| 1 The Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 2 She and Him | A Very She & Him Christmas | Merge |
| 3 Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD |
| 4 Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man |
| 5 The Roots | "Make My" [Single] | |
| 6 Ian Cooke | Fortitude | |
| 7 Mayer Hawthorne | How Do You Do | Universal Republic |
| 8 Dirty Projectors + Bjork | Mount Wittenberg Orca | Domino |
| 9 Icarus Himself | Career Culture | Science of Sound |
| 10 Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan |
| 11 Florence & The Machine | Ceremonials | Island |
| 12 Real Estate | Days | Domino |
| 13 Alamo Race Track | Unicorn Loves Deer | Excelsior |
| 14 Duke Spirit | Bruiser | Shangri-la |
| 15 Stephaniesid | Starfruit | |
| 16 Mr Gnome | Madness In Miniature | El Marko |
| 17 Surfer Blood | Tarot Classics [EP] | Warner Bros |
| 18 The Do | Both Ways Open Jaws | Six Degrees |
| 19 St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD |
| 20 Wilco | The Whole Love | Anti |
| 21 Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler/The Dream [EP] | In The Red |
| 22 M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
| 23 Beets | Let The Poison Out | Hardly Art |
| 24 Darkness Falls | Alive In Us | HFN |
| 25 We Were Promised Jetpacks | In The Pit Of The Stomach | FatCat |
| 26 Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti |
| 27 Future Islands | On The Water | Thrill Jockey |
| 28 Big Deal | Big Deal [EP] | Mute |
| 29 Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland |
| 30 The Decemberists | Long Live The King | Capitol |
