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The Canadian band hit gold with their sophomore album Celebration Rock. Kicking off the list is the glorious blend of punk and classic rock by Japandroids. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a great year for the genre! Here’s nine albums that hit the spot and proved that 2012 was amongst indie’s strongest. What about guitar music though? Compared with its mid-‘00s heyday, indie rock had been sidelined in the mainstream.

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Plus there were excellent debuts from Lana Del Rey and Grimes, as well as many other big releases that we simply don’t have time to list! Fear not, there was also some relief through Frank Ocean’s excellent debut album Channel Orange and the emergence of Kendrick Lamar as a Hip Hop G.O.A.T thanks to sophomore release good kid, m.A.A.d city. In the music world, Gotye's ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ became the year’s biggest single and it was impossible to escape the ‘Gangnam Style’ dance craze (ugh). The London Olympics was kicked off by an emphatic Danny Boyle produced opening ceremony (Mr Bean, The Queen’s “diving” skills and Arctic Monkeys all coming together for an unlikely celebration of British culture) Andy Murray’s Wimbledon tears had the nation claiming someone was cutting onions close by and there was that Aguerro goal to win Man City their first Premier League in 44 years (the most iconic moment in Premier League history?). How mad is it that 2012 was ten years ago?! It may have only felt like yesterday, but lets take a look back at a few of the year’s most memorable moments.