| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|
| 90.3. |  Jamie Lidell | Jim |
| 90. | Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks | Real Emotional Trash |
| 89. | The Airborne Toxic Event | The Airborne Toxic Event |
| 88. | The Mountain Goats | Heretic Pride |
| 87. | Tokyo Police Club | Elephant Shell |
| 86. | The Roots | Rising Down |
| 85. | Bonnie Prince Billy | Lie Down in the Light |
| 84. | (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Four |
| 83. | Sun Kil Moon | April |
| 82. | Blue Scholars | Butter&Gun$ |
| 81. | Noah & the Whale | Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down |
| 80. | Firewater | The Golden Hour |
| 79. | School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms |
| 78. | King Khan & the Shrines | The Supreme Genius Of |
| 77. | The Black Angels | Directions to See a Ghost |
| 76. | The Ting Tings | We Started Nothing |
| 75. | Common Market | Tobacco Road |
| 74. | Los Campesinos! | Hold On Now, Youngster |
| 73. | The Decemberists | Always the Bridesmaid: A Single Series |
| 72. | The National | The Virginia EP |
| 71. | Animal Collective | Water Curses |
| 70. | No Age | Nouns |
| 69. | Beach House | Devotion |
| 68. | Bob Dylan | Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 |
| 67. | Ryan Adams & the Cardinals | Cardinology |
| 66. | Black Mountain | In the Future |
| 65. | Foals | Antidotes |
| 64. | Department of Eagles | In Ear Park |
| 63. | Shearwater | Rook |
| 62. | Jenny Lewis | Acid Tongue |
| 61. | Thao with the Get Down Stay Down | We Brave Bee Stings and All |
| 60. | REM | Accelerate |
| 59. | The Raveonettes | Lust Lust Lust |
| 58. | Magnetic Fields | Distortion |
| 57. | The Kills | Midnight Boom |
| 56. | Dr. Dog | Fate |
| 55. | Drive-By Truckers | Brighter Than Creations Dark |
| 54. | Ra Ra Riot | The Rhumb Line |
| 53. | Ratatat | LP3 |
| 52. | Ladytron | Velocifero |
| 51. | Mates of State | Re-Arrange Us |
| 50. | Calexico | Carried to Dust |
| 49. | Nada Surf | Lucky |
| 48. | The Duchess and the Duke | Shes the Duchess, Hes the Duke |
| 47. | The Walkmen | You & Me |
| 46. | Grand Archives | The Grand Archives |
| 45. | Cold War Kids | Loyalty to Loyalty |
| 44. | Dodos | Visiter |
| 43. | Gnarls Barkley | The Odd Couple |
| 42. | Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles |
| 41. | Ghostland Observatory | Robotique Majestique |
| 40. | Conor Oberst | Conor Oberst |
| 39. | She & Him | Volume One |
| 38. | The Moondoggies | Dont Be a Stranger |
| 37. | Of Montreal | Skeletal Lamping |
| 36. | Cat Power | Jukebox |
| 35. | Coldplay | Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends |
| 34. | The Black Keys | Attack & Release |
| 33. | Girl Talk | Feed The Animals |
| 32. | Hercules and Love Affair | Hercules and Love Affair |
| 31. | Lykke Li | Youth Novels |
| 30. | Hot Chip | Made in the Dark |
| 29. | Sera Cahoone | Only as the Day is Long |
| 28. | Cloud Cult | Feel Good Ghosts |
| 27. | The Raconteurs | Consoler of the Lonely |
| 26. | Blitzen Trapper | Furr |
| 25. | Frightened Rabbit | The Midnight Organ Fight |
| 24. | Deerhunter | Microcastle |
| 23. | Elbow | The Seldom Seen Kid |
| 22. | Wolf Parade | At Mount Zoomer |
| 21. | The Hold Steady | Stay Positive |
| 20. | David Byrne & Brian Eno | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today |
| 19. | DeVotchKa | A Mad & Faithful Telling |
| 18. | Cut Copy | In Ghost Colours |
| 17. | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Dig Lazarus Dig! |
| 16. | M83 | Saturdays = Youth |
| 15. | Flight of the Conchords | Flight of the Conchords |
| 14. | Portishead | Third |
| 13. | Kings of Leon | Only By the Night |
| 12. | Okkervil River | The Stand Ins |
| 11. | Sigur Ros | Meo Suo I Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust |
| 10. | Beck | Modern Guilt |
| 9. | My Morning Jacket | Evil Urges |
| 8. | Santogold | Santogold |
| 7. | Death Cab For Cutie | Narrow Stairs |
| 6. | The Helio Sequence | Keep Your Eyes Ahead |
| 5. | Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago |
| 4. | MGMT | Oracular Spectacular |
| 3. | TV on the Radio | Dear Science |
| 2. | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend |
| 1. | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes |
