10. Passion Pit, Manners
9. Rhett Miller, Rhett Miller
8. Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson, Break Up
7. Metric, Fantasies
6. Eels, Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire
5. Bishop Allen, Grrr…
4. Harlem Shakes, Technicolor Health
3. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Pains of Being Pure at Heart
2. XX, XX
1. The Thermals, Now We Can See
Songs of the Year: Phoenix, “1901,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Zero,” The Sounds, “No One Sleeps When I’m Awake,” Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard, “One Fast Move or I’m Gone,” Cracker, “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out with Me,” Lady GaGa, “Pokerface.”