Dennis Scanland – Music Emissions, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

#1 The National “Boxer” (Beggars Banquet)
#2 Jesu “Conqueror” (Hydra Head)
#3 Explosions In The Sky “All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone” (Temporary Residence)
#4 Ash “Twilight Of The Innocents” (Warner Bros.)
#5 Iron and Wine “The Shepherd’s Dog” (Sub Pop)
#6 Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” (Merge)
#7 The Forms “The Forms” (Threespheres)
#8 Habib Koite “Afriki w/ Bambada” (Cumbancha)
#9 Sage Francis “Human The Death Dance” (Anti)
#10 Pinback “Autumn of the Seraphs” (Touch And Go)

Best band that you’ve never heard: Experience. Hold. (Good stuff. Thanks Dennis! – Will)

Honorable Mentions:
Pelican – City of Echoes, White Stripes – Icky Thump, Vic Chesnutt – North Star Deserter, Hot Little Rocket – How To Lose Everything, LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver, Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha, Radiohead – In Rainbows

Biggest Disappointments:
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky, PJ Harvey – White Chalk

Biggest Surprise:
Buffalo Tom – Three Easy Pieces