1. 19...Yo La Tengo...There's a Riot Going On...Merge
2. 14...Hailu Mergia...Lala Belu...Awesome Tapes from Africa
3. 14...Soccer Mommy...Clean...Fat Possum
4. 14...al Riggs...Heck Haus...self-released
5. 13...Morena y Clara...No Llores Más...Pharaway Sounds
6. 13...Imharan...Temet...City Slang
7. 13...Renata Zeiguer...Old Ghost...Northern Spy/Double Denim
8. 13...Barrence Whitfield & The Savages...Soul Flowers of Titan...Bloodshot
9. 13...Screaming Females...All at Once...Don Giovanni
10. 12...Jonathan Wilson...Rare Birds...Bella Union/PIAS
11. 12...Dolores Vargas...la Terremoto: Anana Funk Hip 1970-1975...Pharaway Sounds
12. 12...Black Milk...FEVER...Mass Appeal
13. 11...Hawthonn...Red Goddess: Of This Men Shall Know Nothing...Ba Da Bing!
14. 11...Nap Eyes...I'm Bad Now...Paradise of Bachelors
15. 11...RGB...Inferior Goods...Raundhaus
16. 10...Beautiful Nubia & the Roots Renaissance Band...Amunudun...EniObanke
17. 10...Kiernan Kane & Rayna Gellert...The Ledges...Dead Reckoning
18. 10...The Low Anthem...The Salt Doll Went to Measure the Depth of the Sea...Joyful Noise
19. 10...Bättre Lyss...Till Den Sträng Som Brast Än Aldrig Spänna en Båge...Sommor
20. 10...Hiromi & Edmar Castaneda...Live in Montreal...Telarc
21. 10...Brigid Mae Power...The Two Worlds...Tompkins Square
22. 10...Femi Kuti...One People One World...Knitting Factory Records
23. 10...Hot Snakes...Jericho Sirens...Sub Pop
24. 10...Treee City...Disco Completo...Raundhaus
25. 10...Shannon and the Clams...Onion...Easy Eye Sound
26. 9...Station 17...Blick...Bureau B
27. 9...Guided By Voices...Space Gun...GBV Inc.
28. 9...Sam Moss...Neon...Lost Honey
29. 9...Caroline Rose...LONER...New West
30. 9...Porches...The House...Domino
31. 9...Various Artists...Hillbillies in Hell, Vol. 5...Iron Mountain Analogue Research
32. 8...George Mukabi...Furaha Wenye Gita...Olvido
33. 8...Brother JT...Tornado Juice...Thrill Jockey
34. 8...Mdou Moctar...Sousoume Tamachek...Sahel Sounds
35. 8...Zaat...What Is...self-released
36. 8...Akira Sakata, Chikamorachi, Masahiko Satoh...Proton Pump...Family Vineyard
37. 8...Sun Ra ...Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991...Strut
38. 8...U.S. Girls...In A Poem Unlimited...4AD
39. 8...Sonido Gallo Negro...Mambo Cósmico...Glitterbeat
40. 8...Grand Analog...Survival EP...self-released
41. 7...ANMLS...ANMLS...Slovenly
42. 7...Of Montreal...White Relic/Irrealis Mood...Polyvinyl
43. 7...Malditos...Le Reve...Svart
44. 7...Scenic Route to Alaska...Tough Luck...Revolver Distribution Services
45. 7...Six Organs of Admittance/VARIOUS...Hexadic III...Drag City
46. 7...The Prefab Messiahs...Psychsploitation Today!...Loli Pop!/Burger Records
47. 7...Kostas Bezos & the White Birds...Kostas Bezos & the White Birds...Olcido
48. 6...Drowse...Cold Air...The Flenser
49. 6...Tatira...The Light Will Disappear...Inam
50. 5...Pharaoh Overlord...Zero...Ektro/Hydra Head
51. 5...Wet Tuna...Livin' The Die...Feeding Tube
52. 5...Makaya McCraven...Highly Rare...International Anthem
53. 5...Ella Fitzgerald...Ella at Zardi's...Verve
54. 4...YoshimiO, Susie Ibarra, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe...Flower of Sulphur...Thrill Jockey
55. 4...Jim White...Waffles, Triangles & Jesus...PIAPTK
56. 4...I'm With Her...See You Around...Rounder
57. 4...Loma...Loma...Sub Pop
58. 4...Oneida ...Town Crier 7"...Joyful Noise
59. 4...Drew McDowall & Hiro Kone...The Ghost of Georges Bataille...BANK Records NYC
60. 4...Caleb Caudle...Crushed Coins...Cornelius Chapel
61. 4...Skull Defekts...Skull Defekts...Thrill Jockey
62. 4...Kate McGarry/ Keith Ganz/ Gary Versace...The Subject Tonight Is Love...Brinxtown
63. 4...Various Artists...Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Folk Tradition...Great Smoky Mountains Association
64. 4...memorygarden...district...Constellation Tatsu
65. 3...Kosmogyr...Eviternity...Flowing Downward
66. 3...Allen Ravenstine + Albert Dennis...Terminal Drive...Smog Veil
67. 3...Hell...Hell (2017)...Lower Your Head
68. 3...Robert Haigh...Creatures of the Deep...Unseen Worlds
69. 3...Kitten Party...Pro-Slacks...Bull City Records Presents
70. 3...Ruby Boots...Don't Talk About It...Bloodshot
71. 3...Moaning...Moaning...Sub Pop
72. 3...Car Seat Headrest...twin fantasy...Matador
73. 3...The Swampers...Muscle Shoals Has Got The Swampers...Malaco
74. 3...los Yetis...los Yetis...Vinilisssimo
75. 3...Red River Dialect...Broken Stay Open Sky...Paradise of Bachelors
76. 3...No Age...Snares Like a Haircut...Drag City
77. 3...Lily Chao...Chinese Folk Songs...Akuphone
78. 3...Various Artists...Usiende Ukalale: Omutibo from Rural Kenya...Olvido Records
79. 2...Steep Canyon Rangers...Out in the Open...Ramseur
80. 2...Titus Andronicus...A Productive Cough...Merge
81. 2...Schnellertollermeier...Rights...Cuneiform
82. 2...Barrel Blood...Midwinter Live Improvisation...self-released
83. 2...The Heliosonic Tone-tette...Heliosonic Toneways vol. 1...ScienSonic Laboratories
84. 2...Hookworms...Microshift...Domino
85. 2...Rose...Transference...Constellation Tatsu
86. 2...P.A.T. Junior...Four Days Before 11...self-released
87. 1...Ilsa...Corpse Fortress...Relapse
88.7 1...Eula Cooper...Let Our Love Grow Higher...Numero Group
World
1. 14...Hailu Mergia...Lala Belu...Awesome Tapes from Africa
2. 13...Morena y Clara...No Llores Mas...Pharaway Sounds
3. 13...Imharan...Temet...City Slang
4. 12...Dolores Vargas...la Terremoto: Anana Funk Hip 1970-1975...Pharaway Sounds
5. 10...Beautiful Nubia & the Roots Renaissance Band...Amunudun...EniObanke
6. 10...Femi Kuti...One People One World...Knitting Factory Records
7. 8...George Mukabi...Furaha Wenye Gita...Olvido
8. 8...Mdou Moctar...Sousoume Tamachek...Sahel Sounds
9. 8...Sonido Gallo Negro...Mambo Cósmico...Glitterbeat
10. 7...Kostas Bezos & the White Birds...Kostas Bezos & the White Birds...Olcido
Jazz
1. 10...Hiromi & Edmar Castaneda...Live in Montreal...Telarc
2. 8...Akira Sakata, Chikamorachi, Masahiko Satoh...Proton Pump...Family Vineyard
3. 8...Sun Ra ...Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991...Strut
4. 5...Makaya McCraven...Highly Rare...International Anthem
5. 5...Ella Fitzgerald...Ella at Zardi's...Verve
6. 4...Kate McGarry/ Keith Ganz/ Gary Versace...The Subject Tonight Is Love...Brinxtown
7. 4...YoshimiO, Susie Ibarra, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe...Flower of Sulphur...Thrill Jockey
8. 2...The Heliosonic Tone-tette...Heliosonic Toneways vol. 1...ScienSonic Laboratories
9. 1...Aska Kaneko/Scott Robinson...Luminations...ScienSonic Laboratories
10. 1...Kris Davis & Craig Taborn...Octopus...Pyroclastic