1. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago

Listen: “Flume”

2. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Listen: “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb”

3. Kanye West- Graduation

Listen: “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”

4. Dinosaur Jr.- Beyond

Listen: “Crumble”

5. Various Artists, I’m Not There

Listen: “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by Antony and the Johnsons

6. Jens Lekman- Night Falls Over Kortedala

Listen: “The Opposite of Hallelujah”

7. Brandi Carlile- The Story

Listen: “The Story”

8. Radiohead- In Rainbows

Listen: “All I Need”

9. The White Stripes- Icky Thump

Listen: “Icky Thump”

10. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

Listen: “Intervention”

Honorable Mention: Andrew Bird’s Armchair Apocrypha, Colbie Caillat’s Coco, Kevin Drew’s Spirit If…, Flobots’ Fight With Tools, Lil Wayne’s Da Drought 3, Modest Mouse’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, The New Pornographers’ Challengers, Josh Ritter’s The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, The Swell Season’s Once: From the Motion Picture

Updated: January 30, 2013

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