Un classement quasi définitif, mélangeant évidences et moins évident:
1. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Lee Fields & The Expressions - My World
3. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
6. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
7. The xx - xx
8. The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms
9. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
10. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
11. Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy
12. Jack Penate - Everything Is New
13. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
14. Fanfarlo - Reservoir
15. The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
16. Yo La Tengo - Here To Fall
17. Florence & The Machine - Lungs
18. Atlas Sound - Logos
19. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
20. Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There