so here we go!

1. Love Is All*9 Times That Same Song*
2. Bound Stems*Appreciation Night*
3. Girl Talk*Night Ripper*
4. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins*Rabbit Fur Coat*
5. TV On the Radio*Return to Cookie Mountain*
6. Califone*Roots&Crowns*
7. Regina Spektor*Begin to Hope*
8. Arctic Monkeys*Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not*
9. Neko Case*Fox Confessor Brings the Flood*
10. The Hold Steady*Boys&Girls in America*

11. M.Ward*Post-War*
12. Tartufi*Us Upon Buildings Upon Us*
13. Beirut*Gulag Orkestar*
14. The Knife*Silent Shout*
15. Tapes'N'Tapes*The Loon*
16. The Thermals*The Body, The Blood, The Machine*
17. Cat Power*The Greatest*
18. Danielson*Ships*
19. Lady Sovereign*Public Warning*
20. The Dears*Gang of Losers*

21. Destroyer*Rubies*
22. The Rapture*Pieces of the People We Love*
23. Heartless Bastards*All This Time*
24. Peter, Bj�rn and John*Writer's Block*
25. Belle and Sebastian*The Life Pursuit*
26. Joanna Newsom*Ys*
27. Hot Chip*The Warning*
28. Tom Waits*Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards*
29. Islands*Return to the Sea*
30. The Decemberists*The Crane Wife*

31. Amy Millan*Honey from the Tombs*
32. Ratatat*Classics*
33. Cold War Kids*Robbers&Cowards*
34. Yo La Tengo*I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass*
35. Prototypes*Prototypes*
36. Lupe Fiasco*Food&Liquor*
37. Silversun Pickups*Carnavas*
38. Portugal.The Man*Waiter: You Vultures!*
39. Cut Copy*Bright Like Neon Love*
40. Two Gallants*What the Toll Tells*

[[honourable mentions]]

[[1]] The Roots*Game Theory*
[[2]] Jos� Gonz�lez*Veneer*
[[3]] Yeah Yeah Yeahs*Show Your Bones*
[[4]] Boris*Pink!*
[[5]] The Ark*State of the Ark*
[[6]] Camera Obscura*Let's Get Out of This Country*
[[7]] El Perro del Mar*El Perro del Mar*
[[8]] Raconteurs*Broken Boy Soldier*
[[9]] Presets*Beams*
[[10]] Pretty Girls Make Graves*Elan Vital*

[[JAMS of the Year]]

"Love Me or Hate Me" by Lady Sovereign
"Over&Over" by Hot Chip
"Ain't No Other Man" by Christina Aguilera
....ANYTHING from Girl Talk's Night Ripper

best band name: someone still loves you, boris yeltsin
best album title: i am not afraid of you and i will beat your ass
best song title: "risking life and limb for the coupon" [by bound stems]
best cover art: Cat Power's The Greatest [[the original print... the gold boxinggloves on top shiny, blaring pink.]]