* indicates Canadian artist
1 THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* – Chaos Theories (Do Right! Music)
2 TINARIWEN – Amadjar (Anti-)
3 VARIOUS – Bad Education Vol. 1: Soul Hits of Timmion Records (Daptone)
4 JEREMIE ALBINO* – Hard Time (Sleepless)
5 TWIN PEAKS – Lookout Low (Grand Jury)
6 RIDE – This Is Not A Safe Place (Wichita)
7 IMPERIAL TEEN – Now We Are Timeless (Merge)
8 YEARS OF ERNEST* – Sort it Out (Self-Released)
9 CELLOS* – Split EP (No List)
10 ADA LEA* – what we say in private (Next Door / Saddle Creek)
11 VARIOUS* – Museum of Skin Vol. 3 (Self-Released)
12 FLY PAN AM* – C?est ça (Constellation)
13 EAMON MCGRATH* – Guts (Saved By Vinyl)
14 HEIKI* – Tower of Acid (Self-Released)
15 SLAUGHTER BEACH, DOG – Safe And Also No Fear (Lame-O)
16 DIAMOND STREET PLAYERS – Diamond Street Players (Gemco)
17 B BOYS – Dudu (Captured Tracks)
18 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA – Songs – The Music of Allen Toussaint (Storyville)
19 HARRY PARTCH – Sonata Dementia (Bridge)
20 GRADY CHAMPION – Steppin’ In: A Tribute to ZZ Hill (Malaco Music Group)
21 WHITNEY – Forever Turned Around (Secretly Canadian)
22 CHICK COREA & THE SPANISH HEART BAND – Antidote (Concord)
23 FLYING LOTUS – Flamagra (Warp)
24 DENNIS COFFEY – Down By The River (Detroit Music Factory)
25 STEF CHURA – Midnight (Saddle Creek)
26 LIGHTNING DUST* – Spectre (Self-Released)
27 THE MOON RUNNERS* – Wakeless 2095 (Self-Released)
28 SUREFIRE SWEAT* – Surefire Sweat (Self-Released)
29 PURLICUE* – Dip ‘n Dot (Self-Released)
30 BLOODLESS ARCHES* – Way In Waves (Self-Released)