ARTIST + ALBUM
- Arcade Fire Reflektor (Merge)
- Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon (Columbia)
- Phoenix Bankrupt! (Glassnote)
- Jim James Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live From KCRW (Bad Seed Ltd)
- Toro Y Moi Anything In Return (Carpark)
- Jagwar Ma Howlin (Mom + Pop)
- Atoms For Peace Amok (XL)
- Mayer Hawthorne Where Does This Door Go (Republic)
- Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork (Matador)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Jagwar Ma Howlin' (Mom + Pop)
- Atoms For Peace Amok (XL)
- James Blake Overgrown (Universal)
- Blood Orange Cupid Deluxe (Domino)
- Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon (Columbia)
- Iron and Wine Ghost on Ghost (Nonesuch)
- Lorde Pure Heroine (Universal)
- La Femme Psycho Tropical Berlin (Disque Pointu)
- White Denim Corsicana Lemonade (Downtown)
- Jake Bugg Jake Bugg (Mercury)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Midlake Antiphon (ATO)
- Fat Freddy's Drop Blackbird (The Drop)
- Daft Punk Random Access Memories (Columbia)
- M.I.A. Matangi (Interscope)
- Agnes Obel Aventine (PIAS)
- Ludovico Einaudi In a Time Lapse (Decca)
- Yasmine Hamdan Ya Nass (Crammed Discs)
- Arcade Fire Reflektor (Merge)
- White Denim Corsicana Lemonade (Downtown)
- Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon (Columbia)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Lili Boniche Anthologie (World Village)
- Aziz Sahmaoui Aziz Sahmaoui & the University of Gnawa (Adami)
- Ibrahim Maalouf Wind (Miâster Productions)
- Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon (Columbia)
- Dori, Danilo & Nana Caymmi Caymmi (Som Livre)
- David Hazeltine Impromptu (Chesky)
- Ana Moura Desfado (Universal)
- Chris Potter The Sirens (ECM)
- Fat Freddy's Drop Blackbird (The Drop)
- Susanne Abbuehl The Gift (ECM)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Disclosure Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)
- Toro Y Moi Anything in Return (Carpark)
- Rhye Woman (Republic)
- The Stepkids Troubadour (Stones Throw)
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra Il (Jagjaguwar)
- Jose James No Beginning No End (Blue Note)
- Superhumanoids Exhibitionists (Innovative Leisure)
- Jessy Lanza Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub)
- The Internet Feel Good (Odd Future)
- Machinedrum Vapor City (Ninja Tune)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Jagwar Ma Howlin (Mom + Pop)
- Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon (Columbia)
- Lorde Pure Heroine (Universal)
- Kanye West Yeezus (Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam)
- Classixx Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)
- Franz Ferdinand Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (Domino)
- La Femme Psycho Tropical Berlin (Born Bad)
- Disclosure Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)
- Alpoko Don The Ol' Soul EP (Self-released)
- Cayucas Bigfoot (Secretly Canadian)
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ARTIST + ALBUM
- Daft Punk Random Access Memories (Columbia)
- Atoms For Peace Amok (XL)
- Toro Y Moi Anything in Return (Carpark)
- Phoenix Bankrupt! (Glassnote)
- Arcade Fire Reflektor (Merge)
- Disclosure Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)
- Depeche Mode Delta Machine (Columbia)
- Lorde Pure Heroine (Universal)
- Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City (XL)
- Jake Bugg Jake Bugg (Mercury/ Island)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Jonathan Wilson Fanfare (Downtown)
- Jake Bugg Shangri La (Mercury/ Island)
- James Blake Overgrown (ATLAS/ A&M;/ Polydor)
- Mayer Hawthorne Where Does This Door Go (Republic)
- Elvis Costello and The Roots Wise Up Ghost (Blue Note)
- White Denim Corsicana Lemonade (Downtown)
- Jon Hopkins Immunity (Domino)
- Myron & E Broadway (Stones Throw)
- Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork (Matador)
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros self-titled (Vagrant/ Rough Trade)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Daniel Avery Drone Logic (Phantasy)
- King Krule 6 Feet Beneath the Moon (XL /True Panther)
- Classixx Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)
- Boards of Canada Tomorrow's Harvest (Warp)
- John Wizards John Wizards (Planet Mu)
- Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Let's Get Lost Vol. 2 (Let's Get Lost)
- V/A Musik for Autobahns (Rush Hour)
- Spike Orange Cloud Nine (Golf Channel)
- Cut Copy Free Your Mind (Modular)
- Connan Mockasin Caramel (Mexican Summer)
GARY CALAMAR
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Arcade Fire Reflektor (Merge)
- Elvis Costello and The Roots Wake Up Ghost (Blue Note)
- Cults Static (Columbia)
- Iron and Wine Ghost on Ghost (Nonesuch)
- Jagwar Ma Howlin (Mom + Pop)
- Lorde Pure Heroine (Universal)
- Willy Mason Carry On (Communion)
- Paul McCartney New (Hear Music)
- Maria Taylor Something About Knowing (Saddle Creek)
- Various Artists True Blood Soundtrack Volume 4 (ATO)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- King Krule 6 Feet Beneath the Moon (XL /True Panther)
- Foxygen We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)
- Arcade Fire Reflektor (Merge)
- Daughn Gibson Me Moan (Sub Pop)
- Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City (XL)
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra Il (Jagjaguwar)
- Kurt Vile Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador)
- Carmen Villain Sleeper (Smalltown Supersound)
- Jagwar Ma Howlin (Mom + Pop)
- Guards In Guards We Trust (Black Bell Records)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Foxygen We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)
- Andrew Wyatt Descender (Downtown)
- Public Service Broadcasting Inform-Educate-Entertain (Test Card)
- Pretty & Nice Golden Rules for Golden People (Equal Vision)
- Cayucas Bigfoot (Secretly Canadian)
- Kelley Stoltz Double Exposure (Third Man)
- Matt Berry Kill the Wolf (Acid Jazz)
- Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds Haunted Head (In The Red)
- Kurt Vile Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador)
- Cate Le Bon Mug Museum (Wichita)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Toro Y Moi Anything in Return (Carpark)
- Pusha T My Name Is My Name (Def Jam / GOOD Music)
- King Krule 6 Feet Beneath the Moon (XL /True Panther)
- Jose James No Beginning No End (Blue Note)
- Chance The Rapper Acid Rap (Self-released)
- Maylee Todd Escapology (Do Right Music)
- Skin Town The Room (Time No Place)
- Sango North (Soulection)
- John Wizards John Wizards (Planet Mu)
- Bonobo The North Borders (Ninja Tune)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Keaton Henson Birthdays (Anti)
- Arcade Fire Reflektor (Merge)
- Grouplove Spreading Rumors (Atlantic)
- John Newman Tribute (Universal/ Island)
- Rudimental Home (Atlantic)
- Tom Odell Long Way Down (RCA)
- The Neighborhood I'm Sorry (Sony)
- Fink Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Ninja Tune)
- Sigur Ros Kveikur (XL)
- Laura Mulva Sing to the Moon (Columbia)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- James Blake Overgrown (Atlas/ A&M;)
- The Stepkids Troubadour (Stones Throw)
- Debruit & Alsarah Aljawal (Soundway)
- Jim James Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)
- Contact Field Orchestra Vol.1 (Hit+Run)
- Darkside Psychic (Matador)
- Bonobo The North Borders (Ninja Tune)
- Hanni El Khatib Head In The Dirt (Innovative Leisure)
- Lord Echo Curiosities (Bastard Jazz)
- John Wizards John Wizards (Planet Mu)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Toro Y Moi Anything In Return (Carpark)
- Owiny Sigoma Band Power Punch!!! (Brownswood Recordings)
- Jose James No Beginning No End (Blue Note)
- Disclosure Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)
- Romare Love Songs, Pt. 1 - EP (Black Acre)
- Rhye Woman (Republic)
- Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon (Columbia)
- Jim James Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)
- The Stepkids Troubadour (Stones Throw Records)
- Denitia and Sene His and Hers. (Input)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Quadron Avalanche (Vested in Culture / Epic)
- King Krule 6 Feet Beneath the Moon (XL /True Panther)
- Rhye Woman (Republic)
- Thundercat Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)
- John Wizards John Wizards (Planet Mu)
- James Blake Overgrown (Atlas/ A&M;)
- Jessy Lanza Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub)
- Debruit and Alsarah Aljawal (Soundway)
- Graveola E O Lixo Polifonico Eu Preciso De Um Liquidificador (Mais Um Discos)
- Omar Souleyman Wenu Wenu (Domino)
BO LEIBOWITZ
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Andy Bey The World According to Andy Bey (HighNote)
- Etienne Charles Creole Soul (Culture Shock Music)
- Joe Davidian Live at the Jazz Cave, Vol. One (JD3)
- Miles Davis Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Volume 2 (Columbia)
- Michael Dease Coming Home (D Clef Records)
- Rene Marie I Wanna Be Evil (Motema)
- Chris Morrissey North Hero (Sunnyside)
- Nicholas Payton Sketches of Spain (BMF)
- Cecile McLorin Salvant WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
- Jacky Terrasson Gouache (Sunnyside)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Rhye Woman (Republic)
- Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City (XL)
- Jonathan Wilson Fanfare (Downtown)
- Disclosure Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)
- Classixx Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)
- Jim James Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)
- Treetop Flyers The Mountain Moves (Partisan)
- Duologue Song & Dance (Killing Moon)
- Lorde Pure Heroine (Universal)
- Axel Boman Family Vacation (Studio Barnhus)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Okkervil River The Silver Gymnasium (ATO)
- Myron & E Broadway (Stones Throw)
- Haiku Salut Tricolore (How Does It Feel To Be Loved?)
- The Pastels Slow Summits (Domino)
- Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon (Columbia)
- Ducktails The Flower Lane (Domino)
- Toro Y Moi Anything in Return (Carpark)
- Letherette Letherette (Ninja Tune)
- Lemuria The Distance Is So Big (Bridge Nine)
- KissKiss Karate Passion I Can't LP (Les Disques Steak)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Jagwar Ma Howlin (Mom + Pop)
- Alexander Von Mehren Aeropop (The Control Group)
- Rhye Woman (Republic)
- Foxygen We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)
- Palma Violets 180 (Rough Trade)
- Crocodiles Crimes Of Passion (Frenchkiss)
- Born Ruffians Birthmarks (Yep Roc)
- STRFKR Miracle Mile (Polyvinyl)
- Disclosure Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)
- Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork (Matador)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- My Bloody Valentine MBV (Self-released)
- Xenia Rubinos Magic Trix (Ba Da Bing)
- White Poppy White Poppy (Not Not Fun)
- Melt Banana Fetch (A-Zap)
- Savages Silence Yourself (Matador)
- The Body Christs, Redeemers (Thrill Jockey)
- Pharmakon Abandon (Sacred Bones)
- Mater Suspiria Vision Serenity (Phantasma Disques)
- Various Artists Mutazione: Italian Electronic & New Wave Underground (Strut)
- Overhang Party Complete Studio Recordings (Important)
ARTIST + ALBUM
- Disclosure Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)
- Hot Natured Different Sides of the Sun (Warner Bros.)
- Andy Cato Times and Places (Apollo)
- James Blake Overgrown (Universal)
- Maya Jane Coles Comfort (I/AM/ME)
- Djrum Seven Lies (2nd Drop)
- Empire Of The Sun Ice On The Dune (Astralwerks)
- Pretty Lights A Color Map Of The Sun (8 Minutes 20 Seconds)
- Bob Marley Legend Remixed (Tuff Gong/UMe)
- Kaskade Atmosphere (Ultra)