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KEXP Music Charts
KEXP Variety music charts for 2010
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Rank
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
|  (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 3.
| Charles Bradley | No Time For Dreaming | Daptone | | 4.
| The Parting Gifts | Stychnine Dandelion | In the Red | | 5.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 6.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 7.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 8.
| Tamaryn | The Waves | Mexican Summer | | 9.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Play It Strange | In the Red | | 10.
| No Joy | Ghost Blonde | Mexican Summer | | 11.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 12.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 13.
| Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Def Jam | | 14.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 15.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 16.
| LCD Soundsystem | London Sessions | DFA | | 17.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 18.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 19.
| Dark Party | Light Years | Old Tacoma | | 20.
| A Sunny Day in Glasgow | Autumn, Again | Self-released | | 21.
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | | 22.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 23.
| Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground | Introducing Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground | Bombs Over Bellevue | | 24.
| THEESatisfaction | Transitions | Self-released | | 25.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 26.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 27.
| The Greenhornes | **** | Third Man | | 28.
| How to Dress Well | Love Remains | Lefse | | 29.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 30.
| Mad Rad | The Youth Die Young | Out For Stardom | | 31.
| Velella Velella | Atlantis Massif | Self-released | | 32.
| Sports | Sports | Self-released | | 33.
| Kisses | The Heart of the Nightlife | This Is Music | | 34.
| Wild Wild Geese | Sorry, Earth | Odessa | | 35.
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | | 36.
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | | 37.
| The High Dials | Anthems For Doomed Youth | Rainbow Quartz | | 38.
| Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 | Northern Aggression | Yep Roc | | 39.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 40.
| Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts | Risk | Burning Building | | 41.
| See Me River | Where Did We Go Wrong | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 42.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 43.
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | | 44.
| Eux Autres | Broken Bow | Bon Mots | | 45.
| Hollerado | Record in a Bag | Royal Mountain | | 46.
| Shit Robot | From the Cradle to the Rave | DFA | | 47.
| Afrocubism | Afrocubism | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 48.
| Phil Wilson | God Bless Jim Kennedy | Slumberland | | 49.
| Small Black | New Chain | Jagjaguwar | | 50.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 51.
| Stag | These Times Are Made For All Of Us | Self-released | | 52.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 53.
| Sun City Girls | Funeral Mariachi | Abduction | | 54.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Roll Call | | 55.
| Cloud Nothings | Turning On | Carpark | | 56.
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | | 57.
| P.S. I Love You | Meet Me at the Muster Station | Paper Bag | | 58.
| Buddy Guy | Living Proof | Silvertone/Jive | | 59.
| Sub Swara | Triggers | Low Motion | | 60.
| Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9) | Columbia/Legacy | | 61.
| Chad Valley | EP | Cascine | | 62.
| (Various) | Tradi-Mods vs Rockers | Crammed Discs | | 63.
| Games | That We Can Play | Hippos in Tanks | | 64.
| Tristeza | Paisajes | Sanity Muffin | | 65.
| Chico Mann | Analog Drift | Wax Poetics | | 66.
| The Sails | A Headful of Stars | Rainbow Quartz | | 67.
| El Ten Eleven | It's Still Like A Secret | Fake Record Label | | 68.
| Olof Arnalds | Innundir Skinni | One Little Indian | | 69.
| Suuns | Zeroes QC | Secretly Canadian | | 70.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 71.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 72.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 73.
| Solvents | Forgive Yr. Blood | Bee Resin | | 74.
| Joseph Giant | Joseph Giant | Self-released | | 75.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released | | 76.
| Wesafari | Sea Survivors | Self-released | | 77.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 78.
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | | 79.
| Giant Sand | Blurry Blue Mountain | Fire | | 80.
| Tyvek | Nothing Fits | In the Red | | 81.
| Sleepover | The Sun EP | Circuitree | | 82.
| (Various) | The Reconstruction of Fives | n5MD | | 83.
| Tony Cook | Back to Reality | Stones Throw | | 84.
| British Sea Power | Zeus EP | Rough Trade | | 85.
| Thunderball | 12 Mile High | ESL | | 86.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 87.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 88.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 89.
| Two Cow Garage | Sweet Saint Me | Suburban Home | | 90.
| Kelley Stoltz | To Dreamers | Sub Pop |
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Rank
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 2.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 3.
| Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Def Jam | | 4.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 5.
| Mad Rad | The Youth Die Young | Out For Stardom | | 6.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 7.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Play It Strange | In the Red | | 8.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 9.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 10.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 11.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 12.
| Small Black | New Chain | Jagjaguwar | | 13.
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | | 14.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 15.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 16.
| Kisses | The Heart of the Nightlife | This Is Music | | 17.
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | | 18.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 19.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 20.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 21.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 22.
| How to Dress Well | Love Remains | Lefse | | 23.
| The Greenhornes | **** | Third Man | | 24.
| Shit Robot | From the Cradle to the Rave | DFA | | 25.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 26.
| LCD Soundsystem | London Sessions | DFA | | 27.
| Joseph Giant | Joseph Giant | Self-released | | 28.
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | | 29.
| Kelley Stoltz | To Dreamers | Sub Pop | | 30.
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | | 31.
| Solvents | Forgive Yr. Blood | Bee Resin | | 32.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 33.
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | | 34.
| Hollerado | Record in a Bag | Royal Mountain | | 35.
| Chad Valley | EP | Cascine | | 36.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | Sometimes the Blues Is Just A Passing Bird | Dead Oceans | | 37.
| (Various) | Tradi-Mods vs Rockers | Crammed Discs | | 38.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 39.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 40.
| Velella Velella | Atlantis Massif | Self-released | | 41.
| Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts | Risk | Burning Building | | 42.
| THEESatisfaction | Transitions | Self-released | | 43.
| Cloud Nothings | Turning On | Carpark | | 44.
| Sub Swara | Triggers | Low Motion | | 45.
| The High Dials | Anthems For Doomed Youth | Rainbow Quartz | | 46.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 47.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 48.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 49.
| Summer Babes | Babe Summer | Self-released | | 50.
| The Little Penguins | Shapes and Shadows | Self-released | | 51.
| Stag | These Times Are Made For All Of Us | Self-released | | 52.
| Eux Autres | Broken Bow | Bon Mots | | 53.
| Two Cow Garage | Sweet Saint Me | Suburban Home | | 54.
| Wolf People | Steeple | Jagjaguwar | | 55.
| Afrocubism | Afrocubism | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 56.
| Three Mile Pilot | The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 57.
| Zola Jesus | Valusia | Sacred Bones | | 58.
| Eleven Tigers | Clouds Are Mountains | Soul Motive | | 59.
| Giant Sand | Blurry Blue Mountain | Fire | | 60.
| Highlife | Best Bless | The Social Registry | | 61.
| British Sea Power | Zeus EP | Rough Trade | | 62.
| Chico Mann | Analog Drift | Wax Poetics | | 63.
| The Sails | A Headful of Stars | Rainbow Quartz | | 64.
| Brian Eno | Small Craft on a Milk Sea | Warp | | 65.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 66.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot.. The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 67.
| See Me River | Where Did We Go Wrong | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 68.
| Wesafari | Sea Survivors | Self-released | | 69.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. Re-Release | Self-released | | 70.
| Sports | Sports | Self-released | | 71.
| Kimnusico Trio | EP | Self-released | | 72.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 73.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 74.
| P.S. I Love You | Meet Me at the Muster Station | Paper Bag | | 75.
| (Various) | Radioclit presents: The Sound of Club Secousse Vol. 1 | Crammed Discs | | 76.
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | | 77.
| Matt and Kim | Sidewalks | FADER | | 78.
| Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9) | Columbia/Legacy | | 79.
| Jonquil | 100 Suns | Dovecote | | 80.
| Blixaboy | Kliks & Politiks | Astroblaque | | 81.
| Scuba | Triangulation Interpretations | Hotflush | | 82.
| Thunderball | 12 Mile High | ESL | | 83.
| Pomegranates | One Of Us | Afternoon | | 84.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 85.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 86.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 87.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 88.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 89.
| Cuarto Poder | In Tha House | Nacional | | 90.
| Phil Wilson | God Bless Jim Kennedy | Slumberland |
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Rank
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 2.
| Girls | Broken Dreams Club EP | True Panther Sounds/Matador | | 3.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 4.
| Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Def Jam | | 5.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 6.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 7.
| LCD Soundsystem | London Sessions | DFA | | 8.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Play It Strange | In the Red | | 9.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 10.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 11.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 12.
| Velella Velella | Atlantis Massif | Self-released | | 13.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 14.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 15.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 16.
| Kisses | The Heart of the Nightlife | This Is Music | | 17.
| Mad Rad | The Youth Die Young | Out For Stardom | | 18.
| THEESatisfaction | Transitions | Self-released | | 19.
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | | 20.
| The Greenhornes | **** | Third Man | | 21.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 22.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 23.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 24.
| Shit Robot | From the Cradle to the Rave | DFA | | 25.
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | | 26.
| Small Black | New Chain | Jagjaguwar | | 27.
| How to Dress Well | Love Remains | Lefse | | 28.
| Cloud Nothings | Turning On | Carpark | | 29.
| Sub Swara | Triggers | Low Motion | | 30.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 31.
| The Duke Spirit | Kusama EP | Shangri-La | | 32.
| Wesafari | Sea Survivors | Self-released | | 33.
| Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9) | Columbia/Legacy | | 34.
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | | 35.
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | | 36.
| Jonquil | 100 Suns | Dovecote | | 37.
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | | 38.
| Sharon Van Etten | epic | Ba Da Bing! | | 39.
| Pretty Lights | Glowing in the Darkest Night | Pretty Lights Music | | 40.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 41.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 42.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 43.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 44.
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | | 45.
| Solvents | Forgive Yr. Blood | Bee Resin | | 46.
| The Little Penguins | Shapes and Shadows | Self-released | | 47.
| Summer Babes | Babe Summer | Self-released | | 48.
| Midday Veil | Eyes All Around | Translinguistic Other | | 49.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 50.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 51.
| Afrocubism | Afrocubism | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 52.
| Kelley Stoltz | To Dreamers | Sub Pop | | 53.
| Matt and Kim | Sidewalks | FADER | | 54.
| Highlife | Best Bless | The Social Registry | | 55.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | Sometimes the Blues Is Just A Passing Bird | Dead Oceans | | 56.
| Avey Tare | Down There | Paw Tracks | | 57.
| Thunderball | 12 Mile High | ESL | | 58.
| Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts | Risk | Burning Building | | 59.
| Truckasauras | Quarters | Fourthcity | | 60.
| Stag | These Times Are Made For All Of Us | Self-released | | 61.
| P.S. I Love You | Meet Me at the Muster Station | Paper Bag | | 62.
| Hollerado | Record in a Bag | Royal Mountain | | 63.
| Two Cow Garage | Sweet Saint Me | Suburban Home | | 64.
| Eux Autres | Broken Bow | Bon Mots | | 65.
| Three Mile Pilot | The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 66.
| Chad Valley | EP | Cascine | | 67.
| The High Dials | Anthems For Doomed Youth | Rainbow Quartz | | 68.
| Syl Johnson | Complete Mythology | The Numero Group | | 69.
| Tyvek | Nothing Fits | In the Red | | 70.
| Phil Wilson | God Bless Jim Kennedy | Slumberland | | 71.
| El Ten Eleven | It's Still Like A Secret | Fake Record Label | | 72.
| Chico Mann | Analog Drift | Wax Poetics | | 73.
| Brian Eno | Small Craft on a Milk Sea | Warp | | 74.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 75.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 76.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 77.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 78.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 79.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 80.
| Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. | Record Collection | RCA | | 81.
| Wild Orchid Children | The Wild Orchid Children Are Alexander Supertramp | Equal Vision | | 82.
| Ill Cosby | Collected Works, Vol. 1 | n/a | | 83.
| Sports | Sports | Self-released | | 84.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 85.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 86.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 87.
| Buddy Guy | Living Proof | Silvertone/Jive | | 88.
| Wolf People | Steeple | Jagjaguwar | | 89.
| Pariah | Safehouses EP + Detroit Falls/Orpheus | R & S | | 90.
| Zola Jesus | Valusia | Sacred Bones |
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Rank
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 2.
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer | Elektra | | 3.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 4.
| Surf City | Kudos | Fire | | 5.
| The Fresh & Onlys | Play It Strange | In the Red | | 6.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 7.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 8.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 9.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 10.
| Mad Rad | The Youth Die Young | Out For Stardom | | 11.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 12.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 13.
| THEESatisfaction | Transitions | Self-released | | 14.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 15.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 16.
| Hollerado | Record in a Bag | Royal Mountain | | 17.
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | | 18.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 19.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 20.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 21.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 22.
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | | 23.
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | | 24.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 25.
| Stag | These Times Are Made For All Of Us | Self-released | | 26.
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | | 27.
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | | 28.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 29.
| The Corin Tucker Band | 1000 Years | Kill Rock Stars | | 30.
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | | 31.
| Matt and Kim | Sidewalks | FADER | | 32.
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | | 33.
| Chico Mann | Analog Drift | Wax Poetics | | 34.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 35.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 36.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 37.
| How to Dress Well | Love Remains | Lefse | | 38.
| Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts | Risk | Burning Building | | 39.
| Truckasauras | Quarters | Fourthcity | | 40.
| Wild Orchid Children | The Wild Orchid Children Are Alexander Supertramp | Equal Vision | | 41.
| Cloud Nothings | Turning On | Carpark | | 42.
| Wow & Flutter | Equilibrio! | Mt. Fuji | | 43.
| Afrocubism | Afrocubism | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 44.
| Wolf People | Steeple | Jagjaguwar | | 45.
| Three Mile Pilot | The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 46.
| Phil Wilson | God Bless Jim Kennedy | Slumberland | | 47.
| Small Black | New Chain | Jagjaguwar | | 48.
| The High Dials | Anthems For Doomed Youth | Rainbow Quartz | | 49.
| Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9) | Columbia/Legacy | | 50.
| Tyvek | Nothing Fits | In the Red | | 51.
| British Sea Power | Zeus EP | Rough Trade | | 52.
| The Duke Spirit | Kusama EP | Shangri-La | | 53.
| Pomegranates | One Of Us | Afternoon | | 54.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 55.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 56.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 57.
| The Little Penguins | Shapes and Shadows | Self-released | | 58.
| Ill Cosby | Collected Works, Vol. 1 | n/a | | 59.
| Wesafari | Sea Survivors | Self-released | | 60.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 61.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 62.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 63.
| Spoek Mathambo | Mshini Wam | BBE | | 64.
| Neil Young | Le Noise | Reprise | | 65.
| Husky Rescue | Ship of Light | Catskills | | 66.
| Suuns | Zeroes QC | Secretly Canadian | | 67.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | Sometimes the Blues Is Just A Passing Bird | Dead Oceans | | 68.
| Syl Johnson | Complete Mythology | The Numero Group | | 69.
| Brian Eno | Small Craft on a Milk Sea | Warp | | 70.
| Sharon Van Etten | epic | Ba Da Bing! | | 71.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 72.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 73.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 74.
| Solvents | Forgive Yr. Blood | Bee Resin | | 75.
| Joseph Giant | Joseph Giant | Self-released | | 76.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 77.
| P.S. I Love You | Meet Me at the Muster Station | Paper Bag | | 78.
| Pariah | Safehouses EP + Detroit Falls/Orpheus | R & S | | 79.
| (Various) | Ninja Tune XX | Ninja Tune XX | | 80.
| Kings of Leon | Come Around Sundown | RCA | | 81.
| Bryan Ferry | Olympia | Astralwerks | | 82.
| The Sails | A Headful of Stars | Rainbow Quartz | | 83.
| Tom Ze | Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza | Luaka Bop | | 84.
| Clinic | Bubblegum | Domino | | 85.
| The Avett Brothers | Live, Volume 3 | American | | 86.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 87.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 88.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 89.
| Summer Babes | Babe Summer | Self-released | | 90.
| Mesita | Mesita | Self-released |
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 3.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 4.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 5.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 6.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 7.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 8.
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | | 9.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 10.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 11.
| Mad Rad | The Youth Die Young | Self-released | | 12.
| The Corin Tucker Band | 1000 Years | Kill Rock Stars | | 13.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 14.
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | | 15.
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | | 16.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 17.
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | | 18.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 19.
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | | 20.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 21.
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | | 22.
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | | 23.
| Weekend | Sports | Slumberland | | 24.
| Suuns | Zeroes QC | Secretly Canadian | | 25.
| How to Dress Well | Love Remains | Lefse | | 26.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 27.
| Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts | Risk | Burning Building | | 28.
| Fences | Fences | Onto | | 29.
| P.S. I Love You | Meet Me at the Muster Station | Paper Bag | | 30.
| Afrocubism | Afrocubism | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 31.
| Husky Rescue | Ship of Light | Catskills | | 32.
| Small Black | New Chain | Jagjaguwar | | 33.
| The High Dials | Anthems For Doomed Youth | Rainbow Quartz | | 34.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | Sometimes the Blues Is Just A Passing Bird | Dead Oceans | | 35.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 36.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 37.
| Wolf People | Steeple | Jagjaguwar | | 38.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 39.
| Pariah | Safehouses EP + Detroit Falls/Orpheus | R & S | | 40.
| Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9) | Columbia/Legacy | | 41.
| Matt and Kim | Sidewalks | FADER | | 42.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 43.
| Pomegranates | One Of Us | Afternoon | | 44.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 45.
| Summer Babes | Babe Summer | Self-released | | 46.
| Truckasauras | Quarters | Fourthcity | | 47.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 48.
| Cloud Nothings | Turning On | Carpark | | 49.
| Adam Haworth Stephens | We Live on Cliffs | Saddle Creek | | 50.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 51.
| Sharon Van Etten | epic | Ba Da Bing! | | 52.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 53.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 54.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 55.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 56.
| Midday Veil | Eyes All Around | Translinguistic Other | | 57.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 58.
| Wesafari | Sea Survivors | Self-released | | 59.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 60.
| Buddy Guy | Living Proof | Silvertone/Jive | | 61.
| Spoek Mathambo | Mshini Wam | BBE | | 62.
| Neil Young | Le Noise | Reprise | | 63.
| Cuarto Poder | In Tha House | Nacional | | 64.
| Three Mile Pilot | The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 65.
| Kelley Stoltz | To Dreamers | Sub Pop | | 66.
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | | 67.
| (Various) | Ninja Tune XX | Ninja Tune XX | | 68.
| Frikstailers | Bicho de Luz EP | ZZK | | 69.
| Bryan Ferry | Olympia | Astralwerks | | 70.
| The Sails | A Headful of Stars | Rainbow Quartz | | 71.
| Chico Mann | Analog Drift | Wax Poetics | | 72.
| Owen Pallett | A Swedish Love Story EP | Domino | | 73.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 74.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 75.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 76.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 77.
| The Little Penguins | Shapes and Shadows | Self-released | | 78.
| Mesita | Mesita | Self-released | | 79.
| Kings of Leon | Come Around Sundown | RCA | | 80.
| Sisters | Ghost Fits | Narnack | | 81.
| Elvis Costello | National Ransom | Hear Music | | 82.
| Pretty Lights | Glowing in the Darkest Night | Pretty Lights Music | | 83.
| Whole Sky Monitor | Twisted Little Piggies | Firebomb Radio | | 84.
| Syl Johnson | Complete Mythology | The Numero Group | | 85.
| Fistful of Mercy | As I Call You Down | HOT | | 86.
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | | 87.
| Lyrics Born | As U Were | Decon | | 88.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 89.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 90.
| Joseph Giant | Joseph Giant | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 2.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 3.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 4.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 5.
| Sun Airway | Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans | | 6.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 7.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 8.
| How to Dress Well | Love Remains | Lefse | | 9.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 10.
| Gold Panda | Lucky Shiner | Ghostly | | 11.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 12.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 13.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 14.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 15.
| The Corin Tucker Band | 1000 Years | Kill Rock Stars | | 16.
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | | 17.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 18.
| Warpaint | The Fool | Rough Trade | | 19.
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | | 20.
| Husky Rescue | Ship of Light | Catskills | | 21.
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | | 22.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 23.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 24.
| Cloud Nothings | Turning On | Carpark | | 25.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 26.
| Three Mile Pilot | The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 27.
| Kelley Stoltz | To Dreamers | Sub Pop | | 28.
| Pariah | Safehouses EP + Detroit Falls/Orpheus | R & S | | 29.
| The High Dials | Anthems For Doomed Youth | Rainbow Quartz | | 30.
| Small Black | New Chain | Jagjaguwar | | 31.
| Kings of Leon | Come Around Sundown | RCA | | 32.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | Sometimes the Blues Is Just A Passing Bird | Dead Oceans | | 33.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 34.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 35.
| Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts | Risk | Burning Building | | 36.
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | | 37.
| Spoek Mathambo | Mshini Wam | BBE | | 38.
| Zola Jesus | Valusia | Sacred Bones | | 39.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 40.
| Summer Babes | Babe Summer | Self-released | | 41.
| Truckasauras | Quarters | Fourthcity | | 42.
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | | 43.
| Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9) | Columbia/Legacy | | 44.
| Wow & Flutter | Equilibrio! | Mt. Fuji | | 45.
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | | 46.
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | | 47.
| Neil Young | Le Noise | Reprise | | 48.
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | | 49.
| Sisters | Ghost Fits | Narnack | | 50.
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | | 51.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 52.
| Pomegranates | One Of Us | Afternoon | | 53.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 54.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 55.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 56.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 57.
| The Little Penguins | Shapes and Shadows | Self-released | | 58.
| Fences | Fences | Onto | | 59.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 60.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 61.
| Abe Vigoda | Crush | Post Present Medium | | 62.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 63.
| Depedro | Nubes De Papel | Nat Geo | | 64.
| Fistful of Mercy | As I Call You Down | HOT | | 65.
| Tom Ze | Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza | Luaka Bop | | 66.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 67.
| Sharon Van Etten | epic | Ba Da Bing! | | 68.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 69.
| Tricky | Mixed Race | Domino | | 70.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 71.
| Jon McMillion | Jon McMillion | NuEarth Kitchen | | 72.
| Midday Veil | Eyes All Around | Translinguistic Other | | 73.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 74.
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Plug Research | | 75.
| Whole Sky Monitor | Twisted Little Piggies | Firebomb Radio | | 76.
| (Various) | Radioclit presents: The Sound of Club Secousse Vol. 1 | Crammed Discs | | 77.
| Adam Haworth Stephens | We Live on Cliffs | Saddle Creek | | 78.
| Cuarto Poder | In Tha House | Nacional | | 79.
| (Various) | Ninja Tune XX | Ninja Tune XX | | 80.
| Elvis Costello | National Ransom | Hear Music | | 81.
| Antony and the Johnsons | Swanlights | Secretly Canadian | | 82.
| Highlife | Best Bless | The Social Registry | | 83.
| John Legend & the Roots | Wake Up! | Good Music/Columbia | | 84.
| Monareta | Fried Speakers | Nacional | | 85.
| James Blake | Klavierwerke EP / CMYK EP / The Bells Sketch EP | R & S | | 86.
| Suuns | Zeroes QC | Secretly Canadian | | 87.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 88.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 89.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 90.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 2.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 3.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 4.
| Belle and Sebastian | Write About Love | Matador | | 5.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 6.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 7.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 8.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 9.
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | | 10.
| The Corin Tucker Band | 1000 Years | Kill Rock Stars | | 11.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 12.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 13.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 14.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 15.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 16.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 17.
| How to Dress Well | Love Remains | Lefse | | 18.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 19.
| Husky Rescue | Ship of Light | Catskills | | 20.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 21.
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | | 22.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 23.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 24.
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. | | 25.
| Sisters | Ghost Fits | Narnack | | 26.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 27.
| Fences | Fences | Onto | | 28.
| Summer Babes | Babe Summer | Self-released | | 29.
| Truckasauras | Quarters | Fourthcity | | 30.
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Plug Research | | 31.
| Three Mile Pilot | The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 32.
| Adam Haworth Stephens | We Live on Cliffs | Sade | | 33.
| Kelley Stoltz | To Dreamers | Sub Pop | | 34.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 35.
| Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. | Record Collection | RCA | | 36.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 37.
| Houses | All Night | Lefse | | 38.
| (Various) | Radioclit presents: The Sound of Club Secousse Vol. 1 | Crammed Discs | | 39.
| Pariah | Safehouses EP + Detroit Falls/Orpheus | R & S | | 40.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | Sometimes the Blues Is Just A Passing Bird | Dead Oceans | | 41.
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | | 42.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 43.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 44.
| The Little Penguins | Shapes and Shadows | Self-released | | 45.
| Midday Veil | Eyes All Around | Translinguistic Other | | 46.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 47.
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | | 48.
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | | 49.
| Depedro | Nubes De Papel | Nat Geo | | 50.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 51.
| Sharon Van Etten | Epic | Ba Da Bing! | | 52.
| Monareta | Fried Speakers | Nacional | | 53.
| Astral | Forever After | Vibraphone | | 54.
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | | 55.
| Antony and the Johnsons | Swanlights | Secretly Canadian | | 56.
| Interpol | Interpol | Matador | | 57.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 58.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 59.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 60.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 61.
| Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) | Domino | | 62.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 63.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 64.
| Cuarto Poder | In Tha House | Nacional | | 65.
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Bloodshot | | 66.
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | | 67.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 68.
| Wolf People | Steeple | Jagjaguwar | | 69.
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | | 70.
| Neil Young | Le Noise | Reprise | | 71.
| Sonnyboy | The Barfly Theory | Self-released | | 72.
| John Legend & the Roots | Wake Up! | Good Music/Columbia | | 73.
| Highlife | Best Bless | The Social Registry | | 74.
| Suuns | Zeroes QC | Secretly Canadian | | 75.
| The Extra Lens | Undercard | Merge | | 76.
| Benoit Pioulard | Lasted | Kranky | | 77.
| Clinic | Bubblegum | Domino | | 78.
| James Blake | Klavierwerke EP / CMYK EP / The Bells Sketch EP | R & S | | 79.
| Lovers | Dark Light | Badman | | 80.
| Pomegranates | One Of Us | Afternoon | | 81.
| Chromeo | Business Casual | Big Beat/Atlantic | | 82.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 83.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 84.
| Underworld | Barking | Om | | 85.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 86.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 87.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 88.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 89.
| Spoek Mathambo | Mshini Wam | BBE | | 90.
| Whole Sky Monitor | Twisted Little Piggies | Firebomb Radio |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 2.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 3.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 4.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 5.
| Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Mad Decent/Greedhead/Mishka | | 6.
| The Corin Tucker Band | 1000 Years | Kill Rock Stars | | 7.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 8.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 9.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 10.
| Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Asthmatic Kitty | | 11.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 12.
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther | | 13.
| Salem | King Night | IAMSOUND | | 14.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 15.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 16.
| Neil Young | Le Noise | Reprise | | 17.
| The Russian Futurists | The Weight's on the Wheels | Upper Class | | 18.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 19.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 20.
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | | 21.
| Truckasauras | Quarters | Fourthcity | | 22.
| Belleruche | 270 Stories | Tru Thoughts | | 23.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 24.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 25.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 26.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 27.
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Plug Research | | 28.
| Diamond Rings | Special Affections | Secret City | | 29.
| Three Mile Pilot | The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 30.
| Husky Rescue | Ship of Light | Catskills | | 31.
| Fistful of Mercy | As I Call You Down | HOT | | 32.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 33.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 34.
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Bloodshot | | 35.
| Spoek Mathambo | Mshini Wam | BBE | | 36.
| Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. | Record Collection | RCA | | 37.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 38.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 39.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 40.
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. | | 41.
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | | 42.
| (Various) | Ninja Tune XX | Ninja Tune | | 43.
| Lovers | Dark Light | Badman | | 44.
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | | 45.
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | | 46.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 47.
| Fences | Fences | Onto | | 48.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 49.
| Kelley Stoltz | To Dreamers | Sub Pop | | 50.
| Wow & Flutter | Equilibrio! | Mt. Fuji | | 51.
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | | 52.
| (Various) | Radioclit presents: The Sound of Club Secousse Vol. 1 | Crammed Discs | | 53.
| Wolf People | Steeple | Jagjaguwar | | 54.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 55.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 56.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 57.
| Sisters | Ghost Fits | Narnack | | 58.
| Monareta | Fried Speakers | Nacional | | 59.
| The Avett Brothers | Live, Volume 3 | American | | 60.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 61.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 62.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 63.
| The Little Penguins | Shapes and Shadows | Self-released | | 64.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 65.
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | | 66.
| Whole Sky Monitor | Twisted Little Piggies | Firebomb Radio | | 67.
| Adam Haworth Stephens | We Live on Cliffs | Saddle Creek | | 68.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 69.
| Suuns | Zeroes QC | Secretly Canadian | | 70.
| John Legend & the Roots | Wake Up! | Good Music/Columbia | | 71.
| Elvis Costello | National Ransom | Hear Music | | 72.
| Benoit Pioulard | Lasted | Kranky | | 73.
| Summer Camp | Young EP | Moshi Moshi | | 74.
| Tom Ze | Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza | Luaka Bop | | 75.
| Revolver | Music For A While | Astralwerks | | 76.
| Grass Widow | Past Time | Kill Rock Stars | | 77.
| Tricky | Mixed Race | Domino | | 78.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 79.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 80.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 81.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 82.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 83.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 84.
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | | 85.
| Jon McMillion | Jon McMillion | Nuearth Kitchen | | 86.
| Ebo Taylor | Love and Death | Strut | | 87.
| Working For A Nuclear Free City | Jojo Burger Tempest | Melodic | | 88.
| Marnie Stern | Marnie Stern | Kill Rock Stars | | 89.
| Highlife | Best Bless | The Social Registry | | 90.
| Owen Pallett | A Swedish Love Story EP | Domino |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 2.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 3.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 4.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 5.
| The Corin Tucker Band | 1000 Years | Kill Rock Stars | | 6.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 7.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 8.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 9.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 10.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 11.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 12.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 13.
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | | 14.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 15.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 16.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 17.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 18.
| Neil Young | Le Noise | Reprise | | 19.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 20.
| (Various) | Ninja Tune XX | Ninja Tune | | 21.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 22.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 23.
| Husky Rescue | Ship of Light | Catskills | | 24.
| Abe Vigoda | Crush | Post Present Medium | | 25.
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | | 26.
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | | 27.
| Fences | Fences | Onto | | 28.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 29.
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | | 30.
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | | 31.
| Frikstailers | Bicho de Luz EP | ZZK | | 32.
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | | 33.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 34.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 35.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 36.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 37.
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Plug Research | | 38.
| Wow & Flutter | Equilibrio! | Mt. Fuji | | 39.
| Spoek Mathambo | Mshini Wam | BBE | | 40.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 41.
| Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. | Record Collection | RCA | | 42.
| Chromeo | Business Casual | Big Beat/Atlantic | | 43.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 44.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 45.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 46.
| Whole Sky Monitor | Twisted Little Piggies | Firebomb Radio | | 47.
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | | 48.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 49.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 50.
| Sufjan Stevens | All Delighted People EP | Asthmatic Kitty | | 51.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 52.
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. | | 53.
| Owen Pallett | A Swedish Love Story EP | Domino | | 54.
| Wildbirds & Peacedrums | Rivers | The Control Group | | 55.
| Amusement Parks on Fire | Road Eyes | Filter | | 56.
| Wormburner | Placed By the Gideons | Dive | | 57.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Horse Power EP | Quite Scientific | | 58.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 59.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 60.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 61.
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | | 62.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 63.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 64.
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Bloodshot | | 65.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 66.
| (Various) | Shake the Shack Rockabilly Ball #7 | Shake the Shack | | 67.
| Clinic | Bubblegum | Domino | | 68.
| Flying Lotus | Pattern + Grid World | Warp | | 69.
| Underworld | Barking | Om | | 70.
| Candidt | Sweatsuit & Churchshoes | Self-released | | 71.
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | | 72.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 73.
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | | 74.
| Bottomless Pit | Blood Under the Bridge | Comedy Minus One | | 75.
| Adam Haworth Stephens | We Live on Cliffs | Saddle Creek | | 76.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | | 77.
| Sonnyboy | The Barfly Theory | Self-released | | 78.
| Chocolate Genius Incorporated | Swansongs | One Little Indian | | 79.
| Sisters | Ghost Fits | Narnack | | 80.
| Astral | Forever After | Vibraphone | | 81.
| Dungen | Skit I Allt | Mexican Summer/Kemado | | 82.
| Summer Camp | Young EP | Moshi Moshi | | 83.
| Interpol | Interpol | Matador | | 84.
| Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) | Domino | | 85.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 86.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 87.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 88.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 89.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 90.
| Viper Creek Club | Letters | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | 4AD | | 2.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 3.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 4.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 5.
| The Corin Tucker Band | 1000 Years | Kill Rock Stars | | 6.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 7.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 8.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 9.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 10.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 11.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 12.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 13.
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | | 14.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 15.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 16.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 17.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 18.
| Neil Young | Le Noise | Reprise | | 19.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 20.
| (Various) | Ninja Tune XX | Ninja Tune | | 21.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 22.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 23.
| Husky Rescue | Ship of Light | Catskills | | 24.
| Abe Vigoda | Crush | Post Present Medium | | 25.
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | | 26.
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | | 27.
| Fences | Fences | Onto | | 28.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 29.
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | | 30.
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | | 31.
| Frikstailers | Bicho de Luz EP | ZZK | | 32.
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | | 33.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 34.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 35.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 36.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 37.
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Plug Research | | 38.
| Wow & Flutter | Equilibrio! | Mt. Fuji | | 39.
| Spoek Mathambo | Mshini Wam | BBE | | 40.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 41.
| Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. | Record Collection | RCA | | 42.
| Chromeo | Business Casual | Big Beat/Atlantic | | 43.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 44.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 45.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 46.
| Whole Sky Monitor | Twisted Little Piggies | Firebomb Radio | | 47.
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | | 48.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 49.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 50.
| Sufjan Stevens | All Delighted People EP | Asthmatic Kitty | | 51.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 52.
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. | | 53.
| Owen Pallett | A Swedish Love Story EP | Domino | | 54.
| Wildbirds & Peacedrums | Rivers | The Control Group | | 55.
| Amusement Parks on Fire | Road Eyes | Filter | | 56.
| Wormburner | Placed By the Gideons | Dive | | 57.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Horse Power EP | Quite Scientific | | 58.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 59.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 60.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 61.
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | | 62.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 63.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 64.
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Bloodshot | | 65.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 66.
| (Various) | Shake the Shack Rockabilly Ball #7 | Shake the Shack | | 67.
| Clinic | Bubblegum | Domino | | 68.
| Flying Lotus | Pattern + Grid World | Warp | | 69.
| Underworld | Barking | Om | | 70.
| Candidt | Sweatsuit & Churchshoes | Self-released | | 71.
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | | 72.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 73.
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | | 74.
| Bottomless Pit | Blood Under the Bridge | Comedy Minus One | | 75.
| Adam Haworth Stephens | We Live on Cliffs | Saddle Creek | | 76.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | | 77.
| Sonnyboy | The Barfly Theory | Self-released | | 78.
| Chocolate Genius Incorporated | Swansongs | One Little Indian | | 79.
| Sisters | Ghost Fits | Narnack | | 80.
| Astral | Forever After | Vibraphone | | 81.
| Dungen | Skit I Allt | Mexican Summer/Kemado | | 82.
| Summer Camp | Young EP | Moshi Moshi | | 83.
| Interpol | Interpol | Matador | | 84.
| Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) | Domino | | 85.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 86.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 87.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 88.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 89.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 90.
| Viper Creek Club | Letters | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 3.
| The Moondoggies | Tidelands | Hardly Art | | 4.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 5.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 6.
| Maximum Balloon | Maximum Balloon | DGC | | 7.
| No Age | Everything In Between | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 9.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 10.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 11.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 12.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 13.
| Old 97's | The Grand Theatre Volume One | New West | | 14.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 15.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 16.
| (Various) | Shake the Shack Rockabilly Ball #7 | Shake the Shack | | 17.
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Plug Research | | 18.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 19.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 20.
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | | 21.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 22.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 23.
| Abe Vigoda | Crush | Post Present Medium | | 24.
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. | | 25.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 26.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 27.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 28.
| Chromeo | Business Casual | Big Beat/Atlantic | | 29.
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | | 30.
| Wow & Flutter | Equilibrio! | Mt. Fuji | | 31.
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | | 32.
| Sisters | Ghost Fits | Narnack | | 33.
| Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom | Duppy Writer | Big Dada | | 34.
| Owen Pallett | A Swedish Love Story EP | Domino | | 35.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 36.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 37.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 38.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 39.
| Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. | Record Collection | RCA | | 40.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 41.
| Sonnyboy | The Barfly Theory | Self-released | | 42.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | | 43.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 44.
| Nobunny | First Blood | Goner | | 45.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 46.
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | | 47.
| Fences | Fences | Onto | | 48.
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | | 49.
| Whole Sky Monitor | Twisted Little Piggies | Firebomb Radio | | 50.
| Adam Haworth Stephens | We Live on Cliffs | Saddle Creek | | 51.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 52.
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | | 53.
| Gold Motel | Summer House | Good as Gold | | 54.
| Jon Langford & Skull Orchard | Old Devils | Bloodshot | | 55.
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | | 56.
| Amusement Parks on Fire | Road Eyes | Filter | | 57.
| Interpol | Interpol | Matador | | 58.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 59.
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | | 60.
| Pezzner | The Tracks Are Alive | Freerange | | 61.
| Smile Brigade | Do You Come Here Often? | Tilton House | | 62.
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Bloodshot | | 63.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 64.
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | | 65.
| Dungen | Skit I Allt | Mexican Summer/Kemado | | 66.
| Wormburner | Placed By the Gideons | Dive | | 67.
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino | | 68.
| Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) | Domino | | 69.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 70.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 71.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 72.
| Air 2 A Bird | Crow Hill | Self-released | | 73.
| Bottomless Pit | Blood Under the Bridge | Comedy Minus One | | 74.
| Sufjan Stevens | All Delighted People EP | Asthmatic Kitty | | 75.
| Tom Jones | Praise & Blame | Lost Highway | | 76.
| Sonny & the Sunsets | Tomorrow Is Alright | Fat Possum | | 77.
| Forest Swords | Dagger Paths | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 78.
| Pretty Lights | Spilling Over Every Side | Pretty Lights Music | | 79.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Horse Power EP | Quite Scientific | | 80.
| Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP | DFA | | 81.
| The Sword | Warp Riders | Kemado | | 82.
| El-P | Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 | Gold Dust | | 83.
| Max Richter | Infra | Fatcat | | 84.
| The Books | The Way Out | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 85.
| Sepalcure | Love Pressure EP | Hotflush | | 86.
| Underworld | Barking | Om | | 87.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 88.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 89.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 90.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 3.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 4.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 5.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 6.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 7.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 8.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 9.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 10.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 11.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 12.
| Junip | Fields | Mute | | 13.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 14.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 15.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 16.
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Plug Research | | 17.
| Abe Vigoda | Crush | Post Present Medium | | 18.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 19.
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | | 20.
| Fences | Fences | Onto | | 21.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 22.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 23.
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | | 24.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 25.
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. | | 26.
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | | 27.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 28.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 29.
| Grinderman | 2 | Anti- | | 30.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 31.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 32.
| El Guincho | Pop Negro | XL | | 33.
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | | 34.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 35.
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | | 36.
| The First Times | The First Times | Self-released | | 37.
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Bloodshot | | 38.
| Chocolate Genius Incorporated | Swansongs | One Little Indian | | 39.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 40.
| Antony and the Johnsons | Thank You For Your Love | Secretly Canadian | | 41.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 42.
| Air 2 A Bird | Crow Hill | Self-released | | 43.
| Viper Creek Club | Letters | Self-released | | 44.
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone | Anti- | | 45.
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | | 46.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 47.
| Forest Swords | Dagger Paths | Olde English Spelling Bee | | 48.
| Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) | Domino | | 49.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 50.
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | | 51.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 52.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 53.
| Tom Jones | Praise & Blame | Lost Highway | | 54.
| Sufjan Stevens | All Delighted People EP | Asthmatic Kitty | | 55.
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | | 56.
| Wormburner | Placed By the Gideons | Dive | | 57.
| Cotton Jones | Tall Hours in the Glowstream | Suicide Squeeze | | 58.
| Wildbirds & Peacedrums | Rivers | The Control Group | | 59.
| Interpol | Interpol | Matador | | 60.
| Mount Kimbie | Crooks and Lovers | Hotflush | | 61.
| The Books | The Way Out | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 62.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 63.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 64.
| (Various) | The Sound of Rhythm & Culture | Rhythm & Culture | | 65.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 66.
| Candidt | Sweatsuit & Churchshoes | Self-released | | 67.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 68.
| Astral | Forever After | Vibraphone | | 69.
| (Various) | The Roots of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru | Barbes | | 70.
| Dungen | Skit I Allt | Mexican Summer/Kemado | | 71.
| Gold Motel | Summer House | Good as Gold | | 72.
| The Sword | Warp Riders | Kemado | | 73.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Horse Power EP | Quite Scientific | | 74.
| Amusement Parks on Fire | Road Eyes | Filter | | 75.
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino | | 76.
| Kelli Scarr | Piece | Silence Breaks | | 77.
| Sonny & the Sunsets | Tomorrow Is Alright | Fat Possum | | 78.
| Revolver | Music For A While | Astralwerks | | 79.
| The Meligrove Band | Shimmering Lights | Last Gang | | 80.
| Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard | Barsuk | | 81.
| Summer Camp | Young EP | Moshi Moshi | | 82.
| Cloud Cult | Light Chasers | Earthology | | 83.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 84.
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | | 85.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 86.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 87.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 88.
| Guns for Radios | Losses and Gains | Rockin' Stan | | 89.
| Smile Brigade | Do You Come Here Often? | Tilton House | | 90.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 3.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 4.
| The Hundred in the Hands | The Hundred in the Hands | Warp | | 5.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 6.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 7.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 8.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 9.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 10.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 11.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 12.
| Interpol | Interpol | Matador | | 13.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 14.
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | | 15.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 16.
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | | 17.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 18.
| Frankie Rose and the Outs | Frankie Rose and the Outs | Slumberland | | 19.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 20.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 21.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 22.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 23.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 24.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 25.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 26.
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | | 27.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 28.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 29.
| Dungen | Skit I Allt | Mexican Summer/Kemado | | 30.
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | | 31.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 32.
| Abe Vigoda | Crush | Post Present Medium | | 33.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 34.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 35.
| Sufjan Stevens | All Delighted People EP | Asthmatic Kitty | | 36.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 37.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 38.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 39.
| The Books | The Way Out | Temporary Residence Ltd. | | 40.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 41.
| Astral | Forever After | Vibraphone | | 42.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 43.
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It! | Capitol | | 44.
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | | 45.
| (Various) | The Roots of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru | Barbes | | 46.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 47.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 48.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 49.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 50.
| The First Times | The First Times | Self-released | | 51.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 52.
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | | 53.
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Bloodshot | | 54.
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | | 55.
| Restless People | Restless People | IAMSOUND | | 56.
| Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP | DFA | | 57.
| Antony and the Johnsons | Thank You For Your Love | Secretly Canadian | | 58.
| Grass Widow | Past Time | Kill Rock Stars | | 59.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | Holocene | | 60.
| Cotton Jones | Tall Hours in the Glowstream | Suicide Squeeze | | 61.
| Stornoway | Beachcomber's Windowsill | 4AD | | 62.
| Wildbirds & Peacedrums | Rivers | The Control Group | | 63.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 64.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 65.
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | | 66.
| Guns for Radios | Losses and Gains | Rockin' Stan | | 67.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 68.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 69.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | | 70.
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. | | 71.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 72.
| The Sword | Warp Riders | Kemado | | 73.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Horse Power EP | Quite Scientific | | 74.
| Sonny & the Sunsets | Tomorrow Is Alright | Fat Possum | | 75.
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino | | 76.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 77.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 78.
| Air 2 A Bird | Crow Hill | Youngstown | | 79.
| Smile Brigade | Do You Come Here Often? | Tilton House | | 80.
| Candidt | Sweatsuit & Churchshoes | Self-released | | 81.
| Bottomless Pit | Blood Under the Bridge | Comedy Minus One | | 82.
| Chocolate Genius Incorporated | Swansongs | One Little Indian | | 83.
| Jon Langford & Skull Orchard | Old Devils | Bloodshot | | 84.
| Summer Camp | Young EP | Moshi Moshi | | 85.
| ceo | White Magic | Sincerely Yours/Modular | | 86.
| The Meligrove Band | Shimmering Lights | Last Gang | | 87.
| Los Lobos | Tin Can Trust | Shout! Factory | | 88.
| Wormburner | Placed By the Gideons | Dive | | 89.
| Jaill | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | | 90.
| Your Skull My Closet | Let's Get Acquainted | Marriage Broker Ltd. |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 3.
| The Black Angels | Phosphene Dream | Blue Horizon | | 4.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 5.
| Sufjan Stevens | All Delighted People EP | Asthmatic Kitty | | 6.
| Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Merge | | 7.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 8.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 9.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 10.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 11.
| The Thermals | Personal Life | Kill Rock Stars | | 12.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 13.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 14.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 15.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 16.
| The Intelligence | Males | In the Red | | 17.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 18.
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | | 19.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 20.
| Of Montreal | False Priest | Polyvinyl | | 21.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 22.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 23.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 24.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 25.
| Jenny and Johnny | I'm Having Fun Now | Warner Bros. | | 26.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 27.
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | | 28.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 29.
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | | 30.
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | | 31.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 32.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 33.
| The Vaselines | Sex With An X | Sub Pop | | 34.
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Bloodshot | | 35.
| Black Mountain | Wilderness Heart | Jagjaguwar | | 36.
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | | 37.
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | | 38.
| Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard | Barsuk | | 39.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 40.
| The First Times | The First Times | Self-released | | 41.
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It! | Capitol | | 42.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Horse Power EP | Quite Scientific | | 43.
| Sonny & the Sunsets | Tomorrow Is Alright | Fat Possum | | 44.
| Grass Widow | Past Time | Kill Rock Stars | | 45.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 46.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 47.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 48.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 49.
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | | 50.
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | | 51.
| Candidt | Sweatsuit & Churchshoes | Self-released | | 52.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 53.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 54.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 55.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | | 56.
| Chocolate Genius Incorporated | Swansongs | One Little Indian | | 57.
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | | 58.
| Summer Camp | Young EP | Moshi Moshi | | 59.
| Zola Jesus | Stridulum EP | Sacred Bones | | 60.
| ceo | White Magic | Sincerely Yours/Modular | | 61.
| The Sword | Warp Riders | Kemado | | 62.
| Cotton Jones | Tall Hours in the Glowstream | Suicide Squeeze | | 63.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 64.
| (Various) | The Sound of Rhythm & Culture | Rhythm & Culture | | 65.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 66.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 67.
| Sol | Dear Friends Vol. II | Self-released | | 68.
| Mt St Helens Vietnam Band | Where the Messengers Meet | Dead Oceans | | 69.
| Sepalcure | Love Pressure EP | Hotflush | | 70.
| Ten Kens | For Posterity | Last Gang | | 71.
| Jaill | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | | 72.
| Cloud Cult | Light Chasers | Earthology | | 73.
| Max Richter | Infra | Fatcat | | 74.
| Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg | Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg | Light in the Attic | | 75.
| Lorn | Nothing Else | Brainfeeder | | 76.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 77.
| Armed With Legs | Armed With Legs | Self-released | | 78.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 79.
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino | | 80.
| Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP | DFA | | 81.
| Restless People | Restless People | IAMSOUND | | 82.
| Jon Langford & Skull Orchard | Old Devils | Bloodshot | | 83.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | Holocene | | 84.
| The Preservation | Cosmic American Music | Self-released | | 85.
| Rakaa | Crown of Thorns | Decon | | 86.
| Cochemea Gastelum | The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow | MOWO! | | 87.
| These United States | What Lasts | United Interests | | 88.
| El-P | Wearegoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 | Gold Dust | | 89.
| Dean & Britta | 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests | Double Feature | | 90.
| Hedzoleh Soundz | Hedzoleh Soundz | Soundway |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 3.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 4.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 5.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 6.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 7.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 8.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 9.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 10.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 11.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 12.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 13.
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | | 14.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 15.
| Les Savy Fav | Root For Ruin | Frenchkiss | | 16.
| Fitz & the Tantrums | Pickin' Up the Pieces | Dangerbird | | 17.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 18.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | | 19.
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw | | 20.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 21.
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | | 22.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 23.
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | | 24.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 25.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 26.
| Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard | Barsuk | | 27.
| Air 2 A Bird | Crow Hill | Self-released | | 28.
| Nathan Wade and the Dark Pioneers | The Gospel of Rust | Self-released | | 29.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 30.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 31.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 32.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 33.
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | | 34.
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | | 35.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 36.
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It! | Capitol | | 37.
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino | | 38.
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | | 39.
| The First Times | The First Times | Self-released | | 40.
| Mt St Helens Vietnam Band | Where the Messengers Meet | Dead Oceans | | 41.
| Chocolate Genius Incorporated | Swansongs | One Little Indian | | 42.
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | | 43.
| Restless People | Restless People | IAMSOUND | | 44.
| Matthew Dear | Black City | Ghostly International | | 45.
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Horse Power EP | Quite Scientific | | 46.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 47.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 48.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 49.
| Noddy | Remora, Remora | Self-released | | 50.
| Smile Brigade | Do You Come Here Often? | Tilton House | | 51.
| J. Roddy Walston and the Business | J. Roddy Walston and the Business | Vagrant | | 52.
| Your Skull My Closet | Let's Get Acquainted | Marriage Broker Ltd. | | 53.
| Cotton Jones | Tall Hours in the Glowstream | Suicide Squeeze | | 54.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 55.
| Guns For Radios | Losses and Gains | Rockin' Stan | | 56.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 57.
| Bottomless Pit | Blood Under the Bridge | Comedy Minus One | | 58.
| Twin Shadow | Forget | Terrible | | 59.
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | | 60.
| Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP | DFA | | 61.
| The Foxymorons | Bible Stories | Self-released | | 62.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | Holocene | | 63.
| Jaill | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | | 64.
| Stornoway | Beachcomber's Windowsill | 4AD | | 65.
| Eels | Tomorrow Morning | E Works | | 66.
| Drew Grow & the Pastors' Wives | Drew Grow & the Pastors' Wives | Amigo/Amiga | | 67.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 68.
| Four Tet | Angel Echoes + Remixes | Domino | | 69.
| (Various) | The Sound of Rhythm & Culture | Rhythm & Culture | | 70.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 71.
| Satchel | Heartache and Honey | Self-released | | 72.
| Herr Jazz | Herr Jazz | Masa | | 73.
| Sunday Evening Whiskey Club | Andesite | Self-released | | 74.
| The Charity Stripe | Pink Corvette | Self-released | | 75.
| Yuni in Taxco | EP | Self-released | | 76.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 77.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 78.
| Tom Jones | Praise & Blame | Lost Highway | | 79.
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | | 80.
| Jon Langford & Skull Orchard | Old Devils | Bloodshot | | 81.
| El Guincho | Piratas de Sudamerica | Young Turks/XL | | 82.
| Ten Kens | For Posterity | Last Gang | | 83.
| (Various) | Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 | Soundway | | 84.
| The Devil Whale | Young Wives | Kilby | | 85.
| Kelli Scarr | Piece | Silence Breaks | | 86.
| Charanjit Singh | Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat | Bombay Connection | | 87.
| Los Lobos | Tin Can Trust | Shout! Factory | | 88.
| Tears Run Rings | Distance | Clairecords | | 89.
| Rakaa | Crown of Thorns | Decon | | 90.
| Dylan LeBlanc | Paupers Field | Rough Trade |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 3.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 4.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 5.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 6.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 7.
| Magic Kids | Memphis | True Panther | | 8.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 9.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 10.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 11.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 12.
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Hawk | Vanguard | | 13.
| The Walkmen | Lisbon | Fat Possum | | 14.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 15.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 16.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 17.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 18.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 19.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 20.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 21.
| Clubfeet | Gold On Gold | Plant Music | | 22.
| The Posies | Blood/Candy | Rykodisc | | 23.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 24.
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | | 25.
| The Lonely Forest | The Lonely Forest EP | Trans | | 26.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 27.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | | 28.
| Jaill | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | | 29.
| Max Richter | Infra | Fatcat | | 30.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 31.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 32.
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | | 33.
| Baths | Cerulean | Anticon | | 34.
| Four Tet | Angel Echoes + Remixes | Domino | | 35.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 36.
| Bottomless Pit | Blood Under the Bridge | Comedy Minus One | | 37.
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It! | Capitol | | 38.
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino | | 39.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 40.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | Holocene | | 41.
| Cotton Jones | Tall Hours in the Glowstream | Suicide Squeeze | | 42.
| Stornoway | Beachcomber's Windowsill | 4AD | | 43.
| Cloud Cult | Light Chasers | Earthology | | 44.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 45.
| (Various) | The Sound of Rhythm & Culture | Rhythm & Culture | | 46.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 47.
| Air 2 A Bird | Crow Hill | Self-released | | 48.
| Noddy | Remora, Remora | Self-released | | 49.
| Mt St Helens Vietnam Band | Where the Messengers Meet | Dead Oceans | | 50.
| Smile Brigade | Do You Come Here Often? | Tilton House | | 51.
| Tom Jones | Praise & Blame | Lost Highway | | 52.
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | | 53.
| El Guincho | Piratas de Sudamerica | Young Turks/XL | | 54.
| Ten Kens | For Posterity | Last Gang | | 55.
| El-P | Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 | Gold Dust | | 56.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy 7" | Paw Tracks | | 57.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 58.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 59.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 60.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 61.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 62.
| Guns For Radios | Losses and Gains | Rockin' Stan | | 63.
| Satchel | Heartache and Honey | Self-released | | 64.
| The Charity Stripe | Pink Corvette | Self-released | | 65.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 66.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 67.
| Yuni in Taxco | EP | Self-released | | 68.
| J. Roddy Walston and the Business | J. Roddy Walston and the Business | Vagrant | | 69.
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | | 70.
| The Goodnight Loving | The Goodnight Loving Supper Club | Dirtnap | | 71.
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | | 72.
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | | 73.
| Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP | DFA | | 74.
| The Foxymorons | Bible Stories | Self-released | | 75.
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | | 76.
| (Various) | Cumbia Beat Vol. 1 | Vampisoul | | 77.
| Blue Giant | Blue Giant | Vanguard | | 78.
| Tears Run Rings | Distance | Clairecords | | 79.
| (Various) | Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 | Soundway | | 80.
| Kelli Scarr | Piece | Silence Breaks | | 81.
| (Various) | PDX Pop Now! 2010 | PDX Pop Now! | | 82.
| Villagers | Becoming A Jackal | Domino | | 83.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 84.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 85.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 86.
| Armed With Legs | Armed With Legs | Self-released | | 87.
| Sol | Dear Friends, Vol. II | Self-released | | 88.
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | | 89.
| Active Child | Curtis Lane EP | Filter US | | 90.
| Charlie Musselwhite | The Well | Alligator |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Six | KEXP | | 2.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 3.
| Best Coast | Crazy For You | Mexican Summer | | 4.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 5.
| The Young Evils | Enchanted Chapel | Self-released | | 6.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 7.
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | | 8.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 9.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 10.
| Noddy | Remora, Remora | Self-released | | 11.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 12.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 13.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 14.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 15.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 16.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 17.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 18.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 19.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 20.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 21.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 22.
| !!! | Stranger Weather, Isn't It? | Warp | | 23.
| Chief | Modern Rituals | Domino | | 24.
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | | 25.
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | | 26.
| Tom Jones | Praise & Blame | Lost Highway | | 27.
| Versus | On the Ones and Threes | Merge | | 28.
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | | 29.
| Zola Jesus | Stridulum EP | Sacred Bones | | 30.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 31.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | Holocene | | 32.
| Bottomless Pit | Blood Under the Bridge | Comedy Minus One | | 33.
| Lower Dens | Twin-Hand Movement | Gnomonsong | | 34.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 35.
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | | 36.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 37.
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | | 38.
| Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP | DFA | | 39.
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | | 40.
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It! | Capitol | | 41.
| Ten Kens | For Posterity | Last Gang | | 42.
| (Various) | PDX Pop Now! 2010 | PDX Pop Now! | | 43.
| Tears Run Rings | Distance | Clairecords | | 44.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 45.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 46.
| Mt St Helens Vietnam Band | Where the Messengers Meet | Dead Oceans | | 47.
| Herr Jazz | Herr Jazz | Masa | | 48.
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | | 49.
| J. Roddy Walston and the Business | J. Roddy Walston and the Business | Vagrant | | 50.
| Active Child | Curtis Lane EP | Filter US | | 51.
| Cotton Jones | Tall Hours in the Glowstream | Suicide Squeeze | | 52.
| Jaill | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | | 53.
| El-P | Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 | Gold Dust | | 54.
| ceo | White Magic | Sincerely Yours/Modular | | 55.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy 7" | Paw Tracks | | 56.
| Emeralds | Does It Look Like I'm Here? | Editions Mego | | 57.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 58.
| Dirty Projectors & Bjork | Mount Wittenberg Orca | Self-released | | 59.
| Lorn | Nothing Else | Brainfeeder | | 60.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 61.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 62.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 63.
| Guns For Radios | Losses and Gains | Rockin' Stan | | 64.
| Rusty Willoughby | Cobirds Unite | Spark & Shine | | 65.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 66.
| Starkey | Ear Drums and Black Holes | Planet Mu | | 67.
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | | 68.
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | | 69.
| (Various) | Cumbia Beat Vol. 1 | Vampisoul | | 70.
| Kelli Scarr | Piece | Silence Breaks | | 71.
| Your Skull My Closet | Let's Get Acquainted | Marriage Broker Ltd. | | 72.
| El Guincho | Piratas de Sudamerica | Young Turks/XL | | 73.
| Cochemea Gastelum | The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow | MOWO! | | 74.
| Stornoway | Beachcomber's Windowsill | 4AD | | 75.
| Cloud Cult | Light Chasers | Earthology | | 76.
| Baths | Cerulean | Anticon | | 77.
| Shawn Lee | Sing A Song | Ubiquity | | 78.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 79.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 80.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 81.
| Villagers | Becoming A Jackal | Domino | | 82.
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | | 83.
| Satchel | Heartache and Honey | Self-released | | 84.
| Smile Brigade | Do You Come Here Often? | Tilton House | | 85.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 86.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 87.
| Carissa's Weird | They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 | Hardly Art | | 88.
| The Goodnight Loving | The Goodnight Loving Supper Club | Dirtnap | | 89.
| Sepalcure | Love Pressure EP | Hotflush | | 90.
| The Preservation | Cosmic American Music | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 2.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 3.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 4.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 5.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 6.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 7.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 8.
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | | 9.
| Bobby Bare Jr. | A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head | Thirty Tigers | | 10.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 11.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 12.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 13.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 14.
| The Budos Band | III | Daptone | | 15.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 16.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 17.
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | | 18.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 19.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 20.
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | | 21.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 22.
| Jaill | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | | 23.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 24.
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | | 25.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 26.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 27.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 28.
| The Foxymorons | Bible Stories | Self-released | | 29.
| Noddy | Remora, Remora | Self-released | | 30.
| Mt St Helens Vietnam Band | Where the Messengers Meet | Dead Oceans | | 31.
| Tom Jones | Praise & Blame | Lost Highway | | 32.
| Holy Ghost! | Static on the Wire EP | DFA | | 33.
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | | 34.
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It! | Capitol | | 35.
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | | 36.
| These United States | What Lasts | United Interests | | 37.
| El Guincho | Piratas de Sudamerica | Young Turks/XL | | 38.
| Zola Jesus | Stridulum EP | Sacred Bones | | 39.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 40.
| Dirty Projectors & Bjork | Mount Wittenberg Orca | Self-released | | 41.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 42.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 43.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 44.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 45.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 46.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 47.
| Junip | Rope & Summit EP | Mute | | 48.
| Active Child | Curtis Lane EP | Filter US | | 49.
| Kele | The Boxer | Glassnote | | 50.
| Baths | Cerulean | Anticon | | 51.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 52.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 53.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 54.
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | | 55.
| Blue Giant | Blue Giant | Vanguard | | 56.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 57.
| Stornoway | Beachcomber's Windowsill | 4AD | | 58.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 59.
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | | 60.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | | 61.
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | | 62.
| The Gaslight Anthem | American Slang | Side One Dummy | | 63.
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | | 64.
| Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Sub Pop | | 65.
| The Goodnight Loving | The Goodnight Loving Supper Club | Dirtnap | | 66.
| Alex B | Moments | Elm&Oak | | 67.
| Scissor Sisters | Night Work | Downtown | | 68.
| Moresounds | SNAFU EP | Car Crash Set | | 69.
| Dean & Britta | 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests | Double Feature | | 70.
| Maps & Atlases | Perch Patchwork | Barsuk | | 71.
| Phosphorescent | Here's to Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 72.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 73.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 74.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 75.
| Guns For Radios | Losses and Gains | Rockin' Stan | | 76.
| J. Tillman | Singing Ax | Western Vinyl | | 77.
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | | 78.
| J. Roddy Walston and the Business | J. Roddy Walston and the Business | Vagrant | | 79.
| Sepalcure | Love Pressure EP | Hotflush | | 80.
| Your Skull My Closet | Let's Get Acquainted | Marriage Broker Ltd. | | 81.
| Dominant Legs | Young at Love and Life | Lefse | | 82.
| Mount Kimbie | Crooks & Lovers | Hotflush | | 83.
| The Devil Whale | Young Wives | Kilby | | 84.
| Colin Spring | Highballs for the Lowbrow | Self-released | | 85.
| Hollywood Gossip | Dear As Diamonds | Self-released | | 86.
| Cochemea Gastelum | The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow | MOWO! | | 87.
| Tender Trap | Dansette Dansette | Slumberland | | 88.
| Etran Finatawa | Tarkat Tajje/Let's Go! | Riverboat/World Music Network | | 89.
| Peter Case | Wig! | Yep Roc | | 90.
| Nina Nastasia | Outlaster | Fatcat |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 2.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 3.
| Wavves | King of the Beach | Fat Possum | | 4.
| Menomena | Mines | Barsuk | | 5.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 6.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 7.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 8.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 9.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 10.
| Wild Nothing | Gemini | Captured Tracks | | 11.
| Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP | Self-released | | 12.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 13.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 14.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 15.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 16.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 17.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 18.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 19.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 20.
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | | 21.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 22.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 23.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 24.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 25.
| Noddy | Remora, Remora | Self-released | | 26.
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | | 27.
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | | 28.
| Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Sub Pop | | 29.
| Panda Bear | Tomboy 7" | Paw Tracks | | 30.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 31.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 32.
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | | 33.
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It! | Capitol | | 34.
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | | 35.
| Dirty Projectors & Bjork | Mount Wittenberg Orca | Self-released | | 36.
| Blue Giant | Blue Giant | Vanguard | | 37.
| Homeboy Sandman | The Good Sun | High Water Music | | 38.
| Baths | Cerulean | Anticon | | 39.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 40.
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | | 41.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 42.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 43.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | | 44.
| Zola Jesus | Stridulum EP | Sacred Bones | | 45.
| Maps & Atlases | Perch Patchwork | Barsuk | | 46.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 47.
| FM Belfast | How to Make Friends | Kimi/World Champion | | 48.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 49.
| Guns For Radios | Losses and Gains | Rockin' Stan | | 50.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 51.
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- | | 52.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 53.
| Jaill | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | | 54.
| Active Child | Curtis Lane EP | Filter US | | 55.
| Dean & Britta | 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests | Double Feature | | 56.
| Lorn | Nothing Else | Brainfeeder | | 57.
| These United States | What Lasts | United Interests | | 58.
| Kele | The Boxer | Glassnote | | 59.
| Here We Go Magic | Pigeons | Secretly Canadian | | 60.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 61.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 62.
| Satchel | Heartaches and Honey | Self-released | | 63.
| Yuni in Taxco | EP | Self-released | | 64.
| Carissa's Weird | They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 | Hardly Art | | 65.
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 66.
| The Gaslight Anthem | American Slang | Side One Dummy | | 67.
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | | 68.
| Hollywood Gossip | Dear As Diamonds | Self-released | | 69.
| Starkey | Ear Drums and Black Holes | Planet Mu | | 70.
| Junip | Rope & Summit EP | Mute | | 71.
| Laurie Anderson | Homeland | Nonesuch | | 72.
| Ty Segall | Melted | Goner | | 73.
| Cochemea Gastelum | The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow | MOWO! | | 74.
| (Various) | PDX Pop Now! 2010 | PDX Pop Now! | | 75.
| Ratatat | LP4 | XL | | 76.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 77.
| To Rococo Rot | Speculation | Thrill Jockey | | 78.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 79.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 80.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 81.
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | | 82.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 83.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | | 84.
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | | 85.
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | | 86.
| The Goodnight Loving | The Goodnight Loving Supper Club | Dirtnap | | 87.
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | | 88.
| The Devil Whale | Young Wives | Kilby | | 89.
| Emeralds | Does It Look Like I'm Here | Editions Mego | | 90.
| Black Helicopter | Don't Fuck with the Apocalypse | Ecstatic Peace! |
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Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 2.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 3.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 4.
| Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty | Def Jam | | 5.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 6.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 7.
| M.I.A. | Maya | N.E.E.T./XL/Interscope | | 8.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 9.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 10.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 11.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 12.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 13.
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | | 14.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 15.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 16.
| Noddy | Remora, Remora | Self-released | | 17.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 18.
| Satchel | Heartaches and Honey | Self-released | | 19.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 20.
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | | 21.
| Baths | Cerulean | Anticon | | 22.
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | | 23.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 24.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 25.
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | | 26.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 27.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 28.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 29.
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon | | 30.
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 31.
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | | 32.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 33.
| Kele | The Boxer | Glassnote | | 34.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 35.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 36.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 37.
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | | 38.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 39.
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | | 40.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 41.
| (Various) | Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 | Soundway | | 42.
| Nina Nastasia | Outlaster | Fatcat | | 43.
| Admiral Radley | I Heart California | The Ship | | 44.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 45.
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | | 46.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 47.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 48.
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- | | 49.
| The Goodnight Loving | The Goodnight Loving Supper Club | Dirtnap | | 50.
| Trus'me | In the Red | Fat City/Prime Numbers | | 51.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 52.
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | | 53.
| Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Sub Pop | | 54.
| Active Child | Curtis Lane EP | Filter US | | 55.
| Shinyribs | Well After Awhile | Nine Mile | | 56.
| Maps & Atlases | Perch Patchwork | Barsuk | | 57.
| Alex B | Moments | Elm&Oak | | 58.
| Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse | Dark Night of the Soul | Capitol | | 59.
| (Various) | PDX Pop Now! 2010 | PDX Pop Now! | | 60.
| Homeboy Sandman | The Good Sun | High Water Music | | 61.
| FM Belfast | How to Make Friends | Kimi/World Champion | | 62.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 63.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 64.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 65.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 66.
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | | 67.
| The Gaslight Anthem | American Slang | Side One Dummy | | 68.
| Starkey | Ear Drums and Black Holes | Planet Mu | | 69.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 70.
| Jail | That's How We Burn | Sub Pop | | 71.
| These United States | What Lasts | United Interests | | 72.
| Etran Finatawa | Tarkat Tajje/Let's Go! | Riverboat/World Music Network | | 73.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Say No to Love | Slumberland | | 74.
| Ratatat | LP4 | XL | | 75.
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Dr Boondigga & the Big BW | The Drop | | 76.
| The Prids | Chronosynclastic | Velvet Blue | | 77.
| Laurie Anderson | Homeland | Nonesuch | | 78.
| Carissa's Weird | They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 | Hardly Art | | 79.
| Unbunny | Moon Food | A Hidden Agenda | | 80.
| (Soundtrack) | Eclipse | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic | | 81.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 82.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 83.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 84.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 85.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | | 86.
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | | 87.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 88.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | | 89.
| Junip | Rope & Summit EP | Mute | | 90.
| Ty Segall | Melted | Goner |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 2.
| School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Vagrant/Ghostly International | | 3.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 4.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 5.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 6.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 7.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 8.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 9.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 10.
| The Love Language | Libraries | Merge | | 11.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 12.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 13.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 14.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 15.
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | | 16.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 17.
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | | 18.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 19.
| Noddy | Remora, Remora | Self-released | | 20.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 21.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 22.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 23.
| Perfume Genius | Learning | Matador | | 24.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 25.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 26.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 27.
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | | 28.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 29.
| Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Sub Pop | | 30.
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | | 31.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 32.
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | | 33.
| Tender Trap | Dansette Dansette | Slumberland | | 34.
| Kele | The Boxer | Glassnote | | 35.
| FM Belfast | How to Make Friends | Kimi/World Champion | | 36.
| To Rococo Rot | Speculation | Thrill Jockey | | 37.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 38.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 39.
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | | 40.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 41.
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- | | 42.
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | | 43.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 44.
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | | 45.
| Active Child | Curtis Lane EP | Filter US | | 46.
| Blue Giant | Blue Giant | Vanguard | | 47.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 48.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 49.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 50.
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | | 51.
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon | | 52.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 53.
| The Gaslight Anthem | American Slang | Side One Dummy | | 54.
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | | 55.
| The Goodnight Loving | The Goodnight Loving Supper Club | Dirtnap | | 56.
| Starkey | Ear Drums and Black Holes | Planet Mu | | 57.
| Alejandro Escovedo | Street Songs of Love | Fantasy | | 58.
| Ty Segall | Melted | Goner | | 59.
| Junip | Rope & Summit EP | Mute | | 60.
| Dan Sartain | Lives | One Little Indian | | 61.
| Maps & Atlases | Perch Patchwork | Barsuk | | 62.
| Stars | The Five Ghosts | Vagrant | | 63.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 64.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 65.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 66.
| The Joy Formidable | A Balloon Called Moaning | Black Bell | | 67.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 68.
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 69.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 70.
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | | 71.
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | | 72.
| Rusty Willoughby | Cobirds Unite | Spark & Shine | | 73.
| Yuni In Taxco | EP | Self-released | | 74.
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | | 75.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | | 76.
| Trus'me | In the Red | Fat City/Prime Numbers | | 77.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 78.
| Laurie Anderson | Homeland | Nonesuch | | 79.
| (Various) | Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine | Oh Boy | | 80.
| Ratatat | LP4 | XL | | 81.
| Here We Go Magic | Pigeons | Secretly Canadian | | 82.
| Alex B | Moments | Elm&Oak | | 83.
| Casiokids | Topp Stemning Pa Lokal Bar | Polyvinyl | | 84.
| Light Pollution | Apparitions | Carpark | | 85.
| Jeremy Jay | Splash | K | | 86.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 87.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 88.
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | | 89.
| The Purrs | Tearing Down the Paisley Garden | Self-released | | 90.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 2.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 3.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 4.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 5.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 6.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 7.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 8.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 9.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 10.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 11.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 12.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 13.
| The Capstan Shafts | Revelation Skirts | Rainbow Quartz | | 14.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 15.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 16.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 17.
| Unbunny | Moon Food | A Hidden Agenda | | 18.
| The Roots | How I Got Over | Def Jam | | 19.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 20.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 21.
| Scuba | Triangulation | Hotflush | | 22.
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | | 23.
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | | 24.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 25.
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | | 26.
| Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Sub Pop | | 27.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 28.
| The Purrs | Tearing Down the Paisley Garden | Self-released | | 29.
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | | 30.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 31.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 32.
| Vieux Farka Toure | Live | Six Degrees | | 33.
| Stars | The Five Ghosts | Vagrant | | 34.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | | 35.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 36.
| Yuni In Taxco | EP | Self-released | | 37.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 38.
| Active Child | Curtis Lane EP | Filter US | | 39.
| Steve Mason | Boys Outside | Domino | | 40.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 41.
| The Goodnight Loving | The Goodnight Loving Supper Club | Dirtnap | | 42.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 43.
| Starkey | Ear Drums and Black Holes | Planet Mu | | 44.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 45.
| Black Helicopter | Don't Fuck With the Apocalypse | Ecstatic Peace! | | 46.
| Maps & Atlases | Perch Patchwork | Barsuk | | 47.
| Alex B | Moments | Elm&Oak | | 48.
| Here We Go Magic | Pigeons | Secretly Canadian | | 49.
| Casiokids | Topp Stemning Pa Lokal Bar | Polyvinyl | | 50.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 51.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | | 52.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 53.
| Trus'me | In the Red | Fat City/Prime Numbers | | 54.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 55.
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | | 56.
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | | 57.
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | | 58.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 59.
| Alejandro Escovedo | Street Songs of Love | Fantasy | | 60.
| Ty Segall | Melted | Goner | | 61.
| Fat Freddy's Drop | Dr Boondigga & the Big BW | The Drop | | 62.
| Hot Hot Heat | Future Breeds | Dangerbird | | 63.
| Kele | The Boxer | Glassnote | | 64.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 65.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 66.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 67.
| Devo | Something For Everybody | Warner Bros. | | 68.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 69.
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 70.
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | | 71.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 72.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. EP | Self-released | | 73.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 74.
| Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse | Dark Night of the Soul | Capitol | | 75.
| The Prids | Chronosynclastic | Velvet Blue | | 76.
| Laurie Anderson | Homeland | Nonesuch | | 77.
| Ratatat | LP4 | XL | | 78.
| Etran Finatawa | Tarkat Tajje/Let's Go! | Riverboat/World Music Network | | 79.
| Stereo Total | Baby Ouh! | Kill Rock Stars | | 80.
| Deer Tick | The Black Dirt Sessions | Partisan | | 81.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Say No To Love | Slumberland | | 82.
| Band of Horses | Infinite Arms | Columbia | | 83.
| The Joy Formidable | A Balloon Called Moaning | Black Bell | | 84.
| CocoRosie | Grey Oceans | Sub Pop | | 85.
| The Pinker Tones | Modular | Nacional | | 86.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 87.
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | | 88.
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | | 89.
| Splatinum | Love For Those Hustlers EP | Bass Drop Music/Street Ritual | | 90.
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| The Chemical Brothers | Further | Astralwerks | | 2.
| Tame Impala | InnerSpeaker | Modular | | 3.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 4.
| Orgone | Cali Fever | Ubiquity | | 5.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 6.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 7.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 8.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 9.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 10.
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | | 11.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 12.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 13.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 14.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 15.
| Trentemoller | Into the Great Wide Yonder | In My Room | | 16.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 17.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 18.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 19.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 20.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 21.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 22.
| Sky Parade | Intoxicated | Custom Made | | 23.
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 24.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 25.
| Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Sub Pop | | 26.
| Stars | The Five Ghosts | Vagrant | | 27.
| Ratatat | LP4 | XL | | 28.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 29.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 30.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 31.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 32.
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | | 33.
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | | 34.
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | | 35.
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | | 36.
| Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse | Dark Night of the Soul | Capitol | | 37.
| Tender Trap | Dansette Dansette | Slumberland | | 38.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Say No To Love | Slumberland | | 39.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 40.
| The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Self-released | | 41.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | | 42.
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | | 43.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 44.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 45.
| Lindstrom & Christabelle | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound | | 46.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 47.
| Kele | The Boxer | Glassnote | | 48.
| Light Pollution | Apparitions | Carpark | | 49.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 50.
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | | 51.
| Yuni In Taxco | EP | Self-released | | 52.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 53.
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon | | 54.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 55.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 56.
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | | 57.
| Trus'me | In the Red | Fat City/Prime Numbers | | 58.
| Alejandro Escovedo | Street Songs of Love | Fantasy | | 59.
| The Prids | Chronosynclastic | Velvet Blue | | 60.
| Junip | Rope & Summit EP | Mute | | 61.
| Steve Mason | Boys Outside | Domino | | 62.
| The Pinker Tones | Modular | Nacional | | 63.
| (Soundtrack) | Eclipse | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic | | 64.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 65.
| CocoRosie | Grey Oceans | Sub Pop | | 66.
| Gorillaz | Plastlic Beach | Virgin | | 67.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 68.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 69.
| The Purrs | Tearing Down the Paisley Garden | Self-released | | 70.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 71.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 72.
| The Gaslight Anthem | American Slang | Side One Dummy | | 73.
| Starkey | Ear Drums and Black Holes | Planet Mu | | 74.
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | | 75.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | | 76.
| Jamie Lidell | Compass | Warp | | 77.
| Ty Segall | Melted | Goner | | 78.
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp | | 79.
| Deer Tick | The Black Dirt Sessions | Partisan | | 80.
| FM Belfast | How To Make Friends | Kimi/World Champion | | 81.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 82.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 83.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 84.
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | | 85.
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | | 86.
| Unbunny | Moon Food | A Hidden Agenda | | 87.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. EP | Self-released | | 88.
| S | I'm Not As Good At It As You | Own | | 89.
| J.Pinder | Code Red EP | Self-released | | 90.
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 2.
| Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Sub Pop | | 3.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 4.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 5.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 6.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 7.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 8.
| The Drums | The Drums | Downtown | | 9.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 10.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 11.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 12.
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | | 13.
| The Moondoggies | You'll Find No Answers Here | Hardly Art | | 14.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 15.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 16.
| Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Mom + Pop | | 17.
| Stars | The Five Ghosts | Vagrant | | 18.
| Teenage Fanclub | Shadows | Merge | | 19.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 20.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 21.
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | | 22.
| Suckers | Wild Smile | Frenchkiss | | 23.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 24.
| Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Sub Pop | | 25.
| Ratatat | LP4 | XL | | 26.
| State of the Artist | SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness | Members Only | | 27.
| Math and Physics Club | I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do | Matinee | | 28.
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | | 29.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 30.
| Jamie Lidell | Compass | Warp | | 31.
| Tony Allen | Secret Agent | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 32.
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge | | 33.
| Junip | Rope & Summit EP | Mute | | 34.
| Delorean | Subiza | True Panther | | 35.
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | | 36.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 37.
| Lindsay Fuller | The Last Light I See | Self-released | | 38.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | | 39.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 40.
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- | | 41.
| The Gaslight Anthem | American Slang | Side One Dummy | | 42.
| Lindstrom & Christabelle | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound | | 43.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 44.
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 45.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. EP | Self-released | | 46.
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | | 47.
| Trus'me | In the Red | Fat City/Prime Numbers | | 48.
| Keepaway | Baby Style | Lefse | | 49.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 50.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 51.
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp | | 52.
| Band of Horses | Infinite Arms | Columbia | | 53.
| Chico Trujillo | Chico de Oro | Barbes | | 54.
| Deer Tick | The Black Dirt Sessions | Partisan | | 55.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 56.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 57.
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | | 58.
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | | 59.
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | | 60.
| S | I'm Not As Good At It As You | Own | | 61.
| The Purrs | Tearing Down the Paisley Garden | Self-released | | 62.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 63.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 64.
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon | | 65.
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | | 66.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Say No To Love | Slumberland | | 67.
| Grupo Fantasma | El Existential | National Geographic | | 68.
| Stereo Total | Baby Ouh! | Kill Rock Stars | | 69.
| The Prids | Chronosynclastic | Velvet Blue | | 70.
| Small Black | Small Black EP | Jagjaguwar | | 71.
| Neverever | Angelic Swells | Slumberland | | 72.
| The Pernice Brothers | Goodbye, Killer | Ashmont | | 73.
| Nada Surf | If I Had A Hi-Fi | Mardev | | 74.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 75.
| MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia | | 76.
| Jeremy Jay | Splash | K | | 77.
| Take | Only Mountain | Alpha Pup | | 78.
| (Soundtrack) | Eclipse | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic | | 79.
| Gorillaz | Plastlic Beach | Virgin | | 80.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 81.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 82.
| Ships | Compulstory Listening | Self-released | | 83.
| Unbunny | Moon Food | A Hidden Agenda | | 84.
| Shake Some Action! | Fire and Ice | Satellite 451 | | 85.
| Vitamin D | Born Day EP | Self-released | | 86.
| The Satellite 4 | Call Your Girl | Soul Union | | 87.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 88.
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | | 89.
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 90.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 2.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 3.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 4.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 5.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 6.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 7.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 9.
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | | 10.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 11.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 12.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 13.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 14.
| Delorean | Subiza | True Panther | | 15.
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 16.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 17.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 18.
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | | 19.
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | | 20.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 21.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 22.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 23.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 24.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 25.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 26.
| Lindstrom & Christabelle | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound | | 27.
| Band of Horses | Infinite Arms | Columbia | | 28.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 29.
| Ships | Compulstory Listening | Self-released | | 30.
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | | 31.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | | 32.
| The Purrs | Tearing Down the Paisley Garden | Self-released | | 33.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 34.
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 35.
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- | | 36.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 37.
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | | 38.
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | | 39.
| Tony Allen | Secret Agent | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 40.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 41.
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp | | 42.
| Ty Segall | Melted | Goner | | 43.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 44.
| S | I'm Not As Good At It As You | Own | | 45.
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | | 46.
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | | 47.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 48.
| Stars | The Five Ghosts | Vagrant | | 49.
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | | 50.
| Jamie Lidell | Compass | Warp | | 51.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | | 52.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 53.
| Rachid Taha | Bonjour | Knitting Factory | | 54.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Say No To Love | Slumberland | | 55.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 56.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 57.
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | | 58.
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | | 59.
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | | 60.
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | | 61.
| Stereo Total | Baby Ouh! | Kill Rock Stars | | 62.
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon | | 63.
| Small Black | Small Black EP | Jagjaguwar | | 64.
| FM Belfast | How To Make Friends | Kimi/World Champion | | 65.
| Lali Puna | Our Inventions | Morr | | 66.
| Sleepy Sun | Fever | ATP | | 67.
| Nada Surf | If I Had A Hi-Fi | Mardev | | 68.
| CocoRosie | Grey Oceans | Sub Pop | | 69.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 70.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. EP | Self-released | | 71.
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | | 72.
| The Joy Formidable | A Balloon Called Moaning | Black Bell | | 73.
| Deer Tick | The Black Dirt Sessions | Partisan | | 74.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 75.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 76.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 77.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 78.
| MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia | | 79.
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | | 80.
| Unbunny | Moon Food | A Hidden Agenda | | 81.
| Yuni in Taxco | EP | Self-released | | 82.
| The Satellite 4 | Call Your Girl | Soul Union | | 83.
| Vitamin D | Born Day EP | Self-released | | 84.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 85.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 86.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 87.
| Neverever | Angelic Swells | Slumberland | | 88.
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | | 89.
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon for Breakfast | Ample Play | | 90.
| Free Energy | Stuck on Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 2.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 3.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 4.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 5.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 6.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 7.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 9.
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | | 10.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 11.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 12.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 13.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 14.
| Delorean | Subiza | True Panther | | 15.
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 16.
| Mash Hall | They La Soul | Self-released | | 17.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 18.
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | | 19.
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | | 20.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 21.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 22.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 23.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 24.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 25.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 26.
| Lindstrom & Christabelle | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound | | 27.
| Band of Horses | Infinite Arms | Columbia | | 28.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 29.
| Ships | Compulstory Listening | Self-released | | 30.
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | | 31.
| The Physics | Three Piece EP | Self-released | | 32.
| The Purrs | Tearing Down the Paisley Garden | Self-released | | 33.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 34.
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 35.
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- | | 36.
| Crash City Saints | Glow in the Dark Music | Quince | | 37.
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | | 38.
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | | 39.
| Tony Allen | Secret Agent | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 40.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 41.
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp | | 42.
| Ty Segall | Melted | Goner | | 43.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 44.
| S | I'm Not As Good At It As You | Own | | 45.
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | | 46.
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | | 47.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 48.
| Stars | The Five Ghosts | Vagrant | | 49.
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | | 50.
| Jamie Lidell | Compass | Warp | | 51.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | | 52.
| Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today | 4AD | | 53.
| Rachid Taha | Bonjour | Knitting Factory | | 54.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Say No To Love | Slumberland | | 55.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 56.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 57.
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | | 58.
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | | 59.
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | | 60.
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | | 61.
| Stereo Total | Baby Ouh! | Kill Rock Stars | | 62.
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon | | 63.
| Small Black | Small Black EP | Jagjaguwar | | 64.
| FM Belfast | How To Make Friends | Kimi/World Champion | | 65.
| Lali Puna | Our Inventions | Morr | | 66.
| Sleepy Sun | Fever | ATP | | 67.
| Nada Surf | If I Had A Hi-Fi | Mardev | | 68.
| CocoRosie | Grey Oceans | Sub Pop | | 69.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 70.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. EP | Self-released | | 71.
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | | 72.
| The Joy Formidable | A Balloon Called Moaning | Black Bell | | 73.
| Deer Tick | The Black Dirt Sessions | Partisan | | 74.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 75.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 76.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 77.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 78.
| MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia | | 79.
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | | 80.
| Unbunny | Moon Food | A Hidden Agenda | | 81.
| Yuni in Taxco | EP | Self-released | | 82.
| The Satellite 4 | Call Your Girl | Soul Union | | 83.
| Vitamin D | Born Day EP | Self-released | | 84.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 85.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 86.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 87.
| Neverever | Angelic Swells | Slumberland | | 88.
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | | 89.
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon for Breakfast | Ample Play | | 90.
| Free Energy | Stuck on Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 2.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 3.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 4.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 5.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 6.
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland | | 7.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 8.
| Damien Jurado | Saint Bartlett | Secretly Canadian | | 9.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 10.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 11.
| Ceremony | Rocket Fire | Killer Pimp | | 12.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 13.
| See Me River | The One That Got A Wake | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' | | 14.
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | | 15.
| Band of Horses | Infinite Arms | Columbia | | 16.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 17.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 18.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 19.
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | | 20.
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | Anti- | | 21.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 22.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 23.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 24.
| Jamie Lidell | Compass | Warp | | 25.
| S | I'm Not As Good At It As You | Own | | 26.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 27.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 28.
| Foals | Total Life Forever | Sub Pop | | 29.
| Delorean | Subiza | True Panther | | 30.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 31.
| Lindstrom & Christabelle | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound | | 32.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 33.
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | | 34.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 35.
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | | 36.
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | | 37.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 38.
| Nada Surf | If I Had A Hi-Fi | Mardev | | 39.
| The Joy Formidable | A Balloon Called Moaning | Black Bell | | 40.
| Born Anchors | Colorize the Grey | Self-released | | 41.
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | | 42.
| The Purrs | Tearing Down the Paisley Garden | Self-released | | 43.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 44.
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | | 45.
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 46.
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | | 47.
| Stereo Total | Baby Ouh! | Kill Rock Stars | | 48.
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Say No To Love | Slumberland | | 49.
| Rachid Taha | Bonjour | Knitting Factory | | 50.
| Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer | Amsterdam Throwdown, King Street Showdown! | Bronzerat | | 51.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 52.
| Explone | Dreamers/Lovers | Self-released | | 53.
| The Satellite 4 | Call Your Girl | Soul Union | | 54.
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | | 55.
| The Depreciation Guild | Spirit Youth | Kanine | | 56.
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | | 57.
| Harlem | Hippies | Matador | | 58.
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | | 59.
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon for Breakfast | Ample Play | | 60.
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp | | 61.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 62.
| CocoRosie | Grey Oceans | Sub Pop | | 63.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 64.
| Jack Wilson | Jack Wilson | Self-released | | 65.
| OC Notes | Dap Confuser | Self-released | | 66.
| Ships | Compulstory Listening | Self-released | | 67.
| Vitamin D | Born Day EP | Self-released | | 68.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 69.
| The Poison Control Center | Sad Sour Future | Afternoon | | 70.
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | | 71.
| Sam Amidon | I See the Sign | Bedroom Community | | 72.
| Tony Allen | Secret Agent | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 73.
| Wooden Shjips | Vol. 2 | Sick Thirst | | 74.
| The Sadies | Darker Circles | Yep Roc | | 75.
| Chico Trujillo | Chico de Oro | Barbes | | 76.
| The Lodger | Flashbacks | Slumberland | | 77.
| (Various) | Casual Nostalgia Fest | Sub Pop | | 78.
| Small Black | Small Black EP | Jagjaguwar | | 79.
| (Various) | Horizon Line/Ghostly By Night | Ghostly International | | 80.
| The Mynabirds | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood | Saddle Creek | | 81.
| Free Energy | Stuck on Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | | 82.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 83.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 84.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 85.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 86.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 87.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 88.
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | | 89.
| Unbunny | Moon Food | A Hidden Agenda | | 90.
| Macklemore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. EP | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 2.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 3.
| Holy Fuck | Latin | XL | | 4.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 5.
| LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | DFA/Virgin | | 6.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 7.
| Club 8 | The People's Record | Labrador | | 8.
| The Redwood Plan | Racing Toward the Heartbreak | Fish the Cat | | 9.
| Woods | At Echo Lake | Woodsist | | 10.
| Tobacco | Maniac Meat | Anticon | | 11.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 12.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 13.
| Jamie Lidell | Compass | Warp | | 14.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 15.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 16.
| Sleigh Bells | Treats | Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | | 17.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 18.
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | | 19.
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | | 20.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 21.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 22.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 23.
| Sage Francis | Li(f)e | Anti- | | 24.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 25.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 26.
| Mackelmore x Ryan Lewis | The Vs. EP | Self-released | | 27.
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | | 28.
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | | 29.
| Lindstrom & Christabelle | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound | | 30.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 31.
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 32.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 33.
| Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer | Amsterdam Throwdown, King Street Showdown! | Bronzerat | | 34.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 35.
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch | | 36.
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | | 37.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 38.
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | | 39.
| Delorean | Subiza | True Panther | | 40.
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | | 41.
| The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 42.
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp | | 43.
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop | | 44.
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | | 45.
| Gabriel Mintz | Volume One | Self-released | | 46.
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 47.
| Free Energy | Stuck On Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | | 48.
| The Mynabirds | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood | Saddle Creek | | 49.
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | | 50.
| Nada Surf | If I Had A Hi-Fi | Mardev | | 51.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 52.
| Jahcoozi | Barefoot Wanderer | Bpitch Control | | 53.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 54.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 55.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 56.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 57.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | | 58.
| Ships | Compulstory Listening | Self-released | | 59.
| The Satellite 4 | Call Your Girl | Soul Union | | 60.
| Absolute Monarchs | Absolute Monarchs | Self-released | | 61.
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward a Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | | 62.
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | | 63.
| Clorofila | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | | 64.
| Sam Amidon | I See the Sign | Bedroom Community | | 65.
| Harlem | Hippies | Matador | | 66.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | | 67.
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | | 68.
| Balkan Beat Box | Blue Eyed Black Boy | National Geographic | | 69.
| Pretty Lights | Making Up A Changing Mind | Self-released | | 70.
| (Various) | Casual Nostalgia Fest | Sub Pop | | 71.
| Let's Wrestle | In the Court of Wrestling Let's | Merge | | 72.
| Tony Allen | Secret Agent | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 73.
| The Lodger | Flashbacks | Slumberland | | 74.
| Small Black | Small Black EP | Jagjaguwar | | 75.
| Annuals | Sweet Sister | Banter | | 76.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 77.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 78.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 79.
| S | I'm Not As Good At It As You | Own | | 80.
| OC Notes | Dap Confuser | Self-released | | 81.
| Shake Some Action! | Fire and Ice | Satellite 451 | | 82.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 83.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 84.
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | | 85.
| (Various) | Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura | Brownswood | | 86.
| Jason & the Scorchers | Haly | Courageous Chicken | | 87.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 88.
| Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | Anti- | | 89.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 90.
| (Various) | Absolute Belter | B-Music |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 2.
| Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (II) | Fiction | | 3.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 4.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 5.
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador | | 6.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 7.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 8.
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | | 9.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 10.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 11.
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | | 12.
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | | 13.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 14.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 15.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 16.
| The National | High Violet | 4AD | | 17.
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 18.
| Lindstrom & Christabelle | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound | | 19.
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | | 20.
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Warp | | 21.
| Pearly Gate Music | Pearly Gate Music | Barsuk | | 22.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 23.
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward a Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | | 24.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 25.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 26.
| The Mynabirds | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood | Saddle Creek | | 27.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 28.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | | 29.
| Clorofila | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | | 30.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 31.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 32.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Nina | | 33.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 34.
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | | 35.
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | | 36.
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | | 37.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 38.
| Harlem | Hippies | Matador | | 39.
| Male Bonding | Nothing Hurts | Sub Pop | | 40.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 41.
| (Various) | Casual Nostalgia Fest | Sub Pop | | 42.
| The Besnard Lakes | The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night | Jagjaguwar | | 43.
| UNKLE | Where Did the Night Fall | Surrender All | | 44.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 45.
| S | I'm Not As Good At It As You | Own | | 46.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 47.
| Pretty Lights | Making Up A Changing Mind | Self-released | | 48.
| Balkan Beat Box | Blue Eyed Black Boy | National Geographic | | 49.
| (Various) | Horizon Line/Ghostly By Night | Ghostly International | | 50.
| OC Notes | Dap Confuser | Self-released | | 51.
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | | 52.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 53.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 54.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 55.
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | | 56.
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | | 57.
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon for Breakfast | Ample Play | | 58.
| Delorean | Subiza | True Panther | | 59.
| Twinkranes | Spektrum Theatre Snakes | B-Music | | 60.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 61.
| Wooden Shjips | Vol. 2 | Sick Thirst | | 62.
| Tony Allen | Secret Agent | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 63.
| MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia | | 64.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 65.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 66.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 67.
| J.Pinder | Code Red EP | Self-released | | 68.
| Shake Some Action! | Fire and Ice | Satellite 451 | | 69.
| Vitamin D | Born Day EP | Self-released | | 70.
| Sam Amidon | I See the Sign | Bedroom Community | | 71.
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 72.
| Roky Erickson with Okkervil River | True Love Cast Out All Evil | Anti- | | 73.
| The Sadies | Darker Circles | Yep Roc | | 74.
| Typhoon | Hunger & Thirst | Tender Loving Empire | | 75.
| Jason & the Scorchers | Halcyon Times | Courageous Chicken | | 76.
| Small Black | Small Black EP | Jagjaguwar | | 77.
| The Lodger | Flashbacks | Slumberland | | 78.
| Black Francis | Nonstoperotik | Cooking Vinyl | | 79.
| Nada Surf | If I Had A Hi-Fi | Mardev | | 80.
| Archie Bronson Outfit | Coconut | Domino | | 81.
| Gotan Project | Tango 3.0 | XL | | 82.
| Annuals | Sweet Sister | Banter | | 83.
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | | 84.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 85.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 86.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 87.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 88.
| Gabriel Mintz | Volume One | Self-released | | 89.
| Foscil | Residential | Journal of Popular Noise | | 90.
| The Globes | Sinter Songs | Manito |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 2.
| The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Vagrant | | 3.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 4.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 5.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 6.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 7.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 8.
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | Domino | | 9.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 10.
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | | 11.
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop | | 12.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 13.
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | | 14.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 15.
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | | 16.
| Nada Surf | If I Had A Hi-Fi | Mardev | | 17.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 18.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 19.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 20.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 21.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 22.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 23.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | | 24.
| Delorean | Subiza | Fool House | | 25.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 26.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 27.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 28.
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | | 29.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 30.
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | | 31.
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | | 32.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 33.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | | 34.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 35.
| Ravenna Woods | Demons and Lakes | Self-released | | 36.
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | | 37.
| Phosphorescent | Here's To Taking It Easy | Dead Oceans | | 38.
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | | 39.
| Balkan Beat Box | Blue Eyed Black Boy | National Geographic | | 40.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 41.
| Booka Shade | More! | Kammermeirer & Merziger | | 42.
| Gabriel Mintz | Volume One | Self-released | | 43.
| OC Notes | Dap Confuser | Self-released | | 44.
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 45.
| Sam Amidon | I See the Sign | Bedroom Community | | 46.
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | | 47.
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon for Breakfast | Ample Play | | 48.
| Harlem | Hippies | Matador | | 49.
| (Various) | Casual Nostalgia Fest | Sub Pop | | 50.
| Free Energy | Stuck On Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | | 51.
| (Various) | Nigeria Special: Volume 2 Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 | Soundway | | 52.
| Archie Bronson Outfit | Coconut | Domino | | 53.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 54.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 55.
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | | 56.
| Clorofila | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | | 57.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 58.
| Tanlines | Settings | True Panther | | 59.
| Let's Wrestle | In the Court of the Wrestling Let's | Merge | | 60.
| Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | Anti- | | 61.
| Black Tambourine | Black Tambourine | Slumberland | | 62.
| MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia | | 63.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 64.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 65.
| UNKLE | Where Did the Night Fall | Surrender All | | 66.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 67.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 68.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 69.
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward a Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | | 70.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 71.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 72.
| Quadron | Quadron | Plug Research | | 73.
| Strange Boys | Be Brave | In the Red | | 74.
| Pretty Lights | Making Up A Changing Mind | Self-released | | 75.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 76.
| Mux Mool | Skulltaste | Ghostly International | | 77.
| Horse Feathers | Thistled Spring | Kill Rock Stars | | 78.
| Mark Sultan | $ | Last Gang | | 79.
| Two Door Cinema Club | Tourist History | Glassnote | | 80.
| Secret Cities | Pink Graffiti | Western Vinyl | | 81.
| (Various) | Horizon Line/Ghostly By Night | Ghostly International | | 82.
| Twinkranes | Spektrum Theatre Snakes | B-Music | | 83.
| Stanton Moore | Groove Alchemy | Telarc | | 84.
| Lali Puna | Our Inventions | Morr | | 85.
| Wooden Shjips | Vol. 2 | Sick Thirst | | 86.
| Mulatu Astatke | Mulatu Steps Ahead | Strut | | 87.
| The Lodger | Flashbacks | Slumberland | | 88.
| Gotan Project | Tango 3.0 | XL | | 89.
| What What Now | Fingers & Toes | Self-released | | 90.
| J.Pinder | Code Red EP | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 2.
| Head Like A Kite | Dreams Suspend Night | Self-released | | 3.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 4.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 5.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 6.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 7.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 8.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 9.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 10.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 11.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 12.
| Delorean | Subiza | Fool House | | 13.
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | | 14.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 15.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 16.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 17.
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | | 18.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 19.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 20.
| The Radio Dept. | Clinging To A Scheme | Labrador | | 21.
| Dark Time Sunshine | Vessel | Fake Four Inc. | | 22.
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 23.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 24.
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | | 25.
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | | 26.
| Balkan Beat Box | Blue Eyed Black Boy | National Geographic | | 27.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 28.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 29.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 30.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 31.
| OC Notes | Dap Confuser | Self-released | | 32.
| Gabriel Mintz | Volume One | Self-released | | 33.
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | | 34.
| The Henry Clay People | Somewhere on the Golden Coast | tbd | | 35.
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | | 36.
| (Various) | Casual Nostalgia Fest | Sub Pop | | 37.
| Secret Cities | Pink Graffiti | Western Vinyl | | 38.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 39.
| UNKLE | Where Did the Night Fall | Surrender All | | 40.
| Free Energy | Stuck On Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | | 41.
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | | 42.
| Tanlines | Settings | True Panther | | 43.
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | | 44.
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & the Cairo Gang | The Wonder Show of the World | Drag City | | 45.
| Trampled By Turtles | Palomino | Banjodad/Thirty Tigers | | 46.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 47.
| Black Tambourine | Black Tambourine | Slumberland | | 48.
| Shake Some Action! | Fire and Ice | Satellite 451 | | 49.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 50.
| Absolute Monarchs | Absolute Monarchs | Self-released | | 51.
| Harlem | Hippies | Matador | | 52.
| Clorofila | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | | 53.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | | 54.
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon for Breakfast | Ample Play | | 55.
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop | | 56.
| Mux Mool | Skulltaste | Ghostly International | | 57.
| The Besnard Lakes | The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night | Jagjaguwar | | 58.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 59.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | | 60.
| Horse Feathers | Thistled Spring | Kill Rock Stars | | 61.
| Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | Anti- | | 62.
| Archie Bronson Outfit | Coconut | Domino | | 63.
| Gotan Project | Tango 3.0 | XL | | 64.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 65.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 66.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 67.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 68.
| What What Now | Fingers & Toes | Self-released | | 69.
| Quadron | Quadron | Plug Research | | 70.
| Sam Amidon | I See the Sign | Bedroom Community | | 71.
| Let's Wrestle | In the Court of the Wrestling Let's | Merge | | 72.
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | | 73.
| Two Door Cinema Club | Tourist History | Glassnote | | 74.
| Wooden Shjips | Vol. 2 | Sick Thirst | | 75.
| Tony Allen | Secret Agent | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 76.
| MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia | | 77.
| Trombone Shorty | Backatown | Verve Forecast | | 78.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 79.
| Tunng | And Then We Saw Land | Thrill Jockey | | 80.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 81.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 82.
| Foscil | Residential | Journal of Popular Noise | | 83.
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward a Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | | 84.
| The Globes | Sinter Songs | Manito | | 85.
| Splatinum | Der Schplatzl 2010 | Daly City | | 86.
| Blunt Mechanic | World Record | Barsuk | | 87.
| Solvents | Madonica | Self-released | | 88.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 89.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 90.
| Pretty Lights | Making Up A Changing Mind | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 2.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 3.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 4.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 5.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 6.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 7.
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | | 8.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 9.
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh | Universal Motown | | 10.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 11.
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | | 12.
| Ana Tijoux | 1977 | Nacional | | 13.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 14.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 15.
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin | | 16.
| Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Arts & Crafts | | 17.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 18.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 19.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 20.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 21.
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop | | 22.
| Delorean | Subiza | Fool House | | 23.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 24.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 25.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 26.
| Future Islands | In Evening Air | Thrill Jockey | | 27.
| (Various) | Casual Nostalgia Fest | Sub Pop | | 28.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 29.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 30.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 31.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 32.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 33.
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon for Breakfast | Ample Play | | 34.
| Tanlines | Settings | True Panther | | 35.
| Sam Amidon | I See the Sign | Bedroom Community | | 36.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 37.
| (Various) | Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura | Brownswood | | 38.
| High Places | High Places vs. Mankind | Thrill Jockey | | 39.
| Horse Feathers | Thistled Spring | Kill Rock Stars | | 40.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 41.
| Unnatural Helpers | Cracked Love & Other Drugs | Hardly Art | | 42.
| Gabriel Mintz | Volume One | Self-released | | 43.
| What What Now | Fingers & Toes | Self-released | | 44.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 45.
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 46.
| Pretty Lights | Making Up A Changing Mind | Self-released | | 47.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | | 48.
| Strange Boys | Be Brave | In the Red | | 49.
| These New Puritans | Hidden | Domino | | 50.
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | | 51.
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | | 52.
| Roky Erickson with Okkervil River | True Love Cast Out All Evil | Anti- | | 53.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 54.
| Black Tambourine | Black Tambourine | Slumberland | | 55.
| Holly Miranda | The Magician's Private Library | XL | | 56.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 57.
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward a Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | | 58.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 59.
| The Globes | Sinter Songs | Manito | | 60.
| Foscil | Residential | Journal of Popular Noise | | 61.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 62.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 63.
| Clorofila | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | | 64.
| Harlem | Hippies | Matador | | 65.
| Balkan Beat Box | Blue Eyed Black Boy | National Geographic | | 66.
| Let's Wrestle | In the Court of the Wrestling Let's | Merge | | 67.
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | | 68.
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop | | 69.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | | 70.
| MGMT | Congratulations | Columbia | | 71.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 72.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 73.
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | | 74.
| Absolute Monarchs | Absolute Monarchs | Self-released | | 75.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 76.
| Disappears | Lux | Kranky | | 77.
| Kings Go Forth | The Outsiders Are Back | Luaka Bop | | 78.
| LoneLady | Nerve Up | Warp | | 79.
| Mark Sultan | $ | Last Gang | | 80.
| The Besnard Lakes | The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night | Jagjaguwar | | 81.
| Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | Anti- | | 82.
| Archie Bronson Outfit | Coconut | Domino | | 83.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 84.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 85.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 86.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 87.
| She & Him | Volume Two | Merge | | 88.
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | | 89.
| Quadron | Quadron | Plug Research | | 90.
| Jason & the Scorchers | Halcyon Times | Courageous Chicken |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 2.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 3.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 4.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 5.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 6.
| Victor Shade | Victor Shade | Self-released | | 7.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 8.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 9.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 10.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 11.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 12.
| Caribou | Swim | Merge | | 13.
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | | 14.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 15.
| Tanlines | Settings | True Panther | | 16.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 17.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 18.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 19.
| The Secret History | The World That Never Was | Le Grand Magistery | | 20.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 21.
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | | 22.
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 23.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 24.
| Cornershop | Judy Sucks A Lemon for Breakfast | Ample Play | | 25.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 26.
| Balkan Beat Box | Blue Eyed Black Boy | National Geographic | | 27.
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | | 28.
| Sam Amidon | I See the Sign | Bedroom Community | | 29.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 30.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 31.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 32.
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | | 33.
| These New Puritans | Hidden | Domino | | 34.
| LoneLady | Nerve Up | Warp | | 35.
| Wooden Shjips | Vol. 2 | Sick Thirst | | 36.
| Black Tambourine | Black Tambourine | Slumberland | | 37.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 38.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 39.
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward a Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | | 40.
| Foscil | Residential | Journal of Popular Noise | | 41.
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | | 42.
| Title Tracks | It Was Easy | Ernest Jenning Recording Co. | | 43.
| Clorofila | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | | 44.
| Free Energy | Stuck On Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | | 45.
| Caetano Veloso | zii e zie | Nonesuch | | 46.
| Serena Maneesh | #2: Abyss in B Minor | 4AD | | 47.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | | 48.
| Kasper Bjorke | Standing On Top of Utopia | HFN | | 49.
| Gabriel Mintz | Volume One | Self-released | | 50.
| Harlem | Hippies | Matador | | 51.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 52.
| Quadron | Quadron | Plug Research | | 53.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | | 54.
| Pretty Lights | Making Up A Changing Mind | Self-released | | 55.
| Shearwater | The Golden Archipelago | Matador | | 56.
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Daq Shaq | | 57.
| Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs | Medicine County | Transdreamer | | 58.
| The Besnard Lakes | The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night | Jagjaguwar | | 59.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 60.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 61.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 62.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 63.
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | | 64.
| Absolute Monarchs | Absolute Monarchs | Self-released | | 65.
| The Graze | Give/Sell | J Shirt | | 66.
| THEESatisfaction | Loves the Sa-Ra Creative Partners | Self-released | | 67.
| My Robot Friend | Soft-Core | Double Feature | | 68.
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | | 69.
| Let's Wrestle | In the Court of the Wrestling Let's | Merge | | 70.
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop | | 71.
| Liars | Sisterworld | Mute | | 72.
| High Places | High Places vs. Mankind | Thrill Jockey | | 73.
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & the Cairo Gang | The Wonder Show of the World | Drag City | | 74.
| Rafter | Animal Feelings | Asthmatic Kitty | | 75.
| Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | Anti- | | 76.
| Mulatu Astatke | Mulatu Steps Ahead | Strut | | 77.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 78.
| Holly Miranda | The Magician's Private Library | XL | | 79.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 80.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 81.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 82.
| Hoquiam | Hoquiam | St. Ives | | 83.
| Cock & Swan | Unrecognize | Dandelion Gold | | 84.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 85.
| Strange Boys | Be Brave | In the Red | | 86.
| Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | American | | 87.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 88.
| The Mynabirds | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood | Saddle Creek | | 89.
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | | 90.
| Gospel Gossip | Drift | Guilt Ridden Pop |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 2.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 3.
| Jonsi | Go | XL | | 4.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 5.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 6.
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | | 7.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 8.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 9.
| Tanlines | Settings | True Panther | | 10.
| Clorofila | Corridos Urbanos | Nacional | | 11.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 12.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 13.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 14.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 15.
| High Places | High Places vs. Mankind | Thrill Jockey | | 16.
| Voyager One | Geography EP | Tokyoidaho | | 17.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 18.
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | | 19.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 20.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 21.
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone | | 22.
| Free Energy | Stuck On Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | | 23.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 24.
| LoneLady | Nerve Up | Warp | | 25.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 26.
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | | 27.
| Title Tracks | It Was Easy | Ernest Jenning Recording Co. | | 28.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 29.
| Foscil | Residential | Journal of Popular Noise | | 30.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 31.
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 32.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 33.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 34.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 35.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 36.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | | 37.
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | | 38.
| Strange Boys | Be Brave | In the Red | | 39.
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | | 40.
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | | 41.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 42.
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | | 43.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 44.
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward a Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | | 45.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 46.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 47.
| Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | American | | 48.
| Quadron | Quadron | Plug Research | | 49.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | | 50.
| Shearwater | The Golden Archipelago | Matador | | 51.
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | | 52.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | | 53.
| These New Puritans | Hidden | Domino | | 54.
| My Robot Friend | Soft-Core | Double Feature | | 55.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 56.
| Liars | Sisterworld | Mute | | 57.
| Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs | Medicine County | Transdreamer | | 58.
| Washed Out | Life of Leisure EP | Mexican Summer | | 59.
| (Various) | Afro-Rock Volume 1 | Strut | | 60.
| ent | Welcome Stranger | n5MD | | 61.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 62.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 63.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 64.
| Gabriel Mintz | Volume One | Self-released | | 65.
| Absolute Monarchs | Absolute Monarchs | Self-released | | 66.
| Quakers On Probation | Every Living Thing | Self-released | | 67.
| Nightmare Air | Nightmare Air | Self-released | | 68.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 69.
| Let's Wrestle | In the Court of the Wrestling Let's | Merge | | 70.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 71.
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | | 72.
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Daq Shaq | | 73.
| Deadstring Brothers | Sao Paulo | Bloodshot | | 74.
| Moon Duo | Escape | Woodsist | | 75.
| Gospel Gossip | Drift | Guilt Ridden Pop | | 76.
| (Various) | Nigeria Afrobeat Special | Soundway | | 77.
| Serena Maneesh | #2: Abyss in B Minor | 4AD | | 78.
| Gonjasufi | A Sufi and a Killer | Warp | | 79.
| Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | Anti- | | 80.
| Monster Movie | Everyone Is A Ghost | Graveface | | 81.
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | Strut | | 82.
| Galactic | ya-ka-may | Anti- | | 83.
| Holly Miranda | The Magician's Private Library | XL | | 84.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 85.
| Efterklang | Magic Chairs | 4AD | | 86.
| Hoquiam | Hoquiam | St. Ives | | 87.
| Splatinum | Der Schplatzl 2010 | Daly City | | 88.
| Miles Kurosky | The Desert of Shallow Effects | Majordomo | | 89.
| The Mynabirds | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood | Saddle Creek | | 90.
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 2.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 3.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 4.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 5.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 6.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 7.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 8.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 9.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 10.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 11.
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | | 12.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 13.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 14.
| Tanlines | Settings | True Panther | | 15.
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | | 16.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 17.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 18.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 19.
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | | 20.
| The White Stripes | Under Great White Northern Lights | Third Man/Warner Bros. | | 21.
| Love Is All | Two Thousand and Ten Injuries | Polyvinyl | | 22.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 23.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 24.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 25.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 26.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 27.
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | | 28.
| Title Tracks | It Was Easy | Ernest Jenning Recording Co. | | 29.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 30.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 31.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 32.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 33.
| LoneLady | Nerve Up | Warp | | 34.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 35.
| The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt | Dead Oceans | | 36.
| Galactic | ya-ka-may | Anti- | | 37.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 38.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | | 39.
| The Mynabirds | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood | Saddle Creek | | 40.
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop | | 41.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | | 42.
| Archie Bronson Outfit | Coconut | Domino | | 43.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 44.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 45.
| Quakers On Probation | Every Living Thing | Self-released | | 46.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 47.
| Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | American | | 48.
| Quadron | Quadron | Plug Research | | 49.
| Free Energy | Stuck On Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | | 50.
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | | 51.
| These New Puritans | Hidden | Domino | | 52.
| Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs | Medicine County | Transdreamer | | 53.
| Moon Duo | Escape | Woodsist | | 54.
| High Places | High Places vs. Mankind | Thrill Jockey | | 55.
| Liars | Sisterworld | Mute | | 56.
| (Various) | Nigeria Afrobeat Special | Soundway | | 57.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 58.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 59.
| Sleepy Eyes of Death | Toward a Damaged Horizon | Sleep Capsule | | 60.
| Splatinum | Der Schplatzl 2010 | Daly City | | 61.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 62.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 63.
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Daq Shaq | | 64.
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | | 65.
| Gospel Gossip | Drift | Guilt Ridden Pop | | 66.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 67.
| Monster Movie | Everyone Is A Ghost | Graveface | | 68.
| Bettie Serveert | Pharmacy of Love | Second Motion | | 69.
| Hurricane Lanterns | Hymns for the Misguided | Self-released | | 70.
| Cock & Swan | Unrecognize | Dandelion Gold | | 71.
| Foscil | Residential | Journal of Popular Noise | | 72.
| Nightmare Air | Nightmare Air | Self-released | | 73.
| Strange Boys | Be Brave | In the Red | | 74.
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | | 75.
| Shearwater | The Golden Archipelago | Matador | | 76.
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | | 77.
| Johnny Dowd | Wake Up the Snakes | Munich | | 78.
| Serena Maneesh | #2: Abyss in B Minor | 4AD | | 79.
| Washed Out | Life of Leisure EP | Mexican Summer | | 80.
| (Soundtrack) | No One Knows About Persian Cats | Milan | | 81.
| Deadstring Brothers | Sao Paulo | Bloodshot | | 82.
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | Strut | | 83.
| She & Him | Volume Two | Merge | | 84.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 85.
| Blockhead | The Music Scene | Ninja Tune | | 86.
| (Various) | Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox | Merge | | 87.
| My Robot Friend | Soft-Core | Double Feature | | 88.
| Miles Kurosky | The Desert of Shallow Effects | Majordomo | | 89.
| Tramped By Turtles | Palomino | Banjodad/Thirty Tigers | | 90.
| Gonjasufi | A Sufi and a Killer | Warp |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Virgin | | 2.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 3.
| Title Tracks | It Was Easy | Ernest Jenning Recording Co. | | 4.
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant | | 5.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 6.
| The Lights | Failed Graves | Wantage | | 7.
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | | 8.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 9.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 10.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 11.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 12.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 13.
| Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be | Sub Pop | | 14.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 15.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 16.
| Quadron | Quadron | Plug Research | | 17.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 18.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 19.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 20.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 21.
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | | 22.
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | | 23.
| Tanlines | Settings | True Panther | | 24.
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | | 25.
| Fang Island | Fang Island | Sargent House | | 26.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 27.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 28.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 29.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 30.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 31.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 32.
| LoneLady | Nerve Up | Warp | | 33.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 34.
| Liars | Sisterworld | Mute | | 35.
| Quakers On Probation | Every Living Thing | Self-released | | 36.
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | | 37.
| Strange Boys | Be Brave | In the Red | | 38.
| Free Energy | Stuck On Nothing | DFA/Astralwerks | | 39.
| My Robot Friend | Soft-Core | Double Feature | | 40.
| Galactic | ya-ka-may | Anti- | | 41.
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | | 42.
| High Places | High Places vs. Mankind | Thrill Jockey | | 43.
| Bonobo | Black Sands | Ninja Tune | | 44.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 45.
| Tunng | And Then We Saw Land | Thrill Jockey | | 46.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Frenchkiss | | 47.
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO | | 48.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 49.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | | 50.
| These New Puritans | Hidden | Domino | | 51.
| Shearwater | The Golden Archipelago | Matador | | 52.
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 53.
| Happy Birthday | Happy Birthday | Sub Pop | | 54.
| Gonjasufi | A Sufi and a Killer | Warp | | 55.
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | | 56.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 57.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 58.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 59.
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Daq Shaq | | 60.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 61.
| Miles Kurosky | The Desert of Shallow Effects | Majordomo | | 62.
| Jaguar Love | Hologram Jams | Fat Possum | | 63.
| Gospel Gossip | Drift | Guilt Ridden Pop | | 64.
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | Rise & Shine | Cumbancha | | 65.
| Archie Bronson Outfit | Coconut | Domino | | 66.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 67.
| Georgia Anne Muldrow | Kings Ballad | Ubiquity | | 68.
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Code | Doomtree | | 69.
| Joanna Newsom | Have One On Me | Drag City | | 70.
| ent | Welcome Stranger | n5MD | | 71.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 72.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 73.
| Hurricane Lanterns | Hymns for the Misguided | Self-released | | 74.
| Transient Songs | Cave Syndrome | Indian Casino | | 75.
| Nightmare Air | Nightmare Air | Self-released | | 76.
| Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | American | | 77.
| (Various) | Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox | Merge | | 78.
| Seasick Steve | Man From Another Time | Rykodisc/Atlantic | | 79.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 80.
| Deadstring Brothers | Sao Paulo | Bloodshot | | 81.
| Moon Duo | Escape | Woodsist | | 82.
| Washed Out | Life of Leisure EP | Mexican Summer | | 83.
| Jason Collett | Rat A Tat Tat | Arts & Crafts | | 84.
| Lightspeed Champion | Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You. | Domino | | 85.
| Johnny Dowd | Wake Up the Snakes | Munich | | 86.
| Golden Ages | Tradition | Deerhaus Collective | | 87.
| Robert Pollard | We All Got Out of the Army | Guided By Voices, Inc. | | 88.
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | Strut | | 89.
| Holly Miranda | The Magician's Private Library | XL | | 90.
| Bettie Serveert | Pharmacy of Love | Second Motion |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 3.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 4.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 5.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 6.
| My Robot Friend | Soft-Core | Double Feature | | 7.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 8.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 9.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 10.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 11.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 12.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 13.
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | | 14.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 15.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 16.
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Daq Shaq | | 17.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 18.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 19.
| Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | American | | 20.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 21.
| Title Tracks | It Was Easy | Ernest Jenning Recording Co. | | 22.
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | | 23.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 24.
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | | 25.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 26.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 27.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 28.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 29.
| Galactic | ya-ka-may | Anti- | | 30.
| These New Puritans | Hidden | Domino | | 31.
| LoneLady | Nerve Up | Warp | | 32.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 33.
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | | 34.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 35.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 36.
| Deadstring Brothers | Sao Paulo | Bloodshot | | 37.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 38.
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | | 39.
| High Places | High Places vs. Mankind | Thrill Jockey | | 40.
| Gospel Gossip | Drift | Guilt Ridden Pop | | 41.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 42.
| Chris Joss | Monomaniacs Volume 1 | ESL | | 43.
| Miles Kurosky | The Desert of Shallow Effects | Majordomo | | 44.
| Shearwater | The Golden Archipelago | Matador | | 45.
| Moon Duo | Escape | Woodsist | | 46.
| Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino | | 47.
| Washed Out | Life of Leisure EP | Mexican Summer | | 48.
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | Strut | | 49.
| ent | Welcome Stranger | n5MD | | 50.
| Joanna Newsom | Have One On Me | Drag City | | 51.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 52.
| Georgia Anne Muldrow | Kings Ballad | Ubiquity | | 53.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 54.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 55.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 56.
| (Various) | Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox | Merge | | 57.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | | 58.
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | Nonesuch | | 59.
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | | 60.
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 | Sub Pop | | 61.
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | | 62.
| (Various) | Pomegranates | B-Music | | 63.
| Blockhead | The Music Scene | Ninja Tune | | 64.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Frenchkiss | | 65.
| Nneka | Concrete Jungle | Yo Mama/Decon/Epic | | 66.
| Efterklang | Magic Chairs | 4AD | | 67.
| Quakers On Probation | Every Living Thing | Self-released | | 68.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 69.
| Elder Mason | We Will Still Be Here When You're Gone | Self-released | | 70.
| Pierced Arrows | Descending Shadows | Vice | | 71.
| Lightspeed Champion | Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. | Domino | | 72.
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | | 73.
| Gigi | Maintenant | Tomlab | | 74.
| The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt | I love you! I love you! I love you and I'm in with you… | Luaka Bop | | 75.
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Code | Doomtree | | 76.
| Jaga Jazzist | One Armed Bandit | Ninja Tune | | 77.
| Parenthetical Girls | Privilege Pt. 1: On Death & Endearments | Slender Means Society | | 78.
| Holly Miranda | The Magician's Private Library | XL | | 79.
| Xiu XIu | Dear God I Hate Myself | Kill Rock Stars | | 80.
| RJD2 | The Colossus | RJ's Electrical Connections | | 81.
| Clem Snide | The Meat of Life | 429 | | 82.
| The Album Leaf | A Chorus of Storytellers | Sub Pop | | 83.
| Hurricane Lanterns | Hymns for the Misguided | Self-released | | 84.
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | | 85.
| Eastern Grip | The Flailure EP | Self-released | | 86.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | | 87.
| Eighteen Individual Eyes | Slightly Frightened, Mostly Happy | Scissor City Sound | | 88.
| Paris Spleen | Like Love | Self-released | | 89.
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 90.
| (Various) | Preservation | Preservation Hall |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 3.
| The Morning Benders | Big Echo | Rough Trade | | 4.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 5.
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Matador | | 6.
| My Robot Friend | Soft-Core | Double Feature | | 7.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 8.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 9.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 10.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 11.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 12.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 13.
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | | 14.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 15.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 16.
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Daq Shaq | | 17.
| Javelin | No Mas | Luaka Bop | | 18.
| Titus Andronicus | The Monitor | XL | | 19.
| Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | American | | 20.
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fatcat | | 21.
| Title Tracks | It Was Easy | Ernest Jenning Recording Co. | | 22.
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | | 23.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 24.
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | | 25.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 26.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 27.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 28.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 29.
| Galactic | ya-ka-may | Anti- | | 30.
| These New Puritans | Hidden | Domino | | 31.
| LoneLady | Nerve Up | Warp | | 32.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 33.
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | | 34.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 35.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 36.
| Deadstring Brothers | Sao Paulo | Bloodshot | | 37.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 38.
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | | 39.
| High Places | High Places vs. Mankind | Thrill Jockey | | 40.
| Gospel Gossip | Drift | Guilt Ridden Pop | | 41.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 42.
| Chris Joss | Monomaniacs Volume 1 | ESL | | 43.
| Miles Kurosky | The Desert of Shallow Effects | Majordomo | | 44.
| Shearwater | The Golden Archipelago | Matador | | 45.
| Moon Duo | Escape | Woodsist | | 46.
| Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino | | 47.
| Washed Out | Life of Leisure EP | Mexican Summer | | 48.
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | Strut | | 49.
| ent | Welcome Stranger | n5MD | | 50.
| Joanna Newsom | Have One On Me | Drag City | | 51.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 52.
| Georgia Anne Muldrow | Kings Ballad | Ubiquity | | 53.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 54.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 55.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 56.
| (Various) | Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox | Merge | | 57.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | | 58.
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | Nonesuch | | 59.
| Sambassadeur | European | Labrador | | 60.
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 | Sub Pop | | 61.
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | | 62.
| (Various) | Pomegranates | B-Music | | 63.
| Blockhead | The Music Scene | Ninja Tune | | 64.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Frenchkiss | | 65.
| Nneka | Concrete Jungle | Yo Mama/Decon/Epic | | 66.
| Efterklang | Magic Chairs | 4AD | | 67.
| Quakers On Probation | Every Living Thing | Self-released | | 68.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 69.
| Elder Mason | We Will Still Be Here When You're Gone | Self-released | | 70.
| Pierced Arrows | Descending Shadows | Vice | | 71.
| Lightspeed Champion | Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. | Domino | | 72.
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | | 73.
| Gigi | Maintenant | Tomlab | | 74.
| The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt | I love you! I love you! I love you and I'm in with you… | Luaka Bop | | 75.
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Code | Doomtree | | 76.
| Jaga Jazzist | One Armed Bandit | Ninja Tune | | 77.
| Parenthetical Girls | Privilege Pt. 1: On Death & Endearments | Slender Means Society | | 78.
| Holly Miranda | The Magician's Private Library | XL | | 79.
| Xiu XIu | Dear God I Hate Myself | Kill Rock Stars | | 80.
| RJD2 | The Colossus | RJ's Electrical Connections | | 81.
| Clem Snide | The Meat of Life | 429 | | 82.
| The Album Leaf | A Chorus of Storytellers | Sub Pop | | 83.
| Hurricane Lanterns | Hymns for the Misguided | Self-released | | 84.
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | | 85.
| Eastern Grip | The Flailure EP | Self-released | | 86.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | | 87.
| Eighteen Individual Eyes | Slightly Frightened, Mostly Happy | Scissor City Sound | | 88.
| Paris Spleen | Like Love | Self-released | | 89.
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 90.
| (Various) | Preservation | Preservation Hall |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 2.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 3.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 4.
| Shout Out Louds | Work | Merge | | 5.
| Choc Quib Town | Oro | Nacional | | 6.
| Local Natives | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss | | 7.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 8.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 9.
| Dinosaur Feathers | Fantasy Memorial | Self-released | | 10.
| My Robot Friend | Soft-Core | Double Feature | | 11.
| Galactic | ya-ka-may | Anti- | | 12.
| Quasi | American Gong | Kill Rock Stars | | 13.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 14.
| Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | American | | 15.
| The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly | Sub Pop | | 16.
| Pepper Rabbit | Shakes + Clicks | Daq Shaq | | 17.
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | Nonesuch | | 18.
| Shearwater | The Golden Archipelago | Matador | | 19.
| LoneLady | Nerve Up | Warp | | 20.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 21.
| Chris Joss | Monomaniacs Volume 1 | ESL | | 22.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 23.
| Title Tracks | It Was Easy | Ernest Jenning Recording Co. | | 24.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 25.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 26.
| Moon Duo | Escape | Woodsist | | 27.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 28.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | | 29.
| Golden Triangle | Double Jointer | Hardly Art | | 30.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 31.
| Deadstring Brothers | Sao Paulo | Bloodshot | | 32.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 33.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 34.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 35.
| Hurricane Lanterns | Hymns for the Misguided | Self-released | | 36.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 37.
| Washed Out | Life of Leisure EP | Mexican Summer | | 38.
| Jaguar Love | Hologram Jams | Fat Possum | | 39.
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | | 40.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Self-released | | 41.
| ent | Welcome Stranger | n5MD | | 42.
| Rocky Votolato | True Devotion | Barsuk | | 43.
| Freeway & Jake One | The Stimulus Package | Rhymesayers | | 44.
| Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino | | 45.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 46.
| Painted Hills | Painted Hills | Bird Song | | 47.
| Midlake | The Courage of Others | Bella Union | | 48.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 49.
| RJD2 | The Colossus | RJ's Electrical Connections | | 50.
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | | 51.
| Telepathic Liberation Army | Phase One | Don't Stop Believin' | | 52.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 53.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 54.
| (Various) | Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox | Merge | | 55.
| Lightspeed Champion | Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. | Domino | | 56.
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 57.
| David Starfire | Bollywood Bass | Six Degrees | | 58.
| Miles Kurosky | The Desert of Shallow Effects | Majordomo | | 59.
| Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate | Ali and Toumani | World Circuit/Nonesuch | | 60.
| The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | Strut | | 61.
| Art Museums | Rough Frame | Woodsist | | 62.
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Code | Doomtree | | 63.
| Youssou N'Dour | I Bring What I Love | Nonesuch | | 64.
| Eastern Grip | The Flailure EP | Self-released | | 65.
| Quakers On Probation | Every Living Thing | Self-released | | 66.
| Helladope | Return to Planet Rock | Self-released | | 67.
| Fucked Up | Couple Tracks | Matador | | 68.
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | | 69.
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 | Sub Pop | | 70.
| Georgia Anne Muldrow | Kings Ballad | Ubiquity | | 71.
| Clem Snide | The Meat of Life | 429 | | 72.
| Blockhead | The Music Scene | Ninja Tune | | 73.
| Field Music | Measure | Memphis Industries | | 74.
| Tindersticks | Falling Down A Mountain | Constellation | | 75.
| Ernest Gonzalez | Been Meaning To Tell You | FoF | | 76.
| Malachai | Ugly Side of Love | Domino | | 77.
| (Various) | Sweetheart 2010 | Starbucks | | 78.
| Mr. Chop | For Pete's Sake | Now-Again | | 79.
| The Holmes Brothers | Feed My Soul | Alligator | | 80.
| Eels | End Times | Vagrant | | 81.
| Wanda Jackson | You Know I'm No Good/Shakin' All Over | Third Man | | 82.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 83.
| The Album Leaf | A Chorus of Storytellers | Sub Pop | | 84.
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts | | 85.
| Xiu Xiu | Dear God I Hate Myself | Kill Rock Stars | | 86.
| (Various) | Preservation | Preservation Hall | | 87.
| Midnight Masses | Rapture Ready, I Gazed at the Body | Team Love | | 88.
| (Various) | Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 3 | Vampisoul | | 89.
| Charlie Hunter | Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid | Spire Artists | | 90.
| Golden Ages | Tradition | Deerhaus Collective |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 2.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 3.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 4.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 5.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 6.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 7.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | Nonesuch | | 9.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 10.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 11.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 12.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 13.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Self-released | | 14.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 15.
| Feral Children | Brand New Blood | Sarathan | | 16.
| Galactic | ya-ma-kay | Anti- | | 17.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 18.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 19.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 20.
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band | | 21.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 22.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 23.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | | 24.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 25.
| Midlake | The Courage of Others | Bella Union | | 26.
| The Album Leaf | A Chorus of Storytellers | Sub Pop | | 27.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 28.
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | | 29.
| Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino | | 30.
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | | 31.
| Tindersticks | Falling Down A Mountain | Constellation | | 32.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 33.
| Visqueen | Message to Garcia | Local 638 | | 34.
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts | | 35.
| Nirvana | Live at Reading | Geffen | | 36.
| (Various) | Sweetheart 2010 | Starbucks | | 37.
| Clem Snide | The Meat of Life | 429 | | 38.
| Gigi | Maintenant | Tomlab | | 39.
| (Various) | Daptone Gold | Daptone | | 40.
| RJD2 | The Colossus | RJ's Electrical Connections | | 41.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | | 42.
| Eastern Grip | The Flailure EP | Self-released | | 43.
| BlakRoc | BlakRoc | BlakRoc | | 44.
| Pierced Arrows | Descending Shadows | Vice | | 45.
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 46.
| Glass Rock | Tall Firs Meets Soft Location | Ecstatic Peace! | | 47.
| Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | Anti- | | 48.
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 | Sub Pop | | 49.
| Chris Joss | Monomaniacs Volume 1 | ESL | | 50.
| Twin Tigers | Gray Waves | Old Flame | | 51.
| Malachai | Ugly Side of Love | Domino | | 52.
| Blockhead | The Music Scene | Ninja Tune | | 53.
| The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | 4AD | | 54.
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | | 55.
| The Animals At Night | Cut To Chase Chorus and Fade | Self-released | | 56.
| Motopony | Motopony | Self-released | | 57.
| Kasey Anderson | Nowhere Nights | Red River | | 58.
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | Out For Stardom | | 59.
| Fucked Up | Couple Tracks | Matador | | 60.
| Basement Jaxx | Scars | XL | | 61.
| (Various) | Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 3 | Vampisoul | | 62.
| Eels | End Times | Vagrant | | 63.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 64.
| Editors | In This Light and On This Evening | Fader | | 65.
| Mulatu Astatke/The Heliocentrics | Inspiration Information | Strut | | 66.
| Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms | Lefse | | 67.
| The xx | xx | Young Turks | | 68.
| Library Science | Dolphin | Happi Tyme | | 69.
| Blood Red Dancers | The Bikini Island EP | Self-released | | 70.
| Post Harbor | They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them | Burning Building | | 71.
| Barton Carroll | Together You and I | Skybucket | | 72.
| (Various) | Strange Breaks & Mr Thing II | BBE | | 73.
| You Say Party! We Say Die! | XXXX | Paper Bag | | 74.
| Freedy Johnston | Rain on the City | Bar/None | | 75.
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Chord | Doomtree | | 76.
| Youssou N'Dour | I Bring What I Love | Nonesuch | | 77.
| Mr. Chop | For Pete's Sake | Now-Again | | 78.
| (Various) | Panama! 3 | Soundway | | 79.
| World's Greatest Ghosts | No Magic | Lucky Madison | | 80.
| Pit er Pat | The Flexible Entertainer | Thrill Jockey | | 81.
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony | | 82.
| CFCF | Continent | Paper Bag | | 83.
| Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind | Domino | | 84.
| (Various) | Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films | Soul Jazz | | 85.
| Girls | Album | Fantasy Trashcan/True Panther | | 86.
| Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Matador | | 87.
| A Place to Bury Strangers | Exploding Head | Mute | | 88.
| Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros | | 89.
| Julian Casablancas | Phrazes For the Young | RCA | | 90.
| Noddy | A Seed | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 2.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 3.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 4.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 5.
| Past Lives | Tapestry of Webs | Suicide Squeeze | | 6.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 7.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 8.
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | Nonesuch | | 9.
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | IRM | Elektra | | 10.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 11.
| Phantogram | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk | | 12.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 13.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Self-released | | 14.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 15.
| Feral Children | Brand New Blood | Sarathan | | 16.
| Galactic | ya-ma-kay | Anti- | | 17.
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin | | 18.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 19.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 20.
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band | | 21.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 22.
| Toro Y Moi | Causers Of This | Carpark | | 23.
| Reporter | Time Incredible | demo | | 24.
| Citay | Dream Get Together | Dead Oceans | | 25.
| Midlake | The Courage of Others | Bella Union | | 26.
| The Album Leaf | A Chorus of Storytellers | Sub Pop | | 27.
| Pantha du Prince | Black Noise | Rough Trade | | 28.
| The Spy From Cairo | Secretly Famous | Wonderwheel | | 29.
| Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino | | 30.
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | | 31.
| Tindersticks | Falling Down A Mountain | Constellation | | 32.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 33.
| Visqueen | Message to Garcia | Local 638 | | 34.
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts | | 35.
| Nirvana | Live at Reading | Geffen | | 36.
| (Various) | Sweetheart 2010 | Starbucks | | 37.
| Clem Snide | The Meat of Life | 429 | | 38.
| Gigi | Maintenant | Tomlab | | 39.
| (Various) | Daptone Gold | Daptone | | 40.
| RJD2 | The Colossus | RJ's Electrical Connections | | 41.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | | 42.
| Eastern Grip | The Flailure EP | Self-released | | 43.
| BlakRoc | BlakRoc | BlakRoc | | 44.
| Pierced Arrows | Descending Shadows | Vice | | 45.
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 46.
| Glass Rock | Tall Firs Meets Soft Location | Ecstatic Peace! | | 47.
| Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | Anti- | | 48.
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 | Sub Pop | | 49.
| Chris Joss | Monomaniacs Volume 1 | ESL | | 50.
| Twin Tigers | Gray Waves | Old Flame | | 51.
| Malachai | Ugly Side of Love | Domino | | 52.
| Blockhead | The Music Scene | Ninja Tune | | 53.
| The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | 4AD | | 54.
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | | 55.
| The Animals At Night | Cut To Chase Chorus and Fade | Self-released | | 56.
| Motopony | Motopony | Self-released | | 57.
| Kasey Anderson | Nowhere Nights | Red River | | 58.
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | Out For Stardom | | 59.
| Fucked Up | Couple Tracks | Matador | | 60.
| Basement Jaxx | Scars | XL | | 61.
| (Various) | Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 3 | Vampisoul | | 62.
| Eels | End Times | Vagrant | | 63.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 64.
| Editors | In This Light and On This Evening | Fader | | 65.
| Mulatu Astatke/The Heliocentrics | Inspiration Information | Strut | | 66.
| Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms | Lefse | | 67.
| The xx | xx | Young Turks | | 68.
| Library Science | Dolphin | Happi Tyme | | 69.
| Blood Red Dancers | The Bikini Island EP | Self-released | | 70.
| Post Harbor | They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them | Burning Building | | 71.
| Barton Carroll | Together You and I | Skybucket | | 72.
| (Various) | Strange Breaks & Mr Thing II | BBE | | 73.
| You Say Party! We Say Die! | XXXX | Paper Bag | | 74.
| Freedy Johnston | Rain on the City | Bar/None | | 75.
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Chord | Doomtree | | 76.
| Youssou N'Dour | I Bring What I Love | Nonesuch | | 77.
| Mr. Chop | For Pete's Sake | Now-Again | | 78.
| (Various) | Panama! 3 | Soundway | | 79.
| World's Greatest Ghosts | No Magic | Lucky Madison | | 80.
| Pit er Pat | The Flexible Entertainer | Thrill Jockey | | 81.
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony | | 82.
| CFCF | Continent | Paper Bag | | 83.
| Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind | Domino | | 84.
| (Various) | Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films | Soul Jazz | | 85.
| Girls | Album | Fantasy Trashcan/True Panther | | 86.
| Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Matador | | 87.
| A Place to Bury Strangers | Exploding Head | Mute | | 88.
| Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros | | 89.
| Julian Casablancas | Phrazes For the Young | RCA | | 90.
| Noddy | A Seed | Self-released |
|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Secretly Canadian | | 3.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 4.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 5.
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | Nonesuch | | 6.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 7.
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts | | 8.
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band | | 9.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Self-released | | 10.
| (Various) | GIVE | Caffe Vita | | 11.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 12.
| Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | XL | | 13.
| Feral Children | Brand New Blood | Sarathan | | 14.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 15.
| Four Tet | There Is Love In You | Domino | | 16.
| Galactic | ya-ma-kay | Anti- | | 17.
| CFCF | Continent | Paper Bag | | 18.
| Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind | Domino | | 19.
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | | 20.
| Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino | | 21.
| Midlake | Courage of Others | Bella Union | | 22.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 23.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 24.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 25.
| BlakRoc | BlakRoc | BlakRoc | | 26.
| Willowz | Everyone | Dim Mak/Downtown | | 27.
| The Animals At Night | Cut To Chase Chorus and Fade | Self-released | | 28.
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | | 29.
| Fucked Up | Couple Tracks | Matador | | 30.
| Clem Snide | The Meat of Life | 429 | | 31.
| Blockhead | The Music Scene | Ninja Tune | | 32.
| (Various) | Total 10 | Kompakt | | 33.
| Kasey Anderson | Nowhere Nights | Red River | | 34.
| Eastern Grip | The Flailure EP | Self-released | | 35.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 36.
| Chris Joss | Monomaniacs Volume 1 | ESL | | 37.
| Hallelujah the Hills | Colonial Drones | Misra | | 38.
| Basement Jaxx | Scars | XL | | 39.
| Liars | Sisterworld | Mute | | 40.
| Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Domino | | 41.
| The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | 4AD | | 42.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | | 43.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 44.
| Pierced Arrows | Descending Shadows | Vice | | 45.
| Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | DGC/Interscope | | 46.
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 | Sub Pop | | 47.
| Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Matador | | 48.
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 49.
| Editors | In This Light and On This Evening | Fader | | 50.
| (Various) | Sweetheart 2010 | Starbucks | | 51.
| Eels | End Times | Vagrant | | 52.
| You Say Party! We Say Die! | XXXX | Paper Bag | | 53.
| Mr. Chop | For Pete's Sake | Now-Again | | 54.
| Tindersticks | Falling Down A Mountain | Constellation | | 55.
| Mayer Hawthorne | A Strange Arrangement | Stones Throw | | 56.
| (Various) | ZEVolution: Ze Records Re-Edited | Strut | | 57.
| Girls | Album | Fantasy Trashcan/True Panther | | 58.
| (Various) | Daptone Gold | Daptone | | 59.
| Kids and Animals | Kids and Animals | Self-released | | 60.
| Nirvana | Live at Reading | Geffen | | 61.
| Dessa | A Badly Broken Chord | Doomtree | | 62.
| The xx | xx | Young Turks | | 63.
| The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You | American | | 64.
| Library Science | Dolphin | Happi Tyme | | 65.
| Noddy | A Seed | Self-released | | 66.
| Barton Carroll | Together You and I | Skybucket | | 67.
| Motopony | Motopony | Self-released | | 68.
| Blood Red Dancers | The Bikini Island EP | Self-released | | 69.
| Visqueen | Message to Garcia | Local 638 | | 70.
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | Out For Stardom | | 71.
| (Various) | Casual Victim Pile | Matador | | 72.
| Sunset | Gold Dissolves to Gray | Autobus | | 73.
| Mary Anne Hobbs | Wild Angels | Planet Mu | | 74.
| (Various) | Panama! 3 | Soundway | | 75.
| World's Greatest Ghosts | No Magic | Lucky Madison | | 76.
| Pit er Pat | The Flexible Entertainer | Thrill Jockey | | 77.
| (Various) | Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage Vol. 2 | No Smoke | | 78.
| The Heavy | The House That Dirt Built | Counter | | 79.
| Music Go Music | Expressions | Secretly Canadian | | 80.
| Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros | | 81.
| Thao with the Get Down Stay Down | Know Better Learn Faster | Kill Rock Stars | | 82.
| Post Harbor | They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them | Burning Building | | 83.
| The Maldives | Listen to the Thunder | Mt. Fuji | | 84.
| Paris Spleen | Like Love… | Self-released | | 85.
| Helladope | Return to Planet Rock | Self-released | | 86.
| The Dutchess & the Duke | Sunset/Sunrise | Hardly Art | | 87.
| Twin Tigers | Gray Waves | Old Flame | | 88.
| (Various) | Strange Breaks & Mr Thing II | BBE | | 89.
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony | | 90.
| Fungi Girls | Seafaring Pyramids | Play Pinball |
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Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 2.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 3.
| Feral Children | Brand New Blood | Sarathan | | 4.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 5.
| Magnetic Fields | Realism | Nonesuch | | 6.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 7.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 8.
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band | | 9.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Self-released | | 10.
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts | | 11.
| Chris Joss | Monomaniacs Volume 1 | ESL | | 12.
| JEFF the Brotherhood | Heavy Days | Infinity Cat | | 13.
| (Various) | Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films | Soul Jazz | | 14.
| Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind | Domino | | 15.
| BlakRoc | BlakRoc | BlakRoc | | 16.
| Owen Pallett | Heartland | Domino | | 17.
| Nirvana | Live at Reading | Geffen | | 18.
| Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | DGC/Interscope | | 19.
| Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Matador | | 20.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 21.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 22.
| (Various) | 5 Years of Hyperdub | Hyperdub | | 23.
| The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Kemado | | 24.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 25.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | | 26.
| The Animals At Night | Cut To Chase Chorus and Fade | Self-released | | 27.
| Noddy | A Seed | Self-released | | 28.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 29.
| Barton Carroll | Together You and I | Skybucket | | 30.
| (Various) | GIVE | Caffe Vita | | 31.
| Willowz | Everyone | Dim Mak/Downtown | | 32.
| CFCF | Continent | Paper Bag | | 33.
| Basement Jaxx | Scars | XL | | 34.
| Editors | In This Light and On This Evening | Fader | | 35.
| The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | 4AD | | 36.
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 (Two) | Sub Pop | | 37.
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | | 38.
| Heavy Trash | Midnight Soul Serenade | Fat Possum | | 39.
| Eels | End Times | Vagrant | | 40.
| Tindersticks | Falling Down A Mountain | Constellation | | 41.
| (Various) | Total 10 | Kompakt | | 42.
| The xx | xx | Young Turks | | 43.
| Mayer Hawthorne | A Strange Arrangement | Stones Throw | | 44.
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | | 45.
| Blood Red Dancers | The Bikini Island EP | Self-released | | 46.
| Hallelujah the Hills | Colonial Drones | Misra | | 47.
| Fungi Girls | Seafaring Pyramids | Play Pinball | | 48.
| (Various) | Strange Breaks & Mr Thing II | BBE | | 49.
| World's Greatest Ghosts | No Magic | Lucky Madison | | 50.
| You Say Party! We Say Die! | XXXX | Paper Bag | | 51.
| (Various) | Steppas' Delight 2 | Soul Jazz | | 52.
| Mulatu Astatke/The Heliocentrics | Inspiration Information | Strut | | 53.
| Q-Tip | Kamaal the Abstract | Jive | | 54.
| (Various) | Daptone Gold | Daptone | | 55.
| Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros | | 56.
| Library Science | Dolphin | Happi Tyme | | 57.
| The Dutchess & the Duke | Sunset/Sunrise | Hardly Art | | 58.
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop | | 59.
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony | | 60.
| King Coya | Cumbias De Villa | Nacional | | 61.
| Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard | One Fast Move Or I'm Gone | F-Stop/Atlantic | | 62.
| Twin Tigers | Gray Waves | Old Flame | | 63.
| Julian Casablancas | Phrazes For the Young | RCA | | 64.
| Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Domino | | 65.
| Daniel Johnston | Is and Always Was | Eternal Yip Eye | | 66.
| Nick Curran and the Lowlifes | Reform School Girl | Eclecto Groove | | 67.
| Ernest Gonzales | Self Awakening EP | FoF Music | | 68.
| (Various) | Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage Vol. 2 | No Smoke | | 69.
| The Heavy | The House That Dirt Built | Counter | | 70.
| Girls | Album | Fantasy Trashcan/True Panther | | 71.
| The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You | American | | 72.
| Thao with the Get Down Stay Down | Know Better Learn Faster | Kill Rock Stars | | 73.
| Virgin Islands | The Age of Anxiety EP | Mt. Fuji | | 74.
| Paris Spleen | Like Love… | Self-released | | 75.
| Kids and Animals | Kids and Animals | Self-released | | 76.
| Visqueen | Message to Garcia | Local 638 | | 77.
| The Cave Singers | Welcome Joy | Matador | | 78.
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | Out For Stardom | | 79.
| Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | Anti- | | 80.
| Sunset | Gold Dissolves to Gray | Autobus | | 81.
| The Slew | 100% (One-Hundred Percent) | Puget Sound | | 82.
| Richmond Fontaine | We Used To Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River | Arena Rock | | 83.
| Mr. Chop | For Pete's Sake | Now-Again | | 84.
| Clipse | Til the Casket Drops | Columbia | | 85.
| Stripmall Architecture | We Were Flying Kites | Self-released | | 86.
| Helladope | Return to Planet Rock | Self-released | | 87.
| Kasey Anderson | Nowhere Nights | Red River | | 88.
| Rooftops | A Forest of Polarity | Clickpop | | 89.
| Spider Bags | Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World | Birdman | | 90.
| Capgun Coup | Maudlin | Team Love |
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Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 2.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 3.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Frenchkiss | | 4.
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band | | 5.
| King Midas Sound | Waiting For You | Hyperdub | | 6.
| CFCF | Continent | Paper Bag | | 7.
| Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind | Domino | | 8.
| (Various) | GIVE | Caffe Vita | | 9.
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts | | 10.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 11.
| (Various) | Daptone Gold | Daptone | | 12.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | | 13.
| Spoon | Transference | Merge | | 14.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 15.
| Hallelujah the Hills | Colonial Drones | Misra | | 16.
| Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | DGC/Interscope | | 17.
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Astralwerks | | 18.
| The Mary Onettes | Islands | Labrador | | 19.
| Julian Casablancas | Phrazes For the Young | RCA | | 20.
| Retribution Gospel Choir | 2 (Two) | Sub Pop | | 21.
| Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Matador | | 22.
| The Slew | 100% (One-Hundred Percent) | Puget Sound | | 23.
| (Various) | Steppas' Delight 2 | Soul Jazz | | 24.
| Virgin Islands | The Age of Anxiety EP | Mt. Fuji | | 25.
| The Cave Singers | Welcome Joy | Matador | | 26.
| BlakRoc | BlakRoc | BlakRoc | | 27.
| (Various) | 5 Years of Hyperdub | Hyperdub | | 28.
| Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | Anti- | | 29.
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop | | 30.
| Twin Tigers | Gray Waves | Old Flame | | 31.
| (Various) | Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films | Soul Jazz | | 32.
| Crayon Fields | All the Pleasures of the World | Chapter Music | | 33.
| Eels | End Times | Vagrant | | 34.
| Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Columbia | | 35.
| Editors | In This Light and On This Evening | Fader | | 36.
| Q-Tip | Kamaal the Abstract | Jive | | 37.
| Feral Children | Brand New Blood | Sarathan | | 38.
| The Animals At Night | Cut To Chase Chorus and Fade | Self-released | | 39.
| Fungi Girls | Seafaring Pyramids | Play Pinball | | 40.
| The xx | xx | Young Turks | | 41.
| silOHs | Silos L.P. | Self-released | | 42.
| Helladope | Return to Planet Rock | Self-released | | 43.
| Blood Red Dancers | The Bikini Island EP | Self-released | | 44.
| Terri Tarantula | Terri Tarantula | Skok | | 45.
| Paris Spleen | Like Love… | Self-released | | 46.
| Nirvana | Live at Reading | Geffen | | 47.
| King Coya | Cumbias De Villa | Nacional | | 48.
| Willowz | Everyone | Dim Mak/Downtown | | 49.
| Basement Jaxx | Scars | XL | | 50.
| The King Khan & BBQ Show | Invisible Girl | In the Red | | 51.
| Tegan and Sara | Sainthood | Vapor/Sire | | 52.
| (Various) | Strange Breaks & Mr Thing II | BBE | | 53.
| Mr. Chop | For Pete's Sake | Now-Again | | 54.
| The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | 4AD | | 55.
| Pufferfish | Swell | Self-released | | 56.
| Motopony | Motopony | Self-released | | 57.
| Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Domino | | 58.
| Real Estate | Real Estate | Woodsist | | 59.
| Diamond District | In the Ruff | Mello Music Group/Oddisee Music | | 60.
| (Various) | Total 10 | Kompakt | | 61.
| Who Knew | Bits and Pieces of a Major Spectacle | Self-released | | 62.
| Mayer Hawthorne | A Strange Arrangement | Stones Throw | | 63.
| Girls | Album | Fantasy Trashcan/True Panther | | 64.
| Library Science | Dolphin | Happi Tyme | | 65.
| Noddy | A Seed | Self-released | | 66.
| Visqueen | Message to Garcia | Local 638 | | 67.
| Big Spider's Back | Warped EP | Disco Earth/Circle Into Square | | 68.
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | Out For Stardom | | 69.
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony | | 70.
| Gospel Gossip | Dreamland | Guilt Ridden Pop | | 71.
| Heavy Trash | Midnight Soul Serenade | Fat Possum | | 72.
| Javelin | Javelin | Thrill Jockey | | 73.
| Boston Spaceships | Zero to 99 | Guided By Voices Inc. | | 74.
| You Say Party! We Say Die! | XXXX | Paper Bag | | 75.
| Ernest Gonzales | Self Awakening EP | FoF Music | | 76.
| Pants Yell! | Received Pronunciation | Slumberland | | 77.
| The Ghost is Dancing | Battles On | Sonic Unyon | | 78.
| ZAZA | Cameo | Kanine | | 79.
| Etienne Jaumet | Night Music | Domino | | 80.
| Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms | Lefse | | 81.
| The Flaming Lips | Embryonic | Warner Bros | | 82.
| Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros | | 83.
| Thao with the Get Down Stay Down | Know Better Learn Faster | Kill Rock Stars | | 84.
| (Soundtrack) | New Moon | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic | | 85.
| Barton Carroll | Together You and I | Skybucket | | 86.
| Rooftops | A Forest of Polarity | Clickpop | | 87.
| Kids and Animals | Kids and Animals | Self-released | | 88.
| The Maldives | Listen to the Thunder | Mt. Fuji | | 89.
| (Various) | Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanian Blues 1968-81 | Soundway | | 90.
| Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard | One Fast Move Or I'm Gone | F-Stop/Atlantic |
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Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
| (Various) | GIVE | Caffe Vita | | 2.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released | | 3.
| BlakRoc | BlakRoc | BlakRoc | | 4.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Self-released | | 5.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine | | 6.
| CFCF | Continent | Paper Bag | | 7.
| Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms | Lefse | | 8.
| (Various) | Daptone Gold | Daptone | | 9.
| Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Matador | | 10.
| The xx | xx | Young Turks | | 11.
| Nirvana | Live at Reading | Geffen | | 12.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! | | 13.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released | | 14.
| Feral Children | Brand New Blood | Sarathan | | 15.
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts | | 16.
| Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | DGC/Interscope | | 17.
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band | | 18.
| Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind | Domino | | 19.
| (Soundtrack) | New Moon | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic | | 20.
| Hallelujah the Hills | Colonial Drones | Misra | | 21.
| (Various) | 5 Years of Hyperdub | Hyperdub | | 22.
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony | | 23.
| (Various) | Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films | Soul Jazz | | 24.
| The Mary Onettes | Islands | Labrador | | 25.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL | | 26.
| Twin Tigers | Gray Waves | Old Flame | | 27.
| The Crayon Fields | All the Pleasures of the World | Chapter Music | | 28.
| Tegan and Sara | Sainthood | Vapor/Sire | | 29.
| (Various) | Total 10 | Kompakt | | 30.
| Noddy | A Seed | Self-released | | 31.
| Boston Spaceships | Zero to 99 | Guided By Voices Inc. | | 32.
| Florence and the Machine | Lungs | Island | | 33.
| Atlas Sound | Logos | Kranky | | 34.
| Mayer Hawthorne | A Stranger Arrangement | Stones Throw | | 35.
| The Animals At Night | Cut To Chase Chorus and Fade | Self-released | | 36.
| Blood Red Dancers | The Bikini Island EP | Self-released | | 37.
| Library Science | Dolphin | Happi Tyme | | 38.
| Motopony | Motopony | Self-released | | 39.
| Fungi Girls | Seafaring Pyramids | Play Pinball | | 40.
| Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard | One Fast Move Or I'm Gone | F-Stop/Atlantic | | 41.
| Sunset | Gold Dissolves to Gray | Autobus | | 42.
| King Coya | Cumbias De Villa | Nacional | | 43.
| Willowz | Everyone | Dim Mak/Downtown | | 44.
| A Place to Bury Strangers | Exploding Head | Mute | | 45.
| Javelin | Javelin | Thrill Jockey | | 46.
| (Various) | Strange Breaks & Mr Thing II | BBE | | 47.
| Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros | | 48.
| Visqueen | Message to Garcia | Local 638 | | 49.
| The Maldives | Listen to the Thunder | Mt. Fuji | | 50.
| Lusine | A Certain Distance | Ghostly International | | 51.
| Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | Anti- | | 52.
| Julian Casablancas | Phrazes For the Young | RCA | | 53.
| Basement Jaxx | Scars | XL | | 54.
| Heavy Trash | Midnight Soul Serenade | Fat Possum | | 55.
| Vitalic | Flashmob | Different/PIAS | | 56.
| Gospel Gossip | Dreamland | Guilt Ridden Pop | | 57.
| The Slew | 100% (one-hundred percent) | Puget Sound | | 58.
| (Various) | Panama! 3 | Soundway | | 59.
| Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Domino | | 60.
| (Various) | Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanian Blues 1968-81 | Soundway | | 61.
| Real Estate | Real Estate | Woodsist | | 62.
| (Various) | Dr. Boogie presents Heavy Jelly: Essential Instrumentals | Sub Rosa | | 63.
| Ernest Gonzales | Self Awakening EP | Friends of Friends | | 64.
| Mary Anne Hobbs | Wild Angels | Planet Mu | | 65.
| Stripmall Architecture | We Were Flying Kites | Self-released | | 66.
| Chuck Prophet | Let Freedome Ring! | Yep Roc | | 67.
| The Flaming Lips | Embryonic | Warner Bros | | 68.
| Bassnectar | Cozz Frenzy | Amorphous Music/Child's Play | | 69.
| The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You | American | | 70.
| Fuck Buttons | Tarot Sport | ATP / R | | 71.
| The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | 4AD | | 72.
| Spider Bags | Goodbye Cruel Would, Hello Crueler World | Birdman | | 73.
| Pufferfish | Swell | Self-released | | 74.
| Barton Carroll | Together You and I | Skybucket | | 75.
| Kasey Anderson | Nowhere Nights | Red River | | 76.
| The Blakes | Souvenir | We Are OK | | 77.
| Helladope | Return to Planet Rock | Self-released | | 78.
| Big Spider's Back | Warped EP | Disco Earth/Circle Into Square | | 79.
| The Dutchess & the Duke | Sunset/Sunrise | Hardly Art | | 80.
| Black Whales | Origins | Mt. Fuji | | 81.
| The Cave Singers | Welcome Joy | Matador | | 82.
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | Out For Stardom | | 83.
| The King Khan & BBQ Show | Invisible Girl | In the Red | | 84.
| Brilliant Colors | Introducing Brilliant Colors | Slumberland | | 85.
| Diamond District | In the Ruff | Mello Music Group/Oddisee Music | | 86.
| Breakestra | Dusk Till Dawn | Strut | | 87.
| Spain | I'm Still Free/Hang Your Head Down Low | Diamond Soul | | 88.
| Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay | Kompakt | | 89.
| Dam-Funk | Toeachizown | Stones Throw | | 90.
| Pants Yell! | Received Pronunciation | Slumberland |
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