| 1 Grant Hart | The Argument | Domino |
| 2 Portugal. The Man | Evil Friends | Atlantic |
| 3 Gregory Alan Isakov | The Weatherman | Suitcase Town |
| 4 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes | S/T | Vagrant |
| 5 Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City | XL |
| 6 Colfax Speed Queen | Satisfaction Intended | |
| 7 Robart Pollard | Honey Locust Honkey Tonk | GBV Inc. |
| 8 Mavis Staples | One True Vine | Anti |
| 9 Queens of the Stone Age | Like Clockwork | Matador |
| 10 National | Trouble Will Find Me | 4AD |
| 11 Deerhunter | Monomania | 4AD |
| 12 A. tom collins | Stick and Poke | |
| 13 Camera Obscura | Desire Lines | 4AD |
| 14 Club 8 | Above The City | Labrador |
| 15 Kurt Vile | Wakin on a Pretty Daze | Matador |
| 16 Sigur Ros | Kveikur | XL |
| 17 Gauntlet Hair | Stills | Dead Oceans |
| 18 Mikal Cronin | MCII | Merge |
| 19 Fitz and the Tantrums | More Than Just a Dream | Elektra |
| 20 Future Bible Heroes | Partygoing | Merge |
| 21 GRMLN | Empire | Carpark |
| 22 Volcano Choir | Repave | |
| 23 Neko Case | "Man" [single] | Anit |
| 24 Pokey LaFarge | Pokey LaFarge | Third Man |
| 25 Superchunk | "FOH" [single] | Merge |
| 26 Alela Diane | About Farewell | Rusted Blue |
| 27 Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | Columbia |
| 28 Shannon and the Clams | Dreams in the Rat House | Hardly Art |
| 29 Gogol Bordello | Pura Vida | Consipiracy ATO |
| 30 Smith Westerns | Soft Will | Mom and Pop |
