| 1 Avett Brothers | The Carpenter | Universal |
| 2 Tame Impala | Lonerism | Modular |
| 3 A.C. Newman | Shut Down The Streets | Matador |
| 4 Mountain Goats | Transcentendal Youth | Merge |
| 5 Esme Patterson | All Princes, I | |
| 6 Jens Lekman | I Know What Love Isn't | Secretly Canadian |
| 7 Matt And Kim | Lightning | Fader |
| 8 Benjamin Gibbard | Former Lives | Barsuk |
| 9 Divine Fits | A Thing Called Diving Fits | Merge |
| 10 Dinosaur Jr. | I Bet On Sky | Jagjaguwar |
| 11 Dum Dum Girls | End Of Daze | Sub Pop |
| 12 Wax Tailor | Dusty Rainbow From The Dark | Le Plan |
| 13 Mumford And Sons | Babel | Glassnote |
| 14 Artichoke | Etchy Sketchy Skies | Self-Released |
| 15 Dark Dark Dark | Who Needs Who | Supply And Demand |
| 16 David Byrne And St. Vincent | Love This Giant | 4AD |
| 17 Tilly And The Wall | Heavy Mood | Team Love |
| 18 New Beard | New Beard City | Shoulder Tap |
| 19 The XX | Coexist | XL |
| 20 Cody Chessnutt | Landing On A Hundred | Vibration Vineyard |
| 21 Band Of Horses | Mirage Rock | Brown-Columbia |
| 22 Django Django | Django Django | Ribbon |
| 23 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Mature Themes | 4AD |
| 24 Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Canvasback |
| 25 Bat For Lashes | The Haunted Man | EMI |
| 26 Freelance Whales | Diluvia | Mom And Pop |
| 27 Ty Segall | Twins | Drag City |
| 28 Night Moves | Colored Emotions | Domino |
| 29 Helio Sequence | Negotiations | Sub Pop |
| 30 Sun Airway | Soft Fall | Dead Oceans |
