1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Sonic Youth - Dirty
1993: Eric's Trip - Love Tara
1994: Melvins - Stoner Witch
1995: Fugazi - Red Medicine
1996: Emily Haines - Cut in Half and Also Double
1997: John Frusciante - Smile From The Streets You Hold
1998: Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts
1999: Mr. Bungle - California
2000: Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
2001: John Frusciante - To Record Only Water For Ten Days
2002: Sigur Rós - ( )
2003: Alexisonfire - S/T (this was a great year)
2004: The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (gah this year is even harder to chose)
2005: Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise!
2006: Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
2007: No Age - Weirdo Rippers
2008: A Name Unheard - اسم غير مسموع
2009: Clues - Clues
It's a rough list but here it goes.
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