| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
The Gossip |
Standing in the Way of Control |
Kill Rock Stars |
| 2 |
Katie the Pest |
This Giant Will Kill You |
Self |
| 3 |
Love is Chemical |
S/t |
Near Earth Objects |
| 4 |
The Maybellines |
A La Carte |
Best Friends |
| 5 |
Edith Frost |
It's a Game |
Drag City |
| 6 |
...Nous Non Plus |
...Nous Non Plus |
Aeronaut |
| 7 |
Lavender Diamond |
The Cavalry of Light |
Self |
| 8 |
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy |
Summer in the Southeast |
Sea Note |
| 9 |
P:ano |
Ghost Pirates Without Heads |
Mint |
| 10 |
Peggy Honeywell |
Faint Hymns |
Galaxia |
| 11 |
Japanther |
Yer Living Grave |
Menlo Park |
| 12 |
Galaxie 500 |
Peel Sessions |
20-20-20 |
| 13 |
Espers |
The Weed Tree |
Locust |
| 14 |
Gogogo Airheart |
Rats! Rats! Sing! |
GSL |
| 15 |
More Dogs |
Never Let Them Catch you Crying |
Monitor |
| 16 |
Hella |
Homeboy |
5RC |
| 17 |
Mugison |
Mugimama is the Monkey Music |
Ipecac |
| 18 |
Vashti Bunyan |
Lookaftering |
DiCristina |
| 19 |
The Orb |
Okie Dokie Its The Orb on Kompakt |
Kompakt |
| 20 |
Artist 30 |
Title 30 |
Label 30 |
| 21 |
Snooks Englin |
New Orleans Street Singer |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 22 |
Princess |
S/t |
Sickroom |
| 23 |
Run_Return |
Metro North |
n5MD |
| 24 |
One Self |
Children of Possibility |
Ninja Tune |
| 25 |
No Neck Blues Band |
Qvaris |
5RC |
| 26 |
Circle |
Forest |
No Quarter |
| 27 |
Gospel |
The Moon is a Dead World |
Level Plane |
| 28 |
Menomena |
7 inch |
Polyvinyl |
| 29 |
No Innocent Victim |
To Burn Again |
Facedown |
| 30 |
Darker My Love |
Summer is Here |
Tarantula |