1 The Wrens - The Meadowlands 2 Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers 3 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore 4 The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music 5 Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People 6 The New Pornographers - Electric Version 7 Josh Rouse - 1972 8 Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress 9 The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow 10 Puffy AmiYumi - Nice 11 Calexico - Feast of Wire 12 Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power 13 The Thrills - So Much for the City 14 The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark 15 The Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day 16 The Minus 5 - Down With Wilco 17 Cobra Verde - Easy Listening 18 British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power 19 The Hidden Cameras - The Smell of Our Own 20 Jesse Malin - The Fine Art of Self-Destruction Honorable Mention: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Califone, Joe Henry, Turin Brakes, John Cale, Manitoba, The Ladybug Transistor, The Essex Green, The White Stripes, Lucinda Williams, Kathleen Edwards, Jet, Ed Harcourt, M. Ward, Café Tacuba Top Reissues/Compilations: David Ackles - American Gothic R. Stevie Moore - Hobbies Galore Rank & File - The Slash Years Petty Booka - Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian Sandy M.