MUSIC .
Critics' Lists .
2008
Reviewers
Choices
Other Years
Brian Howard
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- The Wedding Present El Rey (Manifesto)
- The Roots Rising Down (Def Jam) [CP Top 21]
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- Mogwai The Hawk is Howling (Matador)
- The Baseball Project Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails (Yep Roc)
- The Magnetic Fields Distortion (Nonesuch) [CP Top 21]
- Titus Andronicus The Airing of Grievances (Troubleman Unlimited) [CP Top 21]
- Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- The Dead C Secret Earth (Ba Da Bing)
Dianca Potts
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Megapuss Surfing (Vapor)
- The Smiths The Sound of The Smiths (WEA)
- Hercules & Love Affair Hercules & Love Affair (DFA)
- TV On the Radio Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) [CP Top 21]
- My Brightest Diamond A Thousand Sharks (Asthmatic Kitty)
- Deerhoof Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
- Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
- Girl Talk Feed The Animals (Illegal Art)
- Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue (Warner Bros.)
Maura Johnston
- Ne-Yo Year Of The Gentleman (Def Jam)
- Portishead Third (Mercury) [CP Top 21]
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- Solange Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams (Geffen)
- Panic At The Disco Pretty. Odd. (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)
- Estelle Shine (Atlantic) [CP Top 21]
- Ponytail Ice Cream Spiritual (We Are Free)
- Marnie Stern This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That (Kill Rock Stars)
- Fall Out Boy Folie A Deux (Island)
- Maybe It's Reno Maybe It's Reno (Teen Beat)
Reseca Glasser
- Britney Spears Circus (Jive)
- Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad (Island Def Jam)
- Girl Talk Feed The Animals (Illegal Art)
- Beyonce I am... Sasha Fierce (Columbia)
- LL Cool J Exit 13 (Def Jam)
- Akon Freedom (Konvict Muzik/Universal Motown)
- Yelle Pop-Up (EMI/Virgin France)
- Pussycat Dolls Doll Domination (Interscope)
- The Roots Rising Down (Def Jam) [CP Top 21]
- Madonna Hard Candy (Warner Bros)
A.D. Amorosi
- Joan as Police Woman To Survive (Cheap Lullaby)
- MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Sony) [CP Top 21]
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing This is Our Moosic (Hot Cup)
- David Byrne and Brian Eno Everything That Happens will Happen Today (Todo Mundo)
- Matthew Herbert Big Band There's Me and There's You (CFP)
- Aterciopelados Rio (Nacional)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti)
- Ximena Sarinana Mediocre (Warner Latino)
- Raphael Saadiq The Way I See It (Columbia)
- Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak (Def Jam)
Justin Bauer
- Portishead Third (Mercury) [CP Top 21]
- Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
- Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust (Vice) [CP Top 21]
- Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West)
- Lykke Li Youth Novels (LL)
- King Khan and His Shrines The Supreme Genius Of (Vice)
- Thao with the Get Down Stay Down We Brave Bee Stings and All (Kill Rock Stars)
- The Black Keys Attack and Release (Nonesuch)
- Wale The Mixtape About Nothing (Self-released)
- Duffy Rockferry (Mercury)
Clay Cansler
- Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)
- Nobunny Love Visions (Bubbledumb)
- Deerhunter Microcastles (Kranky)
- The Muslims The Muslims (1928 Recordings)
- MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Sony) [CP Top 21]
- Hot Chip Made in the Dark (Astralwerks) [CP Top 21]
- Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster (Arts & Crafts)
- Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Modular)
- Times New Viking Rip It Off (Matador)
- Titus Andronicus The Airing of Grievances (Troubleman Unlimited) [CP Top 21]
Dennis Crowley
- Sic Alps Us Ez (Siltbreeze 88)
- Blitzen Trapper Furr (Sub Pop)
- Psychedelic Horseshit Magic Flowers Droned (Siltbreeze)
- War on Drugs Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian) [CP Top 21]
- Dirty Projectors Rise Above (Dead Oceans)
- The Dodos Visiter (Frenchkiss)
- Holy Fuck LP (young turks)
- Deerhunter Microcastles (Kranky)
- Aesop Rock None Shall Pass (Def Jux)
- King Khan and the Shrines The Supreme Genius Of (Vice)
Felicia D'Ambrosio
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- Hercules & Love Affair Hercules & Love Affair (Phantom Sound & Vision)
- Man Man Rabbit Habits (Anti)
- MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Sony) [CP Top 21]
- She & Him Volume One (Merge)
- Lykke Li Youth Novels (LL)
- Dr. Dog Fate (Park the Van)
- The Walkmen You & Me (Gigantic) [CP Top 21]
- The Black Keys Attack and Release (Nonesuch)
Will Dean
- Hurray For the Riff Raff It Don't Mean I Don't Love You (Self-released)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti)
- Man Man Rabbit Habits (Anti)
- Emily Bate The Fever in the Feast (i am janet!)
- The Walkmen You & Me (Gigantic) [CP Top 21]
- Die! Die! Die! Promises Promises (S.A.F.)
- Vermillion Lies What's in the Box (A Small Tribe)
- Los Campesinos! We are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Arts & Crafts)
- Crooked Fingers Forfeit/Fortune (Red Pig/Constant Artists)
- Clinic Do it! (Domino)
Jesse Delaney
- Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)
- Grand Archives Grand Archives (Sub Pop)
- Blitzen Trapper Furr (Sub Pop)
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Frightened Rabbit Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat)
- Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- Born Ruffians Red Yellow and Blue (Warp)
- Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)
- Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)
M.F. DiBella
- Elzhi The Preface (Fat Beats)
- Heltah Skeltah D.I.R.T. (Duck Down)
- Lil' Wayne Tha Carter III (Cash Money) [CP Top 21]
- Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple (Downtown)
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
- Pacewon & Mr. Green The Only Color That Matters Is Green (Raw Poetix)
- Menahan Street Band Make The Road By Walking (Dunham/Daptone)
- Black Milk Tronic (Fat Beats)
- Gyptian I Can Feel Your Pain (VP)
Deesha Dyer
- Elizabeth Shepherd Parkdale (Do Right! Music)
- Estelle Shine (Atlantic) [CP Top 21]
- Q-Tip The Renaissance (Motown)
- Jazmine Sullivan Fearless (J)
- Lupe Fiasco The Cool (Atlantic Recording Group)
- Jamie Lidell Jim (Warp)
- Nas Nas (The Island Def Jam Group)
- Adele 19 (XL)
- Reef the Lost Cauze A Vicious Cycle (F.U. Pay Me)
- Hustle Simmons Hustle Simmons (Break Bread Projects)
Molly Eichel
- Lucinda Williams Little Honey (Lost Highway)
- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Real Emotional Trash (Matador)
- Raphael Saadiq The Way I See It (Sony)
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- The Mae Shi HLLLYH (Team Shi)
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- Black Mountain In The Future (Jagjaguwar)
- Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)
- Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West)
- Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
David Faris
- The Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust (Vice) [CP Top 21]
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Calexico Carried to Dust (Quarterstick)
- Jolie Holland The Living and the Dead (Anti)
- Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- Deerhunter Microcastles (Kranky)
- Tift Merritt Another Country (Fantasy)
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- The Watson Twins Fire Songs (Vanguard)
- The Magnetic Fields Distortion (Nonesuch) [CP Top 21]
M.J. Fine
- Frida Hyvönen Silence Is Wild (Secretly Canadian)
- CSS Donkey (Sub Pop)
- Finest Dearest Finest Dearest (Self-released)
- Tilly and the Wall o (Team Love)
- The Shondes The Red Sea (Self-released)
- Thao with the Get Down Stay Down We Brave Bee Stings and All (Kill Rock Stars)
- Rebecca Pronsky Departures & Arrivals (Nine Mile)
- Theresa Andersson Hummingbird, Go! (Basin Street)
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons (Constellation)
- Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (Roadrunner)
Patrick Foley
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- M83 Saturdays=Youth (Mute)
- Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- Boris Smile (Southern Lord)
- portishead Third (Island) [CP Top 21]
- Health Disco (Lovepump United)
- Chairlift Does You Inspire You? (Kanine)
- The Mountain Goats Heretic Pride (4AD)
- MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Sony) [CP Top 21]
- Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords (Sub Pop)
Wendy Ginsberg
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- The Killers Day & Age (Island)
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- TV on the Radio Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) [CP Top 21]
- Kaiser Chiefs Off With Their Heads (Motown)
- Duffy Rockferry (Mercury)
- Leona Lewis Spirit (Syco Music/J)
- David Byrne and Brian Eno Everything That Happens will Happen Today (Todo Mundo)
- My Morning Jacket Evil Urges (ATO)
- Beck Modern Guilt (Interscope)
Ryan Godfrey
- TV on the Radio Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) [CP Top 21]
- The Rural Alberta Advantage Hometowns (eMusic Selects)
- Sam Phillips Don't Do Anything (Nonesuch)
- The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
- Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line (Barsuk)
- Okkervil River The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords (Sub Pop)
- The Dodos Visiter (Frenchkiss)
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
Adam Goren
- Titus Andronicus The Airing of Grievances (Troubleman Unlimited) [CP Top 21]
- Marnie Stern This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That (Kill Rock Stars)
- Jay Reatard Singles 06-07 (In The Red)
- Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)
- Paint It Black New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
- Harvey Milk Life... the Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)
- Oxford Collapse Bits (Sub Pop)
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- Times New Viking Rip It Off (Matador)
Greg Hoskins
- Metallica Death Magnetic (Warner Bros.)
- Spiritualized Song in A & E (Universal)
- Portishead Third (Universal) [CP Top 21]
- Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- Blood on the Wall Liferz (Social Registry)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti)
- Eagles of Death Metal Heart On (Universal)
- Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)
- Deerhunter Microcastles (Kranky)
- Royal Bangs We Breed Champions (Audio Eagle)
Matt Hotz
- The Mountain Goats Heretic Pride (4AD)
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- The Magnetic Fields Distortion (Nonesuch) [CP Top 21]
- TV on the Radio Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) [CP Top 21]
- Von Hayes Evident Eyelid (State Capital)
- Times New Viking Rip It Off (Matador)
- No Age Nouns (Sub Pop)
- War on Drugs Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian) [CP Top 21]
- Dr. Dog Fate (Park the Van)
- The Spinto Band Moonwink (Park the Van)
Tom Howard
- Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 (Matador)
- Jay Reatard Singles 06-07 (In The Red)
- Titus Andronicus The Airing of Grievances (Troubleman Unlimited) [CP Top 21]
- British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? (Rough Trade)
- Conor Oberst Conor Oberst (Merge)
- Paint It Black New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Parts and Labor Receivers (Jagjaguwar)
- Billy Bragg Mr. Love and Justice (Anti/Epitaph)
- No Age Nouns (Sub Pop)
Carolyn Huckabay
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Mates of State Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
- Decemberists Always the Bridesmaid (EP) (Capitol)
- Chairlift Does You Inspire You? (Kanine)
- N.E.R.D. Seeing Sounds (Star Trak/Interscope)
- Adele 19 (XL)
- MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Sony) [CP Top 21]
- Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue (Warner Bros.)
- R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
J. Edward Keyes
- Erykah Badu New AmErykah: 4th World War (Motown)
- Portishead Third (Mercury) [CP Top 21]
- Headlights Some Racing, Some Stopping (Polyvinyl)
- The Roots Rising Down (Def Jam) [CP Top 21]
- Frightened Rabbit Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat)
- TV on the Radio Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) [CP Top 21]
- Shearwater Rook (Matador)
- R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros)
- Deastro Keeper's (eMusic Selects)
- Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
Drew Lazor
- Hot Chip Made in the Dark (Astralwerks) [CP Top 21]
- Lil' Wayne Tha Carter III (Cash Money) [CP Top 21]
- Why? Alopecia (Anticon)
- Deerhoof Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
- My Morning Jacket Evil Urges (ATO)
- Estelle Shine (Atlantic) [CP Top 21]
- The Cool Kids The Bake Sale (Chocolate Industries)
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- T.I. Paper Trail (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
- Ratatat LP3 (XL)
Natalie Hope McDonald
- Adele 19 (XL)
- Duffy Rockferry (Mercury)
- Colin Meloy Colin Meloy Sings Live! (Kill Rock Stars)
- Death Cab for Cutie Something About Airplanes (Barsuk)
- Brett Dennen Hope for the Hopeless (Dualtone Music Group)
- Estelle Shine (Atlantic) [CP Top 21]
- Ed Harcourt Beautiful Lie (Dovecote)
- Melody Gardot Worrisome Heart (Verve)
- The Magnetic Fields Distortion (Nonesuch) [CP Top 21]
- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Cardinology (Most Highway)
Dominic Mercier
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
- TV on the Radio Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) [CP Top 21]
- Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- Mount Eerie Lost Wisdom (Southern)
- Foals Antidotes (Transgressive)
- Oxford Collapse Bits (Sub Pop)
- Tapes n' Tapes Walk it Off (XL)
Kevin Pearson
- Portishead Third (Mercury) [CP Top 21]
- Deerhunter Microcastles (Kranky)
- Frightened Rabbit Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat)
- The Walkmen You & Me (Gigantic) [CP Top 21]
- Various Artists Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump (Strut)
- Arthur Russell Love is Overtaking Me (Audika)
- Bodies of Water A Certain Feeling (Secretly Canadian)
- Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- Lambchop Oh (Ohio) (Merge)
Michael Pelusi
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti)
- Sons and Daughters This Gift (Domino)
- The Photon Band Back Down to Earth (Empyrean)
- The Constantines Kensington Heights (Arts and Crafts)
- Various Artists The Wire ...And All the Pieces Matter (Nonesuch)
- Paul Westerberg 49:00:00 (no label)
- The Dears Missiles (Dangerbird)
- R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
- Mono in VCF Mono in VCF (no label)
- Monkey Journey to the West (XM)
Nicole Pensiero
- Thievery Corporation Radio Retaliation (ESL Music)
- Raphael Saadiq The Way I See It (Columbia)
- Carlene Carter Stronger (Yep Roc)
- Back Door Slam Roll Away (Blix Street)
- John Legend Evolver (Columbia)
- Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suns (Geffen)
- Noah & The Whale Peaceful The World Lays Me Down (Mercury)
- Paul Weller 22 Dreams (Yep Roc)
- Jessie Baylin Firesight (Verve)
- Kings of Leon Only By The Night (RCA)
Neal Ramirez
- The Magnetic Fields Distortion (Nonesuch) [CP Top 21]
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Bon Iver For Emma Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
- Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster (Arts & Crafts)
- She & Him Volume One (Merge)
- Vivian Girls Vivian Girls (In the Red)
- Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- Tullycraft Every Scene Needs a Center (Magic Marker)
- The Walkmen You & Me (Gigantic Music) [CP Top 21]
- Coldplay Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
Mike Rapa
- Kaiser Chiefs Off With Their Heads (Motown)
- The Raconteurs Consolers Of The Lonely (Warner Bros.)
- Illinois The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe (Plus 1)
- Dr. Dog Fate (Park the Van)
- Kings of Leon Only By The Night (RCA)
- Secret Machines Secret Machines (Tsm Recordings)
- The Roots Rising Down (Def Jam) [CP Top 21]
- The Kills Midnight Boom (Domino)
- Photon Band Back Down to Earth (Empyrean)
- Brazilian Girls New York City (Verve)
Patrick Rapa
- The Mountain Goats Heretic Pride (4AD)
- Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim (EMI Europe Generic)
- Titus Andronicus The Airing of Grievances (Troubleman Unlimited) [CP Top 21]
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- War on Drugs Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian) [CP Top 21]
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- Marnie Stern This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That (Kill Rock Stars)
- R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
- Fake You Are Not Dead (fakeproject.com)
James Saul
- Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [CP Top 21]
- Foals Antidotes (Sub Pop)
- No Age Nouns (Sub Pop)
- Girl Talk Feed The Animals (Illegal Art)
- Radiohead In Rainbows (Ato)
- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Real Emotional Trash (Matador)
- Squarepusher Just A Souvenir (Warp)
- Lil' Wayne Tha Carter III (Cash Money) [CP Top 21]
- Deerhoof Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
- T.I. Paper Trail (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Marc Steel
- Mudcrutch Mudcrutch (Reprise)
- The B-52s Funplex (Astralwerks)
- Anya Singleton The Other Side (Self-released)
- Randy Newman Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)
- Lil' Wayne Tha Carter III (Cash Money) [CP Top 21]
- Emory Joseph Fennario (Iris)
- The Raconteurs Consolers Of The Lonely (Warner Bros.)
- Muse H.A.A.R.P. (Helium-3, Warner Bros.)
- Phish Live @ the Roxy (JEMP)
- The Black Keys Attack and Release (Nonesuch)
Amy Strauss
- TV on the Radio Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) [CP Top 21]
- Radiohead In Rainbows (Ato)
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- Thrice The Alchemy Index, Vol. III & IV: Air & Earth (Vagrant)
- Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
- The Black Keys Attack and Release (Nonesuch)
- MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Sony) [CP Top 21]
- Burst Lazarus Bird (Relapse)
- The Danger O's Nineteen Ninety Four (Creep)
- Wovenhand Ten Stones (Sounds Familyre)
Paul Tsikitas
- Black Mountain In The Future (Jagjaguwar)
- David Byrne and Brian Eno Everything That Happens will Happen Today (Todo Mundo)
- The Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust (Vice) [CP Top 21]
- Danava Unonou (Kemado)
- Portishead Third (Island) [CP Top 21]
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti)
- Beck Modern Guilt (Interscope)
- The Jet Age What Did You Do During the War, Daddy? (Sonic Boomerang)
- Electric Six Flashy (Metropolis)
- M83 Saturdays=Youth (Mute)
John Vettese
- Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (Roadrunner)
- The Kills Midnight Boom (Domino)
- Black Angels Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic)
- Death Vessel Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us (Sub Pop)
- Paint It Black New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
- Dark Meat Universal Indians (Vice)
- War on Drugs Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian) [CP Top 21]
- The Breeders Mountain Battles (4AD)
- Scary Monster Makeout Party At The Werewolf Club (Modern Soul)
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
Lauren Zalut
- The Magnetic Fields Distortion (Nonesuch) [CP Top 21]
- Santogold Santogold (Downtown) [CP Top 21]
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL) [CP Top 21]
- Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords (Sub Pop)
- TV on the Radio Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) [CP Top 21]
- The Hold Steady Stay Positive (Vagrant) [CP Top 21]
- Tilly and the Wall o (Team Love)
- The Walkmen You & Me (Gigantic) [CP Top 21]
- Beck Modern Guilt (Interscope)
- Silver Jews Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)