- Algiers – Algiers (Matador)
- Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin – Lost Time (Yep Roc)
- A Place to Bury Strangers – Transfixtion (Dead Oceans)
- Blur – The Magic Whip (Warner Bros.)
- Olivia Chaney – The Longest River (Nonesuch)
- Damaged Bug – Cold Hot Plumbs (Castle Face)
- Deadly Orgone Radiation – Power Trips (Copepod)
- Deaf Wish – Pain (Sub Pop)
- Dave Douglas – High Risk (Greenleaf)
- Dungen – Allas Sak (Kemado)
- F.F.S – F.F.S (Domino)
- Fuzz – Fuzz II (In The Red)
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet, and Other Distress (CST)
- Golden Void – Berkana (Thrill Jockey)
- Hank III – Take As Needed For Pain (Bruc)
- Metz – Metz II (Sub Pop)
- Moon Duo – Shadow Of The Sun (Sacred Bones)
- The Pretty Things – The Sweet Pretty Things (Are In Bed Now, Of Course…) (Repertoire)
- PiL – What The World Needs Now… (Cargo)
- Pink Floyd – London 1966/1967 (Snapper)
- Pins – Wild Nights (P&C Bella Union)
- Pow! – Fight Fire (Castle Face)
- Ty Segall – Ty Rex (Goner)
- Omay Souleyman – Bahdeni Nami (Monkey Town)
- Swervedriver – I Wasn’t Born To Lose You (Cherry Red)
- Emma Swift – Emma Swift (Laughing Outlaw)
- Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator Defeated At Last (Castle Face)
- Richard Thompson – Still (Fantasy)
- Nik Turner – Space Fusion Odyssey (Purple Pyramid)
- Useless Eaters – Singles 2011-2014 (Slovenly)
- Viet Cong – Viet Cong (Jajaguwar)
- White Hills – Walks For Motorists (Thrill Jockey)
- White Hills – Drivers For Pedestrians (Thrill Jockey)
- Wire – Wire (Pink Flag)
- Neil Young + Promise of the Real – The Monsanto Years (Reprise)
Best Singles
- Flying Kangaroo Alliance – Hit The Wall/Wasted (Punk Fox)
- Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift – Follow the Money/Motion Pictures (Yep Roc)
- Lunch Box – Smash Hits (Jigsaw)
- Repairs – Decay/Cycle (HoZac)
- Wild Fruit – Barn Burn/Terror Tips (Blue Punk)
Best Reissues
- Broadcast – All Four LPs (Wrap)
- Holger Czukay – Eleven Years Innerspace (Groenland)
- Holger Czukay – Flop Hit (Groenland)
- Holger Czukay – Rot Ist Der Osten (Groenland)
- Harmonia – Complete Works (Groenland)
- Hawkwind – This Is Your Captain Speaking…Your Captain is Dead, The Albums and Singles 1970-1974 (Parlophone)
- William Onyearbor – William Onyearbor (Luaka Bop)
- The Pretty Things – Bouquets From The Cloudy Sky (Snapper)
