I'll share a top-ish list and then a list of stuff that deserves a listen no matter what. Asterisks for those that really stand out to me.

Top list (in no order, but somewhat chronological from April through June):
Adrian Young/Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz is Dead 001
Cleo Sol - Rose in the Dark**
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Boltcutters**
Jamael Dean - Oblivion**
Raw Poetic/Damu/Archie Shepp - Ocean Bridges**
Moses Sumney - Grae**
Nick Hakim - WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD** (seriously, I wish more folks would check this out)
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately**
HAIM - Women in Music Pt III
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure**
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher** (THIS RECORD IS SO GOOD)
RTJ4
Skyzoo - Milestones & The Bluest Note


Other stuff I really liked:
Charlotte Dos Santos - Harvest Time
John Carroll Kirby releases (Conflict and My Garden)
Damien Jurado - What's New Tomboy?
Natalia Lafourcade - Un Canto por Mexico
Orrin Evans and Captain Black Big Band - Intangible Between
Cory Wong - Meditations
Okkyung Lee - Yeo-Neun
Roy Ayers/Younge&Muhammad - JID 002
Khruangbin - Mordechai
Norah Jones - Pick Me Up Off the Floor
Ramakhandra - Ramakhandra
Sarah Jarosz - World on the Ground
Sault - Untitled (Black Is)

Need to spend more time with:
Aaron Space & His Terrestrial Underlings - Fishland
Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners
Freddie Gibbs - Alfredo
Silent Titan - Remote Cinematic
Ambrose Akinmusire - On the Tender Spot...
Armand Hammer - Shrines
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
Brigid Mae Power - Head Above the Water
Neil Young - Homegrown
Owen Pallett - Island

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~