| 1 Gogol Bordello | Pure Vida Conspiracy | ATO |
| 2 Gregory Alan Isakov | The Weatherman | Suitcase Town |
| 3 Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires Of The City | XL |
| 4 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros | S/T | Vagrant |
| 5 Mavis Staples | One True Vine | Anti |
| 6 Gauntlet Hair | Stills | Dead Oceans |
| 7 J. Roddy Walston & The Business | Essential Tremors | ATO |
| 8 Washed Out | Paracosm | Sup Pop |
| 9 Portugal. The Man | Evil Friends | Atlantic |
| 10 Blue Rider | Blue Rider [EP] | |
| 11 Polyphonic Spree | Yes, It's True | Kirtland |
| 12 Neko Case | The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You | Anti |
| 13 Superchunk | I Hate Music | Merge |
| 14 Grant Hart | The Argument | Domino |
| 15 Robert Pollard | Honey Locust Honky Tonk | GBV Inc. |
| 16 Aceyalone | Leanin' On Slick Deacon | |
| 17 Islands | Ski Mask | Manque |
| 18 Queens Of The Stone Age | Like Clockwork | Matador |
| 19 Candy Claws | Ceres And Calypso In The Deep Time | |
| 20 Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | Columbia |
| 21 Deer Tick | Negativity | Partisan |
| 22 Dessa | Parts Of Speech | Doomtree |
| 23 Typhoon | White Lighter | Roll Call |
| 24 Twin Peaks | Sunken | |
| 25 Sigur Ros | Kveikur | XL |
| 26 Outfit | Tough Kids | |
| 27 Thee Dang Dangs | For The People | |
| 28 Bass Drum Of Death | S/T | Innovative Leisure |
| 29 King Khan and the Shrines | Idle No More | Merge |
| 30 Ebony Bones | Behold, A Pale Horse | 1984 |
