| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Phantom Limbs | Applied Ignorance | Alternative Tentacles |
| 2 | American Analog Set | Know By Heart | Tigerstyle |
| 3 | Raya Wrath of Fancan | s/t | Dark Piglet |
| 4 | Patsy | In a Briefcase | self-released |
| 5 | Walkmen | s/t | Star Time |
| 6 | Holly Golightly | Singles Round Up | Damaged Goods |
| 7 | Matthew Shipp String Trio | Expansion, Power, Release | Hatology |
| 8 | Electric Company | 62-65 | Tigerbeat6 |
| 9 | Rogers Sisters | Let's Fly Away 7" | Motor Sister |
| 10 | IfIHadAHiFi | Ones and Zeros | No Karma/Tape Engine |
| 11 | Clean, the | Getaway | Merge |
| 12 | Faint | Dance Macabre | Saddle Creek |
| 13 | Thalia Zedek | Been Here and Gone | Matador |
| 14 | Various Artists | Vocal Music In Crete | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 15 | Summer Hymns | A Celebratory Arm Gesture | Misra |
| 16 | Ulan Bator | Ego : Echo | Young God |
| 17 | Pram | Somniloquy | Merge |
| 18 | Matty and Mossy | Fraimers Hamey | Fleece |
| 19 | Lesser | Mensa Dance Squad | Tigerbeat6 |
| 20 | Four Corners | Say You're a Scream | Kindercore |
| 21 | Rechenzentrum | The John Peel Session | Kitty-yo |
| 22 | Ex Orkest | Een Rondje Holland | Ex |
| 23 | Fitts | I Can't Break Away 7" | Contaminated |
| 24 | Jocy De Oliveria | Illud Tempus | O.O. Discs |
| 25 | Azaila Snail | Brazen Arrows | Dark Beloved Cloud |
| 26 | Superchunk | Late-Century Dream | Merge |
| 27 | Darling | s/t | self-released |
| 28 | A.A. Allen Miracle Revival Ministries | I am Lucifer | Mad |
| 29 | A-Frames | Neutron Bomb 7" | Dragnet |
| 30 | Stars as Eyes | Freedom Rock | Tigerbeat6 |
| 31 | Dirtbombs | Ultraglide in Black | In the Red |
| 32 | Screws | Shake Your Monkey | In the Red |
| 33 | Owls | s/t | Jade Tree |
| 34 | Tight Bro's From Way Back When | Lend You a Hand | Kill Rock Stars |
| 35 | Truman's Water | s/t | Emperor Jones |
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