| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
| New This Week |
| Coldplay | Viva La Vida | Capitol |
| The Dodos | Visiter | Frenchkiss |
| Emmylou Harris | All I Intended to Be | Nonesuch |
| Phil Roy | The Great Longing | Decca |
| Ongoing |
| Aimee Mann | Smilers | SuperEgo |
| Al Green | Lay It Down | Blue Note |
| Alejandro Escovedo | Real Animal | Back Porch |
| American Music Club | The Golden Age | Merge |
| Amos Lee | Last Days at the Lodge | Blue Note |
| Bell X1 | Flock | Yep Roc |
| Big Blue Ball | Big Blue Ball | Real World/Rykodisc |
| Big Head Todd and The Monsters | All the Love You Need | |
| Billy Bragg | Mr. Love and Justice | ANTI |
| Bob Mould | District Line | ANTI |
| BoDeans | Still | He and He |
| British Sea Power | Do You Like Rock Music? | Rough Trade |
| Cat Power | Jukebox | Matador |
| Counting Crows | Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings | Geffen |
| Death Cab For Cutie | Narrow Stairs | Atlantic |
| DevotchKa | A Mad & Faithful Telling | ANTI |
| Drive-By Truckers | Brighter Than Creation's Dark | New West |
| Duffy | Rockferry | Mercury |
| Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Roll With You | Q Division |
| Elvis Costello | Momofuku | Lost Highway |
| Elvis Perkins | Ash Wednesday | XL |
| Eric Lindell | Low on Cash, Rich in Love | Alligator |
| Georgie James | Places | Saddle Creek |
| Gnarls Barkley | The Odd Couple | Atlantic |
| Goldfrapp | Seventh Tree | Mute |
| Griffin House | Flying Upside Down | Nettwerk |
| Jack Johnson | Sleeping Through the Static | Brushfire/Universal |
| Jackie Greene | Giving Up the Ghost | 429 |
| Jakob Dylan | Seeing Things | Columbia |
| Jamie Lidell | Jim | Warp |
| Jaymay | Autumn Fallin' | Heavenly/Blue Note |
| Jim White | Transnormal Skiperoo | Luaka Bop |
| Joseph Arthur | Could We Survive EP | Lonely Astronaut |
| Kathleen Edwards | Asking For Flowers | ZOE/Rounder |
| kd lang | Watershed | Nonesuch |
| Liam Finn | I'll Be Lightning | Yep Roc |
| Lizz Wright | The Orchard | Verve Forecast |
| Marah | Angels of Destruction! | Yep Roc |
| Martha Wainwright | I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too | ZOE/Rounder |
| Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | ATO |
| Missy Higgins | On a Clear Night | Reprise |
| Mudcrutch | Mudcrutch | WB |
| My Morning Jacket | Evil Urges | ATO |
| Nada Surf | Lucky | Barsuk |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | ANTI |
| Old 97's | Blame It On Gravity | New West |
| Patty Larkin | Watch the Sky | Vanguard |
| R.E.M. | Accelerate | WB |
| Ray Davies | Working Man's Cafe | New West |
| Richard Julian | Sunday Morning in Saturday's Shoes | Manhattan |
| Shawn Mullins | Honeydew | Vanguard |
| She and Him | Volume One | Merge |
| Shelby Lynne | Just a Little Lovin' | Lost Highway |
| Steve Winwood | Nine Lives | Columbia |
| Thao With the Get Down Stay Down | We Brave Bee Stings and All | Kill Rock Stars |
| The Black Crowes | Warpaint | Silver Arrow/SonyBMG |
| The Black Keys | Attack and Release | Nonesuch |
| The Blind Boys of Alabama | Down in New Orleans | TimeLife |
| The Cat Empire | So Many Nights | Velour |
| The Felice Brothers | The Felice Brothers | Team Love |
| The Kooks | Konk | Astralwerks |
| The Raconteurs | Consolers of the Lonely | WB |
| The Wood Brothers | Loaded | Blue Note |
| Tift Merritt | Another Country | Fantasy |
| Tyler Ramsey | A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea | Echo Mountain |
| Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | XL |
| Van Morrison | Keep It Simple | Lost Highway |
| Various Artists | "Heroes" Soundtrack | NBC/Adrenaline |
| Various Artists | "My Blueberry Nights" soundtrack | Blue Note |
| Widespread Panic | Free Somehow | Widespread |
| Will Hoge | Draw the Curtains | Rykodisc |
| Yael Naim | Yael Naim | Atlantic |