2004
1.
Sixtoo -
Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures
2.
Pinback -
Summer in Abaddon
3.
mewithoutYou -
Catch for Us the Foxes
4.
Autolux -
Future Perfect
5.
Madvillain -
Madvillainy
6.
TV on the Radio -
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
7.
Oneida -
Secret Wars
8.
Man Man -
The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face
9.
MF DOOM -
Mm.. Food
10.
Blonde Redhead -
Misery Is a Butterfly
Some real good honorable mentions I'd be willing to rotate into the top 10:
Lansing-Dreiden - The Incomplete Triangle
Brando - 943 Recluse
Murs & 9th Wonder - Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition
Lateduster - Easy Pieces
Tortoise - It's All Around You
Mastodon - Leviathan
Ambulance LTD - LP
Secret Frequency Crew - Forest of the Echo Downs
The Sadies - Favourite Colours
Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
Landau - Thepicompromise