Cover Story: Nikhil Swaminathan’s Top 10 CDS

1. Cat Power, You Are Free (Matador)

2. The Mars Volta, De-loused in the Comatorium (Strummer/Universal)

3. Unicorns, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? (Alien8)

4. The Rapture, Echoes (Strummer/Universal)

5. Cursive, The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek)

6. OutKast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista)

7. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It in People (Arts & Crafts/Paper Bag)

8. Sufjan Stevens, Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State (Sounds Familyre/Asthmatic Kitty)

9. The Decemberists, Her Majesty the Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars)

10. Pleasure Forever, Alter (Sub Pop)