- Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE (Def Jam)
- Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself (Mom + Pop)
- Alt-J – An Awesome Wave (Canvasback)
- Jack White – Blunderbuss (Third Man)
- Jake Bugg – S/T (Mercury)
- Two Gallants – The Bloom & the Blight (ATO)
- Kendrick Lamar – good kid m.A.A.d city (Interscope)
- Glen Hansard – Rhythm & Repose (Anti-)
- Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls (ATO)
- The Tallest Man on Earth – There’s No Leaving Now (Dead Oceans)
- M. Ward – A Wasteland Companion (Merge)
- Peace – Delicious EP (Columbia)
- Lucy Rose – Like I Used To (Columbia)
- Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Double Six)
- Grizzly Bear – Shields (Warp)
- Joey Bada$$ – 1999 (Cinematic)
- Spector – Enjoy It While It Lasts (Fiction)
- Hodgy Beats – Untitled EP (Odd Future)
- Father John Misty – Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
- Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular)
- Bahamas – Barchords (Brushfire)
- Bloc Party – Four (Frenchkiss)
- The Maccabees – Given to the Wild (Fiction)
- Sigur Ros – Valtari (XL)
- The Cribs – In the Belly of the Brazen Bull (Wichita)