TOP 30
- THE LIFERS* Honey Suite (Self-Released)
- DUSTED* Blackout Summer (Polyvinyl)
- MICHAEL RAULT* It’s A New Day Tonight (Wick)
- UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar)
- ANNIE SUMI* In The Unknown (Self-Released)
- LOÏC APRIL* Loïc April (Bonsound)
- REUBEN AND THE DARK* Arms Of A Dream (Arts & Crafts)
- L CON* Insecurities in Being (Wildlife Sanctuary Sound)
- FITNESS* -ing (Self-Released)
- CASPER SKULLS* Mercy Works (Buzz Records)
- JOHN LEE HOOKER King of the Boogie (Craft Recordings)
- U.S. GIRLS* In A Poem Unlimited (Royal Mountain)
- BIRD CITY* Winnowing (Label Fantastic/Coax)
- CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON* Stone Woman (Self-Released)
- VICTIME* La Femme Taupe (Michel Records)
- INNES WILSON* Northumberland Slums (Out Of Sound)
- ANEMONE* Baby Only You And I (Luminelle)
- SUUNS* Felt (Secret City)
- THE ONCE* Time Enough (Self-Released)
- OBUXUM* H.E.R. (Urbnet)
- THIEVERY CORPORATION Treasures From The Temple (ESL/Eighteenth Street Lounge)
- DORIS FOLKENS* Doris Folkens (Self-Released)
- LA LUZ Floating Features (Hardly Art)
- MANITOBA HAL* Blues Is In the Water (Self-Released)
- VERSA* VERSA (Self-Released)
- BRAZILIAN GIRLS Let’s Make Love (Six Degrees)
- YOUNG GALAXY* Down Time (Self-Released)
- RAFIQ BHATIA Breaking English (Anti-)
- RUBY KARINTO* Ruby Karinto (HoZac)
- NICKODEMUS The Long Engagement (Wonderwheel)
Electronic
- L CON* Insecurities in Being (Wildlife Sanctuary Sound)
- OBUXUM* H.E.R. (Urbnet)
- THIEVERY CORPORATION Treasures From The Temple (ESL/Eighteenth Street Lounge)
- RAFIQ BHATIA Breaking English (Anti-)
- NICKODEMUS The Long Engagement (Wonderwheel)
- KAMAAL WILLIAMS The Return (Black Focus)
- MAKENESS Loud Patterns (Secretly Canadian)
- RIVAL CONSOLES Persona (Erased Tapes)
- ELUSIVE Dissonance (Alpha Pup)
- ISKWÉ* The Fight Within (Self-Released)
Hip Hop
- OBUXUM* H.E.R. (Urbnet)
- TRU TRILLA True Story (Egofree)
- FRACTION & FINSTA* Thoughtwork (Self-Released)
- ELAQUENT* Celebrate Life! (Urbnet)
- FACTOR CHANDELIER* Wisdom Teeth (Fake Four Inc.)
- YOUNG RJ Detroit Project (Self-Released)
- EYTREG One?s Hidden Agony (Urbnet)
- DR. OCTAGON Moosebumps (Bulk)
- CADENCE WEAPON* Cadence Weapon (eOne Music (E1))
- DABRYE Three/Three (Ghostly International)
International
- THIEVERY CORPORATION Treasures From The Temple (ESL/Eighteenth Street Lounge)
- NICKODEMUS The Long Engagement (Wonderwheel)
- MELISSA LAVEAUX* Radyo Siwel (No Format! Records)
- RAHIM ALHAJ One Sky (Smithsonian Folkways)
- BEAUTIFUL NUBIA AND THE ROOTS RENAISSANCE BAND* Amunudun (Eniobanke)
- CATRIN FINCH AND SECKOU KEITA Soar (bendigedig)
- KIRAN AHLUWALIA 7 Billion (Six Degrees)
- THE VIBRONICS Woman on a Mission (Self-Released)
- ORQUESTA AKOKAN Orquesta Akokan (Daptone)
- QUADRO NUEVO WITH CAIRO STEPS Flying Carpet (Justin Time)
Jazz & Experimental
- KENNY BARRON QUINTET Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
- ROBI BOTOS* Old Soul (A440)
- NELS CLINE 4 Currents, Constellations (Blue Note)
- GLEN HALL BERNIE KOENIG & M.J. IDZERDA* Three Way Conversation (Slam)
- PERIPHERAL VISION* More Songs About Error And Shame (Self-Released)
- STEPHANIE RICHARDS* Fullmoon (Relative Pitch)
- TONY ALLEN The Source (Blue Note)
- B’S BEES* Kanata (Self-Released)
- DAN WEISS Starebaby (Pi)
- WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine)
Loud
- VICTIME* La Femme Taupe (Michel Records)
- RUBY KARINTO* Ruby Karinto (HoZac)
- CONVERGE The Dusk In Us (Epitaph)
- YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN* Dirt (Paper Bag)
- PEACH KELLI POP Which Witch (Mint)
- LIFE IN VACUUM* All You Can Quit (New Damage)
- PRIMORDIAL Exile Amongst the Ruins (Metal Blade)
- TOWANDA* Freak Of Nurture (Deface The Music)
- MAMMOTH GRINDER Cosmic Crypt (Relapse)
- NECK OF THE WOODS* The Passenger (Basick Records)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- THE LIFERS* Honey Suite (Self-Released)
- ANNIE SUMI* In The Unknown (Self-Released)
- JOHN LEE HOOKER King of the Boogie (Craft Recordings)
- BIRD CITY* Winnowing (Label Fantastic/Coax)
- INNES WILSON* Northumberland Slums (Out Of Sound)
- THE ONCE* Time Enough (Self-Released)
- DORIS FOLKENS* Doris Folkens (Self-Released)
- MANITOBA HAL* Blues Is In the Water (Self-Released)
- SUE FOLEY* The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
- LINDI ORTEGA* Liberty (Shadowbox)