- Amen Dunes – Love (Sacred Bones)
- OOIOO – Gamel (Thrill Jockey)
- Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)
- White Fence – For The Recently Found Innocent (Drag City)
- Moebius / Neumeier / Engler – Another Other Places (Bureau B)
- Torn Hawk – Let’s Cry And Do Pushups At The Same Time (Mexican Summer)
- Tonstartssbandht – Overseas (Arbitus)
- Sylvie Simmons – Sylvie (Light In The Attic)
- Mica Levi – Under The Skin [Original Sound Track] (Rough Trade)
- St. Vincent – S/T (Republic)
- Shintaro Sakamoto – Let’s Dance Raw (Zelone)
- Scott Walker + Sunn O))) – Soused (4AD)
- Real Estate – Atlas (Domino)
- Wadada Leo Smith/George Lewis/John Zorn – Sonic Rivers (Tzadik)
- The Growlers – Chinese Fountain (Everloving)
Favorite Re-Issue
- The Velvet Underground – S/T 45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Polydor)
Favorite Retrospectives
- Max Richter – Retrospective (Deutsche Grammophon)
- William Onyeabor – Box Set (Luaka Bop)
