| 1 Flobots | The Circle In The Square | |
| 2 Avett Brothers | The Carpenter | Universal |
| 3 Dinosaur Jr. | I Bet On Sky | Jagjaguwar |
| 4 David Byrne and St. Vincent | Love This Giant | 4AD |
| 5 Cat Power | Sun | Matador |
| 6 Bob Dylan | Tempest | Columbia |
| 7 Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Canvasback |
| 8 Yawpers | Capon Crusade | |
| 9 Grizzly Bear | Shields | Warp |
| 10 Divine Fits | A Thing Called Divine Fits | Merge |
| 11 Esme Patterson | All Princes, I | |
| 12 The Knew | Man Monster | |
| 13 Raveonettes | Observator | Vice |
| 14 Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra | Theatre Is Evil | 8 Ft. |
| 15 Sean Hayes | Before We Turn To Dust | Rare Artists |
| 16 Django Django | Django Django | Ribbon |
| 17 Bob Mould | Silver Age | Merge |
| 18 Menomena | Moms | Barsuk |
| 19 Sera Cahoone | Deer Creek Canyon | Sub Pop |
| 20 Deerhoof | Breakup Song | Polyvinyl |
| 21 Helio Sequence | Negotiations | Sub Pop |
| 22 Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 23 Wax Tailor | Dusty Rainbow From The Dark | Le Plan |
| 24 Wovenhand | The Laughing Stalk | |
| 25 The XX | Coexist | XL |
| 26 Stars | The North | ATO |
| 27 Thee Oh Sees | Putrifiers II | In The Red |
| 28 Toussaint Morrison | Toussaint Morrison Is Not My Boyfriend | Urban Home Companion |
| 29 Minus The Bear | Infinity Overhead | Dangerbird |
| 30 Neighbourhood | I'm Sorry... | Columbia |
