Albums |
| 1 | Moondoggies, Tidelands Hardly Art | Points: 20 |
| 2 | Sadies, Darker Circles Yep Roc | Points: 20 |
| 3 | The National, High Violet 4AD | Points: 15 |
| 4 | Black Keys, Brothers Nonesuch | Points: 10 |
| 5 | Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Dark Night of the Soul Capitol/EMI | Points: 5 |
| 6 | Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, I Learned the Hard Way Daptone | Points: 10 |
| 7 | Otis Redding, Live on the Sunset Strip Stax | Points: 5 |
| 8 | Spoon, Transference Merge | Points: 5 |
| 9 | Black Mountain, Wilderness Heart Jagjaguwar | Points: 5 |
| 10 | End Times, Eels E Works/Vagrant | Points: 5 |
Singles |
| 1 | Cee Lo Green, "Fuck You!" Elektra/Asylum |
| 2 | Arcade Fire, "Ready to Start" Merge |
| 3 | Kanye West (ft. Dwele), "Power" Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella |
| 4 | LCD Soundsystem, "Home" Virgin/DFA |
| 5 | Sadies, "Another Day Again" Yep Roc |
| 6 | Titus Andronicus, "Titus Andronicus Forever" XL |
| 7 | Deerhunter, "Memory Boy" 4AD |
| 8 | Mumford & Sons, "Winter Winds" Glassnote |
| 9 | Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses, "The Weary Kind" New West/Lost Highway |
| 10 | Aziz Ansari, "My Cousin Harris" Comedy Central |