| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | BROTHERS LAZAROFF | Science Won | Self-Released |
| 2 | ROUGH SHOP | Beneath The South Side Bridge | Self-Released |
| 3 | BOB REUTER'S ALLEY GHOST | Born There | Big Muddy |
| 4 | MR. GNOME | Madness In Miniature | El Marko |
| 5 | DR. DOG | Be The Void | Anti |
| 6 | CHUCK PROPHET | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc |
| 7 | LEE RANALDO | Between The Times And The Tides | Matador |
| 8 | POND | Beard, Wives, Denim | Modular |
| 9 | DR. JOHN | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
| 10 | ALABAMA SHAKES | Alabama Shakes | Self-Released |
| 11 | QUANTIC AND ALICE RUSSELLWITH THE COMBO BARBARO | Look Around The Corner | Tru Thoughts |
| 12 | LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS | Faithful Man | Truth And Soul |
| 13 | MIDDLE CLASS FASHION | Girl Talk | Blip Blap! |
| 14 | FIRST AID KIT | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 15 | IMPERIAL TEEN | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 16 | BONNIE RAITT | Slipstream | REDWING |
| 17 | MASTERSONS | Birds Fly South | New West |
| 18 | GOTYE | Making Mirrors | Universal Republic |
| 19 | JOE PUG | The Great Despiser | Lightning Rod |
| 20 | SHINS | Port Of Morrow | Columbia |
| 21 | YUKON BLONDE | Tiger Talk | dine alone |
| 22 | JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE | Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now | Bloodshot |
| 23 | YIM YAMES/JAY FARRAR/ANDERS PARKER/WILL JOHNSON | New Multitudes | Rounder |
| 24 | DELTA SPIRIT | Delta Spirit | Rounder |
| 25 | ANDREW BIRD | Break It Yourself | Mom And Pop |
| 26 | MAGNETIC FIELDS | Love At The Bottom Of The Sea | Merge |
| 27 | BEAR IN HEAVEN | I Love You, It's Cool | Hometapes-Dead Oceans |
| 28 | SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS | Ghostory | Vagrant |
| 29 | NOW, NOW | Threads | Trans |
| 30 | CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS | Leaving Eden | Nonesuch |
