30 Crystal Castles - Vanished The most radio-friendly single by the rather too cool electro duo

29 The Long Blondes - The Couples Again, no link - the band have sadly split after two records, and this peach of a pop song was the title track of the second. Like Blondie at their best

28 Yeasayer - 2080 Best use of a kid's choir since Radiohead last year...also genius futureafroscifipop as sharp as a Gillette Mach 4. Just pips their other great tune, Sunrise

27 Stornoway - We Are The Battery Human Best use of a banjo since pretty well ever, on this giddy protest song against 9-5 jobs and waste paper

26 Dodos - Winter Recently reviewed; the most infectious strain from their superb if dyslexic album Visiter

25 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire This was huge, but for once it deserved it; pop surely manufactured by German Bond villians in secret laboratories and slick shades. Great drumming too

24 CSS - Left Behind It still sounds suspiciously like something else, and it's still not as interesting as their first album. But it's still bloody good to boot

23 Bloc Party - Mercury This promised so much. So much. Shame the album let it down.

22 Lightspeed Champion - Midnight Surprise Indie's very own 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from the sweet as pie Dev Hynes. From the opening slide, it warms the marrow...

21 Santogold - Lights Out Inconsistent yes, but with this, 'LES Artistes' and 'I'm A Lady', Santi White gave us three brilliant brilliant tunes

20-11 to follow soon.