- Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
- Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
- The Black Keys - Brothers
- Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
- Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer
- Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
- Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
- The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - Miles Away
- The National - High Violet
- Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Well basically, I need to start digging deeper into the music of this year. I’ve got a lot of music to check out before I can be for sure what goes on the final list. I’d say at least 3/4 of these will not make the cut.