Ross’ Top 150: January 2012
1. RADIOHEAD (Last #1, Peak #1)
2. BECK (Last #2, Peak #2)
3. ARCADE FIRE (Last #3, Peak #2)
4. THE SMASHING PUMPKINS (Last #4, Peak #4)
5. BUILT TO SPILL (Last #5, Peak #5)
6. SPOON (Last #6, Peak #5)
7. THE NATIONAL (Last #7, Peak #7)
8. THE BLACK KEYS (Last #9, Peak #8)
9. CAKE (Last #8, Peak #9)
10. BEIRUT (Last #10, Peak #10)
11. R.E.M. (Last #12, Peak #11)
12. DELTA SPIRIT (Last #11, Peak #8)
13. THE DECEMBERISTS (Last #13, Peak #13)
14. GORILLAZ (Last #14, Peak #9)
15. WILCO (Last #16, Peak #16)
16. WOLF PARADE (Last #15, Peak #10)
17. METRIC (Last #17, Peak #9)
18. THE WALKMEN (Last #18, Peak #14)
19. TV ON THE RADIO (Last #21, Peak #19)
20. PHANTOGRAM (Last #19, Peak #19)
21. LAURA VEIRS (Last #20, Peak #19)
22. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE (Last #22, Peak #16)
23. YEAH YEAH YEAHS (Last #23, Peak #12)
24. ST. VINCENT (Last #24, Peak #24)
25. BAND OF HORSES (Last #25, Peak #15)
26. WHITE RABBITS (Last #26, Peak #14)
27. ANDREW BIRD (Last #27, Peak #11)
28. THE ROOTS (Last #28, Peak #28)
29. PLANTS AND ANIMALS (Last #29, Peak #22)
30. BROKEN BELLS (Last #30, Peak #21)
31. DEVOTCHKA (Last #31, Peak #29)
32. THE DODOS (Last #32, Peak #32)
33. THE THERMALS (Last #34, Peak #29)
34. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART (Last #33, Peak #33)
35. BOWERBIRDS (Last #35, Peak #28)
36. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH (Last #36, Peak #32)
37. THE BEATLES (Last #40, Peak #37)
38. INTERPOL (Last #37, Peak #36)
39. JAMIE LIDELL (Last #38, Peak #32)
40. MIDLAKE (Last #39, Peak #27)
41. OTHER LIVES (Last #44, Peak #41)
42. STARS (Last #41, Peak #30)
43. SUFJAN STEVENS (Last #42, Peak #34)
44. PHOENIX (Last #45, Peak #34)
45. BEACH HOUSE (Last #43, Peak #36)
46. THE STROKES (Last #48, Peak #46)
47. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (Last #50 Peak #40)
48. RATATAT (Last #47, Peak #38)
49. SURFER BLOOD (Last #46, Peak #40)
50. THE FLAMING LIPS (Last #49, Peak #31)
51. WYE OAK (Last #53, Peak #51)
52. TALKING HEADS (Last #52, Peak #36)
53. HOT CHIP (Last #51, Peak #34)
54. BLUR (Last #54, Peak #45)
55. THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE (Last #55, Peak #55)
56. THE ROLLING STONES (Last #56, Peak #47)
57. LAURA MARLING (Last #57, Peak #54)
58. PIXIES (Last #58, Peak #51)
59. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (Last #59, Peak #56)
60. PORTISHEAD (Last #60, Peak #55)
61. THE ANTLERS (Last #61, Peak #61)
62. THE LOVE LANGUAGE (Last #62, Peak #56)
63. TOKYO POLICE CLUB (Last #63, Peak #54)
64. SUPERCHUNK (Last #64, Peak #56)
65. WHISKEYTOWN (Last #65, Peak #49)
66. ROYAL BANGS (Last #69, Peak #56)
67. SOUL COUGHING (Last #67, Peak #64)
68. GIRLS (Last #75, Peak #68)
69. FRANZ FERDINAND (Last #66, Peak #39)
70. !!! (Last #68, Peak #57)
71. LYKKE LI (Last #70, Peak #70)
72. TIMBER TIMBRE (Last #81, Peak #72)
73. SHOUT OUT LOUDS (Last #76, Peak #67)
74. BLIND PILOT (Last #84, Peak #74) ![]()
75. ELVIS COSTELLO (Last #73, Peak #52)
76. THE XX (Last #79, Peak #44)
77. SECRET MACHINES (Last #72, Peak #47)
78. FANFARLO (Last #71, Peak #45)
79. THE RADIO DEPT. (Last #77, Peak #71)
80. GRAND OLE PARTY (Last #78, Peak #71)
81. BEN FOLDS (Last #74, Peak #61)
82. CHARLES BRADLEY (Last #83, Peak #82)
83. SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS (Last #88, Peak #83)
84. SIGUR ROS (Last #86, Peak #65)
85. ISLANDS (Last #85, Peak #58)
86. EELS (Last #82, Peak #63)
87. EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS (Last #80, Peak #48)
88. BLITZEN TRAPPER (Last #87, Peak #54)
89. TWIN SHADOW (Last #90, Peak #86)
90. LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION (Last #91, Peak #49)
91. RILO KILEY (Last #89, Peak #73)
92. SADE (Last #92, Peak #77)
93. DAVID BOWIE (Last #94, Peak #84)
94. COLD WAR KIDS (Last #95, Peak #80)
95. FRIGHTENED RABBIT (Last #93, Peak #52)
96. HEY MARSEILLES (Last #96, Peak #74)
97. HOLY FUCK (Last #99, Peak #89)
98. REAL ESTATE (Last #98, Peak #98)
99. OUTKAST (Last #97, Peak #88)
100. TWIN SISTER (Last #103, Peak #100)
101. AIR (Last #105, Peak #93)
102. THE MIDDLE EAST (Last #100, Peak #96)
103. CALEXICO (Last #102, Peak #84)
104. RYAN ADAMS (Last #101, Peak #101)
105. BASIA BULAT (Last #108, Peak #70)
106. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (Last #107, Peak #104)
107. MY MORNING JACKET (Last #104, Peak #99)
108. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (Last #117, Peak #101)
109. PINBACK (Last #106, Peak #71)
110. FLOATING ACTION (Last #110, Peak #101)
111. KINGS GO FORTH (Last #109, Peak #81)
112. MASSIVE ATTACK (Last #112, Peak #79)
113. TUNE-YARDS (Last #111, Peak #111)
114. NEKO CASE (Last #113, Peak #97)
115. THE SHINS (Last #122, Peak #104)
116. THE ROSEBUDS (Last #118, Peak #116)
117. BON IVER (Last #116, Peak #116)
118. LISSIE (Last #115, Peak #78)
119. YELLOWBIRDS (Last #125, Peak #119)
120. THE BLACK ANGELS (Last #114, Peak #95)
121. FLEET FOXES (Last #121, Peak #121)
122. ELLIOTT SMITH (Last #119, Peak #107)
123. MINUS THE BEAR (Last #120, Peak #72)
124. OKKERVIL RIVER (Last #126, Peak #121)
125. GENERATIONALS (Last #124, Peak #119)
126. YUCK (Last #129, Peak #126)
127. DR. DOG (Last #123, Peak #85)
128. TEEN DAZE (Last #128, Peak #126)
129. THAO (Last #130, Peak #97)
130. SANTIGOLD (Last #127, Peak #81)
131. DUM DUM GIRLS (Last #133, Peak #131)
132. BEACH FOSSILS (Last #132, Peak #132)
133. LOWER DENS (Last #138, Peak #131)
134. FEIST (Last #141, Peak #134)
135. CULTS (Last #131, Peak #131)
136. PHOSPHORESCENT (Last #134, Peak #105)
137. THE HOOD INTERNET (Last #135, Peak #105)
138. HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF (Last #136, Peak #111)
139. GUIDED BY VOICES (Last n/a, Peak #88) 
140. SEABEAR (Last #137, Peak #108)
141. PETER WOLF CRIER (Last #142, Peak #141)
142. THE WEEKND (Last n/a, Peak #142) ![]()
143. KANYE WEST (Last #140, Peak #140)
144. BOB DYLAN (Last n/a, Peak #144) ![]()
145. FUTURE ISLANDS (Last #146, Peak #145)
146. ELEFANT (Last #143, Peak #100)
147. THE MORNING BENDERS (Last #139, Peak #95)
148. RA RA RIOT (Last #145, Peak #100)
149. THE WAR ON DRUGS (Last #147, Peak #147)
150. FIELDS (Last #144, Peak #105)
Dropped Out: Modest Mouse (#148), Neutral Milk Hotel (#149) and Deerhunter (#150).