| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Four Tet | My Angel Rocks Back and Forth | Domino |
| 2 | Melvins/Lustmord | Pigs of the Roman Empire | Ipecac |
| 3 | The George W. Bush Singers | Songs in the Key of W | True Believer |
| 4 | V/A | Neurot Recordings 1 | Neurot |
| 5 | Guitar Wolf | Loverock | Narnack |
| 6 | Mouse On Mars | Radical Connector | Thrill Jockey |
| 7 | V/A | MD8 | N5MD |
| 8 | Icarus | I Tweet the Body Electric | Leaf Label |
| 9 | Kenn | The Sun is Always Setting | FutureStatic |
| 10 | Landing | Sphere | K |
| 11 | New York Ensemble of Music | At the Helm | Ikef |
| 12 | Japancakes | Waking Hours | Warm |
| 13 | The Pine Hill Haunts | Bury Your Hate in a Shallow Grave | LELP |
| 14 | The Red Krayola | Japan in Paris in LA | Drag City |
| 15 | Battles | EP C | Monitor |
| 16 | V/A | Miad | Somia |
| 17 | Gary Wilson | Mary Had Brown Hair | Stones Throw |
| 18 | Flossin | Lead Singer | Ache |
| 19 | Frog Eyes | The Folded Palm | Absolutely Kosher |
| 20 | The Fucking Am | Gold | Drag City |
| 21 | The Oranges Band | Two Thousands | Morphius |
| 22 | The No WTO Combo | Live from the Battle in Seattle | Alternative Tentacles |
| 23 | Antony and the Johnsons | s/t | Secretly Canadian |
| 24 | Bookmobile | Keys | Woodson Lateral |
| 25 | Langhorne Slim | Electric Love Letter EP | Narnack |
| 26 | Rogers Sisters | Three Fingers | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 27 | Dave Van Ronk | And the Tin Pan Bended and the Story Ended | Smithsonian |
| 28 | Din-ST | Yamu D'Din | Schematic/Asphodel |
| 29 | Traject | Strengir Hrynja | Spezial Material |
| 30 | The Vulvettes | This Is the Science we Believe in | Dragnet |