| Rank |
Artist |
Recording |
Label |
| 1 |
WASHED OUT |
Within And Without |
Sub Pop |
| 2 |
BON IVER |
Bon Iver |
Jagjaguwar |
| 3 |
TY SEGALL |
Goodbye Bread |
Drag City |
| 4 |
PORTUGAL. THE MAN |
In The Mountain In The Cloud |
Approaching AIRballoons-Atlantic |
| 5 |
FRUIT BATS |
Tripper |
Sub Pop |
| 6 |
CULTS |
Cults |
Columbia-In The Name Of |
| 7 |
VACCINES |
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? |
Columbia |
| 8 |
LITTLE DRAGON |
Ritual Union |
Peacefrog |
| 9 |
MISTER HEAVENLY |
Out Of Love |
Sub Pop |
| 10 |
ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER |
Last Summer |
Merge |
| 11 |
YACHT |
Shangri-La |
DFA |
| 12 |
HANDSOME FURS |
Sound Kapital |
Sub Pop |
| 13 |
WE ARE AUGUSTINES |
Rise Ye Sunken Ships |
Turnout-Oxcart |
| 14 |
MEMORY TAPES |
Player Piano |
Carpark |
| 15 |
IS TROPICAL |
Native To |
Co-Op |
| 16 |
POSTELLES |
The Postelles |
+1 |
| 17 |
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
Fat Possum |
| 18 |
GIVERS |
In Light |
Glassnote |
| 19 |
DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR. |
It’s A Corporate World |
Quite Scientific |
| 20 |
BLACK LIPS |
Arabia Mountain |
Vice |
| 21 |
THEE OH SEES |
Castlemania |
In The Red |
| 22 |
ETTES |
Wicked Will |
Krian |
| 23 |
MIDDLE EAST |
I Want That You Are Always Happy |
Missing Piece |
| 24 |
DIRTY MITTENS |
Heart Of Town |
Magic Marker |
| 25 |
BLASTED CANYONS |
Blasted Canyons |
Castleface |
| 26 |
KICKDRUMS |
Meet Your Ghost |
Last Gang |
| 27 |
LITTLE GOLD |
Weird Freedom |
Loud Baby |
| 28 |
PET LIONS |
Houses |
Self-Released |
| 29 |
CASSETTES WON’T LISTEN |
Evinspacey |
Daylight Curfew |
| 30 |
THEOPHILUS LONDON |
Timez Are Weird These Days |
Reprise |
