| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Xiu Xiu | Fabulous Muscles | 5RC |
| 2 | Deerhoof | Milkman | Kill Rock Stars |
| 3 | Andy Fergeson | Bedroom Currents | Self-Released |
| 4 | John Vanderslice | Cellar Door | Barsuk |
| 5 | Amps For Christ | The People At Large | 5RC |
| 6 | The Double | Palm Fronds | Catsup Plate |
| 7 | Joanna NEwson | The Milk Eyed Mender | Drag City |
| 8 | Dios | Los Arboles EP | Dim Mak |
| 9 | Private Lessons | False Alarms | No-No Records |
| 10 | Lying In States | Most Every Night | Flame Shovel |
| 11 | 90 Day Men | Panda Park | Southern |
| 12 | Cerebrus Shoal | Bastion Of Itchy Preeves | North East Indie |
| 13 | Transistor Transistor | Wolves | Level Plane |
| 14 | Rochester Fosgate | Self-Titled | Smooth Excavator |
| 15 | Various | Read: Interpreting Bjork | Hush |
| 16 | Old Time Relijin | Lost Light | K |
| 17 | Metal Urbain | Anarchy In Paris! | Acute |
| 18 | Hella | The Devil Isn't Red | 5RC |
| 19 | Trans Am | Liberation | Thrill Jockey |
| 20 | Neptune | Intimate Lighting | Mister |
| 21 | Chris Brokaw | Wandering As Water | Return To Sender |
| 22 | Slomo Rabbit Kick | Bass Monster Lives In Bass Forest | Skoki |
| 23 | Music A.M. | Heart And Two Stars | Quartermass |
| 24 | Aesop Rock | Bazooka Tooth | Def Jux |
| 25 | Cyann and Ben | Spring | Locust |
| 26 | Chromatics | Plaster Mounds | Gold Standard Laboratories |
| 27 | Amy Blaschke | Self-Titled | Lucky Horse Industries |
| 28 | Mixel Pixel | Rainbow Panda | Mental Monkey |
| 29 | Small Axe | Ride To The Bottom | HoeX |
| 30 | The Means | Divine Right Of Means | Doubleplus Good |
| 31 | Paul Wirkus | Inteletto D'amore | Quecksilber |
| 32 | Coco Rosie | La Maison De Mon Reve | Touch and Go |
| 33 | The Black Keys | The Moan | Alive |
| 34 | Little Wings/Lee Baggett | Harvest Joy/Orchard Sketches | Invisible City |
| 35 | Jeremy From Boise | It's Called Finishing | Fort Hazel |
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