TOP 30
- ADRIAN RASO* Gypsybilly King (Asphalt Tango)
- WHIT DICKEY / TAO QUARTETS Peace Planet/Box of Light (AUM Fidelity)
- SHOTGUN JIMMIE* Transistor Sister 2 (You’ve Changed)
- THE MIGHTY MOCAMBOS 2066 (Mocambo)
- WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed)
- LAND OF KUSH* Sand Enigma (Constellation)
- LEELA GILDAY* North Star Calling (Self-Released)
- JAIMIE BRANCH Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise (International Anthem)
- RIZAN SAID Saz U Dilan (Akuphone)
- LITTLE SCREAM* Speed Queen (Merge)
- MATANA ROBERTS* Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
- WOOLWORM* Awe (Mint)
- RIIT* Ataataga (Six Shooter)
- NATALIE MACMASTER* Sketches (Self-Released)
- BREMER/MCCOY Utopia (Luaka Bop)
- LES SOEURS BOULAY* La mort des étoiles (Grosse Boite)
- LIGHTNING DUST* Spectre (Western Vinyl)
- THE BONGO HOP Satingarona Pt. 2 (Underdog)
- INNES WILSON* The Heart That Holds This Up (Out Of Sound)
- ANNA MEREDITH FIBS (Moshi Moshi)
- HMLT* Need You (Urbnet)
- SON LITTLE invisible (Anti-)
- CHOCOLAT* Jazz Engagé (Dare To Care)
- JOJO WORTHINGTON* TCYK (Self-Released)
- GEOFFROY* 1952 (Bonsound)
- BEGONIA* Fear (Rex Baby)
- KRAAK & SMAAK Pleasure Centre (Boogie Angst)
- MIMICO* Hi-Action (Hand Drawn Dracula)
- AMANDA RHEAUME* The Skin I’m In (Self-Released)
- SHEER MAG A Distant Call (Wilsuns RC)
Electronic
- RIZAN SAID Saz U Dilan (Akuphone)
- ANNA MEREDITH FIBS (Moshi Moshi)
- KRAAK & SMAAK Pleasure Centre (Boogie Angst)
- LAL* Dark Beings (Coax)
- EVAN GEESMAN NEWAGESEWAGE (Ubiquity)
- MOOR MOTHER Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes (Don Giovanni)
- LIA* Vasilia (Couteau)
- WOLFRAM Amadeus (DFA)
- JACQUES GREENE* Dawn Chorus (Arts & Crafts)
- OTTO Over The Top Orchester (Bureau B)
Hip Hop
- HEMLOCK ERNST & KENNY SEGAL Back At The House (Ruby Yacht)
- DJ YODA Homecooking (Lewis)
- DJ PNUTZ The Breakmaker (Self-Released)
- VARIOUS Beats in Cycle (Hermit City)
- TANK AND THE BANGAS Green Balloon (Verve Forecast)
- RAIZA BIZA Bygones (Low Key Source)
- SAMPA THE GREAT The Return (Ninja Tune)
- ROBERT GLASPER Fuck Yo Feelings (Loma Vista)
- CARTEL MADRAS* Age Of The Goonda (Royal Mountain)
- MOKA ONLY* Patina (Instrumentals) (Urbnet)
International
- RIZAN SAID Saz U Dilan (Akuphone)
- THE BONGO HOP Satingarona Pt. 2 (Underdog)
- LAKOU MIZIK HaitiaNola (Cumbancha)
- MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS De Ayer para Siempre (Smithsonian Folkways)
- RACHID TAHA Je suis Africain (Believe)
- BLVK H3RO The Immortal Steppa (Self-Released)
- AHMED MUKHTAR Visions Of Iraq (ARC Music)
- THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!)
- SONGHOY BLUES Meet Me In The City (Fat Possum)
- VARIOUS Sound Portraits from Bulgaria (Smithsonian Folkways)
Jazz & Experimental
- WHIT DICKEY / TAO QUARTETS Peace Planet/Box of Light (AUM Fidelity)
- LAND OF KUSH* Sand Enigma (Constellation)
- JAIMIE BRANCH Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise (International Anthem)
- MATANA ROBERTS* Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
- BREMER/MCCOY Utopia (Luaka Bop)
- TOMEKA REID QUARTET Old New (Cuneiform)
- DAN PITT TRIO* Fundamentally Flawed (Self-Released)
- MILES OKAZAKI The Sky Below (Pi)
- KATHRYN LADANO* Masked (Self-Released)
- GORDON GRDINA QUARTET* Cooper’s Park (Songlines)
Loud
- WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed)
- ZAUM* Divination (Listenable)
- TOMB MOLD* Planetary Clairvoyance (20 Buck Spin)
- RED ARMS* Critical State (Yeah Right!)
- HARD CHARGER* Vol. 4: Take The Guff and Suffer (D7i)
- CHRON GOBLIN* Here Before (Grand Hand Records)
- DREAM THEATER Distance Over Time (Inside Out)
- AS I LAY DYING Shaped By Fire (Nuclear Blast)
- ZONAL Wrecked (Relapse)
- EX-SOFTESS* Hollow Ritual (Thankless)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- LEELA GILDAY* North Star Calling (Self-Released)
- NATALIE MACMASTER* Sketches (Self-Released)
- AMANDA RHEAUME* The Skin I’m In (Self-Released)
- KEB’ MO’ Oklahoma (Concord)
- DAYNA MANNING* Morning Light (Self-Released)
- RONNIE EARL AND THE BROADCASTERS Beyond The Blue Door (Stony Plain)
- IRISH MYTHEN* Little Bones (Myth Music)
- AMY BLANDING* Down the Line (Good Egg Records)
- SEARSON* Live At The Neat Café (Self-Released)
- CATHERINE MACLELLAN* Coyote (Self-Released)