Every week we chart our top overall artists/albums, hip-hop, rpm/electronica, and loud rock. These are also published regularly in the CMJ (College Music Journal) New Music Report.
This week’s Top-30
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | XX | The Xx | XL-Young Turks |
| 2 | SPOON | Transference | Merge |
| 3 | BEACH HOUSE | Teen Dream | SUB POP |
| 4 | VAMPIRE WEEKEND | Contra | XL |
| 5 | SURFER BLOOD | Astro Coast | Kanine |
| 6 | YEASAYER | ODD BLOOD | Secretly Canadian |
| 7 | LOCAL NATIVES | Gorilla Manor | Frenchkiss |
| 8 | TORO Y MOI | Causers Of This | Carpark |
| 9 | CLASS ACTRESS | Journal Of Ardency | |
| 10 | JAPANDROIDS | Post-Nothing | Polyvinyl |
| 11 | HOT CHIP | One Life Stand | Astralwerks |
| 12 | DINOSAUR FEATHERS | Fantasy Memorial | |
| 13 | XIU XIU | Dear God, I Hate Myself | Kill Rock Stars |
| 14 | ROGUE WAVE | Permalight | Brushfire |
| 15 | FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE | Lungs | Universal |
| 16 | COLD WAR KIDS | Behave Yourself [EP] | Downtown |
| 17 | PHOENIX | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | Glassnote |
| 18 | ATLAS SOUND | Logos | Kranky |
| 19 | PASSION PIT | Manners | Frenchkiss |
| 20 | LOS CAMPESINOS! | Romance Is Boring | Arts And Crafts |
| 21 | MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON | Summer Of Fear | Saddle Creek |
| 22 | OWEN PALLETT | Heartland | Domino |
| 23 | MAGNETIC FIELDS | Realism | Nonesuch |
| 24 | BLAKROC | BlakRoc | BlakRoc |
| 25 | VERY BEST | Warm Heart Of Africa | Green Owl |
| 26 | ST. VINCENT | Actor | 4AD |
| 27 | WILD BEASTS | Two Dancers | Domino |
| 28 | WASHED OUT | Life Of Leisure [EP] | |
| 29 | THINK ABOUT LIFE | Family | Alien8 |
| 30 | BIG PINK | A Brief History Of Love | 4AD |
