1) The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
2) Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde
3) Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
4) Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5) Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
6) Isis – Oceanic
7) Akron/Family – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth & Journey of Shinju TNT
8) Wild Nothing – Gemini
9) The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
10) Junip – Fields
