| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | El Guapo | Fake French | Dischord |
| 2 | Adult | Anxiety Always | Ersatz Audio |
| 3 | Various Artists | Sampler 2003 | We're Twins |
| 4 | Friends in the Mountains | Friends in the Mountains EP | Self-Released |
| 5 | The Deadly Snakes | Ode to Joy | In the Red |
| 6 | Midnight Movies | Midnight Movies | Self-Released |
| 7 | The Chromatics | Chrome Rats vs. Basement Ruts | Gold Standard Laboratories |
| 8 | Jaga Jazzist | Animal Chin | Gold Standarad Laboratories |
| 9 | Bishop Allen | Charm School | Self-Released |
| 10 | Giardini di Miro | The Soft Touch EP | Contact |
| 11 | The Mae Shi | To Hit Armor Class Zero | Self-Released |
| 12 | Various Artists | La Musica della Mafia | PIAS |
| 13 | Moving Units | Moving Units | Palm Pictures |
| 14 | Pikadori | Pikadori | Hope |
| 15 | Triple Creme | Lucid | Self-Released |
| 16 | The Aislers Set | How I Learned to Write Backwards | Suicide Squeeze |
| 17 | The Cadets | Finding the Straight and Level | Snowglobe |
| 18 | Boxing | Way Down East | Self-Released |
| 19 | Brokeback | Look at the Bird | Thrill Jockey |
| 20 | Alto Heceta | This Distance This Weekend | Synaptic Tactic |
| 21 | DJ Spooky | Dubtometry | Thirsty Ear |
| 22 | Amon Tobin | Out From Out Where | Ninja Tune |
| 23 | Warmdesk | Guero Variations | Deluxe |
| 24 | Dump | Grown-Ass Man | Shrimper |
| 25 | Funki Porcini | Fast Asleep | Ninja Tune |
| 26 | The Robot Ate Me | They Ate Themselves | Swim Slowly |
| 27 | The Sparklers | Secret Snow 7" | Fantastic |
| 28 | Glass Candy | Love Love Love | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 29 | David Lightbourn's Stop and Go Boys | Monkey Junk | Upland |
| 30 | Daedalus | The Quiet Party | Plug Research |
| 31 | The Scene Creamers | I Suck on That Emotion | Drag City |
| 32 | Lyrics Born | Hello | One Session/Quannum |
| 33 | North of America | Brothers, Sisters | Level Plane |
| 34 | Steelpolebathtub | Unlistenable | Zero to One |
| 35 | Various Artists | Why is Anything Forbidden? | Deathbomb Arc |