|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
|  (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP |
| 2.
| The Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 3.
| M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
| 4.
| Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler/The Dream EP | In the Red |
| 5.
| Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD |
| 6.
| Real Estate | Days | Domino |
| 7.
| The New Division | Shadows | Division 87 |
| 8.
| Small Black | Moon Killer | Self-released |
| 9.
| Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 10.
| Dyme Def | Yuk the World | Self-released |
| 11.
| Los Campesinos! | Hello Sadness | Arts & Crafts |
| 12.
| Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti- |
| 13.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones |
| 14.
| Cloud Control | Bliss Release | Infectious |
| 15.
| The Walkabouts | Travels in the Dustland | Glitterhouse |
| 16.
| Ghosts I've Met | The Light Opera | Self-released |
| 17.
| The Roots | undun | Def Jam |
| 18.
| Wussy | Strawberry | Shake It |
| 19.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot |
| 20.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/interscope |
| 21.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat |
| 22.
| Blouse | Blouse | Captured Tracks |
| 23.
| Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk |
| 24.
| Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released |
| 25.
| The Head and The Heart | iTunes Session | Sub Pop |
| 26.
| The Sister Ruby Band | In Cold Blood | Starfish |
| 27.
| The D | Both Ways Open Jaws | Six Degrees |
| 28.
| Kate Bush | 50 Words For Snow | Anti- |
| 29.
| The Duke Spirit | Bruiser | Shangri-La |
| 30.
| Surfer Blood | Tarot Classics EP | Kanine |
| 31.
| Tycho | Dive | Ghostly International |
| 32.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 33.
| Tomten | Wednesday's Children | Self-released |
| 34.
| Gui Boratto | III | Kompakt |
| 35.
| Lushlife | No More Golden Days | Self-released |
| 36.
| Sigur Ros | Inni | XL |
| 37.
| Disco Inferno | The 5 Eps | One Little Indian |
| 38.
| Gotye | Making Mirrors | Eleven |
| 39.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop |
| 40.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm |
| 41.
| Land of Pines | III | Self-released |
| 42.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom |
| 43.
| The Beach Boys | The SMiLE Sessions | Capitol |
| 44.
| Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released |
| 45.
| Escort | Escort | Silent Voice |
| 46.
| Modeselektor | Monkeytown | Monkeytown |
| 47.
| Sea Lions | Everything You Wanted To Know About Sea Lions, But Were Afraid To Ask | Slumberland |
| 48.
| Okkervil River | Golden Opportunities 2 | Self-released |
| 49.
| Korallreven | An Album By Korallreven | Acephale |
| 50.
| Apparat Organ Quintet | Polyfonia | Crunchy Frog |
| 51.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt |
| 52.
| Captain Planet | Cookin' Gumbo | Bastard Jazz |
| 53.
| Zomby | Nothing | 4AD |
| 54.
| Oneohtrix Point Never | Replica | Mexican Summer |
| 55.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum |
| 56.
| Hypatia Lake | Ouroboros | Self-released |
| 57.
| The Spits | The Spits | In the Red |
| 58.
| Ritmo Machine | Welcome to the Ritmo Machine | Nacional |
| 59.
| Strange Boys | Live Music | Rough Trade |
| 60.
| Dreams | Feelings 4 U | Self-released |
| 61.
| The Soft Moon | Total Decay EP | Captured Tracks |
| 62.
| Darkside | EP | Clown & Sunset |
| 63.
| Snorri Helgason | Winter Sun | Kimi |
| 64.
| Rustie | Glass Swords | Warp |
| 65.
| Sola Rosa | Get It Together | Melting Pot |
| 66.
| DRC Music | Kinshasa One Two | Warp |
| 67.
| Kurt Vile | So Outta Reach | Matador |
| 68.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! |
| 69.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop |
| 70.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge |
| 71.
| State of the Artist x Ski Team | Slopes | Members Only |
| 72.
| Consignment | New Low | ggnzla |
| 73.
| Danny Barnes | Rocket | ATO |
| 74.
| Noddy | Murder! Dance! Kill! | Self-released |
| 75.
| USF | The Spray | Circle Into Square/Fake Four Inc. |
| 76.
| Mayer Hawthorne | How Do You Do | Universal Republic |
| 77.
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan |
| 78.
| Mr. Chop | Switched On | Now-Again |
| 79.
| Brief Candles | Fractured Days | Guilt Ridden Pop |
| 80.
| Sepalcure | Sepalcure | Hotflush |
| 81.
| 88:88 | The Grey | Self-released |
| 82.
| High Highs | EP | Small Plates |
| 83.
| Trentemller | Reworked/Remixed | In My Room |
| 84.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge |
| 85.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds |
| 86.
| Khingz | Liberation of the Monster | Wandering Worx |
| 87.
| Pollens | Brighten and Break | Self-released |
| 88.
| Constant Lovers | True Romance | Self-released |
| 89.
| Wavves | Life Sux EP | Ghost Ramp |
| 90.
| Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | Enchufada |
