TOP 30
- WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed)
- BEGONIA* Fear (Rex Baby)
- ADRIAN RASO* Gypsybilly King (Asphalt Tango)
- ICE CREAM* FED UP (Self-Released)
- WALRUS* Cool to Who (Outside Music)
- CARTEL MADRAS* Age Of The Goonda (Royal Mountain)
- PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND A Tuba To Cuba (Sub Pop)
- FOG BLUES & BRASS BAND* Into the Fog (Self-Released)
- ANCIENT SHAPES* A Flower That Wouldn’t Bloom (You’ve Changed)
- RIIT* Ataataga (Six Shooter)
- GAL GRACEN* Fantasy Gardens (Jaz Records)
- DEAD SOFT* Big Blue (Arts & Crafts)
- GATHERING SPARKS* All That Is Real (Borealis)
- WOOLWORM* Awe (Mint)
- LOCAL TALENT* Higienopolis (Self-Released)
- JERRY LEGER* Time Out For Tomorrow (Latent)
- GORDON GRDINA QUARTET* Cooper’s Park (Songlines)
- STEPHEN FEARING* The Unconquerable Past (Fear and Loathing Music)
- MEN I TRUST* Oncle Jazz (Self-Released)
- THE PENGUIN CAFE Handfuls of Night (Erased Tapes)
- FEHLER KUTI Schland Is The Place For Me (Alien Transistor)
- PICK A PIPER* Sight (Tin Angel)
- ERI YAMAMOTO TRIO & CHORAL CHAMELEON Goshu Ondo Suite (AUM Fidelity)
- MAPPE OF* The Isle Of Ailynn (Paper Bag)
- NECKING* Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
- YUGEN BLAKROK Anima Mysterium (IOT)
- THE PAIRS* Noise (Self-Released)
- COCO LOVE ALCORN* Rebirth (Self-Released)
- PETE ROCK Return Of The SP1200 (Tru Soul)
- STEPHEN HAMM* Theremin Man (Self-Released)
Hip Hop
- CARTEL MADRAS* Age Of The Goonda (Royal Mountain)
- YUGEN BLAKROK Anima Mysterium (IOT)
- PETE ROCK Return Of The SP1200 (Tru Soul)
- ES* Social Meteor Vol 1: Inspired By My Timeline (Self-Released)
- DJ SHADOW Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
- AC PEER Shakespeer (FiveSe7en)
- DANNY BROWN U Know What I’m Sayin? (Warp)
- SAMPA THE GREAT The Return (Ninja Tune)
- CALIBRO 35 Momentum (Record Kicks)
- DJ PNUTZ The Breakmaker (Self-Released)
Jazz & Experimental
- PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND A Tuba To Cuba (Sub Pop)
- FOG BLUES & BRASS BAND* Into the Fog (Self-Released)
- LOCAL TALENT* Higienopolis (Self-Released)
- GORDON GRDINA QUARTET* Cooper’s Park (Songlines)
- ERI YAMAMOTO TRIO & CHORAL CHAMELEON Goshu Ondo Suite (AUM Fidelity)
- KARL SCHWONIK JAZZ ENSEMBLE* Reinventions (Chronograph)
- LAURA ANGLADE I?ve Got Just About Everything (Justin Time)
- JUNIUS PAUL Ism (International Anthem)
- TOMEKA REID QUARTET Old New (Cuneiform)
- CHELSEA MCBRIDE SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL* Aftermath (Self-Released)
Loud
- WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed)
- NECKING* Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
- CATTLE DECAPITATION Death Atlas (Metal Blade)
- DUMB* Club Nites (Mint)
- RED ARMS* Critical State (Yeah Right!)
- KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Atonement (Metal Blade)
- TALES OF THE TOMB* Volume Two: Mendacium (Self-Released)
- ZAUM* Divination (Listenable)
- NILE Vile Nilonic Rites (Nuclear Blast)
- KOSM* Eyes On The Inside (Self-Released)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- FOG BLUES & BRASS BAND* Into the Fog (Self-Released)
- GATHERING SPARKS* All That Is Real (Borealis)
- STEPHEN FEARING* The Unconquerable Past (Fear and Loathing Music)
- BLUE MOON MARQUEE Bare Knuckles & Brawn (Self-Released)
- CORIN RAYMOND* Dirty Mansions (Self-Released)
- IAN & SYLVIA* The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)
- BEN RACINE BAND Live A Montreal (Self-Released)
- THE SMALL GLORIES* Assiniboine & The Red (Compass/Red House)
- GUY BELANGER* Eldorado (Les Disques Bros)
- JON BROOKS* Moth Nor Rust II (Fallen Tree Records)