- Shamir – Ratchet (XL)
- Diet Cig – Over Easy (Father/Daughter)
- Say Lou Lou – Lucid Dreaming (Cosmos)
- Joywave – How Do You Feel Now? (CultCo)
- SOAK – Reckless Behavior (Rough Trade)
- GEMS – Kill The One You Love (Carpark)
- Seinabo Sey – Pretend (Universal)
- Natalie Prass – S/T (Spacebomb)
- Madeon – Adventure (Sony)
- Sports – Naked All The Time (S/R)
- In Tall Buildings – Driver (Western Vinyl)
Top 10 Local Releases
- Hot Flash Heat Wave – Neapolitan (S/R)
- The Dodos – Individ (Polyvinyl)
- Geographer – Ghost Modern (Roll Call)
- Bhi Bhiman – Rhythm & Reason (BooCoo Music)
- The Stone Foxes – Twelve Spells (S/R)
- Tiaras – S/T (Mt.St.Mtn.)
- Naytonrix – Mister Divine (City Slang)
- Waters – What’s Real (Vagrant)
- Toro y Moi – What For? (Capark)
- Sonny & the Sunsets – Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
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Top 10 Shows (not including festival sets) out of a grand total of 95
- Typhoon – Revolution Hall (Portland), 12/20
- The Decemberists – Greek Theatre, 5/1
- Rubble bucket – The Independent, 3/27
- Ezra Furman – Rickshaw Stop, 12/6
- Unconditional Arms – Santo Studios, 7/17
- Future Islands – Fox Theater, 9/25
- Alvvays – The Independent 11/17
- Interpol – The Warfield, 4/21
- The Wild Reeds – Hyde Street Studios,
- Noah Gunderson – The Battery, 3/25
