1. Elizabeth Joan Kelly - Farewell Doomed Planet [self-released]
2. Tuxedo - Tuxedo III [Funk On Sight]
3. Battles - Juice B Crypts [Warp]
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen [Ghosteen Ltd]
5. Robert Glasper - Fuck Yo Feelings [Loma Vista]
6. Kazu - Adult Baby [Adult Baby]
7. Negativland - True False [Seeland]
8. Waqwaq Kingdom - Essaka Hoisa [Phantom Limb]
9. Steve Hauschildt - Nonlin [Ghostly]
10. various artists - The Time For Peace is Now [Luaka Bop]
11. Acid Arab - Jdid [Crammed Discs]
12. Sudan Archives - Athena [Stones Throw]
13. Lapalux - Amnioverse [Brainfeeder]
14. Operator Music Band - Duo Duo [Broken Circles]
15. Land of Kush - Sand Enigma [Constellation]
16. Caternia Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation [Editions Mego]
17. DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age [Mass Appeal]
18. Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band - Nightmare Forever [Castle Face]
19. Antoinette Konan - Antoinette Konan [Awesome Tapes From Africa]
20. Chromatics - Closer to Grey [Italians Do It Better]
21. Twen - Awestruck [French Kiss]
22. Kim Gordon - No Home Record [Matador]
23. Brittany Howard - Jaime [ATO]
24. Shark Attack - Big Chief/Bamboula 7" [Superjock]
25. Lust For Youth - Lust For Youth [Sacred Bones]
26. SQUiT - Crescent Fresh [self-released]
27. Guided By Voices - Sweating the Plague [GBV Inc.]
28. 75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real [Thin Wrist]
29. Akasha System - Echo Earth [100% Silk]
30. The Comet is Coming - The Afterlife [Impulse]
ELECTRONIC
1. Elizabeth Joan Kelly - Farewell Doomed Planet [self-released]
2. Negativland - True False [Seeland]
3. Waqwaq Kingdom - Essaka Hoisa [Phantom Limb]
4. Steve Hauschildt - Nonlin [Ghostly]
5. Acid Arab - Jdid [Crammed Discs]
6. Lapalux - Amnioverse [Brainfeeder]
7. Caternia Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation [Editions Mego]
8. DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age [Mass Appeal]
9. SQUiT - Crescent Fresh [self-released]
10. Akasha System - Echo Earth [100% Silk]
HIP HOP
1. Robert Glasper - Fuck Yo Feelings [Loma Vista]
2. DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age [Mass Appeal]
3. Tongue Helmet - Psychotropic Ape [Urbnet]
4. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana [Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Inazion/ESGN]
5. Boca 45 - Forty Five [Mass Appeal]
6. Brother Ali - Secrets & Escapes [Rhymesayers]
7. Kano - Hoodies All Summer [Parlophone]
8. Common - Let Love [Loma Vista]
WORLD/INERNATIONAL
1. Acid Arab - Jdid [Crammed Discs]
2. Antoinette Konan - Antoinette Konan [Awesome Tapes From Africa]
3. Juana Molina - ForFun [Crammed Discs]
4. Blato Zlato - In the Wake [self-released]
5. various artists - Kinshasa 1978: Oringinals & Reconstructions [Crammed Discs]
6. Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou - Anou Malane [Sahel Sounds]
7. Luka Productions - Falaw [Sahel Sounds]
8. El Wali - Tiris [Sahel Sounds]
9. Los Wembler's de Iquitos - Vision del Ayahuasca [Barbes]
10. Musa Mboob & Xamxam - Gambia Sessions [Arc]
JAZZ
1. Land of Kush - Sand Enigma [Constellation]
2. The Comet is Coming - The Afterlife [Impulse]
3. Fred Anderson Quartet Live Volume V [FPE]
4. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - Where Future Unfolds [International Anthem]
5. Tomeka Reid Quartet - Old New [Cuneiform]
6. Dave Douglas - Engage [Greenleaf]
7. Angelique Kidjo - Celia [Decca France]
8. various artists - Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Sampler [Smithsonian Folkways]
9. Marlene Rosenberg - MLK Convergence [Origin]
10. Carrie Wicks - Reverie [OA2]