| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | The Herbaliser | Take London | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | Daedelus | Exquisite Corpse | Mush |
| 3 | Little Plastic Pilots | S/t | Kanpai |
| 4 | Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | Ashmatic Kitty |
| 5 | Koushik | Be With | Stones Throw |
| 6 | Deerhoof | Green Cosmos | Menlo Park |
| 7 | V/A | Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip Hop | World Music Network |
| 8 | Enuma Elish | Leviathan | Lithiq |
| 9 | Wilderness | S/t | Jagjaguwar |
| 10 | Joanie Mendenhall | Secretary Waltz | Spinster |
| 11 | Hanne Hukkelberg | Little Things | Leaf |
| 12 | DJ Olive | Bodega | Agriculture |
| 13 | Boom Bap Project | Reprogram | Rhymesayers |
| 14 | Parts and Labor | A Great Divide 7" | Plastic |
| 15 | Saxon Shore | Luck Will Not Save us From a Jackpot of Nothing | Burnt Toast Vinyl |
| 16 | Entre Rios | Onda | Darla |
| 17 | Cut City | S/t | GSL |
| 18 | Copperpot | Chapter Seven | EV Productions |
| 19 | Quasimoto | The Further Adventures of Lord Quas | Stones Throw |
| 20 | So So Many White White Tigers | Picture Disc | Weird Forest |
| 21 | Pelican | The Fire in our Throats will Beckon the Thaw | Hydrahead |
| 22 | Los Pleneros de la 21 | Para Todos los Ustedes | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 23 | Bardo Pond | Selections Vol. 1-4 | All Tomorrow's Parties |
| 24 | Boy Robot | Rotten Cocktails | City Centre Offices |
| 25 | Chris and Thomas | Vista St. Sessions | Self |
| 26 | V/A | Rough Guide to Celtic Music | World Music Network |
| 27 | Mohd. Rafi | Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Mohd. Rafi | World Music Network |
| 28 | Gowns | Dangers of Intimacy | Folktale |
| 29 | Bus Feat. MC Soom T | Feelin' Dank | ~Scape |
| 30 | V/A | Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara | World Music Network |