| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
| New This Week |
| Jeff Beck | Emotion & Commotion | Atco |
| Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | ATO |
| Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Fat Cat |
| Mayer Hawthorne | A Strange Arrangement | Stones Throw |
| Patty Larkin | 25 | Signature Sounds |
| Ongoing |
| Allison Moorer | Crows | Rykodisc |
| ALO | Man of the World | Brushfire |
| Beach House | Teen Dream | Sub Pop |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Vagrant |
| Brandi Carlile | Give Up the Ghost | Columbia |
| Broken Bells | The High Road | Columbia |
| Carolina Chocolate Drops | Genuine Negro Jig | Nonesuch |
| Charlotte Gainsbourgh | IRM | Elektra |
| Chris Smither | Time Stands Still | Signature Sound |
| Chuck Prophet | Let Freedom Ring! | Yep Roc |
| Citizen Cope | The Rainwater LP | Rainwater Recordings |
| Corinne Bailey Rae | The Sea | Capitol |
| Cory Chisel | Death Don't Send a Letter | Black Seal/RED |
| Dave Matthews Band | Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King | RCA |
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony |
| Dawes | North Hills | ATO |
| Dawn Landes | Sweetheart Rodeo | Cooking Vinyl |
| Devendra Banhart | What Will We Be | WB |
| Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros | Up From Below | Vagrant |
| Ellis Paul | The Day After Everything Changed | Black Wolf |
| Erin McKeown | Hundreds of Lions | Righteous Babe |
| Fanfarlo | Reservoir | Chop Shop/Atlantic |
| Findlay Brown | Love Will Find You | Verve Forecast |
| Florence & the Machine | Lungs | Universal/Island |
| Freedy Johnston | Rain on the City | Bar/None |
| Galactic | Ya-Ka-May | ANTI |
| Gov't Mule | By a Thread | Evil Teen |
| Harper Simon | Harper Simon | Tulsi |
| Hockey | Mind Chaos | Capitol |
| James Maddock | Sunrise on Avenue C | Ascend |
| Jamie Cullum | The Pursuit | Verve Forecast |
| John Butler Trio | April Uprising | ATO |
| John Hiatt | The Open Road | New West |
| John Mayer | Battle Studies | Columbia |
| Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | American |
| Josh Rouse | El Turista | Yep Roc |
| Joss Stone | Colour Me Free | Virgin |
| Julian Lennon/James Scott Cook | "Lucy" | RED |
| Kings of Convenience | Declaration of Dependence | Astralwerks |
| Kristina Train | Spilt Milk | Blue Note |
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band |
| Lissie | Why You Runnin' EP | Fat Possum |
| Lyle Lovett | Natural Forces | Lost Highway |
| Martin Sexton | Sugarcoating | Kitchen Table Records |
| Massive Attack | Heligoland | Virgin |
| Maura Kennedy | Parade of Echoes | Planned Effervescence |
| Monsters of Folk | Monsters of Folk | Shangri-La |
| Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More | Glassnote |
| Nneka | Concrete Jungle | Yo Mama/Epic |
| Norah Jones | The Fall | Blue Note |
| One Eskimo | One Eskimo | Shangri-La |
| Pearl Jam | Backspacer | Monkeywrench |
| Peter Gabriel | Scratch My Back | Real World |
| R.E.M. | Live at the Olympia | WB |
| Rickie Lee Jones | Balm in Gilead | Fantasy |
| Rodrigo y Gabriela | 11:11 | ATO |
| Rogue Wave | Permalight | Brushfire |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Daptone |
| She & Him | Volume Two | Merge |
| Sheryl Crow | Tuesday Night Music Club (Deluxe Edition) | A&M |
| Sondre Lerche | Heartbeat Radio | Rounder |
| Spoon | Transference | Merge |
| Suzanne Vega | Close-Up, Vol.1: Love Songs | Amanuensis Productions |
| Thao With the Get Down Stay Down | Know Better Learn Faster | Kill Rock Stars |
| The Revelations | The Bleeding Edge | Decision |
| The Watson Twins | Talking to You, Talking to Me | Vanguard |
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL |
| Various Artists | "Crazy Heart" soundtrack | New West |
| Various Artists | "Dear John" soundtrack | Relativity Music Group |
| Various Artists | Preservation | Preservation Hall/RED |
| Will Hoge | The Wreckage | Rykodisc |