| 1 Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti |
| 2 Wilco | The Whole Love | Anti |
| 3 Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan |
| 4 St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD |
| 5 M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
| 6 Feist | Metals | Interscope |
| 7 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self |
| 8 Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk |
| 9 Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones |
| 10 Gauntlet Hair | Gauntlet Hair | Dead Oceans |
| 11 Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant |
| 12 Strange Boys | Live Music | Rough Trade |
| 13 Nurses | Dracula | Dead Oceans |
| 14 We Were Promised Jetpacks | In The Pit Of The Stomach | Fat Cat |
| 15 Jacuzzi Boys | Glazin' | Hardly Art |
| 16 Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther |
| 17 CasioKids | Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen | Polyvinyl |
| 18 Crooked Fingers | Breaks In The Armor | Merge |
| 19 Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino |
| 20 Rapture | The Grace Of Your Love | DFA |
| 21 Bonnie Prince Billy | Wolfroy Goes To Town | Drag City |
| 22 Dan Mangan | Oh Fortune | Arts & Crafts |
| 23 Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom & Pop |
| 24 Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii |
| 25 Various Artists | Norman Soundtrack | |
| 26 Megafaun | Megafaun | Hometapes |
| 27 Dum Dum Girls | Only In Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 28 Mates of State | Mountaintops | Barsuk |
| 29 Bjork | Biophilia | Nonesuch |
| 30 Gringo Star | Count Yer Lucky Stars | Gigantic |
