| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | The Mae Shi | To Hit Armor Class Zero | Self-Released |
| 2 | The Scene Creamers | I Suck On That Emotion | Drag City |
| 3 | Moving Units | Moving Units | Palm Pictures |
| 4 | Lyrics Born | Hello | One Session/Quannum |
| 5 | Various Artists | Mollie's Mix | Kill Rock Stars |
| 6 | Lightning Bolt | Wonderful Rainbow | Load |
| 7 | The Apes | Street Warz | Planasia |
| 8 | Daedalus | The Quiet Party | Plug Research |
| 9 | The Orphans | The Orphans 7" | Malo |
| 10 | Smog | Supper | Drag City |
| 11 | Various Artists | Classic Mountain Songs | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 12 | Encre | Encre | Clapping Music |
| 13 | Nobukazu Takemura | 10th | Thrill Jockey |
| 14 | Glass Candy | Love Love Love | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 15 | Aarktica | Pure Tone Audiometry | Silber |
| 16 | Camper Van Beethoven | Cigarettes and Carrot Juice Sampler | SpinART |
| 17 | Death From Above | Heads Up | Ache |
| 18 | Daniel Johnston | Fear Yourself | Gammon |
| 19 | Various Artists | Black and Proud Vol. 1 | Trikont |
| 20 | Atom and His Package | Attention! Blah, Blah, Blah | Hopeless |
| 21 | The Cadets | Finding the Straight and Level | Snow Globe |
| 22 | Meanest Man Contest | Merit | Plug Research |
| 23 | Rogers Sisters | Purely Evil | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 24 | Die Zorros | History of Rock Vol. 7 | Voodoo Rhythm |
| 25 | Devendra Banhart | Oh Me Oh My | Young God |
| 26 | Intima | Peril and Panic | Slowdance |
| 27 | Machine Drum | Urban Biology | Merck |
| 28 | Pleasurehorse | Bare Skin Rug | Load |
| 29 | The Starvations | Horrified Eyes 7" | GSL |
| 30 | Nomy Lamm | Effigy | YoYo |
| 31 | Boxing | Way Down East | Self-Released |
| 32 | Languis | Unithematic | Pehr |
| 33 | Eleni Mandell | Country For True Lovers | Zedtone |
| 34 | Bent Wax | Unhuman Life Project | Self-Released |
| 35 | Dear Nora/Mates of State | Split 7" | Polyvinyl |
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