| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | s/t | Shifty |
| 2 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | s/t | Dim mak |
| 3 | Barcelona | Transhuman Revolution | Pul Cec |
| 4 | Erase Errata | Other Animals | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 5 | Death Cab For Cutie | The Photo Album | Barsuk |
| 6 | Various Artists | Cuban Hip-hop All-Stars Vol. 1 | Papaya |
| 7 | Various Artists | Troubleman Mix-Tape | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 8 | Nokturne | Embracer of Dark Ages | WWIII |
| 9 | Dymaxion | Dymaxion X 4 + 3 = 38:33 | Roomtone |
| 10 | Milemarker | Anaesthetic | Jade Tree |
| 11 | Various Artists | Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957 | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 12 | Mircrophones | The Glow: Pt. 2 | K |
| 13 | Various Artists | Mush Filmstrip (frame 1) | Mush/Shadow |
| 14 | Kill Sadie | Experiments in Expectation | Dim mak |
| 15 | Owen | s/t | Polyvinyl |
| 16 | Contagious Orgasm | The Flow of Sound without Parameter | Ground Fault |
| 17 | Apes | Fugue in the Fog | French Kiss |
| 18 | Preston School of Industry | All This Sounds Gas | Matador |
| 19 | Quasi | Sword of God | Touch & Go |
| 20 | Clinic | Internal Wrangler | Domino |
| 21 | Rilo Kiley | Take Offs and Landings | Barsuk |
| 22 | Son, Ambulance | Euphemystic | Saddle Creek |
| 23 | Guillermo Gregorio | Otra Musica | Atavistic |
| 24 | Arab on Radar | Yahweah or the Highway | Skin Graft |
| 25 | Margo Guryan | 25 Demos | Franklin Castle |
| 26 | Holly Golightly | Singles Round Up | Damaged Goods |
| 27 | Various Artists | Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo | Motel |
| 28 | Ultraviolet Makes Me Sick | Sound Proof | Camera Obscura |
| 29 | Elizabeth Elmore/Robert Nanna | Split | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 30 | Green Goblin Project | s/t | Bony Orbit |
| 31 | Slumber Party | Psychedelicate | Kill Rock Stars |
| 32 | Los Huevos | Stick 'em Up | Dragnet |
| 33 | Sad Like Crazy | Love Songs to Death | Ojet |
| 34 | Fitts | I Can't Break Away | Contaminated |
| 35 | Raul | Miles | Don't Even Think About It |