| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Lali Puna | Faking The Books | Morr |
| 2 | Xiu Xiu | Fabulous Muscles | 5RC |
| 3 | Calexico | Convict Pool | Quarterstick |
| 4 | Total Shutdown | Self-Titled | Tigerbeat6 |
| 5 | Deefhoof | Milkman | Kill Rock Stars |
| 6 | Architecture In Helsinki | Fingers Crossed | Barnone |
| 7 | Azita | Life On The Fly | Drag City |
| 8 | T.V. On The Radio | Desperate Youth Bloodthirsty Babes | Touch and Go |
| 9 | Clouddead | Ten | Mush |
| 10 | Oneida | Secret Wars | Secretly Canadian |
| 11 | Frankenixon | Amorphous | Bifi Records |
| 12 | Fourtet / Hella | Split 7'' | Ache |
| 13 | Coco Rosie | La Maison De Mon Reve | Touch and Go |
| 14 | Mixel Pixel | Rainbow Panda | Mental Monkey |
| 15 | The Flashbulb | Red Extension Of Me | Sublight |
| 16 | Metal Boys | Tokio Airport | Acute |
| 17 | Various | Anticon Sampler 1999-2004 | Anticon |
| 18 | DJ Broken Window | Parallel Universe #2 | Violent Turd |
| 19 | Early Day Miners | The Sonograph EP | Acuarela |
| 20 | Dios | Los Arboles EP | Dim Mak |
| 21 | Various | Read: Reinterpreting Bjork | Hush |
| 22 | Simon Joyner | Lost With the Lights On | Secretly Canadian |
| 23 | Trans Am | Liberation | Thrill Jockey |
| 24 | Neptune | Intimate Lightning | Mister |
| 25 | Le Scrawl | Eager To Please | Life Is Abuse |
| 26 | Turid | I Neutr | Silence |
| 27 | Private Lessons | False Alarms | No-No Records |
| 28 | Lying In States | Most Every Night | Flame Shovel |
| 29 | Idiot Flesh | The Nothing Show | Rock Against Rock |
| 30 | Andy Fergeson | Bedroom Currents | Self-Released |
| 31 | Faun Fables | Family Album | Drag City |
| 32 | Various | Free Design Redesigned | Light In The Attic |
| 33 | Madvillain | Madvillainy | Stones Throw |
| 34 | Rapider Than Horsepower | This Is My Big Night | Secretly Canadian |
| 35 | No Doctors | Hunting Season | Go Johnny Go |
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