| # | Artist | Album |
|---|
| 1 | Cat Power | You Are Free |
| 2 | The Shins | Chutes Too Narrow |
| 3 | Bonnie Prince Billy | Master and Everyone |
| 4 | Sufjan Stevens | Michigan |
| 5 | Radiohead | Hail to the Thief |
| 6 | Broken Social Scene | You Forgot it in People |
| 7 | My Morning Jacket | It Still Moves |
| 8 | Songs:Ohia | Magnolia Electric Company |
| 9 | The Microphones | Mt. Eerie |
| 10 | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Pig Lib |
| 11 | Paul Westerberg | Come Feel Me Tremble |
| 12 | Fourtet | Rounds |
| 13 | Lightning Bolt | Wonderful Rainbow |
| 14 | Sun Kil Moon | Ghosts of the Great Highway |
| 15 | Nicolai Dunger | Tranquil Isolation |
| 16 | Atmosphere | Seven’s Travel’s |
| 17 | Death Cab For Cutie | Transatlanticism |
| 18 | The Decemberists | Castaways and Cutouts |
| 19 | The Postal Service | Give Up |
| 20 | Elliot Smith | Pretty(But Ugly Before) 7″ |
| 21 | The Weakerthans | Reconstruction Site |
| 22 | The White Stripes | Elephant |
| 23 | Ted Leo and R/X | Hearts of Oak |
| 24 | Cursive | The Ugly Organ |
| 25 | Califone | Quicksand/Cradlesnakes |
| 26 | Essex Green | The Long Goodbye |
| 27 | The Distillers | Coral Fang |
| 28 | TV on the Radio | Young Liars |
| 29 | Brother Ali | Shadows on the Sun |
| 30 | The Jayhawks | Rainy Day Music |
| 31 | Deep Seven | Rapid Highway Serve |
| 32 | Yo La Tengo | Summer Sun |
| 33 | Arab Strap | Monday Night |
| 34 | Prefuse 73 | One Word Extinguisher |
| 35 | Ex-Models | Zoo Psychology |
| 36 | Loose Fur | Loose Fur |
| 37 | Centro-matic | Love You Just the Same |
| 38 | Deerhoof | Apple O |
| 39 | The Constantines | Shine a Light |
| 40 | Ani DiFranco | Evolve |
| 41 | Fog | Ether Teeth |
| 42 | The Long Winters | When I Pretend to Fall |
| 43 | M. Ward | Transfiguration of Vincent |
| 44 | Minus 5 | Down With Wilco |
| 45 | Manitoba | Up in Flames |
| 46 | Mars Volta | Deloused in the Comatorium |
| 47 | Kid Koala | Some of My Best Friends are DJ’s |
| 48 | Lucinda Williams | World Without Tears |
| 49 | Xiu Xiu | A Promise |
| 50 | Azure Ray | Hold on Love |
| 51 | Belle and Sebastian | Dear Catastrophe Waitress |
| 52 | Matmos | The Civil War |
| 53 | Talib Kweli | Quality |
| 54 | Francine | 28 Plastic Blue Endings… |
| 55 | The Rapture | Echoes |
| 56 | The Black Eyes | Black Eyes |
| 57 | From Monument to Masses | The Impossible… |
| 58 | Joe Strummer and Mescoleros | Streetcore |
| 59 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Fever to Tell |
| 60 | Ryan Adams | Rock n’ Roll |
| 61 | Against Me | As the Eternal Robot |
| 62 | Stearns County Pachanga Soc. | Viva La Pachanga! |
| 63 | Ryan Adams | Love is Hell |
| 64 | Guided by Voices | Earthquake Glue |
| 65 | Pink and Brown | Shame Fantasy II |
| 66 | Her Space Holiday | The Young Machines |
| 67 | The Wrens | The Meadowlands |
| 68 | Smog | Supper |
| 69 | Fountains of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers |
| 70 | Lungfish | Love is Love |
| 71 | The Unicorns | Who Will Cut Our Hair…? |
| 72 | Jeff Hanson | Son |
| 73 | Ween | Quebec |
| 74 | New Pornogrpahers | Electric Version |
| 75 | Rancid | Indestructable |
| 76 | The Bouncing Souls | Anchors Aweigh |
| 77 | Supergrass | Life on Other Planets |
| 78 | Daughters | Canada Songs |
| 79 | Ladybug Transistor | The Ladybug Transistor |
| 80 | Mates of State | Team Boo |
| 81 | Pernice Brothers | Yours Mine and Ours |
| 82 | Young People | War Prayers |
| 83 | Beaulah | Yoko |
| 84 | Mogwai | Happy Music for Happy People |
| 85 | Iron and Wine | The Sea and the Rhythm |
| 86 | Tiki Obmar | Highschool Confidential |
| 87 | The Decemberists | Her Majesty |
| 88 | Erase Errata | At Crystal Palace |