• "Tracker", Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits
• "Down to Believing", country singer Allison Moorer. This is her first album since giving birth to her son and finding out about his autism.
• "Stranger to Ourselves", Modest Mouse
• "Run", the electronic rock band AWOLNation
• "Goon", the debut album from Tobias Jesso Jr.
• "Raise a Little Hell", the Irish rock band The Answer
• "Madness", the hard rock band Sleeping with Sirens
• "Little Neon Limelight", country rock band Houndmouth
• "Liz Longley", country singer Liz Longley
• "It Was Triumph We Once Proposed… Songs of Jason Molina", Glen Hansard
A five-song EP of covers to pay tribute to a friend who died two years ago.
• "Seth Avett and Jessica Lee Mayfield Sing Elliot Smith", a tribute album by Seth Avett from the Avett Brothers and alternative singer Jessica Lee Mayfield.
• "Afrodeezia", Marcus Miller.
He's a jazz guy, but what's interesting about this album is he collaborated with musicians from various countries touched by slavery after noticing similarities between their musical styles while serving as a spokesperson for the Slave Route Project.
