TOP 30
- BEGONIA* Fear (Rex Baby)
- MILES OKAZAKI The Sky Below (Pi)
- DEVON GILFILLIAN Black Hole Rainbow (Capitol)
- YUGEN BLAKROK Anima Mysterium (IOT)
- ANDY SHAUF* Neon Skyline (Arts & Crafts)
- JEFF PARKER Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem / Nonesuch)
- THE SOUL MOTIVATORS* Do The Damn Thing (Do Right!)
- ADRIAN RASO* Gypsybilly King (Asphalt Tango)
- MATANA ROBERTS* Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
- CALIBRO 35 Momentum (Record Kicks)
- POLIÇA* When We Stay Alive (Memphis Industries)
- WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed)
- NICOLAS GODIN Concrete And Glass (Because Music)
- CLOUD RAT Pollinator (Artoffact)
- MON DOUX SAIGNEUR* Horizon (Grosse Boite)
- BECK Hyperspace (Capitol)
- ALEX CUBA* Sublime (Caracol)
- WOODHAWK* Violent Nature (Self-Released)
- DAN DEACON Mystic Familiar (Domino)
- LYNNE HANSON* Just Words (Self-Released)
- BRITTANY HOWARD Jaime (ATO)
- FRAZEY FORD* U kin B the Sun (Arts & Crafts)
- BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE * Nature, Man & Woman (Telephone Explosion)
- ALGIERS There Is No Year (Matador)
- VAGABON Vagabon (Nonesuch)
- OKAY KAYA Watch This Liquid Pour Itself (Jagjaguwar)
- TINARIWEN Amadjar (Anti-)
- HOLY FUCK* Deleter (Last Gang)
- WOLF PARADE* Thin Mind (Royal Mountain)
- ALEXANDRA SAVIOR The Archer (30th Century)
Electronic
- POLIÇA* When We Stay Alive (Memphis Industries)
- NICOLAS GODIN Concrete And Glass (Because Music)
- DAN DEACON Mystic Familiar (Domino)
- HOLY FUCK* Deleter (Last Gang)
- KEERAT KAUR* Pink Guava (Self-Released)
- ORGAN MOOD* Indivisible (Dare To Care)
- KAYTRANADA* BUBBA (RCA)
- GALCHER LUSTWERK Information (Ghostly International)
- TSHA Moonlight EP (Counter)
- O’HAARA* Worst Fears (A Person Disguised As People)
Hip Hop
- YUGEN BLAKROK Anima Mysterium (IOT)
- CALIBRO 35 Momentum (Record Kicks)
- SAMPA THE GREAT The Return (Ninja Tune)
- ATMOSPHERE Whenever (Rhymesayers)
- CARTEL MADRAS* Age Of The Goonda (Royal Mountain)
- DJ SHADOW Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
- DUELING EXPERTS Dueling Experts (Mello Music Group)
- WIKI OOFIE (Wikiset Ltd)
- CHRIS MAZUERA East End (Inner Ocean)
- BROTHER ALI Secrets & Escapes (Rhymesayers)
International
- ALEX CUBA* Sublime (Caracol)
- TINARIWEN Amadjar (Anti-)
- KEERAT KAUR* Pink Guava (Self-Released)
- LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE Humans (Self-Released)
- ANTIBALAS Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
- KALETA & SUPER YAMBA BAND Medaho (Ubiquity)
- NOTAS DE 4* Rosas & Lilies (Self-Released)
- KO SHIN MOON Leila Nova (Akuphone)
- LOS REVOLUCIONARIOS Los Revolucionarios (Vampisoul)
- DUMAMA + KECHOU buffering juju (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
Jazz & Experimental
- MILES OKAZAKI The Sky Below (Pi)
- JEFF PARKER Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem / Nonesuch)
- MATANA ROBERTS* Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
- BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE * Nature, Man & Woman (Telephone Explosion)
- ROB CLUTTON & TONY MALABY* Offering (Snailbongbong)
- JAIMIE BRANCH Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise (International Anthem)
- LAND OF KUSH* Sand Enigma (Constellation)
- STEPHANIE URQUHART QUARTET* Concealment (Self-Released)
- MARK SEGGER SEXTET* Lift Off (18th Note)
- FOG BLUES & BRASS BAND* Into the Fog (Self-Released)
Loud
- WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed)
- CLOUD RAT Pollinator (Artoffact)
- WOODHAWK* Violent Nature (Self-Released)
- MONOLORD No Comfort (Relapse)
- BLACK MASTIFF* Loser Delusions (Grand Hand Records)
- CHUNDER BUFFET* Lemon Sleazy (Grey Records)
- ONI* Alone (Metal Blade)
- TALES OF THE TOMB* Volume Two: Mendacium (Self-Released)
- ANTI-FLAG 20/20 Vision (Spinefarm)
- ZAUM* Divination (Listenable)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- ANDY SHAUF* Neon Skyline (Arts & Crafts)
- WILLIAM PRINCE* Reliever (Six Shooter Records)
- WHITNEY SHAY Stand Up! (Ruf)
- FOG BLUES & BRASS BAND* Into the Fog (Self-Released)
- SEARSON* Live At The Neat Café (Self-Released)
- MYLES GOODWYN* Myles Goodwyn & Friends Of The Blues 2 (Linus Entertainment)
- BEN RACINE BAND Live A Montreal (Self-Released)
- CORIN RAYMOND* Dirty Mansions (Self-Released)
- MISS BIX & THE BLUES FIX We Don’t Own The Blues (Self-Released)
- THE MACQUEENS* You and Me and Everything (Self-Released)