- Svalbard – ‘When I Die, Will I Get Better?‘, Holy Roar Records
- Show Me A Dinosaur – ‘Plantgazer‘, Self-released
- HOLY FAWN – ‘The Black Moon‘, Triple Crown Records
- Unreqvited – ‘Empathica‘, Northern Silence Productions
- FM-84 – ‘Maverick‘, Self-released
- Peter Peter – ‘Super Comédie‘, Audiogram / Sony Music
- Molchat Doma – ‘Monument‘, Sacred Bones Records
- Code Orange – ‘Underneath‘, Roadrunner Records
- Horse The Band – ‘Your Fault‘, Ratgirl Records
- Velveteen – ‘Bluest Sunshine‘, Shore Dive Records
- This Will Destroy You – ‘Vespertine‘, Dark Operative Records
- The Sun Burns Bright – ‘In Death We Rest‘, Self-released
- Mega Drive – ‘Sequencer‘, Self-released
- Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush‘, Island Records / Interscope Records / Fiction Records / Caroline International
- sleepmakeswaves – ‘these are not your dreams‘, Bird’s Robe Records
- Violet Cold – ‘Noir Kid‘, Self-released
- The Midnight – ‘Monsters‘, Counter Records
- As Real – ‘Marveless‘, Self-released
- Deftones – ‘Ohms‘, Reprise
- Touché Amoré – ‘Lament‘, Epitaph
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