| # | Artist | Album |
|---|
| 1 | TV on the Radio | Desperate Youth… |
| 2 | Interpol | Antics |
| 3 | Modest Mouse | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 4 | Sonic Youth | Sonic Nurse |
| 5 | The Arcade Fire | Funeral |
| 6 | The Hold Steady | Almost Killed Me |
| 7 | Wilco | A Ghost is Born |
| 8 | Tom Waits | Real Gone |
| 9 | Elliott Smith | From a Basement on the Hill |
| 10 | Ted Leo & The Pharmacists | Shake the Sheets |
| 11 | Mirah | C’mon Miracle |
| 12 | Iron and Wine | Our Endless Numbered Days |
| 13 | Sufjan Stevens | Seven Swans |
| 14 | Xiu Xiu | Fabulous Muscles |
| 15 | Kid Dakota | The West is the Future |
| 16 | Jolie Holland | Escondida |
| 17 | Steve Earle | The Revolution Starts Now |
| 18 | Antibalas | What is this America |
| 19 | Pinback | Summer in Abadon |
| 20 | Fiery Furnaces | Blueberry Boat |
| 21 | Mason Jennings | Use Your Voice |
| 22 | Mission of Burma | OnOffOn |
| 23 | The Walkmen | Bows & Arrows |
| 24 | Eyedea and Abilities | E&A |
| 25 | Neko Case | The Tigers Have Spoken |
| 26 | David Byrne | Grown Backwards |
| 27 | Devendra Banhart | Rejoicing in the Hands |
| 28 | Brother Ali | Champion EP |
| 29 | Joanna Newsom | Milk Eyed Mender |
| 30 | Jason Molina | Pyramid Electric Company |
| 31 | Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose |
| 32 | Guided By Voices | Half Smiles of the Decomposed |
| 33 | !!! | Louden Up Now |
| 34 | Air | Talkie Walkie |
| 35 | Bjork | Medulla |
| 36 | Various Artists | Future Soundtrack for America |
| 37 | Elvis Costello | The Delivery Man |
| 38 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand |
| 39 | Califone | Heron King Blues |
| 40 | Jim White | Drill a Hole |
| 41 | The Donnas | Gold Metal |
| 42 | Kings of Convenience | Riot on an Empty Street |
| 43 | Rogue Wave | Out of the Shadow |
| 44 | Squarepusher | Ultravistor |
| 45 | Paul Westerberg | Folker |
| 46 | M83 | Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost |
| 47 | Animal Collective | Sung Tongs |
| 48 | Heiruspecs | A Tiger Dancing |
| 49 | Shearwater | Winged Life |
| 50 | Leonard Cohen | Dear Heather |
| 51 | Blonde Redhead | Misery is a Butterfly |
| 52 | P.J. Harvey | Uh Huh Her |
| 53 | Coachwhips | Bangers vs. Fuckers |
| 54 | Gravenhurst | Flashlight Seasons |
| 55 | Le Tigre | This Island |
| 56 | Medeski, Martin, & Wood | End of the World Party |
| 57 | The Elected | Me First |
| 58 | Subtle | A New White |
| 59 | The Faint | Wet From Birth |
| 60 | Mountain Goats | We Shall All Be Healed |
| 61 | All Night Radio | Spirit Stereo Frequency |
| 62 | Mark Lanegan | Bubblegum |
| 63 | Luna | Rendevous |
| 64 | Wolf Eyes | Stabbed in the Face |
| 65 | Electrelane | The Power Out |
| 66 | Sondre Lerche | Two-Way Monolouge |
| 67 | The Plastic Constellations | Mazatlan |
| 68 | RJD2 | Since We Last Spoke |
| 69 | Brian Wilson | Smile |
| 70 | Jens Lekman | 3 EP’s |
| 71 | Ratatat | Ratatat |
| 72 | Wrangler Brutes | Zulu |
| 73 | Ani DiFranco | Educated Guess |
| 74 | Machine Drum | Bidnezz |
| 75 | George Maurer Trio | Groovitis |
| 76 | Snow Patrol | Final Straw |
| 77 | John Vanderslice | Cellar Door |
| 78 | 90 Day Men | Panda Park |
| 79 | Architecture in Helsinki | Fingers Crossed |
| 80 | Dizzee Rascal | Showtime |
| 81 | Ben Harper and the Blind Boys… | There Will Be a Light |
| 82 | Mark Mallman | Mr. Serious |
| 83 | Banyan | Live at Perkins Palace |
| 84 | Collective Unconcious | The Garden |
| 85 | Robyn Hitckcock | Spooked |
| 86 | Tori Amos | Welcome to Sunny FL |
| 87 | Earlimart | Treble and Tremble |
| 88 | The Futureheads | The Futureheads |