1. Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 3<\/i> (self-released)
\n2. Kendrick Lamar, Damn<\/i> (Interscope Records)
\n3. Bj\u00f6rk, Utopia<\/i> (One Little Indian Records)
\n4. LCD Soundsystem, American Dream<\/i> (DFA Records\/Columbia Records)
\n5. St. Vincent, Masseduction<\/i> (Loma Vista Recordings)
\n6. Julianna Hatfield, Pussycat<\/i> (American Laundromat Records)
\n7. Sinkane, Life & Livin’ It<\/i>, (City Slang)
\n8. Syd, Fin<\/i> (Columbia Records)
\n9. Rapsody, Lailia’s Wisdom<\/i> (Def Jam Recordings)
\n10. Gorillaz, Humanz<\/i> (Parlophone\/Warner Bros. Records)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. Big Thief, Capacity<\/i> (Saddle Creek Records)
\n2. (Sandy) Alex G, Rocket<\/i> (Domino Recording Co.)
\n3. Kendrick Lamar, Damn<\/i> (Interscope Records)
\n4. Bj\u00f6rk, Utopia<\/i> (One Little Indian Records)
\n5. Ariel Pink, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson<\/i> (Mexican Summer)
\n6. SZA, Ctrl<\/i> (Top Dawg Entertainment)
\n7. King Krule, The Ooz<\/i> (True Panther Sounds\/XL Records)
\n8. Kalela, Take Me Apart<\/i> (Warp Records)
\n9. The Stevens, Good<\/i> (Chapter Music)
\n10. Hoops, Routines<\/i> (Fat Possum Records)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. Protomartyr, Relatives in Descent<\/i> (Domino Recording Co.)
\n2. David Nance, The Negative Boogie<\/i> (Ba Da Bing)
\n3. Golden Boys, Better than Good Times<\/i> (12XU Records)
\n4. Sparks, Hippopotamus<\/i> (The End Records)
\n5. Sweet Apple, The Night in Sorrow<\/i> (Tee Pee Records)
\n6. Cowboys, Cowboys<\/i> (HoZac Records)
\n7. Golden Pelicans, Disciples of Blood<\/i> (Goner Records)
\n8. Feral Ohms,\u00a0 Feral Ohms<\/i> (Silver Current Records)
\n9. Greg Ashley, Goodbye St. Paul Street<\/i> (Trouble in Mind)
\n10. Heavy Metal, LP III<\/i> (Harbinger Sound)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. Caracara, Summer Megalith<\/i> (Flower Girl Records)
\n2. Kelela, Take Me Apart<\/i> (Warp Records)
\n3. Jay Som, Everybody Works<\/i> (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
\n4. Charly Bliss, Guppy<\/i> (Barsuk Records)
\n5. Oso Oso, The Yunahon Mixtape<\/i> (self-released)
\n6. Japandroids, Near to the Wild Heart of Life<\/i> (Anti Records)
\n7. White Reaper, The World\u2019s Best American Band<\/i> (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
\n8. Sampha, Process<\/i> (Young Turks)
\n9. St. Vincent, Masseduction<\/i> (Loma Vista Recordings)
\n10. Rozwell Kid, Precious Art<\/i> (SideOneDummy Records)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. Oxbow, Thin White Duke<\/i> (Hydrahead Records)
\n2. Brutus, Burst<\/i> (Sargent House)
\n3. Chelsea Wolfe, Hiss Spun<\/i> (Sargent House)
\n4. The Regrettes, Feel Your Feelings Fool!<\/i> (Warner Brothers)
\n5. Idles, Brutalism<\/i> (Balley)
\n6. Anwar Sadat, Ersatz Living<\/i> (Broken World Media)
\n7. Wolves in the Throne Room, Thrice Woven<\/i> (Artemisia Records)
\n8. Irreversible Entanglements, Irreversible Entanglements<\/i> (International Anthem\/Don Giovanni Records)
\n9. The Midnight Ghost Train, Cypress Ave.<\/i> (Napalm Records)
\n10. Rebel Wizard, Triumph of Gloom<\/i> (Prosthetic Records)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. Slowdive, Slowdive<\/i>, (Dead Oceans)
\n2. Sinkane, Life & Livin’ It<\/i>, (City Slang)
\n3. Boss Hog, Brood X<\/i>, (In the Red Records)
\n4. Thievery Corporation, The Temple of I & I<\/i> (ESL Music)
\n5. The Bats, The Deep Set<\/i> (Flying Nun Records)
\n6. Priests, Nothing Feels Natural<\/i> (Polygon Records)
\n7. Zola Jesus, Okovi<\/i> (Sacred Bones Records)
\n8. The Electric Grandmother, Cancelled<\/i> (Two Dillweeds)
\n9. Big Moon, Love in the 4th Dimension<\/i> (Fiction Records)
\n10. Methyl Ethel, Everything Is Forgotten<\/i> (4AD)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. Lorde, Melodrama<\/i> (Republic Records)
\n2. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over<\/i> (ECM Records)
\n3. Lily Hiatt, Trinity Lane<\/i> (New West Records)
\n4. Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Navigator<\/i> (ATO Records)
\n5. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude<\/i> (Pi Recordings)
\n6. Nicole Atkins, Goodnight Rhonda Lee<\/i> (Single Lock Records)
\n7. Jon Langford, Four Lost Souls<\/i> (Bloodshot Records)
\n8. Jlin, Black Origami<\/i> (Planet Mu)
\n9. Barbara Hannigan, Crazy Girl Crazy<\/i> (Alpha Classics)
\n10. Algiers, The Underside of Power<\/i> (Matador Records)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. Four Tet, New Energy<\/i> (Text Records)
\n2. Thurston Moore, Rock n Roll Consciousness<\/i> (Caroline Records)
\n3. Slowdive, Slowdive<\/i> (Dead Oceans)
\n4. Juana Molina, Halo<\/i> (Crammed Discs)
\n5. St. Vincent, Masseduction<\/i> (Loma Vista Recordings)
\n6. Binker & Moses, Journey to the Mountain of Forever<\/i> (Gearbox Records)
\n7. Milk Music, Mystic 100s<\/i> (Dom America)
\n8. Fleet Foxes, Crack-Up<\/i> (Nonesuch Records)
\n9. Kelly Lee Owens, Kelly Lee Owens<\/i> (Smalltown Supersound)
\n10. Jlin, Black Origami<\/i> (Planet Mu)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1. Slowdive, Slowdive<\/i> (Dead Oceans)
\n2. Sinkane, Life & Livin’ It<\/i>, (City Slang)
\n3. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Damage and Joy<\/i> (Artificial Plastic Records)
\n4. Ride, Weather Diaries<\/i> (Wichita Recordings)
\n5. Mark Eitzel, Hey Mr. Ferryman<\/i> (Merge Records)
\n6. Sacred Paws, Strike a Match<\/i> (Rock Action Records)
\n7. The Dream Syndicate, How Did I Find Myself Here?<\/i> (Anti Records)
\n8. Spinning Coin, Permo<\/i> (Geographic Music)
\n9. The Feelies, In Between<\/i> (Bar\/None Records)
\n10. Zola Jesus, Okovi<\/i> (Sacred Bones Records)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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