| 1 | Elliott Smith | |||
| 2 | Chromatics | |||
| 3 | The Decemberists | |||
| 4 | The Kingsmen | |||
| 5 | The Dandy Warhols | |||
| 6 | Tim Hardin | |||
| 7 | Paul Revere & The Raiders | |||
| 8 | Johnnie Ray | |||
| 9 | M. Ward | |||
| 10 | Lee Dorsey | |||
| 11 | Everclear | |||
| 12 | Nu Shooz | |||
| 13 | Japanese Breakfast | |||
| 14 | The Thermals | |||
| 15 | Cardinal | |||
| 16 | Glass Candy | |||
| 17 | Meredith Brooks | |||
| 18 | Wild Flag | |||
| 19 | Tracy Bonham | |||
| 20 | YACHT | |||
Artists bubbling under: | ||||
| Agalloch | ||||
| Alela Diane | ||||
| Blitzen Trapper | ||||
| Esperanza Spalding | ||||
| Menomena | ||||
| She & Him | ||||
| The Delines | ||||
| The Helio Sequence | ||||
| Wipers | ||||
| YOB | ||||
| Yellow Swans | ||||