1. Killer Mike // R.A.P. Music
2. Alt-J // An Awesome Wave
3. Sharon Van Etten // Tramp
4. Bat For Lashes // The Haunted Man
5. Small Professor // Gigantic Vol. 1
6. Kendrick Lamar // good kid, m.A.A.d city
7. Mountain Goats // Transcendental Youth
8. Now Now // Threads
9. Tame Impala // Lonerism
10. Neil Young & Crazy Horse // Psychedelic Pill
11. Meek Mill // Dreamchasers 2
12. Cat Power // Sun
13. Jack White // Blunderbuss
14. Dirty Projectors // Swing Lo Magellen
15. el-P // Cancer for Cure

glad to know i'm not an island of one

Hate Alt-j, but we have some overlap in both my top 25 and honorables.

Killer Mike! I only listened to a handful of hip-hop albums from 2012, but it was definitely the best.

Nice to see Dirty Projectors on there, too.

mind if I ask what inspires the hate for alt j?

At first I thought the Bat for Lashes was just a nice Kate Bush copy, but it kept getting stronger. Will probably be in my top 10.

I don't think I listened to enough to make a list this year, but this would be on it if I did.