TOP 30

  1. APOLLO GHOSTS*   Landmark (You've Changed)
  2. THE JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY*   Scrappy Happiness (MapleMusic)
  3. EIGHT AND A HALF*   Eight And A Half (Arts & Crafts)
  4. DEL BARBER*   Headwaters (Six Shooter)
  5. CHROME AND THE ICE QUEEN*   Diane (Self-Released)
  6. BOCCE*   Future 1.0 (Dadmobile)
  7. ANDRE WILLIAMS & THE SADIES*   Night and Day (Yep Roc)
  8. HUMANS*   Traps (Hybridity)
  9. PATRICK WATSON*   Adventures In Your Own Backyard (Domino)
  10. HERE WE GO MAGIC   A Different Ship (Secretly Canadian)
  11. GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS*   New Wild Everywhere (Nettwerk)
  12. CANAILLES*   Manger Du Bois (Grosse Boite)
  13. SUGARMAN 3   What The World Needs Now (Daptone)
  14. MEMORYHOUSE*   The Slideshow Effect (Sub Pop)
  15. BEACH VELVET*   Beach Velvet (Self-Released)
  16. M. WARD   A Wasteland Companion (Merge)
  17. CFCF*   Exercises (Paper Bag)
  18. GRIMES*   Visions (Arbutus)
  19. S. CAREY   Hoyas (Jagjaguwar)
  20. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS   Love At The Bottom Of The Sea (Merge)
  21. FACTS*   LIke A Living Being (Self-Released)
  22. JACK WHITE   Blunderbuss (Columbia)
  23. LOWER DENS   Nootropics (Ribbon)
  24. NEPTUNE   Silent Partner (Northern Spy)
  25. THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER*   Checkered Past (Self-Released)
  26. QUANTIC & ALICE RUSSELL WITH THE COMBO BARBARO   Look Around The Corner (Tru Thoughts)
  27. PS I LOVE YOU*   Death Dreams (Paper Bag)
  28. SPIRITUALIZED   Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Fat Possum)
  29. FATHER JOHN MISTY   Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
  30. FELIX   Oh Holy Molar (Kranky)

Electronic

  1. BOCCE*   Future 1.0 (Dadmobile)
  2. CFCF*   Exercises (Paper Bag)
  3. GRIMES*   Visions (Arbutus)
  4. S. CAREY   Hoyas (Jagjaguwar)
  5. A TRIBE CALLED RED*   A Tribe Called Red (Self-Released)
  6. SONNYMOON   2012 (Plug Research)
  7. BETA FRONTIERS*   ... (Daps)
  8. BASSNECTAR   Vava Voom (Amorphous Music)
  9. TRUST*   TRST (Arts & Crafts)
  10. ZAMMUTO   Zammuto (Temporary Residence)

Hip Hop

  1. THEESATISFACTION   awE naturalE (Sub Pop)
  2. LEE REED*   Emergency Broadcast (Self-Released)
  3. VARIOUS*   Urbnet Certified Vol. 2 (Urbnet)
  4. FRACTION AND FRESH KILS*   Extra Science (Kilzone)
  5. LAL*   Lal (Urbnet)
  6. ANIMAL NATION*   Basement Tapes Vol.1 (Urbnet)
  7. HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS   Myriad of Now (Plug Research)
  8. RADIO RADIO*   Havre De Grace (Bonsound)
  9. NYCE TOUCH*   The Split Personality (Self-Released)
  10. MITCHMATIC*   It's Probably Raining (Old Ugly)

International

  1. AMADOU AND MARIAM   Folila (Because Music)
  2. CHICHA LIBRE   Canibalismo (Barbes)
  3. GURRUMUL   Rrakala (Justin Time)
  4. THE FUNKEES   Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-1977 (Soundway)
  5. BATIDA   Batida (Soundway)
  6. SIDI TOURE   Koima (Thrill Jockey)
  7. NNEKA   Soul Is Heavy (Decon)
  8. VARIOUS   Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics (Nublu)
  9. SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!   New York Underground Tapes (Barbes)
  10. VARIOUS   Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 (Sublime Frequencies)

Jazz & Experimental

  1. NEPTUNE   Silent Partner (Northern Spy)
  2. MARY HALVORSON QUINTET   Bending Bridges (Firehouse 12)
  3. FRANK WRIGHT   Blues for Albert Ayler (ESP)
  4. DEVIN GREY   Dirigo Rataplan (Skirl)
  5. ROBERT NORMANDEAU*   Palimpsestes (Empreintes DIGITALes)
  6. AIMTORONTO ORCHESTRA*   Year of The Boar (Barnyard)
  7. EUCALYPTUS*   Eeeeeuuucaaaaaaallyyypppptus (Blocks Recording Club)
  8. ASK THE ORACLE*   Ask The Oracle (Self-Released)
  9. SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!   New York Underground Tapes (Barbes)
  10. CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO   Age Of Energy (Northern Spy)

Loud

  1. COLD WARPS*   Cold Warps/Endless Bummer (Noyes)
  2. MARES OF THRACE*   The Pilgrimage (Sonic Unyon)
  3. MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND*   Giant Steps II (Bird Law)
  4. SCREAMING FEMALES   Ugly (Don Giovanni)
  5. HIGH ON FIRE   De Vermis Mysteriis (E1 Music (eOne))
  6. FEEDTIME   The Aberrant Years (Sub Pop)
  7. CEREMONY   Zoo (Matador)
  8. CLOUD NOTHINGS   Attack On Memory (CarPark)
  9. VULGAR, YOU*   Fais-moi cuire fais-moi jouir (Self-Released)
  10. THREAT SIGNAL*   Threat Signal (Sonic Unyon)

Folk/Roots/Blues

  1. DEL BARBER*   Headwaters (Six Shooter)
  2. ANDRE WILLIAMS & THE SADIES   Night and Day (Yep Roc)
  3. GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS*   New Wild Everywhere (Nettwerk)
  4. CANAILLES*   Manger Du Bois (Grosse Boite)
  5. M. WARD   A Wasteland Companion (Merge)
  6. THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER*   Checkered Past (Self-Released)
  7. WILLIS EARL BEAL   Acoustmatic Sorcery (XL Recordings)
  8. HININDAR*   Absalom (Self-Released)
  9. GREY KINGDOM*   The Weeping Suns (Dine Alone)
  10. STEPH MACPHERSON*   Bells And Whistles (Cordova Bay)