By Stephanie DiBartolo, The Sputnik watchdog if the local, national and ever changing music scene. 

1. Death Cab for Cutie – “The Ice is Getting Thinner”
2. Florence + The Machine – “No light, no light”
3. The Bravery – “The Ocean”
4. Mumford & Sons – “White Blank Page”
5. The Strokes – “Someday”