| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Zeni Geva | 10,000 Light Years | Neurot |
| 2 | American Analog Set | Know By Heart | Tigerstyle |
| 3 | Lost Kids | Belle Isle Is On Fire | GSL |
| 4 | Metrovavan | Retrofitting | Darla |
| 5 | Twilight Circus Dub Sound System | Volcanic Dub | M |
| 6 | Four Corners | Say You're a Scream | Kindercore |
| 7 | Holly Golightly | Singles Round Up | Damaged Goods |
| 8 | Clinic | Internal Wrangler | Domino |
| 9 | Phantom Limbs | Applied Ignorance | Alternative Tentacles |
| 10 | Black Dice | Peace in the Valley 7" | Three One G |
| 11 | Fantomas | The Director's Cut | Ipecac |
| 12 | Dunlavy | King of All He Surveys | Fleece |
| 13 | Tight Bro's From Way Back When | Lend You a Hand | Kill Rock Stars |
| 14 | Ultraviolet Makes Me Sick | Sound Proof | Camera Obscura |
| 15 | Owls | s/t | Jade Tree |
| 16 | Superchunk | Late-Century Dream | Merge |
| 17 | Faint | Danse Macabre | Saddle Creek |
| 18 | Walkmen | s/t | Star Time International |
| 19 | Royal Fingers | Wild Eleki Deluxe | Del-fi |
| 20 | Patsy | In a Briefcase | self-released |
| 21 | Matty and Mossy | Fraimers Hamey | Fleece |
| 22 | Lesser | Mensa Dance Squad | Tigerbeat6 |
| 23 | Pullman | Viewfinder | Thrill Jockey |
| 24 | Summer Hymns | A Celebratory Arm Gesture | Misra |
| 25 | IfIHadAHiFi | Ones and Zeros | No Karma/Tape Engine |
| 26 | Eastenburia | s/t | Japan Overseas |
| 27 | Electric Birds | The Chase | Etherdrag |
| 28 | Truman's Water | s/t | Emperor Jones |
| 29 | Azalia Snail | Brazen Arrows | Dark Beloved Cloud |
| 30 | Bablicon | A Flat Inside a Fog: The Cat That Was a Dog | Misra |
| 31 | Various Artists | Vocal Music In Crete | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 32 | Clean | Getaway | Merge |
| 33 | Pram | Somniloquy | Merge |
| 34 | Penthouse | White Slave Speaks 7" | Space baby |
| 35 | Dirtbombs | Ultraglide in Black | In the Red |
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