- Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
- Tame Impala – Currents
- Father John Misty – I Love You Honey Bear
- Lord Huron – Strange Trails
- Low – Ones and Sixes
- The Dodos – Individ
- Blur – The Magic Whip
- Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
- Deerhunter – Fading Frontier
- Leon Bridges – Coming Home
- Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi
- Beach House – Depression Cherry/Thank Your Lucky Stars
- Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material
- Purity Ring – Another Eternity
- Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
- Natalia Lafourcade – Hasta la Raiz
- Oceanear – Oceanear
- Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle
- Majical Cloudz – Are You Alone?
- Jose Gonzalez – Vestiges & Claws
- Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
- Jamie XX – In Colour
- El Vy – Return To The Moon
- Chvches – Every Open Eye
- Watkins Family Hour – Watkins Family Hour
Honorable Mentions
- Hear We Go Magic – Be Small
- Wilco – Star Wars
- Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
- Ryan Adams – 1989
- My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall
- Palehound – Dry Food
- Great Lake Swimmers – A Forest of Arms
- The Arcs – Yours, Dreamily,
- Glen Hansard – Didn’t He Ramble
- Other Lives – Rituals
- The Tallest Man on Earth – Dark Bird Is Home
- Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down…
- Telekinesis – Ad Infinitum
- Nick Diamonds – City of Quartz
Check out last year’s list: Top 25 Albums of 2014