15. Damien Jurado – Maraqopa

(Secretly Canadian)

14. Sand Circles – Motor City

(Not Not Fun)

13. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind

(Epitaph)

12. Advance Base – A Shut-In’s Prayer

(Orindal)

11. Strand of Oaks – Dark Shores

(Self Released)

10. Actress – R.I.P

(Honest Jon’s Records)

9. Christian Löffler – A Forest

(Ki Records)

8. Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin – Instrumental Tourist

(Software)

7. Holy Other – Held

(Tri Angle)

6. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

(Domino)

5. Field Report – Field Report

(Partisan)

4. The XX – Coexist

(Young Turks)

3. Japandroids – Celebration Rock

(Polyvinyl)

2. Evening Hymns – Spectral Dusk

(Shuffling Feet / Strange Ways)

1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

(Constellation)

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