1. Andrew Bird | Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum)

2. Arcade Fire | Neon Bible (Merge)

3. Devendra Banhart | Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL)

4. Animal Collective | Strawberry Jam (Domino)

5. The Fiery Furnaces | Widow City (Thrill Jockey)

6. Panda Bear | Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)

7. Various Artists | A Date With John Waters (New Line)

8. Vashti Bunyan | Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (Dicristina)

9. Nina Nastasia & Jim White | You Follow Me (Fat Cat)

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

| Pete Timmermann