| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Martes Martes | Dragon Cat | We're Twins |
| 2 | I Am the World Trade Center | The Cover Up | Gammon |
| 3 | Langhorne Slim | Electric Love Letter EP | Narnack |
| 4 | Antony and the Johnsons | s/t | Secretly Canadian |
| 5 | V/A | Por Vida | Rounder |
| 6 | Beep Beep | Business Casual | Saddle Creek |
| 7 | Windsor for the Derby | We Fight Til Death | Secretly Canadian |
| 8 | Demolition Doll Rods | On | Swami |
| 9 | Jib Kidder | Singles 5201-5208 | Burning Tongue |
| 10 | Kid606 | Who Still Kill Sound | TigerBeat6 |
| 11 | V/A | Children of Mu | Planet Mu |
| 12 | Fires Were Shot | Solace | Asphodel |
| 13 | Dert | Fledgling | Isolated |
| 14 | Awol One | s/t | Image Entertainment |
| 15 | Kazuhisa, Uchihashi and Gene Coleman | Storobo Imp. | False Walls |
| 16 | The Hindi Guns | Patriot Act EP | French Fan Club |
| 17 | Xanimo | Riding in the Fast Lane | self |
| 18 | F-Space | Preliminary Impact Report | Mobilization |
| 19 | Half Japanese | Loud and Horrible | Drag City |
| 20 | Air Conditioning | Weakness | Level Plane |
| 21 | Secret Chiefs 3 | Book of Horizons | Mimicry |
| 22 | Mahi Mahi | Wa No He | Corleone |
| 23 | V/A | Classic Maritime Music | Smithsonian |
| 24 | The Warmers | Wanted: More | Dischord |
| 25 | Leticia Castaneda | On the verge of redundance | CIP |
| 26 | Gorge Trio | Open Mouth, O Wisp | Skingraft |
| 27 | Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant | Sister phantom owl fish | Ipecac |
| 28 | Whirlwind Heat | Flamingo Honey | Dim Mak |
| 29 | The Dub Project | S/t | M Records |
| 30 | Pink Guillotine | Sinister Quarter | Exotic Fever |
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