| Rank |
Artist |
Recording |
Label |
| 1 |
WILD FLAG |
Wild Flag |
Merge |
|
| 2 |
MEGAFAUN |
Megafaun |
Hometapes |
|
| 3 |
GIRLS |
Father, Son, Holy Ghost |
True Panther |
|
| 4 |
CAROLINE SMITH AND THE GOOD NIGHT SLEEPS |
Little Wind |
Self-Released |
|
| 5 |
PIETA BROWN |
Mercury |
Red House |
|
| 6 |
HALLOWEEN, ALASKA |
All Night The Calls Came In |
Amble Down |
|
| 7 |
MALE BONDING |
Endless Now |
Sub Pop |
|
| 8 |
ZOLA JESUS |
Conatus |
Sacred Bones |
|
| 9 |
WILCO |
The Whole Love |
Anti |
|
| 10 |
DRUMS |
Portamento |
Frenchkiss |
|
| 11 |
BLITZEN TRAPPER |
American Goldwing |
Sub Pop |
|
| 12 |
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS |
Mirror Traffic |
Matador |
|
| 13 |
DOM |
Family Of Love |
Astral Werks |
|
| 14 |
TY SEGALL |
Goodbye Bread |
Drag City |
|
| 15 |
TWIN SISTER |
In Heaven |
Domino |
|
| 16 |
HELLA |
Tripper |
Sargent House |
|
| 17 |
FEIST |
Metals |
Interscope |
|
| 18 |
CUT OFF YOUR HANDS |
Hollow |
Frenchkiss |
|
| 19 |
SARAH JAFFE |
The Way Sound Leaves A Room |
Kirtland |
|
| 20 |
JOHN MAUS |
We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves |
Ribbon |
|
| 21 |
DUM DUM GIRLS |
Only In Dreams |
Sub Pop |
|
| 22 |
MATES OF STATE |
Mountaintops |
Barsuk |
|
| 23 |
PEPPER RABBIT |
Red Velvet Snowball |
Kanine |
|
| 24 |
ST. VINCENT |
Strange Mercy |
4AD |
|
| 25 |
MILAGRES |
Glowing Mouth |
Kill Rock Stars |
|
| 26 |
CANT |
Dreams Come True |
Terrible |
|
| 27 |
MELISSA FERRICK |
Still Right Here |
Mpress Records |
|
| 28 |
DIRTY MITTENS |
Heart Of Town |
Magic Marker |
|
| 29 |
BON IVER |
Bon Iver |
Jagjaguwar |
|
| 30 |
DJ SHADOW |
The Less You Know The Better |
Verve |
|
