1. Video Age - Pleasure Line [Gawk]
2. They Might Be Giants - Book [Idlewild]
3. Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses [Sub Pop]
4. Pony Hunt - VAR! [Wing and Wing]
5. Young Man in a Hurry - Jarvis [Coach House Sounds]
6. Laura Mvula - Pink Noise [Atlantic]
7. Moon and Bike - One [self-released]
8. Max and the Martians - All the Same [Perpetual Doom]
9. The Exbats - Now Where Were We [Goner]
10. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [Age 101]
11. various artists - 30th Century Records [30th Century]
12. Cub Scout Bowling Pins - Clang Clang Ho [GBV Inc]
13. Atlantic Canyons - See The Hue [self-released]
14. Guided By Voices - Earth Man Blues [GBV Inc]
15. Metronome the City - End Transmission [Full Tilt]
16. Ruth Mascelli - A Night at the Baths [Disciples]
17. Hiatus Kayote - Mood Valiant [Ninja Tune]
18. various aritsts - The Daptone Super Sould Revue - Live at the Apollo [Daptone]
19. La Luz - La Luz [Hardly Art]
20. Rachika Nayar - Fragments [COMMEND/RVNG Int'l]
21. various artists - Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity [American Laundromat]
22. Ripatti - Fun Is Not A Straight Line [Planet Mu]
23. Colleen - The Tunnel and the Crossing [Thrill Jockey]
24. Rebecca Foon - Waxing Moon [Constellation]
25. Nation of Language - A Way Forward [PIAS]
26. various artists - Back Up (Mexican Techno Pop 1980-89) [Dark Entries]
27. tune-yards - Sketchy [4AD]
28. New Orleans Nightcrawlers - Atmosphere [self-released]
29. Chubby and the Gang - Speed Kills [Partisan]
30. Madlib - Sound Ancestors [Madlib Invazion]
ELECTRONIC
1. Ruth Mascelli - A Night at the Baths [Disciples]
2. Ripatti - Fun Is Not A Straight Line [Planet Mu]
3. Colleen - The Tunnel and the Crossing [Thrill Jockey]
4. various artists - Back Up (Mexican Techno Pop 1980-89) [Dark Entries]
5. Robin Hatch - T.O.N.T.O. [self-released]
6. From Nursery to Misery - Tree Spirits [Dark Entries]
7. Flying Lotus - Yasuke [Brainfeeder]
8. Ross Goldstein - Chutes and Ladders [Odd Cat]
9. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Keyboard Fantasies [Transgressive]
10. Brett Naucke - Mirror Ensemble [American Dreams]
HIP HOP
1. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [Age 101]
2. Madlib - Sound Ancestors [Madlib Invazion]
3. Statik Selektah - The Balancing Act [Mass Appeal]
4. Injury Reserve - By The Time I Get to Phoenix [Loma Vista]
5. Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide [Rhymesayers]
6. Mykki Blanco - Broken Hearts and Beauty Sleep [Transgressive]
7. 070 Phi - My Father's Gun [Mass Appeal]
8. IKOQWE - The Beginning, the Medium, the End & the Infinite [Crammed Discs]
9. Dawn Richard - Second Line [Merge]
10. DJ Nu-Mark - Run For Cover [Hot Plate]
INTERNATIONAL
1. various artists - Back Up (Mexican Techno Pop 1980-89) [Dark Entries]
2. Pahua - La Cura [Nacional]
3. Orquesta Akokan - 16 Rayos [Daptone]
4. Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band - Tezeta [Awesome Tapes from Africa]
5. Coconut Dealers - Coconut Dealers [Not Not Fun]
6. DJ Black Low - Uwami [Awesome Tapes from Africa]
7. various artists - Sahel Sounds Label Sampler Vol. 3 [Sahel Sounds]
8. various artists - Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits [Cultures of Soul]
9. IKOQWE - The Beginning, the Medium, the End & the Infinite [Crammed Discs]
10. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime [Matador]
JAZZ
1. New Orleans Nightcrawlers - Atmosphere [self-released]
2. Alice Coltrane - Kirtan: Turiya Sings [Impulse!]
3. Makaya McCraven - Deciphering the Message [Blue Note]
4. various artists - Mainstream Funk [Wewantsounds]
5. various artists - Jazz Is Dead Remixes [Jazz Is Dead]
6. QMRplus - Live! [Ears and Eyes]
7. Pearl Django - Simplicity [Modern Hot]
8. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings [Blue Note]
9. Ill Considered - Liminal Space [New Soil]
10. Ella Fitzgerald - The Lost Berlin Tapes [Verve]