- Mitski – Be the Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
- Snail Mail – Lush (Matador)
- Soccer Mommy – Clean (Fat Possum)
- Pinegrove – Skylight (S/R)
- Frankie Cosmos – Vessel (Sub Pop)
- Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) (Matador)
- Parquet Courts – Wide Awake (Rough Trade)
- IDLES – Joy as An Act of Resistance (Partisan)
- Ought – Room Inside a World (Merge)
- Jeff Rosenstock – POST- (Polyvinyl)
- Lala Lala – The Lamb (Hardly Art)
- Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sparkle Hard (Matador)
- Forth Wanderers – S/T (Sub Pop)
- Kikagaku Moyo – Masana Temples (Guruguru Brain)
- Dorian Concept – The Nature of Imitation (Brainfeeder)
- Peggy Gou – Once (Ninja Tune)
- BODEGA – Endless Scroll (What’s Your Rupture)
- illuminati hotties – Kiss Yr Frenemies (Tiny Engines)
- The Spirit of the Beehive – Hypnic Jerks (Tiny Engines)
- Remember Sports – Slow Buzz (Father/Daughter)
- CHAI – Pink (Burger)
- Palm – Rock Island (Carpark)
- Various Artists – Community Records Compilation Vol. 6 (Community Records)
Local Releases that I Really Loved
- Stephen Steinbrink – Utopia Teased (Western Vinyl)
- Pllush – Stranger to the Pain (Father/Daughter)
- Tanukichan – Sundays (Company)
- Blues Lawyer – Guess Work (Emotional Response)
- Dick Stusso – In Heaven (Hardly Art)
- Madeline Kenney – Perfect Shapes (Carpark)
- Perhapsy – Kingdom Starlight Bliss (Porch Party)