| 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 |