1. magnetic fields – realism – nonesuch
2. white denim – fits – full time hobby
3. watson twins – talking to you talking to me – vanguard
4. dessa – a badly broken code – doomtree
5. the soft pack – the soft pack – kemado
6. eels – end times – vagrant
7. the album leaf – a chorus of storytellers – sub pop
8. jamie t. – kings & queens – pacemaker
9. ruiner – hell is empty – bridge nine
10. JEFF the brotherhood – heavy days – infinity cat
11. blakroc – blakroc – V2
12. julian casablancas – phrazes for the young – rca/jive
13. chuck ragan – gold country – side one dummy
14. ok go – of the blue colour of the sky – capitol
15. red pennies – brain disaster – sound of pop
16. editors – in this light and on this evening – fader label
17. italian japanese -  the lush, romantic weirdness – vmg
18. no age – losing feeling – sub pop
19. kings of convenience – declaration of dependence – astralwerks
20. finn riggins – vs wilderness – tender loving empire
21. flight of the conchords – i told you i was freaky – sub pop
22. the cribs – ignore the ignorant – cooperative
23. karen o. and the kids – where the wild things are – dgc
24. retribution gospel choir – 2 – sub pop
25. converge – axe to fall – epitaph
26. saviours – accelerated living – kemado
27. baroness – blue record – relapse
28. shaky hands – let it die – kill rock stars
29. jezebels – the man is dead – self released
30. gossip – music for men – columbia