50 Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
49 Olof Arnalds – Innundir Skinni
48 Zola Jesus – Stridulum II
47 Solar Bears – She Was Colored In
46 Sleigh Bells – Treats
45 Toro Y Moi – Causers of This
44 Hot Chip – One Life Stand
43 Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
42 Blitzen Trapper – Destroyers of the Void
41 Steve Mason – Boys Outside
40 Trembling Bells – Abandoned Love
39 Yeasayer – Odd Blood
38 Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephen – For the Ghosts Within
37 Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
36 The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever
35 Roky Erickson and Okkervil River – True Love Cast Out All Evil
34 Dylan LeBlanc- Pauper’s Field
33 Edywn Collins – Losing Sleep
32 The Duke & The King – Long Live The Duke & The King
31 Richard Thompson – Dream Attic
30 Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
29 Afrocubism – Afrocubism
28 The Black Keys – The Black Keys
27 Voice of the Seven Thunders – Voice of the Seven Thunders
26 Los Lobos – Tin Can Trust
25 Gayngs – Related
24 Alasdair Roberts – Too Long in This Condition
23 Teenage Fanclub – Shadows
22 Spoon – Transference
21 Hans Chew – Tennessee and Other Stories
20 Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal
19 Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man
18 Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
17 The Fall – Your Future, Our Clutter
16 Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
15 Field Music – Field Music (Measure)
14 The National – High Violet
13 Vampire Weekend – Contra
12 These New Puritans – Hidden
11 Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Dp
10 Grinderman – Grinderman II
9 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
8 Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate – Ali and Toumani
7 John Grant – Queen of Denmark
6 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
5 Robert Plant – Band of Joy
4 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
3 Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
2 Neil Young – Le Noise
1 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me