| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Beck |
The Information |
Interscope |
| 2 |
The Decemberists |
The Crane Wife |
Capitol |
| 3 |
Les Georges Leningrad * |
Sangue Puro |
Dare To Care |
| 4 |
Shotgun And Jaybird * |
Trying To Get Somewhere |
Sappy |
| 5 |
The Dears * |
Gang Of Losers |
Maple Music |
| 6 |
Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton* |
Knives Don't Have Your Back |
Last Gang |
| 7 |
B.A. Johnston * |
Call Me When Old And Fat Is The New Young And Sexy |
Just Friends |
| 8 |
Various * |
CBC Radio 3 Sessions |
Mint |
| 9 |
Ox * |
American Lo Fi |
Weewerk |
| 10 |
The Hidden Cameras * |
Awoo |
Evil Evil |
| 11 |
Yo La Tengo |
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass |
Matador |
| 12 |
Lullabye Arkestra * |
Ampgrave |
Constellation |
| 13 |
TV On The Radio |
Return To Cookie Mountain |
Interscope |
| 14 |
Sandro Perri * |
Plays Polmo Polpo |
Constellation |
| 15 |
Jon-Rae And The River* |
...Knows What You Need |
Baudelaire |
| 16 |
The Bicycles * |
The Good The Bad And The Cuddly |
Fuzzy Logic |
| 17 |
Great Aunt Ida * |
How They Fly |
Northern Electric |
| 18 |
Brazilian Girls |
Talk To La Bomb |
Verve Forecast |
| 19 |
Chad VanGaalen * |
Skelliconnection |
Flemish Eye/Sub Pop |
| 20 |
Lily Frost * |
Cine-Magique |
Aporia |
| 21 |
K-Os * |
Atlantis Hymns For Disco |
Virgin |
| 22 |
Four Tet |
Remixes |
Domino |
| 23 |
Classified * |
Hitch Hikin' Music |
Urbnet |
| 24 |
Califone |
Roots And Crowns |
Thrill Jockey |
| 25 |
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes |
Love Their Country |
Fat Wreck Chords |
| 26 |
The Blow |
Paper Television |
K |
| 27 |
Born Ruffians * |
Born Ruffians |
Warp |
| 28 |
Bonnie Prince Billy |
The Letting Go |
Drag City |
| 29 |
The Be Good Tanyas * |
Hello Love |
Nettwerk |
| 30 |
The Stolen Minks * |
Family Boycott |
New Romance For Kids |
| 31 |
The Hold Steady |
Boys And Girls In America |
Vagrant |
| 32 |
Their Majesties * |
Lands Where Tales Are Tall |
Just Friends |
| 33 |
Shout Out Out Out Out! * |
Not Saying Just Saying |
Nrmls Wlcm |
| 34 |
Birdapres * |
Get It Done |
Peanuts & Corn |
| 35 |
The Album Leaf |
Into The Blue Again |
Sub Pop |
| 36 |
No Luck Club * |
Prosperity |
Igloo Cartel |
| 37 |
The Black Keys |
Magic Potion |
Nonesuch |
| 38 |
Patrick Watson * |
Close To Paradise |
Secret City |
| 39 |
Fucked Up * |
Hidden World |
Jade Tree |
| 40 |
The Awkward Stage * |
Heaven Is For Easy Girls |
Mint |
| 41 |
SubHumans * |
New Dark Age Parade |
G7 Welcoming Committee |
| 42 |
The Blood Brothers |
Young Machetes |
V2 |
| 43 |
Ohbijou * |
Swift Feet For Troubling Times |
Independent |
| 44 |
Sparklehorse |
Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain |
Capitol |
| 45 |
Junior Boys * |
So This Is Goodbye |
Domino |
| 46 |
Magnolia Electric Co. |
Fading Trails |
Secretly Canadian |
| 47 |
Justin Rutledge * |
The Devil On A Bench In Stanley Park |
Six Shooter |
| 48 |
DJ Shadow |
The Outsider |
Universal/Mowtown |
| 49 |
Golden Dogs * |
Big Eye Little Eye |
True North |
| 50 |
Tim Hecker |
Harmony In Ultraviolet |
Kranky |
| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 51 |
Fake Cops * |
Thundertheft |
Reluctant |
| 52 |
The Lemonheads |
The Lemonheads |
Vagrant |
| 53 |
OOIOO |
Taiga |
Thrill Jockey |
| 54 |
Rock Plaza Central * |
Are We Not Horses |
Independent |
| 55 |
Various |
The DFA Remixes: Chapter 2 |
DFA |
| 56 |
Oxford Collapse |
Remember The Night Parties |
Sub Pop |
| 57 |
Sloan * |
Never Hear The End Of It |
Sony BMG |
| 58 |
Grizzly Bear |
Yellow House |
Warp |
| 59 |
Memphis * |
A Little Place In The Wilderness |
Good Fences |
| 60 |
Woodpigeon * |
Songbook |
Rectangle |
| 61 |
Robert Pollard |
Normal Happiness |
Merge |
| 62 |
Baby Eagle * |
Baby Eagle |
Independent |
| 63 |
Mars Volta |
Amputechture |
Universal |
| 64 |
Bright Eyes |
Noise Floor: Rarities 1998-2005 |
Saddle Creek |
| 65 |
My Morning Jacket |
Okonokos |
ATO/RCA |
| 66 |
Xiu Xiu |
The Air Force |
5RC |
| 67 |
Sunn0))) & Boris |
Altar |
Southern Lord |
| 68 |
The Ghost Is Dancing * |
The Ghost Is Dancing |
Sonic Unyon |
| 69 |
Bob Wiseman * |
Theme And Variations |
Blocks Recording Club |
| 70 |
Damien Jurado |
And Now That I'm In Your Shadow |
Secretly Canadian |
| 71 |
The Stance * |
Shall Inherit The Earth |
Just Friends |
| 72 |
AA Soundsystem * |
Laissez Faire... |
Saved By Radio |
| 73 |
Scissor Sisters |
Ta-dah |
Universal |
| 74 |
Mayor McCa * |
Cue Are Es Tea You |
We Are Busy Bodies |
| 75 |
Romi Mayes * |
Sweet Somethin' Steady |
Independent |
| 76 |
Squarepusher |
Hello Everything |
Warp |
| 77 |
The Sadies * |
In Concert: Volume 1 |
Outside/Yep Roc |
| 78 |
Eric Chenaux * |
Dull Lights |
Constellation |
| 79 |
The Cape May * |
Glass Mountain Roads |
Flemish Eye |
| 80 |
Iron Maiden |
A Matter Of Life And Death |
EMI |
| 81 |
The Acorn * |
Tin Fist |
Independent |
| 82 |
The Killers |
Sam's Town |
Island |
| 83 |
Harvee * |
Sink Or Swim |
Independent |
| 84 |
Yoko Casionos * |
These Are The New Old Times |
Boompa |
| 85 |
Jill Barber * |
For All Time |
Baudelaire/Dependent |
| 86 |
Isis & Aerogramme |
In The Fishtank 14 |
Konkurrent |
| 87 |
The Gothic Archies |
The Tragic Treasury |
Nonesuch |
| 88 |
Mstrkrft * |
The Looks |
Last Gang |
| 89 |
Lee Scratch Perry |
Panic In Babylon |
Narnack |
| 90 |
Buffalo Killers |
Buffalo Killers |
Alive |
| 91 |
Basement Jaxx |
Crazy Itch Radio |
XL |
| 92 |
Jesse Zubot * |
Dementia |
Drip Audio |
| 93 |
D.O.A. * |
Bloodied But Unbowed (ReIssue) |
Sudden Death |
| 94 |
Electro Quarterstaff * |
Gretzky |
Willowtip |
| 95 |
Friendly Rich And The Lollipop People* |
The Friendly Rich Show |
Pumpkin Pie Corp. |
| 96 |
Various * |
Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton Vol. 1 |
C+C Music Festival |
| 97 |
The Slits |
Revenge Of The Killer Slits |
SAF |
| 98 |
God Made Me Funky * |
We Can All Be Free |
New Empire |
| 99 |
Anagram & The Creeping Nobodies * |
Split |
Blocks Recording Club |
| 100 |
The Deadcats * |
Feline 500 |
Flying Saucer |
| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 101 |
The Soiree * |
Birds |
Independent |
| 102 |
Various * |
Snowed In: A Tribute To Hank Snow |
CJSR |
| 103 |
Under Byen |
Samme Stof Som Stof |
Paper Bag |
| 104 |
Ima Robot |
Monument To The Masses |
Virgin |
| 105 |
Leeroy Stagger * |
Depression River |
Boompa |
| 106 |
Windom Earle * |
Gold Wave |
Boost Ventilator |
| 107 |
The Wayback * |
Machines |
Independent |
| 108 |
Lynn Olagundoye * |
Africa Violet |
Absurd Machine |
| 109 |
Million Dollar Marxists * |
Zero Culture |
Stumble |
| 110 |
American Flamewhip * |
Fingertight |
Transistor 66 |
| 111 |
The Knife |
Silent Shout |
Mute |
| 112 |
Final Fantasy * |
He Poos Clouds |
Blocks Recording Club |
| 113 |
A Hawk And A Hacksaw |
The Way The Wind Blows |
The Leaf |
| 114 |
Ani Difranco |
Reprieve |
Righteous Babe |
| 115 |
Ruth Minnikin * |
Folk Art |
Independent |
| 116 |
Lori Freedman * |
3 |
Actuelle |
| 117 |
Himalayan Bear * |
Lo, Lonesome Island |
Aaargh |
| 118 |
Thrift Store Cowboys |
Lay Low While Crawling Or Creeping |
Independent |
| 119 |
Papa Roach |
The Paramour Sessions |
Geffen |
| 120 |
Cale Parks |
Illuminated Manuscript |
Polyvinyl |
| 121 |
Los Amigos Invisibles |
Super Pop Venezuela |
Gozadera |
| 122 |
Himiko * |
Heavy Metal Wannabe & Electronic Jazz Cat |
Independent |
| 123 |
The Bird And The Bee |
Again And Again And Again And Again |
Metro Blue |
| 124 |
Be Your Own Pet |
Be Your Own Pet |
Ecstatic Peace |
| 125 |
Wendy McNeill * |
The Wonder Show |
DetErMine |
| 126 |
Micah P. Hinson |
And The Opera Circuit |
Jade Tree |
| 127 |
Richard Laviolette * |
A Little Less Like A Rock, A Little More Like Home |
Burnt Oak |
| 128 |
Woolly Leaves * |
Quiet Waters |
Outside |
| 129 |
Dubmatix * |
Atomic Subsonic |
7 Arts |
| 130 |
Various |
The World Is Gone |
XL |
| 131 |
Scott MacDonald * |
Call To The Wild |
Independent |
| 132 |
The Weapons Of Mass Seduction * |
Desperate Men...And The Women Who Love Them |
Seductive Sounds |
| 133 |
Wordburglar * |
Burglaritis |
Hand Solo |
| 134 |
The Mountain Goats |
Get Lonely |
4AD |
| 135 |
The Salt Lick Kids * |
Lucky Low Life |
Independent |
| 136 |
Ember Swift * |
Dirty Pulse |
Few'll Ignite Sound |
| 137 |
Hella |
Acoustics |
5RC |
| 138 |
John Smith * |
Growing Pains |
Peanuts & Corn |
| 139 |
Amy Millan * |
Honey From The Tombs |
Arts & Crafts |
| 140 |
Minisystem * |
Madingley |
Noise Factory |
| 141 |
Establishment * |
Economy Radio |
No Scene |
| 142 |
Jenny Whiteley * |
Dear |
Black Hen |
| 143 |
Richard Buckner |
Meadow |
Merge |
| 144 |
Moses Mayes * |
Second Ring |
Dublum |
| 145 |
Whitfield * |
Well Behaved & Working For You |
Sonri2e |
| 146 |
Jenny Hoyston And William Whitmore |
Hallways Of Always |
Southern |
| 147 |
Magda |
She's A Dancing Machine |
Minus |
| 148 |
Angela Desveaux * |
Wandering Eyes |
Thrill Jockey |
| 149 |
The Curtains |
Calamity |
Asthmatic Kitty |
| 150 |
R.E.M. |
And I Feel Fine: The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 |
Capitol |
