January

• Buck Meek - Two Saviors
• Danielle Durack - No Place | ★★★★✩
• Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales | ★★★★✩
• Madlib - Sound Ancestors
• Maassai - With The Shifts
• Rhye - Home
• shame - Drunk Tank Pink
• Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
• Steve Earle - J.T.
• Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood

February

• Adeline Hotel - Good Timing
• Nana Yamato - Before Sunrise
• Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature | ★★★★★
• Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember
• Hayley Williams - Flowers For Vases / Descansos
• The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy | ★★★★✩
• Indigo Sparke - Echo
• Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
• Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage | ★★★★✩
• slowthai - TYRON
• The Staves - Good Woman
• Virginia Wing - Private Life
• The Weather Station - Ignorance | ★★★★★
• Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights | ★★★★✩

March

• The Antlers - Green To Gold
• Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound
• Esther Rose - How Many Times
• Eve Adams - Metal Bird
• Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises | ★★★★★
• IAN SWEET - Show Me How You Disappear
• Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi - Melodies In The Sand
• Jane Inc. - Number One
• Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird - These 13
• Kings Of Leon - When You See Yourself
• Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club
• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Theory Of Ice | ★★★★✩
• Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet
• Justin Bieber - Justice
• MAVI - End Of Earth EP
• Painted Shrines - Heaven And Holy
• 파란노을 (Parannoul) - To See the Next Part of the Dream | ★★★★✩
• Renée Reed - Renée Reed
• Serpentwithfeet - DEACON
• Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade
• Tune-Yards - sketchy.
• Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers

April

• Andy Stott - Never The Right Time
• Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince | ★★★★★
• Brockhamptom - Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine
• Cory Hanson - Pale Horse Rider
• Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
• Home Is Where - I Became Birds
• Kero Kero Bonito - Civilisation II EP
• Miguel - Art Dealer Chic 4
• Porter Robinson - Nurture
• Sharon Van Etten - epic Ten
• Spirit Of The Beehive - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH | ★★★★✩
• Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) | ★★★★✩
• Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, & Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy | ★★★★✩

May

• The Black Keys - Delta Kream
• black midi - Cavalcade
• Burial & Blackdown - Shock Power of Love EP
• CHAI - WINK | ★★★★✩
• David John Morris - Monastic Love Songs
• Dawn Richard - Second Line: An Electro Revival
• Fatima Al Qadiri - Medieval Femme
• Iceage - Seek Shelter | ★★★★✩
• India Jordan - Watch Out! EP
• Iron & Wine - Archive Series No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings
• Lambchop - Showtunes
• Lydia Ainsworth - Sparkles & Debris
• Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
• Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR | ★★★★✩
• Satomimagae - Hanazono
• Gruff Rhys - Seeking New Gods
• Squid - Bright Green Field
• St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

June

• Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
• Doja Cat - Planet Her
• Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha | ★★★★★
• Fucked Up - Year Of The Horse
• Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It
• Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee | ★★★★★
• Lightning Bug - A Color Of The Sky | ★★★★✩
• Lucy Dacus - Home Video
• MIKE - Disco!
• Mountain Goats - Dark In Here
• Perila - How Much Time It Is Between You And Me
• Rostam - Changephobia | ★★★★✩
• Sleater-Kinney - Path of Wellness
• Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost | ★★★★✩
• Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

July

• Antiguo Automata Mexicano - 20+ Piano Improvisations
• Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
• Clairo - Sling | ★★★★✩
• Darkside - Spiral
• Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
• Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
• The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part One
• Half Waif - Mythopoetics
• Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
• Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
• Mega Bog - Life, And Another
• Rắn Cạp Đuôi - Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế
• Torres - Thirstier
• Vince Staples - Vince Staples
• Yves Tumor - The Asymptotical World EP

August

• Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
• Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson
• CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
• Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
• Halsey - If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
• Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
• James McMurtry - The Horses And The Hounds
• Ka - A Martyr's Reward
• Kanye West - Donda
• The Killers - Pressure Machine
• Lorde - Solar Power
• Madi Diaz - History Of A Feeling
• quickly, quickly - The Long And Short Of It
• Space Afrika - Honest Labour
• Steve Gunn - Other You
• Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita
• Tinashe - 333
• Turnstile - Glow On
• Ty Segall - Harmonizer
• Water From Your Eyes - Structure
• Young Nudy - Rich Shooter

September

• Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue
• Drake - Certified Lover Boy
• J Balvin - Jose
• James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart
• Japanese Breakfast - Sable
• José González - Local Valley
• Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
• Lil Nas X - Montero
• Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
• Low - Hey What
• Mas Aya - Máscaras
• Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia Of The Air
• Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
• Nao - And Then Life Was Beautiful
• Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind
• Various Artists - Italians Do It Better

October

• Bedouine - Bird Songs Of A Killjoy
• Coldplay - Music Of The Spheres
• Grouper - Shade
• Hand Habits - Fun House
• Helado Negro - Far In
• Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More
• Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
• Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
• My Morning Jacket - My Morning Jacket
• Parquet Courts - Sympathy For Life
• Porches - All Day Gentle Hold!
• The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
• Tirzah - Colourgrade
• Trace Mountains - House Of Confusion
• Wiki - Half God

November

• Adele - 30
• Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
• Damon Albarn - The Nearer The Mountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
• Dos Santos - City Of Mirrors
• Jon Hopkins - Music For Psychedelic Therapy
• Makaya McCraven - Deciphering The Message
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof
• Snail Mail - Valentine
• Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)