1. Joan Shelley – Over and even *****
2. Kamasi Washington – The Epic *****
3. Giant Sand – Heartbreak Pass ****1/2
4. Marika Hackman – We slept at last ****1/2
5. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love ****1/2
6. Joanna Newsom – Divers ****1/2
7. Laura Marling – Short Movie ****1/2
8. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit ****
9. Blur – The Magic Whip ****
10.Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness ****
11.The Milk Carton Kids – Monterey ****
12.Louise LeMay – A Tale Untold ****
13.Jamie XX – In Colour ****
14.Ryley Walker – Primrose Green ****
15.Ryan Adams – 1989 ***1/2
16.Jim O’Rourke – Simple Songs ***1/2
17.Diagrams – Chromatics ***
18.Calexico – Edge Of The Sun ***
19.Kitty, Daisy and Lewis – The Third ***
20.Gaz Coombes – Matador ***
21.Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Freedom Tower **1/2
22.Björk – Vulnicura **
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