A list of my favourite (non-Merge) releases this year; 
Album Of The Year: Alex G - House of Sugar
Joan Shelley - Like The River Loves The Sea
Helado Negro - This Is How You Smile
Various - Kankyō Ongaku
Whitney - Forever Turned Around
Florist - Emily Alone
Blood Orange - Angel's Pulse
DIIV - Deceiver 
Outer Spaces - Gazing Globe
Erin Durant - Islands