1. King Tuff - The Other [Sub Pop]
2. Blood Orange - Negro Swan [Domino]
3. Mitski - Be the Cowboy [Dead Oceans]
4. Yuno - Moodie [Sub Pop]
5. Kyle Craft - Full Circle Nightmare [Sub Pop]
6. Shmu - Lead Me to the Glow [self-released]
7. Oh Sees - Smote Reverser [Castle Face]
8. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins [RCA]
9. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose [Domino]
10. Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance [Partisan]
11. Embassador Dulgoon - Hydrarion Remnants [Nonlocal Research/Psychic Sounds]
12. Maison Blanche - NOLA Vapours [self-released]
13. White Denim - Performance [City Slang]
14. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding [Atlantic]
15. Denzel Curry - Taboo [Loma Vista]
16. Sudan Archives - Sink EP [Stones Throw]
17. Jeff the Brotherhood - Magick Songs [Dine Alone]
18. Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams [Merge]
19. Jesse and the Dandelions - Give Up the Gold [self-released]
20. Meernaa - Strange Life [Native Cat]
21. Ross From Friends - Family Portrait [Brainfeeder]
22. Morricone YOuth - Danger: Diabolik [Country Club]
23. Louis Cole - Time [Brainfeeder]
24. Benni - The Return [Goner]
25. Eyes of Love - End of the Game [Wharf Cat]
26. Brandon Coleman - Resistance [Brainfeeder]
27. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt [Fat Possum]
28. Thou - Magus [Sacred Bones]
29. various artists - WTUL: Songs from the Basement Vol. 16 [self-released]
30. Astronauts Etc. - Living in Symbol [Company]
ELECTRONIC
1. Maison Blanche - NOLA Vapours [self-released]
2. Ross From Friends - Family Portrait [Brainfeeder]
3. Benni - The Return [Goner]
4. Miss Information - Sequence [Pioneer Works Press]
5. Helena Hauff - Qualm [Ninja Tune]
6. ADULT. - This Behavior [Dais]
7. Elizabeth Joan Kelly - Music for the DMV [self-released]
8. Gavin Guthrie - The Totality [Medical]
9. Aphex Twin - Collapse EP [Warp]
10. Phaedrus - Game of Tones [Transfusions/Medical]
HIP HOP
1. Denzel Curry - Taboo [Loma Vista]
2. Potatohead People - Nick and Astro's Guide to the Galaxy [Bastard Jazz]
3. Del and Amp Live - Gate 13 [Plug Research]
4. Black Milk - Fever [Mass Appeal]
5. Chance the Rapper - Four Songs [self-released]
6. Alfred Bands - Mere Exposure Effect EP [Underdog Central Media]
7. Knife Knights - 1 Time Miraj [Sub Pop]
8. Afro B - Afrowave 2 EP [Marathon]
9. Charm Taylor - The Road Within [Sinking City]
10. Young RJ - The Detroit Project [self-released]
WORLD/INTERNATIONAL/REGGAE
1. Embassador Dulgoon - Hydrarion Remnants [Nonlocal Research/Psychic Sounds]
2. Don the Tiger - Matanzas [Crammed Discs]
3. Troupe Ecole Turdu - Oyiwane [Sahel Sounds]
4. High Disciple - High Disciple [Ernest Jenning]
5. Dubmatix - King Size Dub Spacial [Echo Beach]
6. Hiroki Takahashi - Escapism [Not Not Fun]
7. Proteje - A Matter of Time [Easy Star]
8. Uji - Alborada [ZZK]
9. Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez - Cachaito [World Circuit]
10. Angelique Kidjo - Remain In Light [Kravenworks]
JAZZ
1. Mounring [A] Blkstr - The Garner Poems [Electric Cowbell]
2. Dave Liebman and John Sotell - Petit Fleur: The Music of Sydney Bechet [Origin]
3. Noisewater - Noisewater [self-released]
4. Tommy Gurrero - The Endless Road [Too Good]
5. Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions - Solar Plexus [Nublu]
6. Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez - Cachaito [World Circuit]
7. Hungry March Band - Running Through With Sadness [Imaginator]
8. Nicholas Vines - Hipster Zombies from Mars [Navona]
9. John Scofield - Combo 66 [Verve]
10. Wynton Marsalis Septet - United We Swing [Blue Engine]