| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | WYE OAK | Shriek | Merge | |
| 2 | MAC DEMARCO | Salad Days | Captured Tracks | |
| 3 | EMA | The Future’s Void | Matador | |
| 4 | JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD | Make My Head Sing | ATO | |
| 5 | MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA | Cope | Loma Vista | |
| 6 | YOUNG AND SICK | Young And Sick | Harvest | |
| 7 | TWEENS | Tweens | Frenchkiss | |
| 8 | WHITE HINTERLAND | Baby | Dead Oceans | |
| 9 | THESE NEW PURITANS | Field Of Reeds | Infectious | |
| 10 | YOUR FRIEND | Jekyll/Hyde | Domino | |
| 11 | SEPTEMBER GIRLS | Cursing The Sea | Fortuna Pop | |
| 12 | DE LUX | Voyage | Innovative Leisure | |
| 13 | ALDEN PENNER | Exegesis | Self-Released | |
| 14 | CHERRY GLAZERR | Haxel Princess | Burger | |
| 15 | CHAD VANGAALEN | Shrink Dust | SUB POP | |
| 16 | PINK MOUNTAINTOPS | Get Back | Jagjaguwar | |
| 17 | KELIS | Food | Ninja Tune | |
| 18 | THUS OWLS | Turning Rocks | Secret City | |
| 19 | JOLIE HOLLAND | Wine Dark Sea | Anti | |
| 20 | BLACK ANGELS | Clear Lake Forest | Blue Horizon | |
| 21 | SYLVAN ESSO | Sylvan Esso | Partisan | |
| 22 | S. CAREY | Range Of Light | Jagjaguwar | |
| 23 | THEE OH SEES | Drop | Castleface | |
| 24 | NOTWIST | Close To The Glass | SUB POP | |
| 25 | REAL ESTATE | Atlas | Domino | |
| 26 | AVEY TARE’S SLASHER FLICKS | Enter The Slasher House | Domino | |
| 27 | ST. VINCENT | St. Vincent | Loma Vista | |
| 28 | BLACK LIPS | Underneath The Rainbow | Vice | |
| 29 | TENSNAKE | Glow | Astralwerks | |
| 30 | PERFECT PUSSY | Say Yes To Love | Captured Tracks |
