| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Various | Global Indie Clubpop | Eenie Meenie |
| 2 | Chinese Stars | Turbo Mattress | Skin Graft |
| 3 | Ecos de Borinquen | Mountain Music of Puerto Rico | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 4 | Robert Wyatt | Solar Flares Burn For You | Cuneiform |
| 5 | Innocent Mission | Befriended | Badman |
| 6 | The Planet The | Physical Angel | 54' 40 or Fight! |
| 7 | Graham Lindsay | Famous Anonymous Wilderness | Cetamourn |
| 8 | Country Teasers | Full Moon Empty Sportsbag | In The Red |
| 9 | Rachel's | Systems / Layers | Quarterstick |
| 10 | People Like Us & Kenny Go | Nothing Special | Soleil Moon / Mess Media |
| 11 | Various | The Mic Planet Sessions | Insomniac |
| 12 | Trachtenburg Family Slideshow | Vintage Slide Show Collections From Seattle, Vol. 1 | Bar / None |
| 13 | Feller Quentin | Cat In A Tree With A Mouse In His Teeth | Quellus |
| 14 | System and Station | If You Find Me, Let Me Know | Latest Flame / Crustacean |
| 15 | Books On Tape | Books On Tape Sings The Blues | Greyday |
| 16 | Japanther | Dump The Body In Rikki Lake | Menlo Park |
| 17 | Girlboy Girl | Forget The Ladder, Climb The Wall | Kittridge |
| 18 | Lederhosen Lucil | Tales From The Pantry | Hypo Productions |
| 19 | Carla Bozulich | Red Headed Stranger | DiCristina Stair Builder |
| 20 | Longshot | Open Mouths Fed | EV Productions |
| 21 | Paul Curreri | Songs For Devon Sproule | City Salvage |
| 22 | Themselves | The No Music of Aiff's the No Music Remixed | Anticon |
| 23 | USA Is A Monster | Tasheyana Compost | Load |
| 24 | Panicsville | Imperfection of the Organism | SNSE |
| 25 | Clear Horizon | Clear Horizon | Kranky |
| 26 | Why? | Early Whitney EP | Anticon |
| 27 | Buttless Chaps | Love This Time | Mint |
| 28 | The Lowdown | Y Is A Crooked Letter | Zum |
| 29 | Semi-Automatic | Wolfcentric | 5RC |
| 30 | Brother JT3 | Hang In There Baby | Drag City |
| 31 | U Can Unlearn Guitar | No Stings | Yelpco |
| 32 | Kingsbury Manx | Aztec Discipline | Overcoat |
| 33 | Various | People's History of the Dismemberment Plan | Desoto |
| 34 | Jonathan Segel | Edgy Not Antsy | Magnetic / Pitch A Tent |
| 35 | Clue To Kalo | Come Here When You Sleepwalk | Mush |