TOP 30
- WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed)
- LAND OF KUSH* Sand Enigma (Constellation)
- SEFI ZISLING Expanse (Tru Thoughts)
- SAM WEBER* Everything Comes True (Sonic Unyon)
- JUNIUS PAUL Ism (International Anthem)
- CORRIDOR* Junior (Bonsound)
- MATANA ROBERTS* Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
- SILLA + RISE* Galactic Gala (Self-Released)
- TRANSSTAR* Famous Door (Park Music)
- ADRIAN RASO* Gypsybilly King (Asphalt Tango)
- THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!)
- SEBASTIAN Thirst (Ed Banger)
- ISKWÉ* acakosik (Self-Released)
- DJ PNUTZ The Breakmaker (Self-Released)
- CHOCOLAT* Jazz Engagé (Dare To Care)
- LOUISE BURNS* Portraits (Light Organ Records)
- INNES WILSON* The Heart That Holds This Up (Out Of Sound)
- MILES OKAZAKI The Sky Below (Pi)
- ORGAN MOOD* Indivisible (Dare To Care)
- HMLT* Need You (Urbnet)
- SUDAN ARCHIVES Athena (Stones Throw)
- ICE CREAM* FED UP (Self-Released)
- PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND A Tuba To Cuba (Sub Pop)
- APHROSE* Element (Self-Released)
- NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Ghosteen (Ghosteen Ltd.)
- VARIOUS Shapes: Diamonds (Tru Thoughts)
- JACQUES GREENE* Dawn Chorus (Arts & Crafts)
- MILES FROM NOWHERE* miles from nowhere (SlowDown)
- DJ SHADOW Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
- THE DEAD SOUTH* Sugar and Joy (Six Shooter Records)
Electronic
- SILLA + RISE* Galactic Gala (Self-Released)
- SEBASTIAN Thirst (Ed Banger)
- ORGAN MOOD* Indivisible (Dare To Care)
- VARIOUS Shapes: Diamonds (Tru Thoughts)
- JACQUES GREENE* Dawn Chorus (Arts & Crafts)
- DJ SHADOW Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
- RIZAN SAID Saz U Dilan (Akuphone)
- WEIRDDOUGH The 12th Letter (24 Karrot)
- FLOATING POINTS Crush (Ninja Tune)
- PICK A PIPER* Sight (Tin Angel)
Hip Hop
- DJ PNUTZ The Breakmaker (Self-Released)
- DJ SHADOW Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
- AC PEER Shakespeer (FiveSe7en)
- NOCKNOCK Lunch Money Beeattape (Radiobone)
- WEIRDDOUGH The 12th Letter (24 Karrot)
- CARTEL MADRAS* Age Of The Goonda (Royal Mountain)
- BROTHER ALI Secrets & Escapes (Rhymesayers)
- SAMPA THE GREAT The Return (Ninja Tune)
- HEMLOCK ERNST & KENNY SEGAL Back At The House (Ruby Yacht)
- COMMON Let Love (Loma Vista)
International
- THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!)
- PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND A Tuba To Cuba (Sub Pop)
- THE BONGO HOP Satingarona Pt. 2 (Underdog)
- KONGO DIA NTOTILA 360° (Pussyfoot)
- RIZAN SAID Saz U Dilan (Akuphone)
- AMANDA MARTINEZ* Libre (Sola Records)
- FLYING ORKESTAR Les Yeux Qui Pleurent (Eben)
- STEEL PULSE Mass Manipulation (Rootfire Cooperative)
- THE GOOD ONES Rwanda, You Should Be Loved (Anti-)
- NOTAS DE 4* Rosas & Lilies (Self-Released)
Jazz & Experimental
- LAND OF KUSH* Sand Enigma (Constellation)
- SEFI ZISLING Expanse (Tru Thoughts)
- JUNIUS PAUL Ism (International Anthem)
- MATANA ROBERTS* Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
- MILES OKAZAKI The Sky Below (Pi)
- PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND A Tuba To Cuba (Sub Pop)
- NICK FRASER , CHRIS DAVIS & TONY MALABY* Zoning (Astral Spirits)
- TOMEKA REID QUARTET Old New (Cuneiform)
- WHIT DICKEY / TAO QUARTETS Peace Planet/Box of Light (AUM Fidelity)
- GORDON GRDINA QUARTET* Cooper’s Park (Songlines)
Loud
- WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed)
- CATTLE DECAPITATION Death Atlas (Metal Blade)
- NILE Vile Nilonic Rites (Nuclear Blast)
- PUP* Morbid Stuff (Little Dipper)
- ZAUM* Divination (Listenable)
- NECKING* Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
- AS I LAY DYING Shaped By Fire (Nuclear Blast)
- HEART ATTACK KIDS* Bad Luck Like Gold (New Damage)
- DANKO JONES* A Rock Supreme (M-Theory Audio)
- KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Atonement (Metal Blade)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- THE DEAD SOUTH* Sugar and Joy (Six Shooter Records)
- GATHERING SPARKS* All That Is Real (Borealis)
- THE SWEET LOWDOWN* Low Clouds In The Morning (Self-Released)
- DIRTY DISHES* In Sink (Self-Released)
- BIG DAVE MCLEAN* Pocket Full Of Nothin’ (Black Hen)
- MISS BIX & THE BLUES FIX We Don’t Own The Blues (Self-Released)
- GUY BELANGER* Eldorado (Les Disques Bros)
- NATALIE MACMASTER* Sketches (Self-Released)
- RONNIE EARL AND THE BROADCASTERS Beyond The Blue Door (Stony Plain)
- ELLEN FROESE* Fightin’ Words (Self-Released)