| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Desaparecidos | Read Music/Speak Spanish | Saddle-Creek |
| 2 | Mouse On Mars | Agit Itter It It | Thrill Jockey |
| 3 | Strobe Talbot | 20 Pop Songs | Alternative Tentacles |
| 4 | Destroy All Nels Cline | s/t | Atavistic |
| 5 | Mates of State | Our Constant Concern | Polyvinyl |
| 6 | Bitesize | Sophomore Slump | Packing Heat! |
| 7 | Lassie Foundation, The/Duraluxe | I Duel Sioux And The Ale of Saturn | Grand Theft Autumn |
| 8 | Various Artists | Flying Side Kick | Broken Rekids |
| 9 | Hives, The | Main Offender | Big Wheel Recreation |
| 10 | Dishes, The | s/t 7" | Glazed |
| 11 | Stratford 4 | The Revolt Against Tired Noise | Jetset |
| 12 | Saturday People, The | s/t | Slumberland |
| 13 | Kind of Like Spitting | s/t | Hush |
| 14 | Mensen | Stand Up for Yourself 7" | Wrench |
| 15 | Vogue, The | As Brass And Satin | Made In Mexico |
| 16 | Slim Cessna's Auto Club | s/t | Alternative Tentacles |
| 17 | Elders of Zion | Dawn Refuses To Rise | Incidental Music |
| 18 | Spokane | The Proud Graduates | Jagjaguwar |
| 19 | Otto Von Schirach | Escalo Frio | Schematic |
| 20 | Soiled Doves | s/t 7" | King of The Monsters |
| 21 | Kent 3, The | Spells | Burn Burn Burn |
| 22 | Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali | The Final Moment | Birdman |
| 23 | SyZyGys | Eyes On Green | Tzadik |
| 24 | Antibalas | Liberation Afrobeat | Ninja Tune |
| 25 | Rubber City Rebels | Re-Tired | White Noise |
| 26 | Chromatics | s/t 7" | Hand Held Heart |
| 27 | Phoenicia | Odd Job Description | Schematic |
| 28 | Nad Navillus | Show Your Face | Jagjaguwar |
| 29 | Chalk | Black Box Broken | Deary Me |
| 30 | Gasoline | Take It To The People | Estrus |
| 31 | Mirza | Last Clouds | Ba Da Bing! |
| 32 | Carpet Music | Weekday | Audio Dregs |
| 33 | Andalusia | Such A Heavenly Eyesore | Kitchenwhore/Skyscraping |
| 34 | Bonobo | Animal Magic | Ninja Tune |
| 35 | Sonna | We Sing Loud Sing Soft Tonight | Temporary Residence |
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