- Julia Holter – Have you in my Wilderness (Domino)
- Oren Ambarchi – Quixotism (Editions Mego)
- Robert Aubrey Lowe and Ariel Kalma – We Know Each Other Somehow (RVNG)
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Euclid (Western Vinyl)
- Mount Eerie – Sauna (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
5 Favorite Reissues
- Mariah – Utakata no Hibi (Palto Flats)
- Ariel Kalma – An Evolutionary Music: Original Recordings: 1972-1979 (RVNG)
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Press Color (Light in the Attic)
- Richard Dawson – The Magic Bridge (Weird World)
- Doug Hream Blunt – My Name is Doug Hream Blunt (Luaka Bop)
5 Favorite Shows
- Akio Suzuki and Aki Onda – The Lab, September 16
- Jandek – The Chapel, October 9
- Lightning Bolt – Leo’s, May 2
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – B4BEL4B, May 1
- Arnold Dreyblatt – The Lab, February 13