| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | Male Bonding | Endless Now | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Jonathan Wilson | Gentle Spirit | Bella Union |
| 3 | Blitzen Trapper | American Goldwing | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Mates of State | Mountaintops | Barksuk |
| 5 | Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge |
| 6 | Abstract Artimus | Rite of Passage | Dire Life |
| 7 | Pepper Rabbit | Red Velvet Snowball | Kanine |
| 8 | Toro Y Moi | Freaking Out [EP] | Carpark |
| 9 | Collections of Colonies of Bees | Giving | Hometapes |
| 10 | Dom | Family of Love | Astralwerks |
| 11 | Fucked Up | David Comes to Life | Matador |
| 12 | Can’t | Dreams Come True | Terrible |
| 13 | Portugal. The Man | In the Mounts In The Cloud | Approaching AIRballoons-Atlantic |
| 14 | Woods | Sun and Shade | Woodsist |
| 15 | Mister Heavenly | Out of Love | Sub Pop |
| 16 | Peter Wolf Crier | Garden of Arms | Jagjaguwar |
| 17 | The Great Book of John | The Great Book of John | Communicating Vessels |
| 18 | Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss |
| 19 | William Elliot Whitmore | Field Songs | Anti |
| 20 | Drums | Portamento | Frenchkiss |
| 21 | Sleeping In The Aviary | You, Me, and Ghost | Science of Sound |
| 22 | Hella | Tripper | Sargent House |
| 23 | Wiretree | Make Up | Cobaltworks |
| 24 | Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art |
| 25 | Paleo | Fruit of the Spirit | Artisan |
| 26 | Canon Blue | Rumspringa | Temporary Residence |
| 27 | Tallahassee | Jealous Hands | |
| 28 | Fool’s Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound |
| 29 | My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO |
| 30 | Latebirds | Last Of The Good Ol’ Days | Second Motion |
Top 30: 9/19/11
