| 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 |