1.         12...Anderson .Paak...Malibu...Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club/EMPIRE

2.         10...Museum Mouth...Popcorn Fish Guinea Pig...Equal Vision

3.         10...Marisa Anderson...Into the Light...self-released

4.         10...Magic Sam Blues Band...Black Magic...Delmark

5.         9...Moondog...Round the World of Sound...New World

6.         9...Debo Band...Ere Gobez...FPE

7.         9...Bob Mould...Patch the Sky...Merge

8.         8...Konvoi...Konvoi...Snot Releases

9.         8...Dogs Eyes...Measure the Earth...self-released

10.       8...Etta Baker...Railroad Bill...Music Maker Relief Foundation

11.       8...Cate Le Bon...Crab Day...Drag City

12.       7...Some Army...One Stone and Too Many Birds...Potluck

13.       7...Brutus...Wandering Blind...Svart

14.       7...John Carpenter...Lost Themes II...Sacred Bones

15.       7...Geist & the Sacred Ensemble...Within...Moon Glyph

16.       7...Sunwatchers...Sunwatchers...Castle Face

17.       7...Prix...Historix...HoZac

18.       7...Sophia Loizou...Singulacra...Kathexis

19.       7...Christopher Bissonnette...Pitch, Paper & Foil...Kranky

20.       7...Bombino...Azel...Partisan

21.       7...Tim Hecker...Love Streams...4AD

22.       7...Various...Los Alamos Grind...Numero

23.       6...CookBook and Evidence...A Whole New Cook...Just-Us Movement

24.       6...Dan Weiss...Sixteen: Drummers Suite...Pi

25.       6...Bill Converse...Meditations/Industry...Dark Entries

26.       6...Black Mountain...IV...Jagjaguwar

27.       6...Tacocat...Lost Time...Hardly Art

28.       6...Frankie Cosmos...Next Thing...Bayonet

29.       6...Bayonne...Primitives...Mom + Pop

30.       6...Various...Nouakchott Wedding Songs...Sahel Sounds

31.       5...Tashi Dorji & Shane Parish...Expecting...MIE Music

32.       5...Mr. Lif...Don't Look Down...Mello Music Group

33.       5...Graves at Sea...The Curse That Is...Relapse

34.       5...Parquet Courts...Human Performance...Rough Trade

35.       5...Birds of Chicago...Real Midnight...Five Head Entertainment

36.       5...Johnny Rawls...Tiger in a Cage...Catfood

37.       5...Get Open...IAM Open...Overtime

38.       5...Dalhous...The Composite Moods Collection Vol. 1: House Number 44...Blackest Ever Black

39.       4...Kyle Hall...For Love...Wild Oats

40.       4...Andreas Gehm...I Love Acid 008...I Love Acid

41.       4...Paul Atreides...Arrakis Walk b/w Thinking Machines...Going Home

42.       4...Various...Czech Up! Vol. 1: Chain of Fools...Vampisoul

43.       4...Explosions in the Sky...The Wilderness...Temporary Residence Ltd.

44.       4...Eric Bachmann...Eric Bachmann...Merge

45.       4...Church of Misery...And then there were none......Rise Above

46.       4...Suuns...Hold/Still...Secretly Canadian

47.       4...Colin Stetson...Sorrow...self-released

48.       4...Underworld...Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future...Astralwerks

49.       4...Rhys Chatham...A Pythagorean Dream...Foom.

50.       3...Baris Manco and Kurtalan Ekspres...Sozum Meclisten Disari...Pharaway Sounds

51.       3...Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights...Quelbe!: Music of the U.S. Virgin Islands...Smithsonian Folkways

52.       3...Lifetones...For A Reason...Tone Of Life/Light in the Attic

53.       3...Bleached...Welcome the Worms...Dead Oceans

54.       3...10isee Williams...Gorilla Warfare...self-released

55.       3...Glenn Jones...Fleeting...Thrill Jockey

56.       3...al Riggs...Blue Mornings...self-released

57.       3...Caleb Caudle...Carolina Ghost...This is American Music

58.       3...Various...Yan Mari Yo: Folkloric Griots of Guinea...Psychic Sounds

59.       3...Chateau...Amissus...self-released

60.       3...Xosar...Show Yourself...Gyrocyre

61.       3...Jungle: Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/Hamid Drake...Live at Okuden...ESP-Disk

62.       3...Peter Lenz...Lithium...Sqirl

63.       2...Troller...Graphic...HoloDeck

64.       2...Various...Outlier: Recordings from Madagascar...Sublime Frequencies

65.       2...Ravi Shankar...In Hollywood, 1971...Northern Spy

66.       2...Robert Hood...Paradygm Shift Volume 1...Dekmantel

67.       2...Blood Ceremony...Lord of Misrule...Rise Above

68.       2...The Monochrome Set...Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... Unreleased & Rare Vol.2...Tapete

69.       2...Holy Wave...Freaks of Nurture...Reverberation Appreciation Society

70.       2...Bitchin Bajas and Bonnie "Prince" Billy...Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties...Drag City

71.       2...Margo Price...Midwest Farmer's Daughter...Third Man

72.       2...A. Kostis...The Jail's a Fine School...Olvido/Mississippi

73.       2...Mike & The Melvins...Three Men and a Baby...Sub Pop

74.       2...Ausmuteants/Housewives...Split 7"...Total Punk

75.       2...Killer Kane Band...Mr. Cool EP...HoZac

76.       2...The People's Workshop...Houston Talent Expo...BBE

77.       2...Robbie Fulks...Upland Stories...Bloodshot

78.       2...Ray Pierle...Time and Money...Out-Sider

79.       2...Sheer Mag...III...Static Shock

80.       2...Keefe Jackson & Jason Adasiewicz...Rows and Rows...Delmark

81.       2...Derek Hall & Mike Cooper...Out of the Shades...Paradise of Bachelors

82.       2...Moppa Elliott...Still Up in the Air...Hot Cup

83.       1...Koncept & J57...The Fuel...KON57

84.       1...J Dilla...Dillatronic...Green Streets Entertainment

85.       1...Raw McCartney...Midwest Eject...Goodbye Boozy

86.       1...BledJon...The Popular Loner...self-released

87.       1...Jackson Turner...The Foundation...self-released

88.       1...Fatima Al Qadiri...Brute...Hyperdub

89.       1...Eel...Eel...Beach Impediment

TOP 10 Americana

1.         10...Magic Sam Blues Band...Black Magic...Delmark

2.         10...Marisa Anderson...Into the Light...self-released

3.         8...Etta Baker...Railroad Bill...Music Maker Relief Foundation

4.         5...Birds of Chicago...Real Midnight...Five Head Entertainment

5.         3...Caleb Caudle...Carolina Ghost...This is American Music

6.         3...Glenn Jones...Fleeting...Thrill Jockey

7.         2...Robbie Fulks...Upland Stories...Bloodshot

8.         2...Margo Price...Midwest Farmer's Daughter...Third Man

9.         1...The Honeycutters...On the Ropes...Organic

10.       1...Various Artists...Hillbillies in Hell: Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974)...Iron Mountain Analogue Research

TOP 10 Hip Hop

1.         12...Anderson .Paak...Malibu...Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club/EMPIRE

2.         6...CookBook and Evidence...A Whole New Cook...Just-Us Movement

3.         5...Get Open...IAM Open...Overtime

4.         5...Mr. Lif...Don't Look Down...Mello Music Group

5.         3...10isee Williams...Gorilla Warfare...self-released

6.         1...BledJon...The Popular Loner...self-released

7.         1...Koncept & J57...The Fuel...KON57

8.         1...Jackson Turner...The Foundation...self-released

9.         1...J Dilla...Dillatronic...Green Streets Entertainment

10.       1...El Michels Affair...4th Chamber...Big Crown

TOP 10 Loud Rock

1.         8...Dogs Eyes...Measure the Earth...self-released

2.         7...Brutus...Wandering Blind...Svart

3.         5...Graves at Sea...The Curse That Is...Relapse

4.         4...Church of Misery...And then there were none......Rise Above

5.         3...Chateau...Amissus...self-released

6.         2...Blood Ceremony...Lord of Misrule...Rise Above

7.         1...Tombstoned...II...Svart

8.         1...Eel...Eel...Beach Impediment

9.         1...The Body...No One Deserves Happiness...Thrill Jockey

10.       1...Bong of Cthulhu...Bong of Cthulhu...self-released

TOP 10 World

1.         9...Debo Band...Ere Gobez...FPE

2.         7...Bombino...Azel...Partisan

3.         6...Various...Nouakchott Wedding Songs...Sahel Sounds

4.         3...Baris Manco and Kurtalan Ekspres...Sozum Meclisten Disari...Pharaway Sounds

5.         3...Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights...Quelbe!: Music of the U.S. Virgin Islands...Smithsonian Folkways

6.         3...Various...Yan Mari Yo: Folkloric Griots of Guinea...Psychic Sounds

7.         2...Various...Outlier: Recordings from Madagascar...Sublime Frequencies

8.         2...Ravi Shankar...In Hollywood, 1971...Northern Spy

9.         2...A. Kostis...The Jail's a Fine School...Olvido/Mississippi

10.       1…Various…Czech Up! Vol. 1: Chain of Fools...Vampisoul

TOP 10 RPM

1.         7...Sophia Loizou...Singulacra...Kathexis

2.         7...Christopher Bissonnette...Pitch, Paper & Foil...Kranky

3.         7...Tim Hecker...Love Streams...4AD

4.         6...Bill Converse...Meditations/Industry...Dark Entries

5.         6...Bayonne...Primitives...Mom + Pop

6.         5...Dalhous...The Composite Moods Collection Vol. 1: House Number 44...Blackest Ever Black

7.         4...Andreas Gehm...I Love Acid 008...I Love Acid

8.         4...Kyle Hall...For Love...Wild Oats

9.         4...Underworld...Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future...Astralwerks

10.       4...Paul Atreides...Arrakis Walk b/w Thinking Machines...Going Home