1. The Hold Steady- Separation Sunday
Listen: “Your Little Hoodrat Friend”
2. Kanye West- Late Registration
Listen: “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix feat. Jay-Z)”
3. The White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan
Listen: “Blue Orchid”
4. Franz Ferdinand- You Could Have It So Much Better
Listen: “Do You Want To”
5. Sufjan Stevens- Illinois
Listen: “Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois”
6. Wilco- Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
Listen: “At Least That’s What You Said”
7. Serena-Maneesh- Serena-Maneesh
Listen: “Drain Cosmetics”
8. My Morning Jacket- Z
Listen: “Off the Record”
9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Listen: “Over and Over Again (Lost and Found)”
10. Art Brut-Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Listen: “Emily Kane”
Archival Highlight: Bob Dylan- The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
Honorable Mention: Fall Out Boy’s From Under the Cork Tree, Gogol Bordello’s Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike, The New Pornographers’ Twin Cinema, Nine Inch Nails’ With Teeth, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ Nothing But the Water, Bruce Springsteen’s Devils & Dust, System of a Down’s Mezmerize; Tapes ‘n Tapes’ The Loon, Weezer’s Make Believe
Updated: December 31, 2011
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