| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
| 1 | Mother Falcon | Still Life EP | Mother Falcon |
| 2 | Various Artists | Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 | Matador |
| 3 | V/A | Ghana Special: Modern Highlife Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-1981 | Soundway |
| 4 | Brownout | Aguilas and Cobras | Six Degrees |
| 5 | Jaga Jazzist | One Armed Bandit | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | Rumel Fuentes | Coridos of the Chicano Movement | Arhoolie |
| 7 | Various Artists | Denton Denton USA! | Play Pinball! |
| 8 | Sunset | Gold Dissolves to Gray | Autobus |
| 9 | Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian |
| 10 | Various Artists | Panama! 3 | Soundway |
| 11 | Four Tet | There is Love in You | Domino |
| 12 | Wave Hands Like Clouds | The End of the Earth and the Corner of the Sea | s/r |
| 13 | Davy Mooney Quartet | Ghosts of Music Past | Sgnosnoom |
| 14 | Nneka | Concrete Jungle | |
| 15 | Waking Lights | The Rabbit Hole | s/r |
| 16 | Sleep Whale | Houseboat | Western Vinyl |
| 17 | Drug Mountain | s/t | s/r |
| 18 | Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino |
| 19 | Toro y Moi | Causers of This | Carpark Records |
| 20 | Dinowalrus | % | Kanine |
| 21 | Slavic Soul Party | Taketron | Barbes |
| 22 | The Watson Twins | Talking to you, Talking to Me | Vanguard |
| 23 | Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop |
| 24 | BK-ONE with Benzilla | Rádio Do Canibal | |
| 25 | Manc Lipscomb | The Best of | Arhoolie |
| 26 | Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art |
| 27 | The Carolina Chocolate Drops | Genuine Negro Jig | Nonesuch |
| 28 | THE DA | Thank God for Aluminum | NSN |
| 29 | Wookiefoot | Be Fearless and Play | S/R |
| 30 | Various Artists | Boogie Woogie Kings | Delmark |
| 31 | Grant Green | Green Street | Blue Note |
| 32 | Gift of Gab | Escape 2 Mars | Cornerstone Recording Arts Society |
| 33 | Oh No Ono | Eggs | Friendly Fire Recordings |
| 34 | Solid Gold | Synchronize EP | Solid Gold Music |
| 35 | taylor Hollingsworth | Life With a Slow Ear | Team Love |
| 36 | Various Artists | Local Live Volume 13: Stimulus Package | KVRX |
| 37 | Om | God is Good | Drag City |
| 38 | Lula Cortes | Rosa de Sangue | Time-Lag |
| 39 | MV+EE | Barn Nova | Ecstatic Peace! |