25. Jeff Bridges-Sleeping Tapes

24. Patrick Watson-Love Songs For Robots

23. Jessica Pratt-On Your Own Love Again

22. Torres-Sprinter

21. Bhi Bhiman-Rhythm & Reason

20. Hiatus Kaiyote-Choose Your Weapon

19. Lionel O-MLO

18. July Talk-July Talk

17. Molehill-Tin God 

16. Ike Reilly-Born On Fire

15. Natalie Prass-Natalie Prass

14. Villagers-Darling Arithmetic

13. Fort Frances-No One Needs To Know Our Name

12. Project Film-Different Rooms

11. Waxahatchee-Ivy Tripp

10. Rhiannon Giddens-Tomorrow Is My Turn

9. In Tall Buildings-Driver

8. Lupe Fiasco-Tetsuo & Youth

7. Shilpa Ray-Last Year’s Savage

6. The Decemberists-What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

5. The Mountain Goats-Beat The Champ

4. Of Montreal-Aureate Gloom

3. Tobias Jesso Jr- Goon

2. Gloom Balloon-The Songs That Couldn’t Swim

1. Kendrick Lamar-To Pimp A Butterfly