| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Polysics |
Now is the Time |
Tofu |
| 2 |
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone |
Etiquette |
Tomlab |
| 3 |
Xiu Xiu |
Life and Live |
Xeng |
| 4 |
Katie the Pest |
This Giant will Kill You |
Self |
| 5 |
Clogs |
Lantern |
Brassland |
| 6 |
Pink Black |
S/t |
New Disorder |
| 7 |
Classic Railroad Songs |
Various Artists |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 8 |
To Elliott From Portland |
Various Artists |
Expunged Records |
| 9 |
Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko |
28 |
FatCat |
| 10 |
Azalia Snail |
Avec Amour |
A True Classical CD |
| 11 |
Man Man |
Six Demon Bag |
Ace Fu |
| 12 |
Books on Tape |
Dinosaur Dinosaur |
Alien8 |
| 13 |
Kind of Like Spitting |
100 Dollar Room |
Hush |
| 14 |
Merzbow and John Wiese |
Multiplication |
MisanthropicAgenda |
| 15 |
Pansy Division |
The Essential Pansy Division |
Alternative Tentacles |
| 16 |
Soltero |
Hell Train |
Three Ring |
| 17 |
The Duhks |
Your Daughters and Your Sons |
Sugar Hill |
| 18 |
Black Lips |
Let it Bloom |
In the Red |
| 19 |
City of Progress |
Bi-Coastal Curious |
Dogsniffing Bomb |
| 20 |
J. Dilla |
Donuts |
Stones Throw |
| 21 |
Under 21: Los Angeles |
Various Artists |
Olfactory |
| 22 |
Jackie-O-Motherfucker |
Flags of the Sacred Harp |
All Tomorrow's Parties |
| 23 |
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice |
Sunset Sleeves |
Weird Forest |
| 24 |
The Ladies |
They Mean Us |
Temporary Residence |
| 25 |
The Blank Tapes |
Landfair |
MattyMade |
| 26 |
Brown Recluse |
Open Heart Bypass |
Litterbox |
| 27 |
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti |
House Arrest |
Paw Tracks |
| 28 |
Hypatia Lake |
And We Shall Call HIm Joseph |
Sad Robot |
| 29 |
Pit Er Pat |
3D Message |
Thrill Jockey |
| 30 |
Rocky Votolato |
Makers |
Barsuk/Second Nature |