25. Thomas Function – In the Valley of Sickness [Fat Possum]
24. Various Artists – Dark Was the Night [Beggars Group]
23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz! [Interscope]
22. Sufjan Stevens – The BQE [Asthmatic Kitty]
21. Wilco – Wilco (The Album) [Nonesuch]
20. Wild Light – Adult Nights [StarTime International]
19. Mastodon – Crack the Skye [Reprise]
18. Flaming Lips – Embryonic [Warner Bros.]
17. The Antlers – Hospice [Frenchkiss]
16. Passion Pit – Manners [Frenchkiss]
15. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down – Know Better, Learn Faster [Kill Rock Stars]
14. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca [Domino]
13. Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk [Shangri-La]
12. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career [4AD]
11. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest [Warp]
10. Frank Turner – Poetry of the Deed [Epitaph]
9. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone [Anti-]
8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [Glassnote]
7. The Decemberists – Hazards of Love [Capitol]
6. Brandi Carlile – Give Up The Ghost [Columbia]
5. David Bazan – Curse Your Branches [Barsuk]
4. The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin [Nonesuch]
3. Elvis Perkins in Dearland – Elvis Perkins In Dearland [XL]
2. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino]
1. The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You [Columbia]
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