| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Various | Global Indie Clubpop | Eenie Meenie |
| 2 | The Innocence Mission | Befriended | Badman |
| 3 | Japanther | Dump the Body in Rikki Lake | Menlo Park |
| 4 | Alias | Muted | Anticon |
| 5 | Various | Wire Tapper 10 | Wire |
| 6 | No. 9 | s/t EP | Locust |
| 7 | Colleen | Everyone Alive Wants Answers | Leaf |
| 8 | Nervous Cop | s/t | 5RC |
| 9 | Soul Junk | 1958 | Sounds Are Active/Sounds Familyre |
| 10 | Various | SHADO Electro | SHADO |
| 11 | So | So | Thrill Jockey |
| 12 | The Cansecos | s/t | Upper Class |
| 13 | Various | Ru.Electronic 2 | Lo |
| 14 | [the User] | Abandon | Asphodel |
| 15 | I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness | s/t | Emperor Jones |
| 16 | Diverse | One A.M. | Chocolate Industries |
| 17 | Books on Tape | Sings the Blues | Greyday |
| 18 | Explosions in the Sky | The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place | Temporary Residence |
| 19 | Jel | 10 Seconds | Mush |
| 20 | Hala Strana | s/t | Emperor Jones |
| 21 | Nymphomatriarch | s/t | Hymen |
| 22 | Various | A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan | DeSoto |
| 23 | Semiautomatic | Wolfcentric | 5RC |
| 24 | Quench | Punctuated | n5MD |
| 25 | Graham Lindsay | Famous Anonymous Wilderness | Catamount |
| 26 | Turkish Queen | Cusp | Self-Released |
| 27 | Kid Koala | My Best Friends are DJs | Ninja Tune |
| 28 | Paul Curreri | Songs for Devin Sproule | City Salvage |
| 29 | Guignol | Angela, David and the Great Neopolitan Road Issue | Cenotaph |
| 30 | Rachel's | Systems/Layers | Quarterstick |
| 31 | The Unicorns | Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? | Alien 8 |
| 32 | Emery Reel | ...For and Acted Upon Through Diversion | First Flight |
| 33 | Troyer | Rose de Shiraz | Deluxe |
| 34 | The Lowdown | Y is a Crooked Letter | Zum |
| 35 | J.D. Robb | Rhythmania | Locust |