* indicates Canadian artist // ^ indicates Windsor/Detroit artist
1 THE FAST ROMANTICS* Pick It Up (Postwar)
2 PROTOMARTYR^ Ultimate Success Today (Domino)
3 TERRITORIES* When The Day Is Done (Pirate’s
Press)
4 DIZZY* The Sun and Her Scorch (Royal
Mountain)
5 THROTTLE ELEVATOR MUSIC Emergency Exit (Wide Hive)
6 WASHED OUT Purple Noon (SubPop)
7 TOUGH AGE* Which Way Am I? (Mint)
8 MULATU ASTATKE & BLACK JESUS
EXPERIENCE To Know Without Knowing (Agogo)
9 THE REAL MCKENZIES* Beer and Loathing (Fat Wreck Chords)
10 DAYS N DAZE Show Me The Blueprints (Fat Wreck
Chords)
11 ORVILLE PECK* Show Pony (Columbia)
12 YOUNG RJ AND MEGA RAN 2HANDSUP (Ne’Astra Music Group)
13 JR JR August and Everything Prior (Love Is
EZ)
14 STARPAINTER* Bury Me By My Family (Self-Released)
15 ALEX MOXON QUARTET* Self Titled (Self-Released)
16 DANA GAVANSKI* Wind Songs (Self-Released)
17 ALVARO ROJAS Gran Kasa (Self-Released)
18 REV HANK* El Camino (Self-Released)
19 MOUTHFEEL* Mouthfeel (Self-Released)
20 SHERMAN DOWNEY* New Beautiful (Self-Released)
21 CRACK CLOUD* Pain Olympics (Self-Released)
22 CAMILLE DELEAN* Cold House Burning (E-Tron)
23 THE JERRY CANS* Echos (Aakuluk)
24 SKINNY DYCK* Get To Know Lonesome (Self-Released)
25 TIMBUKTU & OLLIE TEEBA* Million Pound Note (Urbnet)
26 HILARIO DURAN* The Cuban OST (Alma)
27 CORY WEEDS QUARTET* Day By Day (Cellar Music)
28 LAND OF TALK* Indistinct Conversations (Dine
Alone)
29 BRAIDS* Shadow Offering (Secret City)
30 FORREST BEES Self-titled (Self-Released)
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Hip Hop
1 YOUNG RJ AND MEGA RAN 2HANDSUP (Ne’Astra Music Group)
2 TIMBUKTU & OLLIE TEEBA* Million Pound Note (Urbnet)
3 RUN THE JEWELS RTJ4 (Jewel Runners)
4 FELT Felt 4 U (Rhymesayers)
5 BLACK SOPRANO FAMILY Black Soprano Family (eOne)
6 CHOKEULES* Nepotism (Hand’Solo)
7 DAVID STRICKLAND* Spirit of Hip Hop (eOne)
8 MOKA ONLY* It Can Do (Urbnet)
9 THE DIRTY SAMPLE* NO! (Hand’Solo)
10 SARGEANT & COMRADE* Magic Radio (Black Buffalo)
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International
1 MULATU ASTATKE & BLACK JESUS
EXPERIENCE To Know Without Knowing (Agogo)
2 ALVARO ROJAS Gran Kasa (Self-Released)
3 HILARIO DURAN* The Cuban OST (Alma)
4 SHARHABIL AHMED The King of Sudanese Jazz (Habibi
Funk)
5 MINYO CRUSADERS & FRENTE CUMBIERO Minyo Cumbiero (Mais Um Discos)
6 LINGO SEINI ET SON GROUPE Masique Hauka (Sahel Sounds)
7 LIDO PIMIENTA* Miss Colombia (Anti-)
8 TORONTO TABLA ENSEMBLE* Unexpected Guests (Self-Released)
9 ROMANO Romano (Batov Records)
10 THE ARCHIVES Carry Me Home: A Reggae Tribute to Gil
Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (montserrat house)
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Jazz
1 THROTTLE ELEVATOR MUSIC Emergency Exit (Wide Hive)
2 ALEX MOXON QUARTET* Self Titled (Self-Released)
3 CORY WEEDS QUARTET* Day By Day (Cellar Music)
4 KATHLEEN EDWARDS* Total Freedom (Dualtone)
5 MAKAYA MCCRAVEN Universal Beings E&F Sides
(International Anthem)
6 IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS Shaman! (Strut)
7 ALAN BRAUFMAN The Fire Still Burns (Valley of
Search)
8 LA LUCHA Everybody Wants to Rule the World
(Arbors)
9 VIBRATION BLACK FINGER Can You See What I’m Trying to Say
(Jazzman)
10 KAMASI WASHINGTON Becoming OST (Young Turks)
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Folk/Roots/Blues
1 DAYS N DAZE Show Me The Blueprints (Fat Wreck
Chords)
2 ORVILLE PECK* Show Pony (Columbia)
3 STARPAINTER* Bury Me By My Family (Self-Released)
4 DANA GAVANSKI* Wind Songs (Self-Released)
5 SHERMAN DOWNEY* New Beautiful (Self-Released)
6 CAMILLE DELEAN* Cold House Burning (E-Tron)
7 SKINNY DYCK* Get To Know Lonesome (Self-Released)
8 SUPER CHIKAN AND TERRY
“HARMONICA” BEAN From Country To Mississippi Delta Blues
(Wolf Records)
9 LAURA MARLING Song For Our Daughter
(Chrysalis/Partisan)
10 JASON MOLINA Eight Gates (Secretly Canadian)