- STRFKR: Being No One, Going No Where (Synth Pop)
- Phantogram: Three (Electronic Rock)
- Crying: Beyond the Fleeting Gales (Rock)
- Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition (Hip-Hop/Rap)
- Bon Iver: 22, A Million (Indie-tronica)
- Kishi Bashi: Sonderlust (Indie Pop)
- GOAT: Requiem (Folk Rock)
- Fences: To The Tall Trembling Trees (Indie Rock)
- Boycott: Goose Bumps (Indie Rock)
- A Tribe Called Quest: We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (Hip-Hop/Rap)
- The Youngest: See It Through (Indie Rock)
- Bastille: Wild Worlds (Indie Pop)
- Run the Jewels: RTJ3 (Hip Hop/Rap)
- The Flaming Lips: Oczy Mlody (Psych Rock)
- Kaiser Chiefs: Stay Together (Indie Rock)
- Japanese Wallpaper: Japanese Wallpaper [EP] (Synth Pop)
- Crumb: Crumb (Indie Pop)
- Cloud Nothings: Life Without Sound (Rock)
- Active Bird Community: Stick Around (Indie rock)
- Ty Segall: Ty Segall (Garage Rock)
- Kairon;IRSE!: Ruination (Progressive Shoegaze)
- The Dig: Bloodshot Tokyo (Indie Pop)
- P.O.S.: Chill Dummy (Hip-Hop/Rap)
- AFI: The Blood Album (Punk)
- Loya: Aimovoria (Metal)
- Crumbsnatchers: Big House (Indie rock)
- Heat: Overnight (Shoegaze)
- Homeshake: Fresh Air (Alt. R&B)
- Greyface: Greyola (Rock)
- Goofball: Pretty Fishy (Indie rock)
!TOP 5 ADDS!
- Xiu Xiu: Forget (Art Pop)
- Jesca Hoop: Memories are Now (Folk Pop)
- KGatLW: Flying Microtonal Banana (Rock)
- Dude York: Sincerely (Rock)
- Bright Brown: Soft Landings (Rock)
!NEW & NOTABLE!
- Life to Experience: The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Rock)
- Brasstronaut: Brasstronaut (Indie Rock)
- Jon Bennett: Jon Bennett (Folk)
- Randy Stelle: Songs From The Suck (Country)
- Abandoning Sunday: Fight (Rock)