Another late entrant...kinda off the top of my head since I'm at work.  I tried to include a couple off of ineligibles for the album list:

Doug Powell - I Woke Up In Love This Morning

Free Loan Investments - Dayplanner - from a 6 song EP on Shelflife that would certainly appeal to fans of Heavenly, Shop Assistants, etc. 
http://www.shelflife.com/artists/fli.html

Mark Kleiner Power Trio - Fell In Love With the Girl

Soundtrack of our Lives - Nevermore - I know...it's 2001.  But I got it in 2003 (I just love being financially challenged) and it counted in the albums poll.

Andrew W.K. - Party Hard

Steve

NP: someone coughing behind me...better stop doing e-mail!