10 Honorary Mentions:
-Arctic Monkeys – AM (2013)
-Bill Callahan – Dream River (2013)
-Chromatics – Kill for Love (2012)
-Destroyer – Kaputt (2011)
-Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
-Langhorne Slim & The Law – The Way We Move (2012)
-PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (2011)
-Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Wig Out At Jagbags (2014)
-Titus Andronicus – Local Business (2012)
-Tom Waits – Bad As Me (2011)