| 1 Avett Brothers | The Carpenter | Universal |
| 2 Dinosaur Jr. | I Bet On Sky | Jagjaguwar |
| 3 Flobots | The Circle In The Square | |
| 4 Esme Patterson | All Princes, I | |
| 5 Bob Dylan | Tempest | Columbia |
| 6 Divine Fits | A Thing Called Divine Fits | Merge |
| 7 Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Canvasback |
| 8 Benjamin Gibbard | Former Lives | Barsuk |
| 9 David Byrne And St. Vincent | Love This Giant | 4AD |
| 10 Cat Power | Sun | Matador |
| 11 Yawpers | Capon Crusade | |
| 12 Band of Horses | Mirage Rock | Brown-Columbia |
| 13 Django Django | Django Django | Ribbon |
| 14 Two Door Cinema Club | Beacon | Glassnote |
| 15 Deerhoof | Breakup Song | Polyvinyl |
| 16 Sera Cahoone | Deer Creek Canyon | Sub Pop |
| 17 Mumford and Sons | Babel | Glassnote |
| 18 Raveonettes | Observator | Vice |
| 19 Grizzly Bear | Shields | Warp |
| 20 Vaccines | Come Of Age | Columbia |
| 21 New Beard | New Beard City | Shoulder Tap |
| 22 Animal Collective | Centipede Hz | Domino |
| 23 Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra | Theatre Is Evil | 8 ft. |
| 24 Helio Sequence | Negotiations | Sub Pop |
| 25 Sean Hayes | Before We Turn To Dust | Rare Artists |
| 26 Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 27 Dark Dark Dark | Who Needs Who | Supply And Demand |
| 28 Menomena | Moms | Barsuk |
| 29 Bob Mould | Silver Age | Merge |
| 30 Tragically Hip | Now For Plan A |
