Best Re-releases
Akiko Yano Japanese Girl (We Want Sounds)
Pearl Harbor and The Explosions Pearl Harbor and The Explosions (Blixa Sounds)
Best New World
Altin Gun Gece (ATO Records)
Angelique Kidjo Celia (Verve)
Julie Coker A Life in the Limelight (Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife 1976-1981)
Tinariwen +10:1 Amadjar (Anti-)
Doctor Nativo Guatemaya (Stonetree)
Best New Rock
Indianhead Songs from The Deluge (Morphius)
The Darts I Like You But Not Like That (Alternative Tentacles)
Hearing Things Here’s Hearing Things (Yeggs)
Kepa Harkonen Spicy Tales & Spacey Tones (Ramasound)
Best New Blues
Charles Bradley Black Velvet (Dunham)
Pascal Bokar American Trails (S/R)
Best New Jazz
Paula Harris Speakeasy (S/R)
Best New Americana/Alt-Americana
Great American Trainwreck Great American Trainwreck (S/R)
Wooks Glory Bound (Gnar Vector)
Hayes Carll What It Is (Dualtone)
Best New Alt-Pop
Cave Clove Dollars to Tokens (S/R)
Emily Fairlight Mother of Gloom (Fishrider)
French Boutik L’Ame de Paris (Heavy Soul)
Liliana Herrrera Late Night Taco Stand Music (Round Whirled)
Madeleine Tasquin Future Telephone (S/R)
Roxy Rawson Quenching The Kill (S/R)
The New Pornographers In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (Concord)
