1. Kendrick Lamar – Damn *****
2. St.Vincent – Masseduction ****1/2
3. Laura Marling – Semper Femina ****1/2
4. Maya Jane Coles – Take Flight ****1/2
5. Spoon – Hot Thoughts ****1/2
6. Aimee Mann – Mental Illness ****1/2
7. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest ****
8. Joan Shelley – Joan Shelley ****
9. Mavis Staples- I All I Was Was Black ****
10. Thundercat – Drunk ****
11. Old Crow Medicine show – 50 Years Of Blonde On Blonde ****
12. Bonnie Prince Billy – Best Troubadour ****
13. Avishai Cohen – Cross My Palm With Silver ****
14. The Allergies – Push On ****
15. Robert Plant – Carry Fire ****
16. Bruce Cockburn – Bone On Bone ****
17. Feist – Pleasure ****
18. Lorde – Melodrama ****
19. Jeff Tweedy – Together At Last ****
20. Harry Styles – Harry Styles ****
21. -M- – Lamomali ****
22. Girl Ray – Earl Grey ****
23. Holly Macve – Golden Eagle ****
24. Les Amazones d‘ Afrique – République Amazone ****
25. Sleater-Kinney – Live In Paris ****
26. Steven Wilson – To The Bone ****
27. Van Morrison – Versatile ***1/2
28. Nick Heywardt – Woodland Echoes ***1/2
29. Arcade Fire – Everything Now ***1/2
30. Arca – Arca ***1/2
31. Chuck Prophet – Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins ***1/2
32. Saint Etienne – Home Counties ***1/2
33. Marika Hackman – I’m Not Your Man ***1/2
34. The XX – I See You ***1/2
35. Peter Perrett – How The West Was Won ***
36. Ryan Adams – Prisoner ***
37. Yasmine Hamdan – Al Jamilat ***
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