| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Sonic Youth |
The Eternal |
Matador |
| 2 |
Grizzly Bear |
Veckatimest |
Warp |
| 3 |
Dirty Projectors |
Bitte Orca |
Domino |
| 4 |
Dinosaur Jr. |
Farm |
Jagjaguwar |
| 5 |
Sunset Rubdown * |
Dragonslayer |
Jagjaguwar |
| 6 |
Pink Mountaintops * |
Outside Love |
Jagjaguwar |
| 7 |
Phoenix |
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix |
Glassnote |
| 8 |
The Lovely Feathers * |
Fantasy Of The Lot |
Sparks |
| 9 |
Eels |
Hombre Lobo - 12 Songs of Desire |
Vagrant |
| 10 |
Think About Life * |
Family |
Alien8 |
| 11 |
Wilco |
Wilco (The Album) |
Nonesuch |
| 12 |
Metric * |
Fantasies |
Last Gang |
| 13 |
Tortoise |
Beacons of Ancestorship |
Thrill Jockey |
| 14 |
Clues * |
Clues |
Constellation |
| 15 |
Joel Plaskett * |
Three |
MapleMusic |
| 16 |
Royal City * |
Royal City |
Outside |
| 17 |
Apostle Of Hustle * |
Eats Darkness |
Arts & Crafts |
| 18 |
Various * |
Vancouver's Punk As Fuck Volume 2 |
VPAF |
| 19 |
The Got To Get Got * |
Sahalee |
Noyes |
| 20 |
Iron And Wine |
Around The Well |
Sub Pop |
| 21 |
Reverie Sound Revue * |
Reverie Sound Revue |
Boompa |
| 22 |
Great Lake Swimmers * |
Lost Channels |
Nettwerk |
| 23 |
The Most Serene Republic * |
And The Ever Expanding Universe |
Arts & Crafts |
| 24 |
Evaporators, The/Andrew W.K. * |
A Wild Pear |
Mint |
| 25 |
Regina Spektor |
Far |
Sire |
| 26 |
Camera Obscura |
My Maudlin Career |
4AD |
| 27 |
Dog Day * |
Concentration |
Outside |
| 28 |
Hayden * |
The Place Where We Lived |
Hardwood |
| 29 |
Japandroids * |
Post-Nothing |
Unfamiliar |
| 30 |
Tiga * |
Ciao! |
Last Gang |
| 31 |
The Gruesomes * |
Hey! |
Ricochet Sound |
| 32 |
Patrick Watson * |
Wooden Arms |
Secret City |
| 33 |
Flotilla * |
One Hundred Words for Water |
Self-Released |
| 34 |
Passion Pit |
Manners |
Frenchkiss |
| 35 |
Julie Doiron * |
I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day |
Endearing |
| 36 |
Pale Air Singers * |
Pale Air Singers |
Flemish Eye |
| 37 |
Bibio |
Ambivalence Avenue |
Warp |
| 38 |
Deer Tick |
Born on Flag Day |
Partisan |
| 39 |
The Western States * |
Bye and Bye |
Dollartone |
| 40 |
Neko Case |
Middle Cyclone |
Anti- |
| 41 |
Grand Analog * |
Metropolis Is Burning |
Urbnet |
| 42 |
Black Moth Super Rainbow |
Eating Us |
Graveface |
| 43 |
Iggy Pop |
Preliminaries |
EMI |
| 44 |
Vieux Farka Toure |
Fondo |
Six Degrees |
| 45 |
Years * |
Years |
Arts & Crafts |
| 46 |
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens |
What Have You Done, My Brother? |
Daptone |
| 47 |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
It's Blitz! |
Universal |
| 48 |
Elfin Saddle * |
Ringing For The Beginning Again |
Constellation |
| 49 |
The Other Brothers * |
Points Of View |
Self-Released |
| 50 |
Attack In Black * |
Years (By One Thousand Fingertips) |
Dine Alone |
| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 51 |
The Ghost Is Dancing * |
Battles On |
Sonic Unyon |
| 52 |
Gypsophilia * |
Sa-Ba-Da-Ow! |
Self-Released |
| 53 |
Pneumatic Transit * |
In The Future We Will Run On Air |
Self-Released |
| 54 |
Lee Harvey Osmond * |
A Quiet Evil |
Latent |
| 55 |
Mr. Something Something * |
Shine Your Face |
World Records |
| 56 |
Gentleman Reg * |
Jet Black |
Arts & Crafts |
| 57 |
God Help The Girl |
God Help The Girl |
Matador |
| 58 |
Mos Def |
The Ecstatic |
Downtown |
| 59 |
Green Go * |
Borders |
Pheremone |
| 60 |
Los Straitjackets |
The Further Adventures Of Los Straitjackets |
Yep Roc |
| 61 |
Still Life Still * |
Pastel EP |
Arts & Crafts |
| 62 |
Lily Fawn * |
Brightest Darkest |
Northern Electric |
| 63 |
Said The Whale * |
The Magician EP |
Upper Management |
| 64 |
The Novaks * |
Things Fall Apart |
Sonic |
| 65 |
Various * |
Le Son 666: Audio |
Le Son 666 |
| 66 |
Shotgun Jimmie * |
Still Jimmie |
You've Changed |
| 67 |
Deerhunter |
Rainwater Cassette Exchange |
Kranky |
| 68 |
Akron/Family |
Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free |
Dead Oceans |
| 69 |
Pawa Up First * |
The Outcome |
Dare To Care |
| 70 |
John Doe and The Sadies |
Country Club |
Outside |
| 71 |
Rancid |
Let The Dominoes Fall |
Hellcat |
| 72 |
City Center |
City Center |
Type |
| 73 |
Various |
SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: The Covers |
Merge |
| 74 |
Tiny Vipers |
Life On Earth |
Sub Pop |
| 75 |
Rock Plaza Central * |
At The Moment of Our Most Needing |
Paper Bag |
| 76 |
The Field |
Yesterday and Today |
Kompakt |
| 77 |
Eamon McGrath * |
13 Songs of Whiskey and Light |
White Whale |
| 78 |
Various * |
Record Of The Week Club |
Head In The Sand |
| 79 |
Nestor Wynrush * |
Trinnipeg !78 |
Clothes Horse Records |
| 80 |
Easy Star All Stars |
Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band |
Easy Star |
| 81 |
The Mars Volta |
Octahedron |
Warner |
| 82 |
Caledonia * |
We Are America |
Self-Released |
| 83 |
Shout Out Out Out Out * |
Reintegration Time |
Normals Welcome |
| 84 |
Elephant Stone * |
The Seven Seas |
Elephants On Parade |
| 85 |
St. Vincent |
Actor |
4AD |
| 86 |
Elizabeth and the Catapult |
Taller Children |
Verve |
| 87 |
Peaches * |
I Feel Cream |
XL Recordings |
| 88 |
Boo Hoo * |
Don't Die |
Very Wrong Recording Co. |
| 89 |
So Many Dynamos |
The Loud Wars |
Vagrant |
| 90 |
Precious Fathers * |
Alluvial Fan |
White Whale |
| 91 |
Dala * |
Everyone Is Someone |
Campus Music |
| 92 |
Joan Of Arc |
Flowers |
Polyvinyl |
| 93 |
Field Assembly * |
Broadsides & Ephemera |
Self-Released |
| 94 |
Elvis Costello |
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane |
Hear Music |
| 95 |
Moby |
Wait For Me |
Mute |
| 96 |
Au Revoir Simone |
Still Night, Still Light |
Our Secret |
| 97 |
Mika Miko |
We Be Xuxa |
Post Present Medium |
| 98 |
Bidiniband * |
The Land is Wild |
Pheromone |
| 99 |
King Khan And The Shrines |
What Is?! |
Vice |
| 100 |
Ohbijou * |
Beacons |
Last Gang |
| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 101 |
Swan Lake * |
Enemy Mine |
Jagjaguwar |
| 102 |
Busdriver |
Jhelli Beam |
Anti- |
| 103 |
Luxury Pond * |
Luxury Pond |
Self-Released |
| 104 |
Sights And Sounds * |
Monolith |
Smallman |
| 105 |
Subb * |
To This Beat |
Stomp |
| 106 |
Bike For Three! * |
More Heart Than Brains |
Anticon |
| 107 |
New York Dolls |
'Cause I Sez So |
ATCO |
| 108 |
Jim Byrnes * |
My Walking Stick |
Black Hen |
| 109 |
The Get Down * |
Dirty Power |
Transistor 66 |
| 110 |
White Cowbell Oklahoma * |
Bombardero |
Slick Monkey |
| 111 |
Lhasa * |
Lhasa |
Audiogram |
| 112 |
The Phenomenal Handclap Band |
The Phenomenal Handclap Band |
Friendly Fire |
| 113 |
Ruby Jean And The Thoughtful Bees * |
Ruby Jean And The Thoughtful Bees |
Youth Club |
| 114 |
Humble * |
Everything |
Palm Of Gold/Builders Music |
| 115 |
The Vaselines |
Enter the Vaslines |
Sub Pop |
| 116 |
Classified * |
Self Explanatory |
Sony/BMG |
| 117 |
Amazing Baby |
Rewild |
Shangri-La |
| 118 |
Various |
Italia |
Putumayo |
| 119 |
Kwesi Selassie * |
Survival |
Self-Released |
| 120 |
Jenn Grant * |
Echoes |
Six Shooter |
| 121 |
Nutsak * |
Failed Musician |
Signed By Force |
| 122 |
Almonds, Cohen * |
Amazing Grass |
Old Life |
| 123 |
Clinton Charlton * |
Parade |
Self-Released |
| 124 |
K-Os * |
Yes! |
Crown Loyalist |
| 125 |
Gregory Pepper And His Problems* |
With Trumpets Flaring |
Fake Four Inc. |
| 126 |
Jarvis Cocker |
Further Complications |
Rough Trade |
| 127 |
Great Bloomers * |
Speak of Trouble |
Grifter Music |
| 128 |
The Jing Bang Show * |
Wired EP |
Self-Released |
| 129 |
Those Darlins |
Those Darlins |
Oh Wow Dang |
| 130 |
The Arkells * |
Jackson Square |
Dine Alone |
| 131 |
The Sounds |
Crossing the Rubicon |
Arnioki |
| 132 |
Allen Toussaint |
The Bright Mississippi |
Nonesuch |
| 133 |
Slim Twig * |
Contempt! |
Paper Bag |
| 134 |
Violent Kin * |
Bitter Blood |
Self-Released |
| 135 |
Dave Pomfret * |
No Rush |
Self-Released |
| 136 |
Beck |
One Foot In The Grave (Expanded Edition) |
Iliad |
| 137 |
Various |
PDX Pop Now! 2009 |
PDX |
| 138 |
Ocote Soul Sounds And Adrian Quesada |
Coconut Rock |
ESL |
| 139 |
Little Girls * |
Tambourine |
Paper Bag |
| 140 |
Girl In A Coma |
Trio B.C. |
Blackheart |
| 141 |
Adam Mowery * |
Port City Burning |
Self-Released |
| 142 |
Black Hat Brigade * |
Fathers EP |
Self-Released |
| 143 |
Isotopes * |
Heatseeker b/w Suicide Squeeze |
643 Records |
| 144 |
Kronos Quartet |
Floodplain |
Nonesuch |
| 145 |
KNOTS * |
The Blistering Sun, The Pale Moon, HaHaHaHa |
Self-Released |
| 146 |
Brock Geiger * |
Invitation |
Self-Released |
| 147 |
Jason Plumb and The Willing * |
Wide Open Music: Songs For Saskatchewan |
Soccer Mom |
| 148 |
The Woolly Bandits |
Woman of Mass Destuction |
Citation |
| 149 |
Bad Seeds, The |
I'm a king bee/a taste of the same/sick and tired +1 [reissue] |
Sundazed |
| 150 |
Def3 & Factor * |
Drumbo |
Side Road |
| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 151 |
Dust Poets * |
World At Large |
Self-Released |
| 152 |
Ty Segall |
Lemons |
Goner |
| 153 |
Elaine Sheppard * |
Lady In The Streets |
Self-Released |
| 154 |
Immaculate Machine * |
High on Jackson Hill |
Mint |
| 155 |
The Tranzmitors * |
Busy Singles |
Deranged |
| 156 |
The Decemberists |
The Hazards Of Love |
Capitol EMI |
| 157 |
Run With The Kittens * |
Cad Gold Jr. |
Self-Released |
| 158 |
Life Blown Open |
The Industry |
Self-Released |
| 159 |
Placebo |
Battle for the Sun |
Vagrant |
| 160 |
Doves |
Kingdom Of Rust |
Astralwerks |
| 161 |
Bjork |
Live At The Olympic Studios |
Nonesuch |
| 162 |
Junior Boys * |
Begone Dull Care |
Domino |
| 163 |
Foreign Born |
Person To Person |
Secretly Canadian |
| 164 |
Endangered Ape * |
Ape Shall Not Kill Ape |
Mammoth Cave |
| 165 |
Deastro |
Moondagger |
Ghostly International |
| 166 |
Woods |
Songs of Shame |
Shrimper |
| 167 |
Heliocentrics & Mulatu Astatke |
Inspiration Information |
Strut |
| 168 |
Handsome Furs * |
Face Control |
Sub Pop |
| 169 |
Hot Kid * |
Someday Somehow |
First Cousin Records |
| 170 |
Cass McCombs |
Catacombs |
Domino |
| 171 |
Prefuse 73 |
Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian |
Warp |
| 172 |
Little Boots |
Illuminations |
Atlantic |
| 173 |
Ancient Astronauts |
We Are To Answer |
ESL-Switchstance |
| 174 |
Dark Mean * |
Frankencottage |
Self-Released |
| 175 |
Eugene McGuinness |
Eugene McGuinness |
Domino |
| 176 |
Bitrate * |
It's Raining On The Sunshine Coast |
Db |
| 177 |
Thieves Like Us |
Play Music |
Shelflife |
| 178 |
Jef and the Holograms * |
Truly Contagious |
Self-Released |
| 179 |
Winter Gloves * |
About A Girl |
Paper Bag |
| 180 |
Future Of The Left |
Travels With Myself and Another |
4AD |
| 181 |
Olenka And The Autumn Lovers * |
Papillonette |
Self-Released |
| 182 |
Go Ghetto Tiger * |
Backstage at a Puppet Show |
Self-Released |
| 183 |
Mstrkrft * |
Fist Of God |
Last Gang |
| 184 |
T. Nile * |
The Cabin Song EP |
Self-Released |
| 185 |
Death |
For The Whole Wide World To See |
Drag City |
| 186 |
Timber Timbre * |
Timber Timbre |
Arts & Crafts |
| 187 |
Arietta * |
Migration |
Self-Released |
| 188 |
Yesterday's Ring * |
Diamonds In The Ditch |
Aquarius |
| 189 |
In-Flight Safety * |
We Are An Empire My Dear |
Self-Released |
| 190 |
D-Sisive * |
Let The Children Die |
Urbnet |
| 191 |
Magik Markers |
Balf Quarry |
Drag City |
| 192 |
Starlight Mints |
Change Remains |
Barsuk |
| 193 |
Post Honeymoon |
Post Honeymoon |
Two Thumbs Down |
| 194 |
The Grass * |
Rogue Waves |
Self-Released |
| 195 |
Nickodemus |
Sun People |
ESL Music |
| 196 |
The Horrors |
Primary Colours |
XL Recordings |
| 197 |
Coalesce |
Ox |
Relapse |
| 198 |
Rum Runner * |
What's The Music Mean To You? |
Stumble |
| 199 |
Pete M��ss * |
Presents Sober On Strike Episode 3 |
Universal |
| 200 |
Various |
Well Hung |
B-Music |
