2. Interpol “Interpol”

3. Kings Of Leon “Come Around Sundown”

4. Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”

5. Liars “Sisterworld”

6. Zola Jesus “Stridulum II”

7. Coco Rosie “Grey Oceans”

8. The Dead Weather “Sea Of Cowards”

9. Woven Hand “The Threshing Floor”

10. The Roots “How I Got Over”

2. Bat For Lashes “Two Suns”

3. Florence & The Machine “Lungs”

4. Fever Ray “Fever Ray”

5. Soap & Skin “Lovetune For Vacuum”

6. Doves “Kingdom Of Rust”

7. Julian Plenti “Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper”

8. Gliss “Devotion Implosion”

9. Gossip “Music For Men”

10. Karen O And The Kids “Where The Wild Things Are”

2. Elbow “The Seldom Seen Kid”

3. Woven Hand “Ten Stones”

4. Mogwai “The Hawk Is Howling”

5. Sigur Rós “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust”

6. Portishead “Third”

7. Emiliana Torrini “Me And Armini”

8. Fleet Foxes “Fleet Foxes”

9. Cat Power “Jukebox”

10. Spiritualized “Songs in A&E”

2. Arcade Fire “Neon Bible”

3. Justice “†”

4. Kings Of Leon “Because Of The Times”

5. The Hold Steady “Boys And Girls In America”

6. The Coral “Roots & Echoes”

7. Stars “In Our Bedroom”

8. Radiohead “In Rainbows”

9. Interpol “Our Love To Admire”

10. !!! “Myth Takes”

2. Trail Of Dead “So Divided”

3. My Morning Jacket “Okonokos”

4. Sophia “Technology Won’t Save Us”

5. Kante “Die Tiere Sind Unruhig”

6. Johnny Cash “American V: A Hundred Highways”

7. TV On The Radio “Return To Cookie Mountain”

8. The Thermals “The Boody The Blood The Machine”

9. The Gossip “Standing In The Way Of Control”

10. De Rosa “Mend”

2. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead “Worlds Apart”

3. Stars “Set Yourself On Fire”

4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club “Howl”

5. Bloc Party “Silent Alarm”

6. Art Brut “Bang Bang Rock And Roll”

7. Starsailor “In The Crossfire”

8. The Magic Numbers “The Magic Numbers”

9. Sigur Rós “Takk”

10. Paul Weller “As Is Now”

2. Interpol “Antics” (Labels/EMI)

3. The Libertines “The Libertines”

4. Kings Of Leon “Aha Shake Heartbreak”

5. Goldie Lookin Chain “Greatest Hits”

6. Modest Mouse “Good Songs…”

7. The Streets “A Grand Don’t Come For Free”

8. John Frusciante “The DC EP”

9. Archive “Unplugged”

10. McLusky “The Difference…”

2. Starsailor “Silence Is Easy”

3. U.N.K.L.E. “Never, Never, Land”

4. Jane’s Addiction “Strays”

5. Paris “Sonic Jihad”

6. Belle & Sebastian “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”

7. The White Stripes “Elephant”

8. Songs:Ohia “The Magnolia Electric Co.”

9. Black Eyed Peas “Elephunk”

10. Spiritualized “Amazing Grace”

2. Coldplay “A Rush Of Blood To The Head”

3. Ms Dynamite “A Little Deeper”

4. Fehlfarben “Knietief Im Dispo”

5. The Vines “Highly Evolved”

6. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead “Source Tags & Codes”

7. Sage Francis “Personal Journals”

8. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club “B.R.M.C.”

9. Gomez “In Our Gun”

10. Girls Against Boys “You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See”

2. Mogwai “Rock Action”

3. The Strokes “This Is It”

4. Pulp “We Love Life”

5. Spiritualized “Let It Come Down”

6. Super Furry Animals “Rings Around The World”

7. The (International) Noise Conspiracy “A New Beginning, Changing Weather”

8. Station 17+ “Hitparade”

9. Turin Brakes “The Optimist”

10. Kante “Zweilicht”

2. At The Drive-In “Relationship Of Command”

3. Coldplay “Parachutes”

4. Godspeed You! Black Empereor “Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!”

5. Outkast “Stankonia”

6. P.J. Harvey “Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea”

7. Radiohead “Kid A”

8. Robbie Williams “Sing When You’re Winning”

9. Sigur Rós “Ágaetis Byrjun”

10. Ween “White Pepper”

2. Arab Strap “Mad For Sadness” (live)

3. Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Ni**a Please”

4. Method Man & Redman “Blackout!”

5. Modest Mouse “The Lonesome Crowded West”

6. Roadsaw “Nationwide”

7. Mos Def “Black On Both Sides”

8. Eins, Zwo “Gefährliches Halbwissen”

9. Mr. Bungle “California”

10. Neurosis “Times Of Grace”