Albums |
| 1 | Charles Bradley, No Time for Dreaming Daptone/Dunham | Points: 15 |
| 2 | Washed Out, Within and Without Sub Pop/Weird World | Points: 10 |
| 3 | Tom Waits, Bad As Me Anti | Points: 10 |
| 4 | Total Control, Henge Beat Iron Lung | Points: 15 |
| 5 | Iceage, New Brigade What's Your Rupture? | Points: 10 |
| 6 | (various artists), This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM (1957-1982) Tompkins Square | Points: 10 |
| 7 | Shabazz Palaces, Black Up Sub Pop | Points: 10 |
| 8 | Shin Joong Hyun, Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: The Psychadelic Rock Sound of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun Light in the Attic | Points: 10 |
| 9 | tUnE-yArDs, w h o k i l l 4AD | Points: 5 |
| 10 | Gillian Welch, The Harrow and the Harvest Acony | Points: 5 |
Singles |
| 1 | Azealia Banks, "212" Self-Released |
| 2 | A$AP Rocky, "Peso" RCA/Sony |
| 3 | Charles Bradley, "Lovin You"
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| 4 | Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" Columbia/XL |
| 5 | Nicki Minaj, "Super Bass" Young Money/Cash Money/Universal |
| 6 | Wild Flag, "Something Came Over Me" Merge |
| 7 | Paul Simon, "Rewrite" Hear |
| 8 | tUnE-yArDs, "Gangsta" 4AD |
| 9 | Gillian Welch, "Hard Times" Acony |
| 10 | EMA, "California" Souterrain Transmissions |