1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland [self-released]
2. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice [Matador]
3. King Krule – The Ooz [XL]
4. Alvvays – Antisocialites [Polyvinyl]
5. John Maus – Screen Memories [Ribbon]
6. Fishplate – Heavy Heart [Community]
7. Ariel Pink – Dedicated To Bobby Jameson [Mexican Summer]
8. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Soul Of A Woman [Daptone]
9. Pollens – Mister Manufacture [self-released]
10. Vic Mensa – The Autobiography [Def Jam/ROC Nation]
11. Avey Tare – Eucalyptus [Domino]
12. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard/Mild High Club – Sketches of Brunswick East [Flightless/ATO]
13. Yusef/Cat Stevens – The Laughing Apple [Decca]
14. Pope – True Talent Champion [Community]
15. Erica Falls – HomeGrown [self-released]
16. Dream Control – Zeitgeber [Medical]
17. On Fillmore – Happiness of Living [Northern Spy]
18. Benni – I and II [Goner]
19. Ombone – Adventures In Time [Proper Channels]
20. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Luciferian Towers [Constellation]
21. Marker – Marker [Medical]
22. Italian Surf Academy – Barbarella Reloaded [Avant/Mode]
23. Hoops – Tapes #1-3 [Fat Possum]
24. Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift [Asthmatic Kitty]
25. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream [DFA]
26. Mr. Lif & Brass Menazeri [Waxsimile]
27. Bon Mot – Cheap Drinks, Poor Lighting [Proper Channels]
28. Marco Capelli’s Italian Surf Academy [Avant/Mode]
29. Pile – A Hairshirt of Purpose [Exploding In Sound]
30. Tavishi – Dwait [Hot Releases]
ELECTRONIC
1. Dream Control – Zeitgeber [Medical]
2. Benni – I and II [Goner]
3. Ombone – Adventures In Time [Proper Channels]
4. Pauline Anna Strom – Trans-Millenia Music [RVNG Int’l]
5. Lindstrom – It’s Alright Between Us As It Is [Smalltown Supersound]
6. Fever Ray – Plunge [Mute]
7. Project Pablo – Hope You’re Well [Technicolour]
8. Jeff Snyder – Sunspots [Carrier]
9. Locust Toybox – Drownscapes [Brainfeeder]
10. Ombone – Quick Trip [Proper Channels]
HIP HOP
1. Vic Mensa – The Autobiography [Def Jam/ROC Nation]
2. Ombone – Adventures In Time [Proper Channels]
3. Mr. Lif & Brass Menazeri [Waxsimile]
4. Bon Mot – Cheap Drinks, Poor Lighting [Proper Channels]
5. RSXGLD – RSXGLD [Fat Beats]
6. Open Mike Eagle – Brick Body Kids Still Daydream [Mello Music Group]
7. Futuristic Wrist Watch – The Ballad of John Ratzenburger In Space & Time [self-released]
8. Dave East – Paranoia [Def Jam]
9. Jamila Woods – HEAVN [Jagjaguwar/Closed Sessions]
10. Ombone – Quick Trip [Proper Channels]
INTERNATIONAL/WORLD/REGGAE
1. Richard Horowitz – Eros In Arabia [RVNG Int’l/Freedom To Spend]
2. Frightnrs – More To Say Versions [Daptone]
3. Mdou Moctar – Sousoume Tamachek [Sahel Sounds]
4. Matias Aguayo & the Desdemonas – Sofarnopolis [Crammed Discs]
5. Alice Coltrane Truiyasangitananda – World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turigangitananda [Luaka Bop]
6. Jambinai – Difference [PIAS]
7. Mitu – Cosmus [ZZK]
8. Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra – Crossings: Contemporary Music for Chinese Instruments [Albany]
9. Ellason – Traditional Cuban Music [Ansonica]
10. Various artists – Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa [Ostinato]
JAZZ
1. Erica Falls – HomeGrown [self-released]
2. Italian Surf Academy – Barbarella Reloaded [Avant/Mode]
3. Marco Capelli’s Italian Surf Academy [Avant/Mode]
4. Naughty Professor – Identity [self-released]
5. Benji Kaplan – Chorando Sete Cores [Big Apple Batucada]
6. Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference [Young Turks/XL]
7. Chassol – Big Sun [Tricatel]
8. Nicholas Payton – Afro-Caribbean Mixtape [Paytone]
9. Mykia Jovan [self-released]
10. Party Pack ICE – Party Pack ICE [pfMentum]