~An article by Jordan Volz Honorable Mentions: Aether | In Between the Frames United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Self-Released Colditz Glider | Properties of Light EP Australia Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Building Records Coming Home to Traffic Patterns | Are Tears the Blood of the Soul? Canada Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Self-Released Decoder Ring | Somersault Australia Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Bella Union Records Eluvium | Accidental Memory In Case of Death United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Temporary Residence Limited Empty House Cooperative | Painted Planes United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Sedimental Records A Five and Dime Ship | The Way It Would All End United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Self-Released Friends of Dean Martinez | Random Harvest Uited States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Narnack Records Greenland | Prisons of Language Australia Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Gizeh Records Growing | The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Kranky Records Lanterna | Highways United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Badman Recordings Low Frequency in Stereo | Travelling Ants who Got Eaten By Moskus Norway Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Rec 90 Mountain Men Anonymous | Krkonose England Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: My Kung Fu Records Mum | Summer Make Good Iceland Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Fat Cat Records Ostinato | Left Too Far Behind United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Exile on Mainstream Paik | Satin Black United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Beyonder Records Permanent Fatal Error | Law Speed France Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Wallace Records Proeliis Fere | Proeliis Fere EP Canada Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Linus Records Qua | Painting Monsters on Clouds Australia Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Surgery Records Ratatat | Ratatat United States Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: XL Recordings Rest | Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame Ireland Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Out on a Limb Records Rovo | Mon Japan Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: First Aid Network School of Emotional Engineering | School of Emotional Engineering Australia Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Architecture Label Season | Avatar Australia Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Alone Again Records Ultraviolet Makes Me Sick | No Freeway, No Plan, No Trees, No Ghosts Italy Website: Click Here Music: Click Here Label: Carrot Top Records Staff Submissions Alex Bradshaw England 1. 65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math 2. Mono - Walking Clouds and Deep Red Sky, Flags Fluttered and the Sun Shined 3. Destroyalldreamers - A Coeur Leger Sommeil Sanglant 4. The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place 5. Theta Naught - Abacus 6. Foxhole - We The Wintering Tree 7. Valley of the Giants - Valley of the Giants 8. Tortoise - Its All Around You 9. Explosions In The Sky - Friday Night Lights 10. Sparrows Swarm and Sing - Untitled I 11. Efterklang - Tripper 12. Samuel Jackson Five - Same Same But Different 13. A Silver Mt Zion - Pretty Little Lightning Paw 14. By The End Of Tonight - Fireworks On Ice 15. Russian Circles - Russian Circles James Ould England 1. 65 Days of Static - The Fall Of Math 2. Russian Circles - Russian Circles 3. Mono - Walking Clouds and Deep Red Sky, Flags Fluttered and the Sun Shined 4. The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place 5. Foxhole - We The Wintering Tree 6. Tracer AMC - Flux and Form 7. Tortoise - It's All Around You 8. Joy Wants Eternity - Must You Smash Your Ears Before You Learn To Listen With Your Eyes 9. Mountain Men Anonymous - Krkonose 10. Theta Naught - Abacus 11. Efterklang - Springer 12. Sweek - Shooting Star's Sigh 13. Explosions In The Sky - Friday Nights Lights OST 14. As The Poets Affirm - The Jaws that Bite, the Claws that Catch 15. By The End Of Tonight - Fireworks On Ice Ian Nicholls England 1.Max Ricter - The Blue Notebooks 2. Joy Wants Eternity - Must You Smash Your Ears Before You Learn To Listen With Your Eyes 3. Grace Cathedral Park - In The Evenings Of Regret 4. Mono - Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined 5. Tracer AMC - Flux And Form 6. Lunz - Reinterpretations 7. Blomenfontein - The Longer Now 8. Eluvium - Accidental Memory In Case of Death 9. Explosions In The Sky - Friday Night Lights OST 10. As The Poets Affirm - The Jaws that Bite, the Claws that Catch 11. September Malevolence - Surviving Destines 12. The Six Parts Seven - Everywhere But Here 13. Russian Circles - Russian Circles 14. Destroy All Dreamers - A Coeur Leger Sommeil Sanglant 15. Grails - Red Light Marcus Whale Australia 1. Triosk - Moment Returns 2. The Necks - Mosquito/See Through 3. School of Emotional Engineering - School of Emotional Engineering 4. 65 Days of Static - The Fall of Math 5. Colditz Glider - Properties of Light 6. Silencio - Dead Kings 7. Jakob - Dominion 8. Joy Wants Eternity - Must We Smash Your Ears Before You Learn To Listen With Your Eyes 9. Clogs - Stick Music 10. Tortoise - It's All Around You 11. International Karate - A Monster In Soul 12. Greenland - Prisons of Language 13. The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan 14. Hammock - Kenotic 15. Qua - Painting Monsters on Clouds Seth Ballentine United States 1. 65 Days of Static - The Fall of Math 2. Ratatat - Ratatat 3. Gaston - What Time Does Your Train Leave Today? 4. Foxhole - We the Wintering Tree 5. Don't Mess With Texas - Don't Mess With Texas 6. Battles - EP C 7. Tortoise - It's All Around You 8. Mono -Walking Clouds and Deep Red Sky, Flags Fluttered and the Sun Shined 9. Detwiije - Six is Better Than Eight 10. The Album Leaf - In a Safe Place 11. Mortimur - Mortimur 12. Kaki King - Legs to Make Us Longer 13. Scraps of Tape - Read Between the Lines at All Times 14. Tracer AMC - Flux and Form 15. This Specific Dream - This Specific Dream Jonathan Brooks United States 1. 65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math 2. Grails - Red Light 3. Grace Cathedral Park - In the Evening of Regret 4. Mono - Walking Clouds and Deep Red Sky, Flags Fluttered and the Sun Shined 5. Destroyalldreamers - A Coeur Leger Sommeil Sanglant 6. Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks 7. Joy Wants Eternity - Must We Smash Your Ears Before You Learn To Listen With Your Eyes 8. Mayar Posse - Kings of Time 9. Silencio - Dead Kings 10. The Album Leaf - In a Safe Place 11. Valley of the Giants - Westworld 12. Hammock - Kenotic 13. As the Poets Affirm - The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch 14. Russian Circles - Russian Circles 15. Sweek - Shooting Star's Sigh Jerome Holeyman United States 1. 65 Days of Static - The Fall of Math 2. Hammock - Kenotic 3. Destroy All Dreamers - A Coeur Leger Sommeil Sanglant 4. A Silver Mt Zion - Pretty Little Lightening Paw 5. The Exploits of Elaine - Untitled 6. Mono -- Walking Clouds and Deep Red Sky, Flags Fluttered and the Sun Shined 7. Migala -- La Adventura Increible 8. Giardini di Miro -- Hits for Broken Hearts and Asses 9. Sparrows Swarm and Sing -- Untitled I 10. Tracer AMC -- Flux and Form 11. Moly -- Moly 12. Sweek -- Shooting Star's Sigh 13. Jakob -- Dominion 14. Magyar Posse -- Kings of Time 15. As the Poets Affirm -- The Jaws that Bite, the Claws that Catch Jonathan Carter United States 1. The Six Parts Seven - Everywhere And Right Here 2. Hammock - Kenotic 3. 65 Days Of Static - The Fall Of Math 4. Silencio - Dead Kings 5. Mono - Walking Clouds and Deep Red Sky, Flags Fluttered and the Sun Shined 6. Scraps Of Tape - Read Between the Lines At All Times 7. Efterklang - Tripper 8. Foxhole - We The Wintering Tree 9. Joy Wants Eternity - Must We Smash Your Ears Before You Learn to Listen With Your Eyes 10. Destroy All Dreamers - A Coeur Leger Sommeil Sanglant 11. Sweek - The Shooting Star's Sigh 12. Magyar Posse - Kings Of Time 13. The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place 14. Tulsa Drone - No Wake 15. Tortoise- It's All Around You Joseph Sannicandro United States 1. Mono -Walking Clouds and Deep Red Sky, Flags Fluttered and the Sun Shined 2. 65 Days of Static - The Fall of Math 3. Tortoise - It's All Around You 4. Eluvium -Accidental Memory In Case of Death 5. Valley of the Giants - Westworld 6. As the Poets Affirm -The Jaws that Bite, the Claws that Catch 7. Hammock - Kenotic 8. The Album Leaf - In a Safe Place 9. Sparrows Swarm and Sing - Untitled 1 10. Battles - Ep B/C EP 11. Efterklang - Tripper 12. Russian Circles - Russian Circles 13. Destroy All Dreamers -A Coeur Leger Sommeil Sanglant 14. Tarantel - We Move Through the Weather 15. Giardini di Miro - Hits for Broken Hearts and Asses Navigation: 50-26 | 25-1 | Extras