| Position | Artist | Album | Label |  | 
    | 1 | The Rabid Whole | refuge | Boonsdale Records |   | 
    | 2 | Chris Jones and the Nightdrivers | Lost Sould and Free Spirits |  |  | 
    | 3 | MEA | Cocoon to Butterfly |  |   | 
    | 4 | Anathema | Weather Systems |  |  | 
    | 5 | Banned from Utopia | Lake Tahoe |  |  | 
    | 6 | Killing Joke | MMXII |  |  | 
    | 7 | Kings & Kerosene | Kings & Kerosene |  |  | 
    | 8 | Spit Like This | Normalityville Horror |  |  | 
    | 9 | Accursed Spawn | Engendering A Sociopath |  |   | 
    | 10 | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |   | 
    | 11 | Mud Morganfield | Son Of The Seventh Son | Severn Records |  | 
    | 12 | Nanette Workman | Just Getting Started | Bros |   | 
    | 13 | Shakura S'Aida | Time... | Electro-Fi |   | 
    | 14 | Strobegirl | demo |  |  | 
    | 15 | Bucky And John Pizzarelli | Family Fugue | Arbors |  | 
    | 16 | Chicago Underground Trio | Age of Energy | Northern Spy |  | 
    | 17 | Chris MacLean | live in CKCU | Indie |   | 
    | 18 | Chuck Reed | The Common Thread | Arbors |  | 
    | 19 | Cradle of Filth | Midnight In The Labyrinth | Peaceville Records/Nuclear Blast |  | 
    | 20 | Fevers | Passion Is Dead |  |   | 
    | 21 | Great Lake Swimmers | New Wild Everywhere | Nettwerk |   | 
    | 22 | Hanna Richardson | Simply....with Spirit | Arbors |  | 
    | 23 | Ibrahim Maalouf | Diagnostic | mi'ster productions |  | 
    | 24 | International Hot Jazz Qrt | Havin' A Ball | Arbors |  | 
    | 25 | Johnny Varro Quintet | Speak Low | Arbors |  | 
    | 26 | Lamirah | demo |  |  | 
    | 27 | Lefty McRighty | Nashville Roadkille |  |   | 
    | 28 | Louis Mazetier | My Own Stuff | Arbors |  | 
    | 29 | Metric | Synthetica | Metric Music International |   | 
    | 30 | Missy Burgess | Play Me Sweet | Indie |   | 
|  = Canadian content |  = New release |