TOP 30
- SARAH HARMER* Are You Gone (Arts & Crafts)
- ELAQUENT* After Midnight (Urbnet)
- FRAZEY FORD* U kin B the Sun (Arts & Crafts)
- CARIBOU* Suddenly (Merge)
- EMIE R. ROUSSEL TRIO* Rythme De Passage (Self-Released)
- GIL SCOTT-HERON & MAKAYA MCCRAVEN We’re New Again : A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven (XL Recordings)
- ANDY SHAUF* Neon Skyline (Arts & Crafts)
- ROSE COUSINS* Bravado (Outside Music)
- DRAMA Dance Without Me (Ghostly International)
- NAP EYES* Snapshot Of A Beginner (Royal Mountain)
- GEOFF BERNER* Grand Hotel Cosmopolis (Coax)
- BLACKBIRD BELLE* Celestial Nighthawk (Inner Ocean)
- SOCCER MOMMY Color Theory (Loma Vista)
- MATANA ROBERTS* Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
- J-FELIX Whole Again Hooligan (Tru Thoughts)
- DEL BARBER* Easy Keeper (Acronym)
- SOIL & ‘PIMP’ SESSIONS Man Steals the Stars (Victor)
- MON DOUX SAIGNEUR* Horizon (Grosse Boite)
- KEERAT KAUR* Pink Guava (Self-Released)
- THE RED RIVER RAMBLERS* Metis Fiddle Music (Self-Released)
- HOLY FUCK* Deleter (Last Gang)
- ALEX CUBA* Sublime (Caracol)
- ORLA GARTLAND Freckle Season (House Arrest)
- FOG BLUES & BRASS BAND* Into the Fog (Self-Released)
- DESTROYER* Have We Met (Merge)
- GNOME BEATS Las Formas en Flujo (Dome Of Doom)
- CARES* Control Isn’t Real (Collusion)
- JAMES HUNTER SIX Nick of Time (Daptone)
- AGNES OBEL Myopia (Blue Note)
- BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (Arts & Crafts)
Electronic
- CARIBOU* Suddenly (Merge)
- DRAMA Dance Without Me (Ghostly International)
- BLACKBIRD BELLE* Celestial Nighthawk (Inner Ocean)
- KEERAT KAUR* Pink Guava (Self-Released)
- HOLY FUCK* Deleter (Last Gang)
- GNOME BEATS Las Formas en Flujo (Dome Of Doom)
- CARES* Control Isn’t Real (Collusion)
- SUNDA ARC Tides (Gondwana)
- KAYTRANADA* BUBBA (RCA)
- JOYFULTALK* A Separation Of Being (Constellation)
Jazz & Experimental
- EMIE R. ROUSSEL TRIO* Rythme De Passage (Self-Released)
- GIL SCOTT-HERON & MAKAYA MCCRAVEN We’re New Again : A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven (XL Recordings)
- MATANA ROBERTS* Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
- SOIL & ‘PIMP’ SESSIONS Man Steals the Stars (Victor)
- FOG BLUES & BRASS BAND* Into the Fog (Self-Released)
- JEREMY CUNNINGHAM The Weather Up There (Northern Spy)
- MARK GODFREY QUINTET* Square Peg (Self-Released)
- HARRISON SQUARED* Trout In Swimwear (Self-Released)
- ALABASTER DEPLUME To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1 (International Anthem)
- AUDREY OCHOA* Frankenhorn (Chronograph)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- SARAH HARMER* Are You Gone (Arts & Crafts)
- ANDY SHAUF* Neon Skyline (Arts & Crafts)
- ROSE COUSINS* Bravado (Outside Music)
- DEL BARBER* Easy Keeper (Acronym)
- THE RED RIVER RAMBLERS* Metis Fiddle Music (Self-Released)
- FOG BLUES & BRASS BAND* Into the Fog (Self-Released)
- THE HADEN TRIPLETS The Family Songbook (Trimeter)
- NATALIE MACMASTER* Sketches (Self-Released)
- STEVE STRONGMAN* Tired Of Talkin? (Self-Released)
- HEATHER VALLEY* Desert Message (Self-Released)