- Pantha du Prince – Black Noise (Rough Trade)
- El Guincho – Pop Negro (Young Turks)
- Warpaint – The Fool (Rough Trade)
- Owen Pallett – Heartland (Domino)
- The National – High Violet (4AD)
- Caribou – Swim (Merge)
- Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go (Supply & Demand)
- Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Merge)
- Liars – Sisterworld (Mute)
- Sufjan Stevens – Age of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)
- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today (4AD)
- Baths – Cerulean (Anticon)
- Vampire Weekend – Contra (XL)
- Kings Go Forth – The Outsiders Are Back (Luaka Bop)
- Dreamers – Ipos (Tzadik)