Top 30 for 2016
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | Egghunt |
| 2 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Crystal Pistol |
| 3 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | Egghunt |
| 4 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 5 | Get in the Car | Get in the Car | self-released |
| 6 | The Wimps | The Wimps | Bad Grrrl |
| 7 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 8 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 9 | The Julie Ruin | Hit Reset | Hardly Art |
| 10 | Teen | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 11 | Imaginary Sons | Don’t Impress Me | Bossy Lil’ Thing |
| 12 | Lydia Loveless | Real | Bloodshot |
| 13 | Savages | Adore Life | Matador |
| 14 | Summer Cannibals | Full of It | Kill Rock Stars |
| 15 | The Frightnrs | Nothing More to Say | Daptone |
| 16 | Avers | Omega/Whatever | EggHunt |
| 17 | Naked Pictures | NUDES | self-released |
| 18 | Flock of Dimes | If You See Me, Say Yes | Partisan |
| 19 | Mitski | Puberty 2 | Dead Oceans |
| 20 | Grass Panther | Vignette | Nosy Pants |
| 21 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 22 | Eleanor Friedberger | New View | Frenchkiss |
| 23 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily’s D+Evolution | Concord |
| 24 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 25 | Quilt | Plaza | Mexican Summer |
| 26 | Warpaint | Heads Up | Rough Trade |
| 27 | Pete Curry | Doin’ Nothin’ | Crystal Pistol |
| 28 | Parquet Courts | Human Performance | Rough Trade |
| 29 | Sidestepper | Supernatural Love | Real World |
| 30 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
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