1. Swans β The Seer
2. Beach House β Bloom
3. Kendrick Lamar β good kid, m.A.A.d city
4. Grizzly Bear β Shields
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor β Allelujah! Donβt Bend! Ascend!
6. Spiritualized β Sweet Heart Sweet Light
7. Dirty Projectors β Swing Lo Magellan
8. Burial β Kindred
9. Fiona Apple β The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screwβ¦
10. Purity Ring β Shrines
11. Andy Stott β Luxury Problems
12. Julia Holter – Ekstasis
13. Jens Lekman β I Know What Love Isnβt
14. Twin Shadow β Confess
15. Grimes β Visions
16. Tame Impala – Lonerism
17. Converge β All We Love We Leave Behind
18. Liars β WIXIW
19. Death Grips β The Money Store
20. Chromatics β Kill for Love
21. Ty Segall Band β Slaughterhouse
22. Perfume Genius β Put Your Back N 2 It
23. Crystal Castles β (III)
24. Frank Ocean β Channel Orange
25. Killer Mike β R.A.P. Music
26. Sharon Van Etten β Tramp
27. DIIV β Oshin
28. Ash Borer β Cold of Ages
29. Jason Urick β I Love You
30. Scott Walker β Bish Bosch
Honorable Mentions: Nachtmystium β Silencing Machine, El-P β Cancer 4 Cure, Marissa Nadler β The Sister, Polica β Give You the Ghost, Bat for Lashes β The Haunted Man, Animal Collective β Centipede Hz, Lotus Plaza β Spooky Action at a Distance, Angel Olsen β Half Way Home