| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
| 1 | Broken Social Scene | Broken Social Scene | Arts & Crafts |
| 2 | Low | The Great Destroyer | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Gorillaz | Demon Days | Virgin |
| 4 | Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 5 | M.I.A. | Arular | XL |
| 6 | LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem | EMI |
| 7 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | Vice |
| 8 | Sigur Ros | TakkŠ | Geffen |
| 9 | Sleater-Kinney | The Woods | Sub Pop |
| 10 | M83 | Before the Dawn Heals Us | Mute |
| 11 | The White Stripes | Get Behind Me Satan | V2 |
| 12 | Stnnng | Dignified Sissy | Modern Radio |
| 13 | Black Mountain | Black Mountain | Jagjaguwar |
| 14 | Wolf Parade | Apologies to the Queen Mary | Sub Pop |
| 15 | Deerhoof | The Runners Four | Kill Rock Stars |
| 16 | The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | Matador |
| 17 | The Hold Steady | Separation Sunday | Frenchkiss |
| 18 | The Go! Team | Thunder, Lightning, Strike | Columbia |
| 19 | Iron & Wine / Calexico | In the Reins | Overcoat |
| 20 | Belles of Skin City | Ha-Ha Boardroom Think Tank Tantrums | TGNP |
| 21 | The Decemberists | Picaresque | Kill Rock Stars |
| 22 | Spoon | Gimme Fiction | Merge |
| 23 | Seu Jorge | Cru | Wrasse |
| 24 | Devendra Banhart | Cripple Crow | XL |
| 25 | Dosh | Powder Horn | Self-Released |
| 26 | Stars | Set Yourself on Fire | Arts & Crafts |
| 27 | Out Hud | Let Us Never Speak of it Again | Kranky |
| 28 | Caribou | The Milk of Human Kindness | Domino |
| 29 | The Blind Shake | Rizzograph | Learning Curve |
| 30 | Annie | Anniemal | Big Beat |
| 31 | Atmosphere | You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having | Rhymesayers |
| 32 | The Soviettes | LP III | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 33 | Danger Doom | The Mouse and the Mask | Epitaph |
| 34 | Four Tet | Everything Ecstatic | Domino |
| 35 | Kanser | Self Titled | Interlock |
| 36 | Ladytron | The Witching Hour | Ryko |
| 37 | Big Business | Head for the Shallow | Hydra Head |
| 38 | The Black Angels EP | Light in the Attic | |
| 39 | Kill the Vultures | Kill the Vultures | Locust |
| 40 | Chariots | Congratulations | Troubleman |
| 41 | Metric | Live it Out | Last Gang |
| 42 | Bright Eyes | I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning | Saddle Creek |
| 43 | Digitata | Sexually Transmitted Emotion | TGNP |
| 44 | Architecture in Helsinki | In Case We Die | Bar/None |
| 45 | Of Montreal | The Sunlandic Twins | Polyvinyl |
| 46 | The Fall | Fall Heads Roll | Narnack |
| 47 | Death Cab for Cutie | Plans | Atlantic |
| 48 | Death From Above 1979 | Romance Bloody Romance | Vice |
| 49 | Goldfrapp | Number 1 | Mute |
| 50 | Animal Collective | Feels | Fatcat |
| 51 | [no idea what the band name is here] | Dungen Ta Det Lungt | Kemado |
| 52 | Falcon Crest | Taste the Thunder Raise the Flag | Not Bad |
| 53 | Blood on the Wall | Awesomer | Social Registry |
| 54 | The Mars Volta | Frances the Mute | GSL/Universal |
| 55 | Adult | Gimmie Troube | Thrill Jockey |
| 56 | The Midnight Evils | Breakin' it Down | Estrus |
| 57 | The Mountain Goats | The Sunset Tree | 4AD |
| 58 | Spaghetti Western String Co. | Quiet Mob EP | Self-Released |
| 59 | Sims | Lights Out Paris | Doomtree |
| 60 | Fischerspooner | Odyssey | Capitol/EMI |
| 61 | The Quantic Soul Orchestra | Pushin' On | Ubiquity |
| 62 | Gay Beast EP | Self-Released | |
| 63 | Halloween | Alaska, Too Tall to Hide | East Side Digital |
| 64 | Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | Naturally | aptone |
| 65 | The Fiery Furnaces EP | Rough Trade | |
| 66 | Sicbay | Suspicious Icons | 54 '40 or Fight |
| 67 | Lemon Jelly | 64-'95 | XL |
| 68 | Hockey Night | Keep Guessin' | Lookout |
| 69 | Andrew Bird | The Mysterious Productions of Eggs | Righteous Babe |
| 70 | Cloud Cult | Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus | Earthology |
| 71 | 400 Blows | Angel's Trumpets and Devil's Trombones | GSL |
| 72 | Ohmega Watts | The Find | Ubiquity |
| 73 | Xiu Xiu | La Foret | 5RC |
| 74 | The Raveonettes | Pretty in Black | Columbia |
| 75 | Broadcast | Tender Buttons | Warp |
| 76 | The Most Serene Republic | Underwater Cinematographer | Arts & Crafts |
| 77 | Fog | 10th Avenue Freakout | Lex |
