| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Japancakes | Waking Hours | Warm Electronic |
| 2 | The Rogers Sisters | Three Fingers | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 3 | The Red Krayola | Japan in Paris in LA | Drag City |
| 4 | Four Tet | My Angel Rocks Back and Forth | Domino |
| 5 | Battles | EP C | Monitor |
| 6 | Bookmobile | Keys | Woodson Lateral |
| 7 | Antony and the Johnsons | s/t | Secretly Canadian |
| 8 | The Pine Hill Haunts | Bury your Hate in a Shallow Grave | LELP |
| 9 | The High Water Marks | Songs about the Ocean | Eenie Meenie |
| 10 | The No WTO Combo | Live from the Battle in Seattle | Alternative Tentacles |
| 11 | The Oranges Band | Two Thousands | Morphius |
| 12 | Martes Martes | Dragon Cat | Burning Tongue |
| 13 | I am the World Trade Center | The Cover Up | Gammon |
| 14 | The Gris Gris | s/t | Birdman |
| 15 | Panurge | Throw Down the Reins | Nettwerk |
| 16 | Traject | Strengir Hrynia | Spezial Material |
| 17 | Really Red | Teaching you the Fear | Empty |
| 18 | The Hindi Guns | Patriot Act EP | French Fan Club |
| 19 | Langhorne Slim | Electric Love Letter EP | Narnack |
| 20 | Child Pornography | Pleasey Please | Silencio |
| 21 | Dave Van Ronk | And the Tin Pan Bended, and the Story Ended | Smithsonian |
| 22 | Fires Were Shot | Solace | Asphodel |
| 23 | V/A | Por Vida | Rounder |
| 24 | Replicator | You Are Under Surveillance | Substandard |
| 25 | Cerberus Shoal | s/t | North East Indie |
| 26 | Whirlwind Heat | Flamingo Honey | Dim Mak |
| 27 | Kazuhisa Uchiashi and Gene Coleman | Storobo Imp | False Walls |
| 28 | Hearse | Armageddon Mon Amour | Candlelight |
| 29 | Air Conditioning | Weakness | Level Plane |
| 30 | Pink Guillotine | Sinister Quarter | Exotic Fever |