Albums |
| 1 | Wild Flag, Wild Flag Merge | Points: 17 |
| 2 | R.E.M., Collapse Into Now Warner | Points: 15 |
| 3 | Le Butcherettes, Sin Sin Sin Rodriguez Lopez Productions | Points: 12 |
| 4 | Rosebuds, Loud Planes Fly Low Merge | Points: 11 |
| 5 | Andrew Lipke, The Plague Self-Released | Points: 10 |
| 6 | Poly Styrene, Generation Indigo Future Noise | Points: 9 |
| 7 | Lion Versus, Five Hearts Self-Released | Points: 8 |
| 8 | Jill Scott, The Light of the Sun Warner | Points: 7 |
| 9 | John Wesley Harding, Sound of His Own Voice Yep Roc | Points: 6 |
| 10 | Lia Ices, Grown Unknown Jagjaguwar | Points: 5 |
Singles |
| 1 | Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" Columbia/XL |
| 2 | The Decemberists, "Down by the Water" Capitol |
| 3 | Foster the People, "Pumped Up Kicks" Startime/Columbia |
| 4 | Keren Ann, "101" Yellow Tangerine/Blue Note |
| 5 | Rebecca Pronsky, "Day of the Dead" Nine Mile |
| 6 | Low, "Especially Me" Sub Pop |
| 7 | Baseball Project, "Don't Call Them Twinkies" Yep Roc |
| 8 | Twilight Singers, "On the Corner" Sub Pop |
| 9 | Foo Fighters, "Dear Rosemary" RCA |
| 10 | Meshell Ndegeocello, "Oysters" Naive |