| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | UNION ELECTRIC | Time Is Gold | Rankoutsider |
| 2 | ALBERTA CROSS | Songs Of Patience | ATO |
| 3 | GOLD MOTEL | Gold Motel | Good As Gold |
| 4 | AQUITAINE | American Pulverizer [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | SPECTATOR | In The Brick | Self-Released |
| 6 | SIGHTS | Left Over Right | HRM |
| 7 | KARATE BIKINI | Sauce Of The Apple Horse | Self-Released |
| 8 | OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW | Carry Me Back | ATO |
| 9 | JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD | Hypnotic Nights | Warner Brothers-Infinity Cat |
| 10 | GREAT GRANDFATHERS | Saint Anthony's Fire | Tate |
| 11 | SANTIGOLD | Master Of My Make Believe | Atlantic |
| 12 | ALABAMA SHAKES | Boys And Girls | ATO |
| 13 | HONEY DEWDROPS | Silver Lining | Self-Released |
| 14 | VOLTA SOUND | Like Entropy | Davenport |
| 15 | KISHI BASHI | 151a | Joyful Noise |
| 16 | GIANT GIANT SAND | Tucson | Fire |
| 17 | BARONESS | Yellow And Green | Relapse |
| 18 | LOS STRAITJACKETS | Jet Set | Yep Roc |
| 19 | ALLO DARLIN' | Europe | Slumberland |
| 20 | EVEREST | Ownerless | ATO |
| 21 | JACK WHITE | Blunderbuss | Columbia |
| 22 | ECHO LAKE | Wild Peace | Slumberland |
| 23 | KELLY HOGAN | I Like To Keep Myself In Pain | Anti |
| 24 | BEACH HOUSE | Bloom | SUB POP |
| 25 | CROCODILES | Endless Flowers | Frenchkiss |
| 26 | DIIV | Oshin | Captured Tracks |
| 27 | PATTI SMITH | Banga | Columbia |
| 28 | GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS | The Lion The Beast The Beat | Hollywood |
| 29 | BRUISER QUEEN | Swears | |
| 30 | SUN KIL MOON |
Among The Leaves |
