By Nikki Navarro, guitarist, Giddy-Up, Helicopter!
Top Albums (in no particular order):
1. The Dodos – Visiter
2. Land of Talk – Some Are Lakes
3. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
4. Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
5. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
6. Des Ark – WXDU Volume Two
7. Mount Eerie, Julie Doiron and Fred Squire - Lost Wisdom
8. Mirah – The Old Days Feeling
9. Deerhunter – Micro Castle
10. First Aid Kit – Drunken Trees
Top Concerts:
1. Sunset Rubdown @ Empty Bottle (Chicago)
2. The Breeders @ SXSW
3. The Dodos @ SXSW
4. Ra Ra Riot @ SXSW
5. Black Mountain @ SXSW
Top Singles:
1. Land of Talk “Some Are Lakes”
2. Ra Ra Riot “Ghost Under Rocks”
3. Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal”
4. Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
5. Rihanna “Disturbia”
6. Estelle & Kanye West “American Boy”
