Libertines, 'Up the Bracket' (Rough Trade), Death in Vegas, 'Scorpio Rising' (Sanctuary), High on Fire, 'Surrounded By Thieves' (Relapse) ; Dredg, 'El Cielo' (Interscope), Various Artists, 'Red Hot + Riot' (MCA), Atmosphere, 'Seven's Travels' (Epitaph/Rhymesayers), Blink-182, 'Blink-182' (Geffen), DJ/rupture, 'Special Gunpowder' (Tigerbeat6) Diplo, 'Florida' (Big Dada), Eminem, 'Encore' (Aftermath), Blood Brothers, 'Crimes' (V2), Feist, 'The Reminder' (Cherrytree /Interscope), Bill Callahan, 'Woke on a Whaleheart' (Drag City), Atreyu, 'Lead Sails Paper Anchor' (Hollywood), Foo Fighters, 'In Your Honor' (Roswell/RCA), Missy Elliott, 'The Cookbook' (Gold Mind/Atlantic), Various Artists, 'Live From Iraq' (4th25 Entertainment), Audioslave, 'Out of Exile' (Interscope/Epic), Various Artists, 'Six Feet Under: Everything Ends' (Astralwerks), System of a Down, 'Mezmerize' (American/Columbia), Slim Thug, 'Already Platinum' (Star Trak/Geffen), B.C. Camplight, 'Hide, Run Away' (One Little Indian), Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, 'Cold Roses' (Lost Highway) Sufjan Stevens, 'Illinois' (Asthmatic Kitty), Fountains of Wayne, 'Out of State Plates' (Virgin), Quasimoto, 'The Further Adventures of Lord Quas' (Stones Throw), The Posies, 'Every Kind of Light' (Rykodisc), Aesop Rock, 'None Shall Pass' (Def Jux), Royksopp, 'The Understanding' (Astralwerks), Various Artists, 'Wedding Crashers' (New Line Records), Frank Black, 'Honeycomb' (Back Porch/Virgin), Dungen, 'Ta Det Lugnt' (Kemado) Dungen, 'Dungen' (Subliminal Sounds), Antibalas, 'Security' (Anti-), Prince, 'Planet Earth' (Columbia), Ol' Dirty Bastard, 'The Definitive Ol' Dirty Bastard Story' (Elektra/Rhino), Mixel Pixel, 'Contact Kid' (Kanine), Sons and Daughters, 'The Repulsion Box' (Domino), The Juan Maclean, 'Less Than Human' (DFA/Astralwerks), Tommy Lee, 'Tommyland: The Ride' (TL Education Services), Staind, 'Chapter V' (Elektra), Transplants, 'Haunted Cities' (La Salle/Atlantic), The One AM Radio, 'This Too Will Pass' (Dangerbird), The Click Five, 'Greetings from Imrie House' (Lava/Atlantic), The New Pornographers, 'Twin Cinema' (Matador), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, 'Howl' (RCA), Gogol Bordello, 'Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike' (SideOneDummy), Kanye West, 'Late Registration' (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), Against Me!, 'Searching for a Former Clarity' (Fat Wreck Chords), Mouse on Mars, 'Live 04' (Sonig 2005), Josh Joplin, 'Jaywalker' (Eleven Thirty), Dandy Warhols, 'Odditorium or Warlords of Mars' (Capitol), Diamond Nights, 'Popsicle' (Kemado), Sam Champion, 'Slow Rewind' (Razor & Tie), Young Jeezy, 'Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101' (Def Jam) Boyz N Da Hood, 'Boyz N Da Hood' (Bad Boy), Echo and the Bunnymen, 'Siberia' (Cooking Vinyl), Broken Social Scene, 'Broken Social Scene' (Arts & Crafts) Metric, 'Live It Out' (Last Gang), DangerDoom, 'The Mouse & the Mask' (Epitaph), Jimmy Eat World, 'Stay On My Side Tonight' (Interscope), The Exit, 'Home for an Island' (Wind-Up), Sigur Ros, 'Takk...' (Geffen), Matt Pond PA, 'Several Arrows Later' (Altitude), Dinosaur Jr., 'Beyond' (Fat Possum), Patrick Cleandenim, 'Baby Comes Home' (Ba Da Bing), Chamillionaire, 'The Sound of Revenge' (Chamillitary/Universal) Paul Wall, 'The Peoples Champ' (Atlantic), Boards of Canada, 'The Campfire Headphase' (Warp), Silver Jews, 'Tanglewood Numbers' (Drag City), Gravenhurst, 'Fires in Distant Buildings' (Warp), Fiona Apple, 'Extraordinary Machine' (Epic), Deftones, 'Saturday Night Wrist' (Maverick), The Brunettes, 'Structure & Cosmetics' (Sub Pop), Various Artists, 'This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul' (Razor and Tie), Animal Collective, 'Feels' (Fat Cat), Curt Kirkwood, 'Snow' (Little Dog), Damian Marley, 'Welcome to Jamrock' (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youth/Universal), The Fiery Furnaces, 'Rehearsing My Choir' (Rough Trade), Living Things, 'Ahead of the Lions' (Jive), Various Artists, 'Tony Hawk's American Wasteland' (Vagrant), Rod Lee, 'Vol. 5: The Official' (Club Kingz/Morphius Urban), The Gris Gris, 'For the Season' (Birdman), Atmosphere, 'You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having' (Rhymesayers), System of a Down, 'Hypnotize' (American/Columbia), The Darkness, 'One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back' (Atlantic), Gretchen Wilson, 'All Jacked Up' (Epic Nashville) Big and Rich, 'Comin' to Your City' (Warner Bros. Nashville), Madonna, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' (Warner Bros.), Remy Ma, 'There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story' (SRC/Universal), Diplo, 'FabricLive 24' (Fabric) Mylo, 'Destroy Rock and Roll' (Breastfed), Various Artists, 'NY2LON' (Best Before), Hilken Mancini and Chris Colbourn, 'Hilken Mancini and Chris Colbourn' (Kimchee), Grizzly Bear, 'Horn of Plenty + The Remixes' (Kanine), Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, 'Ramblin' Man EP' (V2), Various Artists, 'I Love Guitar Wolf...Very Much' (Narnack), The Strokes, 'First Impressions of Earth' (RCA), Morningwood, 'Morningwood' (Capitol), Nellie McKay, 'Pretty Little Head' (Columbia), Hot Chip, 'Coming on Strong' (Astralwerks), Styles P, 'Time Is Money' (Ruff Ryders/Interscope), Duncan Sheik, 'White Limousine' (Rounder), Talib Kweli, 'Right About Now...' (Blacksmith/Koch), Death From Above 1979, 'Romance Bloody Romance' (Vice) Beck, 'Guerolito' (Geffen), Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, 'Living With the Living' (Touch and Go), Liars, 'Liars' (Mute), Cat Power, 'The Greatest' (Matador), Audio Bullys, 'Generation' (Astralwerks), Mary J. Blige, 'The Breakthrough' (Geffen), Youth Group, 'Casino Twilight Dogs' (Anti-/Epitaph), Earlimart, 'Mentor Tormentor' (Majordomo), P.O.D., 'Testify' (Atlantic), Belle and Sebastian, 'The Life Pursuit' (Matador), Robert Pollard, 'From A Compound Eye' (Merge), Bloc Party, 'A Weekend in the City' (Vice), Test Icicles, 'For Screening Purposes Only' (Domino), T-Pain, 'Rappa Ternt Sanga' (Konvict/Jive), Swearing at Motorists, 'Last Night Becomes This Morning' (Secretly Canadian), Various Artists, 'Run the Road, Volume 2' (Vice), Mika, 'Life in Cartoon Motion' (Casablanca/ Universal Republic), Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, 'House Arrest' (Paw Tracks), Polysics, 'Now Is The Time!' (Tofu), Saint Etienne, 'Tales From Turnpike House' (Savoy Jazz), The Ladies, 'They Mean Us' (Temporary Residence Limited), Neko Case, 'Fox Confessor Brings the Flood' (Anti-), Sasha & Digweed, 'Delta Heavy' (System), Arctic Monkeys, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' (Domino), Lil' Flip, 'I Need Mine' (Sony Urban/Columbia), Vitalic, 'OK Cowboy' (Citizen), Hawthorne Heights, 'If Only You Were Lonely' (Victory), Goldfrapp, 'Supernature' (Mute), Field Music, 'Field Music' (Memphis Industries), Television Personalities, 'My Dark Places' (Domino), Border Crossing, 'Ominous' (Recall/Sound Recordings), Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, 'The Proposition: Original Soundtrack' (Mute), Midnight Movies, 'Lion the Girl' (New Line), The Flaming Lips, 'At War With the Mystics' (Warner Bros.), MC Lars, 'The Graduate' (Nettwerk), Morrissey, 'Ringleader of the Tormentors' (Attack/Sanctuary), Margot & the Nuclear So & So's, 'The Dust of Retreat', Rahim, 'Ideal Lives' (Frenchkiss), Love Is All, 'Nine Times That Same Song' (What's Your Rupture), Ghostface Killah, 'Fishscale' (Def Jam), Wolf Eyes, 'Human Animal' (Sub Pop), Boris, 'Pink' (Southern Lord), Sean Lennon, 'Friendly Fire' (Capitol), The Howling Hex, 'XI' (Drag City), Mobb Deep, 'Blood Money' (G-Unit/Interscope), Anti-Flag, 'For Blood and Empire' (RCA), The Streets, 'The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living' (Vice), Prince, '3121' (Universal), Eagles of Death Metal, 'Death by Sexy' (Downtown), Built to Spill, 'You in Reverse' (Warner Bros.), Grand National, 'A Drink & a Quick Decision' (Recall), Maritime, 'We, the Vehicles' (Flameshovel), Calexico, 'Garden Ruin' (Quarter Stick), Northern State, 'Can I Keep This Pen?' (Ipecac), Magnolia Electric Co., 'Sojourner' (Secretly Canadian), The Detroit Cobras, 'Tied and True' (Bloodshot), Deerhoof, 'Friend Opportunity' (Kill Rock Stars/5RC), The Apples in Stereo, 'New Magnetic Wonder' (Simian/Yep Roc), The Rosebuds, 'Night of the Furies' (Merge), Air, 'Pocket Symphony' (Astralwerks), Modest Mouse, 'We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank' (Epic), The Academy Is…, 'Santi' (Fueled By Ramen), The Higher, 'On Fire' (Epitaph), Jill Cunniff, 'City Beach' (The Militia Group), Caribou, 'Andorra' (Merge), Gliss, 'Love the Virgins' (Cordless), Hella, 'There's No 666 in Outer Space' (Ipecac), Kings of Leon, 'Because of the Times' (RCA), The Besnard Lakes, 'The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse' (Jagjgauwar), Dr. Dog, 'We All Belong' (Park the Van), The Frames, 'The Cost' (Anti-), The Shaky Hands, 'The Shaky Hands' (Holocene), Shadows Fall, 'Threads of Life' (Atlantic), LL Cool J, 'Todd Smith' (Def Jam), Damone, 'Out Here All Night' (Island), Ima Robot, 'Monument to the Masses' (Virgin), Mastodon, 'Blood Mountain' (Reprise), Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, 'The Letting Go' (Drag City), Lamb of God, 'Sacrament' (Epic), Darkel, 'Darkel' (Astralwerks), Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League, 'The Longest Meow' (Bloodshot), Sleepy Brown, 'Mr. Brown' (Purple Ribbon/Virgin), The Black Keys, 'Magic Potion' (Nonesuch), MewithoutYou, 'Brother, Sister' (Tooth & Nail), Sparklehorse, 'Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain' (Astralwerks), Ben Kweller, 'Ben Kweller' (ATO), Super Furry Animals, 'Hey Venus!' (Rough Trade/ Beggars), Richard Buckner, 'Meadow' (Merge), Gym Class Heroes, 'As Cruel as School Children' (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen), Basement Jaxx, 'Crazy Itch Radio' (XL), Dead Moon, 'Echoes of the Past' (Sub Pop), Various Artists, 'The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited' (Shout! Factory), Mekons, 'Natural' (Quarterstick), Alkaline Trio, 'Remains' (Vagrant), The Zutons, 'Tired of Hanging Around' (Columbia), Lemonheads, 'The Lemonheads' (Vagrant), Busdriver, 'RoadKillOvercoat' (Anti-/Epitaph), Sugarcult, 'Lights Out' (Fearless/V2), Kristin Hersh, 'Learn to Sing Like a Star' (Yep Roc), The Rapture, 'Pieces of the People We Love' (Universal Motown), Bobby Conn, 'King for a Day' (Thrill Jockey), Sum 41, 'Underclass Hero' (Island), The Mendoza Line, '30 Year Low' (Glurp), The Used, 'Lies for the Liars' (Reprise), The Tossers, 'Agony' (Victory), The Pernice Brothers, 'Live a Little' (Ashmont), The Nice Boys, 'The Nice Boys' (Birdman), The Hold Steady, 'Boys and Girls in America' (Vagrant), Cortney Tidwell, 'Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up' (Ever), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, 'Broom' (Polyvinyl), Animal Collective, 'Hollinndagain' (Paw Tracks), VHS or Beta, 'Bring on the Comets' (Astralwerks), Okkervil River, 'The Stage Names' (Jagjaguwar), Portastatic, 'Be Still Please' (Merge), Swan Lake, 'Beast Moans' (Jagjaguwar), Khan, 'Who Never Rests' (Tomlab), Page France, 'Hello, Dear Wind' (Suicide Squeeze), Willy Mason, 'If the Ocean Gets Rough' (Astralwerks), Scharpling and Wurster, 'The Art of the Slap' (Stereolaffs), OOIOO, 'Taiga' (Thrill Jockey), RTX, 'Western Xterminator' (Drag City), Poison the Well, 'Versions' (Ferret), Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, 'Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul' (Barsuk), Trans Am, 'Sex Change' (Thrill Jockey), Galactic, 'From the Corner to the Block' (Anti-), Linda Thompson, 'Versatile Heart' (Rounder), The Moonbabies, 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' (Hidden Agenda/ Parasol), Animal Collective, 'Strawberry Jam' (Domino), Devendra Banhart, 'Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon' (XL), Dani Siciliano, 'Slappers' (!K7), Graham Coxon, 'Love Travels at Illegal Speeds' (Parlophone), Isobel Campbell, 'Milkwhite Sheets' (V2), Fujiya & Miyagi, 'Transparent Things' (Deaf Dumb + Blind), Willowz, 'Chautauqua' (Dim Mak), The Fall, 'Reformation Post T.L.C.' (Narnack), Manu Chao, 'La Radiolina' (Nacional/ Because), Rogue Wave, 'Asleep at Heaven's Gate' (Brushfire), Electric Six, 'Switzerland' (Metropolis), Hem, 'Funnel Cloud' (Waveland), Keren Ann, 'Keren Ann' (Metro Blue/ Blue Note), The Weakerthans, 'Reunion Tour' (Anti-), Oakley Hall, 'I'll Follow You' (Merge), Field Music, 'Tones of Town' (Memphis Industries), Califone, 'Roots & Crowns' (Thrill Jockey), The Almost, 'Southern Weather' (Tooth & Nail/ Virgin), Bound Stems, 'Appreciation Night' (Flameshovel), Honeycut, 'The Day I Turned to Glass' (Quannum Projects), Brazilian Girls, 'Talk to La Bomb' (Verve Forecast), Switchfoot, 'Oh! Gravity' (Columbia), Qui, 'Love's Miracle' (Ipecac), The Divine Comedy, 'Victory for the Comic Muse' (Parlophone), Chingy, 'Hoodstar' (Capitol), Juggaknots, 'Use Your Confusion' (Amalgam), Shout Out Louds, 'Our Ill Wills' (Merge), Sloan, 'Never Hear the End of It' (Yep Roc), Audionom, 'Retrospektiv' (Kemado), Grinderman, 'Grinderman' (MUTE/Anti-), Jeremy Enigk, 'World Waits' (Lewis Hollow), Guns N' Roses, 'Chinese Democracy' (Interscope), The Oohlas, 'Best Stop Pop' (Stolen Transmission), xbxrx, 'Wars' (Polyvinyl), The Comas, 'Spells' (Vagrant), The Pierces, 'Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge' (Lizard King), Kasabian, 'Empire' (RCA), Arctic Monkeys, 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' (Domino), Palomar, 'All Things, Forests' (Misra), Patti Smith, 'Twelve' (Columbia), Cobra Starship, 'While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets' (Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen), Sonic Youth, 'The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities' (Geffen), Modeselektor, 'Happy Birthday!' (Bpitch Control), Iron and Wine, 'The Shepherd's Dog' (Sub Pop), Lil' Flip, 'I Need Mine' (Asylum/ Warner Bros.), Lucero, 'Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers' (Liberty & Lament/East West), Fountains of Wayne, 'Traffic & Weather' (Virgin), Magik Markers, 'Boss' (Ecstatic Peace!), Les Savy Fav, 'Let's Stay Friends' (Frenchkiss), Todd Edwards, 'Odyssey' (i!), Panther, 'Secret Lawns' (Fryk Beat), Joe Henry, 'Civilians' (Anti-), Ozomatli, 'Don't Mess With the Dragon' (Concord), Wooden Wand and the Sky High Band, 'Second Attention' (Kill Rock Stars), Figurines, 'When the Deer Wore Blue' (The Control Group), Various Artists, 'The DFA Remixes Chapter 2' (DFA/Astralwerks), Ludacris, 'Release Therapy' (DTP), The Bravery, 'The Sun and the Moon' (Island), Dan Deacon, 'Spiderman of the Rings' (Carpark), F--ked Up, 'Hidden World' (Jade Tree), Dragons of Zynth, 'Coronation Thieves' (Gigantic), Pigeon John, 'Pigeon John...And the Summertime Pool Party' (Quannum), Kate Havnevik, 'Melankton' (Continentica/ Universal), Eisley, 'Combinations' (Reprise), Au Revoir Simone, 'The Bird of Music' (Our Secret Record Company), Junior Boys, 'So This Is Goodbye' (Domino), Ben + Vesper, 'All This Could Kill You' (Sounds Familyre), Vic Chesnutt, 'North Star Deserter' (Constellation), My Morning Jacket, 'Okonokos' (ATO/RCA), The Black Lips, 'Good Bad Not Evil' (Vice), Badly Drawn Boy, 'Born in the U.K.' (Astralwerks), Mouse on Mars, 'Varcharz' (Ipecac), Adem, 'Love and Other Planets' (Domino), The Ponys, 'Turn the Lights Out' (Matador), Takka Takka, 'We Feel Safer at Night' (Self-released), The Kooks, 'Inside In/Inside Out' (Astralwerks), J Dilla, 'Ruff Draft' (Stones Throw), Ministry, 'The Last Sucker' (13th Planet/ Megaforce), Hot Hot Heat, 'Happiness LTD.' (Sire), Klee, 'Honeysuckle' (Minty Fresh), Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell III' (Virgin), Bettye LaVette, 'The Scene of the Crime' (Anti-), PJ Harvey, 'White Chalk' (Island), MF Grimm, 'American Hunger' (Day By Day), The Clientele, 'God Save the Clientele' (Merge), Jarvis Cocker, 'Jarvis' (Rough Trade), Joanna Newsom, 'Ys' (Drag City), Big Business, 'Here Come the Waterworks' (Hydra Head), Tracey Thorn, 'Out of the Woods' (Astralwerks), RJD2, 'The Third Hand' (XL), Gang Gang Dance, 'Retina Riddim' (The Social Registry), Fields, 'Everything Last Winter' (Black Lab), My Chemical Romance, 'The Black Parade' (Reprise), High on Fire, 'Death Is This Communion' (Relapse), Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, '100 Days 100 Nights' (Daptone), Bad Religion, 'New Maps of Hell' (Epitaph), Pharoahe Monch, 'Desire' (SRC/Universal Motown), John Legend, 'Once Again' (G.O.O.D. Music/Sony Urban/Columbia), Amon Tobin, 'Foley Room' (Ninja Tune), Wolf & Cub, 'Vessels' (4AD), ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, 'So Divided' (Interscope), Megadeth, 'United Abominations' (Roadrunner), Every Time I Die, 'The Big Dirty' (Ferret), HIM, 'Venus Doom' (Sire), Beck, 'The Information' (Interscope), The Decemberists, 'The Crane Wife' (Capitol), Kevin Devine, 'Put Your Ghost to Rest' (Capitol), Twisted Black, 'Street Fame' (TVT), KRS-One, 'Hip-Hop Lives' (Koch), Apostle of Hustle, 'National Anthem of Nowhere' (Arts & Crafts), Steve Earle, 'Washington Square Serenade' (New West), The Cult, 'Born Into This' (Roadrunner), Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew, 'Spirit If…' (Arts & Crafts), The Cave Singers, 'Invitation Songs' (Matador), Lady Sovereign, 'Public Warning' (Def Jam), Favourite Sons, 'Down Beside Your Beauty' (Vice), The Sea and Cake, 'Everybody' (Thrill Jockey), Joell Ortiz, 'The Brick (Bodega Chronicles)' (Koch), Dropkick Murphys, 'The Meanest of Times' (Born & Bred), Jesse Malin, 'Glitter in the Gutter' (Adeline/ East West), Baby Elephant, 'Turn My Teeth Up!' (Godforsaken Music), The Locust, 'New Erections' (Anti-), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, 'Some Loud Thunder' (Self-released), Lee Hazlewood, 'Cake or Death' (Ever), The Donnas, 'Bitchin'' (Purple Feather), The Good Life, 'Help Wanted Nights' (Saddle Creek), Snoop Dogg, 'Tha Blue Carpet Treatment' (Doggystyle/Geffen), Nellie McKay, 'Pretty Little Head' (Hungry Mouse), Shapes and Sizes, 'Split Lips, Winning Hips, a Shiner' (Asthmatic Kitty), Swizz Beatz, 'One Man Band Man' (Universal Motown), The Photo Atlas, 'No, Not Me, Never' (Stolen Transmission/ Morning After), Of Montreal, 'Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?' (Polyvinyl), The Go! Team, 'Proof of Youth' (Sub Pop), Dustin Kensrue, 'Please Come Home' (Equal Vision), Shocking Pinks, 'Shocking Pinks' (DFA/ Astralwerks), The Low Frequency in Stereo, 'The Last Temptation Of...' (Gigantic Music), Von Südenfed, 'Tromatic Reflexxions' (Domino), Wheat, 'Everyday I Said a Prayer for Kathy and Made a One Inch Square' (Empyrean), Jim Jones, 'Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment)' (Diplomat/Koch), Jamie T, 'Panic Prevention' (Caroline), Mixel Pixel, 'Music for Plants' (Kanine), The Fiery Furnaces, 'Widow City' (Thrill Jockey), Sufjan Stevens, 'Songs for Christmas' (Asthmatic Kitty), Kevin Michael, 'Kevin Michael' (Downtown/Atlantic), Thurston Moore, 'Trees Outside the Academy' (Ecstatic Peace!), Panda Bear, 'Person Pitch' (Paw Tracks), Simian Mobile Disco, 'Attack Decay Sustain Release' (Interscope), Arcade Fire, 'Neon Bible' (Merge), Pinback, 'Autumn of the Seraphs' (Touch and Go), Sondre Lerche, 'Phantom Punch' (Astralwerks), Richard Swift, 'Dressed Up for the Letdown' (Secretly Canadian), Nellie McKay, 'Obligatory Villagers' (Hungry Mouse), The Who, 'Endless Wire' (Universal Republic), Black Francis, 'Bluefinger' (Cooking Vinyl), Chin Up Chin Up, 'This Harness Can't Ride Anything' (Suicide Squeeze), Emilie Simon, 'The Flower Book' (Milan), Brother Ali, 'The Undisputed Truth' (Rhymesayers), Alela Diane, 'The Pirate's Gospel' (Holocene Music), The Evens, 'Get Evens' (Dischord), KT Tunstall, 'Drastic Fantastic' (Virgin), Yoko Ono, 'Yes, I'm a Witch' (Astralwerks), Motion City Soundtrack, 'Even If It Kills Me' (Epitaph), Sevendust, 'Alpha' (7Bros./ Asylum), Isis, 'In the Absence of Truth' (Ipecac), Mute Math, 'Mute Math' (Teleprompt/Warner Bros.), Grant-Lee Phillips, 'Strangelet' (Zoë/ Rounder), Lily Allen, 'Alright, Still' (Capitol), Babyshambles, 'The Blinding EP' (Capitol), Brakesbrakesbrakes, 'The Beatific Visions' (Rough Trade/ World's Fair), The Prize Fighter Inferno, 'My Brother's Blood Machine' (Equal Vision), Subtle, 'For Hero: For Fool' (Lex/Astralwerks), Maroon 5, 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' (Octone/ A&M), Wiley, 'Playtime Is Over' (Big Dada), Two Gallants, 'Two Gallants' (Saddle Creek), Satellite Party, 'Ultra Payloaded' (Columbia), José González, 'In Our Nature' (Mute), Cassius, '15 Again' (Astralwerks), Jimmy Eat World, 'Chase This Light' (Interscope), Swan Island, 'The Centre Will Hold' (16/Holocene), Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, 'Tongues' (Domino), Relient K, 'Five Score and Seven Years Ago' (Capitol), Marissa Nadler, 'Bird on the Water' (Peacefrog), Ron Artest, 'My World' (Tru Warier/Lightyear), The Whigs, 'Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip' (ATO), White Magic, 'Dat Rosa Mel Apibus' (Drag City), The Horrors, 'Strange House' (Stolen Transmission), The Kingdom, 'K1' (Arena Rock), Electric Six, 'I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being the Master' (Metropolis), Babyshambles, 'Shotter's Nation' (Astralwerks), Memphis, 'A Little Place in the Wilderness' (Good Fences), Linkin Park, 'Minutes to Midnight' (Warner Bros./ Machine Shop), Funeral for a Friend, 'Tales Don't Tell Themselves' (Atlantic), Dungen, 'Tio Bitar' (Kemado), Taken by Trees, 'Open Field' (Rough Trade), Bruce Springsteen, 'Magic' (Columbia), Blonde Redhead, '23' (4AD), Kanye West, 'Graduation' (Roc-A-Fella), Jens Lekman, 'Night Falls Over Kortedala' (Secretly Canadian), Book of Knots, 'Traineater' (Anti-), Digitalism, 'Idealism' (Astralwerks), Art Brut, 'Bang Bang Rock and Roll' (Downtown), Tori Amos, 'American Doll Posse' (Epic), The Raconteurs, 'Broken Boy Soldiers' (Third Man/V2), Pearl Jam, 'Pearl Jam' (J Records), Wilco, 'Sky Blue Sky' (Nonesuch), Björk, 'Volta' (One Little Indian/ Atlantic), Electrelane, 'No Shouts No Calls' (Too Pure), Pink, 'Try This' (Arista), Kenna, 'Make Sure They See My Face' (Star Trak/ Interscope), Mystery Jets, 'Zootime' (Dim Mak), The National, 'Boxer' (Beggars Banquet), The Witnesses, 'Hard Up EP' (Howler Records), Art Brut, 'It's a Bit Complicated' (Downtown), The Aliens, 'Astronomy for Dogs' (Astralwerks), Blue Scholars, 'Bayani' (Massline/ Rawkus), Bad Brains, 'Build a Nation' (Megaforce), Datarock, 'Datarock Datarock' (Nettwerk), Chemical Brothers, 'We Are the Night' (Astralwerks), Matthew Dear, 'Asa Breed' (Ghostly International), Fridge, 'The Sun' (Temporary Residence), The White Stripes, 'Icky Thump' (Third Man/ Warner Bros.), Frog Eyes, 'Tears of the Valedictorian' (Absolutely Kosher), The Holloways, 'So This Is Great Britain?' (TVT), Pissed Jeans, 'Hope for Men' (Sub Pop), Neurosis, 'Given to the Rising' (Neurot), Danko Jones, 'Sleep Is the Enemy' (Razor & Tie), Interpol, 'Our Love to Admire' (Capitol), The Polyphonic Spree, 'The Fragile Army' (TVT), Tiger Army, 'Music From Regions Beyond' (Hellcat), The Mary Timony Band, 'The Shapes We Make' (Kill Rock Stars), Rocky Votolato, 'The Brag & Cuss' (Barsuk), Miracle Fortress, 'Five Roses' (Secret City), Wooden Wand, 'James & the Quiet' (Ecstatic Peace), The Killers, 'Sam's Town' (Island), A-Trak, 'Dirty South Dance' (Obey), Paramore, 'Riot!' (Fueled by Ramen), The Album Leaf, 'Into the Blue Again' (Sub Pop), The Bugs, '…The Bugs' (Hovercraft), ¡Forward, Russia!, 'Give Me a Wall' (Mute), Scissor Sisters, 'Ta-dah' (Universal Motown), Straylight Run, 'The Needles the Space' (Universal Republic), Mandy Moore, 'Wild Hope' (The Firm/ EMI), Hellogoodbye, 'Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!' (Drive-Thru), Socalled, 'Ghettoblaster' (JDub), Mark Ronson, 'Version' (Allido/ RCA), The Dears, 'Gang of Losers' (Arts & Crafts), Emily Haines, 'Knives Don't Have Your Back' (Last Gang), Heavens, 'Patent Pending' (Epitaph), Yo La Tengo, 'I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass' (Island), The Hidden Cameras, 'Awoo' (Arts & Crafts), Sinéad O'Connor, 'Theology' (Koch), Bonde Do Role, 'With Lasers' (Domino), Bryan Ferry, 'Dylanesque' (Capitol), A Band of Bees, 'Octopus' (Astralwerks), Joan as Police Woman, 'Real Life' (Cheap Lullaby), Pelican, 'City of Echoes' (Hydra Head), Ryan Adams, 'Easy Tiger' (Lost Highway), Queens of the Stone Age, 'Era Vulgaris' (Interscope), Jet, 'Shine On' (Atlantic), The Cardigans, 'Super Extra Gravity' (Nettwerk), Sparta, 'Threes' (Hollywood), Niobe, 'White Hats' (Tomlab), Dizzee Rascal, 'Maths & English' (Dirtee Stank/ XL), Smashing Pumpkins, 'Zeitgeist' (Reprise/ Martha's Music), Malajube, 'Trompe l'Oeil' (Dare to Care), Tom Waits, 'Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards' (Anti-), Nick Lowe, 'At My Age' (Yep Roc), Marilyn Manson, 'Eat Me, Drink Me' (Interscope), Converge, 'No Heroes' (Epitaph), Tenacious D, 'The Pick of Destiny' (Epic), Savath & Savalas, 'Golden Pollen' (Anti-), Velvet Revolver, 'Libertad' (RCA), Styles P, 'Time Is Money' (Ruff Ryders/Interscope), Beastie Boys, 'The Mix-Up' (Capitol), DJ Blaqstarr, 'Supastarr EP' (Mad Decent), Brand New, 'The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me' (Interscope), Yusuf, 'An Other Cup' (Ya/Atlantic), Various, 'The World Is Gone' (XL), Earl Greyhound, 'Soft Targets' (Some), World/Inferno Friendship Society, 'Red-Eyed Soul' (Chunksaah), Municipal Waste, 'The Art of Partying' (Earache), Scissors for Lefty, 'Underhanded Romance' (Eenie Meenie), Against Me!, 'New Wave' (Sire), The Cinematic Orchestra, 'Ma Fleur' (Domino), 1990s, 'Cookies' (World's Fair/ Rough Trade), The Shins, 'Wincing the Night Away' (Sub Pop), T.I., 'T.I. vs. T.I.P.' (Grand Hustle/ Atlantic), X-Clan, 'Return from Mecca' (Suburban Noize), Crowded House, 'Time on Earth' (ATO), The Icarus Line, 'Black Lives at the Golden Coast', Incubus, 'A Crow Left of the Murder...' (Epic), The Good, the Bad and the Queen, 'The Good, the Bad and the Queen' (Virgin), The Dead C, 'Future Artists' (Ba Da Bing!), Circus Devils, 'Sgt. Disco' (Ipecac), Maps, 'We Can Create' (Mute), Incubus, 'Light Grenades' (Epic), White Flight, 'White Flight' (Range Life), Ghostface Killah, 'More Fish' (Def Jam), Akon, 'Konvicted' (SRC/Upfront/ Konvict/ Universal Motown), Damien Rice, '9' (Heffa/Vector/Warner), All India Radio, 'Echo Other' (Minty Fresh), The Broken West, 'I Can't Go On, I'll Go On' (Merge), Ulrich Schnauss, 'Goodbye' (Domino), John Vanderslice, 'Emerald City' (Barsuk), The Go, 'Howl on the Haunted Beat You Ride' (Cass), Spoon, 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga' (Merge), Meat Puppets, 'Rise to Your Knees' (Anodyne), O'Death, 'Head Home' (Ernest Jenning), Editors, 'An End Has a Start' (Fader/ Epic), Pig Destroyer, 'Phantom Limb' (Relapse), Tiny Vipers, 'Hands Across the Void' (Sub Pop), Sean Na Na, 'Family Trees -- or -- CoPe We Must', Chase Pagan, 'Oh, Musica!' (The Militia Group), Videohippos, 'Unbeast the Leash' (Monitor), The Ghost Is Dancing, 'The Darkest Spark' (Sonic Unyon), Gogol Bordello, 'Super Taranta!' (Sideonedummy), Yellowcard, 'Paper Walls' (Capitol), The Starting Line, 'Direction' (Virgin), Tegan and Sara, 'The Con' (Vapor/ Sire), Pastor Troy, 'Tool Muziq' (SMC), Jason Isbell, 'Sirens of the Ditch' (New West), The Cribs, 'Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever' (Warner Bros.), Bowerbirds, 'Hymns for a Dark Horse' (Burly Time), Alamo Race Track, 'Black Cat John Brown' (Minty Fresh), They Might Be Giants, 'The Else' (Idlewild/Zoë/ Universal), Powerspace, 'The Kicks of Passion' (Fueled by Ramen), Brother Reade, 'Rap Music' (Record Collection), Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, 'Reinterpretations' (Eskimo), UNKLE, 'War Stories' (Surrender All), Eyvind Kang, 'Athlantis' (Ipecac), Gabby Glaser, 'Gimme Splash' (Latchkey), The Clutters, 'Don't Believe a Word' (Chicken Ranch), Nicole Atkins, 'Neptune City' (Columbia), Alchemist, 'Rapper's Best Friend' (ALC), Common, 'Finding Forever' (G.O.O.D. Music/ Geffen), Various Artists, '5 Years Get Physical' (Get Physical), Ben Harper, 'Lifeline' (Capitol), Architecture in Helsinki, 'Places Like This' (Polyvinyl), Peter Case, 'Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John' (Yep Roc), Rilo Kiley, 'Under the Blacklight' (Warner Bros.), Aiden, 'Conviction' (Victory), The New Pornographers, 'Challengers' (Matador), Robbers on High Street, 'Grand Animals' (Scratchie/ New Line), Angels of Light, 'We Are Him' (Young God), Foo Fighters, 'Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace' (Roswell/RCA), The Budos Band, 'The Budos Band II' (Daptone), Envy on the Coast, 'Lucy Gray' (Photo Finish), Collie Buddz, 'Collie Buddz' (Columbia), Bishop Allen, 'The Broken String' (Dead Oceans), Imperial Teen, 'The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band' (Merge), No Age, 'Weirdo Rippers' (FatCat), Dntel, 'Dumb Luck' (Sub Pop), Mavado, 'Gangsta for Life: The Symphony of David Brooks' (VP), Elliott Smith, 'New Moon' (Kill Rock Stars), Junior Senior, 'Hey Hey My My Yo Yo' (Rykodisc/ Crunchy Frog), You Say Party! We Say Die!, 'Lose All the Time' (Paper Bag), Manic Street Preachers, 'Send Away the Tigers' (Red Ink), Odd Nosdam, 'Level Live Wires' (Anticon), The Pipettes, 'We Are the Pipettes' (Interscope), Mando Diao, 'Ode to Ochrasy' (Mute), Nina Nastasia & Jim White, 'You Follow Me' (FatCat), Land of Talk, 'Applause Cheer Boo Hiss' (The Rebel Group), Lifesavas, 'Gutterfly: The Original Soundtrack' (Quannum), Minus the Bear, 'Planet of Ice' (Suicide Squeeze), David Dondero, 'Simple Love' (Team Love), Still Remains, 'The Serpent' (Roadrunner), Noisettes, 'What's the Time Mr. Wolf?' (Universal Motown), Avril Lavigne, 'The Best Damn Thing' (RCA), New Model Army, 'High' (Attack Attack), Patrick Wolf, 'The Magic Position' (Low Altitude), The Twilight Sad, 'Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters' (Fat Cat), Wussy, 'Left for Dead' (Shake It), Enon, 'Grass Geysers…Carbon Clouds' (Touch and Go), The Most Serene Republic, 'Population' (Arts&Crafts), Tunng, 'Good Arrows' (Thrill Jockey), Thrice, 'The Alchemy Index, Vols. I & II: Fire & Water' (Vagrant), White Stripes, 'Elephant' (V2/Third Man Recordings), Idlewild, 'The Remote Part' (Capitol), Prince Paul, 'Politics of the Business' (Razor & Tie) / The Majesticons, 'Beauty Party' (Big Dada/Ninja Tune), Blur, 'Think Tank' (Virgin), Liz Phair, 'Liz Phair' (Capitol), Deftones, 'Deftones' (Maverick), Alkaline Trio, 'Good Mourning' (Vagrant), Yo La Tengo, 'Summer Sun' (Matador), Macy Gray, 'The Trouble With Being Myself' (Epic), Ghostface Killah, 'Shaolin's Finest' (Epic) / M.O.P., 'Greatest Hits: 10 Years and Gunnin' (Columbia), Radiohead, 'Hail to the Thief' (Capitol), Cat Power, 'You Are Free' (Matador), Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Yanqui U.X.O.' (Constellation), Metallica, 'St. Anger' (Elektra), System of a Down, 'Steal This Album!' (American Recordings/Columbia), Ted Leo/Pharmacists, 'Hearts of Oak' (Lookout!), Dashboard Confessional, 'MTV Unplugged 2.0' (Vagrant), Common, 'Electric Circus' (MCA), DJ Hell, 'Electronicbody-Housemusic' (React), Massive Attack, '100th Window' (Virgin), Jay-Z, 'The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse' (Roc-a-Fella), Blood Brothers, 'Burn, Piano Island, Burn' (IM Recordings/Artist Direct), Mars Volta, 'De-Loused in the Comatorium' (Strummer/Universal), Eels, 'Shootenanny!' (Dreamworks) / MC Honky, 'I Am the Messiah' (spinART), Drive-By Truckers, 'Decoration Day' (New West) ; Kings of Leon, 'Youth and Young Manhood' (RCA), Super Furry Animals, 'Phantom Power' (XL Recordings/Beggars Group), Various Artists, '...Clones" (Star Trak/Arista) / Spymob, 'Sitting Around Keeping Score' (Star Trak/Arista), Everclear, 'Slow Motion Daydream' (Capitol), Grandaddy, 'Sumday' (V2), Michelle Branch, 'Hotel Paper' (Maverick/Warner Bros.), Jealous Sound, 'Kill Them With Kindness' (Better Looking), The Go-Betweens, 'Bright Yellow, Bright Orange' (Jetset), Four Tet, 'Rounds' (Domino) / Prefuse 73, 'One Word Extinguisher' (Warp), Northern State, 'Dying In Stereo' (Startime) / Fannypack, 'So Stylistic' (Tommy Boy), Madonna, 'American Life' (Maverick/Warner Bros.), Lil' Kim, 'La Bella Mafia' (Queen Bee/Big Entertainment/Atlantic), Ms. Dynamite, 'A Little Deeper' (Interscope), Hootie and the Blowfish, 'Hootie and the Blowfish' (Atlantic) ; Ben Harper, 'Diamonds on the Inside' (Virgin), Burnside Project, 'The Networks, the Circuits, the Streams, the Harmonies' (Bar None), Lucinda Williams, 'World Without Tears' (Lost Highway), Christina Aguilera, 'Stripped' (RCA), Audioslave, 'Audioslave' (Epic), Fountains of Wayne, 'Welcome Interstate Managers' (S-Curve/EMI), Soundtrack of Our Lives, 'Behind The Music' (Universal), The Streets, 'Original Pirate Material' (Vice), Jets to Brazil, 'Perfecting Loneliness' (Jade Tree) ; The Get Up Kids, 'On a Wire' (Vagrant), Steve Earle, 'Jerusalem' (Artemis), Metro Area, 'Metro Area' (Environ), Stills, 'Rememberese' (Vice), Joe Budden, 'Joe Budden' (Def Jam), Tori Amos, 'Scarlet's Walk' (Epic), Ryan Adams, 'Demolition' (Lost Highway), Alien Ant Farm, 'TruANT' (El Tondi/Dreamworks), The Used, 'Maybe Memories' (Reprise), Mondo Generator, 'A Drug Problem That Never Existed' (Rekords Rekords/Ipecac) ; Fu Manchu, 'Go For It...Live!' (SPV), The Locust, 'Plague Soundscapes' (Anti-), My Morning Jacket, 'It Still Moves' (ATO/RCA), Bubba Sparxxx, 'Deliverance' (Beat Club/Interscope), Dashboard Confessional, 'A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar' (Vagrant), A Perfect Circle, 'Thirteenth Step' (Virgin), Andrew W.K., 'The Wolf' (Island), Hey Mercedes, 'Loses Control' (Vagrant), Nappy Roots, 'Wooden Leather' (Atlantic), Pretty Girls Make Graves, 'The New Romance' (Matador), Rancid, 'Indestructible' (Hellcat), Various Artists, 'Revenge of the Robots' (Definitive Jux), Spiritualized, 'Amazing Grace' (Spaceman/Sanctuary), The Bronx, 'The Bronx' (White Drugs/Ferret), Thursday, 'War All the Time' (Island), Kanye West, 'The College Dropout' (Roc-A-Fella), Death Cab for Cutie, 'Transatlanticism' (Barsuk), Peaches, 'Fatherfucker' (Kitty-Yo/XL Recordings/Beggars Group), Elliott Smith, 'XO' (Dreamworks), Belle & Sebastian, 'Dear Catastrophe Waitress' (Rough Trade), The Libertines, 'I Get Along' (Rough Trade), Quasi, 'Hot Shit' (Touch and Go) ; Mates of State, 'Team Boo' (Polyvinyl), The Rapture, 'Echoes' (Strummer/DFA/Universal) ; Various Artists, 'DFA Records Compilation #1' (DFA), Iggy Pop, 'Skull Ring' (Virgin) ; David Bowie, 'Reality' (Columbia), Ryan Adams, 'Rock N Roll' (Lost Highway), Basement Jaxx, 'Kish Kash' (Astralwerks), P.O.D., 'Payable On Death' (Atlantic), Britney Spears, 'In The Zone' (Jive), The Distillers, 'Coral Fang' (Sire/Hellcat), The Thrills, 'So Much For The City' (Virgin), The Shins, 'Chutes Too Narrow' (Sub Pop), Ted Leo/The Pharmacists, 'Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead' (Lookout!), The Strokes, 'Room On Fire' (RCA), The Offspring, 'Splinter' (Columbia) ; blink-182, 'blink-182' (Geffen), Nelly Furtado, 'Folklore' (Dreamworks), Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, 'Streetcore' (Hellcat), Erase Errata, 'At Crystal Palace' (Troubleman Unlimited), Saves the Day, 'In Reverie' (Vagrant/Dreamworks), Missy Elliott, 'This Is Not a Test' (Goldmind/Elektra), Air, 'Talkie Walkie' (Astralwerks), Dizzee Rascal, 'Boy In Da Corner' (XL/Matador), Pearl Jam, 'Lost Dogs' ; Rage Against the Machine, 'Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium (Epic), The Wildhearts, 'The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed!' (Gut Import), Phantom Planet, 'Phantom Planet' (Epic/Daylight), The Twilight Singers, 'Blackberry Belle' (Birdman), Lyrics Born, 'Later That Day' (Quannum), David Cross, 'Let America Laugh' (Sub Pop), Probot, 'Probot' (Southern Lord), The Von Bondies, 'Pawn Shoppe Heart' (Sire), Courtney Love, 'America's Sweetheart' (Virgin), Cee-Lo, 'Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine' (Arista), JC Chasez, 'Schizophrenic' (Jive), Lambchop, 'AWCMON', 'NOYOUCMON' (Merge), Belle and Sebastian, 'Fans Only' (Matador), David Banner, 'Mississippi: The Screwed and Chopped Album', 'MTA2: Baptized in Holy Water' (SRC/Universal), Iron & Wine, 'Our Endless Numbered Days' (Sub Pop), Danger Mouse, 'The Grey Album' (www.djdangermouse.com), The Get Up Kids, 'Guilt Show' (Vagrant), Young Gunz, 'Tough Luv' (Roc-a-Fella), Norah Jones, 'Feels Like Home' (Blue Note) Nellie McKay, 'Get Away From Me' (Columbia), Velvet Revolver, 'Contraband' (RCA), Sonic Youth, 'Sonic Nurse' (Geffen), Sparta, 'Porcelain' (Geffen), Wilco, 'A Ghost Is Born' (Nonesuch), The Chinese Stars, 'A Rare Sensation' (Three-One-G), French Kicks, 'Trial of the Century' (Startime), Keane, 'Hopes and Fears' (Interscope), Sondre Lerche, 'Two Way Monologue' (Astralwerks), Lali Puna, 'Faking the Books' (Morr Music), The Cure, 'The Cure' (I Am/Geffen), Rachael Yamagata, 'Happenstance' (RCA), Camera Obscura, 'Underachievers Please Try Harder' (Merge), The Monolith, 'Here Comes the Monolith' (Fortune), Oneida, 'Secret Wars' (Jagjaguwar), Citizens Here and Abroad, 'Ghosts of Tables And Chairs' (Omnibus), Kylie Minogue, 'Body Language' (EMI), Firewater, 'Songs We Should Have Written' (Jet Set) V/A, 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before..." (Rough Trade), Franz Ferdinand, 'Darts of Pleasure' (Domino), Guster, 'Guster On Ice: Live From Portland Maine' (Warner Bros.), Northern State, 'Dying in Stereo' (Startime), Boards of Canada, 'Twoism' (Warp), The Kingsbury Manx, 'Afternoon Owls EP/The Aztec Discipline' (Overcoat Recordings), Various Artists, 'Kompakt 100' (Kompakt), The National, 'Cherry Tree' (Brassland), Taking Back Sunday, 'Where You Want to Be' (Victory), The Mooney Suzuki, 'Alive & Amplified' (Columbia), The Roots, 'The Tipping Point' (Geffen), Uncle Kracker, 'Seventy Two & Sunny' (Lava), Various Artists, 'Old Enough to Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records' (Merge), Jason Forrest, 'The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash' (Sonig), Jadakiss, 'Kiss of Death' (Ruff Ryders/Interscope), Interpol, 'Antics' (Matador), Young Buck, 'Straight Outta Cashville' (G Unit/Interscope), Elliot Smith, 'From a Basement on the Hill' (Anti-), Dizzee Rascal, 'Showtime' (XL), Marilyn Manson, 'Lest We Forget' (Interscope), R.E.M., 'Around the Sun' (Warner Bros.), Jimmy Eat World, 'Futures' (Interscope), The Mendoza Line, 'Fortune' (Bar/None), Travis Morrison, 'Travistan' (Barsuk) Say Anything, 'Say Anything is a Real Boy' (Doghouse), The Occasion, 'The Occasion' (Say Hey), Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 'Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus' (Mute), Frank Black Francis, 'Frank Black Francis' (spinArt), Kaiser Chiefs, 'Employment' (Universal) British Sea Power, 'Open Season' (Rough Trade), Spoon, 'Gimme Fiction' (Merge), Various Artists, 'Camping' (BPitch Control), Cave In, 'Perfect Pitch Black' (Hydra Head), Franz Ferdinand, 'You Could Have It So Much Better...With Franz Ferdinand' (Domino/Epic), Cartel, 'Chroma' (The Militia Group), My Morning Jacket, 'Z' (ATO/RCA), Mr. Oizo, 'Moustache (Half a Scissor)' (Mute U.S.), Liz Phair, 'Somebody's Miracle' (Capitol), Annuals, 'Be He Me' (Ace Fu), !Mayday!, '!Mayday!' (Southbeat), LCD Soundsystem, 'Sound of Silver' (DFA/Capitol), Kaiser Chiefs, 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob' (Universal Motown), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, 'Baby 81' (RCA), Hot Hot Heat, 'Elevator' (Sire/Warner Bros.), Wighnomy Bros./Robag Wruhme, 'Remikks Potpourri II' (Freude am Tanzen/Mute Tonträger), Devendra Banhart, 'Cripple Crow' (XL), The Dirty Projectors, 'Rise Above' (Dead Oceans), Robert Pollard, 'Coast to Coast Carpet of Love/Standard Gargoyle Decisions' (Merge), Beirut, 'The Flying Club Cup' (Ba Da Bing), Celebration, 'The Modern Tribe' (4AD), Chamillionaire, 'Ultimate Victory' (Chamillitary/ Universal), Baroness, 'Red Album' (Relapse), Johnossi, 'Johnossi' (The Control Group), Richard Hawley, 'Lady's Bridge' (Mute), The Coral, 'Roots & Echoes' (Red Ink/ Columbia), Band of Horses, 'Cease to Begin' (Sub Pop), Dashboard Confessional, 'The Shade of Poison Trees' (Vagrant), 9th Wonder, 'Dream Merchant, Vol. 2' (6 Hole/ Hall of Justus), Prefuse 73, 'Preparations' (Warp), Siouxsie, 'Mantaray' (Decca), Shape of Broad Minds, 'Craft of the Lost Art' (Lex), Eddie Vedder, 'Music for the Motion Picture Into the Wild' (J/Monkeywrench) , Underworld, 'Oblivion With Bells' (Side One), Small Sins, 'Mood Swings' (Astralwerks), The Thrills, 'Teenager' (Virgin), Enter Shikari, 'Take to the Skies' (Ambush Reality), Cass McCombs, 'Dropping the Writ' (Domino), Turbonegro, 'Retox' (Cooking Vinyl), Wu-Tang Clan, '8 Diagrams', White Williams, 'Smoke' (Tigerbeat6), Sigur Ros, 'Hvarf/Heim' (XL), M.I.A., 'Kala' (XL/Interscope), Bright Eyes, 'Cassadaga' (Saddle Creek), Duran Duran, 'Red Carpet Massacre' (Epic), Booka Shade, 'DJ-Kicks' (!K7), Scout Niblett, 'This Fool Can Die Now' (Too Pure), She Wants Revenge, 'This Is Forever' (Geffen), Sunset Rubdown, 'Random Spirit Lover' (Jagjaguwar),