- The black market, Rise Against
- Single mothers, Justin Townes Earle
- Kaleidoscope EP, Coldplay
- Home, before and after, Regina Spektor
- Boxes, the Goo Goo Dolls
- The juice, G. Love & Special Sauce
- All at once, the Airborne Toxic Event
- Speak in code, Eve 6
- Record, Zero 7
- Daddy's home, St. Vincent
- This is why, Paramore
- Love this giant, David Byrne & St. Vincent
- Part of the light, Ray Lamontagne
- The slow rush, Tame Impala
- Greatest hits, Björk
- Add violence, Nine Inch Nails
- Pith, Melkbelly
- Color theory, Soccer Mommy
- Lighthouse, David Crosby
- Carnage, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
- Átta, Sigur Rós
- "Almost everyday", Matt and Kim
- Concrete and gold, Foo Fighters
- Anastasis, Dead Can Dance
- Death to false metal, Weezer
- Love is dead, Chvrches
- Dear life, Brendan Benson
- Blue banisters, Lana Del Rey
- Nightingale floors, Rogue Wave
- Yankee hotel foxtrot, Wilco
- Silver dream, Moon Taxi
- God's favorite customer, Father John Misty
- Carried to dust, Calexico
- Red pill blues, Maroon 5
- The Atlas Underground flood, Tom Morello
- Loss of life, MGMT
- Belong, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- Widow's weeds, Silversun Pickups
- Spreading rumours, Grouplove
- Wall of eyes, The Smile
- Days of the Bagnold summer, Belle and Sebastian
- Chris Black changed my life, Portugal. The Man
- Morning phase, Beck
- My new moon, Amos Lee
- Once twice melody, Beach House
- Bigger. Messier, Danny Elfman
- El mirador, Calexico
- Shallow bay, the best of Breaking Benjamin
- On the line, Jenny Lewis
- ¡Tré!, Green Day