| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Katie the Pest | Rhythm and Wait | Self-Released |
| 2 | Electric Eels | The Eyeball of Hell | Scat |
| 3 | Radio Berlin | The Selection Drone | Your Best Guess |
| 4 | Les Savy Fav | Go Forth | French Kiss |
| 5 | Heavenly | Heavenly Versus Satan | K |
| 6 | Soeza | Founded by Sportsmen and Outlaws | Prohibited |
| 7 | Various Artists | Better than the Beatles: A Tribute to the Shags | Animal World |
| 8 | Lost Sounds | Black-Wave | Empty U.S. |
| 9 | Spits, the | s/t | Nickel and Dime |
| 10 | Saturnine | Pleasure of Ruins | Motorcoat |
| 11 | Various Artists | There is no Eye: Music for Photographs | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 12 | Assistant, the | s/t | Milligram |
| 13 | Black Lipstick | The Four Kingdoms of... | Peek-a-Boo Industries |
| 14 | Goddamn Gentlemen | Sex-Caliber Horsepower | Upper Cut |
| 15 | Glider | With Ocean Between | Where Are My Records |
| 16 | Converge | Jane Doe | Equal Vision |
| 17 | Glass Candy and the Shattered Theater | Smashed Candy | Self-Released |
| 18 | Liars | They Threw Us All in a Trench... | Gern Blandsten |
| 19 | Last Great Liar, the | Doppelganger | Baghead |
| 20 | Various Artists | Dj Food: Solid Steel!- Now Listen! | Ninja Tune |
| 21 | Various Artists | Friday at the Hideout: Boss Detroit Garage 1964-67 | Norton |
| 22 | Heroin Sheiks | Best Enemies/Oucha | Rubric |
| 23 | Phiiliip | Pet Cancer | American Patchwork |
| 24 | Seaworthy | The Ride | Jetset |
| 25 | Wontons | Hex Appeal | Bloddy Banner |
| 26 | Cinerama | Health and Efficiency | Manifesto |
| 27 | Jackie-O Motherfucker | Liberation | Roadcone |
| 28 | Various Artists | State of the Union 200.1 | Electronic Music Foundation |
| 29 | I Hate Myself | 10 Songs | No Idea |
| 30 | Red Monkey | Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot | Troubleman |
| 31 | Four Tet | Pause | Domino |
| 32 | Mangum, Jeff | Live at Jittery Joe's | Orange Twin |
| 33 | Various Artist | Mutated Christmas | Illegal Art |
| 34 | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Grand Opening and Closing | Seeland-Chaosophy |
| 35 | Ape Has Killed Ape/Michael Whitmore | split cd | True Classical |