- Flatbush Zombies – 3001: A Laced Odyssey (Glorious Dead)
- Flock of Dimes – If You See Me, Say Yes (Partisan)
- The Goon Sax – Up to Anything (Chapter Music)
- Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let the Kids Win (Polyvinyl)
- Kaytranada – 99.9% (XL)
- Let’s Eat Grandma – I, Gemini (Transgressive)
- Anna Meredith – Varmints (Moshi Moshi)
- Kyle Morton – What Will Destroy You (S/R)
- Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter (Third Man Records)
- Sunflower Bean – Human Ceremony (Fat Possum)
Top 10 Local Releases
- Doncat – Easy Cowboy (S/R)
- Foxtails Brigade – S/T (OIM)
- Ghost & the City – Patchwork Soul (S/R)
- Kendra McKinley – Treat (S/R)
- M. Lockwood Porter – How To Dream Again (S/R)
- Phosphene – Breaker (S/R)
- Plush – S/T (Father/Daughter)
- Rogue Wave – Delusions of Grand Fur (Easy Sound)
- Thao & the Get Down Stay Down – A Man Alive (Ribbon Music)
- Tycho – Epoch (Ghostly International)
Top 10 Shows (not including festival sets)
- Saintseneca – Rickshaw Stop, 1/27
- Dan Deacon – The Fillmore, 1/29
- Julien Baker – Bottom of the Hill, 2/25
- Foxing – Bottom of the Hill, 3/31
- Kaki King – Swedish American Hall, 6/12
- You Won’t – Brick & Mortar, 6/23
- On An On – Rickshaw Stop, 7/21
- Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery – Brick & Mortar, 7/26
- Foals – Fox Theater, 9/26
- Brand New – San Jose Event Center, 10/31
