* indicates Canadian artist
1 CELLOS* – Split EP (No List)
2 METZ* – Automat (Sub Pop)
3 PURPLE MOUNTAINS – Purple Mountains (Drag City)
4 YEARS OF ERNEST* – Sort it Out (Self-Released)
5 LAPS* – Soon Not Often In It (Terrific Kids)
6 PKEW PKEW PKEW (GUNSHOTS)* – Optimal Lifestyles (Dine Alone)
7 DAVID NEWLAND* – Northbound (Self-Released)
8 VARIOUS* – Museum of Skin Vol. 3 (Self-Released)
9 JEREMIE ALBINO – Hard Time (Sleepless)
10 THE DEAD SOUTH* – Sugar and Joy (Six Shooter Records)
11 THE SMALL GLORIES* – Assiniboine & The Red (Compass/Red House)
12 NECKING* – Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
13 DUMB* – Club Nites (Mint)
14 BOBBY RUSH – Sitting On Top Of The Blues (Deep Rush)
15 GHALIA VOLT – Mississippi Blend (Ruf)
16 PETER LAUGHNER – SV150 Box Set (Smog Veil)
17 OH SEES – Face Stabber (Castle Face)
18 MAUREEN CHOI QUARTET – Theia (Barco)
19 TITUS ANDRONICUS – An Obelisk (Merge)
20 MANNEQUIN PUSSY – Patience (Epitaph)
21 BEN G* – Stories I Tell (Self-Released)
22 DENNIS COFFEY – Down By The River (Detroit Music Factory)
23 MILES BROWN – Evidence of Soul and Body (Detroit Music Factory)
24 DETROIT TENORS – Detroit Tenors (Detroit Music Factory)
25 PROTOMARTYR – All Passion No Technique (reissue) (Domino)
26 MAUNO* – Really Well (Tin Angel)
27 MR. MERLOT* – City Sex Vol. 2 (Self-Released)
28 WINONA FOREVER* – FeelGood (Self-Released)
29 LILY FROST* – Retro-Moderne (Self-Released)
30 LOUDER THAN DEATH* – Stop Und Fick Dich! (In The Red)