1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland [self-released]
2. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice [Matador]
3. Alvvays – Antisocialites [Polyvinyl]
4. Yusuf/Cat Stevens – The Laughing Apple [Decca]
5. Naughty Professor – Identity [self-released]
6. Fishplate – Heavy Heart [Community]
7. Pope – True Talent Champion [Community]
8. Benni – I and II [Goner]
9. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Soul of A Woman [Daptone]
10. The Unnaturals – Face the Dreaded Komono Dragon [Sheer Terror]
11. Trombone Shorty – Parking Lot Symphony [Blue Note]
12. Avey Tare – Eucalyptus [Domino]
13. Pink Fink – Pink Fink [Disko Obscura]
14. Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift Mixtape [Asthmatic Kitty]
15. Erica Falls – Homegrown [self-released]
16. Sugai Ken – UkabazUmorezU [RVNG Int’l]
17. Jamila Woods – HEAVN [Jagjaguwar]
18. Hoops – Tapes #1-3 [Fat Possum]
19. Blind Idiot God – Undertow [Indivisible]
20. Marco Cappelli’s Italian Surf Academy – The American Dream [Mode/Avant]
21. Ariel Pink – Dedicated to Bobby Jameson [Mexican Summer]
22. Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives [Warp]
23. King Krule – The Ooz [XL]
24. St. Roch Syncopators – Working Men [self-released]
25. Anna Lundqvist – Mewe [Prophone]
26. Eric Copeland – Goofballs [DFA]
27. Pauline Anna Strom – Trans-Millenia Music [RVNG Int’l]
28. Hess Is More – 80 Years [Edition]
29. Moses Sumney – Aromanticism [Jagjaguwar]
30. Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference [Young Turks/XL]
ELECTRONIC
1. Benni – I and II [Goner]
2. Pink Fink – Pink Fink [Disko Obscura]
3. Sugai Ken – UkabazUmorezU [RVNG Int’l]
4. Eric Copeland – Goofballs [DFA]
5. Pauline Anna Strom – Trans-Millenia Music [RVNG Int’l]
6. Nosaj Thing – Parallels [Innovative Leisure]
7. Giraffage – Too Real [Counter]
8. Chloe – Endless Revisions [Talored Communication]
9. NHK yx Koyxen – Exit Entrance [DFA]
10. Fever Ray – Plunge [Mute]
HIP HOP
1. Jamila Woods – HEAVN [Jagjaguwar]
2. Vic Mensa – The Autobiography [Def Jam/ROC Nation]
3. Futuristic Wrist Watch – The Ballad of John Ratzenburger In Space & Time [self-released]
4. Illism – Love and Loyalty [self-released]
5. Open Mike Eagle – Brick Body Kids Still Daydream [Mello Music Group]
6. Dave East – Paranoia [Def Jam]
7. Grieves – Running Wild [Rhymesayers]
8. Proper Channels x Khromesthesia [Proper Channels]
9. ChanHays – Here [Droppin Science Productions]
10. Andy Cooper – The Layered Effect [Rocafort]
INTERNATIONAL/WORLD/REGGAE
1. Sugai Ken – UkabazUmorezU [RVNG Int’l]
2. Afous D’Afous – Tenere [Sahel Sounds]
3. Lila Downs – Salon, Lagrimas, Y Deseo [Sony]
4. Ursula 1000 – Galleria [Insect Queen]
5. various artists - Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From thr Horn of Africa [Ostinato]
6. Hanitra – Lasa: Songs from Madagascar [ARC Music]
7. Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas – Sofarnopolis [Crammed]
8. Boogat – San Cristobal Baile Inn [Maisonette]
9. Les Filles de Illighadad – Eghass Malan [Sahel Sounds]
10. Saicobab – Sab Se Purani Bab [Thrill Jockey]
JAZZ
1. Naughty Professor – Identity [self-released]
2. Trombone Shorty – Parking Lot Symphony [Blue Note]
3. Erica Falls – Homegrown [self-released]
4. Marco Cappelli’s Italian Surf Academy – The American Dream [Mode/Avant]
5. St. Roch Syncopators – Working Men [self-released]
6. Anna Lundqvist – Mewe [Prophone]
7. Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference [Young Turks/XL]
8. Benji Kaplan – Chorando Sete Cores [Big Apple Batacuda]
9. Preservation Hall Jazz Band – So It Is [Sony/Legacy]
10. Charles Lloyd New Quartet – Passin’ Thru [Blue Note]