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1 TROUT* – Nectar EP
(Self-Released)
2 THE SOUL MOTIVATORS* – Do The Damn
Thing (Do Right!)
3 FAMILY VIDEO* – Forever Changes
Overnight (Coax)
4 BERNARD ADAMUS* – C’qui Nous Reste
du Texas (Grosse Boite)
5 WOLF PARADE* – Thin Mind
(Royal Mountain)
6 CORRIDOR* – Junior (Bonsound)
7 ABIDE BY THE FEW* – 11 Heaven
Drive (Self-Released)
8 CHOCOLAT* – Jazz Engagé (Dare
To Care)
9 HOLY FUCK* – Deleter (Last
Gang)
10 CLAMM – Beseech Me (Self-Released)
11 OJIBO AFROBEAT – Ojiboland (Self-Released)
12 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (Arts & Crafts)
13 VETIVER – Up On High (Mama Bird)
14 ZARASUTRA* – Arriving Forever
(Self-Released)
15 TROPHY KNIFE* – The Blade is Sharp
… Now What? (Self-Released)
16 VARIOUS* – Forwards &
Backwards: The Wards of Windsor Music Project (Self-Released)
17 RED MASS* – A Hopeless Noise
(Label Étiquette)
18 AUDREY OCHOA TRIO* – Frankenhorn
(Chronograph)
19 THE HIGH DIALS* – Primitive
Feelings (pt I & II) (Hook & Prayer)
20 BRANDON WOLFE SCOTT* – Burden On
Your Shoulders (Dine Alone)
21 LUKE LALONDE* – The Perpetual
Optimist (Paper Bag)
22 DEVARROW* – Devarrow (Paper
Bag)
23 BLACK LIPS – Sing in a World That’s
Falling Apart (Vice)
24 FRANK BEY – All My Dues Are Paid (Nola Blue)
25 THE GONKS – Five Things You Didn’t Know About The Gonks (Rocks In Your Head)
26 CALIBRO 35 – Momentum (Record Kicks)
27 THE JAY VONS – The Word (La Castanya)
28 PROXIMA PARADA – Kind Reminder (AntiFragile)
29 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – The Unraveling (ATO Records)
30 OF MONTREAL – UR FUN (Polyvinyl)