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The KEXP Variety music chart for February, 2009
Week: 02/20/2009 - 02/26/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  (Various) | Dark Was the Night | 4AD |
| 2. | Gui Boratto | Take My Breath Away | Kompakt |
| 3. | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Slumberland |
| 4. | Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Mute |
| 5. | M. Ward | Hold Time | Merge |
| 6. | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | Anti- |
| 7. | Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Domino |
| 8. | Surf City | Surf City | Morr |
| 9. | Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid | Nonesuch |
| 10. | Morrissey | Years of Refusal | Lost Highway |
| 11. | Andrew Bird | Noble Beast | Fat Possum |
| 12. | Faunts | Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. | Friendly Fire |
| 13. | Threatmantics | Upbeat Love | Domino |
| 14. | N.A.S.A. | The Spirit of Apollo | Anti- |
| 15. | Matt & Kim | Grand | Fader |
| 16. | (Various) | War Child presents Heroes | Astralwerks |
| 17. | The Love Language | The Love Language | Bladen County |
| 18. | A.C. Newman | Get Guilty | Matador |
| 19. | Say Hi | Oohs & Aahs | Barsuk |
| 20. | Titus Andronicus | The Airing of Grievances | XL |
| 21. | The Features | Some Kind of Salvation | Self-Released |
| 22. | Phosphorescent | To Willie | Dead Oceans |
| 23. | Beirut // Realpeople | March of the Zapotec // Holland | Ba Da Bing |
| 24. | Alice Russell | Pot of Gold | Six Degrees |
| 25. | Bon Iver | Blood Bank | Jagjaguwar |
| 26. | Hotels | Where Hearts Go Broke | Hidden Shoal |
| 27. | Novalima | Coba Coba | Cumbancha |
| 28. | Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | Domino |
| 29. | Sleepy Eyes of Death | Dark Signals | mass mvmnt/Sleep Capsule |
| 30. | Mirah | (a)spera | K |
| 31. | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Lightning Rod |
| 32. | Telepathe | Dance Mother | Iamsound |
| 33. | Eleni Mandell | Artificial Fire | Zedtone |
| 34. | (Various) | 08/09 XL | XL |
| 35. | Jessica Lea Mayfield | With Blasphemy So Heartfelt | Polymer |
| 36. | The Redwood Plan | The Redwood Plan | Fish the Cat |
| 37. | Iran | Dissolver | Narnack |
| 38. | Police Teeth | Real Size Monster Series | Blood City |
| 39. | The Moondoggies | Don't Be A Stranger | Hardly Art |
| 40. | William Elliott Whitmore | Animals in the Dark | Anti- |
| 41. | Handsome Furs | Face Control | Sub Pop |
| 42. | Asobi Seksu | Hush | Polyvinyl |
| 43. | Loney Dear | Dear John | Polyvinyl |
| 44. | (Soundtrack) | Slumdog Millionaire | N.E.E.T./Interscope |
| 45. | See Me River | The Great Unwashed | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' |
| 46. | Gun Outfit | Dim Light | PPM |
| 47. | North Twin | Stronger at the Broken Places | Self-Released |
| 48. | Panda & Angel | Demos | Self-Released |
| 49. | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop |
| 50. | Elvis Perkins in Dearland | Elvis Perkins in Dearland | XL |
| 51. | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Beware | Drag City |
| 52. | Riverboat Gamblers | Underneath the Owl | Volcom |
| 53. | Arbouretum | Song of the Pearl | Thrill Jockey |
| 54. | P.O.S. | Never Better | Rhymesayers |
| 55. | The Gourds | Haymaker! | Yep Roc |
| 56. | Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light | Secretly Canadian |
| 57. | Wheels on Fire | Get Famous! | Big Legal Mess |
| 58. | Justin Townes Earle | Midnight at the Movies | Bloodshot |
| 59. | The Low Frequency in Stereo | Futuro | Rune Grammofon |
| 60. | (Various) | Fly Girls! | Soul Jazz |
| 61. | The Von Bondies | Love Hate and Then There's You | Majordomo |
| 62. | Kinky | Barracuda | Nettwerk |
| 63. | Trentalange | Awakening, Level One | Coco Tauro |
| 64. | Dept of Energy | Faster | Roam |
| 65. | Eastern Grip | Griptheria | Self-Released |
| 66. | Cotton Jones | Paranoid Cocoon | Suicide Squeeze |
| 67. | Late of the Pier | Fantasy Black Channel | Astralwerks |
| 68. | Mark Olson & Gary Louris | Ready for the Flood | New West |
| 69. | El Goodo | Coyote | Grease |
| 70. | Mr. Scruff | Ninja Tuna | Ninja Tune |
| 71. | Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 | Goodnight Oslo | Yep Roc |
| 72. | DJ Signify | Of Cities | Bully |
| 73. | Marissa Nadler | Little Hells | Kemado |
| 74. | The Guild League | Speak Up | Matinee |
| 75. | (Various) | Freshly Composted Vol. 3: Compost Dreihundert | Compost |
| 76. | Bubblegum Lemonade | Doubleplusgood | Matinee |
| 77. | Glasvegas | Glasvegas | Columbia |
| 78. | Vetiver | Tight Knit | Sub Pop |
| 79. | The Hermit Crabs | Correspondence Course | Matinee |
| 80. | Balmorhea | All Is Wild, All Is Silent | Western Vinyl |
| 81. | Sin Fang Bous | Clangour | Morr |
| 82. | Los Campesinos! | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | Arts & Crafts |
| 83. | Q-Tip | The Renaissance | Universal Motown |
| 84. | TV On the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
| 85. | J. Tillman | Vacilando Territory Blues | Western Vinyl |
| 86. | The Whore Moans | Hello From the Radio Wasteland | Mt. Fuji |
| 87. | Filastine | Dirty Bomb | Soot/Post-World Industries |
| 88. | Spook the Horse | Scarlett | Self-Released |
| 89. | Rokia Traore | Tchmantche | Nonesuch |
| 90. | Wavves | Wavvves | Fat Possum |
Week: 02/13/2009 - 02/19/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | (Various) | Dark Was the Night | 4AD |
| 2. | Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Domino |
| 3. | Andrew Bird | Noble Beast | Fat Possum |
| 4. | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Slumberland |
| 5. | Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Mute |
| 6. | Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid | Nonesuch |
| 7. | William Elliott Whitmore | Animals in the Dark | Anti- |
| 8. | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | Anti- |
| 9. | M. Ward | Hold Time | Merge |
| 10. | N.A.S.A. | The Spirit of Apollo | Anti- |
| 11. | Morrissey | Years of Refusal | Lost Highway |
| 12. | Titus Andronicus | The Airing of Grievances | XL |
| 13. | Hotels | Where Hearts Go Broke | Hidden Shoal |
| 14. | Beirut // Realpeople | March of the Zapotec // Holland | Ba Da Bing |
| 15. | The Love Language | The Love Language | Bladen County |
| 16. | Threatmantics | Upbeat Love | Domino |
| 17. | (Soundtrack) | Slumdog Millionaire | N.E.E.T./Interscope |
| 18. | Faunts | Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. | Friendly Fire |
| 19. | A.C. Newman | Get Guilty | Matador |
| 20. | Matt & Kim | Grand | Fader |
| 21. | Bon Iver | Blood Bank | Jagjaguwar |
| 22. | Iran | Dissolver | Narnack |
| 23. | Asobi Seksu | Hush | Polyvinyl |
| 24. | Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | Domino |
| 25. | Surf City | Surf City | Morr |
| 26. | Novalima | Coba Coba | Cumbancha |
| 27. | Alice Russell | Pot of Gold | Six Degrees |
| 28. | P.O.S. | Never Better | Rhymesayers |
| 29. | Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light | Secretly Canadian |
| 30. | Sleepy Eyes of Death | Dark Signals | mass mvmnt/Sleep Capsule |
| 31. | J. Tillman | Vacilando Territory Blues | Western Vinyl |
| 32. | The Features | Some Kind of Salvation | Self-Released |
| 33. | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Lightning Rod |
| 34. | Arbouretum | Song of the Pearl | Thrill Jockey |
| 35. | Late of the Pier | Fantasy Black Channel | Astralwerks |
| 36. | Eleni Mandell | Artificial Fire | Zedtone |
| 37. | DJ Signify | Of Cities | Bully |
| 38. | (Various) | Sweetheart | Starbucks Entertainment |
| 39. | Mr. Scruff | Ninja Tuna | Ninja Tune |
| 40. | Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 | Goodnight Oslo | Yep Roc |
| 41. | (Various) | Freshly Composted Vol. 3: Compost Dreihundert | Compost |
| 42. | Panda & Angel | Demos | demo |
| 43. | Cotton Jones | Paranoid Cocoon | Suicide Squeeze |
| 44. | El Goodo | Coyote | Grease |
| 45. | Loney Dear | Dear John | Polyvinyl |
| 46. | Chris Joss | Sticks | Eighteenth Street Lounge |
| 47. | Vetiver | Tight Knit | Sub Pop |
| 48. | Police Teeth | Real Size Monster Series | Blood City |
| 49. | The Redwood Plan | The Redwood Plan | Fish the Cat |
| 50. | Gun Outfit | Dim Light | PPM |
| 51. | Pufferfish | Lollygag demos | demo |
| 52. | The Moondoggies | Don't Be A Stranger | Hardly Art |
| 53. | Riverboat Gamblers | Underneath the Owl | Volcom |
| 54. | Phosphorescent | To Willie | Dead Oceans |
| 55. | Abe Vigoda | Reviver | PPM |
| 56. | Q-Tip | The Renaissance | Universal Motown |
| 57. | The Von Bondies | Love Hate and Then There's You | Majordomo |
| 58. | Hudson Mohawke | Polyfolk Dance EP | Warp |
| 59. | Bubblegum Lemonade | Doubleplusgood | Matinee |
| 60. | Glasvegas | Glasvegas | Columbia |
| 61. | Peasant | On the Ground | Paper Garden |
| 62. | School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms | Ghostly International |
| 63. | Kurt Vile | Constant Hitmaker | Gulcher |
| 64. | See Me River | The Great Unwashed | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' |
| 65. | The Naturebot | The Schnebly | Pleasure Boat |
| 66. | Dept of Energy | Faster | Roam |
| 67. | Trentalange | Awakening, Level One | Coco Tauro |
| 68. | KJ Sawka | Undefined Connectivity | Self-Released |
| 69. | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop |
| 70. | Rokia Traore | Tchmantche | Nonesuch |
| 71. | The Gourds | Haymaker! | Yep Roc |
| 72. | Kinky | Barracuda | Nettwerk |
| 73. | Mark Olson & Gary Louris | Ready for the Flood | New West |
| 74. | The Decemberists | Hazards of Love | Capitol |
| 75. | Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You | Capitol |
| 76. | The Raconteurs | Top Yourself | Third Man/Warner Bros. |
| 77. | Sideshow | Sideshow presents Admit One | Aus |
| 78. | (Various) | No New Enemies, Vol. 1 | Moodgadget |
| 79. | TV On the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
| 80. | Friendly Fires | Friendly Fires | XL |
| 81. | The Whore Moans | Hell | Mt. Fuji |
| 82. | North Twin | Stronger at the Broken Places | Self-Released |
| 83. | Widower | Widower | Eminence |
| 84. | Eastern Grip | Griptheria | Self-Released |
| 85. | Spook the Horse | Scarlett | Self-Released |
| 86. | They Live! | Drobots Saga | Self-Released |
| 87. | Painted Hills | Magnolia | Self-Released |
| 88. | We Wrote the Book on Connectors | Ride It Out Like A Turbo Horse | Self-Released |
| 89. | The Fascination Movement | Zero Point Five (0.5) | Aube |
| 90. | Grace Jones | Hurricane | Pias/Wall of Sound |
Week: 02/06/2009 - 02/12/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Domino |
| 2. | Andrew Bird | Noble Beast | Fat Possum |
| 3. | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Slumberland |
| 4. | Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid | Nonesuch |
| 5. | Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Mute |
| 6. | N.A.S.A. | The Spirit of Apollo | Anti- |
| 7. | (Soundtrack) | Slumdog Millionaire | N.E.E.T./Interscope |
| 8. | Novalima | Coba Coba | Cumbancha |
| 9. | The Love Language | The Love Language | Bladen County |
| 10. | (Various) | Dark Was the Night | 4AD |
| 11. | Surf City | Surf City | Morr |
| 12. | The Faunts | Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. | Friendly Fire |
| 13. | Hotels | Where Hearts Go Broke | Hidden Shoal |
| 14. | A.C. Newman | Get Guilty | Matador |
| 15. | Beirut // Realpeople | March of the Zapotec // Holland | Ba Da Bing |
| 16. | Threatmantics | Upbeat Love | Domino |
| 17. | P.O.S. | Never Better | Rhymesayers |
| 18. | Alice Russell | Pot of Gold | Six Degrees |
| 19. | Titus Andronicus | The Airing of Grievances | XL |
| 20. | The Features | Some Kind of Salvation | Self-Released |
| 21. | DJ Signify | Of Cities | Bully |
| 22. | Bon Iver | Blood Bank | Jagjaguwar |
| 23. | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Lightning Rod |
| 24. | Matt & Kim | Grand | Fader |
| 25. | Asobi Seksu | Hush | Polyvinyl |
| 26. | Late of the Pier | Fantasy Black Channel | Astralwerks |
| 27. | Grace Jones | Hurricane | Pias/Wall of Sound |
| 28. | Kinky | Barracuda | Nettwerk |
| 29. | William Elliott Whitmore | Animals in the Dark | Anti- |
| 30. | Gun Outfit | Dim Light | PPM |
| 31. | Morrissey | Years of Refusal | Lost Highway |
| 32. | Los Campesinos! | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | Arts & Crafts |
| 33. | M. Ward | Hold Time | Merge |
| 34. | Iran | Dissolver | Narnack |
| 35. | Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | Domino |
| 36. | Mr. Scruff | Ninja Tuna | Ninja Tune |
| 37. | Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 | Goodnight Oslo | Yep Roc |
| 38. | Glasvegas | Glasvegas | Columbia |
| 39. | TV On the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
| 40. | The Redwood Plan | The Redwood Plan | Fish the Cat |
| 41. | J. Tillman | Vacilando Territory Blues | Western Vinyl |
| 42. | Sleepy Eyes of Death | Dark Signals | mass mvmnt/Sleep Capsule |
| 43. | The Moondoggies | Don't Be A Stranger | Hardly Art |
| 44. | Q-Tip | The Renaissance | Universal Motown |
| 45. | The Brighton Port Authority | I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat | Southern Fried |
| 46. | Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You | Capitol |
| 47. | The Whore Moans | Hello From the Radio Wasteland | Mt. Fuji |
| 48. | Romance | The Divide | Self-Released |
| 49. | Panda & Angel | Demos | Self-Released |
| 50. | KJ Sawka | Undefined Connectivity | Self-Released |
| 51. | Jake One | White Van Music | Rhymesayers |
| 52. | Eleni Mandell | Artificial Fire | Zedtone |
| 53. | Wheels On Fire | Get Famous! | Big Legal Mess |
| 54. | Balmorhea | All Is Wild, All Is Silent | Western Vinyl |
| 55. | The Gaslight Anthem | The '59 Sound | Side One Dummy |
| 56. | See Me River | The Great Unwashed | Aviation/Don't Stop Believin' |
| 57. | The Banyans | The Banyans | Self-Released |
| 58. | North Twin | Stronger at the Broken Places | Self-Released |
| 59. | The Fascination Movement | Zero Point Five (0.5) | Aube |
| 60. | Phosphorescent | To Willie | Dead Oceans |
| 61. | Rokia Traore | Tchmantche | Nonesuch |
| 62. | The Gourds | Haymaker! | Yep Roc |
| 63. | Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light | Secretly Canadian |
| 64. | Cotton Jones | Paranoid Cocoon | Suicide Squeeze |
| 65. | El Goodo | Coyote | Grease |
| 66. | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | Anti- |
| 67. | The Decemberists | Hazards of Love | Capitol |
| 68. | (Various) | Sweetheart | Starbucks Entertainment |
| 69. | Extra Golden | Thank You Very Quickly | Thrill Jockey |
| 70. | (Various) | No New Enemies, Vol. 1 | Moodgadget |
| 71. | Bubblegum Lemonade | Doubleplusgood | Matinee |
| 72. | Sideshow | Sideshow presents Admit One | Aus |
| 73. | Vetiver | Tight Knit | Sub Pop |
| 74. | School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms | Ghostly International |
| 75. | LoveLand | The Beautiful Truth | Self-Released |
| 76. | Widower | Widower | Eminence |
| 77. | Mark Olson & Gary Louris | Ready for the Flood | New West |
| 78. | The Von Bondies | Love Hate and Then There's You | Majordomo |
| 79. | Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Lost Highway |
| 80. | Filastine | Dirty Bomb | Soot/Post-World Industries |
| 81. | The Raconteurs | Top Yourself | Third Man/Warner Bros. |
| 82. | Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreak | Roc-A-Fella |
| 83. | Justice | A Cross the Universe | Because/Ed Banger/Atlantic |
| 84. | Crystal Stilts | Alight of Night | Slumberland |
| 85. | Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke | Modular |
| 86. | Faded Paper Figures | Dynamo | Shorthand |
| 87. | Radio Soulwax | Part of the Weekend Never Dies | PIAS |
| 88. | The Knux | Remind Me In 3 Days… | Interscope |
| 89. | Raphael Saadiq | The Way I See It | Columbia |
| 90. | Friendly Fires | Friendly Fires | XL |
Week: 01/30/2009 - 02/05/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andrew Bird | Noble Beast | Fat Possum |
| 2. | Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Domino |
| 3. | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Slumberland |
| 4. | (Soundtrack) | Slumdog Millionaire | N.E.E.T./Interscope |
| 5. | Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Mute |
| 6. | Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid | Nonesuch |
| 7. | The Love Language | The Love Language | Bladen County |
| 8. | Surf City | Surf City | Morr |
| 9. | (Various) | Dark Was the Night | 4AD |
| 10. | Novalima | Coba Coba | Cumbancha |
| 11. | Romance | The Divide | Self-Released |
| 12. | William Elliott Whitmore | Animals in the Dark | Anti- |
| 13. | Q-Tip | The Renaissance | Universal Motown |
| 14. | The Faunts | Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. | Friendly Fire |
| 15. | Beirut // Realpeople | March of the Zapotec // Holland | Ba Da Bing |
| 16. | Titus Andronicus | The Airing of Grievances | XL |
| 17. | Matt & Kim | Grand | Fader |
| 18. | Threatmantics | Upbeat Love | Domino |
| 19. | Alice Russell | Pot of Gold | Six Degrees |
| 20. | The Features | Some Kind of Salvation | Self-Released |
| 21. | M. Ward | Never Had Nobody Like You | Merge |
| 22. | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | Anti- |
| 23. | A.C. Newman | Get Guilty | Matador |
| 24. | Grace Jones | Hurricane | Pias/Wall of Sound |
| 25. | Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | Domino |
| 26. | Bon Iver | Blood Bank | Jagjaguwar |
| 27. | North Twin | Stronger at the Broken Places | Self-Released |
| 28. | Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light | Secretly Canadian |
| 29. | Cotton Jones | Paranoid Cocoon | Suicide Squeeze |
| 30. | Sleepy Eyes of Death | Dark Signals | mass mvmnt/Sleep Capsule |
| 31. | Los Campesinos! | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | Arts & Crafts |
| 32. | Mark Olson & Gary Louris | Ready for the Flood | New West |
| 33. | P.O.S. | Never Better | Rhymesayers |
| 34. | Late of the Pier | Fantasy Black Channel | Astralwerks |
| 35. | Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreak | Roc-A-Fella |
| 36. | N.A.S.A. | The Spirit of Apollo | Anti- |
| 37. | Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke | Modular |
| 38. | School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms | Ghostly International |
| 39. | DJ Signify | Of Cities | Bully |
| 40. | The Brighton Port Authority | I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat | Southern Fried |
| 41. | (Various) | Sweetheart | Starbucks Entertainment |
| 42. | Black Whales | Black Whales | Self-Released |
| 43. | Phosphorescent | To Willie | Dead Oceans |
| 44. | Morrissey | Years of Refusal | Lost Highway |
| 45. | Glasvegas | Glasvegas | Columbia |
| 46. | Loney Dear | Dear John | Polyvinyl |
| 47. | Sin Fang Bous | Clangour | Morr |
| 48. | Longwave | Secrets are Sinister | Original Signal |
| 49. | DJ Sun | Para EP | Soular Grooves |
| 50. | The Whore Moans | Hello From the Radio Wasteland | Mt. Fuji |
| 51. | LoveLand | The Beautiful Truth | Self-Released |
| 52. | J. Tillman | Vacilando Territory Blues | Western Vinyl |
| 53. | KJ Sawka | Undefined Connectivity | Self-Released |
| 54. | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop |
| 55. | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Lightning Rod |
| 56. | Rokia Traore | Tchmantche | Nonesuch |
| 57. | Handsome Furs | Face Control | Sub Pop |
| 58. | Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears | Lost Highway |
| 59. | Filastine | Dirty Bomb | Soot/Post-World Industries |
| 60. | (Various) | No New Enemies, Vol. 1 | Moodgadget |
| 61. | Crystal Stilts | Alight of Night | Slumberland |
| 62. | The Guild League | Speak Up | Matinee |
| 63. | Friendly Fires | Friendly Fires | XL |
| 64. | Deerhunter | Microcastle | Kranky |
| 65. | TV On the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
| 66. | The Banyans | The Banyans | Self-Released |
| 67. | Eastern Grip | Griptheria | Self-Released |
| 68. | Brandon Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid | "self-titled" | Flotation |
| 69. | The Gourds | Haymaker! | Yep Roc |
| 70. | Wheels On Fire | Get Famous! | Big Legal Mess |
| 71. | The Decemberists | Hazards of Love | Capitol |
| 72. | PPP | Abundance | Ubiquity |
| 73. | The Moondoggies | Don't Be A Stranger | Hardly Art |
| 74. | Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 | Goodnight Oslo | Yep Roc |
| 75. | Kinky | Barracuda | Nettwerk |
| 76. | The Raconteurs | Top Yourself | Third Man/Warner Bros. |
| 77. | El Goodo | Coyote | Grease |
| 78. | Bubblegum Lemonade | Doubleplusgood | Matinee |
| 79. | Sideshow | Sideshow presents Admit One | Aus |
| 80. | Gang Gang Dance | Saint Dymphna | The Social Registry |
| 81. | Raphael Saadiq | The Way I See It | Columbia |
| 82. | Parts & Labor | Receivers | Jagjaguwar |
| 83. | Faded Paper Figures | Dynamo | Shorthand |
| 84. | Point Juncture WA | Heart to Elk | Self-Released |
| 85. | The Tough Alliance | A New Chance | Modular |
| 86. | Deer City | Strawberry Dolls | Self-Released |
| 87. | Painted Hills | Magnolia | Self-Released |
| 88. | They Live! | The Drobots Saga | Self-Released |
| 89. | Dept of Energy | Faster | Roam |
| 90. | Jake One | White Van Music | Rhymesayers |
Week: 01/23/2009 - 01/29/2009
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Domino |
| 2. | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | Anti- |
| 3. | Andrew Bird | Noble Beast | Fat Possum |
| 4. | Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Mute |
| 5. | Novalima | Coba Coba | Cumbancha |
| 6. | Surf City | Surf City | Morr |
| 7. | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Slumberland |
| 8. | (Soundtrack) | Slumdog Millionaire | N.E.E.T./Interscope |
| 9. | Matt & Kim | Grand | Fader |
| 10. | Q-Tip | The Renaissance | Universal Motown |
| 11. | Threatmantics | Upbeat Love | Domino |
| 12. | William Elliott Whitmore | Animals in the Dark | Anti- |
| 13. | The Features | Some Kind of Salvation | Self-Released |
| 14. | The Knux | Remind Me in 3 Days.. | Interscope |
| 15. | Alice Russell | Pot of Gold | Six Degrees |
| 16. | Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | Domino |
| 17. | Beirut // Realpeople | March of the Zapotec // Holland | Ba Da Bing |
| 18. | A.C. Newman | Get Guilty | Matador |
| 19. | North Twin | Stronger at the Broken Places | Self-Released |
| 20. | David Byrne & Brian Eno | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Todomundo |
| 21. | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit | Lightning Rod |
| 22. | Grace Jones | Hurricane | Pias/Wall of Sound |
| 23. | Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light | Secretly Canadian |
| 24. | Longwave | Secrets are Sinister | Original Signal |
| 25. | The Brighton Port Authority | I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat | Southern Fried |
| 26. | Handsome Furs | Face Control | Sub Pop |
| 27. | (Various) | No New Enemies, Vol. 1 | Moodgadget |
| 28. | Romance | The Divide | Self-Released |
| 29. | KJ Sawka | Undefined Connectivity | Self-Released |
| 30. | Los Campesinos! | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | Arts & Crafts |
| 31. | The Tough Alliance | A New Chance | Modular |
| 32. | School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms | Ghostly International |
| 33. | M. Ward | Never Had Nobody Like You | Merge |
| 34. | Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke | Modular |
| 35. | Belle and Sebastian | The BBC Sessions | Matador |
| 36. | (Various) | Sweetheart | Starbucks Entertainment |
| 37. | TV On the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
| 38. | Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreak | Roc-A-Fella |
| 39. | Late of the Pier | Fantasy Black Channel | Astralwerks |
| 40. | Morrissey | Years of Refusal | Lost Highway |
| 41. | Peter Broderick | Home | Type |
| 42. | J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science | Soul Vibrations | Om |
| 43. | Friendly Fires | Friendly Fires | XL |
| 44. | LoveLand | The Beautiful Truth | Self-Released |
| 45. | Black Whales | Black Whales | Self-Released |
| 46. | Dept of Energy | Faster | Roam |
| 47. | Titus Andronicus | The Airing of Grievances | XL |
| 48. | DJ Signify | Of Cities | Bully |
| 49. | Cotton Jones | Paranoid Cocoon | Suicide Squeeze |
| 50. | Faded Paper Figures | Dynamo | Shorthand |
| 51. | PPP | Abundance | Ubiquity |
| 52. | The Decemberists | Hazards of Love | Capitol |
| 53. | Robert Pollard | The Crawling Distance | Guided By Voices Inc. |
| 54. | The Whore Moans | Hello From the Radio Wasteland | Mt. Fuji |
| 55. | Sleepy Eyes of Death | Dark Signals | mass mvmnt/Sleep Capsule |
| 56. | They Live! | The Drobots Saga | Self-Released |
| 57. | The Moondoggies | Don't Be A Stranger | Hardly Art |
| 58. | Jake One | White Van Music | Rhymesayers |
| 59. | Crystal Stilts | Alight of Night | Slumberland |
| 60. | P.O.S. | Never Better | Rhymesayers |
| 61. | Glasvegas | Glasvegas | Columbia |
| 62. | Femi Kuti | Day by Day | Mercer Street |
| 63. | Deerhunter | Microcastle | Kranky |
| 64. | J. Tillman | Vacilando Territory Blues | Western Vinyl |
| 65. | Brandon Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid | "self-titled" | Flotation |
| 66. | Panda & Angel | Demos | Self-Released |
| 67. | Eastern Grip | Griptheria | Self-Released |
| 68. | Kaylee Cole | We're Still Here Missing You | Self-Released |
| 69. | The Sight Below | Glider | Ghostly International |
| 70. | Past Lives | Strange Symmetry | Suicide Squeeze |
| 71. | The Gourds | Haymaker! | Yep Roc |
| 72. | Phosphorescent | To Willie | Dead Oceans |
| 73. | Mark Olson & Gary Louris | Ready for the Flood | New West |
| 74. | The Lucksmiths | First Frost | Matinee |
| 75. | Max Tundra | Parallax Error Beheads You | Domino |
| 76. | Vox Von Braun | Something Ain't Wrong | Subroutine |
| 77. | Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Sunday at Devil Dirt | Fontana |
| 78. | Jazzanova | Of All the Things | Verve |
| 79. | The Raconteurs | Top Yourself | Third Man/Warner Bros. |
| 80. | DJ Sun | Para EP | Soular Grooves |
| 81. | The Gaslight Anthem | The '59 Sound | Side One Dummy |
| 82. | Sin Fang Bous | Clangour | Morr |
| 83. | Gang Gang Dance | Saint Dymphna | The Social Registry |
| 84. | Shugo Tokumaru | Exit | Almost Gold/Startime |
| 85. | We Wrote the Book on Connectors | Ride It Out Like a Turbo Horse | Self-Released |
| 86. | Motorik | Klang! | Self-Released |
| 87. | See Me River | Time Machine | Don't Stop Believin'/Aviation |
| 88. | Rokia Traore | Tchmantche | Nonesuch |
| 89. | Squarepusher | Just A Souvenir | Warp |
| 90. | Raphael Saadiq | The Way I See It | Columbia |