| 1. Tame Impala | Lonerism | Modular |
| 2. Yo La Tengo | Fade | Matador |
| 3. Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite | Get Up! | Conchord-Stax |
| 4. Radar Brothers | Eight | Merge |
| 5. Tegan And Sara | Heartthrob | |
| 6. Andrew Bird | Hands Of Glory | EMI |
| 7. Jim James | Regions Of Light And Sound | ATO |
| 8. The Babies | Our House On The Hill | Woodsist |
| 9. DeVotchKa | DeVothKa Live With The Colorado Symphony | Cicero |
| 10. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down | We The Common | Ribbon |
| 11. Unknown Mortal Orchestra | II | Jagjaguwar |
| 12. Bat for Lashes | The Haunted Man | EMI |
| 13. Eric Burdon | Till Your River Runs Dry | |
| 14. Elin Ruth | | |
| 15. Foxygen | We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace and Magic | Jagjaguwar |
| 16. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Push The Sky Away | Bad Seed Ltd. |
| 17. Adam Green & Bikini Shapiro | Adam Green & Bikini Shapiro | Conchord-Rounder |
| 18. Earlimart | | |
| 19. Pillowfight | Pillowfight | |
| 20. Matt Pond | The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand | |
| 21. Mother Mother | | |
| 22. Ra Ra Riot | Beta Love | |
| 23. Faceman | Talk Talk Talk | |
| 24. Land Lines | Land Lines | |
| 25. The Joy Formidable | | |
| 26. Christopher Owens | | |
| 27. Eels | | |
| 28. Big Harp | | |
| 29. On and On | | |
| 30. Widowspeak | | |
