Here are my 2012 albums of the year:

1. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

2. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange

3. AU – Both Lights

4. Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament – The Violence

5. DiiV – Oshin

6. Jessie Ware – Devotion

7. Django Django – Django Django

8. The XX – CoExist

9. Egyptian Hip Hop – Good Don’t Sleep

10. Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny – Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose

11. Alt-J – An Awesome Wave

12. How To Dress Well – Total Loss

13. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

14. Damien Jurado – Maraqopa

15. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

16. Jewellers – Lakeswimmer

17. Islet – Illuminated People

18. Dan Deacon – America

19. Kissed Her Little Sister – Sailor

20. Daphni – Jialong

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