TOP 30
1   Grimes   Visions   4AD
2   The Magnetic Fields   Love at the Bottom of the Sea   Merge
3   Tanlines   Mixed Emotions   True Panther Sounds/Hostess
4   Nora and the Brights   Kill ‘Em With Kindness   Self-Released
5   Cheers Elephant   Like Wind Blows Fire   Self-Released
6   THEESatisfaction   awE naturalE   Sub Pop
7   Bear in Heaven   “I Love You, It’s Cool”   Dead Oceans/Hometapes
8   Prinzhorn Dance School   Clay Class   DFA
9   Die Zorros   Future   Voodoo Rhythm
10   Hunx   Hairdresser Blues   Hardly Art
11   Summer Twins   Summer Twins   Burger
12   S.C.U.M.   Again Into Eyes   Mute Artists Limited
13   Tim Foljahn   Songs for an Age of Extinction   Kiam
14   The 2 Bears   Be Strong   Southern Fried
15   Sharon van Etten   Tramp   Jagjaguwar
16   Geographer   Myth   Modern Art
17   Cold Showers   Highlands   Mexican Summer
18   The Mallard   Yes On Blood   Castle Face
19   The Men   Open Your Heart    Sacred Bones
20   Miniature Tigers   Mia Pharoah   Modern Art
21   The Concept   Gimme Twice EP   Self-Released
22   “Now, Now”   Threads   Trans
23   Tennis   Young & Old   Fat Possum
24   Wowser Bowser   Wowser Bowser   Adair Park Recordings
25   Psychic Ills   Hazed Dream   Sacred Bones
26   Hospitality   Hospitality   Merge
27   Frankie Rose   Interstellar   Slumberland
28   Gonjasufi   MU.ZZ.LE   Warp
29   Cruddy   Negative World   12XU
30   Heavy Flow   & Other Pagan Rituals   Self-Released
AMERICANA
1   Sharon van Etten   Tramp   Jagjaguwar
2   First Aid Kit   The Lion’s Roar   Wichita Recordings Ltd.
3   Lampchop   Mr. M   Merge
4   The Lumineers   The Lumineers   Dualtone
5   M. Ward   A Wasteland Companion   Merge
6   Olivia Buntaine   Living in Abandoned Homes   Self-Released
7   Paladino   Paladino   Self-Released
8   Zoe Boekbinder   Darling Specimens   Extropian Records
9   The Buffalo Skinners   The Buffalo Skinners   Self-Released
10   Carl Broemel   All Birds Say   ATO Records
HIP HOP
1   THEESatisfaction   awE naturalE   Sub Pop
2   Doomtree   No Kings   Doomtree Records
3   Ecid    Werewolf Hologram   Fill In the Breaks
4   Scorched Transmissions   Scorched Transmissions   Post Egoism
5   Bus Driver   Beaus$Eros   Fake Four
6   Spoek Mathambo   Father Creeper   Sub Pop
7   J Pinder   Go Far   Galactic Fin Records
8   L.O.W.F.I.   Awakening   S/R
9   Elevated   The Toby Sessions   Upper Left Entertainment
10   Teenburger   Burgertime   N/a
RPM
1   Grimes   VISIONS   4AD
2   Tanlines   Mixed Emotions   True Panther Sounds / Hostess
3   The 2 Bears   Be Strong   southern fried records
4   Geographer   Myth   Modern Art Records
5   Gonjasufi   MU.ZZ.LE   WARP
6   Tycho   DIVE   Ghostly International
7   Andy Kuncl   Musik/Dance/Love – EP   3KB Records
8   AutoKratz   Animal   Kitsune
9   Jonti   Twirligig   Stones Throw Records
10   John Talabot   Fin   Permanent Vacation