TOP 30
1 – Cold Specks — I Predict a Graceful Expulsion — (Arts & Crafts) — CC
2 – Cobra & Vulture — Vocare EP — (self-released) — CC
3 – Brazilian Money — Doug Nasty — (Gipper Tore) — CC
4 – Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — The Bariba Sound: 1970-1976 — (Analog Africa)
5 – La Sera — Sees the Light — (Hardly Art)
6 – Zammuto — Zammuto — (Temporary Residence)
7 – Sam Cash — Teenage Hunger — (self-released) — CC
8 – Hellaluya/Cartoons — Hellaluya/Cartoons Split — (Buzz/Daps) — CC
9 – Mabaleka Brothers — Mabaleka Brothers — (self-released) — CC
10 – Ghost House — The Present Tense — (self-released) — CC
11 – Triumphal Arches — Romance Languages — (Dominion Recording Company) — CC
12 – K-Holes — Dismania — (Hardly Art)
13 – Amos the Transparent — Goodnight My Dear… I’m Falling Apart — (45 Records) — CC
14 – Chains of Love — Strange Grey Days — (Dine Alone Records) — CC
15 – Lower Dens — Nootropics — (Ribbon Music)
16 – Clinton St. John — Storied Hearts and the Three Assimilations — (self-released) — CC
17 – Wes Willenbring — Weapons Reference Manual — (Hidden Shoal)
18 – Cheap Time — Wallpaper Music — (In The Red)
19 – B.A. Johnston — Hi Dudes! — (Mammoth Cave) — CC
20 – Wax Idols — No Future — (HoZac Records)
21 – En — Already Gone — (Students of Decay)
22 – Kalle Mattson — Lives in Between EP — (Parliament of Trees) — CC
23 – Dale Murray — Dream Mountain Dream — (self-released) — CC
24 – Nervous Curtains — Fake Infinity — (Latest Flame)
25 – Bronx Cheerleader — Real Punks Don’t Sing About Girls — (Yummy Recordings) — CC
26 – Anthea Caddy & Thembi Soddell — Anthea Caddy & Thembi Soddell — (Room40)
27 – Eight and a Half — Eight and a Half — (Arts & Crafts) — CC
28 – Joey Ramone — … Ya Know? — (Mutated Music)
29 – Allo Darlin’ — Europe — (Slumberland)
30 – Great Lake Swimmers — New Wild Everywhere — (Weewerk) — CC
JAZZ
1 – James Danderfer Trio — Swingin’ at the Patricia — (Reigning Parade) — CC
2 – The October Trio — New Dream — (Songlines) — CC
3 – A. David MacKinnon — The Past Is A Foreign Country — (self-released) — CC
4 – Carol Welsman — Journey — (Justin Time)
5 – Lenny Marcus Trio — Sun Ray: A Tribute to Ray Bryant — (self-released)
6 – Sachal Studios Orchestra — Sachal Jazz: Interpretations of Jazz Standards & Bossa Nova — (Sachal Music)
7 – Roger Chong — Send a Little Love — (self-released) — CC
8 – Susie Arioli — All the way — (Spectra musique) — CC
9 – Lisa Hilton — American Impressions — (Ruby Slippers Productions)
10 – Thom Gossage Other Voices — In Other Words — (Songlines) — CC
INTERNATIONAL
1 – Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — The Bariba Sound: 1970-1976 — (Analog Africa)
2 – The Funkees — Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro Rock Exponents 1973-1977 — (Soundway)
3 – The Black Seeds — Dust and Dirt — (Easy Star Records)
4 – Amadou & Mariam — Folila — (Because Music)
5 – La Chiva Gantiva — Pelao — (Crammed Discs)
6 – Ceu — Caravana Sereia Bloom — (Six Degrees)
7 – The Toure-Raichel Collective — The Tel Aviv Session — (Cumbancha)
8 – The Lijadu Sisters — Mother Africa — (Knitting Factory)
9 – Baloji — Kinshasa succursale — (crammed discs)
10 – Caetano Veloso and David Byrne — Live at Carnegie Hall — (Nonesuch)
ELECTRONIC
1 – Zammuto — Zammuto — (Temporary Residence)
2 – Simian Mobile Disco — Unpatterns — (Wichita)
3 – Matt Dorgan Project — New York City Soundtrack — (self-released) — CC
4 – Phedre — Phedre — (Daps) — CC
5 – Bassnectar — Vava Voom — (Amorphous Music)
6 – Beta Frontiers — Beta Frontiers EP — (Daps) — CC
7 – Clark — Iradelphic — (Warp)
8 – The American Dollar — Awake in the City — (Yesh Music)
9 – Sissy — March of the Humans — (Four O’Clock Sun)
10 – Battles — Dross Glop — (Warp)
HIP HOP
1 – THEESatisfaction — awE naturalE — (Sub Pop)
2 – Nneka — Soul is Heavy — (Decon)
3 – Dynamic — When I Cut A Record — (self-released) — CC
4 – Perfeck Strangers — Series Premiere — (Urbnet) — CC
5 – Various Artists — Urbnet Certified Vol. 2 — (Urbnet) — CC
6 – Death Grips — The Money Store — (Epic)
7 – Philly Moves — How To Drink Yourself Famous — (self-released) — CC
8 – The Gunsmith and MoHit — Conquest EP — (self-released) — CC
9 – Various Artists — Camobear Green 10 years of Camobear Records — (Camobear) — CC
10 – Mitchmatic — It’s Probably Raining — (Old Ugly) — CC
LOUD
1 – Exalt — Breach Falsae Minds — (Feast or Famine Recordings) — CC
2 – The Noumenon — The Noumenon — (self-released) — CC
3 – Dancing With Paris — The Drought — (self-released) — CC
4 – Woods of Ypres — Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light — (Earache) — CC
5 – Mares of Thrace — The Pilgrimage — (Sonic Unyon Metal) — CC
6 – Barren Earth — The Devil’s Resolve — (Peaceville)
7 – High on Fire — De Vermis Mysteriis — (E1)
8 – Talk-Sick — Genetics — (self-released) — CC
9 – Wretched — Son of Perdition — (Victory)
10 – Mad Bomber Society — Butchers, Stompers & Cheats — (Enbalmer Records) — CC