Albums:
- Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge)
- Against Me!: New Wave (Sire Records)
- Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Shamokin'!!! (Hot Cup/CD Baby)
- Miranda Labert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Sony)
- M.I.A.: Kala (XL)
- Assif Tsahar/Cooper-Moore/Chad Taylor: Digital Primitives (Hopscotch)
- (((Powerhouse Sound))): Oslo/Chicago: (((Breaks))) (Atavistic)
- Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends (French Kiss)
- Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather (Virgin)
- Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta (Cargo)
- Youssou N'Dour: Rokku Mi Rakka (Give and Take) (Nonesuch)
- Adam Lane/Ken Vandermark/Markus Broo/Paal Nilssen-Love: 4 Corners (Clean Feed)
- Rilo Kiley: Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros.)
- Fanfare Ciocarlia: Queens and Kings (Asphalt Tango)
- Lil' Wayne: Da Drought 3 & The Carter 3 (can't be bothered to separate the two)
- Billy Bang Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe: Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids (Justin Time)
- Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From the River to the Ocean (Thrill Jockey)
- Tyshawn Sorey Quartet: That/Not (Firehouse 12)
- Burial: Untrue (Cargo)
- Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
- Los Campesinos!: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets (Arts & Crafts)
- Cool Kids: Totally Flossed Out (Fools Gold/Web)
- Matthew Shipp: Piano Vortex (AUM Fidelity, Blue Series)
- No Age: Wierdo Rippers (Fatcat)
- Logan Richardson: Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- Matt Lavelle Trio: Spiritual Power (Silkheart)
- Sonic Openings Under Pressure: Muhheankuntuk (Clean Feed)
- Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation (LidKerCow/Iris)
- Kanye West: Graduation (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
- Happy Apple: Happy Apple Back on Top (Sunnyside)
- Jill Scott: The Real Thing (Hidden Beach)
- David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation (AUM Fidelity)
- The Oohlas: Best Stop Pop (Stolen Transmission, 2006)
- Sloan: Never Hear The End of It (Yep Roc Records)
- Kahil El'Zabar's Infinity Orchestra: Transmigration (Delmark)
- Art Brut: It’s a Bit Complicated (Downtown)
- Vampire Weekend: EP (None/XL)
- Pisssed Jeans: Hope for Men (Sub Pop)
- Gostface: Big Doe Rehab (Def Jam)
- Bright Eyes: Cassadaga (Saddle Creek)
- Lucinda Williams: West (Lost Highway)
- Maroon 5: It Won't Be Soon Before Long (A&M)
- Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc Records)
- Lori McKenna: Unglamorous (Warner Bros./WEA)
- Okkervil River: Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe (Jagjaguwar)
- Various Artists: Hyphy Hitz (TVT)
- William Parker's Raining on the Moon: Corn Meal Dance (AUM Fidelity)
- David Murray Black Saint Quartet: Sacred Ground (Justin Time)
- Buck 65: Situation (Warner)
- Jewels and Binoculars: Ships With Tattood Sails (Upshot)
- Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free)
- Roisin Murphy: Overpowered (EMI)
- Manu Chao: La Radiolina (Nacional/Because)
- Common: Finding Forever (Geffen)
- Pharoahe Monch: Desire (Universal Motown Records)
- Imperial Teen: The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band (Merge)
- White Stripes: Icky Thump (Warner)
- Future of the Left: Curses (Too Pure)
- The Claudia Quintet: For (Cuneiform)
Some records still pending (or 6+/7- grades).
Last update: Nov./2008