* indicates Canadian artist. // ^ indicates local Windsor/Detroit artist
1 THE BETHS Jump Rope Gazers (Carpark)
2 JAMES O-L*^ No Fear (Self-Released)
3 NO JOY* Motherhood (Joyful Noise)
4 POTTERY* Welcome to Bobby’s Motel (Royal Mountain)
5 ANGEL OLSEN Whole New Mess (Jagjaguwar)
6 THUNDERCAT It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder)
7 BEDTIME KHAL ^ Fog (Independent)
8 ADULT. ^ Perception Is/As/Of Deception (Dais)
9 PROTOMARTYR^ Ultimate Success Today (Domino)
10 DEAD QUIET* Truth and Ruin (Artoffact)
11 LITTLE KID* Transfiguration Highway (Solitaire)
12 REZN Chaotic Divine (Self-Released)
13 CLOUD NOTHINGS The Black Hole Understandings (Self-Released)
14 PRIVATE WORLD Aleph (Dais)
15 BLOXX Lie Out Loud (Chess Club)
16 BUSTY AND THE BASS* Eddie (Arts & Crafts)
17 VIDEO AGE Pleasure Line (Winspear)
18 THROTTLE ELEVATOR MUSIC Emergency Exit (Wide Hive)
19 DOG DAY* Present (Fundog)
20 HUM Inlet (Polyvinyl)
21 DREAM NAILS Dream Nails (Dine Alone)
22 WASHED OUT Purple Noon (Partisan)
23 RON LEARY AND DEAN DROULLIARD*^ As Long as I Ain’t Thinking About the Future (Independent)
24 THE FAMILY SOUL*^ Give It More Try (Soul City Music Co-op)
25 AL YETI BONES*^ Conduit Beast (Self-Released)
26 ALEX MOXON QUARTET* Self Titled (Self-Released)
27 SMOKY MIRROR* Surrey Struggles (Self-Released)
28 ALVARO ROJAS Gran Kasa (Self-Released)
29 TORONTO TABLA ENSEMBLE* Unexpected Guests (Self-Released)
30 FIVE ALARM FUNK* Big Smoke (Self-Released)
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Electronic
1 ADULT. ^ Perception Is/As/Of Deception (Dais)
2 WASHED OUT Purple Noon (Partisan)
3 ANZOLA* Caracas (Urbnet)
4 PANTAYO* Pantayo (Telephone Explosion)
5 ABSOLUTELY FREE* Two Cares Due None OST (Boiled)
6 JESSY LANZA* All The Time (Hyperdub)
7 PHOTAY Waking Hours (Mexican Summer)
8 TULIP TIGER Award Winning Redemption Arc (Give/Take)
9 CAPTAIN PLANET NO VISA (Bastard Jazz)
10 DISCLOSURE Energy (Capitol)
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Hip Hop
1 SMOKY MIRROR* Surrey Struggles (Self-Released)
2 METAWON* The 12 Trials of Kinso (Make Believe)
3 SARGEANT & COMRADE* Magic Radio (Black Buffalo)
4 TIMBUKTU & OLLIE TEEBA* Million Pound Note (Urbnet)
5 THE DIRTY SAMPLE* NO! (Hand’Solo)
6 MOKA ONLY* It Can Do (Urbnet)
7 DAVID STRICKLAND* Spirit of Hip Hop (eOne)
8 RUN THE JEWELS RTJ4 (Jewel Runners)
9 FELT Felt 4 U (Rhymesayers)
10 CHOKEULES* Nepotism (Hand’Solo)
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International
1 ALVARO ROJAS* Gran Kasa (Self-Released)
2 TORONTO TABLA ENSEMBLE* Unexpected Guests (Self-Released)
3 RAMON CHICHARRON* Pescador de sueños (Self-Released)
4 LIDO PIMIENTA* Miss Colombia (Anti-)
5 SALIF DIARRA Kounou (Playing For Change)
6 LOT ACOSTA Mundo Loco (Achinech)
7 BLUNDETTO Good Good Things (Heavenly Sweetness)
8 THE ARCHIVES Carry Me Home: A Reggae Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (montserrat house)
9 TOOTS & THE MAYTALS Got To Be Tough (Rojan Jamaica/BMG)
10 MULATU ASTATKE & BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE To Know Without Knowing (Agogo)
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Jazz
1 THROTTLE ELEVATOR MUSIC Emergency Exit (Wide Hive)
2 ALEX MOXON QUARTET* Self Titled (Self-Released)
3 HIFILO* Speak Your Name (Self-Released)
4 GRANT STEWART QUARTET* Rise and Shine (Cellar Music)
5 RICARDO BACELAR Live in Rio (Self-Released)
6 MICHAEL OLATUJA Lagos Pepper Soup (Whirlwind)
7 MATT RENZI Arm Sized Leggings (Three Ps)
8 NUBYA GARCIA Source (Concord)
9 IMMANUEL WILKINS Omega (Blue Note)
10 ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS Just Coolin’ (Blue Note)
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Loud
1 DEAD QUIET* Truth and Ruin (Artoffact)
2 REZN Chaotic Divine (Self-Released)
3 HUM Inlet (Polyvinyl)
4 AL YETI BONES*^ Conduit Beast (Self-Released)
5 ITUS* Primordial (Self-Released)
6 GORLVSH* New City Vibe (No List)
7 SVNTH Spring in Blue (Transcending)
8 BLACK ELEPHANT Seven Swords (Small Stone)
9 PRIMITIVE MAN Immersion (Relapse)
10 BLACK CROWN INITIATE Violent Portraits of a Doomed Escape (Century Media)
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Folk/Roots/Blues
1 RON LEARY AND DEAN DROULLIARD*^ As Long as I Ain’t Thinking About the Future (Independent)
2 JOE NOLAN* Drifters (Fallen Tree Records)
3 JULIAN TAYLOR* The Ridge (Howling Turtle Inc)
4 DANIEL ROMANO* Daniel Romano’s Outfit Do (What Could Have Been) ‘Infidels’ (You’ve Changed)
5 DANIEL ROMANO* Content to Point the Way (You’ve Changed)
6 YOUNG JESUS Welcome to Conceptual Beach (Saddle Creek)
7 THE AVETT BROTHERS The Third Gleam (Loma Vista)
8 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB Two Lives (Arts & Crafts)
9 SARAH JAROSZ World on the Ground (Rounder)
10 ORVILLE PECK* Show Pony (Columbia)
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