1. 11...Lee Fields...Emma Jean...Truth & Soul

2. 10...Marissa Nadler...July...Sacred Bones

3. 9...Dan Melchior Und Das Menace...Hunger...Castle Face

4. 9...Dredd Foole & Ben Chasny...Drunk with Insignificance...Feeding Tube

5. 9...Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper...FRKWYS Vol. 11: Cantos de Lisboa...RVNG Intl.

6. 8...Ama Divers...An Echo in the Sound...s/r

7. 8...Horizontal Hold...This is Not a Living...Potluck

8. 8...Tiny Ruins...Brightly Painted One...Flying Nun/Arch Hill

9. 7...The Backsliders...Raleighwood EP...self-released

10. 7...Various...Book of Horizons...New World

11. 7...Emma Ruth Rundle...Some Heavy Ocean...Sargent House

12. 7...Meridian Brothers...Salvadora Robot...Soundway

13. 7...Nightmares on Wax...N.O.W. Is the Time...Warp

14. 7...Bob Mould...Beauty and Ruin...Merge

15. 6...Le Weekend...No Object...Potluck

16. 6...Myriam Gendron...Not So Deep As a Well...Feeding Tube

17. 6...Xymox...Subsequent Pleasures...Dark Entries

18. 6...Dalhous...Will to Be Well...Blackest Ever Black

19. 6...Total Control...Typical System...Iron Lung

20. 6...Lower...Seek Warmer Climes...Matador

21. 6...The Felice Brothers...Favorite Waitress...Dualtone

22. 6...Rockin' Jason D. Williams...Hillbillies and Holy Rollers...Rockabilly

23. 5...See Gulls...2 Songs...s/r

24. 5...Smoky Babe...Way Back in the Country Blues: The Lost Dr. Oster Recordings...Arhoolie

25. 5...Sweetie Sweats...Cambium...Hot Releases

26. 5...Lavender Country...Lavender Country...Paradise of Bachelors

27. 5...Various Artists...The Sound of Siam Volume 2: Molam and Luk Thung Isan from Northeast Thailand 1970-1982...Soundway

28. 5...Steve Lehman Octet...Mise en Abime...Pi

29. 5...K. Leimer...A Period of Review (Original Recordings 1975-1983)...RVNG Intl.

30. 5...Sharon Van Etten...Are We There...Jagjaguwar

31. 5...Gold Bears...Dalliance...Slumberland

32. 5...White Lung...Deep Fantasy...Domino

33. 5...OOIOO...Gamel...Thrill Jockey

34. 5...Fresh and Onlys...House of Spirits...Mexican Summer

35. 5...Insect Surfers...Infra Green...Marlin

36. 5...Tune-Yards...Nikki Nack...4AD

37. 5...Wovenhand...Refractory Obdurate...Deathwish

38. 5...Jim Lauderdale...I'm a Song...Sky Crunch

39. 4...Weller...I...self-released

40. 4...Daniel Menche/William Fowler Collins...Split LP...SIGE

41. 4...Karol Conka...Batuk Freak...Mr Bongo

42. 4...McKay...Into You (Take Two)...Guerssen

43. 4...Ibibio Sound Machine...Ibibio Sound Machine...Soundway

44. 4...The Bombay Royale...The Island of Dr. Electro...HopeStreet Recordings

45. 4...OFFICER!...Dead Unique...Blackest Ever Black

46. 4...Quantic...Magnetica...Tru Thoughts

47. 4...Donovan Blanc...Donovan Blanc...Captured Tracks

48. 4...Trin Tran...Far Reaches EP...Castle Face

49. 4...Strands of Oaks...Heal...Dead Oceans

50. 4...Meat Puppets...Rat Farm...Megaforce

51. 4...A Sunny Day in Glasgow...Sea When Absent...Lefse

52. 4...The Polyphonic Spree...Yes, It's True....Kirtland

53. 4...Zoe Muth...World of Strangers...Signature Sounds

54. 3...The Kneads...Toto Recall / Deus Ex Machina...s/r

55. 3...York Factory Complaint...Lost in the Spectacle...Accidental Guest

56. 3...Art Fine...Dark Silence 12"...Dark Entries

57. 3...Kasai Allstars...Beware the Fetish...Crammed Discs

58. 3...Scottdale String Band...Old Folks Better Go to Bed: Early Country Blues, Rags, and Breakdowns...Arhoolie

59. 3...Rita Abatzi...I'm Burning, I'm Burning...Mississippi/Change

60. 3...Los Hacheros...Pilon...Chulo

61. 3...Zig Zag...Zig Zag...In the Red

62. 3...Mike Cooper...Trout Steel...Paradise of Bachelors

63. 3...Ben Frost...AURORA...Mute

64. 3...Eastlink...Eastlink...In the Red

65. 3...Brigitte Fontaine...Est...Folle...Superior Viaduct

66. 3...Songs: Ohia...Journey On: Collected Singles...Secretly Canadian

67. 3...OBN IIIS...Third Time to Harm...Tic Tac Totally

68. 3...Trans Am...Volume X...Thrill Jockey

69. 3...White Reaper...White Reaper...Polyvinyl

70. 3...Trampled By Turtles...Wild Animals...Banjodad

71. 3...Jason Roebke Octet...High/Red/Center...Delmark

72. 3...Willie Watson...Folk Singer Vol. 1...Acony Records

73. 3...Bumper Jacksons...Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In...s/r

74. 2...Ben Davis & The Jett$...Storms We're In For...Lovitt Records

75. 2...Dona Onete...Feitico Caboclo...Mais Um Discos

76. 2...555...Nine Gates...Moon Glyph

77. 2...Ninos Du Brasil...Novos Misterios...Hospital Productions

78. 2...Soft Pink Truth...Why Do the Heathen Rage?...Thrill Jockey

79. 2...Ex Hex..."Hot and Cold" b/w "Waterfall" and "Everywhere"...Merge

80. 2...Dub Thompson...9 Songs...Dead Oceans

81. 2...Mirah...Changing Light...Absolute Magnitude/K

82. 2...Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires...Dereconstructed...Sub Pop

83. 2...Johanna Samuels...Double Bind...self-released

84. 2...Black Bananas...Electric Brick Wall...Drag City

85. 2...King Dude...Fear...Not Just Religious Music

86. 2...La Sera...Hour of the Dawn...Hardly Art

87. 2...Ought...More Than Any Other Day...Constellation

88. 2...The People's Temple...Musical Garden...HoZac

RPM

1. 7...Nightmares on Wax...N.O.W. Is the Time...Warp

2. 6...Dalhous...Will to Be Well...Blackest Ever Black

3. 5...K. Leimer...A Period of Review (Original Recordings 1975-1983)...RVNG Intl.

4. 4...Daniel Menche/William Fowler Collins...Split LP...SIGE

5. 3...York Factory Complaint...Lost in the Spectacle...Accidental Guest

6. 3...Ben Frost...AURORA...Mute

7. 2...Ninos Du Brasil...Novos Misterios...Hospital Productions

8. 2...555...Nine Gates...Moon Glyph

9. 2...Soft Pink Truth...Why Do the Heathen Rage?...Thrill Jockey

10. 1...Faster Detail...Chance Cube...Hot Releases

JAZZ

1. 5…Steve Lehman Octet…Mise en Abime…Pi

2. 3…Jason Roebke Octet…High/Red/Center…Delmark

3. 2…Paul Giallorenzo's GitGo…Force Majeure…Delmark

4. 1…Jeff Cosgrove/Matthew Shipp/William Parker…Alternating Current…Grizzley Music

5. 1…Cory Wright Outfit…Apples + Oranges…Singlespeed Music

6. 1…Marc Ribot Trio…Live at the Village Vangaurd…Pi

7. 1…Peter Epstein Quartet…Polarities…Songlines

8. 1…Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack…...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire…Singlespeed

9. 1…Ty Citerman…Bop Kabbalah…Tzadik

10. 1…Thumbscrew…Thumbscrew…Cuneiform

WORLD

1. 7...Meridian Brothers...Salvadora Robot...Soundway

2. 5...Various Artists...The Sound of Siam Volume 2: Molam and Luk Thung Isan from Northeast Thailand 1970-1982...Soundway

3. 4...Karol Conka...Batuk Freak...Mr Bongo

4. 4...Ibibio Sound Machine...Ibibio Sound Machine...Soundway

5. 4...The Bombay Royale...The Island of Dr. Electro...HopeStreet Recordings

6. 4...Quantic...Magnetica...Tru Thoughts

7. 3...Kasai Allstars...Beware the Fetish...Crammed Discs

8. 3...Rita Abatzi...I'm Burning, I'm Burning...Mississippi/Change

9. 3...Los Hacheros...Pilon...Chulo

10. 2...Dona Onete...Feitico Caboclo...Mais Um Discos

AMERICANA

1. 7...The Backsliders...Raleighwood 7''...self-released

2. 6...Rockin' Jason D. Williams...Hillbillies and Holy Rollers...Rockabilly

3. 6...Myriam Gendron...Not So Deep As a Well...Feeding Tube

4. 5...Smoky Babe...Way Back in the Country Blues: The Lost Dr. Oster Recordings...Arhoolie

5. 5...Lavender Country...Lavender Country...Paradise of Bachelors

6. 5...Jim Lauderdale...I'm a Song...Sky Crunch

7. 4...Zoe Muth...World of Strangers...Signature Sounds

8. 3...Scottdale String Band...Old Folks Better Go to Bed: Early Country Blues, Rags, and Breakdowns...Arhoolie

9. 3...Mike Cooper...Trout Steel...Paradise of Bachelors

10. 3...Bumper Jacksons...Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In...self-released