TOP 30
- THE COSMIC RANGE* The Gratitude Principle (Idee Fixe)
- YVES JARVIS* The Same But By Different Means (Flemish Eye)
- MOTHERHOOD* Dear Bongo (Forward Music Group)
- VICTIME* Mi-Tronc Mi-Jambe (Michel Records)
- DEXTER STORY Bahir (Soundway)
- B.A. JOHNSTON* The Skid is Hot Tonight (Transistor 66)
- NICOLETTE & THE NOBODIES* Devil’s Run (Self-Released)
- N0V3L* Novel (Flemish Eye)
- ALLISON AU QUARTET* Wander Wonder (Self-Released)
- HOMESHAKE* Helium (Royal Mountain)
- VISHTEN* Horizons (Self-Released)
- FET.NAT* Le Mal (Boiled Records)
- SWIM TEAM* V (Self-Released)
- MUNYA* Munya (Luminelle)
- DANIEL ROMANO* Finally Free (You’ve Changed)
- DEAD OBIES* Dead (Bonsound)
- JUSTIN WRIGHT* Music For Staying Warm (First Terrace)
- METHYL ETHEL Triage (Remote Control)
- NÊHIYAWAK* starlight (Arts & Crafts)
- SELF JUPITER Sexy Beast (The Order Label)
- ABIGAIL LAPELL* Getaway (Coax)
- COCHEMEA* All my Relations (Daptone)
- ELISAPIE* The Ballad of the Runaway Girl (Bonsound)
- SAFIA NOLIN* Dans le noir (Bonsound)
- ENGONE ENDONG* Maitre (Unlog)
- JULIA JACKLIN Crushing (Liberation)
- APOLLO SUNS* Dawn Offerings (Self-Released)
- PANDA BEAR Buoys (Domino)
- ADRIAN YOUNGE Produced by Adrian Younge (Amazon)
- EMILIE KAHN* Outro (Secret City)
Electronic
- NIKITCH AND KUNA MAZE Mush (Tru Thoughts)
- CAVALIER Ephemera (Alpha Pup)
- WANGLED TEB* Earth (EP) (Robot Hunter)
- LIGHT CONDUCTOR Sequence One (Constellation)
- ROYAL CANOE* Waver (Paper Bag Records)
- SHLOHMO The End (Friends of Friends)
- LALI PUNA Being Water (Morr Music)
- ROBIN CHERRY* Rust (Self-Released)
- TORO Y MOI Outer Peace (Carpark)
- VT100 The Burden Of Irrational Optimism (Self-Released)
Hip Hop
- DEAD OBIES* Dead (Bonsound)
- SELF JUPITER Sexy Beast (The Order Label)
- ENGONE ENDONG* Maitre (Unlog)
- MALIBU KEN Malibu Ken (Rhymesayers)
- EMAPEA Zoning Out Vol. 2 (Cold Busted)
- EEKWOL & T-RHYME* For Women By Women (Self-Released)
- ILLISM iLLuminate (Self-Released)
- WAAHLI* Black Soap (Self-Released)
- TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD JAY CUE, TARA BYARS Tequila Mockinbird (The Order Label)
- SHAD* A Short Story About A War (Secret City)
International
- DEXTER STORY Bahir (Soundway)
- COCHEMEA* All my Relations (Daptone)
- ENGONE ENDONG* Maitre (Unlog)
- ABDESSELAM DAMOUSSI AND NOUR EDDINE Jedba (ARC)
- MARCUS GAD MEETS TAMAL Enter A Space (Baco)
- MAURICE LOUCA Elephantine (Northern Spy)
- RODOPI ENSEMBLE Thraki: Thrace – the Paths of Dionysus (ARC Music)
- CHELSEA STEWART* Genesis (Baby Momma)
- NICOLA CRUZ Siku (ZZK)
- JAH CUTTA* Ladies and Gentlemen (Indica)
Jazz & Experimental
- THE COSMIC RANGE* The Gratitude Principle (Idee Fixe)
- ALLISON AU QUARTET* Wander Wonder (Self-Released)
- COCHEMEA* All my Relations (Daptone)
- APOLLO SUNS* Dawn Offerings (Self-Released)
- JIM BRENAN 50/50 (Death Defying)
- MAURICE LOUCA Elephantine (Northern Spy)
- MARIE GOUDY 12TET* The Bitter Suite (Self-Released)
- JULIAN LAGE Love Hurts (Mack Avenue)
- HOT 8 BRASS BAND Take Cover EP (Tru Thoughts)
- BRAD TURNER Pacific (Cellar)
Loud
- VICTIME* Mi-Tronc Mi-Jambe (Michel Records)
- VOIVOD* The Wake (Century Media)
- KOSM* Cosmonaut (Self-Released)
- LUGE* Tall Is Just a Feeling (Self-Released)
- KEN MODE* Loved (New Damage)
- RED CAIN* Kindred: Act I (Self-Released)
- JOCK TEARS* Bad Boys (Inky)
- OVERKILL The Wings Of War (Nuclear Blast)
- BORNBROKEN* The Years of Harsh Truths and Little Lies (Self-Released)
- THE GREAT SABATINI* Goodbye Audio (No List)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- NICOLETTE & THE NOBODIES* Devil’s Run (Self-Released)
- VISHTEN* Horizons (Self-Released)
- DANIEL ROMANO* Finally Free (You’ve Changed)
- ABIGAIL LAPELL* Getaway (Coax)
- SAFIA NOLIN* Dans le noir (Bonsound)
- MIKE BOGUSKI* Blues for the Penitent (Self-Released)
- KAIA KATER* Grenades (Acronym)
- TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS Killin’ It Live (Alligator)
- REVEREND CHARLIE JACKSON God’s Got It (2018 Edition) (Case Quarter)
- BARBRA LICA You’re Fine (Justin Time)