| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | The Books | Lost and Safe | Tomlab |
| 2 | Pony Up! | S/t | Dim Mak |
| 3 | Muslimgauze | Syrinjis | Soleilmoon |
| 4 | Pit Er Pat | Shakey | Thrill Jockey |
| 5 | Okkervil River | For Real | Jagjaguwar |
| 6 | Refrigerator | Upstairs in your Room | Shrimper |
| 7 | Unagi | Keepin' it Eel | 442 |
| 8 | The Evens | S/t | Dischord |
| 9 | Last of the Juanitas | In the Dirt | Wantage USA |
| 10 | Mia Doi Todd | Manzanita | Plug Research |
| 11 | Carla Bozulich | I'm Gonna Stop Killing | Di Cristina Stair Builders |
| 12 | Crown City Rockers | Earthtones | Basement |
| 13 | Barbez | S/t | Important |
| 14 | Lowbelly | The Letter L | Fort Hazel |
| 15 | Sharon Jones and the Dapkings | Naturally | Daptone |
| 16 | Momus | Otto Spooky | American Patchwork |
| 17 | Masha Qrella | Unsolved Remained | Morr |
| 18 | Jeff Hanson | S/t | Kill Rock Stars |
| 19 | Isis | Panopticon | Ipecac |
| 20 | Pryvet Peepsho | Key Chain Loops | Self |
| 21 | Out Hud | Let us Never Speak of it Again | Kranky |
| 22 | The Bubonic Plague | No Magik | Self |
| 23 | Amon Tobin | Chaos Theory | Ninjatune |
| 24 | Build Buildings | There is a Problem with my Tape Recorder | Self |
| 25 | Minus Story | Heaven and Hell EP | Jagjaguwar |
| 26 | V/A | Monika Force | Monika |
| 27 | Purple Wizard | 7" | Show and Tell |
| 28 | V/A | Wantage USA's 21st Release Omnibus | Wantage USA |
| 29 | DACM | Stereotypie | Asphodel |
| 30 | Saturday Looks Good to Me | The Girl's Distracted 7" | Antenna Farm |