* indicates Canadian artist
1 APOLLO SUNS* – Dawn Offerings (Self-Released)
2 SKYE WALLACE* – Skye Wallace (Self-Released)
3 HEIKI* – Tower of Acid (Self-Released)
4 BEAUTIFUL NUBIA AND THE ROOTS RENAISSANCE BAND* – Apejo (EniObanke)
5 BERNARD ADAMUS* – C’qui Nous Reste du Texas (Grosse Boite)
6 NECKING* – Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
7 SISKIYOU* – Not Somewhere (Constellation)
8 SADIO CISSOKHO GOLDEN KORA BAND – Kabaku (Self-Released)
9 FROTH – duress (Wichita)
10 KISHI BASHI – Omoiyari (Joyful Noise)
11 GRINGO STAR – Controlled Burn (Live in Atlanta) (Baby Robot Records)
12 FRUIT BATS – Gold Past Life (Merge)
13 TITUS ANDRONICUS – An Obelisk (Merge)
14 YEARS OF ERNEST* – Sort it Out (Self-Released)
15 ALLESANDRO ROTONDI* – Around You (Self-Released)
16 JR JR – Invocations / Conversations (Love Is EZ)
17 STEF CHURA – Midnight (Saddle Creek)
18 SNAKE RIVER* – Tread On To The Seaside (Self-Released)
19 CELEIGH CARDINAL* – Stories from a Downtown Apartment (Self-Released)
20 NO MUSEUMS* – The Artifact is Nothing (Self-Released)
21 TANIKA CHARLES* – The Gumption (Record Kicks)
22 PUP* – Morbid Stuff (Little Dipper)
23 MAC DEMARCO* – Here Comes the Cowboy (Royal Mountain)
24 PARTNER* – Saturday the 14th (You’ve Changed)
25 GRADY CHAMPION – Steppin’ In: A Tribute to ZZ Hill (Malaco Music Group)
26 YEASAYER – Erotic Reruns (Self-Released)
27 JAKE XERXES FUSSELL – Out of Sight (Paradise Of Bachelors)
28 AMON TOBIN – Fear In A Handful Of Dust (Nomark)
29 CATE LE BON – Reward (Mexican Summer)
30 MARY LANE – Travelin’ Woman (Women Of The Blues)