*indicates Canadian artist
1 TROUT* – Nectar EP
(Self-Released)
2 RED MASS* – A Hopeless Noise
(Label Étiquette)
3 HOLY FUCK* – Deleter (Last
Gang)
4 TROPHY KNIFE* – The Blade is Sharp
… Now What? (Self-Released)
5 ANTIBALAS – Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
6 THE SOUL MOTIVATORS* – Do The Damn
Thing (Do Right!)
7 BERNARD ADAMUS* – C’qui Nous Reste
du Texas (Grosse Boite)
8 WOLF PARADE* – Thin Mind
(Royal Mountain)
9 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (Arts & Crafts)
10 THE GONKS – Five Things You Didn’t Know About The Gonks (Rocks In Your Head)
11 ABIDE BY THE FEW* – 11 Heaven Drive
(Self-Released)
12 VARIOUS* – Forwards &
Backwards: The Wards of Windsor Music Project (Self-Released)
13 CORIN RAYMOND* – Dirty Mansions
(Self-Released)
14 THE MARIACHI GHOST – Puro Dolor (Sugar Gator Records)
15 BYWATER CALL* – Bywater Call
(Self-Released)
16 HALF MOON RUN* – A Blemish In The
Great Light (Crystal Math Music)
17 BRANDON WOLFE SCOTT* – Burden On
Your Shoulders (Dine Alone)
18 WOLLWORM* – Awe (Mint)
19 WAXX – Big Grief (Self-Released)
20 OJIBO AFROBEAT – Ojiboland (Self-Released)
21 KAT DAVIS – Trophy (Solitaire)
22 BLACK LIPS – Sing in a World That’s Falling Apart (Vice)
23 PURNA LOKA ENSEMBLE – Metaraga (Origin Records)
24 RICH’ART NDIONE ET LE SAAWAL – Mbilim Noon: d’hier a aujourd’hui (VDE-GALLO)
25 HANNAH WILLIAMS AND THE AFFIRMATIONS – 50 Foot Woman (Record Kicks)
26 ROBERT GLASPER – Fuck Yo Feelings (Loma Vista)
27 ZARASUTRA* – Arriving Forever
(Self-Released)
28 THE MUGGS – Slave To Sound Vol. 5 (Self-Released)
29 AARON JONAH LEWIS – Mozart Of The Banjo (Tiki Parlour Recordings)
30 BROOCH* – Brooch
(Self-Released)