- Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit. (Mom + Pop)
- Blitzen Trapper – All Across This Land (Vagrant)
- Calexico – Edge Of The Sun (Anti-)
- Deerhunter – Fading Frontier (4AD)
- Colleen Green – I Want To Grow Up (Hardly Art)
- Buddy Guy – Born To Play Guitar (RCA)
- Glen Hansard – Didn’t He Ramble (Anti-)
- Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free (Southeastern)
- Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa (World Circuit)
- New Order – Music Complete (Mute)
- Nordic Affect – Clockworking (Sono Luminus)
- Public Service Broadcasting – The Race For Space (Test Card)
- Max Richter – Sleep (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love (Sub Pop)
- Songhoy Blues – Music In Exile (Atlantic)
- The Staves – If I Was (Atlantic Records UK)
- Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
- Kurt Vile – b’lieve i’m going down… (Matador)
- Wilco – Star Wars (dBpm)
- Dwight Yoakam – Second Hand Heart (Reprise)
Favorite Box Sets
- Bob Dylan – The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (Legacy)
- The Velvet Underground – The Complete Matrix Tapes (Polydor)
Favorite Reissues
- Henri Texier – L’intÈgrale, Les AnnÈes JMS (JMS)
- The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (Ume)
- Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (Atlantic)
- Led Zeppelin – Coda (Atlantic)
Favorite Compilations
- Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodiaís Lost Rock and Roll (Dust-To-Digital)
- Native North America Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock and Country 1966-1985 (Light In The Attic)
- Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton (Tompkins Square)
- Sherwood At The Controls Volume 1: 1979-1984 (On-U Sound)
Single of the Year
- Missy Elliot – WTF (Where They From) ft. Pharrell (Atlantic)
Comeback Album of the Year
- Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love (Sub Pop)
