Better Late Than Never: Best Albums of 2012

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

2. Shearwater – Animal Life

3. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

4. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

5. Tame Impala – Lonerism

6. Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge

7. Animal Collective – Centipede Hz

8. Dry The River – Shallow Bed

9. The Lumineers – The Lumineers

10. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls

Special mentions go to Japandroids and Alt-J for almost making the list.