TOP 30
- BART* Today, Tomorrow, & the Next Day (Idee Fixe)
- BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE * Badge Époque Ensemble (Telephone Explosion)
- HAVIAH MIGHTY* 13th Floor (Self-Released)
- MAC DEMARCO* Here Comes the Cowboy (Royal Mountain)
- JOHN SOUTHWORTH* Miracle In The Night (Tin Angel)
- TRIO ANTIPODES* Upside Downwards (Self-Released)
- SUM-01* The Comeback Queen EP (Self-Released)
- LAPS* Soon Not Often In It (Terrific Kids)
- BILL CALLAHAN Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
- DUMB* Club Nites (Mint)
- RICH AUCOIN* Release (Haven)
- MATT MITCHELL Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)
- KIMMORTAL* X Marks The Swirl (Coax)
- ABSOLUTELY FREE* Geneva Freeport EP (idée fixe records)
- LUNGBUTTER* Honey (Constellation)
- BLEU NUIT* Le jardin des memoires (Michel)
- TIM BAKER* Forever Overhead (Arts & Crafts)
- FLYING LOTUS Flamagra (Warp)
- COMBO CHIMBITA Ahomale (Anti-)
- RHYE* Spirit (Loma Vista)
- CATE LE BON Reward (Mexican Summer)
- RICK WHITE AND EIYN SOF* The Opening (Self-Released)
- CRABE* Notre-Dame de la vie intérieure (Pantoum Records)
- AMY NELSON (AB)* Educated Woman (Self-Released)
- CHRIS HAUER* Hum (Self-Released)
- LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS It Rains Love (Big Crown)
- THE NATIONAL I Am Easy to Find (4AD)
- BLACK MOUNTAIN* Destroyer (Dine Alone)
- THE MATTSON 2 Paradise (Company Records)
- T. NILE* Beachfires (Outskirts Central)
Electronic
- FLYING LOTUS Flamagra (Warp)
- TIM HECKER* Anoyo (Kranky)
- DOOMSQUAD* Let Yourself Be Seen (Royal Mountain)
- AMON TOBIN Fear In A Handful Of Dust (Nomark)
- MARIBOU STATE Kingdoms in Color Remixed (Counter)
- BONOBO Fabric Presents Bonobo (Fabric)
- LYDIA AINSWORTH* Phantom Forest (Self-Released)
- KHOTIN Beautiful You (reissue) (Ghostly International)
- ROBOTAKI* Anachronism (Foreign Family Collective)
- TR/ST* The Destroyer – Part 1 (Royal Mountain)
Hip Hop
- HAVIAH MIGHTY* 13th Floor (Self-Released)
- SUM-01* The Comeback Queen EP (Self-Released)
- KIMMORTAL* X Marks The Swirl (Coax)
- FLYING LOTUS Flamagra (Warp)
- SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS* Trapline (Minay Music)
- EEKWOL & T-RHYME* For Women By Women (Self-Released)
- MATHEMATIK* ReAL/iS-HiM (Urbnet)
- DEAD OBIES* Dead (Bonsound)
- LITTLE SIMZ Grey Area (AGE 101)
- MOKA ONLY* Patina (Urbnet)
International
- COMBO CHIMBITA Ahomale (Anti-)
- BLACK ROOTS With Friends (reissue) (Nubian Records)
- ORKESTAR KRIMINAL* Ryobra (Coax)
- NATTY JEAN Imagine (Baco)
- WESLI Rapadou Kreyol (Wes-Urban)
- MALOU BEAUVOIR Spiritwalker (Panthera)
- ANGELIQUE KIDJO Celia (Verve)
- KOFFEE Rapture (Columbia)
- ALTIN GÜN Gece (ATO / Glitterbeat)
- MUITO KABALLA Everything Is Broke (Switchstance)
Jazz & Experimental
- TRIO ANTIPODES* Upside Downwards (Self-Released)
- MATT MITCHELL Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)
- ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO We Are On The Edge (Pi)
- THOMPSON EGBO-EGBO* The Offering (eOne Music (E1))
- ACID BUNNY* High School Fantasy (Bent River)
- KAISER/PIROG/SIPE/SILVERMAN/WEST Five Times Surprise (Cuneiform)
- VARIOUS* MusicWorks #133 (MusicWorks Magazine)
- DAMON LOCKS BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE Where Future Unfolds (International Anthem)
- ANNA WEBBER Clockwise (Pi)
- DUSTIN LAURENZI Snaketime: The Music of Moondog (Feeding Tube/Astral Spirits)
Loud
- DUMB* Club Nites (Mint)
- LUNGBUTTER* Honey (Constellation)
- SUNN O))) Life Metal (Southern Lord)
- DREADNOUGHT Emergence (Profound Lore)
- FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Veleno (Nuclear Blast)
- THE SHIVERETTES* Real Shrill Bitches (Self-Released)
- GYM TONIC Good Job (Transistor 66)
- ASEETHE Throes (Thrill Jockey)
- AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS Amyl and the Sniffers (ATO)
- BRUTUS Nest (Sargent House)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- BILL CALLAHAN Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
- AMY NELSON (AB)* Educated Woman (Self-Released)
- JAMES GORDON* The Heritage Hall Sessions (Borealis)
- DANIEL NORGREN Wooh Dang (Superpuma)
- MATT ANDERSEN Halfway Home By Morning (True North)
- BIG DADDY WILSON Deep In My Soul (Ruf)
- DERVISH The Great Irish Songbook (Rounder)
- B.B. KING BLUES BAND The Soul of the King (Ruf)
- LEAF RAPIDS* Citizen Alien (Coax)
- SAME LATITUDE AS ROME* Stay the Course (Self-Released)