TOP 30
- GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS* The Waves, The Wake (Nettwerk Music Group)
- LIÉ* Hounds (Mint)
- JENNIFER CASTLE* Angels of Death (Idee Fixe)
- BOYHOOD* Bad Mantras (Shuffling Feet)
- HAOLIN MUNK* Planestasia Suite (HAVN Records)
- MAJOR LOVE* Major Love LP (Latent)
- THE ONCE* Time Enough (Self-Released)
- MICHAEL FEUERSTACK* Natural Weather (Forward Music Group)
- MANITOBA HAL* Blues Is In the Water (Self-Released)
- HEATHERS* Midnight is a Place (Self-Released)
- CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
- L CON* Insecurities in Being (Wildlife Sanctuary Sound)
- GORDON GRDINA’S THE MARROW* Ejdeha (Songlines)
- DUMB* Seeing Green (Mint)
- COURTNEY BARNETT Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk!)
- HUBERT LENOIR* Darlène (Simone)
- WAX MANNEQUIN* Have a New Name (Coax)
- NOT OF* Hypocritic Oath (No List)
- OLD MAN FLANAGAN’S GHOST* Far From Shore (Self-Released)
- GURRUMUL Djarimirri (Skinnyfish)
- OH SEES Smote Reverser (Castle Face)
- COWBOY JUNKIES* All That Reckoning (Latent)
- JOYFULTALK* Plurality Trip (Constellation)
- PALBERTA Roach Goin’ Down (Wharf Cat)
- LUCY ROSE Something’s Changing (Remixes) (Arts & Crafts)
- THE RECORD COMPANY All Of This Life (Concord)
- WICKED WEATHER* Wicked Weather (Sir January Frank)
- RUBBLEBUCKET Sun Machine (Grand Jury)
- JANOWSKII* Janowskii (Self-Released)
- WHITE DENIM Performance (Downtown)
Electronic
- L CON* Insecurities in Being (Wildlife Sanctuary Sound)
- JOYFULTALK* Plurality Trip (Constellation)
- LUCY ROSE Something’s Changing (Remixes) (Arts & Crafts)
- GORILLAZ The Now Now (Parlophone)
- SINJIN HAWKE AND ZORA JONES* Vicious Circles (Planet Mu)
- RYDER HAVDALE* Candy Haven (White Whale)
- TE’AMIR Abyssinia EP (Tru Thoughts)
- HELENA HAUFF Qualm (Ninja Tune)
- ROBIN CHERRY* Morning Glow (Self-Released)
- FOXTROTT* Meditations II (One Little Indian)
Hip Hop
- HAOLIN MUNK* Planestasia Suite (HAVN Records)
- LEE REED* The Steal City EP (Self-Released)
- MOKA ONLY* Concert For One (Instrumentals) (Urbnet)
- THE SORORITY* Pledge (Self-Released)
- MARLOWE (L’ORANGE & SOLEMN BRIGHAM) Marlowe (Mello Music Group)
- KIEFER Happysad (Stones Throw)
- BUCK-N-NICE* EMAG (Busy Inc)
- YOUNG RJ Detroit Project (Self-Released)
- APOLLO BROWN & LOCKSMITH No Question (Mello Music Group)
- APEFACE* Ape No More (HandSolo)
International
- GORDON GRDINA’S THE MARROW* Ejdeha (Songlines)
- GURRUMUL Djarimirri (Skinnyfish)
- VARIOUS Music Of Southern Laos: Provinces of Champasak, Attapeu, Sekong & Saravan (Akuphone)
- SAN CHA Capricho Del Diablo (Outside Insight)
- TE’AMIR Abyssinia EP (Tru Thoughts)
- CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO Bienaventuranza (Wonderwheel)
- EMMANUEL JAL AND NYARUACH* Naath (Gatwitch)
- PROTOJE A Matter Of Time (Easy Star)
- MARIACHI REYNA DE LOS ANGELES Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles (Smithsonian Folkways)
- YASMINE HAMDAN Jamilat Reprise (Crammed Discs)
Jazz & Experimental
- HAOLIN MUNK* Planestasia Suite (HAVN Records)
- CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
- GORDON GRDINA’S THE MARROW* Ejdeha (Songlines)
- WILLIAM PARKER Voices Fall From The Sky (AUM Fidelity)
- NICK FRASER* Is Life Long? (Clean Feed)
- ONYX COLLECTIVE Lower East Suite Part Three (Big Dada)
- THE CLUTTERTONES WITH LEE PUI MING* Leeways (Snailbongbong)
- PEGGY LEE* Echo Painting (Songlines)
- TOM ABBS & FREQUENCY RESPONSE Hawthorne (Northern Spy)
- NELS CLINE 4 Currents, Constellations (Blue Note)
Loud
- LIÉ* Hounds (Mint)
- DUMB* Seeing Green (Mint)
- NOT OF* Hypocritic Oath (No List)
- PALBERTA Roach Goin’ Down (Wharf Cat)
- WAKE* Misery Rites (Translation Loss)
- FALLEN LEGION* Downfall (Self-Released)
- PRE NUP* Oh Well (Jigsaw Records)
- DIMMU BORGIR Eonian (Nuclear Blast)
- DAN WEISS Starebaby (Pi)
- DEAFHEAVEN Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Anti-)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- JENNIFER CASTLE* Angels of Death (Idee Fixe)
- THE ONCE* Time Enough (Self-Released)
- MANITOBA HAL* Blues Is In the Water (Self-Released)
- WAX MANNEQUIN* Have a New Name (Coax)
- OLD MAN FLANAGAN’S GHOST* Far From Shore (Self-Released)
- WICKED WEATHER* Wicked Weather (Sir January Frank)
- THE BARRA MACNEILS* On the Bright Side (Self-Released)
- SHEMEKIA COPELAND America’s Child (Alligator)
- WILD RIVERS* Eighty-Eight (Wild Rivers Limited)
- RORY BLOCK A Woman’s Soul: A Tribute To Bessie Smith (Stony Plain)