| Rank |
Artist |
Recording |
Label |
| 1 |
Rosebuds |
Loud Planes Fly Low |
Merge |
| 2 |
Cults |
Cults |
Columbia-In The Name Of |
| 3 |
Wooden Birds |
Two Matchsticks |
Barsuk |
| 4 |
Black Lips |
Arabia Mountain |
Vice |
| 5 |
Arctic Monkeys |
Suck It And See |
Domino |
| 6 |
Paleo |
Fruit of the Spirit |
Partisan |
| 7 |
John Maus |
We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves |
Ribbon |
| 8 |
William Elliott Whitmore |
Field Songs |
Anti |
| 9 |
Marissa Nadler |
Marissa Nadler |
Box of Cedar |
| 10 |
Woods |
Sun and Shade |
Woodsist |
| 11 |
David Bazan |
Strange Negotiations |
Barsuk |
| 12 |
Bodies Of Water |
Twist Again |
Thousand Tongues |
| 13 |
Battles |
Gloss Drop |
Warp |
| 14 |
Sea Pony |
Go With Me |
Hardly Art |
| 15 |
Making Friendz |
Social Life |
Last Bummer |
| 16 |
Coathangers |
Larceny And Old Lace |
Suicide Squeeze |
| 17 |
Pictora |
Countdown [EP] |
Self-Released |
| 18 |
Fonda |
Better Days |
Self-Released |
| 19 |
Sebadoh |
Bake Sale |
Sub Pop |
| 20 |
Fucked Up |
David Comes To Life |
Matador |
| 21 |
Adele |
21 |
Columbia |
| 22 |
Tiger Darrow |
You Know Who You Are |
Self-Released |
| 23 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. |
It’s A Corporate World |
Quite Scientific |
| 24 |
Boris |
Attention Please/Heavy Rocks |
Sargent House |
| 25 |
The Head |
Hang On |
Self-Released |
| 26 |
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi |
Rome |
EMI |
| 27 |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
Fat Possum |
| 28 |
Sondre Lerche |
Sondre Lerche |
Mona |
| 29 |
1, 2, 3 |
New Heaven |
Frenchkiss |
| 30 |
Vetiver |
The Errant Cub |
Sub Pop |
