| 1 Devendra Banhart | Mala | Nonesuch |
| 2 Rilo Kiley | Rkives | Little Record Co. |
| 3 Black Angels | Indigo Meadow | Blue Horizon |
| 4 Adam Green & Binki Shapiro | Adam Green & Binki Shapiro | Concord - Rounder |
| 5 Phosphorescent | Muchacho | Dead Oceans |
| 6 Eels | Wonderful, Glorious | Vagrant |
| 7 Strokes | Comedown Machine | RCA |
| 8 Yo La Tengo | Fade | Matador |
| 9 Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | We The Common | Ribbon |
| 10 Telekinesis | Dormarion | Merge |
| 11 Jim James | Regions Of Light and Sound | ATO |
| 12 Heidi Happy | On The Hills | Silent Mode |
| 13 Wavves | Afraid Of Heights | Warner Brothers |
| 14 Lisa Leblanc | Lisa Leblanc | Bonsound |
| 15 Shady Elders | No Favors EP | |
| 16 David Bowie | The Next Day | Columbia |
| 17 Fidlar | Fidlar | Mom And Pop |
| 18 Postal Service | Give Up: Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition | Sup Pop |
| 19 Poet's Row | Poet's Row | |
| 20 Palma Violets | 180 | Rough Trade |
| 21 Little Green Cars | Absolute Zero | Glassnote |
| 22 Flaming Lips | "Sun Blows Up Today" [Single] | Warner Brothers |
| 23 Water Liars | Wyoming | Fat-Possum |
| 24 Robyn Hitchcock | Love From London | Yep Roc |
| 25 Replacements | Songs For Slim | New West |
| 26 Charles Bradley | Victim Of Love | Dunham |
| 27 Mudhoney | Vanshing Point | Sub Pop |
| 28 Lady Lamb The Beekeeper | Ripley Pine | Ba Da Bing |
| 29 Wild Belle | Isles | Columbia |
| 30 Paper Bird | Rooms |
