1. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors [Jagjaguwar]
2. Chromatics - Closer to Grey [Italians Do It Better]
3. Generationals - Reader as Detective [Polyvinyl]
4. Max and the Martians - Please Hold On/Love on Vacation [Mashed Potato]
5. Bipolaroid - Paint it, Blacker [Get Hip]
6. Levitation Room - Headspace [Greenway]
7. Moon Duo - Stars are the Light [Sacred Bones]
8. Kraak & Smaak - Pleasure Center [Boogie Angst]
9. Blato Zlato - In the Wake [self-released]
10. Battles - Juice B Crypts [Warp]
11. Negativland - True or False [Seeland]
12. Tacocat - This Mess Is A Place [Sub Pop]
13. Meerna - Heart Hunger [Native Cat]
14. Land of Kush - Sand Enigma [Constellation]
15. Operator Music Band - Duo Duo [Broken Circles]
16. Twen - Awestruck [Frenchkiss]
17. Danny Brown - uknowwhatimsayin? [Warp]
18. Sudan Archives - Athena [Stones Throw]
19. Guerilla Toss - What Would the Odd Do? [NNA Tapes]
20. Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia [Sacred Bones]
21. Trendafilka - Under, Over [self-released]
22. Lust For Youth - Lust For Youth [Sacred Bones]
23. Prettiest Eyes - Volume 3 [Castle Face]
24. The New Pornographers - In the Morse Code of Brake Lights [Concord]
25. Guided By Voices - Sweating the Plague [GBV Inc]
26. Bodywash - Comforter [Luminelle]
27. various artists - Kinshasa 1978: Originals and Reconstructions [Crammed Discs][Crammed Discs]
28. Mikey Young - You Feelin' Me?
29. Larry Gus - Subservient [DFA]
30. Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops [Joyful Noise]
ELECTRONIC
1. Kraak & Smaak - Pleasure Center [Boogie Angst]
2. Negativland - True or False [Seeland]
3. Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia [Sacred Bones]
4. Zonal - Wrecked [Relapse]
5. Corbo - Quatro Treses [Chewing Foil]
6. Angela - Fantasy [Dark Entries]
7. Akasha System - Echo Earth [100% Silk]
8. Floating Points - Crush [Ninja Tune]
9. Buck Young - Buck II: Where Do YOu Want It [self-released]
10. Daedelus - The Bittereinders [Brainfeeder]
HIP HOP
1. Danny Brown - uknowwhatimsayin? [Warp]
2. Robert Glasper - Fuck Yo Feelings [Loma Vista]
3. G&D - Black Love and War [SomeOthaShip Connect]
4. Tongue Helmet - Psychotropic Ape [Urbnet]
5. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Bandana [Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib/ESGN]
6. Clipping - There Existed an Addiction to Blood [Sub Pop]
7. Kano - Hoodies In Summer [Parlophone]
8. Boca 45 - Forty Five [Mass Appeal]
9. Gang Starr - One of the Best Yet [TTT/Gang Starr Enterprises]
10. Nas - The Lost Tapes Vol. 2 [Mass Appeal/Def Jam]
WORLD/INTERNATIONAL/REGGAE
1. Blato Zlato - In the Wake [self-released]
2. Trendafilka - Under, Over [self-released]
3. various artists - Kinshasa 1978: Originals and Reconstructions [Crammed Discs]
4. Juana Molina - ForFun [Crammed Discs]
5. Mamman Sani - La Musique Electronique du Niger [Sahel Sounds]
6. Abdallah Ag Oumboadougou - Anou Malane [Sahel Sounds]
7. Locobeach - Psychedelic Disco Cumbia [Dorsal Fin/Peace and Rhythm]
8. Terceiro Olho de Marte - Herbarium Paracolicae ou Lingua Secreta das Sementes [Mercuirio Musica]
9. Garifuna Collective - Aban [Stonetree]
10. Tinariwen - Amadjar [Anti]
JAZZ
1. Land of Kush - Sand Enigma [Constellation]
2. The Comet is Coming - The Afterlife [Impulse]
3. John Coltrane - Blue World [Impulse!]
4. Pat Battstone - The Last Taxi: New Destinations [Leo]
5. Daniela Soledade - A Moment of You [Blue Line]
6. Russ Lossing - Motian Music [Sunnyside]
7. Lisa Maxwell Jazz Orchestra - Shiny! [Uncle Marvin]
8. Junius Paul - Ism [International Anthem]
9. Todd Marcus - Trio + [Stricker Street]
10. Collin Sherman - Liberties and Delights [Ex Tol]