TOP 30
- INNES WILSON* Northumberland Slums (Out Of Sound)
- VICTIME* La Femme Taupe (Michel Records)
- NELS CLINE 4 Currents, Constellations (Blue Note)
- VERSA* VERSA (Self-Released)
- UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar)
- NAP EYES* I’m Bad Now (You’ve Changed)
- LINDI ORTEGA* Liberty (Shadowbox)
- U.S. GIRLS* In A Poem Unlimited (Royal Mountain)
- PONCTUATION* Mon Herbier Du Monde (Blow The Fuse)
- THE LYNNES* Heartbreak Song for the Radio (Self-Released)
- JAUNT* Cue (Self-Released)
- GORDON GRDINA QUARTET* Inroads (Songlines)
- YO LA TENGO There’s a Riot Going On (Matador)
- LOWEST OF THE LOW Do the Right Now (Handsome Boy)
- RAFIQ BHATIA Breaking English (Anti-)
- MAUNO* Tuning (Idee Fixe)
- LOÏC APRIL* Loïc April (Bonsound)
- CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON* Stone Woman (Self-Released)
- ERIC CHENAUX* Slowly Paradise (Constellation)
- SHACKS, THE Haze (Big Crown)
- FRIGS* Basic Behaviour (Arts & Crafts)
- WYE OAK The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs (Merge)
- DUSTED* Blackout Summer (Polyvinyl)
- BIRD CITY* Winnowing (Label Fantastic/Coax)
- TOUGH AGE* Shame (Mint)
- BASIC INSTINCT* Equinox (Self-Released)
- FRANKIE COSMOS Vessel (Sub Pop)
- BRAZILIAN GIRLS Let’s Make Love (Six Degrees)
- PEACH KELLI POP Which Witch (Mint)
- AMEN DUNES Freedom (Sacred Bones)
Electronic
- RAFIQ BHATIA Breaking English (Anti-)
- RIVAL CONSOLES Persona (Erased Tapes)
- ISKWÉ* The Fight Within (Self-Released)
- MAKENESS Loud Patterns (Secretly Canadian)
- BAD DYLAN* Pogogo (Pantoum)
- ELAQUENT* Celebrate Life! (Urbnet)
- NILS FRAHM All Melody (Erased Tapes)
- DANIEL AVERY* Song For Alpha (Phantasy Sound)
- PEGGY GOU Once (Ninja Tune)
- ESSAIE PAS* New Path (DFA)
International
- MELISSA LAVEAUX* Radyo Siwel (No Format! Records)
- MINOR EMPIRE* Uprooted (Self-Released)
- KIRAN AHLUWALIA 7 Billion (Six Degrees)
- ORQUESTA AKOKAN Orquesta Akokan (Daptone)
- SAZ’ISO At Least Wave Your Handkerchief At Me, The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song (Glitterbeat)
- BELLEGARDE* Anba Tonel (Self-Released)
- CATRIN FINCH AND SECKOU KEITA Soar (bendigedig)
- IMARHAN Temet (City Slang)
- HECTOR GUERRA Desde El Infierno (Kasba)
- YIDDISH GLORY* The Lost Songs From World War II (Six Degrees)
Jazz & Experimental
- NELS CLINE 4 Currents, Constellations (Blue Note)
- GORDON GRDINA QUARTET* Inroads (Songlines)
- AVI GRANITE 6* Orbit (Pet Mantis)
- GLEN HALL BERNIE KOENIG & M.J. IDZERDA* Three Way Conversation (Slam)
- JEN HODGE ALL-STARS* All’s Fair in Love and Jazz (Self-Released)
- JOSHUA GEROWITZ Solano Canyon (PF Mentum)
- PERIPHERAL VISION* More Songs About Error And Shame (Self-Released)
- MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG YRU Still Here (Northern Spy)
- VLATKOVICH TRYYO Flying Box (PfMentum)
- SHAREL CASSITY & ELEKTRA Evolve (Relsha Music)
Loud
- VICTIME* La Femme Taupe (Michel Records)
- BASIC INSTINCT* Equinox (Self-Released)
- PEACH KELLI POP Which Witch (Mint)
- PRIME JUNK* Ladybird (Sleepwalk Tapes)
- PRIMORDIAL Exile Amongst the Ruins (Metal Blade)
- LEGEND OF THE SEAGULLMEN Legend of the Seagullmen (Dine Alone)
- YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN* Dirt (Paper Bag)
- THE CROWN Cobra Speed Venom (Metal Blade)
- VANTABLACK WARSHIP* Abrasive Pulmonic Speak (Self-Released)
- THE SWORD Used Future (Razor & Tie)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- INNES WILSON* Northumberland Slums (Out Of Sound)
- LINDI ORTEGA* Liberty (Shadowbox)
- THE LYNNES* Heartbreak Song for the Radio (Self-Released)
- BIRD CITY* Winnowing (Label Fantastic/Coax)
- CLOTHESLINE REVIVAL Holy Cow (Paleo Music)
- BARBARA DANE 60 Years of Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)
- SUE FOLEY* The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
- SUZIE VINNICK* Shake The Love Around (Self-Released)
- ANNA AND ELIZABETH The Invisible Comes To Us (Smithsonian Folkways)
- LUKA* What Kind of Animal (Self-Released)