| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | M. WARD | A Wasteland Companion | Merge | |
| 2 | SHINS | Port Of Morrow | Columbia | |
| 3 | DR. DOG | Be The Void | Anti | |
| 4 | MEMORYHOUSE | The Slideshow Effect | Sub Pop | |
| 5 | WHITE RABBITS | Milk Famous | TBD | |
| 6 | BLACK KEYS | El Camino | Nonesuch | |
| 7 | FIRST AID KIT | The Lion’s Roar | Wichita | |
| 8 | MIIKE SNOW | Happy To You | Universal Republic | |
| 9 | MAGNETIC FIELDS | Love At The Bottom Of The Sea | Merge | |
| 10 | GRIMES | Visions | 4AD | |
| 11 | DELTA SPIRIT | Delta Spirit | Rounder | |
| 12 | BEN KWELLER | Go Fly A Kite | Noise Company | |
| 13 | BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB | A Different Kind Of Fix | A&M-Octone | |
| 14 | SHARON VAN ETTEN | Tramp | Jagjaguwar | |
| 15 | BROTHER ALI | The Bite Marked Heart [EP] | Rhymesayers | |
| 16 | SLEIGH BELLS | Reign Of Terror | Mom And Pop | |
| 17 | NOW, NOW | Threads | Trans | |
| 18 | TENNIS | Young And Old | Fat Possum | |
| 19 | ANDREW BIRD | Break It Yourself | Mom And Pop | |
| 20 | OBERHOFER | Time Capsules II | Glassnote | |
| 21 | BEAR IN HEAVEN | I Love You, It’s Cool | Hometapes-Dead Oceans | |
| 22 | LANA DEL REY | Born To Die | Stranger | |
| 23 | AVA LUNA | Ice Level | Infinite Best | |
| 24 | OF MONTREAL | Paralytic Stalks | Polyvinyl | |
| 25 | MONA | Mona | Island | |
| 26 | SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS | Ghostory | Vagrant | |
| 27 | SHEARWATER | Animal Joy | Sub Pop | |
| 28 | KATHLEEN EDWARDS | Voyageur | Rounder | |
| 29 | M83 | Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming | Mute | |
| 30 | CHAIRLIFT | Something | Columbia |
