20. BEST COAST | Crazy For You [Mexican Summer]
19. TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS | The Brutalist Bricks [Matador]
18. ADMIRAL RADLEY | I Heart California [The Ship]
17. IDLEWILD | Post Electric Blues [Nice]
16. GUSTER | Easy Wonderful [Aware/Universal Republic]
15. DEERHUNTER | Halcyon Digest [4AD]
14. BOSTON SPACESHIPS | Our Cubehouse Still Rocks [Guided By Voices, Inc.]
13. THE RADIO DEPT. | Clinging To A Scheme [Labrador]
12. THE WALKMEN | Lisbon [Fat Possum]
11. DR. DOG | Shame, Shame [Anti-]
10. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS | Together [Matador]
9. THE BLACK KEYS | Brothers [Nonesuch]
8. TEENAGE FANCLUB | Shadows [Merge]
7. ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI | Before Today [4AD]
6. JENNY AND JOHNNY | I’m Having Fun Now [Warner Bros.]
5. SUPERCHUNK | Majesty Shredding [Merge]
4. BROKEN BELLS | Broken Bells [Columbia]
3. THE NATIONAL | High Violet [4AD]
2. ARCADE FIRE | The Suburbs [Merge]
1. BEACH HOUSE | Teen Dream [Sub Pop]