TOP 30
- VICTIME* Mi-Tronc Mi-Jambe (Michel)
- ELAQUENT* Blessing In Disguise (Mello Music Group)
- TANYA TAGAQ* Toothsayer (Six Shooter)
- BIG THIEF U.F.O.F. (4AD)
- APOLLO SUNS* Dawn Offerings (Self-Released)
- ABIGAIL LAPELL* Getaway (Coax)
- FET.NAT* Le Mal (Boiled Records)
- TIM BAKER* Forever Overhead (Arts & Crafts)
- CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD* The Shape Of Your Name (Next Door)
- MOTHERHOOD* Dear Bongo (Forward Music Group)
- BIBIO Ribbons (Warp)
- THE SHIVERETTES* Real Shrill Bitches (Self-Released)
- ANGELIQUE KIDJO Celia (Verve)
- YVES JARVIS* The Same But By Different Means (Flemish Eye)
- WEYES BLOOD Titanic Rising (Sub Pop)
- BLEU NUIT* Le jardin des memoires (Michel)
- JEAN DEROME Sudoko pour pygmees (Ambiances Magnetiques)
- DIVORCER* Debt Jubilee (Comfortable On A Tightrope)
- Y LA BAMBA Mujeres (Tender Loving Empire)
- FLYING HÓRSES* Reverie (Bonsound)
- KHOTIN Beautiful You (reissue) (Ghostly International)
- CRABE* Notre-Dame de la vie intérieure (Pantoum Records)
- SAXSYNDRUM* Second Nature (so sorry records)
- SHARON VAN ETTEN Remind Me Tomorrow (Jagjaguwar)
- ALTIN GÜN Gece (ATO / Glitterbeat)
- SAID THE WHALE* Cascadia (Arts & Crafts)
- THE BUDOS BAND The Budos Band V (Daptone)
- JESSE MAC CORMACK* Now (Secret City)
- COMBO CHIMBITA Ahomale (Anti-)
- TACOCAT This Mess Is A Place (Sub Pop)
Electronic
- ELAQUENT* Blessing In Disguise (Mello Music Group)
- TANYA TAGAQ* Toothsayer (Six Shooter)
- BIBIO Ribbons (Warp)
- KHOTIN Beautiful You (reissue) (Ghostly International)
- SAXSYNDRUM* Second Nature (so sorry records)
- STOIK* Pareidolia (Self-Released)
- JAYDA G* Significant Changes (Ninja Tune)
- QASIM NAQVI Teenages (Erased Tapes)
- WANGLED TEB* Seasonal Depression (TwoFifteen Records)
- THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA To Believe (Ninja Tune)
Hip Hop
- ELAQUENT* Blessing In Disguise (Mello Music Group)
- MATHEMATIK* ReAL/iS-HiM (Urbnet)
- PRINCESS NOKIA Metallic Butterfly (Remastered) (Rough Trade)
- DEAD OBIES* Dead (Bonsound)
- LITTLE SIMZ Grey Area (AGE 101)
- J-E-T-S ZOOSPA (Innovative Leisure)
- CLAIRMONT THE SECOND* Do You Drive (Self-Released)
- JAZZLIB* Behind Bars Too (Self-Released)
- CAM GNARLY GNARVANA (The Order Label)
- MOVES* Hiss 3: Hissterectomy (Hand’Solo)
International
- ANGELIQUE KIDJO Celia (Verve)
- ALTIN GÜN Gece (ATO / Glitterbeat)
- COMBO CHIMBITA Ahomale (Anti-)
- WESLI Rapadou Kreyol (Wes-Urban)
- ABDESSELAM DAMOUSSI AND NOUR EDDINE Jedba (ARC)
- IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE Doko Mien (Merge)
- BLACK ROOTS With Friends (reissue) (Nubian Records)
- GRUPO FANTASMA American Music: Vol. VII (Blue Corn)
- LOS REVOLUCIONARIOS Los Revolucionarios (Vampisoul)
- YOUSSOU N’DOUR History (Naive)
Jazz & Experimental
- APOLLO SUNS* Dawn Offerings (Self-Released)
- JEAN DEROME Sudoko pour pygmees (Ambiances Magnetiques)
- THE BUDOS BAND The Budos Band V (Daptone)
- TRIO ANTIPODES* Upside Downwards (Self-Released)
- THE COMET IS COMING Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery (Impulse!)
- CE FRANÇOIS COUTURE* Deux suites recomposees pour piano (Cuchabata)
- ANNA WEBBER Clockwise (Pi)
- DUSTIN LAURENZI Snaketime: The Music of Moondog (Feeding Tube/Astral Spirits)
- DANIELLE PALARDY ROGER* Cannibale (Ambiances Magnetiques)
- ANDRE WICKENHEISER* A Happy Little Accident (Self-Released)
Loud
- VICTIME* Mi-Tronc Mi-Jambe (Michel)
- THE SHIVERETTES* Real Shrill Bitches (Self-Released)
- MISERY INDEX Rituals of Power (Season Of Mist)
- DREAM THEATER Distance Over Time (Inside Out)
- PUP* Morbid Stuff (Little Dipper)
- SLUDGEHAMMER* Antechamber (Self-Released)
- BRUTUS Nest (Sargent House)
- HEART ATTACK KIDS* Bad Luck Like Gold (New Damage)
- THE GREAT SABATINI* Goodbye Audio (No List)
- KOSM* Cosmonaut (Self-Released)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- ABIGAIL LAPELL* Getaway (Coax)
- BIG DADDY WILSON Deep In My Soul (Ruf)
- HOOK AND NAIL* Ghosts of Taylorton (Self-Released)
- WHITEHORSE* The Northern South, Vol. 2 (Six Shooter Records)
- DAVID FRANCEY* The Broken Heart of Everything (Self-Released)
- DAMIEN JURADO In The Shape Of A Storm (Mama Bird)
- AMANDA RHEAUME* The Skin I’m In (Self-Released)
- OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS Songs of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Folkways)
- TOMATO TOMATO* Canary In A Coal Mine (Self-Released)
- SHANA CLEVELAND Night Of The Worm (Hardly Art)