TOP 30
- BON IVER i,i (Jagjaguwar)
- BEGONIA* Fear (Rex Baby)
- ELAQUENT* After Midnight (Urbnet)
- IAN & SYLVIA* The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)
- THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!)
- SAMPA THE GREAT The Return (Ninja Tune)
- EVAN GEESMAN NEWAGESEWAGE (Ubiquity)
- ADA LEA* what we say in private (Next Door / Saddle Creek)
- LIAM HOCKLEY QUARTET* Romantic French Collection (Self-Released)
- BART* Today, Tomorrow, & the Next Day (Idee Fixe)
- KEB’ MO’ Oklahoma (Concord)
- HOT CHIP A Bath Full of Ecstasy (Domino)
- OBUXUM* Re-Birth (Urbnet)
- MAUNO* Really Well (Tin Angel)
- HAVIAH MIGHTY* 13th Floor (Self-Released)
- INNES WILSON* The Heart That Holds This Up (Out Of Sound)
- BENNY GEBERT Triptych (Arts & Crafts)
- FRANKIE COSMOS Close It Quietly (Sub Pop)
- LES SOEURS BOULAY* La mort des étoiles (Grosse Boite)
- SHOTGUN JIMMIE* Transistor Sister 2 (You’ve Changed)
- RAE SPOON* Mental Health (Coax)
- KARATE BOOGALOO KB’s Mixtape No. 2 (HopeStreet)
- Y LA BAMBA Entre Los Dos (Tender Loving Empire)
- THE BABE RAINBOW Today (30th Century)
- TINARIWEN Amadjar (Anti-)
- KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Infest The Rats’ Nest (ATO Records)
- TROPICAL FUCK STORM Braindrops (Joyful Noise)
- ESTHER ROSE You Made It This Far (Father Daughter)
- JOM COMYN* Crawl (Self-Released)
- GUAXE Guaxe (OAR)
Electronic
- ELAQUENT* After Midnight (Urbnet)
- EVAN GEESMAN NEWAGESEWAGE (Ubiquity Records)
- OBUXUM* Re-Birth (Urbnet)
- JEAN-MICHEL BLAIS* Dans ma main (remixes) (Arts & Crafts)
- YUUTSU* Lost (Self-Released)
- SALAMI ROSE JOE LOUIS Zdenka 2080 (Brainfeeder)
- LOSCIL* Equivalents (Kranky)
- LAL* Dark Beings (Coax)
- BLOCKTREAT* After Dark (Self-Released)
- KHANVICT* Kahani (Snakes x Ladders)
Hip Hop
- ELAQUENT* After Midnight (Urbnet)
- SAMPA THE GREAT The Return (Ninja Tune)
- HAVIAH MIGHTY* 13th Floor (Self-Released)
- CLAIRMONT THE SECOND* Do You Drive (Self-Released)
- ALIEN TRAP LORDS* 3l3m3nt 115 (Hand’Solo)
- AQUASOCKS* Holos (Black Buffalo)
- DAYDA BANKS* We Should Go to Japan (1124250 Records DK)
- TONGUE HELMET* Psychotropic Ape (Urbnet)
- G&D (GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW & DUDLEY PERKINS) Black Love And War (SomeOthaShip Connect)
- SUM-01* The Comeback Queen (Break North)
International
- THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!)
- TINARIWEN Amadjar (Anti-)
- KOKOKO! Fongola (Royal Mountain)
- AL QAHWA* Cairo Moon (Self-Released)
- MAZACOTE* Patria (Justin Time)
- ALEX CUBA* Sublime (Caracol)
- BEAUTIFUL NUBIA AND THE ROOTS RENAISSANCE BAND* Apejo (EniObanke)
- DAYMÉ AROCENA Sonocardiogram (Brownswood)
- LI XIANGTING & CHENG YU The Sound of Silk – Chinese Strings (ARC Music)
- ANGELIQUE KIDJO Celia (Verve)
Jazz & Experimental
- LIAM HOCKLEY QUARTET* Romantic French Collection (Self-Released)
- MICHAEL VLATKOVICH 5 WINDS* Five Of Us (PfMentum)
- MATT MITCHELL Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)
- THE COMET IS COMING Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery (Impulse!)
- MATT CHOBOTER BAND* Spillimacheen (Inner Circle)
- LAURIE ANDERSON TENZIN CHOEGYAL, & JESSE PARIS SMITH Songs From The Bardo (Smithsonian Folkways)
- STEVE LEHMAN + CRAIG TABORN The People I love (Pi)
- PAUL KEELING* Focal Practice (Self-Released)
- JANE BUNNETT AND MAQUEQUE* On Firm Ground/Tierra FIrme (Linus Entertainment)
- TUNETOWN* There From Here (Slammin Media)
Loud
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Folk/Roots/Blues
- IAN & SYLVIA* The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)
- KEB’ MO’ Oklahoma (Concord)
- ESTHER ROSE You Made It This Far (Father Daughter)
- BRUCE COCKBURN* Crowing Ignites (True North)
- PRETTY ARCHIE* Hanging On (Curve Music)
- GILLIAN NICOLA* Dried Flowers (Self-Released)
- ARISE & GO Meeting Place (Self-Released)
- THE DEAD SOUTH* Sugar and Joy (Six Shooter Records)
- BRIDGET AND DAHLIA* Runaways (Self-Released)
- GORDIE MACKEEMAN AND HIS RHYTHM BOYS* Dreamland (Self-Released)