| Rank |
Artist |
Recording |
Label |
| 1 |
GIRLS |
Father, Son, Holy Ghost |
True Panther |
|
| 2 |
WILD FLAG |
Wild Flag |
Merge |
|
| 3 |
WILCO |
The Whole Love |
Anti |
|
| 4 |
ZOLA JESUS |
Conatus |
Sacred Bones |
|
| 5 |
TWIN SISTER |
In Heaven |
Domino |
|
| 6 |
TY SEGALL |
Goodbye Bread |
Drag City |
|
| 7 |
DRUMS |
Portamento |
Frenchkiss |
|
| 8 |
DJ SHADOW |
The Less You Know The Better |
Verve |
|
| 9 |
DUM DUM GIRLS |
Only In Dreams |
Sub Pop |
|
| 10 |
PORTUGAL. THE MAN |
In The Mountain In The Cloud |
Approaching AIRballoons-Atlantic |
|
| 11 |
SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY |
You And Me, Ghost |
Science Of Sound |
|
| 12 |
NEON INDIAN |
Era Extrana |
Mom And Pop |
|
| 13 |
TALLAHASSEE |
Jealous Hands |
Self-Released |
|
| 14 |
CASIOKIDS |
Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen |
Polyvinyl |
|
| 15 |
MIKAL CRONIN |
Mikal Cronin |
Trouble In Mind |
|
| 16 |
WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS |
In The Pit Of The Stomach |
FatCat |
|
| 17 |
WASHED OUT |
Within And Without |
Sub Pop |
|
| 18 |
PEPPER RABBIT |
Red Velvet Snowball |
Kanine |
|
| 19 |
YOUTH LAGOON |
The Year Of Hibernation |
Fat Possum |
|
| 20 |
DOM |
Family Of Love |
Astral Werks |
|
| 21 |
JOHN STEEL SINGERS |
Tangalooma |
Dew Process |
|
| 22 |
PALLERS |
The Sea Of Memories |
Labrador |
|
| 23 |
PALEO |
Fruit Of The Spirit |
Partisan |
|
| 24 |
DECEMBERISTS |
Itunes Session |
Capitol |
|
| 25 |
BEATS ANTIQUE |
Elektrafone |
Antique |
|
| 26 |
GIVERS |
In Light |
Glassnote |
|
| 27 |
MILK MAID |
Yucca |
FatCat |
|
| 28 |
SARAH JAFFE |
The Way Sound Leaves A Room |
Kirtland |
|
| 29 |
JOHN MAUS |
We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves |
Ribbon |
|
| 30 |
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS |
Mirror Traffic |
Matador |
|
