*indicates Canadian artist
1 VARIOUS* – Forwards &
Backwards: The Wards of Windsor Music Project (Self-Released)
2 VARIOUS – Hillbillies in Hell:
Country Music’s Tormented Testament 1952-1974; Tribula (OMNI)
3 THE PAIRS* – Noise
(Self-Released)
4 TIF GINN* – Moving Day
(Self-Released)
5 CORIN RAYMOND* – Dirty Mansions
(Self-Released)
6 TUNETOWN* – There From Here
(Slammin Media)
7 JACQUES GREENE* – Dawn Chorus
(Arts & Crafts)
8 PICK A PIPER* – Sight (Tin
Angel)
9 BODYWASH* – Comforter
(Luminelle)
10 WALRUS* – Cool to Who (Outside
Music)
11 PEACH PYRAMID* – Bright Blue
(Oscar Street)
12 EMILE BILODEAU* – Grandeur Mature
(Self-Released)
13 LEONARD COHEN – Thanks For The
Dance (Sony)
14 DEER – There’s No Future (Self-Released)
15 THE AVETT BROTHERS – Closer Than Together (Republic)
16 LAPALUX – Amnioverse (Brainfeeder)
17 WILCO – Ode to Joy (dBpm)
18 THE BONGO HOP – Satingarona Pt. 2 (Underdog)
19 BIG THIEF – Two hands (4AD)
20 M83 – Digital Shades Vol. 2 (Mute)
21 RANDY NAPOLEON – Common Tones (Detroit Music Factory)
22 THE GOOD ONES – Rwanda, You Should Be Loved (Anti-)
23 DANNY BROWN – U Know What I’m Sayin? (Warp)
24 ROBERT GLASPER – Fuck Yo Feelings (Loma Vista)
25 TROPHY KNIFE* – The Blade is Sharp
… Now What? (Self-Released)
26 MIDNIGHT METRO* – Flamingo
(Self-Released)
27 DAN EDMONDS* – Softie
(Self-Released)
28 BEAVER SQUADRON* – Seven Times
(Self-Released)
29 DEL BARBER* – Easy Keeper
(Acronym)
30 JEAN-SEBASTIEN WILLIAMS* – From a
Plane (Self-Released)