* indicates Canadian artist.

1    ELLIOTT BROOD*     Keeper (Six Shooter)

2    CUT WORMS     Nobody Lives Here Anymore (Jagjaguwar)

3    VARIOUS*     EVER NEW (Ever New)

4    SELF-CUT BANGS*     Self-Cut Bangs (Self-Released)

5    MAV KARLO*     Strangers Like Us (Royal Mountain)

6    AQUAKULTRE & DJ UNCLE FESTER*     Bleeding Gums Murphy (Black Buffalo)

7    BUSTY AND THE BASS*     Eddie (Arts & Crafts)

8    YVES JARVIS*     Sundry Rock Song Stock (Flemish Eye)

9    METZ*     Atlas Vending (Sub Pop)

10   JONAH YANO     souvenir (Innovative Leisure)

11   PETER PARCEK     Mississippi Suitcase (Self-Released)

12   AZYMUTH, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD AND ADRIAN YOUNGE     Azymuth, JID004 (Jazz Is Dead)

13   DEATH VALLEY GIRLS     Under The Spell Of Joy (Suicide Squeeze)

14   SAVOY BROWN     Ain’t Done Yet (Quarto Valley Records)

15   BIGGABUSH     Biggabush in Dub (Tru Thoughts)

16   FLEET FOXES     Shore (Anti-)

17   THE AVETT BROTHERS     The Third Gleam (Loma Vista)

18   JON BENJAMIN JAZZ DAREDEVIL     The Soundtrack Collection (Sub Pop)

19   FUTUREVOLT*     The Futurevolt is NOW! (Self-Released)

20   SABOTA*     Collins EP (Self-Released)

21   FABRIC & DAYDA BANKS*     Leaving Neverland (Self-Released)

22   DOXAS BROTHERS*     The Circle (Self-Released)

23   CAYLEY THOMAS*     How Else Can I Tell You? (Self-Released)

24   KICKSIE*     All My Friends (Self-Released)

25   TORONTO TABLA ENSEMBLE*     Unexpected Guests (Self-Released)

26   FIVE ALARM FUNK*     Big Smoke (Self-Released)

27   GULFER*     Gulfer (Royal Mountain)

28   GORD DOWNIE*     Away Is Mine (Arts & Crafts)

29   BORN RUFFIANS*     SQUEEZE (Yep Roc)

30   THE BROOKS*     Any Day Now (Duprince)

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