| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Enuma Elish | Leviathan | Lithiq |
| 2 | Nob Dylan and his Nobsoletes | Positively 12 Stiff Dylans | Alternative Tentacles |
| 3 | Felt | Felt 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | Wilderness | S/t | Jagjaguwar |
| 5 | Jim Yoshii Pile Up | Picks Us Apart | Absolutely Kosher |
| 6 | Gowns | Dangers of Intimacy | Folktale |
| 7 | Busdriver | Fear of a Black Tangent | Mush |
| 8 | Populous | Queue For Love | Morr |
| 9 | Boy Robot | Rotten Cocktails | City Centre Offices |
| 10 | Ten in the Swear Jar | Accordion Solo! | Asian Man |
| 11 | Parts and Labor | A Great Divide 7" | Plastic |
| 12 | Pelican | The Fire in our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw | Hydrahead |
| 13 | Mohd. Rafi | Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Mohd. Rafi | World Music Network |
| 14 | Deerhoof | Green Cosmos | Menlo Park |
| 15 | Los Pleneros de la 21 | Para Todos Ustedes | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 16 | Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | Ashmatic Kitty |
| 17 | The Old Haunts | Fallow Field | Kill Rock Stars |
| 18 | V/A | Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip Hop | World Music Network |
| 19 | 13 & God | S/t | Anticon/Alien Transistor |
| 20 | Cut City | S/t | GSL |
| 21 | Isis | Oceanic Remixes/Reinterpretations | Hydrahead |
| 22 | Bardo Pond | Selections Vol. 1-4 | All Tomorrow's Parties |
| 23 | Koushik | Be With | Stones Throw |
| 24 | Awol One and Daddy Kev | Killafornia | Alpha Pup |
| 25 | Constant Flux | Disentangled Elements | Self |
| 26 | Daedelus | Exquisite Corpse | Mush |
| 27 | Ezekiel Honig and Morgan Packard | Early Morning Migration | Microcosm |
| 28 | The Herbaliser | Take London | Ninja Tune |
| 29 | Red Sparowes | At the Soundless Dawn | Neurot |
| 30 | V/A | Rough Guide to Zydeco | World Music Network |