TOP 30 1 – John Carroll & The Epic Proportions — Everybody Smokes in Hell — (self-released) — CC 2 – Great Aunt Ida — Nuclearize Me — (Dead House Plant) — CC 3 – John K. Samson — Provincial — (Anti) — CC 4 – Kathleen Edwards — Voyageur — (MapleMusic) — CC 5 – Metal Kites — School of Unlearning — (self-released) — CC 6 – Pontiak — Echo Ono — (Thrill Jockey) 7 – Minamo — Documental — (self-released) 8 – Ray Harris — Poorly Kept Secrets — (self-released) — CC 9 – Black Bananas — Rad Times Xpress IV — (Drag City) 10 – Durban Poison — Lost in Space — (Shake! Records) — CC 11 – Frankie Rose — Interstellar — (Slumberland) 12 – Mike O’Neil — Wild Lines — (self-released) — CC 13 – The Schomberg Fair — Mercy — (self-released) — CC 14 – The Barmitzvah Brothers — Growing Branches — (Label Fantastic!) — CC 15 – Beaten by Them — People Start Listening — (Logicpole) 16 – Monty Cantsin — Blood and Gold — (Yul Records) — CC 17 – Suzanne Ciani — Lixiviation — (B-Music) 18 – Valiska — Narratives — (self-released) — CC 19 – Atlas Sound — Parallax — (4AD) 20 – Brock Zeman — Me Then You — (Busted Flat) — CC 21 – Edda Magnason — Goods — (Adrian Recordings) 22 – Jon Gant & His Band — A Rough Start to the Night — (self-released) — CC 23 – Alistair Christl — 8 Songs By Alistair Christl — (self-released) — CC 24 – The Decemberists — Long Live The King — (Capitol Records ) 25 – Memory House — The Years — (Sub Pop Records ) — CC 26 – Tindersticks — The Something Rain — (Constellation) 27 – Rhoneil — Seeds — (self-released) — CC 28 – Grimes — Visions — (Arbutus) — CC 29 – Foonyap and the Roar — The Mes, the Mys, and the Swimming Pool — (self-released) — CC 30 – Sharon Van Etten — Tramp — (Jagjaguwar) JAZZ 1 – Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions — Night Rider — (Nublu) 2 – The Roofhoppers — The Roofhoppers — (Fedora Upside Down) — CC 3 – The Claudia Quintet +1 featuring Kurt Elling and Theo Bleckmann — What is the Beautiful? — (Cuneiform) 4 – Barry Romberg’s Random Access — World Creativity — (Romhog Records) — CC 5 – Sikala/Lemanczyk/Hornby — Able to Fly — (Chronograph) 6 – Lisa Casalino — Introducing Lisa Casalino — (self-released) 7 – Oliver Jones — Live in Baden Switzerland — (Justin Time) — CC 8 – Belle Plaine — Notes From A Waitress — (13th Ave Records) — CC 9 – Deb Rasmussen & Keith Smith — Heart Wide Open — (self-released) — CC 10 – Mike Field — Ashes — (self-released) — CC INTERNATIONAL 1 – Novalima — Karimba — (ESL Music) 2 – Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. — Area 52 — (ATO) 3 – Pamir — Con Alma de Proton — (Protel Records) 4 – Various Artists — Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics — (Nublu) 5 – TriBeCaStan — New Deli — (Evergreene Music) 6 – Looping Jaw Harp Orchestra — Universal Language — (No Budget Productions) 7 – Delhi 2 Dublin — Delhi 2 Dubland EP — (Popguru) — CC 8 – Sao Paulo Underground — Tres Cabecas Loucuras — (Cuneiform) 9 – Natalia and Montuno — Moving North — (self-released) — CC 10 – The Lijadu Sisters — Danger — (Knitting Factory) ELECTRONIC 1 – Suzanne Ciani — Lixiviation — (B-Music) 2 – Plug — Back on Time — (Ninja Tune) 3 – Gonjasufi — MU.ZZ.LE — (Warp) 4 – Buraka Som Sistema — Komba — (Enchufada) 5 – iVardensphere — Apok — (Metropolis Records) — CC 6 – Dntel — Life is Full of Possibilities — (Sub Pop) 7 – Tycho — Dive — (Ghostly International) 8 – Joker — The Vision — (4AD) 9 – Rah Rah — Rahmixes — (Hidden Pony) — CC 10 – Rae Spoon — I Can’t Keep All of Our Secrets — (Saved by Radio) — CC HIP HOP 1 – Philly Moves — Peace and carrots — (Sound Syndicate) — CC 2 – The Roots — Undun — (Def Jam) 3 – The Get
By — Let Go — (self-released) — CC 4 – Wiley — Evolve or be Extinct — (Big Dadai) 5 – Doomtree — No Kings — (Doomtree Records) 6 – Sola Rosa — Get It Together — (Melting Pot Music) 7 – Various Artists — Urbnet Certified Volume 1 — (Urbnet) — CC 8 – JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound — Want More — (Bloodshot) 9 – K-os — Live — (Crown Loyalist Recordings) — CC 10 – Eligh and Amplive — Therapy at 3 — (Live Up Records) LOUD 1 – Retox — Ugly Animals — (Ipecac) 2 – Maximum RNR — The Black and White Years — (self-released) — CC 3 – Dead Soul Alliance — Dead Soul Alliance — (self-released) — CC 4 – Throne of Vengeance — Flesh Engine — (self-released) — CC 5 – The Press Gang — Onward & Upward — (self-released) — CC 6 – Carnifex — Until I Feel Nothing — (Victory) 7 – Threat Signal — Threat Signal — (Sonic Unyon Metal) 8 – The Brains — Drunk Not Dead — (Stomp) — CC 9 – Vulture Kult — Vulture Kult — (self-released) — CC 10 – Alain Galarneau — Well…It’s about time — (self-released) — CC