50. Jeff Bridges-Sleeping Tapes

49. Gary Clark jr-The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim

48. Ultimate Painting-Green Lanes

47. Lionel O-MLO

46. California Wives-Heavy

45. Dave Rawlings Machine-Nashville Obsolete

44. Rhiannon Giddens-Tomorrow Is My Turn

43. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds-Chasing Yesterday

42. Hiatus Kaiyote-Choose Your Weapon

 

41. St Lenox-10 Songs About Memory And Hope

40. In Tall Buildings-Driver

39. Big Grams-Big Grams

38. Jessica Pratt-On Your Own Love Again

37. Bhi Bhiman-Rhythm & Reason

36. Ivan & Alyosha-It’s All Just Pretend

35. Pops Staples-Don’t Lose This

34. July Talk-July Talk

33. Beach House-Thank Your Lucky Stars

32. Thundercat-The Beyond

31. Kamasi Washington-The Epic

30. Torres-Sprinter

29. Villagers–Darling Arithmetic

28. Vince Staples–Summertime ’06

27. Molehill–Tin God

26. Ike Reilly–Born On Fire

25. Beirut–No No No

24. Royal Headache–High

23. Fort Frances–No One Needs To Know Our Name

22. Dastardly–The Hollow

21. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment–Surf

20. Pony Boy–Blue Gold

19. Cousin Dud–Sad Moments In Modern Music

18. Marrow–The Gold Standard

17. Odetta Hartman–222

16. The Decemberists–What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

15. Of Montreal–Aureate Gloom

14. El Vy–Return To The Moon

13. Waxahatchee–Ivy Tripp

12. Wilco–Star Wars

11. Josh Ritter–Sermon On The Rocks

10. Desaparecidos–Payola

9. Lupe Fiasco–Tetsuo & Youth

8. Shilpa Ray–Last Year’s Savage

7. The Mountain Goats–Beat The Champ

6. Natalie Prass-Natalie Prass

5. Gloom Balloon–The Songs That Couldn’t Swim

4. Leon Bridges–Coming Home

3. Tobias Jesso Jr– Goon

2. Kendrick Lamar–To Pimp A Butterfly

1. Ezra Furman–Perpetual Motion People