10. Sleepy Sun - Embrace
09. Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
08. Kylesa - Static Tensions
07. Dan Auerback - Keep It Hid
06. AA Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
05. Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
04. Lovvers - OCD GO GO GIRLS!
03. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
02. Wavves - Wavves
01. Dead Weather - Horehound (by a long shot)
Honourable mentions go to: Baroness "Blue album," Asteroids Galaxy Tour "Fruit," Beach House "Devotion," Future of the Left "Travels With Myself and Another," Municipal Waste "Massive Aggression," Crocodiles "Summer of Hate," The Sadies "Country Club," Neon Indian "Psychic Chasms," the Raveonettes "In and Out of Control," and Doomriders "Darkness Come Alive".