- Ahsa Ti Nu – Reborn (S/R)
- Laurie Anderson – Heart of a Dog (Nonesuch)
- A Tribe Called Red – We Are Halluci Nation (Radicalized)
- Blood Orange – Freetown Sound (Domino)
- David Bowie – Blackstar (Columbia)
- Billy Bragg and Joe Henry – Shine a Light (Cooking Vinyl)
- Cactus Blossoms -You’re Dreaming (Red House)
- Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree (Bad Seed)
- Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker (Columbia)
- Devil Makes Three – Redemption and Ruin (New West)
- Fantastic Negrito – Last Days of Oakland (S/R)
- Globelamp -The Orange Glow (Psychedelic Thriftstore)
- Goat – Requiem (SubPop)
- Heron Oblivion – S/T (SubPop)
- Klangstof – Close Eyes to Exit (Genius/Warner)
- Low – Ones and Sixes (SubPop)
- Kikagaku Moyo – House in the Tall Grass (Guruguru Brain)
- Sara Neufeld -The Ridge” (Paper Bag)
- Ohioan -Empty/Every Mt (Infinite Front)
- Pridjevi – Pridjevi (Trouble in Mind)
- Joe Rut – Stolen Tolls and Stereos (S/R)
- Allen Toussaint – American Tunes (Nonesuch)
- Thee Oh Sees – Live in San Francisco (Castle Face)
- Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taival (Bafe’s Factory)
- V/A – Gods Don’t Never Change : The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson (Alligator)
- Waco Brothers – Going Down In History (Bloodshot)