| 1 Gregory Alan Isakov | The Weatherman | |
| 2 Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires Of The City | XL |
| 3 National | Trouble Will Find Me | 4AD |
| 4 Queens Of The Stone Age | Like Clockwork | Matador |
| 5 Sigur Rós | Kveikur | XL |
| 6 Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Mosquito | Interscope |
| 7 Black Angels | Indigo Meadow | Interscope |
| 8 Phoenix | Bankrupt! | Glassnote |
| 9 Junip | Junip | Mute |
| 10 Iron & Wine | Ghost On Ghost | Nonesuch |
| 11 Kurt Vile | Wakin On A Pretty Daze | Matador |
| 12 Shannon And The Clams | Dreams In The Rat House | Hardly Art |
| 13 Mikal Cronin | MCII | Merge |
| 14 John Grant | Pale Green Ghosts | Partisan |
| 15 Steve Earle | The Low Highway | New West |
| 16 Colfax Speed Queen | Satisfaction Intended | |
| 17 Deerhunter | Monomania | 4AD |
| 18 A. Tom Collins | Stick And Poke | |
| 19 Camera Obscura | Desire Lines | 4AD |
| 20 Club 8 | Above The City | Labrador |
| 21 Portugal The Man | Evil Friends | Atlantic |
| 22 Cold War Kids | Dear Miss Lonelyhearts | Downtown |
| 23 Pastels | Slow Summits | Domino |
| 24 Har Mar Superstar | Bye Bye 17 | Cult |
| 25 Bibio | Silver Wilkinson | Warp |
| 26 Sanders Bolke | Ghost Boy | Communicating Vessels |
| 27 John Vanderslice | Dagger Beach | Tiny Telephone |
| 28 Tullycraft | Lost In Light Rotation | Magic Marker |
| 29 King Tuff | Was Dead | Burger |
| 30 Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | Columbia |
