| the arcade fire | funeral | merge |
| end | sounds of disaster | ipecac |
| secret mommy | mammal class | orthlong musork |
| jason forrest | the unrelenting sounds of the 1979 post disco crash | sonig |
| dj rupture | special gunpowder | tigerbeat6 |
| shitmat | full english breakfast | planet mu |
| sickboy | shake hands with a clenched fist | tigerbeat6 |
| wiley | treddin' on thin ice | xl |
| food for animals | scavenger | upper class recordings |
| madvillain | madvillainy | stones throw |
| mouse on mars | radical connector | thrill jockey |
| jake fairley | touch not the cat | paper bag |
| !!! | louden up now | touch & go / warp |
| the go! team | thunder, lightning, strike | memphis industries |
| hank | how to prosper in the coming bad years | blocks recording club |
| v/a | toronto is the best!!! | blocks recording club |
| man man | the man in a blue turban with a face | ace fu |
| the robot ate me | on vacation | swim slowly |
| king missile III | royal lunch | important |
| lali puna | faking the books | morr music |
| xiu xiu | fabulous muscles | 5rc |
| midlake | bamnan and silvercork | bella union |
| fiery furnaces | blueberry boat | rough trade |
| destroyer | your blues | merge |
| animal collective | sung tongs | fat cat |
| deerhoof | milkman | 5rc |
| fly pan am | n'ecoutez pas | constellation |
| oneida | secret wars | three gut / jagjaguar |
| liars | they were wrong, so we drowned | mute |
| les georges leningrad | sur les traces de black eskimo | alien8 |
| electrelane | the power out | too pure |
| the ex | turn | touch & go |
| the thermals | fuckin a | sub pop |
| the fall | the real new fall lp | action |
| wolf eyes | burned mind | sub pop |
| ??? | ??? | ??? |
| mission of burma | on-off-on | matador |
| devendra banhart | rejoicing in the hands | young god |
| joanna newsom | the milk-eyed mender | drag city |
| múm | summer make good | fat cat |
| pigeon funk | pigeon funk! | proptronix / onitor |
| crackhaus | spells disaster... | mutek_rec |
| thomas brinkmann | tokyo+1 | max ernst |
| radian | juxtapostion | thrill jockey |
| deadbeat | something borrowed, something blue | scape |
| pan sonic | kesto | mute / blast first |
| einstürzende neubauten | perpetuum mobile | mute |
| deathprod | morals and dogma | rune grammofon |
| diamanda galás | defixiones, will and testament | mute |
| zeena parkins & ikue mori | phantom orchard | mego |
Top 3 listener picks
| the arcade fire | funeral | merge |
| madvillain | madvillainy | stones throw |
| modest mouse | good news for people who love bad news | sony/epic |