- Aldous Harding – Party (4AD)
- Ambrose Akinmusire – A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
- Big Thief – Capacity (Saddle Creek)
- Bill Whitley – I Dream Awake (Ravello)
- Bully – Losing (Sub Pop)
- Terry Riley, Stefano Scodanibbio, Del Sol String Quartet, Gyan Riley – Riley: Dark Queen Mantra (Sono Luminus)
- Carl Craig – Versus (InFine)
- Colleen – A Flame My Love, A Frequency (Thrill Jockey)
- Cory Hansen – The Unborn Capitalist from Limbo (Drag City)
- Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator (ATO)
- James Holden & The Animal Spirits – The Animal Spirits (Border Community)
- James Whiton – Perchance to Dream (Cinder Cone)
- Jane Antonia Cornish – Into Silence (Innova)
- Jeb Loy Nichols – Country Hustle (City Country City)
- Jen Cloher – Jen Cloher (Milk!)
- Jesca Hoop – Memories Are Now (Sub Pop)
- JLIN – Black Origami (Planet Mu)
- Juana Molina – Halo (Crammed Discs)
- Ka Baird – Sapropelic Pycnic (Drag City)
- Kacy & Clayton – The Siren’s Song (New West)
- Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy – A Pocket of Wind Resistance (Hudson)
- Kristine Barrett – Ancestors (2016 S/R)
- L.A. Witch – L.A. Witch (Suicide Squeeze)
- LCD Soundsystem – american dream (Columbia/DFA)
- Offa Rex – The Queen of Hearts (Nonesuch)
- Peter Perrett – How the West was Won (Domino)
- Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent (Domino)
- Robert Plant & the Sensational Shape Shifters – Carry Fire (Nonesuch)
- Rodney Crowell – Close Ties (New West)
- Sam Amidon – The Following Mountain (Nonesuch)
- Sergio Cervetti – Sunset at Noon & Triptych Revelation and The Hay Wain (Navona)
- The Clientele – Music for the Age of Miracles (Merge)
- The Dream Syndicate – How Did I Find Myself Here? (ANTI-)
- Choral Works of Scott Perkins [featuring Audivi] – The Stolen Child (Navona)
- The National – Sleep Well Beast (4AD)
- The Weather Station – The Weather Station (Paradise of Bachelors)
- This is the Kit – Moonshine Freeze (Rough Trade)
- Tinariwen – Elwan (Epitaph/ANTI-)
- Tom Rogerson & Brian Eno – Finding Shore (Dead Oceans)
- Tony Allen – The Source (Blue Note)
- Trailer Trash Tracys – Althaea (Domino)
- V.J. Iyer Sextet – Far From Over (ECM)
- Wire – Silver/Lead (Pinkflag)
- Woods – Love is Love (Woodsist)
- Various Artists – Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 (Analog Africa)
- Various Artists – A Tribute to John D. Loudermilk (Vector Recordings)
- Various Artists – An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert (Blue Rose)
- Various Artists – Like a Drunk in a Midnight Choir (Record Store Day)
Reissues
- Chris Gantry – At the House of Cash (Drag City)
- Beranek – Sound of Danger (Dark Entries)
- William C. Beeley – Gallivantin’ (Tompkins Square)
Favorite Live Performances
- Maria Schneider Orchestra – Zellerbach Hall, Feb 19
- Nels Cline: Lovers – SF JAZZ Center, April 9
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds!!!! – Greek Theatre, June 24
- Tyshawn Sorey – Ojai@Berkeley Festival – Zellerbach Hall, June 17
