| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
| 1 | TV on the Radio | Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes | Touch and Go |
| 2 | Interpol | Antics | Matador |
| 3 | Air | Talkie Walkie | Astralwerks |
| 4 | Modest Mouse | Good News for People Who Love Bad News | Epic |
| 5 | The Arcade Fire | Funeral | Merge |
| 6 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | Domino |
| 7 | Kid Dakota | The West is the Future | Chair-Kickers |
| 8 | The Faint | Wet From Birth | Saddle Creek |
| 9 | Rilo Kiley | More Adventurous | Brute/Beaute |
| 10 | Sonic Youth | Sonic Nurse | DGC |
| 11 | The Magnetic Fields | I | Nonesuch |
| 12 | Bjork | Medulla | Elektra |
| 13 | Heiruspecs | A Tiger Dancing | Razor & Tie |
| 14 | Dosh Pure | Trash | Anticon |
| 15 | Spaghetti | Western Do Right by People | Adonis |
| 16 | Elliott Smith | From a Basement on the Hill | Anti |
| 17 | Mark Mallman | Mr. Serious | Badman |
| 18 | Tegan & Sara | So Jealous | Vapor |
| 19 | Komeda | Kokomemedada | Sonet |
| 20 | Eleni Mandell | Afternoon | Zedtone |
| 21 | The Streets | A Grand Don't Come for Free | Vice |
| 22 | William Shatner | Has Been | Shout! Factory |
| 23 | The Soviettes | LP II | Adeline |
| 24 | The Black Keys | Rubber Factory | Epitaph |
| 25 | !!! | Louden Up Now | Touch and Go |
| 26 | Ted Leo + the Pharmacists | Shake the Sheets | Lookout! |
| 27 | RJD2 | Since We Last Spoke | Definitive Jux |
| 28 | Devendra Banhart | Rejoicing in the Hands / Nino Rojo | Young God |
| 29 | The Hold Steady | Almost Killed Me | Frenchkiss |
| 30 | Sufjan Stevens | Seven Swans | Sounds Familyre |
| 31 | The Polyphonic Spree | Together We're Heavy | Good |
| 32 | Olympic Hopefuls | The Fuses Refuse to Burn | 2024 |
| 33 | Neko Case | The Tigers Have | Spoken Anti |
| 34 | Bebel Gilberto | Bebel Gilberto | Six Degrees |
| 35 | PJ Harvey | Uh Huh Her | Island |
| 36 | Tom Waits | Real Gone | Anti |
| 37 | The Walkmen | Bows + Arrows | Record Collection |
| 38 | Kings of Convenience | Riot on an Empty Street | Astralwerks |
| 39 | Antibalas | Who is This America? | RopeADope |
| 40 | Cocorosie | La Maison de Mon Reve | Touch and Go |
| 41 | Paul Westerberg | Folker | Vagrant |
| 42 | Cloud Cult | Aurora Borealis | Earthology |
| 43 | The Owls | Our Hopes and Dreams | Magic Marker |
| 44 | Brian Wilson | SMiLE | Nonesuch |
| 45 | Le Tigre | This Island | Universal |
| 46 | Iron & Wine | Our Endless Numbered Days | Sub Pop |
| 47 | Ratatat | Ratatat | XL |
| 48 | Stereolab | Margerine Eclipse | Elektra |
| 49 | The Hives | Tyrannosaurus Hives | Interscope |
| 50 | Traditional Methods | Falling Forward | Interlock |
| 51 | Haley Bonar | Lure the Fox EP | Self-Released |
| 52 | The Delgados | Universal Audio | Chemikal Underground |
| 53 | Animal Collective | Sung Tongs | Fatcat |
| 54 | Devotchka | How it Ends | Cicero |
| 55 | Wilco | A Ghost is Born | Nonesuch |
| 56 | Deerhoof | Milk Man | Kill Rock Stars |
| 57 | Har Mar Superstar | The Handler | Record Collection |
| 58 | The Fiery Furnaces | Bluberry Boat | Rough Trade |
| 59 | Blonde Redhead | Misery is a Butterfly | 4AD |
| 60 | Elvis Costello & the Impostors | The Delivery Man | Lost Highway |
| 61 | Camera Obscura | Under Achievers Please Try Harder | Merge |
| 62 | Mates of State | All Day | Polyvinyl |
| 63 | Of Montreal | Satanic Panic in the Attic | Polyvinyl |
| 64 | Luna | Rendezvous | Jetset |
| 65 | Katastrophy Wife | Money Shot / Blue Valient b/w Emit Time | Integrity |
| 66 | Pinback | Summer in Abaddon | Touch and Go |
| 67 | Coachwhips | Bangers vs. F'ers | Narnack |
| 68 | Eagles of Death Metal | Peace, Love, Death Metal | Ant Acid Audio |
| 69 | Eyedea & Abilities | E & A | Rhymesayers |
| 70 | Cinerama | It's Not You, it's Me b/w Erinner Dich | Go Metric! |
| 71 | Morrissey | You are the Quarry | Attack |
| 72 | I am the World Trade Center | The Cover Up | Gammon |
| 73 | Visqueen | Sunset on Dateland | BlueDisguise |
| 74 | Mouse on Mars | Radical Connector | Thrill Jockey |
| 75 | The Libertines | The Libertines | Rough Trade |
| 76 | Low | A Lifetime of Temporary Relief | Chair-Kickers |
| 77 | A.C. Newman | The Slow Wonder | Matador |
