| Rank |
Artist |
Recording |
Label |
| 1 |
TITUS ANDRONICUS |
Local Business |
XL |
|
| 2 |
DUM DUM GIRLS |
End Of Daze |
SUB POP |
|
| 3 |
THE XX |
Coexist |
XL |
|
| 4 |
METZ |
Metz |
SUB POP |
|
| 5 |
GRIZZLY BEAR |
Shields |
Warp |
|
| 6 |
TY SEGALL |
Twins |
Drag City |
|
| 7 |
DEERHOOF |
Breakup Song |
Polyvinyl |
|
| 8 |
BAT FOR LASHES |
The Haunted Man |
EMI |
|
| 9 |
TAME IMPALA |
Lonerism |
Modular |
|
| 10 |
DINOSAUR JR. |
I Bet On Sky |
Jagjaguwar |
|
| 11 |
FLYING LOTUS |
Until The Quiet Comes |
Warp |
|
| 12 |
ALT-J |
An Awesome Wave |
Canvasback |
|
| 13 |
ANDREW BIRD |
Hands Of Glory |
Mom And Pop |
|
| 14 |
DAVID BYRNE AND ST. VINCENT |
Love This Giant |
4AD |
|
| 15 |
CHRIS COHEN |
Overgrown Path |
Captured Tracks |
|
| 16 |
DAPHNI |
Jiaolong |
Merge-Jiaolong |
|
| 17 |
SKY FERREIRA |
Ghost |
Capitol |
|
| 18 |
MAC DEMARCO |
2 |
Captured Tracks |
|
| 19 |
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB |
Beacon |
Glassnote |
|
| 20 |
TILLY AND THE WALL |
Heavy Mood |
Team Love |
|
| 21 |
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE |
Centipede Hz |
Domino |
|
| 22 |
BENJAMIN GIBBARD |
Former Lives |
Barsuk |
|
| 23 |
GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR |
Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! |
Constellation |
|
| 24 |
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 |
|
| 25 |
TALK NORMAL |
Sunshine |
Joyful Noise |
|
| 26 |
DIAMOND RINGS |
Free Dimensional |
Astralwerks |
|
| 27 |
DARK DARK DARK |
Who Needs Who |
Supply And Demand |
|
| 28 |
BIRDS AND BATTERIES |
Stray Light |
Eightmaps |
|
| 29 |
MOUNTAIN GOATS |
Transcendental Youth |
Merge |
|
| 30 |
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW |
Cobra Juicy |
Rad Cult |
|
