| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Means,The | Vil/Viol | Double Plus Good |
| 2 | Radio 4 | Gotham | Gern Blandsten |
| 3 | Brother JT3 | Spirituals | Drag City |
| 4 | This Computer Kills | s/t | Substandard |
| 5 | Manitoba | Give'r | Leaf |
| 6 | XIII PFP | Words Left Unsaid | self-released |
| 7 | Miss Kittin And The Hacker | First Album | Emperor Norton |
| 8 | Soledad Brothers | Steal You Souland Dare Your Spirit To Move | Estrus |
| 9 | Mars Volta, The | Tremulant EP | Gold Standard Laboratories |
| 10 | Various Artists | Songs for The End of The World | Silber |
| 11 | Boggs, The | We Are The Boggs We Are | Arena Rock |
| 12 | Various Artists | The Wiretapper 08 | Wire |
| 13 | Coachwhips | Hands On The Controls | Black Apple |
| 14 | Blood Brothers, The | March On Electric Children! | Three One G |
| 15 | Biddy Biddy Biddy | Logic Makes Us Look Good | Atarms Mechanics |
| 16 | Gizmos, The | 1976/1977: The Studio Recordings | Gulcher |
| 17 | Bad Cassettes, The | Bad Master | Below |
| 18 | Chicago Underground Duo | Axis And Alignment | Thrill Jockey |
| 19 | Government Death Insurance | Zero In Attendance | self-released |
| 20 | DJ/Rupture | Nettlephonics | Soot |
| 21 | Tullycraft | Beat, Surf, Sun | Magic Marker |
| 22 | Engine Down | Demure | Lovitt |
| 23 | Hart, Tami | Who Passed Between Us | Mr. Lady |
| 24 | Red | Songs From A Room | Rectangle |
| 25 | Lassie Foundation, The | El Dorado | Arisette |
| 26 | Mooney Suzuki, The | Electric Sweat | Gammon |
| 27 | Poundsign | Underneath The Marquee | Fantastic |
| 28 | Lopez, Francisco | Untitled #123 | Alien8 |
| 29 | Antibalas | Talkatif | Ninja Tune |
| 30 | Your Team Ring | Homelife | Perhaps Transparent |
| 31 | Infidel?/Castro! | Case Studies In Bioentropy | self-released |
| 32 | Various Artists | Independent Sounds: Amoeba Music Compilation Vol. 3 | Hip-Hop Slam/Amoeba |
| 33 | Euphone | The Lakewood | Bubblecore |
| 34 | J.C. | Deathbed Recollections | Kiss Chase |
| 35 | Spirit | Preface To God | Edgetone |
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