Honorable mention (in alphabetical order)
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
Cayetana - New Kind of Normal
Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher
The Districts - Popular Manipulations
Ron Gallo - Heavy Meta
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway
Ha Ha Tonka - Heart-shaped Mountain
Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator
Valerie June - The Order of Time
Kacy & Clayton - The Siren’s Song
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Sorry is Gone
Mondo Cozmo - Plastic Soul
Moonrise Nation Glamour Child
Kevin Morby - City Music
Mountain Goats - Goths
Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts
Anders Parker - The Man Who Fell From Earth
David Rawlings - Poor David’s Almanack
Son Little - New Magic
Stars - There is No Love in Fluorescent Light
Susto - & I’m Fine Today
Sylvan Esso - What Now
Yawpers - Boy in a Well
Top 25
25. J. Roddy Walston & The Business - Destroyers of the Soft Life
24. Aldous Harding - Party
23. Trevor Sensor - Andy Warhol's Dream
22. Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm
21. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
20. The Sadies - Northern Passages
19. Richard Edwards - Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset
18. Ryan Adams - Prisoner
17. Sean Rowe - New Lore
16. San Fermin - Belong
15. Tristen - Sneaker Waves
14. St. Vincent - Masseduction
13. Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage and Joy
12. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
11. Palehound - A Place I'll Always Go
10. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
9. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song
8. Conor Oberst - Salutations
7. The National - Sleep Well Beast
6. Diet Cig - Swear I'm Good at This
5. Big Thief - Capacity
4. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
3. Laura Marling - Semper Femina
2. Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
1. Alvvays - Antisocialites