What do Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein, and Thievery Corporation have in common? For one, they’ve recorded noteworthy albums in this area.

A metal album for non-metal fans, a joyous left-turn from former Warped Tour heroes, the unexpected return of a beloved 90s band and much more round out DCist list of favorite albums of 2013.

Here is our take on our favorite albums of 2012 and a list of the rest that impressed us.

While we’ve previously focused our year-end efforts on recapping what shows we’ve seen and what local artists we’ve loved, the time honored tradition of choosing albums of the year has eluded us. No more.

Our occasional series “Secret History” features profiles of classic D.C. albums as a way of looking back at the District’s contributions to music over time. This installment tackles Fugazi’s epic third LP, In On The Kill Taker (Dischord, 1993). By 1993, Fugazi was legendary. A D.C. institution boasting members of pioneering hardcore and emo outfits Minor Threat, Embrace, and Rites of Spring, the band (whose moniker is pulled from the Vietnam soldiers’ acronym for…