| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | V/A | Me and You and Everyone We Know | Everloving |
| 2 | Antibalas | Government Magic EP | Afrosound |
| 3 | Deerhoof | Green Cosmos | Menlo Park |
| 4 | Jose Gonzalez | Veneer | Parasol |
| 5 | Nob Dylan and his Nobsoletes | Positively 12 Stiff Dylans | Alternative Tentacles |
| 6 | Bardo Pond | Selections Vol. 1-4 | All Tomorrows Parties |
| 7 | Little Wings | Grow | K |
| 8 | Mambo Kurt | Organized Crime | Hit Thing |
| 9 | Port-royal | Flares | Resonant |
| 10 | Sons and Daughters | The Repulsion Box | Domino |
| 11 | Old Time Relijun | 2012 | K |
| 12 | Yip-yip | Pro-Twelve Thinker | Strictly Amateur Films |
| 13 | Devin Davis | Lonely People of the World, Unite! | Mousse |
| 14 | Veena Sahasrabuddhe | One Thousand Minds | Abaton Book Co. |
| 15 | Entre Rios | Onda | Darla |
| 16 | Jim Yoshii Pile-Up | Picks Us Apart | Absolutely Kosher |
| 17 | Enuma Elish | Leviathan | Lithiq |
| 18 | Eats Tapes | Sticky Buttons | Tigerbeat6 |
| 19 | Yuma Nora | Jewels in the Snakepit | Not Not Fun |
| 20 | Mazarin | We're Already There | I and Ear |
| 21 | M. Rosner | Alluvial | Room40 |
| 22 | Felt | Felt 2: Tribute to Lisa Bonet | Rhymesayers |
| 23 | Group Sounds | S/t | Jingle Punks |
| 24 | Little Plastic Pilots | S/t | Kanpai |
| 25 | Colleen | The Golden Morning Breaks | Leaf |
| 26 | Antarcticans/Haircut Mountain Transit | Split | The New Black |
| 27 | Stnnng | Dignified Sissy | Modern Radio |
| 28 | The Sadies | 7" | Mint |
| 29 | Celso Fonseca | Rive Gauche Rio | Six Degrees |
| 30 | Daedelus | Exquisite Corpse | Mush |