50 The Kooks – inside in/inside out
49 Absentee – schmotime
48 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – the chronicles of a bohemian teenager
47 Wolfmother – wolfmother
46 Semifinalists – semifinalists
45 Bob Dylan – modern times
44 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – ballad of the broken seas
43 Beck – the information
42 The Auotmatic – not accepted anywhere
41 The Gossip – standing in the way of control
40 Midlake – the trials of van occupanther
39 The Young Knives – voices of animals and men
38 Metric – live it out
37 Be your own Pet – be your own pet
36 Datarock – datarock datarock
35 !Forward Russia! – give me a wall
34 Albert Hammond Jr – yours to keep
33 The Bronx – the bronx
32 Lily Allen – alright, still
31 The Sunshine Underground – raise the alarm
30 Cat Power – the greatest
29 The Spinto Band – nice and nicely done
28 Morrissey – ringleader of the tormentors
27 Clap your Hands say Yeah – clap your hands say yeah
26 Jarvis Cocker – jarvis
25 Mogwai – mr beast
24 Secret Machines – ten silver drops
23 The Knife – silent shout
22 The Flaming Lips – at war with the mystics
21 The Raconteurs – broken boy soldiers
20 The Streets – the hardest way to make an easy living
19 The Longcut – a call and response
18 The Rapture – pieces of the people we love
17 The Futureheads – news and tributes
16 Amy Winehouse – back to black
15 Thom Yorke – the eraser
14 TV on the Radio – return to cookie mountain
13 Panic! at the Disco – a fever you can’t sweat out
12 The Killers – sam’s town
11 Howling Bells – howling bells
10 My Chemical Romance – the black parade
09 Kasabian – empire
08 The Strokes – first impressions of earth
07 The Long Blondes – someone to drive you home
06 Gnarls Barkley – st elsewhere
05 CSS – cansei der ser sexy
04 Hot Chip – the warning
03 Muse – black holes & revelations
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – show your bones
01 Arctic Monkeys – whatever people say i am, that’s what i’m not