* indicates Canadian artist
1 CELLOS/NOT OF* – Split EP (No List)
2 PARTNER* –Saturday the 14th (You’ve Changed)
3 YEARS OF ERNEST* –Sort it Out (Self-Released)
4 LIGHT BULB ALLEY* –Lights and Shades (Self-Released)
5 SHOTGUN JIMMIE* – Transistor Sister 2 (You’ve Changed)
6 VIOLENT FEMMES –Hotel Last Resort (Pias)
7 MANNEQUIN PUSSY –Patience (Epitaph)
8 SNAKIES* – Night Lights (Self-Released)
9 SKYE WALLACE* – Skye Wallace (Self-Released)
10 DUMB* – Club Nites (Mint)
11 LUNGBUTTER* Honey (Constellation)
12 MDOU MOCTAR – Ilana: The Creator (Sahel Sounds)
13 FOXHART FISHMAN* – Watch It Grow (Self-Released)
14 STOIK* – Pareidolia (Self-Released)
15 THE TSUNAMI BROTHERS* – The Tsunami Brothers (Self-Released)
16 HI RANGER* – Tire Town (Self-Released)
17 MAUNO* – Really Well (Tin Angel)
18 WINONA FOREVER* FeelGood (Self-Released)
19 ALEX LITTLE AND THE SUSPICIOUS MINDS* – No Control EP (Light Organ Records)
20 TANIKA CHARLES* – The Gumption (Record Kicks)
21 DIZZY* – Twist/Heavy (Royal Mountain)
22 METZ* – Automat (Sub Pop)
23 NECKING* – Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
24 WINTERSLEEP* – In The Land Of (Dine Alone)
25 SADIO CISSOKHO GOLDEN KORA BAND – Kabaku (Self-Released)
26 JEFF DALE AND THE SOUTH WOODLAWNERS – Blues Power (Pro Sho Bidness)
27 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND SELF-MADE MEN & DANA – Tall, Dark, & Handsome (Hot Shot Records)
28 BLEACHED – Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough (Dead Oceans)
29 GAUCHE – A People’s History Of Gauche (Merge)
30 TOBY FOYEH & ORCHESTRA AFRICA – Pirates of Africa (Kameleon)