake Swimmers
22. The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band by The Unthanks
23. Even On The Worst Nights by Mixtapes
24. Oceania by Smashing Pumpkins
25. Blood Speaks by Smoke Fairies 
26. Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem
27. Do The Struggle by Franz Nicolay
28. The Light The Dead Can See by Soulsavers
29. Sounds From Nowheresville by The Ting Tings
30. Mutual Friends by Boy
31. Moth by Exlovers
32. Tramp by Sharon Van Etten
33. WIXIW by Liars 
34. My Head Is An Animal by Of Monsters And Men
35. Young Man In America by Anais Mitchell
36. The Sister by Marissa Nadler
37. Americana by Neil Young and Crazy Horse 
38. Unearth by Grasscut
39. Little Broken Hearts by Norah Jones
40. Hot Cakes by The Darkness
41. Synthetica by Metric
42. Words And Music by Saint Etienne
43. Wonky by Orbital 
44. Crown And Treaty by Sweet Billy Pilgrim 
45. Shrines by Purity Ring
46. Standing At The Sky's Edge by Richard Hawley
47. Internal Logic by Grass Widow
48. Strangeland by Keane
49. Here Come The Bombs by Gaz Coombes
50. Tough Love by Pulled Apart by Horses
51. Interstellar by Frankie Rose
52. Dead In The Boot by Elbow
53. Wild Peace by Echo Lake
54. Dub Egg by The Young
55. Born Villain by Marilyn Manson
56. Let It Break by Gemma Hayes
57. Living Things by Linkin Park 
58. Underwater Sunshine by Counting Crows
59. Manifest! by Friends
60. Clear Moon by Mount Eerie
61. Tree Bursts In Snow by Admiral Fallow
62. Human Don't Be Angry by Human Don't Be Angry
63. The Family Tree: The Roots by Radical Face
64. Weapons by Lostprophets
65. Blues Funeral by Mark Lanegan Band
66. A Monument by Tu Fawning
67. Aufheben by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
68. Have Some Faith In Magic by Errors
69. Hello Cruel World by Gretchen Peters
70. Voyageur by Kathleen Edwards
71. Long Live The Struggle by The King Blues
72. Fossil Of Girl by Sarah Donner
73. Blunderbuss by Jack White
74. Here I Am by Oli Brown 
75. Spirits by Plankton Wat
76. Visions by Grimes
77. Tales From The Barrel House by Seth Lakeman 
78. The Temper Trap by The Temper Trap
79. ¿Which Side Are You On? by Ani Difranco
80. Eighty One by Yppah
81. Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen
82. First Serve by De La Soul's Plug 1 and Plug 2
83. Kin Con by Alex Winston
84. Not Your Kind Of People by Garbage
85. Gossamer by Passion Pit
86. Siberia by LIGHTS 
87. Europe by Allo Darlin'
88. The Something Rain by Tindersticks
89. Something by Chairlift
90. The House That Jack Built by Jesca Hoop
91. Anxiety by Ladyhawke
92. Fear Fun by Father John Misty 
93. Fragrant World by Yeasayer
94. California 37 by Train
95. Break It Yourself by Andrew Bird
    
96. Reign Of Terror by Sleigh Bells
97. Given To The Wild by The Maccabees
98. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple
99. Through The Night by Ren Harvieu
100. Personality by Scuba
101. America Give Up by Howler
102. Black Light by Diagrams