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KDHX DJ Top Tens of 2017
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Every year KDHX DJs are asked to pick their Top Ten favorite releases of the year. Find out which releases from 2017 stood out most to your favorite KDHX hosts in our year-end DJ Top Ten lists.
In other Best of 2017 coverage, see the KDHX Top Album Spins of 2017 and the KDHX Top Local Spins of 2017 lists.
Afternoon Delight with Jeff Hess
- Deerhoof - Mountain Moves (Joyful Noise)
- The Dinosaurs- The Dinosaurs (BDR / Big Muddy)
- Dream Machine - The Illusion (Fuzz City)
- Finn's Motel - Jupiter Rex (Victory Over Gravity)
- Karate Bikini - Chimera (self-released)
- Oh Sees - Orc (Castle Face)
- Saint Etienne - Home Counties (Heavenly)
- Sheer Mag - Need To Feel Your Love (Wilsun)
- Thee Fine Lines - Right Now! - EP (Chickpea)
- Whoa Thunder - The Depths Of The Deep End - EP (Blip Blap!)
The Back Country with Jeff Corbin
- Ags Connolly - Nothing Unexpected (At the Helm)
- Diesel Island - Diesel Island (Euclid)
- Ryan Koenig - Two Different Worlds (Big Muddy)
- Alison Krauss - Windy City (Capitol)
- Willie Nelson - God's Problem Child (Legacy)
- Bobby Osborne - Original (Compass)
- Margo Price - All American Made (Third Man)
- Colter Wall - Colter Wall (Young Mary's Recording Company)
- Dale Watson and Ray Benson - Dale and Ray (Ameripolitan/Home)
- Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, The Lonesome and The Gone (ATO)
Backroads with Stacy
- Gloria Attoun - GO (self-released)
- Bruce Cockburn - Bone on Bone (True North)
- Hope Dunbar - Three Black Crows (self-released)
- Carrie Elkin - The Penny Collector (self-released)
- Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)
- Tom Irwin - All That Love (Clyded)
- The Malvinas - God Bless the Grass (Soona Songs)
- Pint & A Half - Boomtown Ghosts (self-released)
- Darden Smith - Everything (Compass)
- Caroline Spence - Spades and Roses (self-released)
Bittersweet Melody with Allen
- Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song (Nonesuch)
- Bash & Pop - Anything Can Happen (Fat Possum)
- Ha Ha Tonka - Heart Shaped Mountain (Bloodshot)
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (Southeastern)
- Jade Jackson - Gilded (ANTI-)
- Laura Marling - Semper Femina (More Alarming)
- Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
- Josh Ritter - Gathering (Pytheas Recordings)
- Together PANGEA - Bulls & Roosters (Nettwerk)
- White Reaper - The World's Best American Band (Polyvinyl)
Bluegrass Breakdown with Walter and Willa Volz
- The Farm Hands - Colors (Pinecastle)
- The Grascals - Before Breakfast (Mountain Home)
- Hammertowne - Hillbilly Heroes (Mountain Fever)
- Bull Harman & Bull's Eye - Draw Four (Bull's Eye)
- Chris Jones & the Night Drivers - Made To Move (Mountain Home)
- Thomm Jutz - Crazy If You Let It (Mountain Fever)
- The Kody Norris Show - When I Get The Money Made (self-released)
- Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens - Songs Of Home and Inspiration (self-released)
- The Molly Rose Band - With All Due Respect (Patuxent)
- Nothin' Fancy - It's A Good Feeling (Mountain Fever)
C-Sides with Rick Comello
- Accordo dei Contrari - Violato Intatto (Belle Antique)
- Agusa - Agusa (The Laser's Edge)
- Bent Knee - Land Animal (InsideOut)
- Discipline - Captives of the Wine Dark Sea (The Laser's Edge)
- Deluge Grander - Oceanarium (Emkog)
- Hadal Sherpa - Hadal Sherpa (Hadal)
- Motorpsycho - The Tower (Rune Grammofon)
- Phlox -- Keri (MKDK)
- Soften the Glare - Making Faces (self-released)
- Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere (Karisma)
Cure for Pain
- Circle - Terminal (Southern Lord)
- Sarah Davachi - All My Circles Run (Students of Decay)
- Dedekind Cut - The Expanding Domain - EP (Hollow Ground)
- Dust Belt - Ecocannibalism (Hospital Productions)
- F INGERS - Awkwardly Blissing Out (Blackest Ever Black)
- JASSS - Weightless (iDEAL Recordings)
- Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Marlek (MILD VILNC)
- Nazoranai - Beginning To Fall In Line Before Me... (W. 25th / Superior Viaduct)
- Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Ambient Black Magic (Hospital Productions)
- C. Spencer Yeh - RCA Mark II (Primary Information)
Down Yonder with Keith Dudding
- Bobby Osborne - Original (Compass)
- Casey Campbell - Mandolin Duets, Volume 1 (self-released)
- Flatt Lonesome - Silence In These Walls (Mountain Home)
- Front Country - Other Love Songs (Organic)
- Gibson Brothers - In The Ground (Rounder)
- Infamous Stringdusters - Laws of Gravity (Compass)
- John Reischman & The Jaybirds - On That Other Green Shore (Corvus)
- Mike Barnet - Portraits in Fiddles (Compass)
- Old Salt Union - Old Salt Union (Compass)
- Tim O'Brien - Where The River Meets The Road (Howdy Skies)
Elevated Rhymestate with Wil Wander
- Alltta - The Upper Hand (On And On)
- Bliss N Eso - Off The Grid (Illusive)
- Brother Ali - All The Beauty In This Whole Life (Rhymesayers)
- Chicago Loud 9 - Reason (Chicago Loud 9)
- Citizen Kay - Belly of the Beast (ONETWO)
- Fashawn - Manna (Mass Appeal Records)
- Grieves - Running Wild (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
- iLLism - Love & Loyalty (iLLism)
- Mr. Lif & Brass Menazeri - Resilient (Waxsimile)
- Sidewalk Chalk - An Orchid Is Born (Ropeadope Records)
Feel Like Going Home with Roy Kasten
- Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee (Single Lock)
- Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins (Yep Roc)
- Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)
- Hurray For the Riff Raff - The Navigator (ATO)
- Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone (ATO)
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (Southeastern)
- Laura Marling - Semper Femina (More Alarming)
- Craig Finn - We All Want the Same Things (Partisan)
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman (Daptone)
- The Weather Station - The Weather Station (Paradise of Bachelors)
The Freaker's Ball with DJ Swan
- Aaron Dilloway - The Gag File (Dais)
- Ariel Pink - Dedicated To Bobby Jameson (Mexican Summer)
- CupcakKe - Queen Elizabitch (self-released)
- Differ-Ent - It's Good To Be Differ-Ent (Don't Be Afraid)
- Fire-Toolz - Drip Mental (Hausu Mountain)
- Hecker - A Script For Machine Synthesis (Editions Mego)
- Kelela - Take Me Apart (Warp)
- Larry B - 5 Sad Songs (Moodiie Inc.)
- Nídia Minaj - Nídia É Má, Nídia É Fudida (Príncipe)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - async (Milan)
The Future Is Now with Chris
- Algiers - The Underside of Power (Matador)
- Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Top Dawg Entertainment)
- Big Thief - Capacity (Saddle Creek)
- Perfume Genius - No Shape (Matador)
- Moses Sumney - Aromanticism (Jagjaguwar)
- Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear (ANTI-)
- Alvvays - Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
- Ibeyi - Ash (XL Recordings)
- Kelela - Take Me Apart (Warp)
- Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights (Matador)
Gettin' Down to It with Sean Smothers
- Amy Black - Memphis (Reuben)
- Don Bryant -- Don't Give Up On Love (Fat Possum)
- Curtis Harding -- Face Your Fear (ANTI-)
- Ikebe Shakedown -- The Way Home (Colemine)
- Gene Jackson - 1963 (Blue Lotus)
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings -- Soul of a Woman (Daptone)
- Sugaray Rayford -- The World That We Live In (Blind Faith)
- Soul Scratch - Pushing Fire (Colemine)
- Southern Avenue -- Southern Avenue (Stax)
- Wee Willie Walker & the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra - After A While (Blue Dot)
Gold Soundz with Chris Bay
- Alvvays - Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
- Cayetana - A New Kind of Normal (Plum)
- Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things (Partisan)
- Grandaddy - Last Place (Columbia)
- Hiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah Anyhow (Merge)
- John Moreland - Big Bad Luv (4AD)
- The National - Sleep Well Beast (4AD)
- Spiral Stairs - Doris & The Daggers (Domino)
- Sylvan Esso - What Now (Loma Vista)
- Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm (Merge)
Hindsight with Matt
- Ariel - Molten Young Lovers (Shelflife)
- The BV's - Speaking from a Distance (KUS)
- Communions - Blue (Fat Possum)
- The Luxembourg Signal - Blue Field (Shelflife)
- Morrissey - Low in High School (Etienne)
- Novella - Change of State (Sinderlyn)
- Ride - Weather Diaries (Wichita)
- Slowdive - Slowdive (Dead Oceans)
- Star Tropics - Lost World (Shelflife)
- The Workhouse - Now I Am on Fire (Oscarson)
Hip City with Chris Lawyer
- Tanika Charles - Soul Run (Record Kicks)
- Cody Chesnutt - My Love Divine Degree (One Little Indian Records)
- Cookin' On 3 Burners - Lab Experiments, Vol. 1: Mixin' (Soul Messin')
- The Haggis Horns - One of These Days (Haggis Records)
- Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear (Anti-)
- Stanton Moore - With You In Mind (Cool Green Recordings)
- The Pimps of Joytime - Third Wall Chronicles (Sugar Road Records)
- Earl St. Clair - My Name is Earl (Circa 13 / Def Jam)
- The Andy Tolman Cartel - Cypher (Freestyle)
- The Urban Renewal Project - 21st Century Ghost (Resonance Records)
The Interstate with Pat Wolfe
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (Southeastern)
- Turnpike Troubadours - A Long Way From Your Heart (Bossier City)
- Lilly Hiatt - Trinity Lane (New West)
- Old Salt Union - Old Salt Union (Compass)
- Will Hoge - Anchors (Thirty Tigers)
- Tyler Childers - Purgatory (Hickman Holler)
- Chris Stapleton - From A Room: Volume One (Mercury)
- Diesel Island - Diesel Island (Euclid)
- Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone (ATO)
- The Whiskey Gentry - Dead Ringer (Pitch-A-Tent)
Ital Rhythms with Ital K
- Macka B - Health Is Wealth (Greensleeves)
- Various Artists - Love Virus Riddim (Monkites)
- Morgan Heritage - Avrakedabra (CTBC Music)
- Vivian Jones - Deep Roots (Lana)
- Lyn - Debut (Jet Star)
- Queen Ifrica - Climb (VP)
- Various Artists - Sweet Like Sugar (Musical Ambassador)
- Jerry Johnson - Saxman's Visions of Love (Saxman Jerry Johnson)
- Jah9 - Hardcore - EP (Ariwa)
- Various Artists - Nugs & Kisses Riddim (Giddimani)
- Chronixx - Chronology (Chronixx Music)
Juxtaposition with Rob Levy
- Alvvays - Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
- Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex (Partisan)
- Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet (Dead Oceans)
- The Luxembourg Signa l - Blue Field (Shelf Life)
- Novella - Change of State (Synderlin)
- Ride - Weather Diaries (Wichita)
- Saint Etienne - Home Counties (Heavenly)
- Slowdive - Slowdive (Dead Oceans)
- St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista)
- The XX - I See You (Young Turk)
Latin Hemispheres with Carlos G. Charles
- Campo - Tambor del Cosmos (Sony)
- Chicano Batman - Freedom is Free (ATO)
- Chico Mann & Captain Planet - Night Visions (Bastard Jazz)
- EVHA - El Viejo Hombre de Los Andes (AYA)
- Jungle Fire - Jambu (Nacional)
- La Vida Bohéme - La Lucha (Nacional)
- Little Jesus - Rio Salvaje (Nacional)
- Marrón - Etc. (Nacional)
- Mitú - Cosmus (ZZK)
- Monoplasma - 1 (De La Rosa Music)
Memphis to Manchester with John Wendland
- Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, The Lonesome & the Gone (ATO Records)
- Joan Shelley - Joan Shelley (No Quarter)
- Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)
- Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator (ATO Records)
- Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Way Out West (Superlatone)
- Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song (Nonesuch)
- Laura Marling - Semper Femina (More Alarming)
- Finn's Motel - Jupiter Rex (Victory Over Gravity)
- Nicole Atkins - Waiting on a Song (Nonesuch)
- Ryan Koenig - Two Different Worlds (Big Muddy)
Mid-Day Jamboree with Fred Gumaer
- Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)
- Chris Hillman - Bidin' My Time (Rounder)
- Ryan Koenig - Two Different Worlds (Big Muddy)
- Zephaniah Ohora - This Highway (self-released)
- Old Salt Union - Old Salt Union (Compass)
- Margo Price - All American Made (Third Man)
- The Secret Sisters - You Don't Own Me Anymore (New West)
- Chris Stapleton - From A Room Vol. 1 (Mercury)
- Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Way Out West (Superlatone)
- Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone (ATO)
Music at Work with Curt
- Deerhoof - Mountain Moves (Joyful Noise)
- King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)
- Alex Lahey - I Love You Like A Brother (Dead Oceans)
- Nikki Lane - Highway Queen (New West)
- William Matheny - Strange Constellations (Misra)
- Jeb Loy Nichols - Country Hustle (City Country City)
- Lukas Nelson & Promise Of the Real - Lukas Nelson & Promise Of the Real (Fantasy)
- Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins (Yep Roc)
- Earl St. Clair - My Name Is Earl (Def Jam)
- Torgeir Waldemar - No Offending Borders (Jansen Plateproduksjon)
Music From the Hills with John Uhlemann
- Various Artists - Táncház - Népzene 2017 (Hagyományok Háza)
- Toko Telo band - Toy Raha Toy (Daniel Brandt SPRL)
- Olov Johansson, Erika Lindgren Liljenstolpe, Robert Larsson - Maskin (self-released)
- 3Fiddlers 3Traditions - Danish, American & Métis Fiddle Music (self-released)
- Muammer Ketenco?lu & Balkan Yolculu?u - Sand???mdan Rumeli Türküleri (Kalan)
- Väsen - Brewed (Northside)
- Saz'iso - At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me (Glitterbeat)
- Görkem Saoulis - Görkem (EasternGate)
- Karolina Cicha & Bart Palyga - P?yta Tatarska (Wyd?wi?k)
- Lele Lele Orchestra - När ljuset går (self-released)
Musical Merry-Go-Round with Grandfather Stark
- Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band - Made in LA (Rainy Day Dimes)
- The Bazillions - Rock-n-Roll Yearbook (Oddvious)
- Dan Zanes and Friends - Lead Belly Baby! (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Danny Weinkauf - Totally Osome! (Red Pants Music)
- Walter Martin - My Kinda Music (Family Jukebox, LLC)
- Randy Kaplan - Trippin Round the Mitten (Yellow Thing Records & Books)
- Lisa Loeb - Lullaby Girl (Furious Rose Productions)
- Shine and The Moonbeams - Shooting Stars (Shine and the Moonbeams)
- Jazzy Ash - Swing Set (Leaping Lizards Music)
- Jack Forman - Songs from the Monkey House (Monkey House Music)
Mystery Train with Tim
- Robert Sarazin Blake - Recitative (Same Room)
- Elf Power - Twitching In Time (Orange Twin)
- Grandpa's Ghost - The Carnage Queen (Transduction)
- Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock (Yep Roc)
- Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator (ATO)
- Jon Langford - Four Lost Souls (Bloodshot)
- Myrkur - Mareridt (Relapse)
- Shilpa Ray - Door Girl (Northern Spy)
- Oumou Sangare - Mogoya (No Format)
- Tristen - Sneaker Waves (Modern Outsider / Pupsnake)
Night Grooves with Orlandez
- Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Top Dawg Entertainment)
- Jay-Z - 4:44 (Rocnation)
- Tennis - Yours Conditionally (Mutually Detrimental)
- Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up (Nonesuch)
- Thundercat - Drunk (Brainfeeder)
- Once & Future Band - Once & Future Band (Castle Face)
- Amber Coffman - City of No Reply (Columbia)
- SZA - CTRL (Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA)
- Haim - Something to Tell You (Columbia)
- Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins (RCA)
Pop! The Beat Bubble Burst with Rich Reese
- Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song (Easy Eye Sound)
- Finn's Motel - Jupiter Rex (Victory Over Gravity)
- Flamin' Groovies - Fantastic Plastic (Sonic Kicks)
- Wesley Fuller - Inner City Dream (Pias America)
- Groovy Uncle (feat. Suzy Chunk) - A Clip Round The Ear (Trouserphonic)
- Karate Bikini - Chimera (Karate Bikini)
- Mark & The Clouds - Cumulus (Mega Dodo)
- Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins (Yep Roc)
- Pugwash - Silverlake (Lojinx)
- The Rallies - Serve (The Rallies)
Rhythm Highways with East Side Slim
- Big Creek Slim - Greasy Chicken Sessions Volumes 1 & 2 (Straight Shooter)
- Julian Fauth - The Weak and the Wicked; The Hard and the Strong (Electro-Fi)
- HowellDevine - Howl (Little Village Foundation)
- Nathan James - What I Believe (Sacred Cat)
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul Of A Woman (Daptone)
- Doug MacLeod - Break The Chain (Reference Recordings)
- Scottie Miller Band - Stay Above Water (self-released)
- Patrick Recob - Perpetual Luau (Mr. Lucky's Blues Recordings)
- Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black (ANTI-)
- Wee Willie Walker and The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra - After A While (Blue Dot)
Rocket 88 by Darren Snow
- Blondie - Pollinator (BMG)
- The Blue Aeroplanes - Welcome, Stranger! (Artstar)
- Chastity Belt - I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone (Hardly Art)
- Destroyer - Ken (Merge)
- Joywave - Content (Cultco/Hollywood)
- Land of Talk - Life after Youth (Saddle Creek)
- The Molochs - America's Velvet Glory (Innovative Leisure)
- The National - Sleep Well Beast (4AD)
- Tei Shi - Crawl Space (Downtown/Intercope)
- White Reaper - The World's Best American Band (Polyvinyl)
Rolling Thunder with Ryan Cain
- Electric Moon - Stardust Rituals (Sulatron)
- Elkhorn - The Black River (Debacle)
- Ex Eye - Ex Eye (Relapse)
- JuJu - Our Mother Was A Plant (Fuzz Club)
- Lamagaia - Lamagaia (Sunrise Ocean Bender / Cardinal Fuzz)
- Nine Inch Nails - Add Violence - EP (Null)
- Nova Collective - The Further Side (Metal Blade)
- Pairdown - Reach To Ring (self-released)
- Prana Crafter - MindStreamBlessing (Eiderdown)
- Yolk - Solar (Nuun)
Shake em on Down with Ronnie Wisdom
- The Como Mamas - Move Upstairs (Daptone)
- Heath Green & The Makeshifters - S/T (Alive Naturalsound)
- Mark Holder - Death and The Blues (Alive Naturalsound)
- Hooten Hallers - Hooten Hallers (Big Muddy)
- Eilen Jewell - Downhearted Blues (Signature Sounds)
- The Maness Brothers - The Maness Brothers (self-released)
- North Mississippi Allstars - Prayer For Peace (Songs of The South Records, LLC)
- Rev. Sekou - In Times Like These (Zent)
- Woodstomp - Woodstomp (self-release)
- Link Wray - Beans and Fatback (Tidal Waves Music) [REISSUE]
Sittin On Top of the World with Ryan Spearman
- The Country Side of Harmonica Sam - A Drink After Midnight (El Toro)
- St. Louis Steady Grinders - S/T (self-released)
- Miss Jubilee - Throw Me in the Alley (self-released)
- Dan Reeder - Nobody Wants to Be You - EP (Oh Boy)
- Billy Strings - Turmoil & Tinfoil (Apostol)
- Rayna Gellert - Workins Too Hard (StorySound)
- Ryan Koenig - Two Different Worlds (Big Muddy)
- Walker Shepard - Jalopy 7 Series - EP (Jalopy)
- Pokey LaFarge - Manic Revelations (Rounder)
- Dori Freeman - Letters Never Read (Blue Hens Music)
Songwriters Showcase with Ed Becker
- Erik Brace, Peter Cooper & Thom Jutz - Profiles In Courage, Frailty... (Red Beet)
- I Draw Slow - Turn Your Face To The Sun (Compass)
- Robyn Ludwick - This Tall To Ride (Late Show)
- Sean McConnell - Undone (Rounder)
- Scott Miller - Ladies Auxiliary (F.A.Y. Recordings)
- Katy Moffatt - Where The Heart Is (Centerfire Music)
- Tom Russell - Folk Hotel (Frontera Music)
- The Wailin' Jenny's - Fifteen 15 (Red House)
- Wild Ponies - Galax (Gearbox)
- Brock Zeman - The Carnival Is Back In Town (Busted Flat)
Sound Salvation with Steve Pick
- Dan Auerbach - Waiting For a Song (Easy Eye Sound)
- Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors (Domino)
- Neil Finn - Out of Silence (Lester Records)
- Haim - Something To Tell You (Columbia)
- Lilly Hiatt - Trinity Lane (New West)
- Joan Osborne - Songs of Bob Dylan (Womanly Hips)
- Zara McFarlane - Arise (Brownswood Recordings)
- Robert Plant - Carry Fire (Nonesuch)
- Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins (Yep Roc)
- Super Doppler - Moonlight Anthems (682719)
The Space Parlour with Nick Acquisto
- Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock (Yep Roc)
- Alvvays - Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
- Lee Ranaldo - Electric Trim (Mute)
- Algiers - The Underside of Power (Matador)
- Snowball II - Flashes of Quincy (Doughnut)
- Magic City - La Vie est Chére (Tower Groove)
- Tristen - Sneaker Waves (Modern Outsider)
- St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION (Loma Vista)
- Esther Rose - This Time Last Night (Mashed Potato)
- Groovy Uncle (feat. Suzy Chunk) - A Clip Round the Ear (Trouserphonic)
Steam-Powered Radio with Kelly Wells
- Norman Blake - Brushwood (Songs & Stories) (Western Jubilee)
- Dori Freeman - Letters Never Read (MRI)
- Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)
- Ryan Koenig - Two Different Worlds (Big Muddy)
- Pokey LaFarge - Manic Revelations (Rounder)
- Miss Jubilee - Throw Me in the Alley (Miss Jubilee)
- Margo Price - All American Made (Third Man)
- Billy Strings - Turmoil & Tinfoil (Apostol Recording Company)
- Molly Tuttle - Rise (self-released)
- Dale Watson & Ray Benson - Dale & Ray (Ameripolitan)
Time Warp Radio with Mark Hyken
- The Chuck Bedford Experience - Skipping Stones Into The 5th Dimension (self-released)
- Lee Ranaldo - Electric Trim (Mute)
- The Yardbirds - '68 (Jimmy Page Music)
- Robert Plant - Carry Fire (Nonesuch)
- Walter Trout - We're All In This Together (Provogue)
- Wucan - Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (Gretel)
- Guy Hatton - Feedback Alley (Pantechnicon Recordings)
- Strangeland - Figuration Of Hope Impact Part One (self released)
- Lunatic Soul - Fractured (KSCOPE)
- Wobbler - From Silence To Somewhere (Karisma)
Turn Up to Turn Down with DJ Willie B
- Rapsody - Crown (Rocnation / Jamla)
- Tonya Morgan - YGWY$4 (Imprint 180)
- Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva is a Mighty Long Time (Cinematic)
- Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Top Dawg Entertainment)
- Jay-Z - 4:44 (Rocnation)
- Sean Price - Imperius Rex (Duck Down)
- Oddisee - The Iceberg (Mello Music Group)
- Talib Kweli & Styles P - The Seven (Javolti)
- Cyhi The Prynce - No Dope on Sunday's (G.O.O.D / Sony)
- MC Eiht - Which Way is West (Year Round Inc.)
Uncontrollable Urge with bobEE Sweet
- Blowtorch - Justice Or Else (self-released)
- Blondie - Pollinator (BMG)
- Compressorhead - Party Machine (self-released)
- Deerhoof - Mountain Moves (Joyful Noise)
- The Dream Syndicate - How Did I Find Myself Here? (ANTI-)
- Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock (Yep Roc)
- Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins (Yep Roc)
- Oumou Sangare - Mogoya (No Format)
- Sparks - Hippopotamus (BMG)
- Tinariwen - Elwan (ANTI-)
Universal Default with Brian
- 79rs Gang - Dead & Gone/Wrong Part of Town 7" (Urban Unrest)
- BEHIND YOU - The Goodmorning Sessions (Hxoi Kato Apo to Spiti)
- BNNT - Multiverse (Instant Classic)
- David Maranha - Cai-Bem (Tanuki)
- Slomo - Transits (Trilithon)
- $un $keletons - Get it Up Yers Trio Vermin Supreme (Cruel Nature)
- The Odyssey Cult - Volume 1 & 2 (Silver Current)
- Time Machines - Time Machines (Dais Records) [REISSUE]
- Tomoko Sauvage - Musique Hydromantiqe (Shelter Press)
- V/A - Habibi Funk 007: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World (Habibi Funk)
Wax Lyrical with Caron
- Big Thief - Capacity (Saddle Creek)
- Chicano Batman - Freedom is Free (ATO)
- Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest (Because Music)
- Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now (Secretly Canadian)
- Laura Marling - Semper Femina (More Alarming)
- SACRED PAWS - Strike a Match (Rock Action)
- Jay Som - Everybody Works (Polyvinyl)
- Tennis - Yours Conditionally (Mutually Detrimental)
- Valerie June - The Order of Time (Concord)
- The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic)