| 1 Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Mosquito | Interscope |
| 2 Devendra Banhart | Mala | Nonesuch |
| 3 Strokes | Comedown Machine | RCA |
| 4 Black Angels | Indigo Meadow | Blue Horizon |
| 5 She & Him | Volume 3 | Merge |
| 6 Phoenix | Bankrupt! | Glassnote |
| 7 Telekinesis | Dormarion | Merge |
| 8 Iron & Wine | Ghost On Ghost | Nonesuch |
| 9 Junip | Junip | Mute |
| 10 Paper Bird | Rooms | |
| 11 Cold War Kids | Dear Miss Lonelyhearts | Downtown |
| 12 Shady Elders | No Favors [EP] | |
| 13 Kurt Vile | Wakin On A Pretty Daze | Matador |
| 14 Palma Violets | 180 | Rough Trade |
| 15 Har Mar Superstar | Bye Bye 17 | Cult |
| 16 Iggy And The Stooges | Ready To Die | Fat Possum |
| 17 Akron/Family | Sub Verses | Dead Oceans |
| 18 Phosphorescent | Muchacho | Dead Oceans |
| 19 Still Corners | Stage Pleasures | Sub Pop |
| 20 Cayucas | Bigfoot | Secretly Canadian |
| 21 Joshua Novak | Ephemeron | |
| 22 Mudhoney | Vanshing Point | Sub Pop |
| 23 Little Ones | The Dawn Sang Along | Branches |
| 24 John Grant | Pale Green Ghosts | Partisan |
| 25 Wavves | Afraid Of Heights | Warner Brothers |
| 26 Thermals | Desperate Ground | Saddle Creek |
| 27 Postal Service | Give Up: Deluxe Edition | Sup Pop |
| 28 Caveman | Caveman | Fat Possum |
| 29 James Blake | Overgrown | Republic |
| 30 Youth Lagoon | Wondrous Bughouse | Fat Possum |
