The Best of 2012

My final list of the top 25 songs and top 5 albums of the year, as determined by me. Mostly by gut feeling, although factors such as longevity and sentimental value are factors in addition to overall personal enjoyment. One song per artist limit.
Top 25 Songs 

1. Grimes - Oblivion
2. Cloud Nothings - Wasted Days
3. Kendrick Lamar - Backstreet Freestyle
4. Lower Dens - Brains
5. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
6. James Blackshaw - The Snows Are Melted, the Snows Are Gone
7. Bat For Lashes - All Your Gold
8. John Talabot - So Will Be Now...
9. Freddie Gibbs - Kush Cloud (feat. Krayzie Bone & SpaceGhostPurrp)
10. Spider Bags - I'll Go Crazy
11. Four Tet - Pyramid
12. Mac Demarco - Freaking Out the Neighborhood
13. Future of the Left - Polymers Are Forever
14. Crystal Castles - Telepath
15. King Tuff - Alone & Stoned
16. Ty Segall - You're the Doctor
17. Oren Ambarchi & Robin Fox - Trios
18. Cat Power - Ruin
19. David Byrne & St. Vincent - I Should Watch TV
20. The Futureheads - Meet Me Halfway
21. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
22. Frankie Rose - Interstellar
23. Japandroids - Fire's Highway
24. Moon Duo - I Can See
25. Dan Deacon - True Thrush

Top 5 Albums

1. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
2. Grimes - Visions
3. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
4. John Talabot - ƒIN
5. Spider Bags - Shake My Head