Top 90:
1. Beach House – 7 (Sub Pop)
2. Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
3. Kali Uchis – Isolation (Virgin)
4. Jungle – Happy Man/House in LA (XL)
5. Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs (Merge)
6. La Luz – Floating Features (Hardly Art)
7. Childish Gambino – This Is America (RCA)
8. DJ Koze – Knock Knock (Pampa)
9. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
10. Iceage – Beyondless (Matador)
11. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar)
12. Skating Polly – The Make It All Show (El Camino)
13. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake! (Rough Trade)
14. Bombino – Deran (Partisan)
15. Wooden Shjips – V. (Thrill Jockey)
16. Gui Boratto – Pentagram (Kompakt)
17. Amen Dunes – Freedom (Sacred Bones)
18. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom+Pop)
19. Mastersystem – Dance Music (Physical Education)
20. Simian Mobile Disco – Murmurations (Wichita)
21. Mitski – Be the Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
22. Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar (Ninja Tune)
23. A.A.L. (Against All Logic) - 2012-2017 (Other People)
24. The Moondoggies – A Love Sleeps Deep (Hardly Art)
25. The Black Tones – The Key of Black (They Want Us Dead) (self-released)
26. Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog (Saddle Creek)
27. Wussy – What Heaven Is Like (Damnably)
28. Lord Huron – Vide Noir (Whispering Pines/Republic)
29. The Amazing – In Transit (Partisan)
30. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Blooms (Rad Cult)
31. King Tuff – The Other (Hardly Art)
32. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs (Sub Pop)
33. Anderson .Paak - 'Till It's Over (OBE)
34. Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed (Secretly Canadian)
35. Sera Cahoone – The Flora String Sessions EP (Lady Muleskinner)
36. Speedy Ortiz – Twerp Verse (Merge)
37. Del & Amp Live – Gate 13 (self-released)
38. Amber Mark - Conexão EP (PMR/Virgin EMI)
39. Now, Now – Saved (Trans)
40. Bettye LaVette – Things Have Changed (Verve)
41. Brownout – Fear of a Brown Planet (Fat Beats)
42. Hinds – I Don't Run (Mom+Pop)
43. Mien – Mien (Rocket)
44. Leon Bridges – Good Thing (Columbia)
45. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sparkle Hard (Matador)
46. Neko Case – Hell-On (Anti-)
47. Snail Mail – Lush (Matador)
48. Angelique Kidjo – Remain In Light (Cravenworks)
49. Hatchie – Sugar & Spice EP (Double Double Whammy)
50. Melody's Echo Chamber – Bon Voyage (Fat Possum)
51. The Internet – Roll (Burbank Funk) (Columbia)
52. Future Islands – Calliope (Adult Swim)
53. (Soundtrack) - Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
54. The Sea and Cake – Any Day (Thrill Jockey)
55. Goat Girl – Goat Girl (Rough Trade)
56. Confidence Man – Confident Music for Confident People (Heavenly)
57. Laura Veirs – The Lookout (Raven Marching Band)
58. Sunflower Bean – Twentytwo In Blue (Mom+Pop)
59. BlackWater HolyLight – BlackWater HolyLight (RidingEasy)
60. Cut Worms – Hollow Ground (Jagjaguwar)
61. Nickodemus – A Long Engagement (Wonderwheel)
62. Belly – Dove (self-released)
63. Chromatics – Black Walls (Italians Do It Better)
64. Let's Eat Grandma – I'm All Ears (Transgressive)
65. Preoccupations – New Material (Jagjaguwar)
66. Ruler – Winning Star Champion (Barsuk)
67. JusMoni – Sweet to Me (self-released)
68. Lucas – Fall In Love EP (Hush Hush)
69. Jenn Champion – O.M.G. (I'm All Over It) (Hardly Art)
70. Dr. Octagon – Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation (Bulk)
71. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile (Impulse!)
72. Half Waif – Lavender (Cascine)
73. Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain (ATO)
74. Frankie Cosmos – Vessel (Sub Pop)
75. Orquesta Akokán - Orquesta Akokán (Daptone)
76. Eleanor Friedberger – Rebound (Frenchkiss)
77. Mouse on Mars – Dimensional People (Thrill Jockey)
78. Brazilian Girls – Let's Make Love (Six Degrees)
79. Makeness – Loud Patterns (Secretly Canadian)
80. Exitmusic – The Recognitions (Felte)
81. Middle Kids – Lost Friends (Domino)
82. Father John Misty – God's Favorite Customer (Sub Pop)
83. Kadjha Bonet – Childqueen (Fat Possum)
84. U.S. Girls – In A Poem Unlimited (4AD)
85. Hookworms – Microshift (Domino)
86. Alice Bag – Blueprint (Don Giovanni)
87. Say Sue Me – Where We Were Together (Damnably)
88. Illuminati Hotties – Kiss Yr Frenemies (Tiny Engines)
89. Vitamin D – Bornday 3: Full Circle (self-released)
90. Jon Hopkins – Singularity (Domino)
Americana:
1. The Moondoggies – A Love Sleeps Deep (Hardly Art)
2. Sera Cahoone – The Flora String Sessions EP (Lady Muleskinner)
3. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Years (Bloodshot)
4. HYWAYS – HYWAYS (Union Zero)
5. Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain (Fat Possum/Mama Bird)
6. Willie Nelson – Last Man Standing (Legacy)
7. John Prine – The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy)
8. Old Crow Medicine Show – Volunteer (Columbia)
9. Joshua Hedley – Mr. Jukebox (Third Man)
10. Western Centuries – Songs From The Deluge (Free Dirt)
World Music:
1. Bombino – Deran (Partisan)
2. Angelique Kidjo – Remain In Light (Cravenworks)
3. Nickodemus – A Long Engagement (Wonderwheel)
4. Orquesta Akokán - Orquesta Akokán (Daptone)
5. Aterciopelados – Play (feat. Ana Tijoux) (Sony Columbia)
6. Sonido Gallo Negro – Mambo Cosmico (Glitterbeat)
7. (Various) - African Scream Contest 2 (Analog Africa)
8. Samba Touré - Wande (Glitterbeat)
9. Kiran Ahluwalia – 7 Billion (Six Degrees)
10. Baloji – 137 Avenue Kaniama (Bella Union)
Hip Hop:
1. Childish Gambino – This Is America (RCA)
2. Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar (Ninja Tune)
3. Del & Amp Live – Gate 13 (self-released)
4. (Soundtrack) - Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
5. Dr. Octagon – Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation (Bulk)
6. Vitamin D – Bornday 3: Full Circle (self-released)
7. Sango – In The Comfort Of (Last Gang)
8. EarthGang – Royalty EP (Dreamville/Spillage Village)
9. Dabrye - Three/Three (Ghostly International)
10. Baloji – 137 Avenue Kaniama (Bella Union)
RPM/Electronic:
1. DJ Koze – Knock Knock (Pampa)
2. Gui Boratto – Pentagram (Kompakt)
3. Simian Mobile Disco – Murmurations (Wichita)
4. A.A.L. (Against All Logic) - 2012-2017 (Other People)
5. Nickodemus – A Long Engagement (Wonderwheel)
6. Lucas – Fall In Love EP (Hush Hush)
7. Mouse on Mars – Dimensional People (Thrill Jockey)
8. Jon Hopkins – Singularity (Domino)
9. Essaie Pas – New Path (DFA)
10. Perel – Hermetica (DFA)
R&B/Blues:
1. Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
2. Kali Uchis – Isolation (Virgin)
3. Jungle – Happy Man/House in LA (XL)
4. Anderson .Paak - 'Till It's Over (OBE)
5. Amber Mark - Conexão EP (PMR/Virgin EMI)
6. Bettye LaVette – Things Have Changed (Verve)
7. Leon Bridges – Good Thing (Columbia)
8. The Internet – Roll (Burbank Funk) (Columbia)
9. (Soundtrack) - Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
10. JusMoni – Sweet to Me (self-released)
Northwest:
1. Skating Polly – The Make It All Show (El Camino)
2. The Moondoggies – A Love Sleeps Deep (Hardly Art)
3. The Black Tones – The Key of Black (They Want Us Dead) (self-released)
4. Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed (Secretly Canadian)
5. Sera Cahoone – The Flora String Sessions EP (Lady Muleskinner)
6. Ruler – Winning Star Champion (Barsuk)
7. JusMoni – Sweet to Me (self-released)
8. Lucas – Fall In Love EP (Hush Hush)
9. Jenn Champion – O.M.G. (I'm All Over It) (Hardly Art)
10. Vitamin D – Bornday 3: Full Circle (self-released)
Adds (New Releases):
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake! (Rough Trade)
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom+Pop)
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sparkle Hard (Matador)
Big Ups – Two Parts Together (Exploding In Sound)
The Sidekicks – Happiness Hours (Epitaph)
SSION – O (Dero Arcade)
Hatchie – Sugar & Spice EP (Double Double Whammy)
DJDS – Big Wave More Fire (Loma Vista)
Remember Sports – Slow Buzz (Father/Daughter)
Wax Idols – Happy Ending (Etruscan Gold)
Big Bite – Big Bite (Pop Wig)
Domenico Lancellotti – The Good is a Big God (Luaka Bop)
Kassin – Relax (Luaka Bop)
Skee Mask – Compro (Ilian Tape)
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino (Domino)
Tracyanne & Danny – Tracyanne & Danny (Merge)
Hailu Mergia – Lala Belu (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
lojii – lofeye (Youngbloods)
(Various) - Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul + Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa (Soundway)
Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance (Dead Oceans)
(Various) - Brown Acid: The Sixth Trip (RidingEasy)
Michael Rault – It's A New Day Tonight (Daptone/Wick)
Peach Kelli Pop – Gentle Leader (Mint)
Shakey Graves – Can't Wake Up (Dualtone)
Poster Children – Grand Bargain! (Lotuspool)
Frog Eyes – Violet Psalms (Paper Bag)
Potatohead People – Nick & Astro's Guide to the Galaxy (Bastard Jazz)
The Death Wheelers – I Tread On Your Grave (RidingEasy)
Ama Lou – DDD EP (self-released)
Leni Stern – 3 (self-released)
The Parlor – Kiku (Fivekill)
Jess Williamson – Cosmic Wink (Mexican Summer)
Bath Toys – Bath Toys EP (self-released)
Krystal Klear – The Division EP (Running Back)
Cold Cave – You & Me & Infinity EP (Heartworm Press)
Mt. Si – 911 EP (Cascine)
Pional - Miracle/Tempest (Permanent Vacation)
