| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | V/A | Fabricate | Audraglint |
| 2 | George W. Bush Singers | Songs in the Key of W | True Believer |
| 3 | Julie Doiron | Goodnight Nobody | Jagujaguwar |
| 4 | Tim Hecker | Mirages | Alien8 |
| 5 | Little Wings | Magic Wand | K |
| 6 | Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words | 11 Instances of Dead Letters and Words | Ideal |
| 7 | Pinback | Summer in Abaddon | Touch and Go |
| 8 | Jens Lekman | When I Said I wanted to be your Dog | Secretly Canadian |
| 9 | The Go Find | Miami | Morr |
| 10 | V/A | Seeing the Unseen: D.O.R. Almana | Wire Magazine |
| 11 | Unbunny | Snow Tires | Hidden Agenda |
| 12 | Brian and Chris | Crossing | Dielectric |
| 13 | Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains | The Big Eyeball in the Sky | Prawnsong |
| 14 | Tinariwen | Amassakoul | World Village |
| 15 | Andy Furgeson and the Boys Howdy | Listen: | Boy Howdy |
| 16 | Dub Narcotic Sound System | Degenerate Introduction | K |
| 17 | Din-ST | Yamu D'Din | Schematic/Asphodel |
| 18 | Neurosis | The Eye of Every Storm | Neurot |
| 19 | Charmparticles | Sit Down for Staying | Childstar |
| 20 | Frog Eyes | The Folded Palm | Absolutely Kosher |
| 21 | Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts | Selwa | Six Degrees |
| 22 | Rob Sonic | Telicatessan | Definitive Jux |
| 23 | IQU | Sun Q | Sonic Boom |
| 24 | Diplo | Florida | Big Dada |
| 25 | David Nzoma Trio | The Sweet Soul of Kenya | Latitude |
| 26 | Bigg Jus | The Black Mamba Serums | Big Dada |
| 27 | Climax Golden Twins | Highly Bred and Sweetly Tempered | North East Indie |
| 28 | The Ivy Tree | Winged Leaves | Catsup Plate |
| 29 | Eyvind Kang | Virginal Co-ordinates | Dischi di Angelica/Ipecac |
| 30 | Mike Van Port Fleet | The Horizontal Line | Silber |