1 CAMERA OBSCURA Desire Lines (4AD)
2 OBLIVIANS Desperation (In The Red)
3 SHANNON & THE CLAMS Dreams in The Rathouse (Hardly Art)
4 PORTUGAL. THE MAN Evil Friends (Atlantic)
5 CAPITAL CITIES In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (Lazy Hooks)
6 KING TUFF Was Dead (Burger)
7 PRIMAL SCREAM More Light (Ignition)
8 SONNY AND THE SUNSETS Antenna to the Afterworld (Polyvinyl)
9 GRANDCHILDREN Golden Age (Earnest Jenning)
10 THE NATIONAL Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)
11 WILD NOTHING Empty Estate (Captured)
12 ROGUE WAVE Nightingale Floors (Vagrant)
13 SIGUR ROS Kveikur (XL)
14 CITY AND COLOUR The Hurry and the Harm (Dine Alone)
15 SMITH WESTERNS Soft Will (Mom + Pop)
16 GRMLN Empire (Carpark)
17 MELORMAN Waves (Sun Sea Sky)
18 SURFER BLOOD Pythons (Sire)
19 SHMNS Somewhere Between Here and There (Self-Released)
20 MIKAL CRONIN MCII (Merge)
21 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Personal Record (Merge)
22 SAVAGES Silence Yourself (Matador)
23 BIBIO Silver Wilkinson (Warp)
24 EMILY WELLS Mama Acoustic Recordings (Partisan)
25 MOUNT KIMBIE Cold Spring Fault Less Youth (Warp)
26 POKEY LAFARGE S/T (Third Man)
27 THE PASTELS Slow Summits (Domino)
28 THE WOOLEN MEN The Dog Years (Woodsist)
29 WAMPIRE Curiosity (Polyvinyl)
30 LAURA MARLING Once I Was An Eagle (Virgin)