50

Antony And The Johnsons

The Crying Light
(Secretly Canadian)

49

Mos Def

The Ecstatic
(Downtown)

48

Silversun Pickups

Swoon
(Dangerbird)

47

jj

n° 2
(Sincerely Yours)

46

Raekwon

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
(Loud/RCA/BMG)

45

Regina Spektor

Far
(Sire)

44

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Hometowns
(Saddle Creek)

43

Mastodon

Crack The Skye
(Reprise)

42

The Dead Weather

Horehound
(Mute)

41

Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures
(DGC/Interscope)

40

Neon Indian

Psychic Chasms
(Lefse)

39

Brand New

Daisy
(Interscope)

38

Bill Callahan

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
(Drag City)

37

Cymbals Eat Guitars

Why There Are Mountains
(Self-released)

36

The Horrors

Primary Colours
(XL)

35

Tegan And Sara

Sainthood
(Vapor)

34

Fuck Buttons

Tarot Sport
(ATP)

33

Florence & The Machine

Lungs
(Island)

32

Dinosaur Jr.

Farm
(Jagjaguwar)

31

The Mountain Goats

The Life Of The World To Come
(4AD)

30

Dan Deacon

Bromst
(Carpark)

29

Camera Obscura

My Maudlin Career
(4AD)

28

Wild Beasts

Two Dancers
(Domino)

27

Julian Casablancas

Phrazes For The Young
(Cult/RCA)

26

Metric

Fantasies
(Metric Music International)

25

Andrew Bird

Noble Beast
(Fat Possum)

24

Arctic Monkeys

Humbug
(Domino)

23

Monsters Of Folk

Monsters Of Folk
(Shangri-La)

22

The Avett Brothers

I And Love And You
(Sony)

21

Japandroids

Post-Nothing
(Polyvinyl)

20

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
(Slumberland)

19

Atlas Sound

Logos
(Kranky)

18

Wilco

Wilco (The Album)
(Nonesuch)

17

Various Artists

Dark Was The Night
(4AD)

16

The Decemberists

The Hazards of Love
(Capitol)

15

Bat For Lashes

Two Suns
(Astralwerks)

14

Fever Ray

Fever Ray
(Mute)

13

Sunset Rubdown

Dragonslayer
(Jagjaguwar)

12

St. Vincent

Actor
(4AD)

11

The Flaming Lips

Embryonic
(Warner Bros.)

10

Neko Case

Middle Cyclone
(ANTI-)

9

Passion Pit

Manners
(Frenchkiss)

8

The Antlers

Hospice
(Frenchkiss)

7

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

It's Blitz
(Interscope)

6

Girls

Album
(True Panther)

5

The xx

xx
(Young Turks/XL)

4

Phoenix

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
(Glassnote)

3

Dirty Projectors

Bitte Orca
(Domino)

2

Grizzly Bear

Veckatimest
(Warp)

1

Animal Collective

Merriweather Post Pavilion
(Domino)