* indicates Canadian artist
1 DENNIS COFFEY – Down By The River (Detroit Music Factory)
2 TANIKA CHARLES* – The Gumption (Record Kicks)
3 VARIOUS* – Museum of Skin Vol. 3 (Self-Released)
4 GREYS* – Age Hasn’t Spoiled You (Carpark Records)
5 DUMB* – Club Nites (Mint)
6 FLYING LOTUS– Flamagra (Warp)
7 MAVIS STAPLES – We Get By (Anti-)
8 DEERHUNTER– Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? (4AD)
9 DURAND JONES AND THE INDICATIONS– American Love Call (Dead Oceans)
10 YEARS OF ERNEST* – Sort it Out (Self-Released)
11 THE SCRAPPERS– The Scrappers (Self-Released)
12 THE TSUNAMI BROTHERS* – The Tsunami Brothers (Self-Released)
13 APOLLO SUNS* – Dawn Offerings (Self-Released)
14 LILY FROST* – Retro-Moderne (Self-Released)
15 LAPS* – Soon Not Often In It (Terrific Kids)
16 SKYE WALLACE* – Skye Wallace (Self-Released)
17 LAL* – Dark Beings (Coax)
18 POTTERY* – No. 1 (Royal Mountain)
19 NECKING* – Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
20 PKEW PKEW PKEW (GUNSHOTS)* – Optimal Lifestyles (Dine Alone)
21 ORVILLE PECK* – Pony (Royal Mountain)
22 GRINGO STAR– Controlled Burn (Live in Atlanta) (Baby Robot Records)
23 LETTUCE – Elevate (Self-Released)
24 PIP BLOM– Boat (Heavenly)
25 LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY– Rainford (On-U Sound)
26 THE RACONTEURS– Help Us Stranger (Third Man Records)
27 KEB’ MO– Oklahoma (Concord)
28 TITUS ANDRONICUS– An Obelisk (Merge)
29 HOT CHIP– A Bath Full of Ecstasy (Domino)
30 THE GOTOBEDS– Debt Begins at 30 (Sub Pop)