| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
| New This Week |
| The Black Crowes | Croweology | Silver Arrow |
| The Cat Empire | Cinema | Velour |
| The Doobie Brothers | World Gone Crazy | HOR |
| Ongoing |
| Alejandro Escovedo | Street Songs of Love | Fantasy |
| Amy Correia | You Go Your Way | |
| Angus & Julia Stone | Down the Way | Nettwerk |
| Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo | Sub Pop |
| Band of Horses | Infinite Arms | Fat Possum/Columbia |
| Ben Sollee/Daniel Martin Moore | Dear Companion | Sub Pop |
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook | ANTI |
| Big Head Todd & The Monsters | Rock Steady | Big |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant |
| Broken Bells | The High Road | Columbia |
| Carole King & James Taylor | Live at the Troubadour | Hear Music |
| Carolina Chocolate Drops | Genuine Negro Jig | Nonesuch |
| Court Yard Hounds | Court Yard Hounds | Columbia |
| Crowded House | Intriguer | Fantasy |
| Cyndi Lauper | Memphis Blues | Downtown/Mercer Street |
| David Byrne/Fatboy Slim | Here Lies Love | Nonesuch |
| David Gray | Foundling | Downtown/Mercer Street |
| Dawes | North Hills | ATO |
| Delta Spirit | History From Below | Rounder |
| Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | ANTI |
| Dr. John | Tribal | 429 |
| Ed Harcourt | Lustre | Nice/Piano Wolf |
| Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros | Up From Below | Vagrant |
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Come and Get It | Capitol |
| Freelance Whales | Weathervane | Mom & Pop/Frenchkiss |
| Grace Potter and The Nocturnals | Grace Potter and The Nocturnals | Hollywood |
| Graham Parker | Imaginary Television | Bloodshot |
| Herbie Hancock | The Imagine Project | Hancock/RED |
| Indigo Girls | Staring Down the Brilliant Dream | IG Recordings/Vanguard |
| Jack Johnson | To The Sea | Brushfire/Universal |
| Jackie Greene | Till the Light Comes | 429 |
| Jakob Dylan | Women and Country | Columbia |
| Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | Bad Boy/Wondaland |
| Jesse Malin | Love It To Life | Side One Dummy |
| Josh Ritter | So Runs the World Away | Pytheas |
| Josh Rouse | El Turista | Yep Roc |
| Justin Currie | The Great War | Rykodisc |
| Keane | Night Train EP | Interscope |
| Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Virgin |
| Marc Cohn | Listening Booth: 1970 | Saguardo Road |
| Mark Olson | Many Colored Kite | Rykodisc |
| Martin Sexton | Sugarcoating | Kitchen Table Records |
| Mary Gauthier | The Foundling | Razor & Tie |
| Mayer Hawthorne | A Strange Arrangement | Stones Throw |
| Michael Franti and Spearhead | Sound of Sunshine | Capitol |
| Mumford & Suns | Sigh No More | Glassnote |
| Natalie Merchant | Leave Your Sleep | Nonesuch |
| Nathaniel Rateliff | In Memory of Loss | Rounder |
| Ozomatli | Fire Away | Downtown/Mercer Street |
| Paul Weller | Wake Up the Nation | Yep Roc |
| Peter Wolf | Midnight Souvenirs | Verve/UMe |
| Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs | God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise | RCA |
| Richard Julian | Girls Need Attention | Compass |
| Robert Randolph & The Family Band | We Walk This Road | WB |
| Rogue Wave | Permalight | Brushfire |
| Rufus Wainwright | All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu | Decca |
| Sarah MacLachlan | The Laws of Illusion | Arista |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone |
| She & Him | Volume Two | Merge |
| Sheryl Crow | 100 Miles From Memphis | A & M |
| Stars | The Five Ghosts | Vagrant |
| The Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Merge |
| The Bird and The Bee | Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Hall & Oates | Blue Note |
| The Black Crowes | Croweology | Silver Arrow |
| The Black Keys | Brothers | Nonesuch |
| The Cat Empire | Cinema | Velour |
| The Gaslight Anthem | American Slang | Side One Dummy |
| The Hold Steady | Heaven is Whenever | Vagrant |
| The Holmes Brothers | Feed My Soul | Alligato |
| The Like | Release Me | Downtown |
| The Living Sisters | Love to Live | Vanguard |
| The National | High Violet | 4AD |
| The New Pornographers | Together | Matador |
| Tift Merritt | See You on the Moon | Fantasy |
| Tom Jones | Praise and Blame | Lost Highway |
| Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers | Mojo | WB |
| Tracey Thorn | Love and Its Opposite | Merge |
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL |
| Various Artists | Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: A Tribute to John Prine | Oh Boy |
| Various Artists | Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein | Sugar Hill |
| Villagers | Becoming a Jackal | Domino |