| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Les Savy Fav | Go Forth | French Kiss |
| 2 | Le Tigre | Feminist Sweepstakes | Mr. Lady |
| 3 | Katie the Pest | s/t | self-released |
| 4 | Prima Donnas, the | Drugs, Sex and Discotheques | Peek-a-Boo Industries |
| 5 | Jackie O Motherfucker | Liberation | Roadcone |
| 6 | Spits, the | s/t | Nickel and Dime |
| 7 | Dan Melchior's Broke Revue | Heavy Dirt | In the Red |
| 8 | Glass Candy and the Shattered Theater | Smashed Candy | VerminScum |
| 9 | Blacklipstick | The Four Kingdoms of... | Peek-a-Boo Industries |
| 10 | Solex | Low Kick and Hard Bop | Matador |
| 11 | Assistant, the | s/t | Milligram |
| 12 | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Grand Opening and Closing | Seeland-Chaosophy |
| 13 | Under a Dying Sun | When Walls are Built | City Boot |
| 14 | Fugazi | The Arguement | Dischord |
| 15 | Amps for Christ | The Oak in the Ashes | Shrimper |
| 16 | Upsilon Acrux | Last Train Out | Hactivist |
| 17 | Up, Bustle, and Out | Master Sessions 2 | Ninja Tune |
| 18 | Various Artists | Membranaphonics | Monitor |
| 19 | Flaming Stars | Ginmill Perfume | Alternative Tentacles |
| 20 | Manifolds | s/t | Needles and Pins |
| 21 | Blow Up | True Noise | Empty USA |
| 22 | Pinback | Blue Screen Life | Ace Fu |
| 23 | Starvations, the | A Blackout to Remember | Revenge |
| 24 | Goddamn Gentlemen | Sex-Caliber Horsepower | Upper Cut |
| 25 | Various Artists | Runeology | Rune Grammofon |
| 26 | Telefon Tel Aviv | Fahrenheit Fair Enough | Hefty |
| 27 | Jerk with a Bomb | The Old Noise | Scratch |
| 28 | Various Artists | Scabz-n-Bones Compilation #1 | Wiseass |
| 29 | NLF3 | Part 1 and Part 2 | Prohibited |
| 30 | Faust | BBC Sessions | Recommended |
| 31 | Cuts, the | s/t | Rocknroll Blitzkrieg |
| 32 | Kammerflimmer Kollektief | Hysteria | Payola |
| 33 | Triangle | * | File 13 |
| 34 | Her Space Holiday | Manic Expressive | Tigerstyle |
| 35 | Olive Grain | s/t | Ace Fu |
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