Albums:

1. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge)
2. Against Me!: New Wave (Sire Records)
3. Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
4. Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Shamokin'!!! (Hot Cup/CD Baby)
5. Miranda Labert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Sony)
6. M.I.A.: Kala (XL)
7. Assif Tsahar/Cooper-Moore/Chad Taylor: Digital Primitives (Hopscotch)
8. (((Powerhouse Sound))): Oslo/Chicago: (((Breaks))) (Atavistic)
9. Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends (French Kiss)
10. Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather (Virgin)
11. Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta (Cargo)
12. Youssou N'Dour: Rokku Mi Rakka (Give and Take) (Nonesuch)
13. Adam Lane/Ken Vandermark/Markus Broo/Paal Nilssen-Love: 4 Corners (Clean Feed)
14. Rilo Kiley: Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros.)
15. Fanfare Ciocarlia: Queens and Kings (Asphalt Tango)
16. Lil' Wayne: Da Drought 3 & The Carter 3 (can't be bothered to separate the two)
17. Billy Bang Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe: Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids (Justin Time)
18. Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From the River to the Ocean (Thrill Jockey)
19. Tyshawn Sorey Quartet: That/Not (Firehouse 12)
20. Burial: Untrue (Cargo)
21. Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
22. Los Campesinos!: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets (Arts & Crafts)
23. Cool Kids: Totally Flossed Out (Fools Gold/Web)
24. Matthew Shipp: Piano Vortex (AUM Fidelity, Blue Series)
25. No Age: Wierdo Rippers (Fatcat)
26. Logan Richardson: Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sound New Talent)
27. Matt Lavelle Trio: Spiritual Power (Silkheart)
28. Sonic Openings Under Pressure: Muhheankuntuk (Clean Feed)
29. Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation (LidKerCow/Iris)
30. Kanye West: Graduation (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
31. Happy Apple: Happy Apple Back on Top (Sunnyside)
32. Jill Scott: The Real Thing (Hidden Beach)
33. David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation (AUM Fidelity)
34. The Oohlas: Best Stop Pop (Stolen Transmission, 2006)
35. Sloan: Never Hear The End of It (Yep Roc Records)
36. Kahil El'Zabar's Infinity Orchestra: Transmigration (Delmark)
37. Art Brut: It’s a Bit Complicated (Downtown)
38. Vampire Weekend: EP (None/XL)
39. Pisssed Jeans: Hope for Men (Sub Pop)
40. Gostface: Big Doe Rehab (Def Jam)
41. Bright Eyes: Cassadaga (Saddle Creek)
42. Lucinda Williams: West (Lost Highway)
43. Maroon 5: It Won't Be Soon Before Long (A&M)
44. Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc Records)
45. Lori McKenna: Unglamorous (Warner Bros./WEA)
46. Okkervil River: Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe (Jagjaguwar)
47. Various Artists: Hyphy Hitz (TVT)
48. William Parker's Raining on the Moon: Corn Meal Dance (AUM Fidelity)
49. David Murray Black Saint Quartet: Sacred Ground (Justin Time)
50. Buck 65: Situation (Warner)
51. Jewels and Binoculars: Ships With Tattood Sails (Upshot)
52. Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free)
53. Roisin Murphy: Overpowered (EMI)
54. Manu Chao: La Radiolina (Nacional/Because)
55. Common: Finding Forever (Geffen)
56. Pharoahe Monch: Desire (Universal Motown Records)
57. Imperial Teen: The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band (Merge)
58. White Stripes: Icky Thump (Warner)
59. Future of the Left: Curses (Too Pure)
60. The Claudia Quintet: For (Cuneiform)

Some records still pending (or 6+/7- grades).

Last update: Nov./2008