TOP 30
- UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar)
- DUSTED* Blackout Summer (Polyvinyl)
- VICTIME* La Femme Taupe (Michel Records)
- ELAQUENT* Celebrate Life! (Urbnet)
- NAP EYES* I’m Bad Now (You’ve Changed)
- SUUNS* Felt (Secret City)
- INNES WILSON* Northumberland Slums (Out Of Sound)
- SLOAN* 12 (Murderecords)
- BIRD CITY* Winnowing (Label Fantastic/Coax)
- SUE FOLEY* The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
- RAFIQ BHATIA Breaking English (Anti-)
- NELS CLINE 4 Currents, Constellations (Blue Note)
- THIEVERY CORPORATION Treasures From The Temple (ESL/Eighteenth Street Lounge)
- MICHAEL RAULT* It’s A New Day Tonight (Daptone)
- VERSA* VERSA (Self-Released)
- JIMMY ZEE BAND* What You See is What You Get (Self-Released)
- PEACH KELLI POP Which Witch (Mint)
- CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON* Stone Woman (Self-Released)
- LINDI ORTEGA* Liberty (Shadowbox)
- BONNY DOON Longwave (Woodsist)
- ZAKI IBRAHIM* The Secret Life of Planets (Self-Released)
- YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN* Dirt (Paper Bag)
- U.S. GIRLS* In A Poem Unlimited (Royal Mountain)
- BEN HARPER & CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE No Mercy in This Land (Anti-)
- FRIGS* Basic Behaviour (Arts & Crafts)
- MAKENESS Loud Patterns (Secretly Canadian)
- WYE OAK The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs (Merge)
- PONCTUATION* Mon Herbier Du Monde (Blow The Fuse)
- OBUXUM* H.E.R. (Urbnet)
- JAUNT* Cue (Self-Released)
Electronic
- ELAQUENT* Celebrate Life! (Urbnet)
- RAFIQ BHATIA Breaking English (Anti-)
- THIEVERY CORPORATION Treasures From The Temple (ESL/Eighteenth Street Lounge)
- MAKENESS Loud Patterns (Secretly Canadian)
- OBUXUM* H.E.R. (Urbnet)
- ESSAIE PAS* New Path (DFA)
- RIVAL CONSOLES Persona (Erased Tapes)
- GHASPER Mima (Babygrande)
- NILS FRAHM All Melody (Erased Tapes)
- DANIEL AVERY* Song For Alpha (Phantasy Sound)
Hip Hop
- ELAQUENT* Celebrate Life! (Urbnet)
- OBUXUM* H.E.R. (Urbnet)
- FACTOR CHANDELIER* Wisdom Teeth (Fake Four Inc.)
- CADENCE WEAPON* Cadence Weapon (eOne Music (E1))
- JAMEL THOMAS* One on the House (National Defense)
- FRACTION & FINSTA* Thoughtwork (Self-Released)
- SAUKRATES* Season 2 (Culvert)
- EVERYTHING IS RECORDED Everything is Recorded by Richard Russell (XL Recordings)
- DR. OCTAGON Moosebumps (Bulk)
- DESSA Chime (Doomtree)
International
- THIEVERY CORPORATION Treasures From The Temple (ESL/Eighteenth Street Lounge)
- MELISSA LAVEAUX* Radyo Siwel (No Format! Records)
- BELLEGARDE* Anba Tonel (Self-Released)
- KIRAN AHLUWALIA 7 Billion (Six Degrees)
- HOLLY BLAZINA* Transcendencia (Self-Released)
- THE TURBANS The Turbans (Six Degrees)
- ORQUESTA AKOKAN Orquesta Akokan (Daptone)
- IBA MAHR Get Up And Show (Oneness Records)
- HECTOR GUERRA Desde El Infierno (Kasba)
- HOLLIE COOK Vessel Of Love (Merge)
Jazz & Experimental
- NELS CLINE 4 Currents, Constellations (Blue Note)
- PERIPHERAL VISION* More Songs About Error And Shame (Self-Released)
- MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG YRU Still Here (Northern Spy)
- BC DOUBLE QUARTET* Departure (Cellar Live)
- GORDON GRDINA QUARTET* Inroads (Songlines)
- GLEN HALL BERNIE KOENIG & M.J. IDZERDA* Three Way Conversation (Slam)
- STEPHANIE RICHARDS* Fullmoon (Relative Pitch)
- DAVID LIEBMAN AND MIKE MURLEY QUARTET* Live At U Of T (Self-Released)
- DAN WEISS Starebaby (Pi)
- MILES DAVIS & JOHN COLTRANE The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Legacy)
Loud
- VICTIME* La Femme Taupe (Michel Records)
- PEACH KELLI POP Which Witch (Mint)
- YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN* Dirt (Paper Bag)
- THE CROWN Cobra Speed Venom (Metal Blade)
- BASIC INSTINCT* Equinox (Self-Released)
- NECK OF THE WOODS* The Passenger (Basick Records)
- BOOJI BOYS* Weekend Rocker (Drunken Sailor)
- WARCALL* Invaders (Plan B)
- MAMMOTH GRINDER Cosmic Crypt (Relapse)
- MACHINE HEAD Catharsis (Nuclear Blast)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- INNES WILSON* Northumberland Slums (Out Of Sound)
- BIRD CITY* Winnowing (Label Fantastic/Coax)
- SUE FOLEY* The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
- JIMMY ZEE BAND* What You See is What You Get (Self-Released)
- LINDI ORTEGA* Liberty (Shadowbox)
- BEN HARPER & CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE No Mercy in This Land (Anti-)
- THE LIFERS* Honey Suite (Self-Released)
- NICK MOSS BAND The High Cost of Low Living (Alligator)
- THE LYNNES* Heartbreak Song for the Radio (Self-Released)
- MANITOBA HAL* Blues Is In the Water (Self-Released)