| 1 Cat Power | Sun | Matador |
| 2 Dinosaur Jr. | I Bet On Sky | Jagjaguwar |
| 3 Divine Fits | A Thing Called Divine Fits | Merge |
| 4 Animal Collective | Centipede Hz | Domino |
| 5 Grizzly Bear | Shields | |
| 6 Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra | Theatre Is Evil | 8 Ft. |
| 7 The Knew | Man Monster | |
| 8 Deerhoof | Breakup Song | Polyvinyl |
| 9 Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 10 The Yawpers | Capon Crusade | |
| 11 Django Django | Django Django | Domino |
| 12 Sean Hayes | Before We Turn To Dust | Rare Artists |
| 13 Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan | Domino |
| 14 Neighbourhood | I'm Sorry... | Columbia |
| 15 Two Gallants | The Bloom And The Blight | ATO |
| 16 Ponderosa | Pool Party | New West |
| 17 Thee Oh Sees | Putrifiers II | In The Red |
| 18 Raveonettes | Observator | Vice |
| 19 Toussaint Morrison | Toussaint Morrison Is Not My Boyfriend | Urban Home Companion |
| 20 Milo Greene | Milo Greene | Chop Shop-Atlantic |
| 21 Blonds | The Bad Ones | Gluck |
| 22 Japandroids | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 23 Antibalas | Antibalas | Daptone |
| 24 Passion Pit | Gossamer | Columbia |
| 25 Bloc Party | Four | Frenchkiss |
| 26 David Wax Museum | Knock Knock | Get Up |
| 27 Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 28 Hot Chip | In Our Heads | Domino |
| 29 Two Door Cinema Club | Beacon | Glassnote |
| 30 Niki And The Dove | Instinct | Sub Pop |
