1.15...Glenn Jones...Fleeting...Thrill Jockey
2.15...Tacocat...Lost Time...Hardly Art
3.14...Bombino...Azel...Partisan
4.13...al Riggs...Blue Mornings...self-released
5.13...Boulevards...Groove!...Captured Tracks
6.13...Eric Bachmann...Eric Bachmann...Merge
7.13...10isee Williams...Gorilla Warfare...self-released
8.13...Baris Manco and Kurtalan Ekspres...Sozum Meclisten Disari...Pharaway Sounds
9.13...Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights...Quelbe!: Music of the U.S. Virgin Islands...Smithsonian Folkways
10.12...Explosions in the Sky...The Wilderness...Temporary Residence Ltd.
11.11...Essaie Pas...Demain est une autre nuit...DFA
12.11...Holy Wave...Freaks of Nurture...Reverberation Appreciation Society
13.11...Choir of Young Believers...Grasque...Ghostly International
14.9...Tashi Dorji & Shane Parish...Expecting...MIE Music
15.9...CookBook and Evidence...A Whole New Cook...Just-Us Movement
16.9...Walker Family Singers...Panola County Spirit...Daptone
17.9...Various...Czech Up! Vol. 1: Chain of Fools...Vampisoul
18.9...Causa Sui...Return to Sky...El Paraiso
19.9...Brooklyn Blowhards...Brooklyn Blowhards...Little (i) Music
20.9...Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil...Wow to the Deadness...Sounds Familyre
21.9...Bleached...Welcome the Worms...Dead Oceans
22.9...Hayes Carll...Lovers and Leavers...Hwy 87
23.9...Beacon...Escapements...Ghostly International
24.8...J Dilla...Dillatronic...Green Streets Entertainment
25.8...Lifetones...For A Reason...Tone Of Life/Light in the Attic
26.8...Fatima Al Qadiri...Brute...Hyperdub
27.8...Mavis Staples...Livin' on a High Note...Anti-
28.8...Heron Oblivion...Heron Oblivion...Sub Pop
29.8...Margo Price...Midwest Farmer's Daughter...Third Man
30.7...Troller...Graphic...HoloDeck
31.7...Ravi Shankar...In Hollywood, 1971...Northern Spy
32.7...Adult Books...Running from the Blows...Lolipop
33.7...Thousand Foot Whale Claw...Cosmic Winds...Constellation Tatsu
34.7...Michael Daves...Orchids and Violence...Nonesuch
35.6...Caleb Caudle...Carolina Ghost...This is American Music
36.6...Children...Rebirth...Out-Sider
37.6...Damien Jurado...Visions of Us on the Land...Secretly Canadian
38.6...Santigold...99c...Atlantic
39.5...Kleptonaut...On the Up and Up...self-released
40.5...Skylar Gudasz...Oleander...Daniel 13
41.5...A. Kostis...The Jail's a Fine School...Olvido/Mississippi
42.5...Kyle Hall...From Joy...Wild Oats
43.5...The Ukiah Drag...Crypt Cruiser E.P....Wharf Cat
44.5...Havenaire...Tremolo...Constellation Tatsu
45.5...Yuck...Stranger Things...Mame
46.5...The Astounds...The Astounds...self-released
47.5...Dreamboat...Dreamboat...MIE Music
48.5...Various Artists...Hillbillies in Hell: Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974)...Iron Mountain Analogue Research
49.4...Tegucigalpan...The Fifth of She...s/r
50.4...Body Games...Damager...self-released
51.4...Rokia Traore...Ne So...Nonesuch/Rock A Sound
52.4...Andreas Gehm...I Love Acid 008...I Love Acid
53.4...Gun Outfit...Two Way Player...Wharf Cat
54.4...Psychic Blood...Alien 12"...Wharf Cat
55.4...Bitchin Bajas and Bonnie "Prince" Billy...Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties...Drag City
56.4...The Monochrome Set...Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... Unreleased & Rare Vol.2...Tapete
57.4...Oranssi Pazuzu...Värähtelijä ...20 Buck Spin
58.4...Phantom Horse...Different Forces...Umor Rex
59.4...Various...Blind Alfred Reed: Appalachian Visionary...Dust-to-Digital
60.3...Humanize...Sadlands...Winsome
61.3...Amanar De Kidal...Tumastin...Sahel Sounds
62.3...Robert Hood...Paradygm Shift Volume 1...Dekmantel
63.3...Tombstoned...II...Svart
64.3...La Sera...Music for Listening to Music To...Polyvinyl
65.3...Edip Akbayram and Dostlar...Nice Yillara Gulum...Pharaway Sounds
66.3...Milk Lines...Ceramic...In the Red
67.3...Various...Psychedelic States: Florida in the 60s vol. 4...Gear Fab
68.3...Deep Throats...Good Bad Pretty...Castle Face
69.3...'Thesda...Spaced Out...Left Ear
70.3...BledJon...The Popular Loner...self-released
71.3...Blood Ceremony...Lord of Misrule...Rise Above
72.3...Various...Outlier: Recordings from Madagascar...Sublime Frequencies
73.3...Amelia White...Home Sweet Hotel...White-Wolf
74.2...Todd W. Emmert...Devil's Return...Therapy Tapes
75.2...Regraped...Play Extremely Loud...Fort Hazel Magic
76.2...Vanessa Amara...You're Welcome Here...Posh Isolation
77.2...Solas...All These Years...THL
78.2...Jackson Turner...The Foundation...self-released
79.2...Brian Kage...A White Bear's Heaven...is a Black Bear's Hell!...FXHE
80.2...The Body...No One Deserves Happiness...Thrill Jockey
81.2...JD Souther...Black Rose...Omnivore
82.2...Robert Pollard...Of Course You Are...Fire
83.2...400PPM...Just-In-Time...Avian
84.2...Naked Giants...Easy Eating...self-released
85.2...Tendagruta...EnsalmoDo Sargaco...Dissociation
86.2...Paul Atreides...Arrakis Walk b/w Thinking Machines...Going Home
87.2...Heavy Times...Black Sunglasses 7"...HoZac
88.2...Koncept & J57...The Fuel...KON57
88.72...Tuxedomoon and Cult with No Name...Blue Velvet Revisited...Crammed Discs
HIP HOP
1.13...10isee Williams...Gorilla Warfare...self-released
2.9...CookBook and Evidence...A Whole New Cook...Just-Us Movement
3.8...J Dilla...Dillatronic...Green Streets Entertainment
4.3...BledJon...The Popular Loner...self-released
5.2...Jackson Turner...The Foundation...self-released
6.2...Koncept & J57...The Fuel...KON57
7.1...shirlette ammons...Language Barrier...Churchkey/SugarQube
8.1...Saul Williams...Martyr Loser King...FADER label
9.1...Soulbrotha...Flow 'N Facts (feat. Beneficence & Kazi)...Ill Adrenaline
10.1...Maticulous...Bet Your Life feat. Masta Ace and Blu...Soulspazm
WORLD
1. 14...Bombino...Azel...Partisan
2. 13...Baris Manco and Kurtalan Ekspres...Sozum Meclisten Disari...Pharaway Sounds
3. 13...Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights...Quelbe!: Music of the U.S. Virgin Islands...Smithsonian Folkways
4. 7...Ravi Shankar...In Hollywood, 1971...Northern Spy
5. 5...A. Kostis...The Jail's a Fine School...Olvido/Mississippi
6. 4...Rokia Traore...Ne So...Nonesuch/Rock A Sound
7. 3...Amanar De Kidal...Tumastin...Sahel Sounds
8. 3...Edip Akbayram and Dostlar...Nice Yillara Gulum...Pharaway Sounds
9. 3...Various...Outlier: Recordings from Madagascar...Sublime Frequencies
10. 2...Solas...All These Years...THL
AMERICANA
1. 15...Glenn Jones...Fleeting...Thrill Jockey
2. 9...Walker Family Singers...Panola County Spirit...Daptone
3. 9...Hayes Carll...Lovers and Leavers...Hwy 87
4. 8...Margo Price...Midwest Farmer's Daughter...Third Man
5. 7...Michael Daves...Orchids and Violence...Nonesuch
6. 6...Caleb Caudle...Carolina Ghost...This is American Music
7. 5...Various Artists...Hillbillies in Hell: Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974)
8. 4...Various Artists...Blind Alfred Reed: Appalachian Visionary...Dust-to-Digital
9. 3...Amelia White...Home Sweet Hotel...White-Wolf
10. 1...John Clifton...Let Yourself Go...Rip Cat
LOUD
1.4...Oranssi Pazuzu...Värähtelijä...20 Buck Spin
2.3...Tombstoned...II...Svart
3.3...Blood Ceremony...Lord of Misrule...Rise Above
4.2...Regraped...Play Extremely Loud...Fort Hazel Magic
5.2...The Body...No One Deserves Happiness...Thrill Jockey
6.2...Tendagruta...EnsalmoDo Sargaco...Dissociation
7.2...Ryan Huber...Kanab...Inam
8.1...Eel...Eel...Beach Impediment
9.1...Weedruid...Into the Acid Swamp...self-released
10.1...Coffins/Ilsa...Split EP...Relapse
RPM
1.8...Fatima Al Qadiri...Brute...Hyperdub
2.5...Kleptonaut...On the Up and Up...self-released
3.5...Kyle Hall...From Joy...Wild Oats
4.4...Andreas Gehm...I Love Acid 008...I Love Acid
5.4...Phantom Horse...Different Forces...Umor Rex
6.3...Robert Hood...Paradygm Shift Volume 1...Dekmantel
7.2...Brian Kage...A White Bear's Heaven...is a Black Bear's Hell!...FXHE
8.2...400PPM...Just-In-Time...Avian
9.2...Paul Atreides...Arrakis Walk b/w Thinking Machines...Going Home
10.2...Ryan Huber...Kanab...Inam