• 1. Springfield Riots, Say When EP

    2. Todd Snider, The Excitement Plan

    3. Jubal Lee Young, Last Free Place in America

    4. Sonic Youth, The Eternal

    5. Steve Earle, Townes

    6. Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

    7. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest

    8. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca

    9. Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women

    10. Rhett Miller

    • 1. Various Artists, Summer Exposure (CD)

      2. Sunn O))), Monoliths & Dimensions (CD)

      3. Wooden Shjips, Dos (LP/CD)

      4. A Hawk & A Hacksaw, Delivrance (LP/CD)

      5. Blaspherian, Allegiance to the Will Of Damnation (CD)

      6. Mono, Hymn To the Immortal Wind (LP/CD)

      7. Heavy Winged / Inca Ore, Ring Mining (LP)

      8. Akron/Family, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free (LP/CD)

      9. Liechtenstein, Survival (10″/CD)

      10. The Vaselines, Enter the Vaselines (LP/CD)

      • 1. Pleasure P, Introduction of Marcus Cooper

        2. Lil Wayne, Tear Drop Tune

        3. Chris Ardoin, Alter Ego

        4. Drake, So Far Gone

        5. Teena Marie, Congo Square

        6. Brian Courtney Wilson, Just Love

        7. Eminem, Relapse

        8. Cam’ron, Crime Pays

        9. Richard Elliot, Rock Steady

        10. Paul Wall, 100 Mixtape

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        1. Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women

        2. Red Stick Ramblers, My Suitcase is Always Packed

        3. Tito & Tarantula, Back into the Darkness

        4. Los Amigos Invisibles, Commercial

        5. Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane, & Sugarcane

        6. Los Straitjackets, Further Adventures of…

        7. Sir Douglas Quintet, Complete Singles

        8. Various Artists, African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedilic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo ’70s

        9. Bon Iver, Blood Bank

        10. Roy Head & the Traits, Golden Anniversary 1957-2007

        • 1. GG Allin BOBBLEHEAD!

          2. Rancid, Let the Dominoes Fall

          3. Sonic Youth, The Eternal

          4. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca

          5. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest

          6. Flipper, Love

          7. Necrophobic, Death To All

          8. Various Artists, Dub Echoes

          9. Anathallo, Canopy Glow

          10. Acid Mothers Temple, Glorify Astrological Martyrdom

This article appears in Jun 18-24, 2009.

Chris Gray is the former Music Editor for the Houston Press.