Originally Posted by storymilo

Here's my very short list:

1996: Elvis Costello- All This Useless Beauty
1997: Super Furry Animals- Radiator
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999: The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
2000: Calexico- Hot Rail
2001: Ben Folds- Rockin' The Suburbs
2002: Ugly Cassanova- Sharpen Your Teeth
2003: The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow
2004: Phoenix- Alphabetical
2005: LCD Soundsystem- LCD Soundsystem
2006: Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2007: Eddie Vedder- Into The Wild
2008: TV On The Radio- Dear Science
2009: Dave Matthews Band- Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King

These aren't necessarily my favorites of those years, just some that I like