- Tony Allen – Film of Life (Harmonia Mundi)
- The Baseball Project – 3rd (Yep Roc)
- D’Angelo And The Vanguard – Black Messiah (RCA)
- The Ghost Wolves – Man, Woman, Beast (Plowboy)
- Grouper – Ruins (Kranky)
- OU – Pisces Crisis (S/R)
- Spoon – ‘They Want My Soul’ (Loma Vista)
- Swans – To Be Kind (Young God)
- Tune-Yards – Nikki Nack (4AD)
- Jack White – Lazaretto (Third Man)
Best Reissues
- Songs: Ohia – Didnít It Rain (Secretly Candaian)
- The Brothers & Sisters – Dylan’s Gospel (Light In The Attic)
- Mike Cooper – Trout Steel (Paradise of Bachelors)
Best Box Set
- Bob Dylan & The Band – The Basement Tapes Complete (Legacy)
