* indicates Canadian artist
1 SHOTGUN JIMMIE* – Transistor Sister 2 (You’ve Changed)
2 SNAIL MAIL – Habit (reissue) (Rough Trade
3 BERNARD ADAMUS*– C’qui Nous Reste du Texas (Grosse Boite)
4 MDOU MOCTAR – Ilana: The Creator (Sahel Sounds)
5 THE SCRAPPERS – The Scrappers (Self-Released)
6 HOLLOWLOVE* – Hollowlove (Self-Released)
7 DAWN TYLER WATSON* – Mad Love (Self-Released)
8 LIGHT BULB ALLEY* – Lights and Shades (Self-Released)
9 VARIOUS* – Museum of Skin Vol. 3 (Self-Released)
10 LAL* – Dark Beings (Coax)
11 TANIKA CHARLES* – The Gumption (Record Kicks)
12 CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD* – The Shape Of Your Name (Next Door)
13 THE ELECTRIC COWS* – Wheatfield Fuzz (Dub Ditch Picnic)
14 TIM BAKER* – Forever Overhead (Arts & Crafts)
15 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND SELF-MADE MEN & DANA – Tall, Dark, & Handsome (Hot Shot Records)
16 YEASAYER –Erotic Reruns (Self-Released)
17 QUANTIC – Atlantic Oscillations (Tru Thoughts)
18 SUFJAN STEVENS – Love Yourself/With My Whole Heart (Asthmatic Kitty Records)
19 PIP BLOM – Boat (Heavenly)
20 FLAMINGODS – Levitation (Moshi Moshi)
21 MADALITSO BAND – Wasalala (Bongo Joe)
22 TONY CAMPANELLA – Taking It To The Street (Gulf Coast Records)
23 THE BLACK KEYS – Let’s Rock (Easy Eye Sound)
24 TY SEGALL – First Taste (Drag City)
25 DEERHUNTER – Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? (4AD)
26 BRANDON SANTINI – The Longshot (American Showplace)
27 FOXHART FISHMAN* – Watch It Grow (Self-Released)
28 YEARS OF ERNEST* – Sort it Out (Self-Released)
29 DENNIS COFFEY – Down By The River (Detroit Music Factory)
30 MILES BROWN – Evidence of Soul and Body (Detroit Music Factory)