| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Fugazi | Argument | Dischord |
| 2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | s/t | Shifty |
| 3 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | s/t | Dim mak |
| 4 | Erase Errata | Other Animals | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 5 | Explosions in the Sky | Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die... | Temporary Residence |
| 6 | Oneida | Anthem of the Moon | Jagjaguwar |
| 7 | Goblins | Missing Fits | My Pal God |
| 8 | Dymaxion | Dymaxion x 4 + 3 = 38:33 | Roomtone |
| 9 | Upsilon Acrux | Last Train Out | Hactivist |
| 10 | Manifolds | s/t | Needles and Pins |
| 11 | Milemarker | Anaesthetic | Jade Tree |
| 12 | Beat Happening | Crashing Through Sampler | K |
| 13 | No-Neck Blues Band | Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones... | Revenant |
| 14 | Hydroplane | The Sound of Changing Places | Drive-In |
| 15 | Blow Up | True Noise | Empty |
| 16 | Kill Sadie | Experiments in Expectation | Dim mak |
| 17 | Haggard | No Future | Mr Lady |
| 18 | Death Cab for Cutie | The Photo Album | Barsuk |
| 19 | Arab on Radar | Yahweah or the Highway | Skin Graft |
| 20 | Various Artists | Troubleman Mix-Tape | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 21 | Green Goblin Project | s/t | Bony Orbit |
| 22 | Clinic | Internal Wrangler | Domino |
| 23 | Phantom Limbs | Applied Ignorance | Alternative Tentacles |
| 24 | Slumber Party | Psychedelicate | Kill Rock Stars |
| 25 | Preston School of Industry | All This Sounds Gas | Matador |
| 26 | Son, Ambulance | Euphemystic | Saddle Creek |
| 27 | Contagious Orgasm | The Flow of Sound without Parameter | Ground Fault |
| 28 | Microphones | The Glow: Pt. 2 | K |
| 29 | Various Artists | Mush Filmstrip (Frame 1) | Mush/Shadow |
| 30 | Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist | Danse Manatee | Catsup Plate |
| 31 | Lambchop | Tools in the Dryer | Merge |
| 32 | Various Artists | Cuban Hip-Hop All-Stars Vol. 1 | Papaya |
| 33 | Lu | s/t | Pul Cec |
| 34 | Barcelona | Transhuman Revolution | Pul Cec |
| 35 | Federation X | American Folk Horror | Estrus |