TOP 30

  1. DOLDRUMS*   Lesser Evil (Arbutus)
  2. THE BICYCLES*   Stop Thinking So Much (Aporia)
  3. MAC DEMARCO*   Mac Demarco 2 (Captured Tracks)
  4. HILOTRONS*   At Least There's Commotion (Kelp)
  5. MID PINES*   Corpse Pose (Circuit Song)
  6. GENTLEMAN REG*   Leisure Life (Heavy Head)
  7. JAMIE LIDELL   Jamie Lidell (Warp)
  8. MATTHEW SHIPP   Greatest Hits (Thirsty Ear)
  9. PETRA HADEN   Goes to the Movies (Anti-)
  10. BJORK   Bastards (One Little Indian)
  11. KEN ALDCROFT'S CONVERGENCE ENSEMBLE*   Sneaky Pete / Slugs (Trio)
  12. THE GOOD LOVELIES*   Live At Revolution (Self-Released)
  13. ELEPHANT STONE*   Elephant Stone (Hidden Pony)
  14. SIDSEL ENDRESEN & STIAN WESTERHUS   Didymoi Dreams (Rune Grammofon)
  15. PERE UBU   Lady From Shanghai (Fire)
  16. TWO HOURS TRAFFIC*   Foolish Blood (Bumstead)
  17. YACHT CLUB*   Nonnavera + Flash (Pretty Pretty)
  18. UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA   II (Jagjaguwar)
  19. CLASSIFIED*   Classified (Halflife)
  20. WOODPIGEON*   Thumbtacks And Glue (Boompa)
  21. MINOTAURS*   New Believers (Static Clang)
  22. TEGAN AND SARA*   Heartthrob (Warner (WEA))
  23. FOXYGEN   We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)
  24. CHLOE CHARLES*   Break The Balance (Self-Released)
  25. LOCAL NATIVES   Hummingbird (Frenchkiss)
  26. THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN   We The Common (Ribbon)
  27. YO LA TENGO   Fade (Matador)
  28. PSYCHIC ILLS   One Track Mind (Sacred Bones)
  29. GROUPER   The Man Who Died in His Boat (Kranky)
  30. BOY   Mutual Friends (Nettwerk)

Electronic

  1. MID PINES*   Corpse Pose (Circuit Song)
  2. BJORK   Bastards (One Little Indian)
  3. YACHT CLUB*   Nonnavera + Flash (Pretty Pretty)
  4. FALCON PUNCH*   FP! (Self-Released)
  5. A.M. ARCHITECT   Pattern Language (Urbnet)
  6. SATURNS*   Saturns (Self-Released)
  7. MOGWAI   A Wrenched Virile Lore (Sub Pop)
  8. A TRIBE CALLED RED*   Trapline (Self-Released)
  9. DATA ROMANCE*   Other (Dine Alone)
  10. RENNY WILSON*   Sugarglider (Mint)

Hip Hop

  1. CLASSIFIED*   Classified (Halflife)
  2. ELAQUENT*   Parallel (Urbnet)
  3. A$AP ROCKY   LongLiveA$AP (RCA)
  4. GHETTOSOCKS*   We're Gonna Drink A Lot Of Wine This Year, Boys (Droppin' Science)
  5. THEOLOGY 3 (AKA. THEO3)*   Airplane Over One Way Streets (Screwface Capital)
  6. ILL TONE*   S.W.A.G. (Self-Released)
  7. LOZEN*   Tragedy & Triumph (Urbnet)
  8. CONSCIENCE*   Noweakness (Stand Still)
  9. TRU-PAZ*   Tru To The Game Without A Pause (Urbnet)
  10. BIG BOI   Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumours (Def Jam)

International

  1. JERUSALEM IN MY HEART*   Mo7it Al-Mo7it (Constellation)
  2. DRUMHAND*   Cheer On The Sun (Wax-A-Hot One)
  3. DOM LA NENA   Ela (Six Degrees)
  4. BALLAKE SISSOKO   At Peace (Six Degrees)
  5. LIJADU SISTERS   Horizon Unlimited (Knitting Factory)
  6. JEFF BIRD & JEFF CAIRNS*   Zenzen (Self-Released)
  7. PACHA*   Affiares Etrangeres (Constellation)
  8. FRIENDLY RICH*   Sings The Songs Of Adriano Celentano (Pumpkin Pie Corp.)
  9. VARIOUS   Diablos Del Ritmo: Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985 (Analog Africa)
  10. NJACKO BACKO AND KALIMBA KALIMBA*   Ici Bas Rien N'Est Impossible/Here Below Nothing Is Impossible (Self-Released)

Jazz & Experimental

  1. MATTHEW SHIPP   Greatest Hits (Thirsty Ear)
  2. KEN ALDCROFT'S CONVERGENCE ENSEMBLE*   Sneaky Pete / Slugs (Trio)
  3. SIDSEL ENDRESEN & STIAN WESTERHUS   Didymoi Dreams (Rune Grammofon)
  4. NICK FRASER QUARTET*   Towns and Villages (Barnyard)
  5. ENSEMBLE SUPERMUSIQUE*   Bruit Court-Circuit (Ambiances Magnetiques)
  6. JIM BRENAN*   January (Death Defying)
  7. COAT COOKE & RAINER WIENS*   High Wire (Now Orchestra)
  8. RATCHET ORCHESTRA*   Hemlock (Drip Audio)
  9. ESPEN ERIKSEN TRIO   What Took You So Long? (Rune Grammofon)
  10. MICHAEL BLAKE*   In The Grand Scheme Of Things (Songlines)

Loud

  1. THE RE-BOPS*   Drag Race (Self-Released)
  2. AS I LAY DYING   Awakened (Metal Blade)
  3. THIGHS*   Thighs (Not Unlike)
  4. DOPE BODY   Natural History (Drag City)
  5. INCITE   All Out War (minus HEAD)
  6. ADRENECHROME*   Hideous Appetites (Self-Released)
  7. PISSED JEANS   Honeys (Sub Pop)
  8. FIDLAR   FIDLAR (Dine Alone)
  9. HATEBREED   The Divinity of Purpose (Razor & Tie)
  10. THE FACELESS   Autotheism (Sumerian)

Folk/Roots/Blues

  1. THE GOOD LOVELIES*   Live At Revolution (Self-Released)
  2. CHLOE CHARLES*   Break The Balance (Self-Released)
  3. LEE HARVEY OSMOND*   The Folk Sinner (Latent)
  4. JULIE DOIRON*   So Many Days (Aporia)
  5. CORIN RAYMOND AND THE SUNDOWNERS*   Paper Nickels (Local Rascal)
  6. SAMANTHA CRAIN   Kid Face (Ramseur)
  7. HARRY MANX*   Om Suite Ohm (Dog My Cat)
  8. LEIF VOLLEBEKK*   North Americana (Outside)
  9. RON SEXSMITH*   Forever Endeavour (Warner (WEA))
  10. JUSTIN RUTLEDGE*   Valleyheart (Outside)