| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
| 1 | A Whisper in the Noise | As the Bluebird Sings | Transdreamer |
| 2 | Alela Diane | The Pirate's Gospel | Holocene Music |
| 3 | Arab Strap | The Last Romance | Transdreamer |
| 4 | Art Brut | Bang Bang Rock & Roll | Banana |
| 5 | Awesome Snakes | Venom | Crustacean |
| 6 | Band of Horses | Everything All the Time | Sub Pop |
| 7 | Be Your Own Pet | Be Your Own Pet | Ecstatic Peace |
| 8 | Beach House | Beach House | Carpark |
| 9 | Beck | The Information | Interscope |
| 10 | Beirut | Gulag Orkestar | Ba Da Bing! |
| 11 | Belles of Skin City | You Do the Company Proud | Totally Gross |
| 12 | Birthday Suits | Cherry Blue | Nice & Neat |
| 13 | Bonnie Prince Billy | The Letting Go | Drag City |
| 14 | Building Better Bombs | This is a Gang. All We Need is … | Totally Gross… |
| 15 | Built to Spill | You in Reverse | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Califone | Roots and Crowns | Thrill Jockey |
| 17 | Casiotone for the Painfully Alone | Etiquette | Tomlab |
| 18 | Cat Power | The Greatest | Matador |
| 19 | Cex | Actual Fucking | Automation |
| 20 | Chin Up Chin Up | This Harness Can't Ride Anything | Suicide Squeeze |
| 21 | CSS | Cansei De Ser Sexy | Sub Pop |
| 22 | Danielson | Ships | Secretly Canadian |
| 23 | Darkel | Darkel | Astralwerks |
| 24 | Destroyer | Destroyer's Rubies | Merge |
| 25 | Dirty on Purpose | Hallelujah Sirens | North Street |
| 26 | Dosh | The Lost Take | Anticon |
| 27 | Dr. Dog | Takers and Leavers [EP] | Park the Van |
| 28 | Duplomacy | All These Long Drives | 2024 |
| 29 | Editors | The Back Room | Fader |
| 30 | El Perro Del Mar | El Perro Del Mar | Control Group |
| 31 | Fat Kid Wednesdays | Singles | Hope Street |
| 32 | Final Fantasy | He Poos Clouds | Tomlab |
| 33 | Gay Beast | Navy Quilted Pier [EP] | Self Released |
| 34 | Girl Talk | Night Ripper | Illegal Art |
| 35 | Gnarls Barkley | St. Elsewhere | Downtown |
| 36 | Grizzly Bear | Yellow House | Warp |
| 37 | Heartless Bastards | All This Time | Fat Possum |
| 38 | Hot Chip | The Warning | Astralwerks |
| 39 | Islands | Return to the Sea | Equator |
| 40 | Joanna Newsom | Ys | Drag City |
| 41 | Junior Boys | In the Morning | Domino |
| 42 | Kill the Vultures | The Carless Flame | Locust Music |
| 43 | Liars | Drum's Not Dead | Mute |
| 44 | M. Ward | Post-War | Merge |
| 45 | Maritime | We, the Vehicles | Flameshovel |
| 46 | Mastodon | Blood Mountain | Warner |
| 47 | Mates of State | Bring it Back | Barsuk |
| 48 | Matthew Friedberger | Winter Women / Holy Ghost Language… | 859 |
| 49 | Mew | And the Glass Handed Kites | Columbia |
| 50 | Mi and L'au | Mi and L'au | Young God |
| 51 | Micah P. Hinson | Micah P. Hinson and the Opera Circuit | Jade Tree |
| 52 | Mogwai | Mr. Beast | Matador |
| 53 | Mr. Lif | Mo' Mega | Def Jux |
| 54 | Oh No! Oh My! | Oh No! Oh My! | Self Released |
| 55 | Owen | At Home With | Polyvinyl |
| 56 | Peter and the Wolf | Lightness | The Worker's Institute |
| 57 | Prototypes | Prototypes | Minty Fresh |
| 58 | Psalm One | The Death of Frequent Flyer | Rhymesayers |
| 59 | Psapp | The Only Thing I Ever Wanted | Domino |
| 60 | Ratatat | Classics | XL Recordings |
| 61 | Signal to Trust | Golden Armour | Modern Radio |
| 62 | Sparks | Hello Young Lovers | In the Red |
| 63 | STNNNG | Fake Fake | Modern Radio |
| 64 | Super XX Man | X | Hush |
| 65 | Swan Lake | Beast Moans | Jagjaguwar |
| 66 | Tam | Tam | Ecstatic Peace! |
| 67 | The Black Angels | Passover | Light in the Attic |
| 68 | The Black Heart Procession | The Spell | Touch & Go |
| 69 | The Blow | Paper Television | K Recs |
| 70 | The Boy Least Likely To | The Best Party Ever | Too Young to Die |
| 71 | The Dad in Common | Various Moms | Self Released |
| 72 | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife | Capitol |
| 73 | The Get Up Johns | Trouble in Mind | Mercy |
| 74 | The God Damn Doo Wop Band | Broken Hearts | Afternoon Records |
| 75 | The Gossip | Standing in the Way of Control | Kill Rock Stars |
| 76 | The Gothic Archies | The Tragic Treasury | Nonesuch |
| 77 | The King Khan and BBQ Show | What's For Dinner? | In the Red |
