| 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 |