It's a bit early for favorite albums of the year, but here were a few of mine.  I had some undoubted favorites, and plenty of others that could have been on there, including a really underrated PJ Harvey release and that new album from A Tribe Called Quest.

1. Radiohead
2. David Bowie
3. Nick Cave
4. Leonard Cohen
5. Mitski
6. Nicolas Jaar
7. The Avalanches
8. Weyes Blood
9. Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith
10. Blood Orange
11. Esperanza Spalding
12. James Blake
13. Jenny Hval
14. Anohni
15. Jessy Lanza

Also, I found new Devendra Banhart to be very underrated.  Great album.