| 1 Ani Difranco | Which Side Are You On | Righteous Babe |
| 2 First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Witchita |
| 3 Nada Surf | The Stars are Indifferent... | Barsuk |
| 4 Sharon Van Etten | "Serpents" [single] | Jag Jaguwar |
| 5 Cate Le Bon | Cyrk | The Control Group |
| 6 Imperial Teen | Feel The Good | Merge |
| 7 Guided By Voices | Let's Go Eat The Factory | GBV |
| 8 Mike Doughty | Yes And Also Yes | Megaforce-Snack Bar |
| 9 The Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 10 Thee American Revolution | Buddha Electrostorm | Fire |
| 11 Buxton | Nothing Here Seems Strange | New West |
| 12 Jessica Jalbert | Brother Loyola | Old Ugly |
| 13 Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 14 Big Deal | Lights Out | Mute |
| 15 Of Monsters & Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 16 Various | Chimes of Freedom... | Amnesty International |
| 17 Gotye | Making Mirrors | Universal Republic |
| 18 Laura Gibson | La Grande | Barsuk |
| 19 Ben Kweller | Go Fly A Kite | Noise Company |
| 20 Doomtree | No Kings | Doomtree |
| 21 Trailer Trash Tracys | Ester | Domino |
| 22 Florence + The Machine | Ceremonials | Island |
| 23 Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD |
| 24 Jessie Baylan | Little Spark | Thirty Tigers |
| 25 Palomar | Sense & Antisense | Self |
| 26 Envy Corps | It Culls You | Tempo Club |
| 27 Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge |
| 28 Cloud Control | Bliss Release | Turnout |
| 29 JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot |
| 30 The Barr Brothers | The Barr Brothers | Secret City |
