| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | BROTHERS LAZAROFF | Science Won | Self-Released |
| 2 | DR. JOHN | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
| 3 | ROUGH SHOP | Beneath The South Side Bridge | Self-Released |
| 4 | LEE RANALDO | Between The Times And The Tides | Matador |
| 5 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | Wrecking Ball | Columbia |
| 6 | JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE | Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now | Bloodshot |
| 7 | WACO BROTHERS AND PAUL BURCH | Great Chicago Fire | Bloodshot |
| 8 | BOB REUTER'S ALLEY GHOST | Born There | Big Muddy |
| 9 | CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS | Leaving Eden | Nonesuch |
| 10 | AMADOU AND MARIAM | Folila | Nonesuch |
| 11 | SHINS | Port Of Morrow | Columbia |
| 12 | QUANTIC AND ALICE RUSSELLWITH THE COMBO BARBARO | Look Around The Corner | Tru Thoughts |
| 13 | SPIRITUALIZED | Sweet Heart Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 14 | KISHI BASHI | 151a | Joyful Noise |
| 15 | ROBERT POLLARD | Mousman Cloud | GBV |
| 16 | SQUIRES OF THE SUBTERRAIN | Sandbox | |
| 17 | COWBOY JUNKIES | The Wilderness | Razor and Tie |
| 18 | GOTYE | Making Mirrors | Universal Republic |
| 19 | ALABAMA SHAKES | Boys And Girls | ATO |
| 20 | POND | Beard, Wives, Denim | Modular |
| 21 | TENNIS | Young And Old | Fat Possum |
| 22 | EMILY WELLS | Mama | Partisan |
| 23 | MAPS AND ATLASES | Beware And Be Grateful | Barsuk |
| 24 | LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS | Faithful Man | Truth And Soul |
| 25 | SLEIGH BELLS | Reign Of Terror | Mom And Pop |
| 26 | THEESATISFACTION | AwE NaturalE | Sub Pop |
| 27 | FRANKIE ROSE | Interstellar | Slumberland |
| 28 | FIRST AID KIT | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 29 | SCREAMING FEMALES | Ugly | Don Giovanni |
| 30 | SARAH JAFFE | The Body Wins | Kirtland |
