| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | SUPREME CUTS | Divine Ecstasy | Dovecote | |
| 2 | MACHINEDRUM | Vapor City | Ninja Tune | |
| 3 | DAMIEN JURADO | Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son | Secretly Canadian | |
| 4 | SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS | Give The People What They Want | Daptone | |
| 5 | AARON AND THE SEA | Cloak And Dagger [EP] | Self-Released | |
| 6 | DENZELS | Blow [EP] | Admirable Traits | |
| 7 | PAUL RUSKE | Uncertain Times | Self-Released | |
| 8 | FLUME AND CHET FAKER | Lockjaw | Future Classic | |
| 9 | WHITE DENIM | Corsicana Lemonade | Downtown | |
| 10 | CONNAN MOCKASIN | Caramel | Mexican Summer | |
| 11 | HAR-DI-HAR | Hard Parent/thick Child [EP] | Self-Released | |
| 12 | CIBO MATTO | Hotel Valentine | Chimera | |
| 13 | POW! | Hi-Tech Boom | Castle Face | |
| 14 | WILD MOCCASINS | 88 92 | New West | |
| 15 | DUM DUM GIRLS | Too True | SUB POP | |
| 16 | PEGGY SUE | Choir Of Echoes | Yep Roc | |
| 17 | HOSPITALITY | Trouble | Merge | |
| 18 | BURIAL | Rival Dealer | Hyperdub | |
| 19 | TOY | Join The Dots | Heavenly | |
| 20 | DROWNERS | Drowners | Frenchkiss | |
| 21 | PAINTED PALMS | Forever | Polyvinyl | |
| 22 | NATHAN ROBERTS AND THE NEW BIRDS | Nathan Roberts And The New Birds | Self-Released | |
| 23 | DOG BITE | Tranquilizers | Carpark | |
| 24 | CHEATAHS | Cheatahs | Wichita | |
| 25 | HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF | Small Town Heroes | ATO | |
| 26 | QUILT | Held In Splendor | Mexican Summer | |
| 27 | MT. ROYAL | Mt. Royal | Bella Union | |
| 28 | GARDENS AND VILLA | Dunes | Secretly Canadian | |
| 29 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Inside Llewyn Davis – Original Soundtrack Recording | Nonesuch | |
| 30 | ADVENTURE GALLEY | Anywhere That’s Wild | Internet Piracy |
