| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Atomic 7 | En Hillbilly Caliente | Mint |
| 2 | Tracy + The Plastics | Culture for Pigeon | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 3 | Mae-shi | Terrorbird | 5RC |
| 4 | Pidgeon | From Gutter with Love | Absolutely Kosher |
| 5 | Various Arists | Web of Mimicry Sampler | Mimicry |
| 6 | Jaga Jazzist | Day | Smalltown Supersound |
| 7 | Glenn Jones | This Is The Wind That Blows It Out | Strange Attractors Audio House |
| 8 | Boom Box 2000 | Hits and Giggles | Orange Twin |
| 9 | Secret Mommy | Hawaii 5.0 | Ache |
| 10 | Aum Rifle | A Peal Of Bells | Shrimper |
| 11 | Dert | Fledgling | Dert |
| 12 | The Warmers | Wanted: More | Dischord |
| 13 | Max Richter | The Blue Notebooks | Fat Cat |
| 14 | Bardo Pond + Tom Carter | 4/23/03 | Three-Lobed |
| 15 | The Vibration | Ear To The Ground | BC |
| 16 | Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant | Sister Phantom Owl Fish | Ipecac |
| 17 | Leticia Castaneda | On The Verge Of Redundance | CIP |
| 18 | Molar | Time and Motion Studies | False Walls |
| 19 | Secret Chiefs 3 | Book Of Horizons | Mimicry |
| 20 | Antarctikans | The New Black | The New Black |
| 21 | Tender Buttons | You've Done It Now, You've Got It now | Deathbomb Arc |
| 22 | Various Artists | Classic Maritime Music | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 23 | Hobo-A-Go-Go | The Official Tour Album | We're Twins |
| 24 | Kim Hiorthoy | Live Shet | Smalltown Supersound |
| 25 | Dr Mix and the Remix | Wall Of Noise | Acute |
| 26 | Phonograhper's Union | Live On Sonarchy Radio | Accretions |
| 27 | The Affair/Hominid | 7" Lovers Split | Vice |
| 28 | Various Artists | Old Enough To Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records | Merge |
| 29 | Ellen Alien | Remix Collection | Asphodel |
| 30 | Gravy Train!!! | Ghost Boobs | Kill Rock Stars |