1 – baroness – purple – abraxan hymns
2 – prince rama – xtreme now – carpark records
3 – the suffers – the suffers – rhyme & reason
4 – santigold – 99c – atlantic
5 – takenobu – reversal – self-released
6 – gang signs – geist – file under: music
7 – adult books – running from the blows – lolipop
8 – noble thiefs, the – it’s tough to be the bad guy – pipe & hat
9 – death by unga bunga – pineapple pizza  – jansen
10 – diiv – is the is are – captrued tracks
11 – giant kitty – this stupid stuff – innsbruck
12 – tacocat – lost time – hardly art
13 – the body – no one deserves happiness – thrill jockey
14 – the jezabels – synthia – self-released
15 – minotaurs – weird waves – independent
16 – bur gur – have you lost your faith – planetary
17 – club cheval – discipline – warner
18 – namtchylak, sainkho – like a bird or spirit, not a face – pondersoa
music & art
19 – rudolph, adam – turning towards the light – cuneiform records
20 – mccombs, cass – a folk set apart: rarities, b-sides & space junk,
etc. – domino
21 – heron oblivion – oblivion – subpop
22 – john evans – polyester – splice
23 – dr lonnie smith – the healer – pilgrimage
24 – sonar – black light – cuneiform records
25 – bradley, charles – changes – dunham
26 – new madrid – magnetkingdommagnetqueen – normaltown
27 – spalding, esperanza – emily’s d+evolution – concord
28 – duffy, jim – pale afternoon – three dots records
29 – l’anarchiste – giant – kilby
30 – into it. over it. – standards – triple crown
31 – benji hughes – songs in the key of animals – merge
32 – porches – pool – domino
33 – sunflower bean – human ceremony – fat possum
34 – traoré, rokia – né so – nonesuch
35 – xu xu fang – daylong secret – sound ranch