1.10...Jenks Miller and Rose Cross NC...Blues from WHAT...Three Lobed

2.10...A Giant Dog...Pile...Merge

3.9...Museum Mouth...Popcorn Fish Guinea Pig...Equal Vision

4.9...Etta Baker...Railroad Bill...Music Maker Relief Foundation

5.9...Deerhoof & Dal Niente...Balter/Saunier...New Amsterdam

6.8...The Coathangers...Nosebleed Weekend...Suicide Squeeze

7.7...Bixio/Frizzi/Tempera...Magnetic Systems...Finders Keepers

8.7...Sam Moss...Fable...Lost Honey

9.7...Elephant Revival...Petals...Itz Evolving

10.6...Arrogance...Knights of Dreams...Numero Group

11.6...Sponge Bath...Golden Light...Tone Log Jr.

12.6...Knurr and Spell...Ought...Potluck

13.6...Boulevards...Groove!...Captured Tracks

14.6...Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith...A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke...ECM

15.6...Hissman...The Paper Moon...Dog in the Night

16.6...Lakou Mizik...Wa Di Yo...Cumbancha

17.6...Traditional Fools...Fools Gold...In the Red

18.6...Tim Hecker...Love Streams...4AD

19.6...King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard...Nonagon...ATO

20.5...Marisa Anderson...Into the Light...self-released

21.5...Samiyam...Animals Have Feelings...Stones Throw

22.5...Beastmaker...Lusus Naturae...Rise Above

23.5...Cloud Becomes Your Hand...Rest in Fleas...Northern Spy

24.5...Dalek...Asphalt for Eden...Profound Lore

25.5...Daniel Patrick Quinn...I, Sun...self-released

26.5...Klara Lewis...Too...Editions Mego

27.5...Diminished Men...Vision in Crime...Abduction

28.5...Ceu...Tropix...Six Degrees

29.5...Bob Mould...Patch the Sky...Merge

30.5...Prix...Historix...HoZac

31.5...Bayonne...Primitives...Mom + Pop

32.5...Black Mountain...IV...Jagjaguwar

33.5...Bob Mould...Patch the Sky...Merge

34.5...Cluster...1971-1981...Bureau B

35.5...Anderson .Paak...Malibu...Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club/EMPIRE

36.5...Sammy Walker...Brown Eyed Georgia Darlin'...Ramseur

37.4...Anoushka Shankar...Land of Gold...Deutsche Grammophon

38.4...Las Pulseras del Corazon...Las Pulseras del Corazon...self-released

39.4...Well Pleased and Satisfied...Give Thanks and Praise + Love Train...Burning Sounds/Secret

40.4...Bill Converse...Meditations/Industry...Dark Entries

41.4...Dalhous...The Composite Moods Collection Vol. 1: House Number 44...Blackest Ever Black

42.4...Imaginary Forces...Shift Work...Bedouin

43.4...Eric Bachmann...Eric Bachmann...Merge

44.4...Geist & the Sacred Ensemble...Within...Moon Glyph

45.4...Kitchen's Floor...Battle of Brisbane...HoZac

46.4...Konvoi...Konvoi...Snot Releases

47.4...Synthetic ID...Impulses...Castle Face

48.4...The Brian Jonestown Massacre...Mini Album Thingy Wingy...A Records

49.4...Myriad3...Moons...Alma

50.4...Moondog...Round the World of Sound...New World

51.4...Birds of Chicago...Real Midnight...Five Head Entertainment

52.4...Tony Joe White...Rain Crow...Yep Roc

53.4...Various Artists...Folksongs of Another America...Dust-to-Digital

54.3...The Jagger Botchway Group...Odze Odze...Cultures of Soul

55.3...Driftmachine...Colliding Contours...Umor Rex

56.3...Robert Hood...Paradygm Shift Volume 1...Dekmantel

57.3...Sophia Loizou...Singulacra...Kathexis

58.3...Underworld...Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future...Astralwerks

59.3...al Riggs...Blue Mornings...self-released

60.3...Jeff Zagers...All for the Love of Sunshine...Wharf Cat

61.3...Kvelertak...Nattesferd...Roadrunner

62.3...Lightdreams...Islands in Space...Got Kinda Lost

63.3...Munehiro Narita...Psyche de Loid...New

64.3...Rhys Chatham...A Pythagorean Dream...Foom.

65.3...Sunwatchers...Sunwatchers...Castle Face

66.3...Travis Laplante & Peter Evans ...Secret Meeting...NNA Tapes

67.3...El Michels Affair...4th Chamber...Big Crown

68.3...J Dilla...The Diary...PayJay/Mass Appeal

69.3...Lisa Moore...The Stone People...Cantaloupe

70.3...Caleb Caudle...Carolina Ghost...This is American Music

71.3...Magic Sam Blues Band...Black Magic...Delmark

72.3...The Honeycutters...On the Ropes...Organic

73.2...Ausmuteants/Housewives...Split 7"...Total Punk

74.2...Blackwood...As the World Rots Away...Subsound

75.2...Empty Markets...Stainless Steel...12XU

76.2...Foul Tip...Forever Driftin'...Captcha

77.2...Frankie Cosmos...Next Thing...Bayonet

78.2...John Carpenter...Lost Themes II...Sacred Bones

79.2...Kaleidoscope Death...K.D.S.R.,L.D....Uuhngreh Schpuggenuh

80.2...Killer Kane Band...Mr. Cool EP...HoZac

81.2...Puce Mary...The Spiral...Posh Isolation

82.2...Sheer Mag...III...Static Shock

83.2...Some Army...One Stone and Too Many Birds...Potluck

84.2...Various...Los Alamos Grind...Numero

85.2...Dan Weiss...Sixteen: Drummers Suite...Pi

86.2...Moppa Elliott...Still Up in the Air...Hot Cup

87.2...Nik Bartsch's Mobile...Continuum...ECM

88.2...Mr. Lif...Don't Look Down...Mello Music Group

89.2...Royce da 5'9"...Layers...Bad Half Entertainment/INgrooves

JAZZ

1.     6...Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith...A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke...ECM

2.     4...Myriad3...Moons...Alma

3.     3...Travis Laplante & Peter Evans ...Secret Meeting...NNA Tapes

4.     2...Dan Weiss...Sixteen: Drummers Suite...Pi

5.     2...Moppa Elliott...Still Up in the Air...Hot Cup

6.     2...Nik Bartsch's Mobile...Continuum...ECM

7.     1...Keefe Jackson & Jason Adasiewicz...Rows and Rows...Delmark

8.     1...Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio...Live in Seattle...Arena Jazz

9.     1...Michael Musillami Trio...Zephyr...Playscape

10.    1...Peter Lenz...Lithium...Sqirl

AMERICANA

1.     9...Etta Baker...Railroad Bill...Music Maker Relief Foundation

2.     7...Sam Moss...Fable...Lost Honey

3.     7...Elephant Revival...Petals...Itz Evolving

4.     5...Marisa Anderson...Into the Light...self-released

5.     5...Sammy Walker...Brown Eyed Georgia Darlin'...Ramseur

6.     4...Tony Joe White...Rain Crow...Yep Roc

7.     4...Birds of Chicago...Real Midnight...Five Head Entertainment

8.     4...Various Artists...Folksongs of Another America...Dust-to-Digital

9.     3...The Honeycutters...On the Ropes...Organic

10.    3...Caleb Caudle...Carolina Ghost...This is American Music

WORLD

1.     6...Lakou Mizik...Wa Di Yo...Cumbancha

2.     5...Ceu...Tropix...Six Degrees

3.     4...Anoushka Shankar...Land of Gold...Deutsche Grammophon

4.     4...Las Pulseras del Corazon...Las Pulseras del Corazon...self-released

5.     4...Well Pleased and Satisfied...Give Thanks and Praise + Love Train...Burning Sounds/Secret

6.     3...The Jagger Botchway Group...Odze Odze...Cultures of Soul

7.     1...A. Kostis...The Jail's a Fine School...Olvido/Mississippi

8.     1...Debo Band...Ere Gobez...FPE

9.     1...Various...Outlier: Recordings from Madagascar...Sublime Frequencies

10.    1...Various...Yan Mari Yo: Folkloric Griots of Guinea...Psychic Sounds

RPM

1.     6...Sponge Bath...Golden Light...Tone Log Jr.

2.     6...Hissman...The Paper Moon...Dog in the Night

3.     6...Tim Hecker...Love Streams...4AD

4.     5...Klara Lewis...Too...Editions Mego

5.     5...Bayonne...Primitives...Mom + Pop

6.     4...Bill Converse...Meditations/Industry...Dark Entries

7.     4...Dalhous...The Composite Moods Collection Vol. 1: House Number 44...Blackest Ever Black

8.     4...Imaginary Forces...Shift Work...Bedouin

9.     3...Robert Hood...Paradygm Shift Volume 1...Dekmantel

10.    3...Driftmachine...Colliding Contours...Umor Rex

HIP HOP

1.     5...Dalek...Asphalt for Eden...Profound Lore

2.     5...Samiyam...Animals Have Feelings...Stones Throw

3.     5...Anderson .Paak...Malibu...Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club/EMPIRE

4.     3...El Michels Affair...4th Chamber...Big Crown...

5.     3...J Dilla...The Diary...PayJay/Mass Appeal

6.     2...Mr. Lif...Don't Look Down...Mello Music Group

7.     2...Royce da 5'9"...Layers...Bad Half Entertainment/INgrooves

8.     1...10isee Williams...Gorilla Warfare...self-released

9.     1...CookBook and Evidence...A Whole New Cook...Just-Us Movement

10.    1...Get Open...IAM Open...Overtime

LOUD ROCK

1.     5...Beastmaker...Lusus Naturae...Rise Above

2.     3...Kvelertak...Nattesferd...Roadrunner

3.     2...Blackwood...As the World Rots Away...Subsound

4.     2...Puce Mary...The Spiral...Posh Isolation

5.     1...Chateau...Amissus...self-released

6.     1...Dogs Eyes...Measure the Earth...self-released

7.     1...Blood Ceremony...Lord of Misrule...Rise Above

8.     1...Brutus...Wandering Blind...Svart

9.     1...Church of Misery...And then there were none......Rise Above

10.    1...Eel...Eel...Beach Impediment