- Chain and The Gang – Down With Liberty… Up With Chains!
- Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Band
- The Mountain Goats – The Life of The World to Come
- The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
- Elvis Perkins in Dearland – S/T
- The Oranges Band – Are Invisible
- Eels – Hombre Loco
- The Marked Men – Ghosts
- Langhorne Slim – Be Set Free
- Andrew Jackson Jihad – Can’t Maintain
best comedy albums:
- Paul F. Tompkins – Freak Wharf
- Patton Oswalt – My Weakness is Strong
- Doug Benson – Unbalanced Load
other great things:
- Big Star box set: Keep An Eye On The Sky
- Neil Young’s behemoth box set: Archives
- Morphine’s unreleased/live set: At Your Service
- Tom: A Tribute to RAM (The Best Show on WFMU)