- A Bu – Butterflies Fly in Pairs (Sennheiser Media)
- Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom – Otis Was A Polar Bear (Royal Potato Family)
- Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – We Be All Africans (Strut)
- BADBADNOTGOOD – IV (Beat)
- GoGo Penguin – Man Made Object(Blue Note)
- Charlie Hunter – Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth (GroundUP)
- Curtis J Stewart – Of Colors (Outside in Music)
- Dave Douglas – Dark Territory (Greenleaf)
- Gregory Porter – Take Me to the Alley (Blue Note)
- Silk Road Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma – Sing Me Home (Sony Classical)
- Trio Celeste – Beethoven & Dvořák: Piano Trios (Navona)
- Kikagaku Moyo – House in the Tall Grass (Guruguru Brain)
- Psychic Temple – III (Asthmatic Kitty)
- Ryley Walker – Golden Sings that Have Been Sung (Dead Oceans)
- Jambinai – A Hermitage (Bella Union)
- Brian Eno – The Ship (Beat)
- Anna Meredith – Varmints (Moshi Moshi)
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani – FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy (RVNG)
- Marielle V Jakobsons – Star Core (Thrill Jockey)
- Jherek Bischoff – Cistern (The Leaf Label)
- Helen Money – Become Zero (Thrill Jockey)
- Black Mountain – IV (Jagjaguwar)
- Julianna Barwick – Will (Dead Oceans)
- Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop – Love Letter for Fire (Sub Pop)
- case/lang/veirs – S/T (Anti-)
- Baird Sisters – Until You Find Your Green (Ba Da Bing!)
- Glenn Jones – Fleeting (Thrill Jockey)
- John Scofield – Country for Old Men (Impulse!)
- Tyondai Braxton – Oranged Out (Nonesuch)
- Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool (XL)
- Matmos – Ultimate Care II (Thrill Jockey)
- TOR – Blue Book (Loci)
- Plaid – The Digging Remedy (Warp)
- Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker (Columbia)
- David Bowie – Blackstar (ISO)
- Big Thief – Masterpiece (Saddle Creek)
- Angel Olsen – MY WOMAN (Jagjaguwar)
- Emma Pollock – In Search of Harperfield (Chemikal Underground)
- Heron Oblivion – S/T (Sub Pop)
- Jackie Lynn – Jackie Lynn (Thrill Jockey)
- Jessy Lanza – Oh No (Hyperdub)
- John Cale – Music for a New Society/M:FANS (Domino)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree (Bad Seed Ltd.)
- Solange – A Seat At The Table (Saint)
- Sonny & The Sunsets – Moods Baby Moods (Polyvinyl)
- The Julie Ruin – Hit Reset (Hardly Art)
- Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat to Earth (Mexican Summer)
- Whitney – Light Upon the Lake (Secretly Canadian)
- Wild Nothing – Life of Pause (Captured Tracks)
- Y La Bamba – Ojos Del Sol (Tender Loving Empire)
Compilations/Reissues
- Pastor T. L. Barrett and the Youth For Christ Choir – Like a Ship…Without a Sail(Light in the Attic)
- V/A – Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music-(Numero Group)
- V/A – HEROES: Vol. 1-(Rough Trade)
Soundtracks
- Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Hell or High Water (Milan)
- Scott Walker – The Childhood of a Leader (4AD)
- Johann Johansson – Arrival (Deutsche Grammophon)
Most Fun Concerts
- Iggy Pop & Queens of the Stone Age Post Pop Depression tour – May 31 – Masonic Auditorium SF
- Whitney – April 27 – Doug Fir Lounge Portland
