For the rest of the year, we’ll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Voting ends on Friday, December 21st, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if your picks made the list!
Legendary Wings // photo courtesy of 230 Publicity
Mr. West’s 2012 Top Ten Albums
| rank | artist | album | label |
| 10 | Holograms | Holograms | Captured Tracks |
| 9 | Slices | Still Cruising | Iron Lung |
| 8 | Christian Mistress | Possession | Relapse |
| 7 | Mean Jeans | ...On Mars | Dirtnap |
| 6 | Black Marble | A Different Arrangement | Hardly Art |
| 5 | WALLS | The Future is Wide Open | Iron Lung |
| 4 | Yoga | Skinwalker | Holy Mountain |
| 3 | Brain Tumors | Brain Tumors | self-released |
| 2 | Legendary Wings | Making Paper Roses | Dirtnap |
| 1 | Toys that Kill | Fambly 42 | Recess |
Mr. West is one of the hosts of Sonic Reducer, airing Saturday nights, 9PM-midnight.