Albums |
| 1 | Joe Henry, Reverie Anti | Points: 10 |
| 2 | Gillian Welch, The Harrow and the Harvest Acony | Points: 10 |
| 3 | Bill Callahan, Apocalypse Drag City | Points: 10 |
| 4 | Tom Waits, Bad As Me Anti | Points: 10 |
| 5 | Ry Cooder, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down Nonesuch | Points: 10 |
| 6 | Parkington Sisters, Till Voices Wake Us Parkington Sisters | Points: 10 |
| 7 | Meg Baird, Seasons on Earth Drag City | Points: 10 |
| 8 | Thurston Moore, Demolished Thoughts Matador | Points: 10 |
| 9 | Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So What Hear | Points: 10 |
| 10 | Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, MTO Plays Sly Royal Potato Family | Points: 10 |
Singles |
| 1 | Ry Cooder, "Wall Street Side of Town" Nonesuch |
| 2 | Ry Cooder, "No Banker Left Behind" Nonesuch |
| 3 | Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" Columbia/XL |
| 4 | Paul Simon, "Rewrite" Hear |
| 5 | Tom Waits, "Satisfied" Anti |
| 6 | Pistol Annies, "Hell on Heels" Columbia Nashville |
| 7 | TV on the Radio, "Will Do" Interscope |
| 8 | Tinariwen, "Tenere Taqqim Tossam" V2 |
| 9 | Wilco, "I Might" dBpm |
| 10 | tUnE-yArDs, "Bizness" 4AD |