| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | CATE LE BON | Mug Museum | Wichita | |
| 2 | SKY FERREIRA | Night Time, My Time | Capitol | |
| 3 | BLOOD ORANGE | Cupid Deluxe | Domino | |
| 4 | MELODIC | Effra Parade | Anti | |
| 5 | STREETS OF LAREDO | Volume I And II | Self-Released | |
| 6 | M.I.A. | Matangi | N.E.E.T.-Interscope | |
| 7 | ARCADE FIRE | Reflektor | Merge | |
| 8 | BOREAL SONS | Threadbare | Self-Released | |
| 9 | CASS MCCOMBS | Big Wheel And Others | Domino | |
| 10 | ANNA CALVI | One Breath | Domino | |
| 11 | DELTRON 3030 | Event II | Bulk | |
| 12 | DIANE COFFEE | My Friend Fish | Western Vinyl | |
| 13 | MIDLAKE | Antiphon | ATO | |
| 14 | ANE BRUN | Rarities | Balloon Ranger | |
| 15 | CUT COPY | Free Your Mind | Modular-Loma Vista | |
| 16 | TENNIS | Small Sound [EP] | Communion | |
| 17 | POLICA | Shulamith | Mom And Pop | |
| 18 | DRESSES | Sun Shy | Side One Dummy | |
| 19 | DR. DOG | B-Room | Anti | |
| 20 | OF MONTREAL | Lousy With Sylvianbriar | Polyvinyl | |
| 21 | PHANTOGRAM | Phantogram [EP] | Barsuk-Republic | |
| 22 | SLEIGH BELLS | Bitter Rivals | Mom And Pop | |
| 23 | CULTS | Static | Columbia | |
| 24 | WESTERN LOWS | Glacial | JAXART | |
| 25 | SEASICK MAMA | Tip Top Shape | No Shame | |
| 26 | HAR-DI-HAR | Hard Parent/thick Child [EP] | Self-Released | |
| 27 | RJD2 | More Is Than Isn’t | RJ’s Electrical Connections | |
| 28 | DANNY BROWN | Old | Fool’s Gold | |
| 29 | FORTRESS SOCIAL CLUB | Make Love, Not Babies | Fortress | |
| 30 | AMASON | EP | Ingrid |
