| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | EMA | The Future’s Void | Matador | |
| 2 | JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD | Make My Head Sing | ATO | |
| 3 | WYE OAK | Shriek | Merge | |
| 4 | MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA | Cope | Loma Vista | |
| 5 | YOUNG AND SICK | Young And Sick | Harvest | |
| 6 | MAC DEMARCO | Salad Days | Captured Tracks | |
| 7 | TWEENS | Tweens | Frenchkiss | |
| 8 | WHITE HINTERLAND | Baby | Dead Oceans | |
| 9 | THESE NEW PURITANS | Field Of Reeds | Infectious | |
| 10 | CHAD VANGAALEN | Shrink Dust | SUB POP | |
| 11 | PINK MOUNTAINTOPS | Get Back | Jagjaguwar | |
| 12 | JOLIE HOLLAND | Wine Dark Sea | Anti | |
| 13 | BLACK ANGELS | Clear Lake Forest | Blue Horizon | |
| 14 | SYLVAN ESSO | Sylvan Esso | Partisan | |
| 15 | S. CAREY | Range Of Light | Jagjaguwar | |
| 16 | THEE OH SEES | Drop | Castleface | |
| 17 | I SAVED LATIN! | A Tribute To Wes Anderson | American Laundromat | |
| 18 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Made In Iceland VII | Iceland Music Export | |
| 19 | TROUBLE WITH TEMPLETON | Rookie | Bella Union | |
| 20 | LYKKE LI | I Never Learn | Atlantic | |
| 21 | TUNE-YARDS | Nikki Nack | 4AD | |
| 22 | RAMONA LISA | Arcadia | Terrible | |
| 23 | KISHI BASHI | Lightght | Joyful Noise | |
| 24 | TEEN | The Way And Color | Carpark | |
| 25 | YOUNG MAGIC | Breathing Statues | Carpark | |
| 26 | MO | No Mythologies To Follow | RCA | |
| 27 | REAL ESTATE | Atlas | Domino | |
| 28 | KELIS | Food | Ninja Tune | |
| 29 | DELETED SCENES | Lithium Burn | Park The Van | |
| 30 | DE LUX | Voyage | Innovative Leisure |
