| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | BEACH HOUSE | Bloom | SUB POP | |
| 2 | WALKMEN | Heaven | Fat Possum | |
| 3 | JAPANDROIDS | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl | |
| 4 | LIARS | WIXIW | Mute | |
| 5 | BROKEN WATER | Tempest | Hardly Art | |
| 6 | MYNABIRDS | Generals | Saddle Creek | |
| 7 | LOWER DENS | Nootropics | Ribbon | |
| 8 | TEMPER TRAP | The Temper Trap | Columbia | |
| 9 | PUJOL | United States Of Being | Saddle Creek | |
| 10 | OBERHOFER | Time Capsules II | Glassnote | |
| 11 | POMEGRANATES | Heaven | Modern Outsider | |
| 12 | FRIENDS | Manifest! | Fat Possum | |
| 13 | ALABAMA SHAKES | Boys And Girls | ATO | |
| 14 | KILLER MIKE | R.A.P. Music | Williams Street Records | |
| 15 | 2:54 | 2:54 | Fat Possum | |
| 16 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Fear Fun | Sub Pop | |
| 17 | CHROMATICS | Kill For Love | Italians Do It Better | |
| 18 | OFF! | OFF! | Vice | |
| 19 | BEST COAST | The Only Place | Mexican Summer | |
| 20 | JOE PUG | The Great Despiser | Lightning Rod | |
| 21 | GRASS WIDOW | Internal Logic | HLR | |
| 22 | EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS | Here | Vagrant | |
| 23 | SHINS | Port Of Morrow | Columbia | |
| 24 | MARISSA NADLER | The Sister [EP] | Self-Released | |
| 25 | SPINTO BAND | Shy Pursuit | Spintonic | |
| 26 | PS I LOVE YOU | Death Dreams | paper bag | |
| 27 | KIMBRA | Vows | Warner Brothers | |
| 28 | SPIRITUALIZED | Sweet Heart Sweet Light | Fat Possum | |
| 29 | JOEY RAMONE | …Ya Know? | BMG | |
| 30 | FUTURE OF THE LEFT | The Plot Against Common Sense | Xtramile |