| Rank |
Artist |
Recording |
Label |
| 1 |
GIRLS |
Father, Son, Holy Ghost |
True Panther |
|
| 2 |
CAROLINE SMITH AND THE GOOD NIGHT SLEEPS |
Little Wind |
Self-Released |
|
| 3 |
DOM |
Family Of Love |
Astral Werks |
|
| 4 |
MIKAL CRONIN |
Mikal Cronin |
Trouble In Mind |
|
| 5 |
BLITZEN TRAPPER |
American Goldwing |
Sub Pop |
|
| 6 |
MEGAFAUN |
Megafaun |
Hometapes |
|
| 7 |
DUM DUM GIRLS |
Only In Dreams |
Sub Pop |
|
| 8 |
TY SEGALL |
Goodbye Bread |
Drag City |
|
| 9 |
MATES OF STATE |
Mountaintops |
Barsuk |
|
| 10 |
WILCO |
The Whole Love |
Anti |
|
| 11 |
PIETA BROWN |
Mercury |
Red House |
|
| 12 |
MOBY |
Destroyed |
Mute |
|
| 13 |
MALE BONDING |
Endless Now |
Sub Pop |
|
| 14 |
WILD FLAG |
Wild Flag |
Merge |
|
| 15 |
LAURA MARLING |
A Creature I Don’t Know |
Ribbon |
|
| 16 |
ICEAGE |
New Brigade |
Dais-What’s Your Rupture |
|
| 17 |
JONATHAN WILSON |
Gentle Spirit |
Bella Union |
|
| 18 |
TWIN SISTER |
In Heaven |
Domino |
|
| 19 |
CUT OFF YOUR HANDS |
Hollow |
Frenchkiss |
|
| 20 |
WILD BEASTS |
Smother |
Domino |
|
| 21 |
TALLAHASSEE |
Jealous Hands |
Self-Released |
|
| 22 |
PEPPER RABBIT |
Red Velvet Snowball |
Kanine |
|
| 23 |
LOTUS |
Lotus (2011) |
SCI Fidelity |
|
| 24 |
HALLOWEEN, ALASKA |
All Night The Calls Came In |
Amble Down |
|
| 25 |
HELLA |
Tripper |
Sargent House |
|
| 26 |
TORO Y MOI |
Freaking Out [EP] |
Carpark |
|
| 27 |
FOOL’S GOLD |
Leave No Trace |
Iamsound |
|
| 28 |
MILAGRES |
Glowing Mouth |
Kill Rock Stars |
|
| 29 |
DRUMS |
Portamento |
Frenchkiss |
|
| 30 |
SARAH JAFFE |
The Way Sound Leaves A Room |
Kirtland |
|
