| 1 Animal Collective | "Today's Supernatural" [Single] | Domino |
| 2 Ponderosa | Pool Party | New West |
| 3 Hacienda | Shakedown | Collective |
| 4 Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan | Domino |
| 5 Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 6 Deep Sea Diver | History Speaks | Self-Released |
| 7 David Byrne and St. Vincent | "Who" [Single] | Todo Mundo |
| 8 Japandriods | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 9 Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel | Epic |
| 10 Outfit | Broken West | Wishbone Test |
| 11 Cat Power | Sun | Matador |
| 12 Metric | Synthetica | Mom and Pop |
| 13 Tallest Man On Earth | There's No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans |
| 14 Beachwood Sparks | The Tarnished Gold | Sub Pop |
| 15 Communist Daughter | Lions and Lambs | Grain Belt |
| 16 Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra | Theatre Is Evil | 8ft |
| 17 Passion Pit | Gossamer | Columbia |
| 18 Everest | Ownerless | ATO |
| 19 Grizzly Bear | "Yet Again" [Single] | Warp |
| 20 Sean Hayes | Before We Turn To Dust | Rare Artists |
| 21 Conveyor | Conveyor | Paper Garden |
| 22 Milo Greene | Milo Greene | Chop Shop-Atlantic |
| 23 Mynabirds | Generals | Saddle Creek |
| 24 Opossom | Electric Hawaii | Fire |
| 25 Dusted | Total Dust | Polyvinyl |
| 26 Walkmen | Heaven | Fat Possum |
| 27 Hot Chip | In Our Heads | Domino |
| 28 Jeff The Brotherhood | Hypnotic Nights | Warner |
| 29 Jack White | Blunderbuss | Columbia |
| 30 The Knew | Man Monster |
