• margot and the nuclear so & so's: "dust of retreat"
• the album leaf: "into the blue again"
• junior boys: "so this is goodbye"
• ratatat: "classics"
• justin timberlake: "future sex/love sounds"
• hot chip: "the warning"
• placebo: "meds"
• muse: "black holes and revelations"
• nouvelle vague: "a bande apart"
• the raconteurs: "broken boy soldiers"

honorable mentions: nelly furtado: "loose" / the black keys: "magic potion" / the knife: "silent shout" / thom yorke: "the eraser" / jolie holland: "springtime can kill you"