| 1 Hacienda | Shakedown | Collective |
| 2 Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan | Domino |
| 3 David Byrne and St. Vincent | "Who" [Single] | Tudo Mundo |
| 4 Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel | Epic |
| 5 Metric | Synthetica | Mom and Pop |
| 6 Beachwood Sparks | The Tarnished Gold | Sub Pop |
| 7 Animal Collective | "Today's Supernatural" [Single] | Domino |
| 8 Everest | Ownerless | ATO |
| 9 Infantree | Hero's Dose | Vapor |
| 10 Driftwood Singers | The Driftwood Singers | Trailer Fire |
| 11 The Mynabirds | Generals | Saddle Creek |
| 12 These United States | These United States | United Interests |
| 13 Langhorne Slim | The Way We Move | Ramseur |
| 14 The Deadly Syndrome | All In Time | Self-Released |
| 15 Cat Power | Sun | Matador |
| 16 Delicate Steve | Positive Force | Luaka Bop |
| 17 Divine Fits | "My Love Is Real" [Single] | |
| 18 A Place To Bury Strangers | Worship | Dead Oceans |
| 19 Communist Daughter | Lions and Lambs | Grain Belt |
| 20 Ponderosa | Pool Party | New West |
| 21 New God | Motorcar | Good Soil |
| 22 Drowning Men | All Of The Unknown | Borstal Beat |
| 23 Regina Spektor | What We Saw From The Cheap Seats | Advance |
| 24 Icky Blossoms | Icky Blossoms | Saddle Creek |
| 25 Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Atlantic |
| 26 Passion Pit | Gossamer | Columbia |
| 27 Japandriods | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 28 Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub-Pop |
| 29 Fawn | Coastlines | Quite Scientific |
| 30 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | Here | Vagrant |
