TOP 30
1 – Eamon McGrath — Young Canadians — (White Whale) — CC
2 – Cold Warps — S/T EP + Endless Bummer EP — (Noyes) — CC
3 – Bahamas — Barchords — (Brushfire Records) — CC
4 – Said the Whale — Little Mountain — (Hidden Pony) — CC
5 – Mackenzie Rhythm Section — The Big Break — (self-released) — CC
6 – Black Dice — Mr. Impossible — (Ribbon Music)
7 – Sonic Avenues — Television Youth — (Dirtnap) — CC
8 – Elfin Saddle — Devastates — (Constellation) — CC
9 – Mirroring — Foreign Body — (Kranky)
10 – Pop. 1280 — The Horror — (Sacred Bones)
11 – Emma-Lee — Backseat Heroine — (Special Agent Records) — CC
12 – Zeus — Busting Visions — (Arts & Crafts) — CC
13 – Ketamines — Spaced Out — (Southpaw) — CC
14 – Safety Show — O’Burro! — (self-released) — CC
15 – Eric Chenaux — Guitar & Voice — (Constellation) — CC
16 – Long Distance Runners — Tracks — (self-released) — CC
17 – Cousins — The Palm at the End of the Mind — (Saved by Vinyl) — CC
18 – Lee Ranaldo — Between The Times & The Tides — (Matador)
19 – Mike O’Neil — Wild Lines — (self-released) — CC
20 – Radar Eyes — Radar Eyes — (HoZac Records)
21 – Arms of the Girl — Versions of Happiness — (self-released) — CC
22 – Breton — Other People’s Promises — (Fat Cat)
23 – Wax Idols — No Future — (HoZac Records)
24 – Caymans — Demo EP — (self-released) — CC
25 – Mi and L’au — If Beauty is a Crime — (Important)
26 – The Ramblin’ Ambassadors — Ramble On — (Mint) — CC
27 – Rose Cousins — We Have Made A Spark — (Outside Music) — CC
28 – Various Artists — You Can Dig My Grave In The Mammoth Cave: A Sampler — (Mammoth Cave) — CC
29 – Octoberman — Waiting in the Well — (Saved by Vinyl) — CC
30 – Hands & Teeth — Hunting Season — (self-released) — CC
JAZZ
1 – Tia Brazda — Cabin Fever — (RebeLuck Records) — CC
2 – Ken Aldcroft and William Parker — One Sunday — (Trio Records) — CC
3 – Bill Evans — Dragonfly — (self-released)
4 – Halie Loren — Heart First — (Justin Time)
5 – Mike Field — Ashes — (self-released) — CC
6 – Alex Diaz & his Merengue Jazz — Beyond 145th Street — (self-released)
7 – Peter Appleyard & the Jazz Giants — The Lost 1974 Sessions — (Linus) — CC
8 – Andy Duran’s Latin Jazz Big Band — Timeless — (self-released)
9 – Janice Finlay — Anywhere But Here — (self-released) — CC
10 – Eri Yamamoto Trio — The Next Page — (Aum Fidelity)
INTERNATIONAL
1 – Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. — Area 52 — (ATO)
2 – Josephine Foster & the Victor Herrero Band — Perlas — (Fire)
3 – Caetano Veloso and David Byrne — Live at Carnegie Hall — (Nonesuch)
4 – The Toure-Raichel Collective — The Tel Aviv Session — (Cumbancha)
5 – The Lijadu Sisters — Mother Africa — (Knitting Factory)
6 – Baloji — Kinshasa succursale — (crammed discs)
7 – Watussi — 1000% Guapo (1000% Handsome) — (MGM)
8 – Mati Zundel — Amazonico Gravitante — (Waxploitation)
9 – Balkan Beat Box — Give — (Nat Geo Music)
10 – Looping Jaw Harp Orchestra — Universal Language — (No Budget Productions)
ELECTRONIC
1 – Ookpikk/Adam Saikaley — Light Limited/Tropigogic Split — (Place Machine) — CC
2 – Grimes — Visions — (Arbutus) — CC
3 – DJ Food — The Search Engine — (Ninja Tune)
4 – VCMG — Ssss — (Mute)
5 – Proffessor Undressor — A Tin Box — (self-released) — CC
6 – Bonobo — Black Sands Remixed — (Ninja Tune)
7 – Beta Frontiers — Beta Frontiers EP — (Daps) — CC
8 – Phedre — Phedre — (Daps) — CC
9 – Trust — Trust — (Arts & Crafts) — CC
10 – Sissy — March of the Humans — (Four O’Clock Sun)
HIP HOP
1 – Speech Debelle — Freedom of Speech — (Big Dada)
2 – Philly Moves — How To Drink Yourself Famous — (self-released) — CC
3 – Mitchmatic — It’s Probably Raining — (Old Ugly) — CC
4 – Madchild — The EP Collection — (Suburban Noize) — CC
5 – Georgia Anne Muldrow — Seeds — (SomeOthaShip)
6 – Rob Crooks — Hearts — (Marathon of Dope) — CC
7 – Dynamic — When I Cut A Record — (self-released) — CC
8 – Nneka — Soul is Heavy — (Decon)
9 – Lee Fields & The Expressions — Faithful Man — (Truth & Soul)
10 – Spoek Mathambo — Father Creeper — (Sub Pop)
LOUD
1 – Derelict — Perpetuation — (Ricburn Media) — CC
2 – Tribune — Elder Lore/The Dark Arts — (Corpse Corrosion Music) — CC
3 – Hammer Horde — Vinlander — (Storm Surge)
4 – Talk-Sick — Genetics — (self-released) — CC
5 – Exalt — Breach False Minds — (Feast or Famine Recordings) — CC
6 – Scarcity of Tanks — Fear Is Not Conscience — (Total Life Society Records)
7 – Nephelium — Coils of Entropy — (self-released) — CC
8 – Profits of Crime — Profits of Crime 7-inch — (self-released) — CC
9 – The Noumenon — The Noumenon — (self-released) — CC
10 – The Lucky Ones — Heartbreak, Hangovers & Punk Rock — (Stumble Records) — CC