| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | BEACH HOUSE | Bloom | SUB POP | |
| 2 | JAPANDROIDS | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl | |
| 3 | PEAKING LIGHTS | Lucifer | Mexican Summer | |
| 4 | FIONA APPLE | The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do | Epic | |
| 5 | WALKMEN | Heaven | Fat Possum | |
| 6 | HOT CHIP | In Our Heads | Domino | |
| 7 | LIARS | WIXIW | Mute | |
| 8 | METRIC | Synthetica | Mom And Pop-MMI | |
| 9 | MYNABIRDS | Generals | Saddle Creek | |
| 10 | A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS | Worship | Dead Oceans | |
| 11 | KING TUFF | King Tuff | SUB POP | |
| 12 | LOWER DENS | Nootropics | Ribbon | |
| 13 | MOUNT EERIE | Clear Moon | Elverum And Sun | |
| 14 | COOKIE DUSTER | Cookie Duster | SQE | |
| 15 | JAILL | Traps | SUB POP | |
| 16 | BEACHWOOD SPARKS | The Tarnished Gold | SUB POP | |
| 17 | DELICATE STEVE | Positive Force | Luaka Bop | |
| 18 | GUIDED BY VOICES | Class Clown Spots A UFO | GBV | |
| 19 | CROCODILES | Endless Flowers | Frenchkiss | |
| 20 | ADVANCE BASE | A Shut-In’s Prayer | Caldo Verde-Ordinal | |
| 21 | BEST COAST | The Only Place | Mexican Summer | |
| 22 | INTELLIGENCE | Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me | In The Red | |
| 23 | JEANS WILDER | Totally | Everloving | |
| 24 | MMOTHS | Mmoths | SQE | |
| 25 | WELCOME WAGON | Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| 26 | BROKEN WATER | Tempest | Hardly Art | |
| 27 | A LULL | Meat Mountain | Lujo | |
| 28 | THESE UNITED STATES | These United States | United Interests | |
| 29 | TALLEST MAN ON EARTH | There’s No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans | |
| 30 | NORAH JONES | Little Broken Hearts | EMI-Blue Note |