5) Apex Manor: The Year of Magical Drinking
4) Frankel: Sugar Twists Like Hurricane
3) J Mascis: Several Shades of Why
2) Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo
1) Charles Bradley: No Time For Dreaming
Honorable Mentions: Atlas Sound, Real Estate, Wye Oak, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Centro-Matic