| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
| 1 | BON IVER | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| 2 | M83 | Hurry Up We're Dreaming | Mute |
| 3 | tUnE-yArDs | w h o k i l l | 4AD |
| 4 | FLEET FOXES | Helplessnee Blues | Sup Pop |
| 5 | RADIOHEAD | The King Of Limbs | XL/TBD |
| 6 | ST. VINCENT | Strange Mercy | 4AD |
| 7 | LYKKE LI | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic/LL |
| 8 | PANDA BEAR | Tomboy | Paw Tracks |
| 9 | DOOMTREE | No Kings | Doomtree |
| 10 | KURT VILE | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Matador |
| 11 | WASHED OUT | Within and Without | Sub Pop |
| 12 | REAL ESTATE | Days | Domino |
| 13 | SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY | You and Me, Ghost | Science of Sound |
| 14 | JAMES BLAKE | James Blake | A&M/Atlas |
| 15 | NEON INDIAN | Era Extrana | Mom & Pop/Static Tongues |
| 16 | BERIUT | The Riptide | Pompeii |
| 17 | ATLAS SOUND | Parallax | 4AD |
| 18 | WYE OAK | Civilian | Merge |
| 19 | CULTS | Cults | In the Name Of |
| 20 | TV ON THE RADIO | Nine Types Of Light | Interscope |
| 21 | DUM DUM GIRLS | Only In My Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 22 | PJ HARVEY | Let England Shake | Vagrant/Island Def Jam |
| 23 | BRIGHT EYES | The People's Key | Saddle Creek |
| 24 | FEIST | Metals | Interscope |
| 25 | YOUTH LAGOON | The Year Of Hibernation | Fat Possum |
| 26 | JOHN MAUS | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves | Domino |
| 27 | TORO Y MOI | Underneath the Pine | Carpark |
| 28 | BILL CALLAHAN | Apocalypse | Drag City |
| 29 | FUCKED UP | David Comes to Life | Matador |
| 30 | LOW | C'mon | Sup Pop |
| 31 | GIRLS | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther |
| 32 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Black Up | Sub Pop |
| 33 | WILD FLAG | Wild Flag | Merge |
| 34 | SIMS | Bad Time Zoo | Rhymesayers |
| 35 | CUT COPY | Zonoscope | Modular |
| 36 | IRON & WINE | Kiss Each Other Clean | Sub Pop |
| 37 | BEASTIE BOYS | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capital |
| 38 | THE WAR ON DRUGS | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian |
| 39 | TWIN SISTER | In Heaven | Domino |
| 40 | LITTLE DRAGON | Ritual Union | Peace Frog |
| 41 | PETER WOLF CRIER | Garden Of Arms | Jagjaguwar |
| 42 | PETER, BJORN & JOHN | Gimme Some | StarTime |
| 43 | BATTLES | Gloss Drop | Warp |
| 44 | CAROLINE SMITH AND THE GOODNIGHT SLEEPS | Little Wind | Self-Released |
| 45 | ARCTIC MONKEYS | Suck It and See | Domino |
| 46 | BUFFALO MOON | Selva Surreal | Moon Glyph |
| 47 | YELLOW OSTRICH | The Mistress | Barsuk |
| 48 | FUTURE ISLANDS | On the Water | Thrill Jockey |
| 49 | THE WEEKND | House of Balloons | Self-Released |
| 50 | PORTUGAL. THE MAN | In the Mountain In the Cloud | Atlantic |
| 51 | TAPES 'N TAPES | Outside | Ibid |
| 52 | DESTROYER | Kaputt | Merge |
| 53 | BRAIDS | Native Speaker | Kanine |
| 54 | TEENAGE MOODS | Mood Ring | YEYE |
| 55 | PINK MINK | Pink Mink | Self-Released |
| 56 | EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY | Take Care, Take Care, Take Care | Temporary Residence |
| 57 | DEVOTCHKA | 100 Lovers | Anti- |
| 58 | DEERHOOF | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl |
| 59 | THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART | Belong | Slumberland |
| 60 | CRIMES | Good Hope | Self-Released |
| 61 | THE ANTLERS | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss |
| 62 | ASTRONAUTALIS | This Is Our Science | Fake Four Inc. |
| 63 | THE RAVEONETTES | Raven In the Dark | Vice |
| 64 | HANDSOME FURS | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop |
| 65 | FOOD PYRAMID | III | Moon Glyph |
| 66 | AUSTRA | Beat and the Pulse | Domino |
| 67 | SHANNON AND THE CLAMS | Sleep Talk | 1-2-3-4-Go! |
| 68 | WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To the Mountain | L Y F |
| 69 | ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD | Tao Of the Dead | Richter Scale/Superball |
| 70 | THURSTON MOORE | Demolished Thoughts | Matador |
| 71 | HUNX AND HIS PUNX | Too Young To Be In Love | Hardly Art |
| 72 | BRUTE HEART | Lonely Hunter | Soft Abuse |
| 73 | DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR. | It's A Corporate World | Warner Bros. |
| 74 | THE DRUMS | Portamento | Frenchkiss |
| 75 | THE MOUNTAIN GOATS | All Eternals Deck | Merge |
| 76 | CRYSTAL STILTS | In Love With Oblivion | Slumberland/Fortuna Pop! |
| 77 | ELITE GYMNASTICS | Ruin I & II | Acephale |
