| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Clinic | Walking With Thee | Domino |
| 2 | Infinite X's, The | s/t | Chainsaw |
| 3 | AUM Rifle, The | Dust & White Sky | Jesus' Open Casket |
| 4 | 90 Day Men | To Everybody | Southern |
| 5 | Manifolds/DC Special | split CD | Needles And Pins |
| 6 | Bevis Frond | Triptych | Rubric |
| 7 | Felix Da Housecat | Kittenz And The Glitz | Emperor Norton |
| 8 | Xiu Xiu | Knife Play | 5 Rue Christine |
| 9 | White Collar Crime | Their Laws Are Dimwit Greed | Soft Skull |
| 10 | Gasoline | Take It To The People | Estrus |
| 11 | Alastair Galbraith and Matt de Gennaro | Long Wires in Dark Museums | Emperor Jones |
| 12 | ABCs | s/t | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 13 | Larsen | Rever | Young God |
| 14 | Quails, the | We Are the Quails | Inconvenient |
| 15 | Hex Error | s/t | Self-Released |
| 16 | David Kilgour | A Feather in the Engine | Merge |
| 17 | Electrelane | Rock it to the Moon | Mr. Lady |
| 18 | Desapercidos | Read Music/Speak Spanish | Saddle-Creek |
| 19 | Arkham | s/t | Cuneiform |
| 20 | Lewd, the | The Lewd Live at the Mabuhay | Subterranean/Vampir |
| 21 | Rube Waddell | Bound for the Gates of Hell | Vaccination |
| 22 | Phantasm | Wreckage | Deep Six |
| 23 | Sean Na Na | My Majesty | French Kiss |
| 24 | Various Artists | Estrus Double Dyn-o-mite Sampler Vol. 3 | Estrus |
| 25 | Kill Me Tomorrow | Chrome Mellow | Silvergirl |
| 26 | Mirah | Cold Cold Water 7" | K |
| 27 | Various Artists | Grazing in the Trash Vol. 2 | Soul Fire |
| 28 | Various Artists | Compilation: Information | Imperial |
| 29 | Saturday People | s/t | Slumberland |
| 30 | Elders of Zion | Dawn Refuses to Rise | Incidental Music |
| 31 | New Flesh | Understanding | Ninja Tune |
| 32 | Planck Length | s/t | Self-Released |
| 33 | Lords of Altamont | To Hell With the Lords | Sympathy for the Record Industry |
| 34 | Gliss | s/t | Bilawn |
| 35 | Okkervil River | Don't Fall in Love with Everyone | Jagjaguwar |