| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Kent 3, the | Spells | Burn Burn Burn |
| 2 | Bonobo | Animal Magic | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | Various Artists | Colapsus | Sound Ink |
| 4 | SyZyGys | Eyes on Green | Tzadik |
| 5 | Flanger | Outer Space/Inner Space | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | Destroy All Nels Cline | s/t | Atavistic |
| 7 | Vogue, the | As Brass and Satin | Made in Mexico |
| 8 | Roundtable MC's | Table Manners | Neck Exercise/PHONOgraphics |
| 9 | Mori, Ikue | One Hundred Aspects of the Moon | Tzadik |
| 10 | Rubber City Rebels | Re-Tired | White Noise |
| 11 | Various Artists | Cinemaphonic 2: Soul Punch | Motel |
| 12 | Ruins | Mandala 2000 Live at Kichijoji Mandala II | Tzadik |
| 13 | Sonna | We Sing Loud Sing Soft Tonight | Temporary Residence |
| 14 | Spokane | The Proud Graduates | Jagjaguwar |
| 15 | Hikashu History | Hikashu | Tzadik |
| 16 | Envy | All the Fingerprints You've Ever Left and the Fear | Dimmak |
| 17 | Various Artists | Flying Side Kick | Broken Rekids |
| 18 | DJ Scud/Rich Kid | Murder Sound | Ambush |
| 19 | Otto Von Schirach | Escalo Frio | Schematic |
| 20 | Various Artists | Urban Revolutions | Future Primitive Sound |
| 21 | Centr-o-matic | Distance and Clime | Idol |
| 22 | Massacre | Meltdown | Tzadik |
| 23 | Furtips | When My Baby Smiles at Me, I Go to Rio | Animal World |
| 24 | Fast Forward | s/t | Vermiform |
| 25 | Bleeding Kansas | Giving Emo Something to Cry About | Self-Released |
| 26 | Various Artists | Exploratory Music from Portugal | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation |
| 27 | Stratford 4 | The Revolt Against Tired Noise | Jetset |
| 28 | Champagne Kiss | Dancing in the Pockets of Thieves | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 29 | Herman Dune | Turn Off the Light | Prohibited |
| 30 | Young Canadians | Joyride on the Western Front | White Noise |
| 31 | Chalk | Black Box Broken | Deary Me |
| 32 | Surya | Music to Watch | Soleilmoon |
| 33 | Gira, M. and Matz, D. | What We Did | Young God |
| 34 | Dishes | Girls Can't Play | Glazed |
| 35 | Volcano the Bear | Volfur | Beta-Lactam Ring |