1. Iron & Wine | The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)

2. Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)

3. Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)

4. Dan Deacon | Spiderman of the Rings (Carpark)

5. LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver (Capitol)

6. Arcade Fire | Neon Bible (Merge)

7. Peter Bjorn & John | Writer's Block (Almost Gold)

8. The White Stripes | Icky Thump (Warner Bros/WEA)

9. Blonde Redhead | 23 (4ad/ADA)

10. Menomena | Friend & Foe (Barsuk)

| Jim Mancini

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