- abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
- Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
- Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
- Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily | Love In Exile (Verve)
- Dengue Fever | Ting Mong (Tuk Tuk)
- Various Artists | Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo De Polibio Mayorga 1969 – 1981 (Analog Africa)
- The Clientele | I Am Not There Anymore (Merge)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mélusine (Nonesuch)
- Dom La Nena | Leon (Sabia)
- Peter Barclay | I'm Not Your Toy (Numero Group)
- Sparklehorse | Bird Machine (Anti/Epitaph)
- Maria BC | Hyaline (Father/Daughter)
- Civilistjävel! | Fyra Platser (Felt)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago | The SIxth Decade from Paris to Paris (RogueArt)
- JFDR | Museum (Houndstooth)
- Cut Worms | Cut Worms (Jagjaguwar)
- King Tubby | Dubbing With The Observer (Doctor Bird)
- Amaara | Child of Venus (Lady Moon)
- W.I.T.C.H. | Zango (Desert Daze)
- Hannah Jadagu | Aperture (Sub Pop)
- Rrose | Please Touch (Eaux)
- Arthur Russell | Picture of Bunny Rabbit (Audika Records)
- Kammerflimmer Kollektief | Schemen (Karlrecords)
- Rhiannon Giddens | You're the One (Nonesuch)
- Brad Mehldau | Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles (Nonesuch)
- The 1981 | Move On (Dandy Boy)
- Pantayo | Ang Pagdaloy (Telephone Explosion)
- Talk West | Black Coral Sprig (Scissor Tail)
- Mike Cooper | Life and Death in Paradise (Paradise of Bachelors)
- Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Data Doom (Greenway)
- Various Artists | A moi la liberté – Early Electronic Raï (Algérie 1983-90) (Born Bad)
- A Produce | The Clearing (Independent Project)
- Ricardo Dias Gomes | Muito Sol (Hive Mind)
- Sufjan Stevens | Reflections (Asthmatic Kitty)
- Fairmount String Quartet | Unleashed (Spring Garden)