| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Faun Fables | Early Song | Drag City |
| 2 | The George W. Bush Singers | Songs in the Key of W | True Believer |
| 3 | Gary Wilson | Mary Had Brown Hair | Stones Throw |
| 4 | Mouse On Mars | Radical Connector | Thrill Jockey |
| 5 | Kenn | The Sun is Always Setting | Futurestatic |
| 6 | Triakel | Songs from the 63rd Latitude | North Side |
| 7 | Matt Curreri | How to Play the Songs of Matt Curreri | City Salvage |
| 8 | Lars Horntveth | Pooka | Smalltown Supersound |
| 9 | Guitar Wolf | Loverock | Narnack |
| 10 | The Rogers Sisters | Three Fingers | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 11 | Andy Furgeson and the Boys Howdy | Listen: | Boy Howdy Records |
| 12 | Climax Golden Twins | Highly Bred and Sweetly Tempered | North East Indie |
| 13 | New York Ensemble of Music | At the Helm | Ikef |
| 14 | The Vulvettes | This is the Science We Believe in | Dragnet |
| 15 | The Fucking Am | Gold | Drag City |
| 16 | Flossin | Lead Singer | Ache |
| 17 | Frog Eyes | The Folded Palm | Absolutely Kosher |
| 18 | Lukas Ligeti | Mystery System | Tzadik |
| 19 | Bloc Party | Bloc Party EP | Dim Mak |
| 20 | Melvins and Lustmord | Pigs of the Roman Empire | Ipecac |
| 21 | Din-ST | Yamu D'Din | Schematic |
| 22 | Landing | Sphere | K |
| 23 | The Red Krayola | Japan in Paris in LA | Drag City |
| 24 | V/A | Confuse Yr Idols | Narnack |
| 25 | Adem | Homesongs | Domino Recording Co. |
| 26 | Inclination | Transmissions From Headquarters | Self |
| 27 | V/A | Miad | Somia |
| 28 | Japancakes | Waking Hours | Warm Electronic |
| 29 | Antony and the Johnsons | s/t | Secretly Canadian |
| 30 | Four Tet | My Angel rocks back and forth | Domino |