Congratulations to I See Hawks in L.A. for winning the annual Twangville Readers’ Pick award for 2012. This always turns out to be a bit of a popularity contest which is fine by us and why we follow up with our Editors’ Picks so that everyone gets a fair shot. The nominees this year were picked from our weekly polls that you voted in throughout the year. Yes, we missed a few and you let us know. Most notably we missed Grammy nominee John Fullbright. Shame on us. Fortunately he’s already appeared in a few Editors’ Picks. Keep us posted for your favorite albums of 2013.
- #1. I SEE HAWKS IN L.A., New Kind of Lonely (133)
- #2. LUCERO, Woman & Work (18)
- #3. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Wrecking Ball (16)
- #4. DWIGHT, YOAKAM, 3 Pears (11)
- #5. SONS OF BILL, Sirens (10)
- #5. THE AVETT BROTHERS, The Carpenter (10)
- #7. JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, Nothing’s Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now (9)
- #8. TODD SNIDER, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables (7)
- #8. TIFT MERRITT, Traveling Alone (7)
- #8. LANGHORNE SLIM, The Way We Move (7)
- #11. ALABAMA SHAKES, Boys & Girls (6)
- #11. KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Voyageur (6)
- #11. DR. JOHN, Locked Down (6)
- #11. JOE PUG, The Great Despiser (6)
- #15. ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Big Station (5)
- #15. CHRIS KNIGHT, Little Victories (5)
- #15. BRANDI CARLILE, Bear Creek (5)
- #18. NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE, Psychedelic Pill (4)
- #18. SHOVELS AND ROPE, O’ Be Joyful (4)
- #18. THE LUMINEERS, The Lumineers (4)
- #18. MUMFORD & SONS, Babel (4)
- #18. STRAY BIRDS, The Stray Birds (4)
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