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1. The National – Boxer
2. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
3. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
4. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
5. Feist – The Reminder
6. M.I.A. – Kala
7. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
8. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
9. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
10. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
11. Radiohead – In Rainbows
12. Avett Brothers – Emotionalism
13. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
14. Loney, Dear – Loney, Noir
15. Kanye West – Graduation
16. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
17. Josh Ritter – The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
18. Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
19. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Living with the Living
20. Blonde Redhead – 23
21. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
22. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
23. Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
24. Patty Griffin – Children Running Through
25. Over The Rhine – The Trumpet Child
26. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
27. Derek Webb – The Ringing Bell
28. Mary Gauthier – Between Daylight and Dark
29. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
30. Björk – Volta
31. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
32. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
33. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
34. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
35. Peter Bjorn & John – Writer’s Block
36. Joe Henry – Civilians
37. Eleni Mandell – The Miracle Of Five
38. Olof Arnalds – Vid Og Vid
39. The Perishers – Victorious
40. Damien Dempsey – To Hell Or Barbados
41. Brandi Carlile – The Story
42. Lifesavas – Gutterfly
43. The Everybodyfields – Nothing Is Okay
44. Norah Jones – Not Too Late
45. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights
46. Justice – †
47. Linda Thompson – Versatile Heart
48. The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
49. Carolina Chocolate Drops – Dona Got A Ramblin’ Mind
50. Battles – Mirrored
51. The Frames – The Cost
52. Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy
53. Fionn Regan – The End Of History
54. Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew – Spirit If…
55. Sunset Rubdown – Random Spirit Lover
56. Kate Nash – Made of Bricks
57. The Clientele – God Save The Clientele
58. Romantica – America
59. Imperial Teen – The Hair The TV The Baby & The Band
60. The Broken West – I Can’t Go On I’ll Go On
61. Prince – Planet Earth
62. Joseph Arthur – Let’s Just Be
63. Explosions In The Sky – All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
64. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
65. Caribou – Andorra
66. Apples In Stereo – New Magnetic Wonder
67. St. Vincent – Marry Me
68. Office – A Night At The Ritz
69. Bat For Lashes – Fur & Gold
70. Ween – La Cucaracha
71. Josh Rouse – Country Mouse City House
72. Bettye Lavette – Scene Of The Crime
73. Warm In The Wake – American Prehistoric
74. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
75. Great Lake Swimmers – Ongiara
76. Okkervil River – The Stage Names
77. Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday
78. The New Pornographers – Challengers
79. Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity
80. Akron/Family – Love Is Simple
81. Art Brut – It’s A Bit Complicated
82. Dan Deacon – Spiderman of the Rings
83. Deerhunter – Cryptograms
84. Liars – Liars
85. Menomena – Friend and Foe
86. Ruthie Foster – The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster
87. White Rabbits – Fort Nightly
88. Do Make Say Think – You, You’re A History In Rust
89. Anat Cohen – Noir
90. Devendra Banhart – Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
91. The Fratellis – Costello Music
92. Jesse Sykes – Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
93. Lori McKenna – Unglamorous
94. Suzanne Vega – Beauty & Crime
95. The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
96. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
97. Marissa Nadler – Song III: Bird on the Water
98. Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
99. The Fiery Furnaces – Widow City
100. Stars – In Our Bedroom After The War
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