 | Demolition by Ryan Adams
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.33 Ryan's alt-country had a particularly melancholy tinge on this album. Magnificent.
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 | Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens
Buy new: £6.91 / Used from: £6.80 It's a concept album, and a really good one at that. Deal with it. Sufjan is possibly the most exciting thing in lo-fi at the moment.
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 | Give Blood by Brakes
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £3.54 16 songs in less than half an hour, but it's not Punk. Superb alternative music with a Belle and Sebastian flavour.
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 | Clor by Clor
Buy used from: £3.30 Roots Manuva's live band, everybody. Personally, I'd take Clor's electro-punk over Roots Manuva anyday.
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 | Dirty Words by Departure
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £5.49 Criminally underrated indie band with an air of New Order about them.
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 | We Have Sound by Tom Vek
Buy used from: £5.29 Unusual, experimental mix of sounds and textures. The sort of album Babybird ought to have made, but didn't quite manage it.
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 | 1977 by Ash
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.95 A defining album of the '90s. As fresh and angsty now as it ever was.
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 | In Case We Die by Architecture in Helsinki
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.44 When your mind wants to wander, what better soundtrack? Just incredible, chirpy lo-fi.
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 | Alright, Still by Lily Allen
Buy new: £4.54 / Used from: £0.70 Keith Allen's hugely talented daughter. Specials-influenced ska pop with great comedy timing.
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 | Begin To Hope by Regina Spektor
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.23 Eccentric, but with excellent songwriting.
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 | Trouble by Ray LaMontagne
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.67 Ray Lamontagne is the sort of singer you don't expect. Grittier than Damien Rice, and at times, as insightful as Dylan. Tremendous debut.
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 | St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
Buy new: £4.60 / Used from: £2.12 Popular, but deservedly so. This isn't any normal dance record.
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 | Eyes Open by Snow Patrol
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.58 I could take or leave the last album, but 'Eyes Open' is essential, stunning listening.
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 | Kasabian by Kasabian
Buy new: £3.21 / Used from: £2.09 An album packed with anthems that quite literally has everything. Think Ian Brown with talent.
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 | Antics by Interpol
Buy new: £5.86 / Used from: £4.49 Moody, without being ridiculously so. Very Joy Division in style.
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 | Bitter Tea by Fiery Furnaces
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.98 The natural follow-up to Blueberry Boat, continuing in much the same electronic direction. Blinding.
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 | First Impressions Of Earth by The Strokes
Buy new: £4.25 / Used from: £2.70 If, like me, you started with this album, you wouldn't buy the Strokes' previous efforts. Infinitely better, engaging album.
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 | Stars Of CCTV by Hard-Fi
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.22 Where the 90s sought to glamourise urbania, Hard-Fi seeks to do just the opposite and their music's all the better for it.
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 | The Magic Numbers by The Magic Numbers
Buy used from: £0.40 Bouncy indie treat of last year.
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 | In the Shadow of Two Gunmen by Forecast
Buy new: £7.74 / Used from: £3.99 Absolutely phenomenal rock record, bettering even their debut.
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 | The Libertines by The Libertines
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.68 Proof that Doherty can write excellent songs, and indeed, proof that the Libertines could not survive without him.
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 | Howling Bells by Howling Bells
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £5.00 Sultry blues rock. More please.
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 | Fires by Nerina Pallot
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £0.44 Gorgeous pop album. Well-written, well played and made particularly enjoyable by Nerina's wonderful voice.
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 | The Eraser by Thom Yorke
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.60 Apparently Thom was bored. If this is what he produces when bored, get him bored more often.
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 | A Call and Response by Longcut
Buy new: £7.63 / Used from: £0.49 Progressive indie. Halfway between Mogwai and Bloc Party.
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