| Black Cat Music | Probably Will | Hands In the Estuary, Torso In the Lake | Lookout! |
| Greg Sage | Straight Ahead | Straight Ahead | Enigma |
| Filthy Thieving Bastards | Counterfeit Cassius Clay | A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills | Better Youth Organization |
| Joanna Newsom | Cosmia | Ys | Drag City |
| !!! | Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard (A True Story) | Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard (A True Story) | Touch and Go |
| Bob Mould | First Drag of the Day | Live Dog 98: The Forum, London UK | Granary |
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | Counting Down the Hours | Shake the Sheets | Lookout! |
| Moving Targets | A Thousand Times | Take This Ride | Taang! |
| We Are Wolves | Teenage, Bats & Anthropology | Total Magique | Dare to Care |
| Chromatics | Surrogate | Plaster Hounds | Gold Standard Labs |
| The Planet The | Please Don't Kill Myself | You Absorb My Vision | 5 Rue Christine |
| LCD Soundsystem | Great Release | LCD Soundsystem | DFA |
| Wire | Map Ref. 41°N 93°W | 154 | Pink Flag |
| Rilo Kiley | Close Call | Under the Blacklight | Warner Bros. |
| The Fiery Furnaces | Cabaret of the Seven Devils | Widow City | Thrill Jockey |
| Tegan and Sara | The Con | The Con | Sire |
| The Go! Team | Patricia's Moving Picture | Proof of Youth | Sub Pop |
| Calvin Johnson and the Sons of the Soil | Lies Goodbye | Calvin Johnson and the Sons of the Soil | K |
| White Rainbow | Pulses | Prism of Eternal Now | Kranky |
| The Clean | Fish | Anthology | Merge |
| Orange Juice | Louise Louise | Rip It Up | Polydor |
| A Hawk and a Hacksaw | Oriental Hora | A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hanger Ensemble | Leaf |
| Beirut | Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route) | The Flying Club Cup | Ba Da Bing |
| Pikelet | They Call It Love?… Wow | Pikelet | Chapter Music |
| Pit er Pat | Bird | Shakey | Thrill Jockey |
| Club 8 | Sometimes | The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming | Labrador |
| Iron & Wine | Boy with a Coin | The Shepherd's Dog | Sub Pop |
| Roxy Music | Do the Strand | The Atlantic Years 1973-1980 | Atco |
| The Clash | Somebody Got Murdered | Sandanista! | Epic |
| Unrest | Suki | Imperial f.f.r.r. | Teenbeat |
| The Homosexuals | You're Not Moving the Way You're Supposed To | Astral Glamour | Morphius Archives / Hyped2Death |
| Technique Niqu&eactue;e | Pleasure/Pain | Substitutes for Learning | Zero Faute |
| Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 | You Will Be Eliminated | Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche | Communion |
| Pinback | Grey Machine | Offcell | Absolutely Kosher |
| The Mae Shi | Run To Your Grave | HLLLYH | |
| The 101'ers | Keys To Your Heart | Burning Ambitions: A History of Punk, Vol. 1 | Cherry Red |
| Texas Instruments | No Wonder I'm Confused | Texas Instruments | Rabid Cat |
| The Slits | A Boring Life | In the Beginning (A Live Anthology) | Cleopatra |
| The Zeros | Beat Your Heart Out | Don't Push Me Around | BOMP! |
| The Spelling Mistakes | Hate Me, Hate Me | Epileptic Apocalypse 1979-1999 | Fast Food |
| The Raincoats | Fairytale In the Supermarket | The Raincoats | DGC |
| Old Time Relijun | In the Crown of Lost Light | Catharsis In Crisis | K |