| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|
| 90.3. |  Telekinesis | Telekinesis! |
| 90. | Florence and the Machine | Lungs |
| 89. | Julian Plenti | Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper |
| 88. | Junior Boys | Begone Dull Care |
| 87. | Devendra Banhart | What Will We Be |
| 86. | The Ironclads | Space Between the Maps |
| 85. | (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Five |
| 84. | Arctic Monkeys | Humbug |
| 83. | The Thermals | Now We Can See |
| 82. | Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band | Outer South |
| 81. | Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light |
| 80. | Gui Boratto | Take My Breath Away |
| 79. | Throw Me the Statue | Creaturesque |
| 78. | Tegan and Sara | Sainthood |
| 77. | Future of the Left | Travels With Myself and Another |
| 76. | Eels | Hombre Lobo |
| 75. | Sleepy Eyes of Death | Dark Signals |
| 74. | Au Revoir Simone | Still Night, Still Light |
| 73. | Twilight Sad | Forget the Night Ahead |
| 72. | The Redwood Plan | Movers Shakers Makers EP |
| 71. | Dodos | Time To Die |
| 70. | The Heavy | The House That Dirt Built |
| 69. | Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You |
| 68. | Iron and Wine | Around the Well |
| 67. | White Rabbits | It's Frightening |
| 66. | Mew | No More Stories... |
| 65. | Royksopp | Junior |
| 64. | The Raveonettes | In and Out of Control |
| 63. | The Antlers | Hospice |
| 62. | A Place to Bury Strangers | Exploding Head |
| 61. | Deer Tick | Born On Flag Day |
| 60. | Slender Means | Adrift in the Cosmos |
| 59. | Regina Spektor | Far |
| 58. | Doves | Kingdom of Rust |
| 57. | Betsy Olson | Lonely Woman Blues |
| 56. | Girls | Album |
| 55. | Bat For Lashes | Two Suns |
| 54. | Fruit Bats | The Ruminant Band |
| 53. | Atlas Sound | Logos |
| 52. | The Horrors | Primary Colours |
| 51. | The Dead Weather | Horehound |
| 50. | Beirut // Realpeople | March of the Zapotec // Holland |
| 49. | Bill Callahan | Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle |
| 48. | Japandroids | Post-Nothing |
| 47. | Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid |
| 46. | Camera Obscura | My Maudlin Career |
| 45. | Thao with The Get Down Stay Down | Know Better Learn Faster |
| 44. | David Bazan | Curse Your Branches |
| 43. | The Dutchess & the Duke | Sunset/Sunrise |
| 42. | Silversun Pickups | Swoon |
| 41. | Sonic Youth | The Eternal |
| 40. | Mos Def | The Ecstatic |
| 39. | St. Vincent | Actor |
| 38. | Gossip | Music For Men |
| 37. | Blitzen Trapper | Black River Killer |
| 36. | The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love |
| 35. | Elvis Perkins in Dearland | Elvis Perkins in Dearland |
| 34. | Fanfarlo | Reservoir |
| 33. | Handsome Furs | Face Control |
| 32. | The Flaming Lips | Embryonic |
| 31. | Erik Blood | The Way We Live |
| 30. | Dinosaur Jr. | Farm |
| 29. | Grand Hallway | Promenade |
| 28. | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart |
| 27. | The Maldives | Listen to the Thunder |
| 26. | Yo La Tengo | Popular Songs |
| 25. | Fever Ray | Fever Ray |
| 24. | Matt & Kim | Grand |
| 23. | M. Ward | Hold Time |
| 22. | Monsters of Folk | Monsters of Folk |
| 21. | The Cave Singers | Welcome Joy |
| 20. | Visqueen | Message to Garcia |
| 19. | We Were Promised Jetpacks | These Four Walls |
| 18. | (Various) | Dark Was the Night |
| 17. | Miike Snow | Miike Snow |
| 16. | Fresh Espresso | Glamour |
| 15. | Metric | Fantasies |
| 14. | Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca |
| 13. | Bon Iver | Blood Bank |
| 12. | Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy |
| 11. | The Decemberists | The Hazards of Love |
| 10. | Andrew Bird | Noble Beast |
| 9. | Wilco | (the album) |
| 8. | Passion Pit | Manners |
| 7. | The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You |
| 6. | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | It's Blitz! |
| 5. | The xx | xx |
| 4. | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone |
| 3. | Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest |
| 2. | Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix |
| 1. | Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
