the magnificent 10 :

1. jd souther: 'if the world was you' (slow curve)
2. dean owens: 'whiskey hearts' (navigator)
3. greg copeland: 'diana & james' (inside)
4. alejandro escovedo: 'real animal' (back porch)
5. the low anthem: 'oh my god, charlie darwin' (the low anthem)
6. tom freund: 'collapsible plans' (surf road)
7. mudcrutch: 'mudcrutch' (reprise)
8. ted russell kamp: 'poor man's paradise' (pomo)
9. the storys: 'town beyond the trees' (hall)
10. glen campbell: 'meet glen campbell' (capitol)


close, but no cigar :

shane alexander: 'the sky below'; jackson browne: 'time the conqueror'; kate campbell: 'save the day'; coldplay: 'viva la vida'; fleet foxes: 'fleet foxes'; i see hawks in l.a.: 'hallowed ground'; luke jackson: '...and then some'; annie keating: 'belmont'; little green: 'crossing lanes'; steve mednick: 'sunset at the north pole'; steve noonan: 'bringin' it back home'; one flew south: 'last of the good guys'; joseph parsons: 'heavens above'; the plastic pals: 'good karma café'; joel rafael: 'thirteen stories high'