| 1 Portugal. The Man | Evil Friends | Atlantic |
| 2 Gogol Bordello | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO |
| 3 Grant Hart | The Argument | Domino |
| 4 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes | S/T | Vagrant |
| 5 Mavis Staples | One True Vine | Anti |
| 6 Superchunk | I Hate Music | Merge |
| 7 Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City | XL |
| 8 Gregory Alan Isakov | The Weatherman | Suitcase Town |
| 9 Camera Obscura | Desire Lines | 4AD |
| 10 Colfax Speed Queen | Satisfaction Intended | |
| 11 Robart Pollard | Honey Locust Honky Tonk | GBV Inc. |
| 12 Iron and Wine | Ghost On Ghost | Nonesuch |
| 13 Sigur Ros | Kveikur | XL |
| 14 Queens of the Stone Age | Like Clockwork | Matador |
| 15 National | Trouble Will Find Me | 4AD |
| 16 A. tom collins | Stick And Poke | |
| 17 Club 8 | Above The City | Labrador |
| 18 Mayer Hawthorne | Where Does This Door Go | Republic |
| 19 Neko Case | "Man" [Single] | Anti |
| 20 Aceyalone | Learnin' On Slick | Decon |
| 21 Deerhunter | Monomania | 4AD |
| 22 Dessa | Parts Of Speech | Doomtree |
| 23 Kurt Vile | Wakin On A Pretty Daze | Matador |
| 24 Tricky | False Idols | K7! |
| 25 Smith Westerns | Soft Will | Mom And Pop |
| 26 Polyphonic Spree | Yes, It's True | Kirtland |
| 27 Cloudeater | Purge | Nibiru |
| 28 Gauntlet Hair | Stills | Dead Oceans |
| 29 Daughn Gibson | Me Moan | Sub Pop |
| 30 Hot Chip | Dark And Stormy [EP] | Domino |
