1. Bipolaroid - Paint It, Blacker [Get Hip]
2. Khruangbin and Leon Bridges - Texas Sun [Dead Oceans]
3. Mr. Elevator - Goodbye, Blue Sky [Castleface]
4. Island Days - Under the Lights [Strange Daisy]
5. Midriff - Beach Pharmacy [Strange Daisy]
6. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana [Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN]
7. Brittany Howard - Jaime [ATO]
8. Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong [mmm...]
9. Horse Jumper of Love - So Divine [Run For Cover]
10. Margaux - More Brilliant is the Hand That Throws the Coin [Massif]
11. Turnover - Altogether [Run For Cover]
12. Clipping - There Existed An Addiction to Blood [Sub Pop]
13. Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Staggering Girl [Milan]
14. Cheer-Accident - Chicago XX [Cuneiform]
15. Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown [International Anthem/Nonesuch]
16. Berlin Taxi - In Pursuit [self-released]
17. The Chris Lee Band - Protest Songs and Party Anthems [Ursa Rex]
18. Cel - Cel [Bureau B]
19. Numun - Voyage Au Soleil [Musique Impossible]
20. Tunes of Negation - Reach the Endless Sea [Cosmo Rhythmatic]
21. Karate Boogaloo - KB's Mixtape No. 2 [Ropestreet]
22. Denzel Curry - UNLOCKED [Loma Vista]
23. Tomeka Reed Quartet - Old New [Cuneiform]
24. Rose City Band - Rose City Band [Thrill Jockey]
25. Severed Heads - Clean [Dark Entries]
26. Buscabula - Regressa [Ribbon Music]
27. M83 - Knife + Heart OST [Mute]
28. Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar [Domino]
29. Elizabeth Joan Kelly - Farewell Doomed Planet [self-released]
30. Blato Zlato - In the Wake [self-released]
ELECTRONIC
1. Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Staggering Girl [Milan]
2. Berlin Taxi - In Pursuit [self-released]
3. Cel - Cel [Bureau B]
4. Severed Heads - Clean [Dark Entries]
5. Elizabeth Joan Kelly - Farewell Doomed Planet [self-released]
HIP HOP
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana [Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN]
2. Clipping - There Existed An Addiction to Blood [Sub Pop]
3. Denzel Curry - UNLOCKED [Loma Vista]
4. Wiki - Oofie [self-released]
5. Tongue Helmet - Psychotropic Ape [Urbnet]
WORLD/INTERNATIONAL/REGGAE
1. Buscabula - Regressa [Ribbon Music]
2. Blato Zlato - In the Wake [self-released]
3. Mamman Sani - La Musique Électronique du Niger [Sahel Sounds]
JAZZ
1. Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown [International Anthem/Nonesuch]
2. Karate Boogaloo - KB's Mixtape No. 2 [Ropestreet]
3. Tomeka Reed Quartet - Old New [Cuneiform]
4. Charles Rumback - Tag Book [ears&eyes]
5. Moses Boyd - Dark Matter [Exodus]
6. Todd Marcus - Trio+ [Stricker Street]
7. David Liebman - Four Visions [Sunnyside]
8. George Benson - Walking To New Orleans [Provogue]