- Flaming Lips | Embryonic (Warner Bros)
- Noisettes | Wild Young Hearts (Mercury)
- Do Make Say Think | Other Truths (Constellation Records)
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Contonou | Echos Hypnotiques (Analog Africa)
- Gigi | Maintenant (Tomlab)
- Shannon & the Clams | I Wanna Go Home (1-2-3-4-Go!)
- Olof Arnalds | Vio og Vio (One Little Indian)
- Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay (Kompakt)
- Animal Collective | Campfire Songs (Paw Tracks)
- Girls | Album (True Panther Sounds)
- TV Mike & The Scarecrowes | Spittin? In Cursive (Brave Scarecrow)
- Asylum Street Spankers | God's Favorite Band (Spanks-a-Lot)
- Very Best | Warm Heart of Africa (Green Owl)
- Various Artists | CRAZY HEART (New West)
- Fuck Buttons | Tarot Sport (ATP/R)
- Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms (Lefse Rocords)
- tUnE-yArDs | BiRd-BrAiNs (4AD)
- Eels | End Times (E Works)
- Bei Bei & Shawn Lee | Into the Wind (Ubquity)
- Fela Kuti | The Best of the Black President (Knitting Factory)
- Various Artists | DAPTONE GOLD (Daptone)
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis | S/T (DH Records)
- Rykarda Parasol | For Blood and Wine (S/R)
- Federico Aubele | Amatoria (ESL)
- Bill Laswell | Invisible Design II (Tzadik)
- Woodbox Gang | White Trash Voodo (S/R)
- Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms (Lefse)
- Tom Waits | Glitter And Doom Live (Anti)
- Rykarda Parasol | For Blood And Wine (S/R)
- James Hand | Shadow On The Ground (Rounder)
- King Khan and BBQ Show | Invisible Girl (In The Red)
- Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay (Kompakt)
- Girls | Album (True Panther Sounds)
- Do Make Say Think | Other Truths (Constellation)
- Beach House | Teen Dream (SUB POP)
Week of February 1st, 2010
- Vampire Weekend | Contra (XL)
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis | S/T (Downtown)
- Four Tet | There Is Love In You (Domino)
- Best Coast | When I'm With You (Black Iris)
- Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind EP (Domino)
- tUnE-yArDs | BiRd-BrAiNs (4AD)
- Brilliant Colors | Introducing (Slumberland)
- Almighty Defenders | S/T (Vice)
- Fuck Buttons | Tarot Sport (ATP)
- Bare Wires | Artificial Clouds (Tic Tac Totally)
- Syntaks | Ylajali (Ghostly International)
- Tickley Feather | Hors D'Oeuvres (Paw Tracks)
- Shannon & the Clams | I Wanna Go Home (1-2-3-4-Go!)
- Blossom Dearie | Teach Me Tonight (Cherry Red)
- Parov Stelar | Coco (Etage Noir)
- Kitka | Cradle Songs (Diaphonica)
- Buzzer | Teacher's Pet (Tic Tac Totally)
- Various Artists | NINJA TUNE JANUARY SINGLES (Ninja Tune)
- Madeleine Peyroux | Bare Bones (Rounder)
- Audra Mae | Haunt EP (SideOne Dummy)
- Flaming Lips | Embryonic (Warner Bros.)
- DJ Moger Mas | Esqueletos (Unicornio)
- Mark Growden | Saint Judas (Port of Franco)
- Matthew Welsh | Luminosity (Porter)
- Corb Lund | Losin' Lately Gambler (New West)
- Koby Israelite | Is He Listening? (Tzadik)
- Owen Pallett | Heartland (Domino)
- Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay (Kompakt)
- Vampire Weekend | Contra (XL)
- CFCF | Continent (Paper Bag)
- Beach House | Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
- Girls | Album (True Panther Sounds)
- Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind (Domino)
- Gogol Bordello | Live From Axis Mundi (Side One Dummy)
- Tegan and Sara | Sainthood (Sire)
Week of January 25th, 2010
- Dolly Parton | Dolly (Sony Music Entertainment)
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Contonou | Echos Hypnotiques (Analog Africa)
- Brimstone Howl | Big Deal, What's He Done Lately? (Alive)
- Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited | Spooky Sounds Sessions (Dionysus)
- Sounds of Liberation | S/T (Porter)
- Marta Kubisova | Ne! The Soul of Marta Kubisova (Vampi Soul)
- Beat Circus | Boy From Black Mountain (Cuneiform)
- Olof Arnalds | Vio og Vio (One Little Indian)
- Fuck Buttons | Tarot Sport (ATP/R)
- Devendra Banhart | What Will We Be (Warner Bros)
- Various Artists | GHANA SPECIAL (Sound Way)
- Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live (Anti-)
- Flaming Lips | Embryonic (Warner Bros)
- Florence + the Machine | Lungs (Universal Island)
- Luther Dickinson & Sons of Mudboy | Onward and Upward (Memphis International)
- Anthony Coleman | Freakish (Tzadik)
- Rykarda Parasol | For Blood and Wine (S/R)
- Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle | Let?s Just Stay Here (Mint Records Inc.)
- Various Artists | CRAZY HEART (New West)
- Best Coast | When I?m With You (Black Iris)
- Shannon & the Clams | I Wanna Go Home (1-2-3-4-Go!)
- The Slew | 100% (Puget Sound)
- Various Artists | DAPTONE GOLD (Daptone)
- Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms (Lefse Rocords)
- King Khan & BBQ Show | Invisible Girl (In the Red)
- Temper Trap | Conditions (Glassnote Records)
- Marta Kubisova | Ne! The Soul of Marta Kubisova (Vampisoul)
- Family of the Year | Songbook (Washashore)
- Growlers | Are You In Or Out? (Everloving)
- Leonard Cohen | Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (Columbia/Legacy)
- Various Artists | DAPTONE GOLD (Daptone)
- Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms (Lefse)
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou | Vol. 2: Echos Hypnotiques (Analog Africa)
- Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited | Spooky Sound Sessions (Dionysus)
- James Hand | Shadow On The Ground (Rounder)
Week of January 18th, 2010
- Cold Cave | Love Comes Close (Matador)
- Various Artists | SLUMBERLAND RECORDS: THE FIRST 20 YEARS (Slumberland)
- Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind (Domino)
- Brilliant Colors | Introducing (Slumberland)
- Tom Waits | Glitter And Doom Live (Anti)
- Madeleine Peyroux | Bare Bones (Rounder)
- Gift of Gab | Escape 2 Mars (Cornerstone)
- Beat Circus | Boy From Black Mountain (Cuneiform)
- Dolly Parton | Dolly (RCA)
- tUnE-yArDs | BiRd-BrAiNs (4AD)
- Creepy Creeps | Fink About It (Dionysus)
- Various Artists | GHANA SPECIAL (Soundway)
- Grass Widow | S/T (Make A Mess)
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis | S/T (Downtown)
- God's Gift | Pathology 1979-1984 (Hyped 2 Death)
- Art of Flying | Though The Light Seem Small (Discobolus)
- Tegan and Sara | Sainthood (Sire)
- Devendra Banhart | What Will We Be (Warner Bros.)
- Pink Martini | Splendor In The Grass (Heinz)
- Barbarellatones | The Break-Up Ghost (S/R)
- Happy Hollows | Spells (S/R)
- Josh Berman | Old Idea (Delmark)
- The Very Best | Warm Heart of Africa (Green Owl)
- King Kong Ding Dong | Youth Culture Index (S/R)
- King Khan & BBQ Show | Invisible Girl (In the Red)
- Lightning Bolt | Earthly Delights (Load)
- Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms (Lefse Rocords)
- Dolly Parton | Dolly (Sony Music Entertainment)
- Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay (Kompakt)
- Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind (Domino)
- Clare & the Reasons | Arrow (Frog Stand)
- Leonard Cohen | Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (Columbia Records)
- Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited | Spooky Sounds Sessions (Dionysus)
- Various Artists | GHANA SPECIAL (Sound Way)
- Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live (Anti-)
Week of January 11th, 2010
- Luis Bonilla | I Talking Now! (Planet Arts)
- Yoko Ono Plastc Ono Band | Between My Head And The Sky (Chimera Music)
- Marta Kubisova | Ne! The Soul of Marta Kubisova (Vampi Soul)
- Norah Jones | The Fall (Blue Note)
- Wadada Leo Smith | Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform)
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Contonou | Echos Hypnotiques (Analog Africa)
- King Khan & BBQ Show | Invisible Girl (In the Red)
- Devendra Banhart | What Will We Be (Warner Bros)
- Jean-Pierre Massiera | Midnight Massiera (Finders Keepers)
- Syntaks | Ylajali (Ghostly International)
- King Kong Ding Dong | Youth Culture Index (S/R)
- Spider Bags | Teen-Age Eyes (Odessa)
- Mark Growden | Saint Judas (Portofranco Records)
- Federico Aubele | Amatoria (ESL)
- The Growlers | Are you in or out? (everloving)
- Freda Payne | Band of Gold (Edsel)
- Themselves | CrownsDown (Anticon)
- Various Artists | DAPTONE GOLD (Daptone)
- Gogol Bordello | Live From Axis Mundi (Side One Dummy)
- Parties | Cryin? Shame (Rainbow Quartz)
- Lucero | 1372 Overton Park (Universal Republic)
- Nneka | The Uncomfortable Truth (A Dope Kid/Decon/Epic)
- Big Pink | A Brief History of Love (4AD)
- La Colectiva | Gente Morena (S/R)
- Vitalic | Flashmob (Pias)
- Creepy Creeps | Fink About it (Dionysus)
- Marta Kubisova | Ne! The Soul of Marta Kubisova (Vampi Soul)
- Various Artists | DAPTONE GOLD (Daptone)
- Gogol Bordello | Live from Axis Mundi (Side One Dummy)
- Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind (Domino)
- Talk Normal | Sugarland (Rare Book Room)
- Gemma Ray | Lights Out Zoltar! (Bronzerat)
- Devendra Banhart | What Will We Be (Warner Bros)
- King Kong Ding Dong | Youth Culture Index (S/R)
- Growlers | Are You In Or Out? (Everloving)
Week of January 4th, 2010
- Tegan & Sara | Sainthead (Sire)
- Dolly Parton | Dolly (Sony)
- Tom Waits | Glitter & Doom Live (Anti-)
- Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms (Lefse)
- tUnE-yArDs | BiRd-BrAiNs (4AD)
- Cold Cave | Love Comes Close (Matador)
- Fela Kuti | The Best of the Black President (Knitting Factory)
- Carolyn Mark & N.Q | Arbuckle (Mint)
- Yoko Ono Plastic Band | Between My Head and the Sky (Chimera)
- His & Her Vanities | The Mighty Lunge (Science of Sound)
- Espers | III (Drag City)
- Clare & the Reasons | Arrow (Frogstand)
- Lightning Bolt | Earthly Delights (Load)
- Elisa Luu | Chromatic Sigh (Hidden Shoal)
- Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay (Kompakt)
- King Khan & BBQ | Invisible Girl (In the Red)
- Pink Martini | Splendor in the Grass (Heinz)
- The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love (4AD)
- Brilliant Colors | Introducing (Slumberland)
- The Happy Hollows | Spells (S/R)
- Various Artists | PANAMA! 3 (Soundway)
- Ray Davies | The Kinks Choral Collection (Decca)
- Earth & Fire | Atlantis (Esoteric)
- Brimstone Howl | Big Deal, What's He Don't Lately? (Alive)
- Creepy Creeps | Fink About It! (Dionysus)
- Joolie Wood | Tales of Color and White (10 to 1)