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KEXP Music Charts
KEXP Variety music charts for 2011
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Rank
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 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 |
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Rank
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
| Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD | | 2.
| M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute | | 3.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 4.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 5.
| Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released | | 6.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones | | 7.
| Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler/The Dream EP | In the Red | | 8.
| Small Black | Moon Killer | Self-released | | 9.
| Real Estate | Days | Domino | | 10.
| The New Division | Shadows | Division 87 | | 11.
| Dyme Def | Yuk the World | Self-released | | 12.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat | | 13.
| Disco Inferno | The 5 Eps | One Little Indian | | 14.
| The Duke Spirit | Bruiser | Shangri-La | | 15.
| Wussy | Strawberry | Shake It | | 16.
| Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti- | | 17.
| Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record | | 18.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/interscope | | 19.
| Gui Boratto | III | Kompakt | | 20.
| Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk | | 21.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot | | 22.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 23.
| Total Control | Henge Beat | Iron Lung | | 24.
| Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released | | 25.
| Cloud Control | Bliss Release | Infectious | | 26.
| Tycho | Dive | Ghostly International | | 27.
| State of the Artist x Ski Team | Slopes | Members Only | | 28.
| Ritmo Machine | Welcome to the Ritmo Machine | Nacional | | 29.
| Los Campesinos! | Hello Sadness | Arts & Crafts | | 30.
| Noddy | Murder! Dance! Kill! | Self-released | | 31.
| Land of Pines | III | Self-released | | 32.
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan | | 33.
| Escort | Escort | Silent Voice | | 34.
| Apparat Organ Quintet | Polyfonia | Crunchy Frog | | 35.
| Lushlife | No More Golden Days | Self-released | | 36.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop | | 37.
| Modeselektor | Monkeytown | Monkeytown | | 38.
| Sigur Ros | Inni | XL | | 39.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt | | 40.
| Mayer Hawthorne | How Do You Do | Universal Republic | | 41.
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen over aaskammen | Polyvinyl | | 42.
| Surfer Blood | Tarot Classics EP | Kanine | | 43.
| Gotye | Making Mirrors | Eleven | | 44.
| The Head and The Heart | iTunes Session | Sub Pop | | 45.
| Ghosts I've Met | The Light Opera | Self-released | | 46.
| Kate Bush | 50 Words For Snow | Anti- | | 47.
| Sea Lions | Everything You Wanted To Know About Sea Lions, But Were Afraid To Ask | Slumberland | | 48.
| Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | Enchufada | | 49.
| Korallreven | An Album By Korallreven | Acephale | | 50.
| Wavves | Life Sux EP | Ghost Ramp | | 51.
| The Soft White Sixties | The Soft White Sixties | Filament Group | | 52.
| (Soundtrack) | Drive | Lakeshore | | 53.
| Sola Rosa | Get It Together | Melting Pot | | 54.
| The Barr Brothers | The Barr Brothers | Secret City | | 55.
| Oneohtrix Point Never | Replica | Mexican Summer | | 56.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | Sub Pop | | 57.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 58.
| Consignment | New Low | ggnzla | | 59.
| The Walkabouts | Travels in the Dustland | Glitterhouse | | 60.
| Danny Barnes | Rocket | ATO | | 61.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 62.
| Hey Marseilles | Elegy | Onto | | 63.
| Expensive Looks | Dark Matters | Group Tightener | | 64.
| Justice | Audio, Video, Disco | Ed Banger/Because/Elektra | | 65.
| Kurt Vile | So Outta Reach | Matador | | 66.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 67.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 68.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 69.
| The Beach Boys | The SMiLE Sessions | Capitol | | 70.
| Hypatia Lake | Ouroboros | Self-released | | 71.
| Constant Lovers | True Romance | Self-released | | 72.
| Terri Tarantula | Night of the Leapist | Self-released | | 73.
| Strange Boys | Live Music | Rough Trade | | 74.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge | | 75.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 76.
| Captain Planet | Cookin' Gumbo | Bastard Jazz | | 77.
| Bjork | Biophilia | Nonesuch | | 78.
| The Decemberists | Long Live the King | Capitol | | 79.
| Mr. Gnome | Madness in Miniature | El Marko | | 80.
| DRC Music | Kinshasa One Two | Warp | | 81.
| Niki & The Dove | The Drummer | Sub Pop | | 82.
| Keep Shelly In Athens | Our Own Dream | Forest Family | | 83.
| Darkside | EP | Clown & Sunset | | 84.
| Snorri Helgason | Winter Sun | Kimi | | 85.
| High Highs | EP | Small Plates | | 86.
| Cass McCombs | Humor Risk | Domino | | 87.
| High Places | Original Colors | Thrill Jockey | | 88.
| Lindsay Fuller | You, Anniversary | ATO | | 89.
| USF | The Spray | Circle Into Square/Fake Four Inc. | | 90.
| Malajube | La Caverne | Dare To Care Records |
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Rank
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
| Real Estate | Days | Domino | | 2.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 3.
| M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute | | 4.
| Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD | | 5.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 6.
| Dyme Def | Yuk the World | Self-released | | 7.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released | | 9.
| Gui Boratto | III | Kompakt | | 10.
| Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti- | | 11.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/interscope | | 12.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 13.
| Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler/The Dream EP | In the Red | | 14.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot | | 15.
| Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record | | 16.
| The New Division | Shadows | Division 87 | | 17.
| Hypatia Lake | Ouroboros | Self-released | | 18.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat | | 19.
| The Beach Boys | The SMiLE Sessions | Capitol | | 20.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop | | 21.
| Mayer Hawthorne | How Do You Do | Universal Republic | | 22.
| Surfer Blood | Tarot Classics EP | Kanine | | 23.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones | | 24.
| Los Campesinos! | Hello Sadness | Arts & Crafts | | 25.
| Disco Inferno | The 5 Eps | One Little Indian | | 26.
| Ritmo Machine | Welcome to the Ritmo Machine | Nacional | | 27.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt | | 28.
| Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients | Bloodshot | | 29.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 30.
| High Places | Original Colors | Thrill Jockey | | 31.
| Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire | Capitol | | 32.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 33.
| Noddy | Murder! Dance! Kill! | Self-released | | 34.
| Sea Lions | Everything You Wanted To Know About Sea Lions, But Were Afraid To Ask | Slumberland | | 35.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 36.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 37.
| Wavves | Life Sux EP | Ghost Ramp | | 38.
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan | | 39.
| Modeselektor | Monkeytown | Monkeytown | | 40.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 41.
| Korallreven | An Album By Korallreven | Acephale | | 42.
| Captain Planet | Cookin' Gumbo | Bastard Jazz | | 43.
| Gringo Star | Count Yer Lucky Stars | Gigantic | | 44.
| Tycho | Dive | Ghostly International | | 45.
| (Soundtrack) | Drive | Lakeshore | | 46.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 47.
| State of the Artist x Ski Team | Slopes | Members Only | | 48.
| Consignment | New Low | ggnzla | | 49.
| Khingz | Liberation of the Monster | Wandering Worx | | 50.
| Danny Barnes | Rocket | ATO | | 51.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 52.
| Brite Futures | Dark Past | Turnout | | 53.
| Wussy | Strawberry | Shake It | | 54.
| Total Control | Henge Beat | Iron Lung | | 55.
| Kate Bush | 50 Words For Snow | Anti- | | 56.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge | | 57.
| Sigur Ros | Inni | XL | | 58.
| Mr. Chop | Switched On | Now-Again | | 59.
| The Duke Spirit | Bruiser | Shangri-La | | 60.
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen over aaskammen | Polyvinyl | | 61.
| Bjork | Biophilia | Nonesuch | | 62.
| The Soft White Sixties | The Soft White Sixties | Filament Group | | 63.
| Quilt | Quilt | Mexican Summer | | 64.
| Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk | | 65.
| Body Language | Social Studies | Om | | 66.
| Oneohtrix Point Never | Replica | Mexican Summer | | 67.
| Kurt Vile | So Outta Reach | Matador | | 68.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 69.
| Yuni In Taxco | Slow Charade | Self-released | | 70.
| USF | The Spray | Circle Into Square/Fake Four Inc. | | 71.
| Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released | | 72.
| Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | Avokado | | 73.
| Cloud Control | Bliss Release | Infectious | | 74.
| Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | Enchufada | | 75.
| Strange Boys | Live Music | Rough Trade | | 76.
| Apparat Organ Quintet | Polyfonia | Crunchy Frog | | 77.
| Bonnie Prince Billy | Wolfroy Goes To Town | Drag City | | 78.
| J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science | Undercover | Om | | 79.
| Sepalcure | Sepalcure | Hotflush | | 80.
| TW Walsh | Songs of Pain and Leisure | Graveface | | 81.
| Class Actress | Rapprocher | Carpark | | 82.
| Oddisee | Rock Creek Park | Mello Music Group | | 83.
| DRC Music | Kinshasa One Two | Warp | | 84.
| El Rego | El Rego | Daptone | | 85.
| The Decemberists | Long Live the King | Capitol | | 86.
| Mr. Gnome | Madness in Miniature | El Marko | | 87.
| Expensive Looks | Dark Matters | Group Tightener | | 88.
| Gotye | Making Mirrors | Eleven | | 89.
| Sola Rosa | Get It Together | Melting Pot | | 90.
| Yuck | B-Sides | Fat Possum |
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
| M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute | | 2.
| Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD | | 3.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 4.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 5.
| Real Estate | Days | Domino | | 6.
| The New Division | Shadows | Division 87 | | 7.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 9.
| Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record | | 10.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 11.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat | | 12.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones | | 13.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot | | 14.
| Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti- | | 15.
| Los Campeinos! | Hello Sadness | Arts & Crafts | | 16.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/interscope | | 17.
| Ritmo Machine | Welcome to the Ritmo Machine | Nacional | | 18.
| Sigur Ros | Inni | XL | | 19.
| Captain Planet | Cookin' Gumbo | Bastard Jazz | | 20.
| Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk | | 21.
| Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released | | 22.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 23.
| The Beach Boys | The SMiLE Sessions | Capitol | | 24.
| Mayer Hawthorne | How Do You Do | Universal Republic | | 25.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt | | 26.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 27.
| Korallreven | An Album By Korallreven | Acephale | | 28.
| Brite Futures | Dark Past | Turnout | | 29.
| State of the Artist x Ski Team | Slopes | Members Only | | 30.
| The Pica Beats | Better In Color | Self-released | | 31.
| Total Control | Henge Beat | Iron Lung | | 32.
| Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients | Bloodshot | | 33.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 34.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge | | 35.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 36.
| High Places | Original Colors | Thrill Jockey | | 37.
| Modeselektor | Monkeytown | Monkeytown | | 38.
| Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire | Capitol | | 39.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop | | 40.
| Expensive Looks | Dark Matters | Group Tightener | | 41.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 42.
| Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released | | 43.
| Wavves | Life Sux EP | Ghost Ramp | | 44.
| The Revelations feat. Tre Williams | Concrete Blues | Decision | | 45.
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan | | 46.
| Bonnie Prince Billy | Wolfroy Goes To Town | Drag City | | 47.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 48.
| Bjork | Biophilia | Nonesuch | | 49.
| Surfer Blood | Tarot Classics EP | Kanine | | 50.
| Justice | Audio, Video, Disco | Ed Banger/Because/Elektra | | 51.
| Sola Rosa | Get It Together | Melting Pot | | 52.
| Danny Barnes | Rocket | ATO | | 53.
| Noddy | Murder! Dance! Kill! | Self-released | | 54.
| Hypatia Lake | Ouroboros | Self-released | | 55.
| USF | The Spray | Circle Into Square/Fake Four Inc. | | 56.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 57.
| Malajube | La Caverne | MB3 | | 58.
| Strange Boys | Live Music | Rough Trade | | 59.
| Mr. Chop | Switched On | Now-Again | | 60.
| Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino | | 61.
| J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science | Undercover | Om | | 62.
| Tycho | Dive | Ghostly International | | 63.
| Brief Candles | Fractured Days | Guilt Ridden Pop | | 64.
| Gringo Star | Count Yer Lucky Stars | Gigantic | | 65.
| Future Islands | On the Water | Thrill Jockey | | 66.
| DRC Music | Kinshasa One Two | Warp | | 67.
| Yuck | B-Sides | Fat Possum | | 68.
| Mr. Gnome | Madness in Miniature | El Marko | | 69.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 70.
| Cass McCombs | Humor Risk | Domino | | 71.
| Western Haunts | Utoya | Self-released | | 72.
| Das Racist | Relax | Greedhead | | 73.
| Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | Enchufada | | 74.
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen over aaskammen | Polyvinyl | | 75.
| S.C.U.M. | Again Into Eyes | Mute | | 76.
| Kathleen Edwards | Voyageur | Zoe | | 77.
| (Various) | Recordbreakin' Music 5 Year Anniversary | Record Breakin' Music | | 78.
| Forest Fire | Staring At The X | Fatcat | | 79.
| Keep Shelly In Athens | Our Own Dream | Forest Family | | 80.
| Carter Tanton | Free Clouds | Western Vinyl | | 81.
| Niki & The Dove | The Drummer | Sub Pop | | 82.
| Roots Manuva | 4everevolution | Big Dada | | 83.
| Chris Joss | No Play No Work | ESL | | 84.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 85.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 86.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 87.
| Khingz | Liberation of the Monster | Wandering Worx | | 88.
| Lushlife | No More Golden Days | Self-released | | 89.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 90.
| Constant Lovers | True Romance | Self-released |
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
| M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute | | 2.
| Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD | | 3.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 4.
| Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti- | | 5.
| Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released | | 6.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | Sub Pop | | 7.
| Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record | | 8.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat | | 9.
| Real Estate | Days | Domino | | 10.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 11.
| The New Division | Shadows | Division 87 | | 12.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 13.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot | | 14.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 15.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 16.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 17.
| Modeselektor | Monkeytown | Monkeytown | | 18.
| Ritmo Machine | Welcome to the Ritmo Machine | Nacional | | 19.
| Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk | | 20.
| State of the Artist x Ski Team | Slopes | Members Only | | 21.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 22.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 23.
| Total Control | Henge Beat | Iron Lung | | 24.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 25.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop | | 26.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones | | 27.
| High Places | Original Colors | Thrill Jockey | | 28.
| Brite Futures | Dark Past | Turnout | | 29.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 30.
| Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released | | 31.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 32.
| Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients | Bloodshot | | 33.
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan | | 34.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 35.
| Surfer Blood | Tarot Classics EP | Kanine | | 36.
| Los Campeinos! | Hello Sadness | Arts & Crafts | | 37.
| Exitmusic | From Silence | Secretly Canadian | | 38.
| Keep Shelly In Athens | Our Own Dream | Forest Family | | 39.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 40.
| Hypatia Lake | Ouroboros | Self-released | | 41.
| Lushlife | No More Golden Days | Self-released | | 42.
| Bjork | Biophilia | Nonesuch | | 43.
| Wavves | Life Sux EP | Ghost Ramp | | 44.
| Malajube | La Caverne | MB3 | | 45.
| Captain Planet | Cookin' Gumbo | Bastard Jazz | | 46.
| The Decemberists | Long Live the King | Capitol | | 47.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/interscope | | 48.
| Danny Barnes | Rocket | ATO | | 49.
| Noddy | Murder! Dance! Kill! | Self-released | | 50.
| Constant Lovers | True Romance | Self-released | | 51.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 52.
| J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science | Undercover | Om | | 53.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge | | 54.
| Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire | Capitol | | 55.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 56.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 57.
| Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino | | 58.
| Body Language | Social Studies | Om | | 59.
| Khingz | Liberation of the Monster | Wandering Worx | | 60.
| Cataldo | Prison Boxing | Red Pepper | | 61.
| Hey Marseilles | Elegy | Onto | | 62.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 63.
| Laura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon | | 64.
| S.C.U.M. | Again Into Eyes | Mute | | 65.
| The Peep Tempel | The Peep Tempel | Wing Sing | | 66.
| Roots Manuva | 4everevolution | Big Dada | | 67.
| Yuck | B-Sides | Fat Possum | | 68.
| Class Actress | Rapprocher | Carpark | | 69.
| Joker | The Vision | 4AD | | 70.
| Cass McCombs | Humor Risk | Domino | | 71.
| USF | The Spray | Circle Into Square/Fake Four Inc. | | 72.
| The Revelations feat. Tre Williams | Concrete Blues | Decision | | 73.
| Nikki Lane | Walk of Shame | Iamsound | | 74.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt | | 75.
| Strange Boys | Live Music | Rough Trade | | 76.
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen over aaskammen | Polyvinyl | | 77.
| Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | Enchufada | | 78.
| Future Islands | On the Water | Thrill Jockey | | 79.
| Snorri Helgason | Winter Sun | Kimi | | 80.
| Mr. Gnome | Madness in Miniature | El Marko | | 81.
| Treefight for Sunlight | A Collection of Vibrations For Your Skull | Friendly Fire | | 82.
| Carter Tanton | Free Clouds | Western Vinyl | | 83.
| Expensive Looks | Dark Matters | Group Tightener | | 84.
| DJ Shadow | The Less You Know, The Better | Island | | 85.
| Xeno & Oaklander | Sets & Lights | Weird | | 86.
| Chris Joss | No Play No Work | ESL | | 87.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 88.
| CHLLNGR | Haven | Green Owl | | 89.
| Das Racist | Relax | Greedhead | | 90.
| The Pica Beats | Better In Color | Self-released |
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Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute | | 2.
| Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record | | 3.
| Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti- | | 4.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones | | 5.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 6.
| Modeselektor | Monkeytown | Monkeytown | | 7.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Noddy | Murder! Dance! Kill! | Self-released | | 9.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | Sub Pop | | 10.
| Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk | | 11.
| Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Self-released | | 12.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 13.
| Real Estate | Days | Domino | | 14.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 15.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 16.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/interscope | | 17.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat | | 18.
| Apparat | The Devil's Walk | Mute | | 19.
| Bjork | Biophilia | Nonesuch | | 20.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 21.
| Brite Futures | Dark Past | Turnout | | 22.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 23.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot | | 24.
| The New Division | Shadows | Division 87 | | 25.
| Wavves | Life Sux EP | Ghost Ramp | | 26.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt | | 27.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 28.
| High Places | Original Colors | Thrill Jockey | | 29.
| Mr. Chop | Switched On | Now-Again | | 30.
| Surfer Blood | Tarot Classics EP | Kanine | | 31.
| Ladytron | Gravity the Seducer | Nettwerk | | 32.
| State of the Artist x Ski Team | Slopes | Members Only | | 33.
| Danny Barnes | Rocket | ATO | | 34.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 35.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 36.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 37.
| Atlas Sound | Parallax | 4AD | | 38.
| Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients | Bloodshot | | 39.
| Ritmo Machine | Welcome to the Ritmo Machine | Nacional | | 40.
| Total Control | Henge Beat | Iron Lung | | 41.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 42.
| Captain Planet | Cookin' Gumbo | Bastard Jaxx | | 43.
| Keep Shelly In Athens | Our Own Dream | Forest Family | | 44.
| I Break Horses | Hearts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 45.
| USF | The Spray | Circle Into Square/Fake Four Inc. | | 46.
| Hey Marseilles | Elegy | Onto | | 47.
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan | | 48.
| Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released | | 49.
| Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | Enchufada | | 50.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 51.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 52.
| CHLLNGR | Haven | Green Owl | | 53.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 54.
| S.C.U.M. | Again Into Eyes | Mute | | 55.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 56.
| Grouplove | Never Trust A Happy Song | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 57.
| (Soundtrack) | Drive | Lakeshore | | 58.
| Yuck | B-Sides | Fat Possum | | 59.
| The Rapture | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA/Modular | | 60.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge | | 61.
| Laura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon | | 62.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 63.
| Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire | Capitol | | 64.
| J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science | Undercover | Om | | 65.
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen over aaskammen | Polyvinyl | | 66.
| The Decemberists | Long Live the King | Capitol | | 67.
| Constant Lovers | True Romance | Self-released | | 68.
| The Pica Beats | Better In Color | Self-released | | 69.
| Cataldo | Prison Boxing | Red Pepper | | 70.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 71.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 72.
| Malajube | La Caverne | MB3 | | 73.
| Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | Avokado | | 74.
| Nikki Lane | Walk of Shame | Iamsound | | 75.
| Future Islands | On the Water | Thrill Jockey | | 76.
| Gringo Star | Count Yer Lucky Stars | Gigantic | | 77.
| Boots Electric | Honkey Kong | Dangerbird | | 78.
| Sun Wizard | Positively 4th Avenue | Light Organ | | 79.
| Expensive Looks | Dark Matters | Group Tightener | | 80.
| Tropics | Parodia Flare | Planet Mu | | 81.
| DJ Shadow | The Less You Know, The Better | Island | | 82.
| Milagres | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars | | 83.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 84.
| Beta Hector | Sunbeam Insulin | Tru Thoughts | | 85.
| Weekend | Red | Ribbon | | 86.
| Dude York | Satanic Vs. | Self-released | | 87.
| Pony Time | Pony Time | Per Se | | 88.
| Strange Boys | Live Music | Rough Trade | | 89.
| Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino | | 90.
| Bonnie Prince Billy | Wolfroy Goes To Town | Drag City |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute | | 2.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot | | 3.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 4.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 5.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 6.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 7.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones | | 9.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat | | 10.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/interscope | | 11.
| The Drums | Portamento | Frenchkiss | | 12.
| The New Division | Shadows | Division 87 | | 13.
| Real Estate | Days | Domino | | 14.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 15.
| Noddy | Murder! Dance! Kill! | Self-released | | 16.
| High Places | Original Colors | Thrill Jockey | | 17.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 18.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 19.
| Apparat | The Devil's Walk | Mute | | 20.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 21.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 22.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 23.
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan | | 24.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 25.
| The Rapture | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA/Modular | | 26.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 27.
| Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino | | 28.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 29.
| Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients | Bloodshot | | 30.
| Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | Enchufada | | 31.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 32.
| Bjork | Biophilia | Nonesuch | | 33.
| Milagres | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars | | 34.
| Future Islands | On the Water | Thrill Jockey | | 35.
| Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk | | 36.
| Ladytron | Gravity the Seducer | Nettwerk | | 37.
| DJ Shadow | The Less You Know, The Better | Island | | 38.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 39.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 40.
| Tom Waits | Bad As Me | Anti- | | 41.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 42.
| Total Control | Henge Beat | Iron Lung | | 43.
| Das Racist | Relax | Greedhead | | 44.
| Mr. Chop | Switched On | Now-Again | | 45.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 46.
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen over aaskammen | Polyvinyl | | 47.
| Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire | Capitol | | 48.
| CHLLNGR | Haven | Green Owl | | 49.
| Grouplove | Never Trust A Happy Song | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 50.
| S.C.U.M. | Again Into Eyes | Mute | | 51.
| The Pica Beats | Better In Color | Self-released | | 52.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop | | 53.
| Bonnie Prince Billy | Wolfroy Goes To Town | Drag City | | 54.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt | | 55.
| Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | Avokado | | 56.
| Mates of State | Mountaintops | Barsuk | | 57.
| J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science | Undercover | Om | | 58.
| Beta Hector | Sunbeam Insulin | Tru Thoughts | | 59.
| The Gourds | Old Mad Joy | Vanguard | | 60.
| Russian Circles | Empros | Sargent House | | 61.
| Mr. Gnome | Madness in Miniature | El Marko | | 62.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 63.
| Yuni In Taxco | Slow Charade | Self-released | | 64.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 65.
| Strange Boys | Live Music | Rough Trade | | 66.
| Nikki Lane | Walk of Shame | Iamsound | | 67.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge | | 68.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 69.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 70.
| Toro y Moi | Freaking Out | Carpark | | 71.
| Forest Fire | Staring At The X | Fatcat | | 72.
| Sepalcure | Sepalcure | Hotflush | | 73.
| Carter Tanton | Free Clouds | Western Vinyl | | 74.
| Thundercat | The Golden Age of Apocalypse | Brainfeeder | | 75.
| Emika | Emika | Ninja Tune | | 76.
| Weekend | Red | Slumberland | | 77.
| Kuedo | Severant | Planet Mu | | 78.
| Boots Electric | Honkey Kong | Dangerbird | | 79.
| Tropics | Parodia Flare | Planet Mu | | 80.
| Mike and the Censations | Don't Sell Your Soul | Ubiquity | | 81.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 82.
| Dude York | Satanic Vs. | Self-released | | 83.
| Cataldo | Prison Boxing | Red Pepper | | 84.
| Pony Time | Pony Time | Per Se | | 85.
| Laura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon | | 86.
| Malajube | La Caverne | MB3 | | 87.
| Los Destellos | Constelacion | Secret Stash | | 88.
| WATERS | Out In The Light | tbd | | 89.
| Class Actress | Rapprocher | Carpark | | 90.
| Exitmusic | From Silence | Secretly Canadian |
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Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones | | 2.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat | | 3.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot | | 4.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 5.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 6.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/Interscope | | 7.
| Real Estate | Days | Domino | | 8.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt | | 9.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 10.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 11.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 12.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 13.
| The Drums | Portamento | Frenchkiss | | 14.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop | | 15.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | Sub Pop | | 16.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 17.
| Beta Hector | Sunbeam Insulin | Tru Thoughts | | 18.
| DJ Shadow | The Less You Know, The Better | Island | | 19.
| The New Division | Shadows | Division 87 | | 20.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 21.
| High Places | Original Colors | Thrill Jockey | | 22.
| Bjork | Biophilia | Nonesuch | | 23.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 24.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 25.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 26.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 27.
| Apparat | The Devil's Walk | Mute | | 28.
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Mirror Traffic | Matador | | 29.
| The Rapture | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA/Modular | | 30.
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | Partisan | | 31.
| J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science | Undercover | Om | | 32.
| The Pica Beats | Better In Color | Self-released | | 33.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 34.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 35.
| Milagres | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars | | 36.
| Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire | Capitol | | 37.
| Phantogram | Nightlife | Barsuk | | 38.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge | | 39.
| Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | Enchufada | | 40.
| S.C.U.M. | Again Into Eyes | Mute | | 41.
| M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute | | 42.
| Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino | | 43.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 44.
| Future Islands | On the Water | Thrill Jockey | | 45.
| Prince Rama | Trust Now | Paw Tracks | | 46.
| Yuni In Taxco | Slow Charade | Self-released | | 47.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 48.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 49.
| Total Control | Henge Beat | Iron Lung | | 50.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 51.
| Nikki Lane | Walk of Shame | Iamsound | | 52.
| Das Racist | Relax | Greedhead | | 53.
| Laura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon | | 54.
| CHLLNGR | Haven | Green Owl | | 55.
| Malajube | La Caverne | MB3 | | 56.
| Blitzen Trapper | American Goldwing | Sub Pop | | 57.
| Sepalcure | Sepalcure | Hotflush | | 58.
| Tammar | Visits | Suicide Squeeze | | 59.
| Jens Lekman | An Argument With Myself | Secretly Canadian | | 60.
| Exitmusic | From Silence | Secretly Canadian | | 61.
| I Break Horses | Hearrts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 62.
| Ladytron | Gravity the Seducer | Nettwerk | | 63.
| Blind Pilot | We Are the Tide | ATO | | 64.
| Dude York | Satanic Vs. | Self-released | | 65.
| Bryan John Appleby | Fire on the Vine | Self-released | | 66.
| Pony Time | Pony Time | Per Se | | 67.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 68.
| Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients | Bloodshot | | 69.
| Grouplove | Never Trust A Happy Song | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 70.
| Mates of State | Mountaintops | Barsuk | | 71.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 72.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 73.
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen over aaskammen | Polyvinyl | | 74.
| Toro y Moi | Freaking Out | Carpark | | 75.
| Rustie | Glass Swords | Warp | | 76.
| Nation Beat | Growing Stone | Barbes | | 77.
| The Gourds | Old Mad Joy | Vanguard | | 78.
| Canon Blue | Rumspringa | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 79.
| Evidence | Cats & Dogs | Rhymesayers | | 80.
| Chris Joss | No Play No Work | ESL | | 81.
| Jacuzzi Boys | Glazin' | Hardly Art | | 82.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 83.
| Portugal. The Man | In the Mountain In the Cloud | Atlantic | | 84.
| Case Studies | The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night | Sacred Bones | | 85.
| Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art | | 86.
| Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | Avokado | | 87.
| Big Harp | White Hat | Saddle Creek | | 88.
| Keep Shelly in Athens | Our Own Dream | Forest Family | | 89.
| Los Destellos | Constelacion | Secret Stash | | 90.
| The Peep Tempel | The Peep Tempel | Wing Sing |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 2.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 3.
| Zola Jesus | Conatus | Sacred Bones | | 4.
| The Drums | Portamento | Frenchkiss | | 5.
| Still Corners | Creatures of an Hour | Sub Pop | | 6.
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Fatcat | | 7.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only In Dreams | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Feist | Metals | Cherrytree/Interscope | | 9.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 10.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 11.
| I Break Horses | Hearts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 12.
| Apparat | The Devil's Walk | Mute | | 13.
| Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino | | 14.
| The Field | Looping State of Mind | Kompakt | | 15.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 16.
| JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More | Bloodshot | | 17.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 18.
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Mirror Traffic | Matador | | 19.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 20.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 21.
| Crooked Fingers | Breaks in the Armor | Merge | | 22.
| Beta Hector | Sunbeam Insulin | Tru Thoughts | | 23.
| DJ Shadow | The Less You Know, The Better | Island | | 24.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 25.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 26.
| Das Racist | Relax | Greedhead | | 27.
| Grouplove | Never Trust A Happy Song | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 28.
| Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire | Capitol | | 29.
| Toro y Moi | Freaking Out | Carpark | | 30.
| The Rapture | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA/Modular | | 31.
| PJ Harvey | iTunes Session | Vagrant | | 32.
| Future Islands | On the Water | Thrill Jockey | | 33.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 34.
| The Pica Beats | Better In Color | Self-released | | 35.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 36.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 37.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 38.
| Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients | Bloodshot | | 39.
| High Places | Original Colors | Thrill Jockey | | 40.
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen over aaskammen | Polyvinyl | | 41.
| Ladytron | Gravity the Seducer | Nettwerk | | 42.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 43.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 44.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 45.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 46.
| CHLLNGR | Haven | Green Owl | | 47.
| Blitzen Trapper | American Goldwing | Sub Pop | | 48.
| S.C.U.M. | Again Into Eyes | Mute | | 49.
| Blind Pilot | We Are the Tide | ATO | | 50.
| Mocean Worker | Candygram For Mowo! | MOWO! | | 51.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 52.
| Constant Lovers | True Romance | Self-released | | 53.
| Malajube | La Caverne | MB3 | | 54.
| Mates of State | Mountaintops | Barsuk | | 55.
| Nikki Lane | Walk of Shame | Iamsound | | 56.
| Milagres | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars | | 57.
| Dreamers of the Ghetto | Enemy/Lover | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 58.
| Tinariwen | Tassilli | Anti- | | 59.
| Gringo Star | Count Yer Lucky Stars | Gigantic | | 60.
| Nurses | Dracula | Dead Oceans | | 61.
| Gem Club | Breakers | Hardly Art | | 62.
| Nick Lowe | The Old Magic | Yep Roc | | 63.
| Balam Acab | Wander/Wonder | Tri Angle | | 64.
| Jens Lekman | An Argument With Myself | Secretly Canadian | | 65.
| Weekend | Red | Slumberland | | 66.
| Lucas Santtana | Sem Nostalgia | Mais Um Discos | | 67.
| Talkdemonic | Ruins | Glacial Pace | | 68.
| (Various) | The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams | Egyptian/CMF/Columbia | | 69.
| Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss | | 70.
| The War On Drugs | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian | | 71.
| Case Studies | The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night | Sacred Bones | | 72.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 73.
| Cataldo | Prison Boxing | Red Pepper | | 74.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 75.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 76.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 77.
| Laura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon | | 78.
| Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | Avokado | | 79.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 80.
| The Peep Tempel | The Peep Tempel | Wing Sing | | 81.
| Mekons | Ancient & Modern | Bloodshot | | 82.
| The Static Jacks | If You're Young | Fearless | | 83.
| Thundercat | The Golden Age of Apocalypse | Brainfeeder | | 84.
| Open Mike Eagle | Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes | Hellfyre Club | | 85.
| The Gourds | Old Mad Joy | Vanguard | | 86.
| Canon Blue | Rumspringa | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 87.
| Tammar | Visits | Suicide Squeeze | | 88.
| Jacuzzi Boys | Glazin' | Hardly Art | | 89.
| Exitmusic | From Silence | Secretly Canadian | | 90.
| Joe Henry | Reverie | Anti- |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 2.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 3.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 4.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 5.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 6.
| I Break Horses | Hearts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 7.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 8.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 9.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 10.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 11.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 12.
| Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant | | 13.
| Ladytron | Gravity the Seducer | Nettwerk | | 14.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 15.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 16.
| The Drums | Portamento | Frenchkiss | | 17.
| Apparat | The Devil's Walk | Mute | | 18.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 19.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 20.
| The Rapture | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA/Modular | | 21.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 22.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only In Dreams | Sub Pop | | 23.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 24.
| Beta Hector | Sunbeam Insulin | Tru Thoughts | | 25.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 26.
| Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino | | 27.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 28.
| Portugal. The Man | In the Mounatain In the Cloud | Atlantic | | 29.
| CHLLNGR | Haven | Green Owl | | 30.
| Milagres | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars | | 31.
| Weekend | Red | Slumberland | | 32.
| Tammar | Visits | Suicide Squeeze | | 33.
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Mirror Traffic | Matador | | 34.
| Wooden Shjips | West | Thrill Jockey | | 35.
| Laura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon | | 36.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 37.
| Toro y Moi | Freaking Out | Carpark | | 38.
| WATERS | Out In the Light | tbd | | 39.
| Grouplove | Never Trust A Happy Song | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 40.
| PJ Harvey | iTunes Session | Vagrant | | 41.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 42.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 43.
| We Are Augustines | Rise Ye Sunken Ships | Turnout/Oxcart | | 44.
| Canon Blue | Rumspringa | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 45.
| Thundercat | The Golden Age of Apocalypse | Brainfeeder | | 46.
| Lucas Santtana | Sem Nostalgia | Mais Um Discos | | 47.
| Fool's Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound | | 48.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 49.
| Blitzen Trapper | American Goldwing | Sub Pop | | 50.
| Nikki Lane | Walk of Shame | Iamsound | | 51.
| Das Racist | Relax | Greedhead | | 52.
| The Jim Jones Revue | Burning Your House Down | Punk Rock Blues | | 53.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 54.
| S.C.U.M. | Again Into Eyes | Mute | | 55.
| Male Bonding | Endless Now | Sub Pop | | 56.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 57.
| Mariachi El Bronx | II | ATO | | 58.
| AM & Shawn Lee | Celestial Electric | ESL | | 59.
| Blind Pilot | We Are the Tide | ATO | | 60.
| Exitmusic | From Silence | Secretly Canadian | | 61.
| NewVillager | NewVillager | Iamsound | | 62.
| Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art | | 63.
| Pony Time | Pony Time | Per Se | | 64.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 65.
| Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss | | 66.
| Dom | Family of Love EP | Astralwerks | | 67.
| Jacuzzi Boys | Glazin' | Hardly Art | | 68.
| Dan Mangan | Oh Fortune | Arts & Crafts | | 69.
| Nurses | Dracula | Dead Oceans | | 70.
| Jens Lekman | An Argument With Myself | Secretly Canadian | | 71.
| Bryan John Appleby | Fire on the Vine | Self-released | | 72.
| Cataldo | Prison Boxing | Red Pepper | | 73.
| Flexions | Golden Fjord | Cairo | | 74.
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son | Station Grey | | 75.
| The Weeknd | Thursday | Self-released | | 76.
| Mates of State | Mountaintops | Barsuk | | 77.
| Little Gold | Weird Freedom | Loud Baby | | 78.
| Jose Conde | Jose Conde | Pipiki | | 79.
| Gem Club | Breakers | Hardly Art | | 80.
| Los Destellos | Constelacion | Secret Stash | | 81.
| Gary Clark Jr. | The Bright Lights EP | Warner Bros. | | 82.
| Balam Acab | Wander/Wonder | Tri Angle | | 83.
| The Static Jacks | If You're Young | Fearless | | 84.
| Roberts & Lord | Eponymous | Asthmatic Kitty | | 85.
| Tom Vek | Leisure Seizure | Co-Op/Island | | 86.
| Mocean Worker | Candygram For Mowo! | MOWO! | | 87.
| Jim Ford | Harlan County | Light in the Attic | | 88.
| Blood Orange | Coastal Grooves | Domino | | 89.
| Caged Animals | Teflon Heart EP | Lucky Number | | 90.
| The Jayhawks | Mockingbird Time | Rounder |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 2.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 3.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 4.
| Caveman | CoCo Beware | Magic Man! | | 5.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 6.
| I Break Horses | Hearts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 7.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 8.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 9.
| Youth Lagoon | The Year of Hibernation | Fat Possum | | 10.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 11.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 12.
| Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant | | 13.
| Ladytron | Gravity the Seducer | Nettwerk | | 14.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 15.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 16.
| The Drums | Portamento | Frenchkiss | | 17.
| Apparat | The Devil's Walk | Mute | | 18.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 19.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 20.
| The Rapture | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA/Modular | | 21.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 22.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only In Dreams | Sub Pop | | 23.
| Pallers | The Sea of Memories | Labrador | | 24.
| Beta Hector | Sunbeam Insulin | Tru Thoughts | | 25.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 26.
| Twin Sister | In Heaven | Domino | | 27.
| Big Troubles | Romantic Comedy | Slumberland | | 28.
| Portugal. The Man | In the Mounatain In the Cloud | Atlantic | | 29.
| CHLLNGR | Haven | Green Owl | | 30.
| Milagres | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars | | 31.
| Weekend | Red | Slumberland | | 32.
| Tammar | Visits | Suicide Squeeze | | 33.
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Mirror Traffic | Matador | | 34.
| Wooden Shjips | West | Thrill Jockey | | 35.
| Laura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon | | 36.
| Reptar | Oblangle Fizz Y'all | Vagrant | | 37.
| Toro y Moi | Freaking Out | Carpark | | 38.
| WATERS | Out In the Light | tbd | | 39.
| Grouplove | Never Trust A Happy Song | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 40.
| PJ Harvey | iTunes Session | Vagrant | | 41.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 42.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 43.
| We Are Augustines | Rise Ye Sunken Ships | Turnout/Oxcart | | 44.
| Canon Blue | Rumspringa | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 45.
| Thundercat | The Golden Age of Apocalypse | Brainfeeder | | 46.
| Lucas Santtana | Sem Nostalgia | Mais Um Discos | | 47.
| Fool's Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound | | 48.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 49.
| Blitzen Trapper | American Goldwing | Sub Pop | | 50.
| Nikki Lane | Walk of Shame | Iamsound | | 51.
| Das Racist | Relax | Greedhead | | 52.
| The Jim Jones Revue | Burning Your House Down | Punk Rock Blues | | 53.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 54.
| S.C.U.M. | Again Into Eyes | Mute | | 55.
| Male Bonding | Endless Now | Sub Pop | | 56.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 57.
| Mariachi El Bronx | II | ATO | | 58.
| AM & Shawn Lee | Celestial Electric | ESL | | 59.
| Blind Pilot | We Are the Tide | ATO | | 60.
| Exitmusic | From Silence | Secretly Canadian | | 61.
| NewVillager | NewVillager | Iamsound | | 62.
| Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art | | 63.
| Pony Time | Pony Time | Per Se | | 64.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 65.
| Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss | | 66.
| Dom | Family of Love EP | Astralwerks | | 67.
| Jacuzzi Boys | Glazin' | Hardly Art | | 68.
| Dan Mangan | Oh Fortune | Arts & Crafts | | 69.
| Nurses | Dracula | Dead Oceans | | 70.
| Jens Lekman | An Argument With Myself | Secretly Canadian | | 71.
| Bryan John Appleby | Fire on the Vine | Self-released | | 72.
| Cataldo | Prison Boxing | Red Pepper | | 73.
| Flexions | Golden Fjord | Cairo | | 74.
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son | Station Grey | | 75.
| The Weeknd | Thursday | Self-released | | 76.
| Mates of State | Mountaintops | Barsuk | | 77.
| Little Gold | Weird Freedom | Loud Baby | | 78.
| Jose Conde | Jose Conde | Pipiki | | 79.
| Gem Club | Breakers | Hardly Art | | 80.
| Los Destellos | Constelacion | Secret Stash | | 81.
| Gary Clark Jr. | The Bright Lights EP | Warner Bros. | | 82.
| Balam Acab | Wander/Wonder | Tri Angle | | 83.
| The Static Jacks | If You're Young | Fearless | | 84.
| Roberts & Lord | Eponymous | Asthmatic Kitty | | 85.
| Tom Vek | Leisure Seizure | Co-Op/Island | | 86.
| Mocean Worker | Candygram For Mowo! | MOWO! | | 87.
| Jim Ford | Harlan County | Light in the Attic | | 88.
| Blood Orange | Coastal Grooves | Domino | | 89.
| Caged Animals | Teflon Heart EP | Lucky Number | | 90.
| The Jayhawks | Mockingbird Time | Rounder |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 2.
| Dum Dum Girls | Only In Dreams | Sub Pop | | 3.
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | | 4.
| Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | True Panther Sounds | | 5.
| Apparat | The Devil's Walk | Mute | | 6.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 7.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 8.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 9.
| Wilco | The Whole Love | dBpm | | 10.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 11.
| The Drums | Portamento | Frenchkiss | | 12.
| I Break Horses | Hearts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 13.
| The Rapture | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA/Modular | | 14.
| CHLLNGR | Haven | Green Owl | | 15.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 16.
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Mirror Traffic | Matador | | 17.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 18.
| The War on Drugs | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian | | 19.
| Laura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon | | 20.
| We Are Augustines | Rise Ye Sunken Ships | Turnout/Oxcart | | 21.
| Milagres | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars | | 22.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 23.
| Blitzen Trapper | American Goldwing | Sub Pop | | 24.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 25.
| Mates of State | Mountaintops | Barsuk | | 26.
| Beta Hector | Sunbeam Insulin | Tru Thoughts | | 27.
| Robbers On High Street | Hey There Golden Hair | Rocco Grecco | | 28.
| NewVillager | NewVillager | Iamsound | | 29.
| Cataldo | Prison Boxing | Red Pepper | | 30.
| Nikki Lane | Walk of Shame | Iamsound | | 31.
| Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | Slumberland | | 32.
| Toro y Moi | Freaking Out | Carpark | | 33.
| Shimmering Stars | Violent Hearts | Hardly Art | | 34.
| Portugal. The Man | In the Mounatain In the Cloud | Atlantic | | 35.
| Little Gold | Weird Freedom | Loud Baby | | 36.
| AM & Shawn Lee | Celestial Electric | ESL | | 37.
| Canon Blue | Rumspringa | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 38.
| Mocean Worker | Candygram For Mowo! | MOWO! | | 39.
| Grouplove | Never Trust A Happy Song | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 40.
| Memoryhouse | The Years EP | Sub Pop | | 41.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 42.
| Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art | | 43.
| Pony Time | Pony Time | Per Se | | 44.
| Wooden Shjips | West | Thrill Jockey | | 45.
| Male Bonding | Endless Now | Sub Pop | | 46.
| The Weeknd | Thursday | Self-released | | 47.
| Dom | Family of Love EP | Astralwerks | | 48.
| The Ettes | Wicked Will | Krian | | 49.
| WATERS | Out In the Light | tbd | | 50.
| Blind Pilot | We Are the Tide | ATO | | 51.
| Tammar | Visits | Suicide Squeeze | | 52.
| Blood Orange | Coastal Grooves | Domino | | 53.
| Ladytron | Gravity the Seducer | Nettwerk | | 54.
| PJ Harvey | iTunes Session | Vagrant | | 55.
| Case Studies | The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night | Sacred Bones | | 56.
| Bryan John Appleby | Fire on the Vine | Self-released | | 57.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 58.
| Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Bloodshot | | 59.
| The Jim Jones Revue | Burning Your House Down | Punk Rock Blues | | 60.
| Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant | | 61.
| The Features | Wilderness | Serpents and Snakes | | 62.
| Kuedo | Severant | Planet Mu | | 63.
| Jacuzzi Boys | Glazin' | Hardly Art | | 64.
| Weekend | Red | Slumberland | | 65.
| (Various) | Moombahsoul, Vol. 2 | n/a | | 66.
| Nick Lowe | The Old Magic | Yep Roc | | 67.
| Mogwai | Earth Division EP | Sub Pop | | 68.
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & The Harvest | Acony | | 69.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 70.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 71.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 72.
| Mariachi El Bronx | II | ATO | | 73.
| Big Harp | White Hat | Saddle Creek | | 74.
| Fool's Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound | | 75.
| Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss | | 76.
| Tinariwen | Tassili | Anti- | | 77.
| Jens Lekman | An Argument With Myself | Secretly Canadian | | 78.
| Nation Beat | Growing Stone | Barbes | | 79.
| Balam Acab | Wander/Wonder | Tri Angle | | 80.
| Stephin Merritt | Obscurities | Merge | | 81.
| Tom Vek | Leisure Seizure | Co-Op/Island | | 82.
| Caged Animals | Teflon Heart EP | Lucky Number | | 83.
| Talkdemonic | Ruins | Glacial Pace | | 84.
| Roberts & Lord | Eponymous | Asthmatic Kitty | | 85.
| Trombone Shorty | For True | Verve Forecast | | 86.
| SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks | | 87.
| Mekons | Ancient & Modern | Bloodshot | | 88.
| Slow Club | Paradise | Moshi Moshi | | 89.
| Nurses | Dracula | Dead Oceans | | 90.
| Dan Mangan | Oh Fortune | Arts & Crafts |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 2.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 3.
| The Drums | Portamento | Frenchkiss | | 4.
| Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art | | 5.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 6.
| I Break Horses | Hearts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 7.
| The Rapture | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA/Modular | | 8.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 9.
| Milagres | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars | | 10.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 11.
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Mirror Traffic | Matador | | 12.
| SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks | | 13.
| Toro y Moi | Freaking Out | Carpark | | 14.
| We Are Augustines | Rise Ye Sunken Ships | Turnout/Oxcart | | 15.
| Blitzen Trapper | American Goldwing | Sub Pop | | 16.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 17.
| AM & Shawn Lee | Celestial Electric | ESL | | 18.
| Beta Hector | Sunbeam Insulin | Tru Thoughts | | 19.
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son | Station Grey | | 20.
| Katie Kate | Flatland | Out For Stardom | | 21.
| Wooden Shjips | West | Thrill Jockey | | 22.
| Fool's Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound | | 23.
| The War on Drugs | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian | | 24.
| Male Bonding | Endless Now | Sub Pop | | 25.
| Dom | Family of Love EP | Astralwerks | | 26.
| Canon Blue | Rumspringa | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 27.
| Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Peacefrog | | 28.
| Bryan John Appleby | Fire on the Vine | Self-released | | 29.
| Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Merge | | 30.
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Hysterical | Self-released | | 31.
| Tom Vek | Leisure Seizure | Co-Op/Island | | 32.
| Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss | | 33.
| St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | 4AD | | 34.
| Mariachi El Bronx | II | ATO | | 35.
| The Ettes | Wicked Will | Krian | | 36.
| Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant | | 37.
| Blind Pilot | We Are the Tide | ATO | | 38.
| Ursula 1000 | Mondo Beyondo | ESL | | 39.
| Stephin Merritt | Obscurities | Merge | | 40.
| NewVillager | NewVillager | Iamsound | | 41.
| Case Studies | The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night | Sacred Bones | | 42.
| The Jim Jones Revue | Burning Your House Down | Punk Rock Blues | | 43.
| The Weeknd | Thursday | Self-released | | 44.
| Dan Mangan | Oh Fortune | Arts & Crafts | | 45.
| The Features | Wilderness | Serpents and Snakes | | 46.
| Jacuzzi Boys | Glazin' | Hardly Art | | 47.
| Nick Lowe | The Old Magic | Yep Roc | | 48.
| (Various) | Moombahsoul, Vol. 2 | n/a | | 49.
| John Doe | Keeper | Yep Roc | | 50.
| Cults | Cults | Itno/Columbia | | 51.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 52.
| Flexions | Golden Fjord | Cairo | | 53.
| Tinariwen | Tassili | Anti- | | 54.
| Portugal. The Man | In the Mounatain In the Cloud | Atlantic | | 55.
| Jose Conde | Jose Conde | Pipiki | | 56.
| Pictureplane | Thee Physical | Lovepump United | | 57.
| Nurses | Dracula | Dead Oceans | | 58.
| Caged Animals | Teflon Heart EP | Lucky Number | | 59.
| Milk Maid | Yucca | Fatcat | | 60.
| Blood Orange | Coastal Grooves | Domino | | 61.
| Metronomy | The English Riviera | Because/Big Beat/Atlantic | | 62.
| The Decemberists | An iTunes Session | iTunes | | 63.
| Mogwai | Earth Division EP | Sub Pop | | 64.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 65.
| Screaming Trees | Last Words: The Final Recordings | Sunyata | | 66.
| Metal Chocolates | Metal Chocolates | Self-released | | 67.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 68.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 69.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 70.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 71.
| Smoove & Turrell | Eccentric Audio | Jalapeno | | 72.
| Little Gold | Weird Freedom | Loud Baby | | 73.
| DJ Raff | Latino & Proud | Nacional | | 74.
| Brilliant Colors | Again and Again | Slumberland | | 75.
| Thee Oh Sees | Castlemania | In The Red | | 76.
| Cymbals Eat Guitars | Lenses Alien | Barsuk | | 77.
| Butch Walker and the Black Widows | The Spade | Dangerbird | | 78.
| Roberts & Lord | Eponymous | Asthmatic Kitty | | 79.
| Gary Clark Jr. | The Bright Lights EP | Warner Bros. | | 80.
| Vondelpark | NYC Stuff & NYC Bags EP | R & S | | 81.
| Fruit Bats | Tripper | Sub Pop | | 82.
| How To Dress Well | Just Once EP | Love Letters Ink | | 83.
| Wugazi | 13 Chambers | Doomtree | | 84.
| Is Tropical | Native To | Kitsune/Downtown/Cooperative | | 85.
| Army Navy | The Last Place | Self-released | | 86.
| (Various) | Norman Jay MBE presents Good Times (30th Anniversary Edition) | Strut | | 87.
| TV Girl | Benny and the Jetts | Self-released | | 88.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | Lyf | | 89.
| Iceage | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? | | 90.
| Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 2.
| Beirut | The Rip Tide | Pompeii | | 3.
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Mirror Traffic | Matador | | 4.
| Blitzen Trapper | American Goldwing | Sub Pop | | 5.
| Widowspeak | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks | | 6.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 7.
| Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Peacefrog | | 8.
| Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art | | 9.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 10.
| Wooden Shjips | West | Thrill Jockey | | 11.
| I Break Horses | Hearts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 12.
| Portugal. The Man | In the Mounatain In the Cloud | Atlantic | | 13.
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son | Station Grey | | 14.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 15.
| The Jim Jones Revue | Burning Your House Down | Punk Rock Blues | | 16.
| Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant | | 17.
| The Weeknd | Thursday | Self-released | | 18.
| Canon Blue | Rumspringa | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 19.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 20.
| Fool's Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound | | 21.
| SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks | | 22.
| We Are Augustines | Rise Ye Sunken Ships | Turnout/Oxcart | | 23.
| Dom | Family of Love EP | Astralwerks | | 24.
| AM & Shawn Lee | Celestial Electric | ESL | | 25.
| Fruit Bats | Tripper | Sub Pop | | 26.
| Case Studies | The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night | Sacred Bones | | 27.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 28.
| The War on Drugs | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian | | 29.
| The Ettes | Wicked Will | Krian | | 30.
| Male Bonding | Endless Now | Sub Pop | | 31.
| Ursula 1000 | Mondo Beyondo | ESL | | 32.
| Ry Cooder | Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down | Nonesuch | | 33.
| NewVillager | NewVillager | Iamsound | | 34.
| Tinariwen | Tassili | Anti- | | 35.
| Blind Pilot | We Are the Tide | ATO | | 36.
| Tom Vek | Leisure Seizure | Co-Op/Island | | 37.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 38.
| Screaming Trees | Last Words: The Final Recordings | Sunyata | | 39.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 40.
| Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss | | 41.
| Wiley | 100% Publishing | Big Dada | | 42.
| Pure X | Pleasure | Acephale | | 43.
| Thee Oh Sees | Castlemania | In The Red | | 44.
| Charles "Packy" Axton | Late Late Party 1965-1967 | Light in the Attic | | 45.
| Jacuzzi Boys | Glazin' | Hardly Art | | 46.
| Zomby | Dedication | 4AD | | 47.
| Army Navy | The Last Place | Self-released | | 48.
| Bryan John Appleby | Fire on the Vine | Self-released | | 49.
| Metal Chocolates | Metal Chocolates | Self-released | | 50.
| Iceage | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? | | 51.
| The Features | Wilderness | Serpents and Snakes | | 52.
| Mariachi El Bronx | II | ATO | | 53.
| Pictureplane | Thee Physical | Lovepump United | | 54.
| Smoove & Turrell | Eccentric Audio | Jalapeno | | 55.
| Jose Conde | Jose Conde | Pipiki | | 56.
| Sons & Daughters | Mirror Mirror | Domino | | 57.
| Nick Lowe | The Old Magic | Yep Roc | | 58.
| Stephin Merritt | Obscurities | Merge | | 59.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 60.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF | | 61.
| The Fascination Movement | Intent | Monastery | | 62.
| Flexions | Golden Fjord | Cairo | | 63.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 64.
| Little Gold | Weird Freedom | Loud Baby | | 65.
| Chrome Sparks | My <3 | Self-released | | 66.
| Soft Metals | Soft Metals | Captured Tracks | | 67.
| Wugazi | 13 Chambers | Doomtree | | 68.
| Pepper Rabbit | Red Velvet Snow Ball | Kanine | | 69.
| Metronomy | The English Riviera | Because/Big Beat/Atlantic | | 70.
| Blood Orange | Coastal Grooves | Domino | | 71.
| (Various) | Moombahsoul, Vol. 2 | n/a | | 72.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 73.
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & the Harvest | Acony | | 74.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 75.
| Chad Valley | Equatorial Ultravox | Cascine | | 76.
| Nazca Lines | Hyperventilation | Stressed Sumo | | 77.
| SHIM | Medicine Show | Self-released | | 78.
| Blue Scholars | Cinematropolis | Self-released | | 79.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 80.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 81.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 82.
| Brilliant Colors | Again and Again | Slumberland | | 83.
| Ty Segall | Goodbye Bread | Drag City | | 84.
| Mister Heavenly | Out of Love | Sub Pop | | 85.
| Is Tropical | Native To | Kitsune/Downtown/Cooperative | | 86.
| Milk Maid | Yucca | Fatcat | | 87.
| (Various) | Norman Jay MBE presents Good Times (30th Anniversary Edition) | Strut | | 88.
| Mason Jennings | Minnesota | Stats and Brackets | | 89.
| Serengeti | Family & Friends | Anticon | | 90.
| The Decemberists | An iTunes Session | iTunes |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP | | 2.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 3.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 4.
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Mirror Traffic | Matador | | 5.
| I Break Horses | Hearts | I Kill Love/Co-Op/Downtown | | 6.
| Blac | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 7.
| Wooden Shjips | West | Thrill Jockey | | 8.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 9.
| Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art | | 10.
| Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Peacefrog | | 11.
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son | Station Grey | | 12.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 13.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF | | 14.
| Fool's Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound | | 15.
| The War on Drugs | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian | | 16.
| SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks | | 17.
| Male Bonding | Endless Now | Sub Pop | | 18.
| We Are Augustines | Rise Ye Sunken Ships | Turnout/Oxcart | | 19.
| Case Studies | The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night | Sacred Bones | | 20.
| Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant | | 21.
| Dom | Family of Love EP | Astralwerks | | 22.
| Screaming Trees | Last Words: The Final Recordings | Sunyata | | 23.
| Flexions | Golden Fjord | Cairo | | 24.
| The Weeknd | Thursday | Self-released | | 25.
| Tinariwen | Tassili | Anti- | | 26.
| The Ettes | Wicked Will | Krian | | 27.
| Smoove & Turrell | Eccentric Audio | Jalapeno | | 28.
| Portugal. The Man | In the Mounatain In the Cloud | Atlantic | | 29.
| Iceage | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? | | 30.
| The Jim Jones Revue | Burning Your House Down | Punk Rock Blues | | 31.
| Sons & Daughters | Mirror Mirror | Domino | | 32.
| Blind Pilot | We Are the Tide | ATO | | 33.
| Army Navy | The Last Place | Self-released | | 34.
| Mister Heavenly | Out of Love | Sub Pop | | 35.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 36.
| The Fascination Movement | Intent | Monastery | | 37.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 38.
| Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss | | 39.
| The Features | Wilderness | Serpents and Snakes | | 40.
| AM & Shawn Lee | Celestial Electric | ESL | | 41.
| Pictureplane | Thee Physical | Lovepump United | | 42.
| Ursula 1000 | Mondo Beyondo | ESL | | 43.
| Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark | | 44.
| Cymbals Eat Guitars | Lenses Alien | Barsuk | | 45.
| Tom Vek | Leisure Seizure | Co-Op/Island | | 46.
| Gary Clark Jr. | The Bright Lights EP | Warner Bros. | | 47.
| Fruit Bats | Tripper | Sub Pop | | 48.
| Richard Buckner | Our Blood | Merge | | 49.
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum | | 50.
| Cults | Cults | Itno/Columbia | | 51.
| Metal Chocolates | Metal Chocolates | Self-released | | 52.
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & the Harvest | Acony | | 53.
| Chrome Sparks | My <3 | Self-released | | 54.
| Mariachi El Bronx | II | ATO | | 55.
| Little Gold | Weird Freedom | Loud Baby | | 56.
| DJ Raff | Latino & Proud | Nacional | | 57.
| Pure X | Pleasure | Acephale | | 58.
| Brilliant Colors | Again and Again | Slumberland | | 59.
| Wiley | 100% Publishing | Big Dada | | 60.
| John Doe | Keeper | Yep Roc | | 61.
| NewVillager | NewVillager | Iamsound | | 62.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 63.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 64.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 65.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 66.
| Jose Conde | Jose Conde | Pipiki | | 67.
| Soft Metals | Soft Metals | Captured Tracks | | 68.
| Wugazi | 13 Chambers | Doomtree | | 69.
| How To Dress Well | Just Once EP | Love Letters Ink | | 70.
| Paul Burch | Words of Love: Songs of Buddy Holly | Self-released | | 71.
| Ty Segall | Goodbye Bread | Drag City | | 72.
| The Jayhawks | Mockingbird Time | Rounder | | 73.
| Pepper Rabbit | Red Velvet Snow Ball | Kanine | | 74.
| Imelda May | Mayhem | Decca | | 75.
| (Various) | Moombahsoul, Vol. 2 | n/a | | 76.
| They Might Be Giants | Join Us | Idlewild/Rounder | | 77.
| TV Girl | Benny and the Jetts | Self-released | | 78.
| Eleanor Friedberger | Last Summer | Merge | | 79.
| Twin Sister | Bad Street EP | Domino | | 80.
| Psychobuildings | EP | All Hands Electric | | 81.
| Witch Gardens | Alice, Agatha, Branch & Christ | Self-released | | 82.
| SHIM | Medicine Show | Self-released | | 83.
| Black Whales | Shangri La Indeed | Self-released | | 84.
| Helms Alee | Weatherhead | Hydra Head | | 85.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 86.
| Chad Valley | Equatorial Ultravox | Cascine | | 87.
| Nikki Lane | Gone, Gone, Gone EP | Iamsound | | 88.
| Thee Oh Sees | Castlemania | In The Red | | 89.
| Is Tropical | Native To | Kitsune/Downtown/Cooperative | | 90.
| The Deer Tracks | The Archer Trilogy Pt. 2 | The Control Group |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 2.
| Gold Leaves | The Ornament | Hardly Art | | 3.
| Wooden Shjips | West | Thrill Jockey | | 4.
| The Physics | Love Is a Business | Self-released | | 5.
| SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks | | 6.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 7.
| The Stepkids | The Stepkids | Stones Throw | | 8.
| The War on Drugs | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian | | 9.
| We Are Augustines | Rise Ye Sunken Ships | Turnout/Oxcart | | 10.
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son | Station Grey | | 11.
| Fool's Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound | | 12.
| Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant | | 13.
| Ursula 1000 | Mondo Beyondo | ESL | | 14.
| John Maus | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | Domino | | 15.
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & the Harvest | Acony | | 16.
| Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | | 17.
| Male Bonding | Endless Now | Sub Pop | | 18.
| Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Peacefrog | | 19.
| Blue Scholars | Cinemetropolis | Self-released | | 20.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 21.
| Screaming Trees | Last Words: The Final Recordings | Sunyata | | 22.
| Little Gold | Weird Freedom | Loud Baby | | 23.
| AM & Shawn Lee | Celestial Electric | ESL | | 24.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 25.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF | | 26.
| Cults | Cults | Itno/Columbia | | 27.
| Black Whales | Shangri La Indeed | Self-released | | 28.
| Metal Chocolates | Metal Chocolates | Self-released | | 29.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 30.
| The Ettes | Wicked Will | Krian | | 31.
| Smove & Turrell | Eccentric Audio | Jalapeno | | 32.
| Cut Off Your Hands | Hollow | Frenchkiss | | 33.
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum | | 34.
| Pepper Rabbit | Red Velvet Snow Ball | Kanine | | 35.
| Flexions | Golden Fjord | Cairo | | 36.
| The Jim Jones Revue | Burning Your House Down | Punk Rock Blues | | 37.
| Mariachi El Bronx | II | ATO | | 38.
| Dom | Family of Love EP | Astralwerks | | 39.
| Portugal. The Man | In the Mounatain In the Cloud | Atlantic | | 40.
| DJ Raff | Latino & Proud | Nacional | | 41.
| Eleanor Friedberger | Last Summer | Merge | | 42.
| Milk Maid | Yucca | Fatcat | | 43.
| Fruits Bats | Tripper | Sub Pop | | 44.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 45.
| Jose Conde | Jose Conde | Pipiki | | 46.
| Pure X | Pleasure | Acephale | | 47.
| Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark | | 48.
| Pictureplane | Thee Physical | Lovepump United | | 49.
| Army Navy | The Last Place | Self-released | | 50.
| The Decemberists | An iTunes Session | iTunes | | 51.
| (Various) | Made in Iceland IV | Iceland Music Export | | 52.
| John Doe | Keeper | Yep Roc | | 53.
| Alias | Fever Dream | Anticon | | 54.
| TV Girl | Benny and the Jetts | Self-released | | 55.
| Iceage | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? | | 56.
| The Fascination Movement | Intent | Monastery | | 57.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 58.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 59.
| Soft Metals | Soft Metals | Captured Tracks | | 60.
| Sons & Daughters | Mirror Mirror | Domino | | 61.
| Richard Buckner | Our Blood | Merge | | 62.
| Autre Ne Veut | Body EP | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 63.
| Wugazi | 13 Chambers | Doomtree | | 64.
| Theivery Corportation | Culture of Fear | ESL | | 65.
| Woods | Sun and Shade | Woodsist | | 66.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 67.
| Witch Gardens | Alice, Agatha, Branch & Christ | Self-released | | 68.
| The Features | Wilderness | Serpents and Snakes | | 69.
| Chad Valley | Equatorial Ultravox | Cascine | | 70.
| Brilliant Colors | Again and Again | Slumberland | | 71.
| Wiley | 100% Publishing | Big Dada | | 72.
| Jolie Holland & The Grand Chandeliers | Pint of Blood | Anti- | | 73.
| How To Dress Well | Just Once EP | Love Letters Ink | | 74.
| Thee Oh Sees | Castlemania | In The Red | | 75.
| Zomby | Dedication | 4AD | | 76.
| Team Me | EP | Propeller | | 77.
| Mason Jennings | Minnesota | Stats and Brackets | | 78.
| Vondelpark | NYC Stuff and NYC Bags EP | R & S | | 79.
| Nodzzz | Innings | Woodsist | | 80.
| Psychobuildings | EP | All Hands Electric | | 81.
| Is Tropical | Native To | Kitsune/Downtown/Cooperative | | 82.
| (Various) | PDX Pop Now! 2011 | PDX Pop Now! | | 83.
| The Jayhawks | Mockingbird Time | Rounder | | 84.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 85.
| Helms Alee | Weatherhead | Hydra Head | | 86.
| Strong Killings | Strong Killings | Don't Stop Believin' | | 87.
| (Various) | Songs About Books: Ball of Wax 25 Summer 2011 | Ball of Wax | | 88.
| Slime | Increases | Tough Love | | 89.
| Nikki Lane | Gone, Gone, Gone EP | Iamsound | | 90.
| Holy Other | With U EP | Tri Angle |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son | Station Grey | | 2.
| The Horrors | Skying | XL | | 3.
| Fool's Gold | Leave No Trace | Iamsound | | 4.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 5.
| SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks | | 6.
| Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Peacefrog | | 7.
| Iceage | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? | | 8.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF | | 9.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 10.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 11.
| Blue Scholars | Cinemetropolis | Self-released | | 12.
| Screaming Trees | Last Words: The Final Recordings | Sunyata | | 13.
| The War on Drugs | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian | | 14.
| Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | | 15.
| DJ Raff | Latino & Proud | Nacional | | 16.
| Active Child | You Are All I See | Vagrant | | 17.
| Death Cab For Cutie | Codes and Keys | Atlantic | | 18.
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & the Harvest | Acony | | 19.
| Smoove & Turrell | Eccentric Audio | Jalapeno | | 20.
| Cults | Cults | Itno/Columbia | | 21.
| Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | Vice | | 22.
| Joseph Arthur | The Graduation Ceremony | Lonely Astronaut | | 23.
| Pictureplane | Thee Physical | Lovepump United | | 24.
| Sons & Daughters | Mirror Mirror | Domino | | 25.
| Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark | | 26.
| The Fascination Movement | Intent | Monastery | | 27.
| Viva Voce | The Future Will Destroy You | Vanguard | | 28.
| Ursula 1000 | Mondo Beyondo | ESL | | 29.
| White Orange | White Orange | Made in China | | 30.
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum | | 31.
| Black Whales | Shangri La Indeed | Self-released | | 32.
| Fucked Up | David Comes To Life | Matador | | 33.
| The Ettes | Wicked Will | Krian | | 34.
| Da Cruz | Sistema Subversiva | Six Degrees | | 35.
| The Features | Wilderness | Serpents and Snakes | | 36.
| Army Navy | The Last Place | Self-released | | 37.
| Wugazi | 13 Chambers | Doomtree | | 38.
| The Jayhawks | Mockingbird Time | Rounder | | 39.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | Bcore | | 40.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 41.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | We Are the Champions | Infinity Cat | | 42.
| Woods | Sun and Shade | Woodsist | | 43.
| Eleanor Friedberger | Last Summer | Merge | | 44.
| Seun Anikulpo Kuti & Egypt 80 | From Africa With Fury: Rise | KF | | 45.
| Brilliant Colors | Again and Again | Slumberland | | 46.
| Fruit Bats | Tripper | Sub Pop | | 47.
| The Decemberists | An iTunes Session | iTunes | | 48.
| Alias | Fever Dream | Anticon | | 49.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 50.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 51.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 52.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume Two | New West | | 53.
| Soft Metals | Soft Metals | Captured Tracks | | 54.
| Arctic Monkeys | Suck It and See | Domino | | 55.
| John Maus | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | Domino | | 56.
| Ty Segall | Goodbye Bread | Drag City | | 57.
| Sebastian | Total | Ed Banger/Because Music/Big Beat | | 58.
| Team Me | EP | Propellor | | 59.
| Psychobuildings | EP | All Hands Electric | | 60.
| They Might Be Giants | Join Us | Idlewild/Rounder | | 61.
| Helms Alee | Weatherhead | Hydra Head | | 62.
| Metal Chocolates | Metal Chocolates | Self-released | | 63.
| Witch Gardens | Alice, Agatha, Branch & Christ | Self-released | | 64.
| Strong Killings | Strong Killings | Don't Stop Believin' | | 65.
| (Various) | Songs About Books: Ball of Wax 25 Summer 2011 | Ball of Wax | | 66.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 67.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 68.
| Summer Babes | Open Swim | Self-released | | 69.
| Pure X | Pleasure | Acephale | | 70.
| Chad Valley | Equatorial Ultravox | Cascine | | 71.
| Battles | Gloss Drop | Warp | | 72.
| Marissa Nadler | Marissa Nadler | Box of Cedar | | 73.
| Wiley | 100% Publishing | Big Dada | | 74.
| Jolie Holland & The Grand Chandeliers | Pint of Blood | Anti- | | 75.
| The Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge | | 76.
| Zomby | Dedication | 4AD | | 77.
| Holy Other | With U EP | Tri Angle | | 78.
| Nodzzz | Innings | Woodsist | | 79.
| Ikebe Shakedown | Ikebe Shakedown | Ubiquity | | 80.
| AraabMuzik | Electronic Dream | Duke | | 81.
| Mister Heavenly | Out of Love | Sub Pop | | 82.
| Thievery Corporation | Culture of Fear | ESL | | 83.
| Other Lives | Tamer Animals | tbd | | 84.
| YACHT | Shangri-La | DFA | | 85.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 86.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 87.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 88.
| Junior Boys | It's All True | Domino | | 89.
| Richard Buckner | Our Blood | Merge | | 90.
| The Demon Beat | Bullshit Walks | Big Bullet |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Cults | Cults | Itno/Columbia | | 3.
| Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son | Station Grey | | 4.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 5.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF | | 6.
| SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks | | 7.
| Blue Scholars | Cinemetropolis | Self-released | | 8.
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & the Harvest | Acony | | 9.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 10.
| Death Cab For Cutie | Codes and Keys | Atlantic | | 11.
| Friendly Fires | Pala | XL | | 12.
| Sons & Daughters | Mirror Mirror | Domino | | 13.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 14.
| Iceage | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? | | 15.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 16.
| Viva Voce | The Future Will Destroy You | Vanguard | | 17.
| The Fascination Movement | Intent | Monastery | | 18.
| Junior Boys | It's All True | Domino | | 19.
| Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | Vice | | 20.
| Pure X | Pleasure | Acephale | | 21.
| John Maus | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | Domino | | 22.
| Battles | Gloss Drop | Warp | | 23.
| Thurston Moore | Demolished Thoughts | Matador | | 24.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 25.
| Fucked Up | David Comes To Life | Matador | | 26.
| Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | | 27.
| The Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge | | 28.
| Chad Valley | Equatorial Ultravox | Cascine | | 29.
| Woods | Sun and Shade | Woodsist | | 30.
| Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark | | 31.
| Vetiver | The Errant Charm | Sub Pop | | 32.
| Da Cruz | Sistema Subversiva | Six Degrees | | 33.
| Arctic Monkeys | Suck It and See | Domino | | 34.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 35.
| Pickwick | Myths | Self-released | | 36.
| Grand Hallway | Winter Creatures | Self-released | | 37.
| Soft Metals | Soft Metals | Captured Tracks | | 38.
| Prommer + Barck | Alex and the Grizzly | Derwin | | 39.
| Foster the People | Torches | Startime/Columbia | | 40.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 41.
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum | | 42.
| Big Spider's Back | Memory Man | Circle Into Square | | 43.
| Yacht | Shangri-La | DFA | | 44.
| Other Lives | Tamer Animals | tbd | | 45.
| Alias | Fever Dream | anticon | | 46.
| Thievery Corporation | Culture of Fear | ESL | | 47.
| (Various) | Made in Iceland IV | Iceland Music Export | | 48.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 49.
| Black Whales | Shangri La Indeed | Self-released | | 50.
| Grieves | Together/Apart | Rhymesayers | | 51.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 52.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 53.
| Eleanor Friedberger | Last Summer | Merge | | 54.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | We Are the Champions | Infinity Cat | | 55.
| Wild Beasts | Smother | Domino | | 56.
| Joseph Arthur | The Graduation Ceremony | Lonely Astronaut | | 57.
| AraabMuzik | Electronic Dream | Duke | | 58.
| Thee Oh Sees | Castlemania | In the Red | | 59.
| Best Coast | iTunes Session | iTunes | | 60.
| Psychobuildings | EP | All Hands Electric | | 61.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 62.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 63.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 64.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 65.
| Ravenna Woods | Valley of the Headless Men | Self-released | | 66.
| Nazca Lines | Hyperventilation | Stressed Sumo | | 67.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 68.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume Two | New West | | 69.
| Jolie Holland & the Grand Chandeliers | Pint of Blood | Anti- | | 70.
| (Various) | Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! | Mais Um Discos | | 71.
| Ceremony | Not Tonight EP | Custom Made | | 72.
| Team Me | EP | Propeller | | 73.
| Ikebe Shakedown | Ikebe Shakedown | Ubiquity | | 74.
| Jamie xx | Far Nearer/Beat For | Numbers | | 75.
| The Deer Tracks | The Archer Triology Pt. 2 | The Control Group | | 76.
| Selebrities | Delusions | Cascine | | 77.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 78.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 79.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 80.
| Helms Alee | Weatherhead | Hydra Head | | 81.
| Summer Babes | Open Swim | Self-released | | 82.
| Seun Anikulpo Kuti & Egypt 80 | From Africa With Fure: Rise | KF | | 83.
| Nikki Lane | Gone, Gone, Gone EP | IAMSOUND | | 84.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Secret Walls EP | Sacred Bones | | 85.
| Williams Elliott Whitmore | Field Songs | Anti- | | 86.
| Slime | Increases | Tough Love | | 87.
| White Orange | White Orange | Made in China | | 88.
| The Ladybug Transistor | Clutching Stems | Merge | | 89.
| 13 & God | Own Your Ghost | anticon | | 90.
| Frank Turner | England Keep My Bones | Epitaph |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Cults | Cults | Itno/Columbia | | 3.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 4.
| SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks | | 5.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 6.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF | | 7.
| Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | | 8.
| Iceage | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? | | 9.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 10.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 11.
| Blue Scholars | Cinemetropolis | Self-released | | 12.
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & the Harvest | Acony | | 13.
| Woods | Sun and Shade | Woodsist | | 14.
| Viva Voce | The Future Will Destroy You | Vanguard | | 15.
| Chad Valley | Equatorial Ultravox | Cascine | | 16.
| Death Cab For Cutie | Codes and Keys | Atlantic | | 17.
| Friendly Fires | Pala | XL | | 18.
| Da Cruz | Sistema Subversiva | Six Degrees | | 19.
| Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | Vice | | 20.
| Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark | | 21.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 22.
| Foster the People | Torches | Startime/Columbia | | 23.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 24.
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum | | 25.
| Grand Hallway | Winter Creatures | Self-released | | 26.
| Black Whales | Shangri La Indeed | Self-released | | 27.
| Pure X | Pleasure | Acephale | | 28.
| Battles | Gloss Drop | Warp | | 29.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 30.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 31.
| The Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge | | 32.
| Thievery Corporation | Culture of Fear | ESL | | 33.
| Ikebe Shakedown | Ikebe Shakedown | Ubiquity | | 34.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume Two | New West | | 35.
| Soft Metals | Soft Metals | Captured Tracks | | 36.
| Booker T. Jones | The Road From Memphis | Anti- | | 37.
| Arctic Monkeys | Suck It and See | Domino | | 38.
| Thee Oh Sees | Castlemania | In the Red | | 39.
| Junior Boys | It's All True | Domino | | 40.
| Fucked Up | David Comes To Life | Matador | | 41.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 42.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | We Are the Champions | Infinity Cat | | 43.
| Thurston Moore | Demolished Thoughts | Matador | | 44.
| The Weeknd | House of Balloons | Self-released | | 45.
| John Maus | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | Domino | | 46.
| Eleanor Friedberger | Last Summer | Merge | | 47.
| Joseph Arthur | The Graduation Ceremony | Lonely Astronaut | | 48.
| Best Coast | iTunes Session | iTunes | | 49.
| Vampire Weekend | iTunes Session | XL | | 50.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 51.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 52.
| Vetiver | The Errant Charm | Sub Pop | | 53.
| David Bazan | Strange Negotiations | Barsuk | | 54.
| Grieves | Together/Apart | Rhymesayers | | 55.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 56.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 57.
| The Ladybug Transistor | Clutching Stems | Merge | | 58.
| Yacht | Shangri-La | DFA | | 59.
| When Saints Go Machine | Konkylie | !K7 | | 60.
| Big Spider's Back | Memory Man | Circle Into Square | | 61.
| Selebrities | Delusions | Cascine | | 62.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | Bcore | | 63.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 64.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 65.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 66.
| Seun Anikulpo Kuti & Egypt 80 | From Africa With Fure: Rise | KF | | 67.
| Wild Beasts | Smother | Domino | | 68.
| Prommer + Barck | Alex and the Grizzly | Derwin | | 69.
| The Devil Whale | Teeth | Self-released | | 70.
| (Various) | Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story 1971-1973 | Light In the Attic | | 71.
| Eilen Jewell | Queen of the Minor Key | Signature Sounds | | 72.
| Ceremony | Not Tonight EP | Custom Made | | 73.
| We Are Augustines | We Are Augustines | Self-released | | 74.
| Generationals | Actor-Caster | Park the Van | | 75.
| (Various) | Riddimentary: Diplo Selects Greensleeves | Greensleeves | | 76.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 77.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 78.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 79.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 80.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 81.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 82.
| Nazca Lines | Hyperventilation | Stressed Sumo | | 83.
| Seacats | Metal Music | Self-released | | 84.
| Ravenna Woods | Valley of the Headless Men | Self-released | | 85.
| Pollens | Pollens | Self-released | | 86.
| SMOD | SMOD | Nacional | | 87.
| Jolie Holland & the Grand Chandeliers | Pint of Blood | Anti- | | 88.
| (Various) | Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! | Mais Um Discos | | 89.
| Marissa Nadler | Marissa Nadler | Box of Cedar | | 90.
| 13 & God | Own Your Ghost | anticon |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop | | 3.
| Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | | 4.
| Iceage | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? | | 5.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF | | 6.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 7.
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & the Harvest | Acony | | 8.
| Black Whales | Shangri La Indeed | Self-released | | 9.
| Cults | Cults | Itno/Columbia | | 10.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 11.
| Woods | Sun and Shade | Woodsist | | 12.
| Blue Scholars | Cinematropolis | Self-released | | 13.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 14.
| Death Cab For Cutie | Codes and Keys | Atlantic | | 15.
| Friendly Fires | Pala | XL | | 16.
| Junior Boys | It's All True | Domino | | 17.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 18.
| Chad Valley | Equatorial Ultravox | Cascine | | 19.
| Helms Alee | Weatherhead | Hydra Head | | 20.
| John Maus | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | Domino | | 21.
| Thurston Moore | Demolished Thoughts | Matador | | 22.
| David Bazan | Strange Negotiations | Barsuk | | 23.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | We Are the Champions | Infinity Cat | | 24.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 25.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 26.
| Fucked Up | David Comes To Life | Matador | | 27.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 28.
| Grand Hallway | Winter Creatures | Self-released | | 29.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume Two | New West | | 30.
| Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | Vice | | 31.
| Eleanor Friedberger | Last Summer | Merge | | 32.
| Viva Voce | The Future Will Destroy You | Vanguard | | 33.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 34.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 35.
| Battles | Gloss Drop | Warp | | 36.
| Foster the People | Torches | Startime/Columbia | | 37.
| Big Spider's Back | Memory Man | Circle Into Square | | 38.
| Selebrities | Delusions | Cascine | | 39.
| Da Cruz | Sistema Subversiva | Six Degrees | | 40.
| Jolie Holland & the Grand Chandeliers | Pint of Blood | Anti- | | 41.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 42.
| Joseph Arthur | The Graduation Ceremony | Lonely Astronaut | | 43.
| The Weeknd | House of Balloons | Self-released | | 44.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 45.
| Wild Beasts | Smother | Domino | | 46.
| Jessica 6 | See the Light | Peacefrog | | 47.
| The Ladybug Transistor | Clutching Stems | Merge | | 48.
| (Various) | Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story 1971-1973 | Light In the Attic | | 49.
| Thievery Corporation | Culture of Fear | ESL | | 50.
| Africa Hitech | 93 Million Miles | Warp | | 51.
| Shannon and the Clams | Sleep Talk | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 52.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 53.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 54.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 55.
| Seun Anikulpo Kuti & Egypt 80 | From Africa With Fure: Rise | KF | | 56.
| When Saints Go Machine | Konkylie | !K7 | | 57.
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum | | 58.
| The Wooden Birds | Two Matchsticks | Barsuk | | 59.
| (Various) | Sub Pop Terminal Sales Vol. 4 | Sub Pop | | 60.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 61.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 62.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 63.
| Arctic Monkeys | Suck It and See | Domino | | 64.
| Booker T. Jones | The Road From Memphis | Anti- | | 65.
| The Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge | | 66.
| White Orange | White Orange | Made in China | | 67.
| John Paul Keith | The Man That Time Forgot | Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum | | 68.
| Cuckoo Chaos | Woman | Lefse | | 69.
| Slam Dunk | The Shivers | Self-released | | 70.
| Painted Palms | Canopy EP | Secretly Canadian | | 71.
| Best Coast | iTunes Session | iTunes | | 72.
| Ikebe Shakedown | Ikebe Shakedown | Ubiquity | | 73.
| Generationals | Actor-Caster | Park the Van | | 74.
| Vetiver | The Errant Charm | Sub Pop | | 75.
| Holy Ghost! | Holy Ghost! | DFA | | 76.
| We Are Augustines | We Are Augustines | self-released | | 77.
| Seacats | Metal Music | Self-released | | 78.
| Ravenna Woods | Valley of the Headless Men | Self-released | | 79.
| Grieves | Together/Apart | Rhymesayers | | 80.
| Kid Smpl | Ghostsuit EP | Car Crash Set | | 81.
| Pollens | Pollens | Self-released | | 82.
| Summer Babes | Open Swim | Self-released | | 83.
| Sports | Sports | Crash Symbols | | 84.
| Marissa Nadler | Marissa Nadler | Box of Cedar | | 85.
| (Various) | Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! | Mais Um Discos | | 86.
| Prommer + Barck | Alex and the Grizzly | Derwin | | 87.
| Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi | Rome | Capitol | | 88.
| 13 & God | Own Your Ghost | anticon | | 89.
| Nikki Lane | Gone, Gone, Gone EP | IAMSOUND | | 90.
| Ceremony | Not Tonight EP | Custom Made |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Shabazz Palaces | Black Up | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Junior Boys | It's All True | Domino | | 3.
| Blue Scholars | Cinematropolis | Self-released | | 4.
| Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop | | 5.
| Cults | Cults | Itno/Columbia | | 6.
| WU LYF | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF | | 7.
| Death Cab For Cutie | Codes and Keys | Atlantic | | 8.
| Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | | 9.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 10.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 11.
| Battles | Gloss Drop | Warp | | 12.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 13.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 14.
| Thurston Moore | Demolished Thoughts | Matador | | 15.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 16.
| Friendly Fires | Pala | XL | | 17.
| Da Cruz | Sistema Subversiva | Six Degrees | | 18.
| John Maus | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | Domino | | 19.
| Woods | Sun and Shade | Woodsist | | 20.
| Fucked Up | David Comes To Life | Matador | | 21.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 22.
| Viva Voce | The Future Will Destroy You | Vanguard | | 23.
| Booker T. Jones | The Road From Memphis | Anti- | | 24.
| Wild Beasts | Smother | Domino | | 25.
| Black Whales | Shangri La Indeed | Self-released | | 26.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 27.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 28.
| Marissa Nadler | Marissa Nadler | Box of Cedar | | 29.
| The Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge | | 30.
| Joseph Arthur | The Graduation Ceremony | Lonely Astronaut | | 31.
| Foster the People | Torches | Startime/Columbia | | 32.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 33.
| Holy Ghost! | Holy Ghost! | DFA | | 34.
| When Saints Go Machine | Konkylie | !K7 | | 35.
| David Bazan | Strange Negotiations | Barsuk | | 36.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 37.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 38.
| Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | Vice | | 39.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume Two | New West | | 40.
| Hooray For Earth | True Loves | Dovecote | | 41.
| The Sea and Cake | The Moonlight Butterfly | Thrill Jockey | | 42.
| The Ladybug Transistor | Clutching Stems | Merge | | 43.
| Ikebe Shakedown | Ikebe Shakedown | Ubiquity | | 44.
| Vetiver | The Errant Charm | Sub Pop | | 45.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 46.
| Helms Alee | Weatherhead | Hydra Head | | 47.
| Sports | Sports | Crash Symbols | | 48.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 49.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 50.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | We Are the Champions | Infinity Cat | | 51.
| The Weeknd | House of Balloons | Self-released | | 52.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 53.
| SMOD | SMOD | Nacional | | 54.
| Arctic Monkeys | Suck It and See | Domino | | 55.
| Prommer + Barck | Alex and the Grizzly | Derwin | | 56.
| Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi | Rome | Capitol | | 57.
| 13 & God | Own Your Ghost | anticon | | 58.
| Jamie XX | Far Nearer/Beat For | Numbers | | 59.
| We Are Augustines | We Are Augustines | Self-released | | 60.
| Jessica 6 | See the Light | Peacefrog | | 61.
| Jamie Woon | Night Air EP | Polydor | | 62.
| Grand Hallway | Winter Creatures | Self-released | | 63.
| Summer Babes | Open Swim | Self-released | | 64.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 65.
| Stag | Paper Crown EP | Rock & Roll Circus | | 66.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 67.
| Seun Anikulpo Kuti & Egypt 80 | From Africa With Fure: Rise | KF | | 68.
| Best Coast | iTunes Session | iTunes | | 69.
| The Funk Ark | From the Rooftops | ESL | | 70.
| John Paul Keith | The Man That Time Forgot | Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum | | 71.
| The Coathangers | Larceny & Old Lace | Suicide Squeeze | | 72.
| Vieux Farka Toure | The Secret | Six Degrees | | 73.
| Ceremony | Not Tonight EP | Custom Made | | 74.
| Neil Young International Harvesters | A Treasure | Reprise | | 75.
| Young Montana? | Limerence | Alpha Pup | | 76.
| (Various) | Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story 1971-1973 | Light In the Attic | | 77.
| Big Spider's Back | Memory Man | Circle Into Square | | 78.
| The Wooden Birds | Two Matchsticks | Barsuk | | 79.
| Boris | Attention Please/Heavy Rocks | Sargent House | | 80.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 81.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 82.
| Helluvastate | Adventures in a Helluvastate | Members Only | | 83.
| Kid Smpl | Ghostsuit EP | Car Crash Set | | 84.
| The Devil Whale | Teeth | Self-released | | 85.
| (Various) | Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! | Mais Um Discos | | 86.
| Gold-Bears | Are You Falling in Love? | Slumberland | | 87.
| Eilen Jewell | Queen of the Minor Key | Signature Sounds | | 88.
| Painted Palms | Canopy EP | Secretly Canadian | | 89.
| EMA | Past Life Martyred Saints | City Slang | | 90.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Secret Walls EP | Sacred Bones |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 2.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 3.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 4.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 5.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 6.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 7.
| Friendly Fires | Pala | XL | | 8.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 9.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 10.
| David Bazan | Strange Negotiations | Barsuk | | 11.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 12.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 13.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 14.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 15.
| Foster the People | Torches | Startime/Columbia | | 16.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 17.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 18.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 19.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 20.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 21.
| Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | VICE | | 22.
| Wild Beasts | Smother | Domino | | 23.
| Sports | Sports | Crash Symbols | | 24.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 25.
| (Various) | Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! | Mais Um Discos | | 26.
| The Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge | | 27.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 28.
| The Weeknd | House of Balloons | Self-released | | 29.
| Booker T. Jones | The Road From Memphis | Anti- | | 30.
| Red Fang | Murder the Mountains | Relapse | | 31.
| Holy Ghost! | Holy Ghost! | DFA | | 32.
| (Various) | Rave On Buddy Holly | Fantasy | | 33.
| Vampire Weekend | iTunes Session | XL | | 34.
| Grand Hallway | Winter Creatures | Self-released | | 35.
| Thurston Moore | Demolished Thoughts | Matador | | 36.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 37.
| Moby | Destroyed | Little Idiot/Mute | | 38.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 39.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 40.
| The Globes | Future Self | Barsuk | | 41.
| 13 & God | Own Your Ghost | anticon | | 42.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 43.
| Prommer + Barck | Alex and the Grizzly | Derwin | | 44.
| SMOD | SMOD | Nacional | | 45.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy | Paw Tracks | | 46.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 47.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 48.
| The One AM Radio | Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread | Dangerbird | | 49.
| Mayer Hawthorne | Impressions: The Covers EP | Stones Throw | | 50.
| Stag | Paper Crown EP | Rock & Roll Circus | | 51.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 52.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 53.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 54.
| Burial | Street Halo EP | Hyperdub | | 55.
| The Sea and Cake | The Moonlight Butterfly | Thrill Jockey | | 56.
| Jessica 6 | See the Light | Peacefrog | | 57.
| Vetiver | The Errant Charm | Sub Pop | | 58.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 59.
| John Maus | Believer | Domino | | 60.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 61.
| Virgin Islands | Ernie Chambers v. God | The Control Group | | 62.
| Curtains For You | After Nights Without Sleep | Spark & Shine | | 63.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 64.
| Hooray For Earth | True Loves | Dovecote | | 65.
| Gold-Bears | Are You Falling in Love? | Slumberland | | 66.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 67.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Secret Walls EP | Sacred Bones | | 68.
| Man Man | Life Fantastic | Anti- | | 69.
| Jamie Woon | Night Air EP | Polydor | | 70.
| Title Tracks | In Blank | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | | 71.
| We Are Augustines | We Are Augustines | Self-released | | 72.
| Art Brut | Brilliant! Tragic! | Cooking Vinyl | | 73.
| The Wooden Birds | Two Matchsticks | Barsuk | | 74.
| Ocote Soul Sounds | Taurus | ESL | | 75.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 76.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 77.
| Ravenna Woods | Valley of the Headless Men | Self-released | | 78.
| Kid Smpl | Ghostsuit EP | Car Crash Set | | 79.
| The Devil Whale | Teeth | Self-released | | 80.
| Girls Names | Dead to Me | Slumberland | | 81.
| The Coathangers | Larceny & Old Lace | Spark & Shine | | 82.
| Beads | Thin Air | Self-released | | 83.
| Ceremony | Not Tonight EP | Custom Made | | 84.
| The Very Best | Super Mom Mixtape | Self-released | | 85.
| Painted Palms | Canopy EP | Secretly Canadian | | 86.
| The Funk Ark | From the Rooftops | ESL | | 87.
| Young Montana? | Limerence | Alpha Pup | | 88.
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita | | 89.
| Vieux Farka Toure | The Secret | Six Degrees | | 90.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | It's A Corporate World | Six Degrees |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 2.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 3.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 4.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 5.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 6.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 7.
| Friendly Fires | Pala | XL | | 8.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 9.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 10.
| David Bazan | Strange Negotiations | Barsuk | | 11.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 12.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 13.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 14.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 15.
| Foster the People | Torches | Startime/Columbia | | 16.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 17.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 18.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 19.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 20.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 21.
| Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | VICE | | 22.
| Wild Beasts | Smother | Domino | | 23.
| Sports | Sports | Crash Symbols | | 24.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 25.
| (Various) | Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! | Mais Um Discos | | 26.
| The Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge | | 27.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 28.
| The Weeknd | House of Balloons | Self-released | | 29.
| Booker T. Jones | The Road From Memphis | Anti- | | 30.
| Red Fang | Murder the Mountains | Relapse | | 31.
| Holy Ghost! | Holy Ghost! | DFA | | 32.
| (Various) | Rave On Buddy Holly | Fantasy | | 33.
| Vampire Weekend | iTunes Session | XL | | 34.
| Grand Hallway | Winter Creatures | Self-released | | 35.
| Thurston Moore | Demolished Thoughts | Matador | | 36.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 37.
| Moby | Destroyed | Little Idiot/Mute | | 38.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 39.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 40.
| The Globes | Future Self | Barsuk | | 41.
| 13 & God | Own Your Ghost | anticon | | 42.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 43.
| Prommer + Barck | Alex and the Grizzly | Derwin | | 44.
| SMOD | SMOD | Nacional | | 45.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy | Paw Tracks | | 46.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 47.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 48.
| The One AM Radio | Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread | Dangerbird | | 49.
| Mayer Hawthorne | Impressions: The Covers EP | Stones Throw | | 50.
| Stag | Paper Crown EP | Rock & Roll Circus | | 51.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 52.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 53.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 54.
| Burial | Street Halo EP | Hyperdub | | 55.
| The Sea and Cake | The Moonlight Butterfly | Thrill Jockey | | 56.
| Jessica 6 | See the Light | Peacefrog | | 57.
| Vetiver | The Errant Charm | Sub Pop | | 58.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 59.
| John Maus | Believer | Domino | | 60.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 61.
| Virgin Islands | Ernie Chambers v. God | The Control Group | | 62.
| Curtains For You | After Nights Without Sleep | Spark & Shine | | 63.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 64.
| Hooray For Earth | True Loves | Dovecote | | 65.
| Gold-Bears | Are You Falling in Love? | Slumberland | | 66.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 67.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Secret Walls EP | Sacred Bones | | 68.
| Man Man | Life Fantastic | Anti- | | 69.
| Jamie Woon | Night Air EP | Polydor | | 70.
| Title Tracks | In Blank | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | | 71.
| We Are Augustines | We Are Augustines | Self-released | | 72.
| Art Brut | Brilliant! Tragic! | Cooking Vinyl | | 73.
| The Wooden Birds | Two Matchsticks | Barsuk | | 74.
| Ocote Soul Sounds | Taurus | ESL | | 75.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 76.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 77.
| Ravenna Woods | Valley of the Headless Men | Self-released | | 78.
| Kid Smpl | Ghostsuit EP | Car Crash Set | | 79.
| The Devil Whale | Teeth | Self-released | | 80.
| Girls Names | Dead to Me | Slumberland | | 81.
| The Coathangers | Larceny & Old Lace | Spark & Shine | | 82.
| Beads | Thin Air | Self-released | | 83.
| Ceremony | Not Tonight EP | Custom Made | | 84.
| The Very Best | Super Mom Mixtape | Self-released | | 85.
| Painted Palms | Canopy EP | Secretly Canadian | | 86.
| The Funk Ark | From the Rooftops | ESL | | 87.
| Young Montana? | Limerence | Alpha Pup | | 88.
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita | | 89.
| Vieux Farka Toure | The Secret | Six Degrees | | 90.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | It's A Corporate World | Six Degrees |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Friendly Fires | Pala | XL | | 2.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 3.
| Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art | | 4.
| David Bazan | Strange Negotiations | Barsuk | | 5.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 6.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 7.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 9.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 10.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 11.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 12.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 13.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 14.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 15.
| Thurston Moore | Demolished Thoughts | Matador | | 16.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 17.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 18.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 19.
| Foster the People | Torches | Startime/Columbia | | 20.
| Wild Beasts | Smother | Domino | | 21.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 22.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 23.
| Grand Hallway | Winter Creatures | Self-released | | 24.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 25.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 26.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 27.
| Burial | Street Halo EP | Hyperdub | | 28.
| The Globes | Future Self | Barsuk | | 29.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Latest Flame | | 30.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 31.
| The Sea and Cake | The Moonlight Butterfly | Thrill Jockey | | 32.
| Holy Ghost! | Holy Ghost! | DFA | | 33.
| We Are Augustines | We Are Augustines | Self-released | | 34.
| John Talabot | Families EP | Young Turks | | 35.
| Africa Hitech | 93 Million Miles | Warp | | 36.
| John Maus | Believer | Domino | | 37.
| Virgin Islands | Ernie Chambers v. God | The Control Group | | 38.
| Kid Smpl | Ghostsuit EP | Car Crash Set | | 39.
| Stag | Paper Crown EP | Rock & Roll Circus | | 40.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy | Paw Tracks | | 41.
| Booker T. Jones | The Road From Memphis | Anti- | | 42.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 43.
| Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi | Rome | Capitol | | 44.
| Gold-Bears | Are You Falling in Love? | Slumberland | | 45.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 46.
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita | | 47.
| Jamie Woon | Night Air EP | Polydor | | 48.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 49.
| Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Starlight Hotel | Signature Sounds | | 50.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 51.
| SMOD | SMOD | Nacional | | 52.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 53.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 54.
| EMA | Past Life Martyred Saints | City Slang | | 55.
| Red Fang | Murder the Mountains | Relapse | | 56.
| The Funk Ark | From the Rooftops | ESL | | 57.
| Art Brut | Brilliant! Tragic! | Cooking Vinyl | | 58.
| Moby | Destroyed | Little Idiot/Mute | | 59.
| Ocote Soul Sounds | Taurus | ESL | | 60.
| James Pants | James Pants | Stones Throw | | 61.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 62.
| Sports | Sports | Crash Symbols | | 63.
| Ravenna Woods | Valley of the Headless Men | Self-released | | 64.
| Suttikeeree | Nostalgia EP | Fourthcity | | 65.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 66.
| Girls Names | Dead to Me | Slumberland | | 67.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 68.
| Hooray For Earth | True Loves | Dovecote | | 69.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 70.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 71.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 72.
| The One AM Radio | Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread | Dangerbird | | 73.
| Ceremony | Not Tonight EP | Custom Made | | 74.
| Mayer Hawthorne | Impressions: The Covers EP | Stones Throw | | 75.
| Let's Wrestle | Nursing Home | Merge | | 76.
| Painted Palms | Canopy EP | Secretly Canadian | | 77.
| Generationals | Actor-Caster | Park the Van | | 78.
| Ha Ha Tonka | Death of a Decade | Bloodshot | | 79.
| Atropolis | Atropolis | Dutty Artz | | 80.
| Helluvastate | Adventures in a Helluvastate | Members Only | | 81.
| Curtains For You | After Nights Without Sleep | Spark & Shine | | 82.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 83.
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut | | 84.
| David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights | Left By Soft | Merge | | 85.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 86.
| (Various) | Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of New York | Strut | | 87.
| The Very Best | Super Mom Mixtape | Self-released | | 88.
| John Paul Keith | The Man That Time Forgot | Big Legal Mass/Fat Possum | | 89.
| Bombino | Agadez | Cumbancha | | 90.
| Vieux Farka Toure | The Secret | Six Degrees |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 2.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 3.
| David Bazan | Strange Negotiations | Barsuk | | 4.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 5.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 6.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 7.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 8.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 9.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 10.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 11.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 12.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 13.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 14.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 15.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | BCore | | 16.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 17.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 18.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 19.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 20.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 21.
| Booker T. Jones | The Road From Memphis | Anti- | | 22.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 23.
| Holy Ghost! | Holy Ghost! | DFA | | 24.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 25.
| The Globes | Future Self | Barsuk | | 26.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 27.
| Wild Beasts | Smother | Domino | | 28.
| Virgin Islands | Ernie Chambers v. God | The Control Group | | 29.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 30.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 31.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 32.
| The Very Best | Super Mom Mixtape | Self-released | | 33.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 34.
| Sports | Sports | Crash Symbols | | 35.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy | Paw Tracks | | 36.
| EMA | Past Life Martyred Saints | City Slang | | 37.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 38.
| Femi Kuti | Africa for Africa | Knitting Factory | | 39.
| Ravenna Woods | Valley of the Headless Men | Self-released | | 40.
| Stag | Paper Crown EP | Rock & Roll Circus | | 41.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 42.
| Gold-Bears | Are You Falling in Love? | Slumberland | | 43.
| Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi | Rome | Capitol | | 44.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 45.
| Painted Palms | Canopy EP | Secretly Canadian | | 46.
| Moby | Destroyed | Little Idiot/Mute | | 47.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 48.
| Helluvastate | Adventures in a Helluvastate | Members Only/Cloud Nice | | 49.
| Curtains For You | After Nights Without Sleep | Spark & Shine | | 50.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 51.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 52.
| Girls Names | Dead to Me | Slumberland | | 53.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 54.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 55.
| Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | 679/Atlantic | | 56.
| Ceremony | Not Tonight EP | Custom Made | | 57.
| Explosions in the Sky | Take Care, Take Care, Take Care | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 58.
| Chad VanGaalen | Dipaer Island | Sub Pop | | 59.
| Africa Hitech | 93 Million Miles | Warp | | 60.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 61.
| Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Starlight Hotel | Signature Sounds | | 62.
| Kid Smpl | Ghostsuit EP | Car Crash Set | | 63.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 64.
| Hooray For Earth | True Loves | Dovecote | | 65.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 66.
| Man Man | Life Fantastic | Anti- | | 67.
| The Sea and Cake | The Moonlight Butterfly | Thrill Jockey | | 68.
| (Various) | Daptone Singles Spring/Summer 2011 | Daptone | | 69.
| Kraak & Smaak | Electric Hustle | Jalapeno | | 70.
| The Good Sin x 10.4 Rog | Late | Self-released | | 71.
| Fly Moon Royalty | Fly Moon Royalty | Sportn' Life | | 72.
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Here We Rest | Lightning Rod | | 73.
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut | | 74.
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita | | 75.
| Red Fang | Murder the Mountains | Relapse | | 76.
| The Bo-Keys | Got To Get Back! | Electraphonic | | 77.
| Susana Baca | Afrodiaspora | Luaka Bop | | 78.
| Title Tracks | In Blank | Ernest Jennings Record Co. | | 79.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 80.
| Dag For Dag | Boo | Ceremony | | 81.
| Bombino | Agadez | Cumbancha | | 82.
| David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights | Left By Soft | Merge | | 83.
| Jamie Woon | Night Air EP | Polydor | | 84.
| Ebo Taylor | Life Stories | Strut | | 85.
| Young Montana? | Limerence | Alpha Pup | | 86.
| Love Inks | E.S.P. | City Slang | | 87.
| The One AM Radio | Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread | Dangerbird | | 88.
| Bass Drum of Death | GB City | Fat Possum | | 89.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 90.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 2.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 3.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 4.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 5.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 6.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 7.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 8.
| Booker T. Jones | The Road From Memphis | Anti- | | 9.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 10.
| David Bazan | Strange Negotiations | Barsuk | | 11.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 12.
| Gang Gang Dance | Eye Contact | 4AD | | 13.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 14.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 15.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 16.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 17.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 18.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 19.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 20.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy | Paw Tracks | | 21.
| My Morning Jacket | Circuital | ATO | | 22.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | BCore | | 23.
| The Antlers | Burst Apart | Frenchkiss | | 24.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 25.
| Austra | Feel It Break | Domino | | 26.
| Sports | Sports | Crash Symbols | | 27.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 28.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 29.
| Holy Ghost! | Holy Ghost! | DFA | | 30.
| The Sea and Cake | The Moonlight Butterfly | Thrill Jockey | | 31.
| Painted Palms | Canopy EP | Secretly Canadian | | 32.
| Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi | Rome | Capitol | | 33.
| Hooray For Earth | True Loves | Dovecote | | 34.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 35.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 36.
| James Pants | James Pants | Stones Throw | | 37.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 38.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 39.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 40.
| (Various) | Daptone Singles Spring/Summer 2011 | Daptone | | 41.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 42.
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita | | 43.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 44.
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Columbia | | 45.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 46.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 47.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 48.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 49.
| Susana Baca | Afrodiaspora | Luaka Bop | | 50.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 51.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 52.
| Virgin Islands | Ernie Chambers v. God | The Control Group | | 53.
| Stag | Paper Crown EP | Rock & Roll Circus | | 54.
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Here We Rest | Lightning Rod | | 55.
| Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | 679/Atlantic | | 56.
| Times New Viking | Dancer Equired! | Merge | | 57.
| Helluvastate | Adventures in a Helluvastate | Members Only/Cloud Nice | | 58.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 59.
| Curtains For You | After Nights Without Sleep | Spark & Shine | | 60.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 61.
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut | | 62.
| Girls Names | Dead to Me | Slumberland | | 63.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 64.
| Loga Ramin Torkian | Mehraab | Terrestrial Lane | | 65.
| Red Fang | Murder the Mountains | Relapse | | 66.
| Man Man | Life Fantastic | Anti- | | 67.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 68.
| The One AM Radio | Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread | Dangerbird | | 69.
| Explosions in the Sky | Take Care, Take Care, Take Care | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 70.
| Pantha du Prince | XI Versions of Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 71.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 72.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 73.
| The Globes | Future Self | Barsuk | | 74.
| Coulter | Grip Fast | Coulter Club | | 75.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 76.
| Title Tracks | In Blank | Ernest Jennings Record Co. | | 77.
| EMA | Past Life Martyred Saints | City Slang | | 78.
| Bombino | Agadez | Cumbancha | | 79.
| The Donkeys | Born With Stripes | Dead Oceans | | 80.
| Garage a Trois | Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil | Royal Potato Family | | 81.
| Dag For Dag | Boo | Ceremony | | 82.
| Beach Fossils | What A Pleasure | Captured Tracks | | 83.
| Vivian Girls | Share the Joy | Polyvinyl | | 84.
| David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights | Left By Soft | Merge | | 85.
| The Elected | Bury Me In My Rings | Vagrant | | 86.
| Gorillaz | The Fall | Virgin | | 87.
| Federico Aubele | Berlin 13 | ESL | | 88.
| Steve Earle | I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive | New West | | 89.
| Kraak & Smaak | Electric Hustle | Jalapeno | | 90.
| Love Inks | E.S.P. | City Slang |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 2.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 3.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 4.
| Point Juncture, WA | Handsome Orders | Mt. Fuji | | 5.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 6.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 7.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 8.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 9.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 10.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 11.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 12.
| Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Capitol | | 13.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 14.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 15.
| Holy Ghost! | Holy Ghost! | DFA | | 16.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 17.
| Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Jagjaguwar | | 18.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 19.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 20.
| Sports | Sports | Crash Symbols | | 21.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 22.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 23.
| (Various) | Daptone Singles Spring/Summer 2011 | Daptone | | 24.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy | Paw Tracks | | 25.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 26.
| Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | 679/Atlantic | | 27.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 28.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | BCore | | 29.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 30.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 31.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 32.
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita | | 33.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 34.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 35.
| The Sea and Cake | The Moonlight Butterfly | Thrill Jockey | | 36.
| Virgin Islands | Ernie Chambers v. God | The Control Group | | 37.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 38.
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Here We Rest | Lightning Rod | | 39.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 40.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 41.
| Red Fang | Murder the Mountains | Relapse | | 42.
| James Pants | James Pants | Stones Throw | | 43.
| Explosions in the Sky | Take Care, Take Care, Take Care | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 44.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 45.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 46.
| The Globes | Future Self | Barsuk | | 47.
| Charles Leo Gebhardt IV | Begin Again | ggnzla | | 48.
| Curtains For You | After Nights Without Sleep | Spark & Shine | | 49.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 50.
| The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck | Merge | | 51.
| Girls Names | Dead to Me | Slumberland | | 52.
| Hooray For Earth | True Loves | Dovecote | | 53.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 54.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 55.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 56.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 57.
| Femi Kuti | Africa for Africa | Knitting Factory | | 58.
| The Donkeys | Born With Stripes | Dead Oceans | | 59.
| Antietam | Tenth Life | Carrot Top | | 60.
| Beach Fossils | What A Pleasure | Captured Tracks | | 61.
| Eleventh Dream Day | Riot Now | Thrill Jockey | | 62.
| Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Matador | | 63.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 64.
| Helvetia | On the Lam | The Static Cult | | 65.
| Fly Moon Royalty | Fly Moon Royalty | Sportn' Life | | 66.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 67.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 68.
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut | | 69.
| Title Tracks | In Blank | Ernest Jennings Record Co. | | 70.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 71.
| Love Inks | E.S.P. | City Slang | | 72.
| Kraak & Smaak | Electric Hustle | Jalapeno | | 73.
| The One AM Radio | Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread | Dangerbird | | 74.
| Egyptrixx | Bible Eyes | Night Slugs | | 75.
| Chad VanGaalen | Diaper Island | Sub Pop | | 76.
| Pantha du Prince | XI Versions of Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 77.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 78.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 79.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 80.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 81.
| Helluvastate | Adventures in a Helluvastate | Members Only/Cloud Nice | | 82.
| Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Starlight Hotel | Signature Sounds | | 83.
| Hi-Life Soundsystem | Death of the Party | Members Only | | 84.
| (Various) | No Northwest | Car Crash Set | | 85.
| Six Organs of Admittance | Asleep on the Floodplain | Drag City | | 86.
| Ha Ha Tonka | Death of a Decade | Bloodshot | | 87.
| Vivian Girls | Share the Joy | Polyvinyl | | 88.
| EMA | Past Life Martyred Saints | City Slang | | 89.
| Those Darlins | Screws Get Loose | Oh Wow Dang | | 90.
| David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights | Left By Soft | Merge |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Dennis Coffey | Dennis Coffey | Strut | | 3.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 4.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 5.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 6.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 7.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 8.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 9.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 10.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 11.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 12.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy | Paw Tracks | | 13.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 14.
| Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | 679/Atlantic | | 15.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 16.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 17.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 18.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 19.
| Blue Sky Black Death | Noir | Fake Four Inc. | | 20.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 21.
| Virgin Islands | Ernie Chambers v. God | The Control Group | | 22.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 23.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | BCore | | 24.
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut | | 25.
| Hooray For Earth | True Loves | Dovecote | | 26.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 27.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 28.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 29.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 30.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 31.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 32.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 33.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 34.
| James Pants | James Pants | Stones Throw | | 35.
| Explosions in the Sky | Take Care, Take Care, Take Care | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 36.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 37.
| Charles Leo Gebhardt IV | Begin Again | ggnzla | | 38.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 39.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 40.
| Starfucker | Reptilian | Polyvinyl | | 41.
| The Globes | Future Self | Barsuk | | 42.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 43.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 44.
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Here We Rest | Lightning Rod | | 45.
| Girls Names | Dead to Me | Slumberland | | 46.
| Title Tracks | In Blank | Ernest Jennings Record Co. | | 47.
| Acid House Kings | Music Sounds Better With You | Polyvinyl | | 48.
| Vivian Girls | Share the Joy | Polyvinyl | | 49.
| UNKLE | Only the Lonely EP | Surrender All | | 50.
| Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Matador | | 51.
| Dom | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods | Burning Mill/Astralwerks | | 52.
| Pantha du Prince | XI Versions of Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 53.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 54.
| Garage a Trois | Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil | Royal Potato Family | | 55.
| Dirty Beaches | Badlands | Zoo | | 56.
| Southeast Engine | Canary | Misra | | 57.
| Red Fang | Murder the Mountains | Relapse | | 58.
| Ponytail | Do Whatever You Want All the Time | We Are Free | | 59.
| Femi Kuti | Africa for Africa | Knitting Factory | | 60.
| The One AM Radio | Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread | Dangerbird | | 61.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 62.
| Cass McCombs | Wit's End | Domino | | 63.
| Gorillaz | The Fall | Virgin | | 64.
| Broken Bells | Meyrin Fields EP | Columbia | | 65.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 66.
| Helluvastate | Adventures in a Helluvastate | Members Only/Cloud Nice | | 67.
| Curtains For You | After Nights Without Sleep | Spark & Shine | | 68.
| Grynch | Timeless EP | Self-released | | 69.
| (Various) | No Northwest | Car Crash Set | | 70.
| Fly Moon Royalty | Fly Moon Royalty | Sportn' Life | | 71.
| Helvetia | On the Lam | The Static Cult | | 72.
| Yarn Owl | Montana y Caballo | Self-released | | 73.
| Ha Ha Tonka | Death of a Decade | Bloodshot | | 74.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 75.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 76.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 77.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 78.
| Anna Calvi | Anna Calvi | Domino | | 79.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 80.
| Antietam | Tenth Life | Carrot Top | | 81.
| The Echocentrics | Sunshadows | Ubiquity | | 82.
| Mo Kolours | EP1: Drum Talking | One Handed Music | | 83.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 84.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 85.
| Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Starlight Hotel | Signature Sounds | | 86.
| Hi-Life Soundsystem | Death of the Party | Members Only | | 87.
| Coulter | Grip Fast | Coulter Club | | 88.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 89.
| The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck | Merge | | 90.
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 2.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 3.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 4.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 5.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy | Paw Tracks | | 6.
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | Drag City | | 7.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 8.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 9.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 10.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 11.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 12.
| tUne-yArDs | W H O K I L L | 4AD | | 13.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | BCore | | 14.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 15.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 16.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 17.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 18.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 19.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 20.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 21.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 22.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 23.
| Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | 679/Atlantic | | 24.
| James Pants | James Pants | Stones Throw | | 25.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 26.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 27.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 28.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 29.
| Dom | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods | Burning Mill/Astralwerks | | 30.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 31.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 32.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 33.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 34.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 35.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 36.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 37.
| Vivian Girls | Share the Joy | Polyvinyl | | 38.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 39.
| Gorillaz | The Fall | Virgin | | 40.
| Pantha du Prince | XI Versions of Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 41.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 42.
| Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Starlight Hotel | Signature Sounds | | 43.
| Fly Moon Royalty | Fly Moon Royalty | Sportn' Life | | 44.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 45.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 46.
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita | | 47.
| Anna Calvi | Anna Calvi | Domino | | 48.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 49.
| Femi Kuti | Africa for Africa | Knitting Factory | | 50.
| Those Darlins | Screws Get Loose | Oh Wow Dang | | 51.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 52.
| Wagon Christ | Toomorrow | Ninja Tune | | 53.
| Charles Leo Gebhardt IV | Begin Again | ggnzla | | 54.
| Ha Ha Tonka | Death of a Decade | Bloodshot | | 55.
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut | | 56.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 57.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 58.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 59.
| Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Matador | | 60.
| Eleventh Dream Day | Riot Now | Thrill Jockey | | 61.
| Obits | Moody, Standard and Poor | Sub Pop | | 62.
| Egyptrixx | Bible Eyes | Night Slugs | | 63.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 64.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 65.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 66.
| Helluvastate | Adventures in a Helluvastate | Members Only/Cloud Nice | | 67.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 68.
| Hi-Life Soundsystem | Death of the Party | Members Only | | 69.
| Davila 666 | Tan Bajo | In the Red | | 70.
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Here We Rest | Lightning Rod | | 71.
| Dirty Beaches | Badlands | Zoo | | 72.
| The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck | Merge | | 73.
| Starfucker | Reptilian | Polyvinyl | | 74.
| Beach Fossils | What A Pleasure | Captured Tracks | | 75.
| Yarn Owl | Montana y Caballo | Self-released | | 76.
| Bass Drum of Death | GB City | Fat Possum | | 77.
| Atropolis | Atropolis | Dutty Artz | | 78.
| The Dirtbombs | Party Store | In the Red | | 79.
| (Various) | Thai? Dai! | B-Music | | 80.
| Gold Panda | Companion | Ghostly International | | 81.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 82.
| Typhoon | A New Kind of House | Tender Loving Empire | | 83.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 84.
| The Golden Blondes | The Golden Blondes | Per Se | | 85.
| (Various) | Portable Shrines present Magic Sound Theatre Vol. 1 | Translinguistic Other | | 86.
| Southeast Engine | Canary | Misra | | 87.
| Hello Echo | Hello | Self-released | | 88.
| Alela Diane | Alela Diane & Wild Divine | Rough Trade | | 89.
| The Echocentrics | Sunshadows | Ubiquity | | 90.
| Mr. Pauer | Soundtrack | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| My Goodness | My Goodness | Sarathan | | 2.
| TV On the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Interscope | | 3.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 4.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 5.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 6.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 7.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 8.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 9.
| The Feelies | Here Before | Bar/None | | 10.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 11.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 12.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | BCore | | 13.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 14.
| Bibio | Mind Bokeh | Warp | | 15.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 16.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 17.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 18.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 19.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 20.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 21.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 22.
| Police Teeth | Awesomer Than the Devil | Latest Flame | | 23.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 24.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 25.
| Cute Lepers | Adventure Time | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 26.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 27.
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Sub Pop | | 28.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 29.
| Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut | | 30.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 31.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 32.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 33.
| Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Matador | | 34.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 35.
| Mazes | A Thousand Heys | Fatcat | | 36.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 37.
| Dom | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods | Burning Mill/Astralwerks | | 38.
| Beach Fossils | What A Pleasure | Captured Tracks | | 39.
| Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Starlight Hotel | Signature Sounds | | 40.
| Grynch | Timeless EP | Self-released | | 41.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 42.
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Here We Rest | Lightning Rod | | 43.
| Dirty Beaches | Badlands | Zoo | | 44.
| Anna Calvi | Anna Calvi | Domino | | 45.
| Southeast Engine | Canary | Misra | | 46.
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 2: High and Inside | Yep Roc | | 47.
| Davila 666 | Tan Bajo | In the Red | | 48.
| Starfucker | Reptilian | Polyvinyl | | 49.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 50.
| Hello Echo | Hello | Self-released | | 51.
| The Soft Moon | The Soft Moon | Captured Tracks | | 52.
| Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | 679/Atlantic | | 53.
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Saddle Creek | | 54.
| Vivian Girls | Share the Joy | Polyvinyl | | 55.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 56.
| Helvetia | On the Lam | The Static Cult | | 57.
| Coulter | Grip Fast | Coulter Club | | 58.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 59.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 60.
| Atropolis | Atropolis | Dutty Artz | | 61.
| Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | Basin Street | | 62.
| Egyptrixx | Bible Eyes | Night Slugs | | 63.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 64.
| Gold Panda | Companion | Ghostly International | | 65.
| The Morning Benders | Japan Echo EP | Self-released | | 66.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 67.
| Matthew Dear | Slowdance EP | Ghostly International | | 68.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 69.
| Charles Leo Gebhardt IV | Begin Again | ggnzla | | 70.
| Fly Moon Royalty | Fly Moon Royalty | Sportn' Life | | 71.
| The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck | Merge | | 72.
| Ha Ha Tonka | Death of a Decade | Bloodshot | | 73.
| Acid House Kings | Music Sounds Better With You | Labrador | | 74.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 75.
| Lucinda Williams | Blessed | Lost Highway | | 76.
| Femi Kuti | Africa for Africa | Knitting Factory | | 77.
| Obits | Moody, Standard and Poor | Sub Pop | | 78.
| Basement Freaks | Something Freaky | Jalapeno | | 79.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 80.
| Zoobombs | La Vie En Jupon | MB3 | | 81.
| Fantasma | Fantasma City | FireAnt | | 82.
| Alela Diane | Alela Diane & Wild Divine | Rough Trade | | 83.
| Mo Kolours | EP1: Drum Talking | One Handed Music | | 84.
| Sin Fang | Summer Echoes | Morr Music | | 85.
| Hayes Carll | KMAG YOYO | Lost Highway | | 86.
| Federico Aubele | Berlin 13 | ESL | | 87.
| Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx | We're New Here | XL | | 88.
| The Strokes | Angles | RCA | | 89.
| Hunx and his Punx | Too Young To Be In Love | Hardly Art | | 90.
| Rainbow Arabia | Boys and Diamonds | Kompakt |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 2.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 3.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 4.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 5.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 6.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 7.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 8.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 9.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 10.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 11.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 12.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | BCore | | 13.
| Crystal Stilts | In Love with Oblivion | Slumberland | | 14.
| Thao & Mirah | Thao & Mirah | Kill Rock Stars | | 15.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 16.
| Dom | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods | Burning Mill/Astralwerks | | 17.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 18.
| Charles Leo Gebhardt IV | Begin Again | ggnzla | | 19.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 20.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 21.
| Vivian Girls | Share the Joy | Polyvinyl | | 22.
| Ha Ha Tonka | Death of a Decade | Bloodshot | | 23.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 24.
| Beach Fossils | What A Pleasure | Captured Tracks | | 25.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 26.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 27.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 28.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 29.
| Cold Cave | Cherish the Light Years | Matador | | 30.
| Moon Duo | Mazes | Sacred Bones | | 31.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 32.
| Anna Calvi | Anna Calvi | Domino | | 33.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 34.
| Those Darlins | Screws Get Loose | Oh Wow Dang | | 35.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 36.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 37.
| The Soft Moon | The Soft Moon | Captured Tracks | | 38.
| Ringo Deathstarr | Colour Trip | Sonic Unyon | | 39.
| Asobi Seksu | Fluorescence | Polyvinyl | | 40.
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 2: High and Inside | Yep Roc | | 41.
| Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Matador | | 42.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 43.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 44.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 45.
| Davila 666 | Tan Bajo | In the Red | | 46.
| Star Slinger | Collected Works + Remixes | Self-released | | 47.
| Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | 679/Atlantic | | 48.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 49.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 50.
| The Strokes | Angles | RCA | | 51.
| Hunx and his Punx | Too Young To Be In Love | Hardly Art | | 52.
| The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck | Merge | | 53.
| Southeast Engine | Canary | Misra | | 54.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 55.
| Starfucker | Reptilian | Polyvinyl | | 56.
| Hello Echo | Hello | Self-released | | 57.
| The Megaphonic Thrift | Decay Decoy | Sonic Unyon | | 58.
| Acrylics | Lives and Treasures | Friendly Fire | | 59.
| The Dirtbombs | Party Store | In the Red | | 60.
| Alela Diane | Alela Diane & Wild Divine | Rough Trade | | 61.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 62.
| Basement Freaks | Something Freaky | Jalapeno | | 63.
| The Morning Benders | Japan Echo EP | Self-released | | 64.
| Typhoon | A New Kind of House | Tender Loving Empire | | 65.
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Saddle Creek | | 66.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 67.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 68.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 69.
| Helvetia | On the Lam | The Static Cult | | 70.
| Grynch | Timeless EP | Self-released | | 71.
| Yarn Owl | Montana y Caballo | Self-released | | 72.
| Eddie Spaghetti | Sundowner | Bloodshot | | 73.
| USF | Jamaica Plain EP | Highfives and Handshakes | | 74.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 75.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 76.
| Dirty Beaches | Badlands | Zoo | | 77.
| Foster the People | Foster the People | StarTime | | 78.
| Air Waves | Dungeon Dots | Underwater Peoples | | 79.
| Eleventh Dream Day | Riot Now | Thrill Jockey | | 80.
| Ponytail | Do Whatever You Want All the Time | We Are Free | | 81.
| Lucinda Williams | Blessed | Lost Highway | | 82.
| Femi Kuti | Africa for Africa | Knitting Factory | | 83.
| Steve Earle | I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive | New West | | 84.
| Lumerians | Transmalinnia | Knitting Factory | | 85.
| Obits | Moody, Standard and Poor | Sub Pop | | 86.
| Hayes Carll | KMAG YOYO | Lost Highway | | 87.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 88.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 89.
| Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Starlight Hotel | Signature Sounds | | 90.
| Six Organs of Admittance | Asleep on the Floodplain | Drag City |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 2.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 3.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 4.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 5.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 6.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 7.
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | | 8.
| Low | C'mon | Sub Pop | | 9.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | BCore | | 10.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 11.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 12.
| Peter Bjorn and John | Gimme Some | StarTime | | 13.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 14.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 15.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 16.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 17.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 18.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 19.
| Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | 679/Atlantic | | 20.
| Craft Spells | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks | | 21.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 22.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 23.
| The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck | Merge | | 24.
| Southeast Engine | Canary | Misra | | 25.
| The Megaphonic Thrift | Decay Decoy | Sonic Unyon | | 26.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 27.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 28.
| Beach Fossils | What A Pleasure | Captured Tracks | | 29.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 30.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 31.
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Here We Rest | Lightning Rod | | 32.
| Anna Calvi | Anna Calvi | Domino | | 33.
| Dom | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods | Burning Mill/Astralwerks | | 34.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 35.
| The Soft Moon | The Soft Moon | Captured Tracks | | 36.
| Asobi Seksu | Fluorescence | Polyvinyl | | 37.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 38.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 39.
| Obits | Moody, Standard and Poor | Sub Pop | | 40.
| The Strokes | Angles | RCA | | 41.
| Hunx and his Punx | Too Young To Be In Love | Hardly Art | | 42.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 43.
| Ha Ha Tonka | Death of a Decade | Bloodshot | | 44.
| Davila 666 | Tan Bajo | In the Red | | 45.
| Ringo Deathstarr | Colour Trip | Sonic Unyon | | 46.
| Acid House Kings | Music Sounds Better With You | Labrador | | 47.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 48.
| Star Slinger | Collected Works + Remixes | Self-released | | 49.
| Hello Echo | Hello | Self-released | | 50.
| Egyptrixx | Bible Eyes | Night Slugs | | 51.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 52.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 53.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 54.
| Foster the People | Foster the People | StarTime | | 55.
| Wire | Red Barked Tree | Pink Flag | | 56.
| Starfucker | Reptilian | Polyvinyl | | 57.
| Atropolis | Atropolis | Dutty Artz | | 58.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 59.
| Air Waves | Dungeon Dots | Underwater Peoples | | 60.
| The Morning Benders | Japan Echo EP | Self-released | | 61.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 62.
| Grynch | Timeless EP | Self-released | | 63.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 64.
| Don't Talk to the Cops! | Regular Show | Self-released | | 65.
| USF | Jamaica Plain EP | Highfives and Handshakes | | 66.
| Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings | Carpark | | 67.
| Dirty Beaches | Badlands | Zoo | | 68.
| Teeel | Amulet | Moodgadget | | 69.
| Eleventh Dream Day | Riot Now | Thrill Jockey | | 70.
| Acrylics | Lives and Treasures | Friendly Fire | | 71.
| Fantasma | Fantasma City | FireAnt | | 72.
| The Dirtbombs | Party Store | In the Red | | 73.
| Basement Freaks | Something Freaky | Jalapeno | | 74.
| Sin Fang | Summer Echoes | Morr Music | | 75.
| Brown Recluse | Evening Tapestry | Slumberland | | 76.
| Papercuts | Fading Parade | Sub Pop | | 77.
| (Various) | Heartbeats | Heartbeats | | 78.
| Banjo or Freakout | Banjo or Freakout | Rare Book Room | | 79.
| Federico Aubele | Berlin 13 | ESL | | 80.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 81.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 82.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 83.
| The Golden Blondes | The Golden Blondes | Per Se | | 84.
| (Various) | We Love This Comp Volume One | Burning Building | | 85.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 86.
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 2: High and Inside | Yep Roc | | 87.
| (Various) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | | 88.
| Ponytail | Do Whatever You Want All the Time | We Are Free | | 89.
| Steve Earle | I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive | New West | | 90.
| Yarn Owl | Montana y Caballo | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 2.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 3.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 4.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Slumberland | | 5.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 6.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 7.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 8.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 9.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 10.
| The Joy Formidable | The Big Roar | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 11.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 12.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 13.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 14.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 15.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 16.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 17.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 18.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 19.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | Bcore | | 20.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 21.
| Davila 666 | Tan Bajo | In the Red | | 22.
| Starfucker | Reptilian | Polyvinyl | | 23.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 24.
| Star Slinger | Collected Works + Remixes | Self-released | | 25.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 26.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 27.
| Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | Sub Pop | | 28.
| Anna Calvi | Anna Calvi | Domino | | 29.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 30.
| The Golden Blondes | The Golden Blondes | Per Se | | 31.
| Foster the People | Foster the People | Star Time | | 32.
| Wire | Red Barked Tree | Pink Flag | | 33.
| Ringo Deathstarr | Colour Trip | Sonic Unyon | | 34.
| The New Division | The Rookie EP | Self-released | | 35.
| Eleventh Dream Day | Riot Now | Thrill Jockey | | 36.
| The Raveonettes | Raven in the Grave | Vice | | 37.
| The Strokes | Angles | RCA | | 38.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 39.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 40.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 41.
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Here We Rest | Lightning Rod | | 42.
| Dirty Beaches | Badlands | Zoo | | 43.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 44.
| Acid House Kings | Music Sounds Better With You | Labrador | | 45.
| Ha Ha Tonka | Death of a Decade | Bloodshot | | 46.
| The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck | Merge | | 47.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 48.
| Dom | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods | Burning Mill/Astralwerks | | 49.
| Asobi Seksu | Fluorescence | Polyvinyl | | 50.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 51.
| Typhoon | A New Kind of House | Tender Loving Empire | | 52.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 53.
| Six Organs of Admittance | Asleep on the Floodplain | Drag City | | 54.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 55.
| Southeast Engine | Canary | Misra | | 56.
| Teeel | Amulet | Moodgadget | | 57.
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 2: High and Inside | Yep Roc | | 58.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 59.
| When Saints Go Machine | Fail Forever | !K7 | | 60.
| Obits | Moody, Standard and Poor | Sub Pop | | 61.
| Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Saddle Creek | | 62.
| Sin Fang | Summer Echoes | Morr Music | | 63.
| Michael Chapman | Fully Qualified Survivor | Light in the Attic | | 64.
| Federico Aubele | Berlin 13 | ESL | | 65.
| (Various) | Thai? Dai! | B-Music | | 66.
| Balmorhea | Live at Sint-Elisabethkerk | Balmorhea Music | | 67.
| Shelby Earl | Burn the Boats | Self-released | | 68.
| Hello Echo | Hello | Self-released | | 69.
| Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings | Carpark | | 70.
| (Various) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | | 71.
| Yarn Owl | Montana y Caballo | Self-released | | 72.
| Acrylics | Lives and Treasures | Friendly Fire | | 73.
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Saddle Creek | | 74.
| Maggie Bjorklund | Coming Home | Bloodshot | | 75.
| Air Waves | Dungeon Dots | Underwater Peoples | | 76.
| Those Darlins | Screws Get Loose | Oh Wow Dang | | 77.
| John Vanderslice | White Wilderness | Dead Oceans | | 78.
| The Dirtbombs | Party Store | In the Red | | 79.
| Steve Earle | I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive | New West | | 80.
| Basement Freaks | Something Freaky | Jalapeno | | 81.
| (Various) | Cartagena! | Soundway | | 82.
| Julianna Barwick | The Magic Place | Asthmatic Kitty | | 83.
| Caural | Die Before You Die | Eat Concrete | | 84.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 85.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 86.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 87.
| The Night Beats | H-Bomb EP | Trouble in Mind | | 88.
| Don't Talk to the Cops! | Regular Show | Self-released | | 89.
| Hotels | On the Casino Floor | Hidden Shoal | | 90.
| Wayfinders | Wayfinders | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 2.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 3.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 4.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 5.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 6.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 7.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 8.
| The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Trans/Atlantic | | 9.
| Capsula | In the Land of Silver Souls | Bcore | | 10.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 11.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 12.
| Dodos | No Color | Frenchkiss | | 13.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 14.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 15.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 16.
| Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | Sub Pop | | 17.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 18.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 19.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 20.
| Dom | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods | Burning Mill/Astralwerks | | 21.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 22.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 23.
| Star Slinger | Collected Works + Remixes | Self-released | | 24.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 25.
| BOAT | Dress Like Your Idols | Magic Marker | | 26.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 27.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 28.
| Asobi Seksu | Fluorescence | Polyvinyl | | 29.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 30.
| Buffalo Tom | Skins | Scrawny | | 31.
| The Soft Moon | The Soft Moon | Captured Tracks | | 32.
| R.E.M. | Collapse Into Now | Warner Bros. | | 33.
| Lucinda Williams | Blessed | Lost Highway | | 34.
| Eleventh Dream Day | Riot Now | Thrill Jockey | | 35.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 36.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 37.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 38.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 39.
| The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck | Merge | | 40.
| Hello Echo | Hello | Self-released | | 41.
| Ringo Deathstarr | Colour Trip | Sonic Unyon | | 42.
| Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx | We're New Here | XL | | 43.
| Beth Ditto | EP | Deconstruction | | 44.
| Rainbow Arabia | Boys and Diamonds | Kompakt | | 45.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 46.
| Anna Calvi | Anna Calvi | Domino | | 47.
| Dirty Beaches | Badlands | Zoo | | 48.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 49.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 50.
| Foster the People | Foster the People | Star Time | | 51.
| Air Waves | Dungeon Dots | Underwater Peoples | | 52.
| The Dirtbombs | Party Store | In the Red | | 53.
| Brown Recluse | Evening Tapestry | Slumberland | | 54.
| Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl | | 55.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 56.
| Say Hi | Um, Uh Oh | Barsuk | | 57.
| Don't Talk to the Cops! | Regular Show | Self-released | | 58.
| Hotels | On the Casino Floor | Hidden Shoal | | 59.
| Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings | Carpark | | 60.
| The Megaphonic Thrift | Decay Decoy | Sonic Unyon | | 61.
| Starfucker | Reptilian | Polyvinyl | | 62.
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 2: High and Inside | Yep Roc | | 63.
| Iron and Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Warner Bros. | | 64.
| Brave Irene | Brave Irene | Slumberland | | 65.
| Darlings | Warma | Famous Class | | 66.
| Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Matador | | 67.
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Saddle Creek | | 68.
| John Vanderslice | White Wilderness | Dead Oceans | | 69.
| Basement Freaks | Something Freaky | Jalapeno | | 70.
| Copper Thieves | II | Jack Holmes Recording Company | | 71.
| Michael Chapman | Fully Qualified Survivor | Light in the Attic | | 72.
| Lumerians | Transmalinnia | Knitting Factory | | 73.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 74.
| The Golden Blondes | The Golden Blondes | Per Se | | 75.
| Youth Rescue Mission | Youth Rescue Mission | Red Kettle | | 76.
| Scribes | What Was Lost | Self-released | | 77.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 78.
| Shelby Earl | Burn the Boats | Self-released | | 79.
| Malice & Mario Sweet | Happy 2 Year | Self-released | | 80.
| Southeast Engine | Canary | Misra | | 81.
| Jamaica | No Problem | Cooperative USA/Downtown | | 82.
| Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Saddle Creek | | 83.
| (Various) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | | 84.
| Lord Huron | Mighty EP | Self-released | | 85.
| Acrylics | Lives and Treasures | Friendly Fire | | 86.
| Maggie Bjorklund | Coming Home | Bloodshot | | 87.
| When Saints Go Machine | Fail Forever | !K7 | | 88.
| La Sera | La Sera | Hardly Art | | 89.
| The Builders and the Butchers | Dead Reckoning | Badman | | 90.
| Teeel | Amulet | Moodgadget |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 2.
| Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys! | Fiction/Downtown | | 3.
| Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic | | 4.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 5.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 6.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 7.
| Parts & Labor | Constant Future | Jagjaguwar | | 8.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 9.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 10.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 11.
| Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | Sub Pop | | 12.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 13.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 14.
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Merge | | 15.
| Noddy | Drama | Self-released | | 16.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 17.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 18.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 19.
| Starfucker | Reptilian | Polyvinyl | | 20.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 21.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 22.
| Dirty Beaches | Badlands | Zoo | | 23.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 24.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 25.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 26.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 27.
| Lucinda Williams | Blessed | Lost Highway | | 28.
| The Soft Moon | The Soft Moon | Captured Tracks | | 29.
| Ringo Deathstarr | Colour Trip | Sonic Unyon | | 30.
| Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Scandalous | Lost Highway | | 31.
| Foster the People | Foster the People | Star Time | | 32.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 33.
| The Dirtbombs | Party Store | In the Red | | 34.
| Beth Ditto | EP | Deconstruction | | 35.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 36.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 37.
| Davila 666 | Tan Bajo | In the Red | | 38.
| Anna Calvi | Anna Calvi | Domino | | 39.
| Iron and Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Warner Bros. | | 40.
| Los Chicharonns | Roots of Life | Tummy Touch | | 41.
| Acrylics | Lives and Treasures | Friendly Fire | | 42.
| Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Saddle Creek | | 43.
| Teeel | Amulet | Moodgadget | | 44.
| Asobi Seksu | Fluorescence | Polyvinyl | | 45.
| Lord Huron | Mighty EP | Self-released | | 46.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 47.
| Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx | We're New Here | XL | | 48.
| Bomba Estereo | Ponte Bomb EP | Nacional | | 49.
| Say Hi | Um, Uh Oh | Barsuk | | 50.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 51.
| Dom | Sun Bronzed Greek Gods | Burning Mill/Astralwerks | | 52.
| Star Slinger | Collected Works + Remixes | Self-released | | 53.
| The Megaphonic Thrift | Decay Decoy | Sonic Unyon | | 54.
| Beans | End It All | Anticon | | 55.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 56.
| John Vanderslice | White Wilderness | Dead Oceans | | 57.
| When Saints Go Machine | Fail Forever | !K7 | | 58.
| Johnny Cash | Bootleg Vol. II: From Memphis to Hollywood | Columbia/Legacy | | 59.
| Michael Chapman | Fully Qualified Survivor | Light in the Attic | | 60.
| J Mascis | Several Shades of Why | Sub Pop | | 61.
| Wire | Red Barked Tree | Pink Flag | | 62.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 63.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 64.
| Jamaica | No Problem | Cooperative USA/Downtown | | 65.
| Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring For My Halo | Matador | | 66.
| Air Waves | Dungeon Dots | Underwater Peoples | | 67.
| Julianna Barwick | The Magic Place | Asthmatic Kitty | | 68.
| Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl | | 69.
| The Builders and the Butchers | Dead Reckoning | Badman | | 70.
| Peaking Lights | 936 | Not Not Fun | | 71.
| The Beets | Stay Home | Captured Tracks | | 72.
| (Various) | Pakistan: Folk & Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976 | Sublime Frequencies | | 73.
| The Dears | Degeneration Street | Dangerbird | | 74.
| Kimnusico Trio | The Fantastic Feline | Self-released | | 75.
| Derek Kelley and the Speedwobbles | Bourgeoisie Marmalade | Self-released | | 76.
| Hotels | On the Casino Floor | Hidden Shoal | | 77.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 78.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 79.
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 2: High and Inside | Yep Roc | | 80.
| (Various) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | | 81.
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Saddle Creek | | 82.
| Gang of Four | Content | Yep Roc | | 83.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 84.
| …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead | Tao of the Dead | Superball | | 85.
| Papercuts | Fading Parade | Sub Pop | | 86.
| Brown Recluse | Evening Tapestry | Slumberland | | 87.
| (Various) | Generation Bass presents Transnational Dubstep | Six Degrees | | 88.
| Near the Parenthesis | Japanese for Beginners | n5MD | | 89.
| Fergus & Geronimo | Unlearn | Hardly Art | | 90.
| (Various) | 14 Tracks from Planet Mu | Planet Mu |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 2.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 3.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 4.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 5.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 6.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 7.
| Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 9.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 10.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 11.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 12.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 13.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 14.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 15.
| Wire | Red Barked Tree | Pink Flag | | 16.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 17.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 18.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 19.
| The Soft Moon | The Soft Moon | Captured Tracks | | 20.
| Asobi Seksu | Fluorescence | Polyvinyl | | 21.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 22.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 23.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 24.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 25.
| Lucinda Williams | Blessed | Lost Highway | | 26.
| Ringo Deathstarr | Colour Trip | Sonic Unyon | | 27.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 28.
| Onry Ozzborn | Hold On For Dear Life | Fake Four Inc. | | 29.
| Eddie Spaghetti | Sundowner | Bloodshot | | 30.
| Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Saddle Creek | | 31.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 32.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 33.
| The Megaphonic Thrift | Decay Decoy | Sonic Unyon | | 34.
| Air Waves | Dungeon Dots | Underwater Peoples | | 35.
| Star Slinger | Collected Works + Remixes | Self-released | | 36.
| Autre Ne Veut | Autre Ne Veut | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 37.
| Teeel | Amulet | Moodgadget | | 38.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 39.
| Lord Huron | Mighty EP | Self-released | | 40.
| The Dirtbombs | Party Store | In the Red | | 41.
| Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx | We're New Here | XL | | 42.
| When Saints Go Machine | Fail Forever | !K7 | | 43.
| (Various) | Generation Bass presents Transnational Dubstep | Six Degrees | | 44.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 45.
| Say Hi | Um, Uh Oh | Barsuk | | 46.
| Malice & Mario Sweet | Happy 2 Year | Self-released | | 47.
| Iron and Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Warner Bros. | | 48.
| Davila 666 | Tan Bajo | In the Red | | 49.
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 2: High and Inside | Yep Roc | | 50.
| Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings | Carpark | | 51.
| Aurelio | Laru Beya | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 52.
| Foster the People | Foster the People | Star Time | | 53.
| Gang of Four | Content | Yep Roc | | 54.
| Youth Rescue Mission | Youth Rescue Mission | Red Kettle | | 55.
| Hotels | On the Casino Floor | Hidden Shoal | | 56.
| (Various) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | | 57.
| Beans | End It All | Anticon | | 58.
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Saddle Creek | | 59.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 60.
| John Vanderslice | White Wilderness | Dead Oceans | | 61.
| Beth Ditto | EP | Deconstruction | | 62.
| Papercuts | Fading Parade | Sub Pop | | 63.
| Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over | Nonesuch | | 64.
| Beach Fossils | Beach Fossils | Captured Tracks | | 65.
| The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Heart In Your Heartbreak | Slumberland | | 66.
| Ancient Astronauts | Into Bass and Time | ESL | | 67.
| Sister Crayon | Bellow | Manimal Vinyl | | 68.
| Fergus & Geronimo | Unlearn | Hardly Art | | 69.
| Banjo or Freakout | Banjo or Freakout | Rare Book Room | | 70.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 71.
| Joshua Morrison | Builder | Expanding Brooklyn | | 72.
| Wayfinders | Wayfinders | Self-released | | 73.
| Boat | Boat | Self-released | | 74.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 75.
| Los Chicharonns | Roots of Life | Tummy Touch | | 76.
| Jamaica | No Problem | Cooperative USA/Downtown | | 77.
| Puro Instinct | Headbangers in Ecstasy | Mexican Summer | | 78.
| Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl | | 79.
| Com Truise | Cyanide Sisters | Ghostly International | | 80.
| Win Win | Win Win | Vice | | 81.
| Hayes Carll | KMAG YOYO | Lost Highway | | 82.
| Near the Parenthesis | Japanese for Beginners | n5MD | | 83.
| Arbouretum | The Gathering | Thrill Jockey | | 84.
| Kasey Anderson and the Honkies | Heart of a Dog | Red River | | 85.
| Scribes | What Was Lost | Self-released | | 86.
| Campfire OK | Strange Like We Are | Ana-Them | | 87.
| Modern Athletics | Modern Athletics | Self-released | | 88.
| Don't Talk to the Cops! | Regular Show | Self-released | | 89.
| Shelby Earl | Burn the Boats | Self-released | | 90.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Radiohead | The King of Limbs | tbd | | 2.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 3.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 4.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 5.
| Adele | 21 | XL/Columbia | | 6.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 7.
| Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 9.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 10.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 11.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 12.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 13.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 14.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 15.
| Wire | Red Barked Tree | Pink Flag | | 16.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 17.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 18.
| Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company | | 19.
| The Soft Moon | The Soft Moon | Captured Tracks | | 20.
| Asobi Seksu | Fluorescence | Polyvinyl | | 21.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 22.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 23.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 24.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 25.
| Lucinda Williams | Blessed | Lost Highway | | 26.
| Ringo Deathstarr | Colour Trip | Sonic Unyon | | 27.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 28.
| Onry Ozzborn | Hold On For Dear Life | Fake Four Inc. | | 29.
| Eddie Spaghetti | Sundowner | Bloodshot | | 30.
| Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Saddle Creek | | 31.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 32.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 33.
| The Megaphonic Thrift | Decay Decoy | Sonic Unyon | | 34.
| Air Waves | Dungeon Dots | Underwater Peoples | | 35.
| Star Slinger | Collected Works + Remixes | Self-released | | 36.
| Autre Ne Veut | Autre Ne Veut | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 37.
| Teeel | Amulet | Moodgadget | | 38.
| Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High EP | Sub Pop | | 39.
| Lord Huron | Mighty EP | Self-released | | 40.
| The Dirtbombs | Party Store | In the Red | | 41.
| Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx | We're New Here | XL | | 42.
| When Saints Go Machine | Fail Forever | !K7 | | 43.
| (Various) | Generation Bass presents Transnational Dubstep | Six Degrees | | 44.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 45.
| Say Hi | Um, Uh Oh | Barsuk | | 46.
| Malice & Mario Sweet | Happy 2 Year | Self-released | | 47.
| Iron and Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Warner Bros. | | 48.
| Davila 666 | Tan Bajo | In the Red | | 49.
| The Baseball Project | Vol. 2: High and Inside | Yep Roc | | 50.
| Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings | Carpark | | 51.
| Aurelio | Laru Beya | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 52.
| Foster the People | Foster the People | Star Time | | 53.
| Gang of Four | Content | Yep Roc | | 54.
| Youth Rescue Mission | Youth Rescue Mission | Red Kettle | | 55.
| Hotels | On the Casino Floor | Hidden Shoal | | 56.
| (Various) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | | 57.
| Beans | End It All | Anticon | | 58.
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Saddle Creek | | 59.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 60.
| John Vanderslice | White Wilderness | Dead Oceans | | 61.
| Beth Ditto | EP | Deconstruction | | 62.
| Papercuts | Fading Parade | Sub Pop | | 63.
| Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over | Nonesuch | | 64.
| Beach Fossils | Beach Fossils | Captured Tracks | | 65.
| The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Heart In Your Heartbreak | Slumberland | | 66.
| Ancient Astronauts | Into Bass and Time | ESL | | 67.
| Sister Crayon | Bellow | Manimal Vinyl | | 68.
| Fergus & Geronimo | Unlearn | Hardly Art | | 69.
| Banjo or Freakout | Banjo or Freakout | Rare Book Room | | 70.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 71.
| Joshua Morrison | Builder | Expanding Brooklyn | | 72.
| Wayfinders | Wayfinders | Self-released | | 73.
| Boat | Boat | Self-released | | 74.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 75.
| Los Chicharonns | Roots of Life | Tummy Touch | | 76.
| Jamaica | No Problem | Cooperative USA/Downtown | | 77.
| Puro Instinct | Headbangers in Ecstasy | Mexican Summer | | 78.
| Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl | | 79.
| Com Truise | Cyanide Sisters | Ghostly International | | 80.
| Win Win | Win Win | Vice | | 81.
| Hayes Carll | KMAG YOYO | Lost Highway | | 82.
| Near the Parenthesis | Japanese for Beginners | n5MD | | 83.
| Arbouretum | The Gathering | Thrill Jockey | | 84.
| Kasey Anderson and the Honkies | Heart of a Dog | Red River | | 85.
| Scribes | What Was Lost | Self-released | | 86.
| Campfire OK | Strange Like We Are | Ana-Them | | 87.
| Modern Athletics | Modern Athletics | Self-released | | 88.
| Don't Talk to the Cops! | Regular Show | Self-released | | 89.
| Shelby Earl | Burn the Boats | Self-released | | 90.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 2.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 3.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 4.
| The Cave Singers | No Witch | Jagjaguwar | | 5.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 6.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 7.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 8.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 9.
| Foster the People | Foster the People | Star Time | | 10.
| Ringo Deathstarr | Colour Trip | Sonic Unyon | | 11.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 12.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 13.
| Wire | Red Barked Tree | Pink Flag | | 14.
| Beth Ditto | EP | Deconstruction | | 15.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 16.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 17.
| Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | Sub Pop | | 18.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 19.
| Iron and Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Warner Bros. | | 20.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 21.
| Jamaica | No Problem | Cooperative USA/Downtown | | 22.
| Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Saddle Creek | | 23.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 24.
| Star Slinger | Collected Works + Remixes | Self-released | | 25.
| Puro Instinct | Headbangers in Ecstasy | Mexican Summer | | 26.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 27.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 28.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 29.
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine | Carpark | | 30.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 31.
| Say Hi | Um, Uh Oh | Barsuk | | 32.
| The Megaphonic Thrift | Decay Decoy | Sonic Unyon | | 33.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 34.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 35.
| Asobi Seksu | Fluorescence | Polyvinyl | | 36.
| Teeel | Amulet | Moodgadget | | 37.
| Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl | | 38.
| Near the Parenthesis | Japanese for Beginners | n5MD | | 39.
| Charles Bradley | No Time for Dreaming | Daptone | | 40.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 41.
| Modern Athletics | Modern Athletics | Self-released | | 42.
| When Saints Go Machine | Fail Forever | !K7 | | 43.
| Air Waves | Dungeon Dots | Underwater Peoples | | 44.
| John Vanderslice | White Wilderness | Dead Oceans | | 45.
| Autre Ne Veut | Autre Ne Veut | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 46.
| Papercuts | Fading Parade | Sub Pop | | 47.
| Clive Tanaka y su orquesta | Jet Set Siempre 1° | Tall Corn | | 48.
| The Dears | Degeneration Street | Dangerbird | | 49.
| Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings | Carpark | | 50.
| Beans | End It All | Anticon | | 51.
| Gang of Four | Content | Yep Roc | | 52.
| Yellow Ostrich | The Mistress | Self-released | | 53.
| The Veils | Troubles of the Brain | Pitch Beast | | 54.
| Stereolab | Not Music | Drag City | | 55.
| The Builders and the Butchers | Dead Reckoning | Badman | | 56.
| La Sera | La Sera | Hardly Art | | 57.
| Made in Heights | Winter Pigeons EP | Self-released | | 58.
| The War on Drugs | Future Weather | Secretly Canadian | | 59.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 60.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 61.
| Joshua Morrison | Builder | Expanding Brooklyn | | 62.
| Scribes | What Was Lost | Self-released | | 63.
| Campfire OK | Strange Like We Are | Ana-Them | | 64.
| Boat | Boat | Self-released | | 65.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 66.
| Aurelio | Laru Beya | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 67.
| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Saddle Creek | | 68.
| Lord Huron | Mighty EP | Self-released | | 69.
| (Various) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | | 70.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 71.
| (Various) | Night Slugs Allstars Volume 1 | Night Slugs | | 72.
| Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over | Nonesuch | | 73.
| Sepalcure | Fleur EP | Hotflush | | 74.
| British Sea Power | Valhalla Dancehall | Rough Trade | | 75.
| Ancient Astronauts | Into Bass and Time | ESL | | 76.
| Oberhofer | Away FRM U EP | Self-released | | 77.
| Fujiya & Miyagi | Ventriloquizzing | Yep Roc | | 78.
| Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra | World of Funk | Ubiquity | | 79.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 80.
| Fergus & Geronimo | Unlearn | Hardly Art | | 81.
| Onry Ozzborn | Hold On For Dear Life | Fake Four Inc. | | 82.
| USF | Jamaica Plain EP | Highfives and Handshakes | | 83.
| Shelby Earl | Burn the Boats | Self-released | | 84.
| Brothers from Another | Two Weeks Vacation | Members Only | | 85.
| Wayfinders | Wayfinders | Self-released | | 86.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released | | 87.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 88.
| Los Chicharonns | Roots of Life | Tummy Touch | | 89.
| Salva | Complex Housing | Friends of Friends | | 90.
| Cornershop featuring Bubbley Kaur | Cornershop & the Double 'O' Groove Of | Ample Play |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me | Nonesuch | | 2.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 3.
| Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Modular | | 4.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 5.
| Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Saddle Creek | | 6.
| Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | Sub Pop | | 7.
| Yuck | Yuck | Fat Possum | | 8.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 9.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 10.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 11.
| Wire | Red Barked Tree | Pink Flag | | 12.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 13.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 14.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 15.
| Iron and Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Warner Bros. | | 16.
| Beans | End It All | Anticon | | 17.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 18.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 19.
| PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Vagrant | | 20.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 21.
| Beth Ditto | EP | Deconstruction | | 22.
| (Various) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | | 23.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 24.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 25.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 26.
| Millionyoung | Replicants | RiX/Old Flame | | 27.
| Aurelio | Laru Beya | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 28.
| Apex Manor | The Year of Magical Drinking | Merge | | 29.
| Modern Athletics | Modern Athletics | Self-released | | 30.
| Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings | Carpark | | 31.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 32.
| Lord Huron | Mighty EP | Self-released | | 33.
| Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl | | 34.
| Gang of Four | Content | Yep Roc | | 35.
| Blank Dogs | Land and Fixed | Captured Tracks | | 36.
| Yellow Ostrich | The Mistress | Self-released | | 37.
| Made in Heights | Winter Pigeons EP | Self-released | | 38.
| Sepalcure | Fleur EP | Hotflush | | 39.
| The Dears | Degeneration Street | Dangerbird | | 40.
| Ancient Astronauts | Into Bass and Time | ESL | | 41.
| Legendary Oaks | Legendary Oaks | Self-released | | 42.
| Say Hi | Um, Uh Oh | Barsuk | | 43.
| Joshua Morrison | Builder | Expanding Brooklyn | | 44.
| Hotels | On the Casino Floor | Hidden Shoal | | 45.
| Don't Talk to the Cops! | Regular Show | Self-released | | 46.
| Yuni In Taxco | Sanpaku | Self-released | | 47.
| Los Chicharonns | Roots of Life | Tummy Touch | | 48.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 49.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 50.
| When Saints Go Machine | Fail Forever | !K7 | | 51.
| The Veils | Troubles of the Brain | Pitch Beast | | 52.
| Stereolab | Not Music | Drag City | | 53.
| (Various) | Angola Soundtrack | Analog Africa | | 54.
| Oberhofer | Away FRM U EP | Self-released | | 55.
| Scribes | What Was Lost | Self-released | | 56.
| Campfire OK | Strange Like We Are | Ana-Them | | 57.
| Boat | Boat | Self-released | | 58.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 59.
| (Various) | Night Slugs Allstars Volume 1 | Night Slugs | | 60.
| John Vanderslice | White Wilderness | Dead Oceans | | 61.
| Teeel | Amulet | Moodgadget | | 62.
| British Sea Power | Valhalla Dancehall | Rough Trade | | 63.
| Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over | Nonesuch | | 64.
| Tapes 'N Tapes | Outside | Ibid | | 65.
| Fujiya & Miyagi | Ventriloquizzing | Yep Roc | | 66.
| Chancha Via Circuito | Rio Arriba | ZZK | | 67.
| The War on Drugs | Future Weather | Secretly Canadian | | 68.
| Ghostface Killah | Apollo Kids | Def Jam | | 69.
| Thank You | Golden Worry | Thrill Jockey | | 70.
| Ryan Adams | Cardinals III/IV | Pax-Am | | 71.
| Violens | Amoral | Friendly Fire | | 72.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 73.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 74.
| Onry Ozzborn | Hold On For Dear Life | Fake Four Inc. | | 75.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 76.
| Shelby Earl | Burn the Boats | Self-released | | 77.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 78.
| Autre Ne Veut | Autre Ne Veut | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 79.
| Los Fabulocos | Dos | Delta Groove | | 80.
| Com Truise | Cyanide Sisters | Ghostly International | | 81.
| Reverend John Wilkins | You Can't Hurry God | Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum | | 82.
| Wake Up Lucid | Sugar | Self-released | | 83.
| Vagrants | I Can't Make A Friend 1965-1968 | Light in the Attic | | 84.
| The David Wax Museum | Everything Is Saved | Self-released | | 85.
| Salva | Complex Housing | Friends of Friends | | 86.
| The Jayhawks | Tomorrow the Green Grass (Legacy Edition) | American | | 87.
| Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra | World of Funk | Ubiquity | | 88.
| El Sportivo & the Blooz | EP | White Iris | | 89.
| Fergus & Geronimo | Unlearn | Hardly Art | | 90.
| Junk Culture | Summer Friends | Illegal Art |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Anti- | | 2.
| Wire | Red Barked Tree | Pink Flag | | 3.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 4.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 5.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 6.
| Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | Sub Pop | | 7.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 8.
| Charles Bradley | No Time For Dreaming | Daptone | | 9.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 10.
| Millionyoung | Replicants | RiX/Old Flame | | 11.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 12.
| Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings | Carpark | | 13.
| Akron/Family | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT | Dead Oceans | | 14.
| Beth Ditto | EP | Deconstruction | | 15.
| Iron and Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Warner Bros. | | 16.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 17.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 18.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 19.
| Apex Manor | The Year of Magical Drinking | Merge | | 20.
| British Sea Power | Valhalla Dancehall | Rough Trade | | 21.
| Don't Talk to the Cops! | Regular Show | Self-released | | 22.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 23.
| Gang of Four | Content | Yep Roc | | 24.
| Joshua Morrison | Builder | Expanding Brooklyn | | 25.
| Scribes | What Was Lost | Self-released | | 26.
| Wild Nothing | Golden Haze | Captured Tracks | | 27.
| Los Chicharonns | Roots of Life | Tummy Touch | | 28.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 29.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 30.
| Violens | Amoral | Friendly Fire | | 31.
| The Radio Dept. | Passive Aggressive | Labrador | | 32.
| Fergus & Geronimo | Unlearn | Hardly Art | | 33.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 34.
| Say Hi | Um, Uh Oh | Barsuk | | 35.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 36.
| Legendary Oaks | Legendary Oaks | Self-released | | 37.
| Shelby Earl | Burn the Boats | Self-released | | 38.
| The Parting Gifts | Stychnine Dandelion | In the Red | | 39.
| (Various) | Night Slugs Allstars Volume 1 | Night Slugs | | 40.
| Stereolab | Not Music | Drag City | | 41.
| Yellow Ostrich | The Mistress | Self-released | | 42.
| John Vanderslice | White Wilderness | Dead Oceans | | 43.
| Igor Boxx | Breslau | Ninja Tune | | 44.
| The War on Drugs | Future Weather | Secretly Canadian | | 45.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 46.
| Lord Huron | Mighty EP | Self-released | | 47.
| Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl | | 48.
| When Saints Go Machine | Fail Forever | !K7 | | 49.
| Blank Dogs | Land and Fixed | Captured Tracks | | 50.
| Radio Citizen | Hope and Despair | Ubiquity | | 51.
| Oborhofer | Away FRM U EP | Self-released | | 52.
| The Jayhawks | Tomorrow the Green Grass (Legacy Edition) | American | | 53.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 54.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 55.
| Onry Ozzborn | Hold On For Dear Life | Fake Four Inc. | | 56.
| Autre Ne Veut | Autre Ne Veut | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 57.
| The Veils | Troubles of the Brain | Pitch Beast | | 58.
| Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over | Nonesuch | | 59.
| The Builders and the Butchers | Dead Reckoning | Badman | | 60.
| (Various) | Songs from a Sonic Land | Reverb | | 61.
| Beach Fossils | Beach Fossils | Captured Tracks | | 62.
| The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Heart In Your Heartbreak | Slumberland | | 63.
| Junk Culture | Summer Friends | Illegal Art | | 64.
| Near the Parenthesis | Japanese for Beginners | n5MD | | 65.
| Tamaryn | The Waves | Mexican Summer | | 66.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 67.
| Eddie Spaghetti | Sundowner | Bloodshot | | 68.
| Campfire OK | Strange Like We Are | Ana-Them | | 69.
| Yuni In Taxco | What Love Will Provide/Stiff Joints | Self-released | | 70.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 71.
| Aurelio | Laru Beya | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 72.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 73.
| Ryan Adams | Cardinals III/IV | Pax-Am | | 74.
| Made in Heights | Winter Pigeons EP | Self-released | | 75.
| Fujiya & Miyagi | Ventriloquizzing | Yep Roc | | 76.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 77.
| Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 | Northern Aggression | Yep Roc | | 78.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 79.
| Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Def Jam | | 80.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 81.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 82.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 83.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 84.
| Brothers From Another | Two Weeks Vacation | Members Only | | 85.
| Derek Kelley and the Speedwobbles | Bourgeoisie Marmalade | Self-released | | 86.
| Land of Pines | 1 | Self-released | | 87.
| Josh & Anand | Fractal Cave EP | Self-released | | 88.
| Seacats | 3D | Self-released | | 89.
| Wake Up Lucid | Sugar | Self-released | | 90.
| Chancha Via Circuito | Rio Arriba | ZZK |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | | 2.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 3.
| Iron and Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Warner Bros. | | 4.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 5.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 6.
| Beth Ditto | EP | Deconstruction | | 7.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 8.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 9.
| Telekinesis | 12 Desperate Straight Lines | Merge | | 10.
| Millionyoung | Replicants | RiX/Old Flame | | 11.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 12.
| The Parting Gifts | Stychnine Dandelion | In the Red | | 13.
| Tamaryn | The Waves | Mexican Summer | | 14.
| The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Sub Pop | | 15.
| Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Polyvinyl | | 16.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 17.
| Onry Ozzborn | Hold On For Dear Life | Daptone | | 18.
| Charles Bradley | No Time For Dreaming | Daptone | | 19.
| Wild Nothing | Golden Haze | Captured Tracks | | 20.
| Gang of Four | Content | Yep Roc | | 21.
| Say Hi | Um, Uh Oh | Barsuk | | 22.
| Apex Manor | The Year of Magical Drinking | Merge | | 23.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 24.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 25.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 26.
| Fujiya & Miyagi | Ventriloquizzing | Yep Roc | | 27.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 28.
| No Joy | Ghost Blonde | Mexican Summer | | 29.
| Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over | Nonesuch | | 30.
| A Sunny Day in Glasgow | Autumn, Again | Self-released | | 31.
| British Sea Power | Valhalla Dancehall | Rough Trade | | 32.
| Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 | Northern Aggression | Yep Roc | | 33.
| Violens | Amoral | Friendly Fire | | 34.
| The War on Drugs | Future Weather | Secretly Canadian | | 35.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 36.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 37.
| Autre Ne Veut | Autre Ne Veut | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 38.
| The Veils | Troubles of the Brain | Pitch Beast | | 39.
| Los Chicharonns | Roots of Life | Tummy Touch | | 40.
| Stereolab | Not Music | Drag City | | 41.
| (Various) | Songs from a Sonic Land | Reverb | | 42.
| The Jayhawks | Tomorrow the Green Grass (Legacy Edition) | American | | 43.
| Joshua Morrison | Builder | Expanding Brooklyn | | 44.
| Legendary Oaks | Legendary Oaks | Self-released | | 45.
| Campfire OK | Strange Like We Are | Ana-Them | | 46.
| Boat | Boat | Self-released | | 47.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 48.
| (Various) | Night Slugs Allstars Volume 1 | Night Slugs | | 49.
| Blank Dogs | Land and Fixed | Captured Tracks | | 50.
| Yellow Ostrich | The Mistress | Self-released | | 51.
| Ryan Adams | Cardinals III/IV | Pax-Am | | 52.
| Beach Fossils | Beach Fossils | Captured Tracks | | 53.
| The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Heart In Your Heartbreak | Slumberland | | 54.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 55.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 56.
| Shelby Earl | Burn the Boats | Self-released | | 57.
| Ambulance | People in Places | Self-released | | 58.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 59.
| Aurelio | Laru Beya | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 60.
| Kotchy | Two | Done Right | | 61.
| Igor Boxx | Breslau | Ninja Tune | | 62.
| Darwin Deez | Darwin Deez | Lucky Number | | 63.
| Salva | Complex Housing | Friends of Friends | | 64.
| Com Truise | Cyanide Sisters | Ghostly International | | 65.
| Tapes 'N Tapes | Outside | Ibid | | 66.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 67.
| Shit Robot | From the Cradle to the Rave | DFA | | 68.
| Land of Pines | 1 | Self-released | | 69.
| Velella Velella | Atlantis Massif | Self-released | | 70.
| The Radio Dept. | Passive Aggressive | Labrador | | 71.
| (Various) | Angola Soundtrack | Analog Africa | | 72.
| Radio Citizen | Hope and Despair | Ubiquity | | 73.
| Fernando | True Instigator | Domingo | | 74.
| Blaqstarr | Divine EP | N.E.E.T./Interscope | | 75.
| East River Pipe | We Live in Rented Rooms | Merge | | 76.
| Chancha Via Circuito | Rio Arriba | ZZK | | 77.
| Games | That We Can Play | Hippos in Tanks | | 78.
| Made in Heights | Winter Pigeons EP | Self-released | | 79.
| The Jayhawks | Hollywood Town Hall (Legacy Edition) | American | | 80.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 81.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 82.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 83.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 84.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 85.
| Mesita | Living/Breathing EP | Self-released | | 86.
| Yuni In Taxco | What Love Will Provide/Stiff Joints | Self-released | | 87.
| Hanssen | Choke EP | Innerflight | | 88.
| Elba | Diplodocus | Self-released | | 89.
| Sidi Toure | Sahel Folk | Thrill Jockey | | 90.
| Wild Wild Geese | Sorry, Earth | Odessa |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Memphis Industries | | 2.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 3.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 4.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 5.
| Tamaryn | The Waves | Mexican Summer | | 6.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 7.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 8.
| Millionyoung | Replicants | RiX/Old Flame | | 9.
| No Joy | Ghost Blonde | Mexican Summer | | 10.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 11.
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots | ATO | | 12.
| Apex Manor | The Year of Magical Drinking | Merge | | 13.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 14.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 15.
| Charles Bradley | No Time For Dreaming | Daptone | | 16.
| Gang of Four | Content | Yep Roc | | 17.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 18.
| Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Def Jam | | 19.
| The Greenhornes | **** | Third Man | | 20.
| Aurelio | Laru Beya | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 21.
| The Veils | Troubles of the Brain | Pitch Beast | | 22.
| British Sea Power | Valhalla Dancehall | Rough Trade | | 23.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 24.
| Onry Ozzborn | Hold On For Dear Life | Fake Four Inc. | | 25.
| Wild Nothing | Golden Haze | Captured Tracks | | 26.
| Grouplove | Grouplove EP | Canvasback/Atlantic | | 27.
| Yellow Ostrich | The Mistress | Self-released | | 28.
| Ryan Adams | Cardinals III/IV | Pax-Am | | 29.
| Stereolab | Not Music | Drag City | | 30.
| Legendary Oaks | Legendary Oaks | Self-released | | 31.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 32.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 33.
| Los Chicharonns | Roots of Life | Tummy Touch | | 34.
| Violens | Amoral | Friendly Fire | | 35.
| Beach Fossils | Beach Fossils | Captured Tracks | | 36.
| Fujiya & Miyagi | Ventriloquizzing | Yep Roc | | 37.
| Vusi Mahlasela | Say Africa | ATO | | 38.
| Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground | Introducing Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground | Bombs Over Bellevue | | 39.
| Brothers From Another | Two Weeks Vacation | Members Only | | 40.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 41.
| Eux Autres | Broken Bow | Bon Mots | | 42.
| The Parting Gifts | Stychnine Dandelion | In the Red | | 43.
| Blank Dogs | Land and Fixed | Captured Tracks | | 44.
| Sub Swara | Triggers | Low Motion | | 45.
| Autre Ne Veut | Autre Ne Veut | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 46.
| Chad Valley | EP | Cascine | | 47.
| jj | Kills | Sincerely Yours | | 48.
| The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Heart In Your Heartbreak | Slumberland | | 49.
| Tapes 'N Tapes | Outside | Ibid | | 50.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 51.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 52.
| Joshua Morrison | Builder | Expanding Brooklyn | | 53.
| Lemolo | Whale Song/Open Air | Self-released | | 54.
| Boat | Boat | Self-released | | 55.
| The Radio Dept. | Passive Aggressive | Labrador | | 56.
| Kisses | The Heart of the Nightlife | This Is Music | | 57.
| Radio Citizen | Hope and Despair | Ubiquity | | 58.
| Kotchy | Two | Done Right | | 59.
| A Sunny Day in Glasgow | Autumn, Again | Self-released | | 60.
| Fernando | True Instigator | Domingo | | 61.
| Chancha Via Circuito | Rio Arriba | ZZK | | 62.
| Lone | Emerald Fantasy Tracks | Magic Wire Recordings | | 63.
| Made in Heights | Winter Pigeons EP | Self-released | | 64.
| oOoOO | oOoOO EP | Tri Angle | | 65.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 66.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 67.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 68.
| Velella Velella | Atlantis Massif | Self-released | | 69.
| Kasey Anderson and the Honkies | Heart of a Dog | Red River | | 70.
| Campfire OK | Strange Like We Are | Ana-Them | | 71.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released | | 72.
| Yuni In Taxco | What Love Will Provide/Stiff Joints | Self-released | | 73.
| Ambulance | People in Places | Self-released | | 74.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 75.
| (Various) | Songs from a Sonic Land | Reverb | | 76.
| Dark Party | Light Years | Old Tacoma | | 77.
| Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 | Northern Aggression | Yep Roc | | 78.
| (Various) | Angola Soundtrack | Analog Africa | | 79.
| Wild Wild Geese | Sorry, Earth | Odessa | | 80.
| Actress | Splazsh | Honest Jon's | | 81.
| Salva | Complex Housing | Friends of Friends | | 82.
| Empresarios | Sabor Tropical | Fort Knox | | 83.
| (Various) | Tradi-Mods vs. Rockers | Crammed Discs | | 84.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 85.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 86.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Play It Strange | In the Red | | 87.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 88.
| Sun City Girls | Funeral Mariachi | Abduction | | 89.
| Mad Rad | The Youth Die Young | Out For Stardom | | 90.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released |
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Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 2.
| James Blake | James Blake | Atlas/A&M | | 3.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Play It Strange | In the Red | | 4.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 5.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 6.
| Millionyoung | Replicants | RiX/Old Flame | | 7.
| Destroyer | Kaputt | Merge | | 8.
| Wild Nothing | Golden Haze | Captured Tracks | | 9.
| Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora | | 10.
| Whalebones | Whalebones | Self-released | | 11.
| (Various) | 4 the Love of Music | Maraire Enterprises | | 12.
| Apex Manor | The Year of Magical Drinking | Merge | | 13.
| The Greenhornes | **** | Third Man | | 14.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 15.
| Ghosts I've Met | From A Spark | Yerbird | | 16.
| Charles Bradley | No Time For Dreaming | Daptone | | 17.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 18.
| No Joy | Ghost Blonde | Mexican Summer | | 19.
| Autre Ne Veut | Autre Ne Veut | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 20.
| Shit Robot | From the Cradle to the Rave | DFA | | 21.
| Chad Valley | EP | Cascine | | 22.
| Brothers From Another | Two Weeks Vacation | Members Only | | 23.
| Velella Velella | Atlantis Massif | Self-released | | 24.
| Disappears | Guider | Kranky | | 25.
| The Veils | Troubles of the Brain | Pitch Beast | | 26.
| Stereolab | Not Music | Drag City | | 27.
| Ryan Adams | Cardinals III/IV | Pax-Am | | 28.
| Violens | Amoral | Friendly Fire | | 29.
| The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Heart In Your Heartbreak | Slumberland | | 30.
| Chancha Via Circuito | Rio Arriba | ZZK | | 31.
| Maserati | Pyramid of the Sun | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 32.
| LCD Soundsystem | London Sessions | DFA | | 33.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 34.
| Onry Ozzborn | Hold On For Dear Life | Fake Four Inc. | | 35.
| The Parting Gifts | Stychnine Dandelion | In the Red | | 36.
| Tamaryn | The Waves | Mexican Summer | | 37.
| Aurelio | Laru Beya | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 38.
| Sub Swara | Triggers | Low Motion | | 39.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 40.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop | | 41.
| Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Def Jam | | 42.
| Eux Autres | Broken Bow | Bon Mots | | 43.
| The Radio Dept. | Passive Aggressive | Labrador | | 44.
| Blank Dogs | Land and Fixed | Captured Tracks | | 45.
| A Sunny Day in Glasgow | Autumn, Again | Self-released | | 46.
| Kisses | The Heart of the Nightlife | This Is Music | | 47.
| British Sea Power | Valhalla Dancehall | Rough Trade | | 48.
| Fernando | True Instigator | Domingo | | 49.
| Tapes 'N Tapes | Outside | Ibid | | 50.
| Beach Fossils | Beach Fossils | Captured Tracks | | 51.
| Made in Heights | Winter Pigeons EP | Self-released | | 52.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 53.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 54.
| Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground | Introducing Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground | Bombs Over Bellevue | | 55.
| See Me River | Where Did We Go Wrong | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 56.
| Yuni In Taxco | What Love Will Provide/Stiff Joints | Self-released | | 57.
| Sports | Sports | Self-released | | 58.
| Radio Citizen | Hope and Despair | Ubiquity | | 59.
| Kotchy | Two | Done Right | | 60.
| Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 | Northern Aggression | Yep Roc | | 61.
| Yellow Ostrich | The Mistress | Self-released | | 62.
| jj | Kills | Sincerely Yours | | 63.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 64.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 65.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 66.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 67.
| Legendary Oaks | Legendary Oaks | Self-released | | 68.
| Solvents | Forgive Yr. Blood | Bee Resin | | 69.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released | | 70.
| Kasey Anderson and the Honkies | Heart of a Dog | Red River | | 71.
| Mad Rad | The Youth Die Young | Out For Stardom | | 72.
| Afrocubism | Afrocubism | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 73.
| oOoOO | oOoOO EP | Tri Angle | | 74.
| Actress | Splazsh | Honest Jon's | | 75.
| (Soundtrack) | Tron Legacy | Walt Disney | | 76.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 77.
| Thunderball | 12 Mile High | ESL | | 78.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 79.
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | | 80.
| Tristeza | Paisajes | Sanity Muffin | | 81.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 82.
| Wesafari | Sea Survivors | Self-released | | 83.
| Elba | Diplodocus | Self-released | | 84.
| Hollerado | Record in a Bag | Royal Mountain | | 85.
| (Various) | Songs from a Sonic Land | Reverb | | 86.
| Wild Wild Geese | Sorry, Earth | Odessa | | 87.
| Hanni El Khatib | Dead Wrong/Build. Destory. Rebuild. | Innovative Leisure | | 88.
| Wires Under Tension | Light Science | Western Vinyl | | 89.
| (Various) | Tradi-Mods vs. Rockers | Crammed Discs | | 90.
| Sleepover | The Sun EP | Circuitree |
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Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Charles Bradley | No Time For Dreaming | Daptone | | 2.
| Millionyoung | Replicants | RiX/Old Flame | | 3.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 4.
| Wild Nothing | Golden Haze | Captured Tracks | | 5.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 6.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Play It Strange | In the Red | | 7.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 8.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 9.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 10.
| The Decemberists | The King is Dead | Capitol | | 11.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 12.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 13.
| Tamaryn | The Waves | Mexican Summer | | 14.
| Stereolab | Not Music | Drag City | | 15.
| Apex Manor | The Year of Magical Drinking | Merge | | 16.
| Mad Rad | The Youth Die Young | Out For Stardom | | 17.
| The Greenhornes | **** | Third Man | | 18.
| No Joy | Ghost Blonde | Mexican Summer | | 19.
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | | 20.
| Kisses | The Heart of the Nightlife | This Is Music | | 21.
| Yellow Ostrich | The Mistress | Self-released | | 22.
| Violens | Amoral | Friendly Fire | | 23.
| Legendary Oaks | Legendary Oaks | Self-released | | 24.
| THEESatisfaction | Transitions | Self-released | | 25.
| The Parting Gifts | Stychnine Dandelion | In the Red | | 26.
| Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Def Jam | | 27.
| Tennis | Cape Dory | Fat Possum | | 28.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 29.
| P.S. I Love You | Meet Me at the Muster Station | Paper Bag | | 30.
| Zola Jesus | Valusia | Sacred Bones | | 31.
| A Sunny Day in Glasgow | Autumn, Again | Self-released | | 32.
| Chad Valley | EP | Cascine | | 33.
| Ryan Adams | Cardinals III/IV | Pax-Am | | 34.
| Sub Swara | Triggers | Low Motion | | 35.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 36.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 37.
| Velella Velella | Atlantis Massif | Self-released | | 38.
| See Me River | Where Did We Go Wrong | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 39.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 40.
| Stag | These Times Are Made For All Of Us | Self-released | | 41.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 42.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 43.
| Hollerado | Record in a Bag | Royal Mountain | | 44.
| Shit Robot | From the Cradle to the Rave | DFA | | 45.
| The Radio Dept. | Passive Aggressive | Labrador | | 46.
| Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 | Northern Aggression | Yep Roc | | 47.
| Radio Citizen | Hope and Despair | Ubiquity | | 48.
| Games | That We Can Play | Hippos in Tanks | | 49.
| Hanni El Khatib | Dead Wrong/Build. Destory. Rebuild. | Innovative Leisure | | 50.
| LCD Soundsystem | London Sessions | DFA | | 51.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 52.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 53.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 54.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released | | 55.
| silOHs | Shed Your Summer Shell | Self-released | | 56.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Roll Call | | 57.
| Eux Autres | Broken Bow | Bon Mots | | 58.
| Two Cow Garage | Sweet Saint Me | Suburban Home | | 59.
| Afrocubism | Afrocubism | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 60.
| Wild Wild Geese | Sorry, Earth | Odessa | | 61.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 62.
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | | 63.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 64.
| Small Black | New Chain | Jagjaguwar | | 65.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 66.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 67.
| Summer Babes | Babe Summer | Self-released | | 68.
| Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground | Introducing Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground | Bombs Over Bellevue | | 69.
| Sports | Sports | Self-released | | 70.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 71.
| Cloud Nothings | Turning On | Carpark | | 72.
| Blank Dogs | Land and Fixed | Captured Tracks | | 73.
| (Various) | Analog Soundtrack | Analog Africa | | 74.
| Phil Wilson | God Bless Jim Kennedy | Slumberland | | 75.
| Kotchy | Two | Done Right | | 76.
| Olof Arnalds | Innundir Skinni | One Little Indian | | 77.
| Jonquil | 100 Suns | Dovecote | | 78.
| Maserati | Pyramid of the Sun | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 79.
| Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9) | Columbia/Legacy | | 80.
| Thunderball | 12 Mile High | ESL | | 81.
| (Various) | The Reconstruction of Fives | n5MD | | 82.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 83.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 84.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 85.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 86.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 87.
| Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts | Risk | Burning Building | | 88.
| Solvents | Forgive Yr. Blood | Bee Resin | | 89.
| Joseph Giant | Joseph Giant | Self-released | | 90.
| Lemolo | Whale Song/Open Air | Self-released |
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