Albums of the Year
2012 / Spin
- FRANK OCEAN - CHANNEL ORANGE
- KENDRICK LAMAR - GOOD KID, M.A.A.D CITY
- JAPANDROIDS - CELEBRATION ROCK
- DJ RASHAD - TEKLIFE VOL. 1 - WELCOME TO THE CHI
- MIGUEL - KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM
- BAT FOR LASHES - THE HAUNTED MAN
- SWANS - THE SEER
- TY SEGALL - TWINS
- SANTIGOLD - MASTER OF MY MAKE-BELIEVE
- FUTURE - PLUTO
- DEATH GRIPS - NO LOVE DEEP WEB
- CLOUD NOTHINGS - ATTACK ON MEMORY
- GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - 'ALLELUJAH! DON'T BEND! ASCEND!
- BARONESS - YELLOW & GREEN
- 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
- GRIZZLY BEAR - SHIELDS
- KING TUFF - KING TUFF
- TRAXMAN - DA MIND OF TRAXMAN
- PALLBEARER - SORROW AND EXTINCTION
- DAPHNI - JIAOLONG
- TORCHE - HARMONICRAFT
- DIRTY PROJECTORS - SWING LO MAGELLAN
- CAT POWER - SUN
- ACTION BRONSON - BLUE CHIPS
- TAME IMPALA - LONERISM
- SLEIGH BELLS - REIGN OF TERROR
- JESSIE WARE - DEVOTION
- DINOSAUR JR. - I BET ON SKY
- FRANKIE ROSE - INTERSTELLAR
- THE XX - COEXIST
- GOAT - WORLD MUSIC
- THEE OH SEES - PUTRIFIERS II
- MALA - IN CUBA
- JACK WHITE - BLUNDERBUSS
- BEAK> - >>
- R. KELLY - WRITE ME BACK
- TAYLOR SWIFT - RED
- ROC MARCIANO - RELOADED
- ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - CENTIPEDE HZ
- PURITY RING - SHRINES
- LINDSTRØM - SIX CUPS OF REBEL
- KATHLEEN EDWARDS - VOYAGEUR
- DEFTONES - KOI NO YOKAN
- NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED
- SPOEK MATHAMBO - FATHER CREEPER
- METRIC - SYNTHETICA
- HEEMS - NEHRU JACKETS
- FUN. - SOME NIGHTS
2012 / Magnet (Hip Hop)
- Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
- E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 1, 2, and 3
- Future - Pluto
- Ab-Soul - Control System
- Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
- IamSu! - Kilt
- Action Bronson - Blue Chips
- Aesop Rock - Skelethon
- Main Attrakionz - Bossalinis & Fooliyones
- Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground
2012 / Magnet (Noise)
- Penny Royale - This Town
- Grasshopper - The Day America Forgot
- Mike Shiflet - Merciless
- Pauline Oliveros - Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970
- Natural Snow Buildings Night Coercion - Into The Company Of Witches
- Pacific 231 - Scuffle
- Various Artists - Compilation For A Cat
- Neptune - msg rcvd
- Marta Zapparoli - Codex
- Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunters