| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | KARATE BIKINI | Sauce Of The Apple Horse | Self-Released |
| 2 | WILD NOTHING | Nocturne | Captured Tracks |
| 3 | THE FIXX | Beautiful Friction | |
| 4 | SPECTATOR | In The Brick | Self-Released |
| 5 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac | here music |
| 6 | BLOC PARTY | Four | Frenchkiss |
| 7 | ANTIBALAS | Antibalas | Daptone |
| 8 | LIANNE LA HAVAS | Is Your Love Big Enough? | Nonesuch |
| 9 | KING TUFF | King Tuff | SUB POP |
| 10 | BE GOOD TANYAS | A Collection (2000-2012) | Nettwerk |
| 11 | PURITY RING | Shrines | 4AD |
| 12 | MIKE KENEALLY | Wing Beat Fantastic | Exowax |
| 13 | SUGAR | FILE UNDER:EASY LISTENING | Rykodisc |
| 14 | POOR MOON | Poor Moon | SUB POP |
| 15 | REDD KROSS | Researching The Blues | Merge |
| 16 | RODRIGUEZ | Searching For Sugar Man | Legacy |
| 17 | ICKY BLOSSOMS | Icky Blossoms | Saddle Creek |
| 18 | KENDRA MORRIS | Banshee | |
| 19 | JAPANDROIDS | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 20 | TALLEST MAN ON EARTH | There's No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans |
| 21 | DEEP TIME | Deep Time | Hardly Art |
| 22 | LETTUCE | Fly | Velour |
| 23 | BLONDS | The Bad Ones | Gluck |
| 24 | ORWELLS | Remember When | Autumn Tone |
| 25 | DELICATE STEVE | Positive Force | Luaka Bop |
| 26 | GASLIGHT ANTHEM | Handwritten | Mercury |
| 27 | I WAS TOTALLY DESTROYING IT | Vexations | Greyday |
| 28 | BELIEVERS | Believers [EP] | Orchard |
| 29 | DINOSAUR JR. | I Bet On Sky | Jagjaguwar |
| 30 | MYNABIRDS | Generals | Saddle Creek |
