Best Hip Hop

6.) Why?-Alopecia

5.) Wale-The Mixtape About Nothing

4.) Flying Lotus-Los Angeles

3.) Re-Up Gang-We Got it For Cheap Vol. 3

2.) The Cool Kids-The Bake Sale EP

1.) Q-Tip-The Renaissance

Best Rock

6.) Caina-Temporary Antennae

5.) Celestial Sea-Deep Inside The Cold

4.) Spiritualized-Songs in A & E

3.) Earth-The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull

2.) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-Dig Lazerus! Dig!

1.) TV On the Radio-Dear Science

Best Electronic

7.) Hercules and Love Affair-Hercules and Love Affair

6.) Cut Copy-In Ghost Colors

5.) Ad.ver.sary-Bone Music

4.) Flying Lotus-Los Angeles

3.) DJ / Rupture-Uproot

2.) The Bug-London Zoo

1.) Portishead-Third

Best Metal

10.) Metallica-Death Magnetic

9.) Boris-Smile

8.) Scar Symmetry-Holographic Universe

7.) Made Out Of Babies-The Ruiner

6.) Velnias-Soverign Nocturnal

5.) Cynic-Traced in Air

4.) Darkspace-Darkspace III

3.) Gates of Slumber-Conquerer

2.) Nachtmystium-Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1

1.) Origin-Antithesis

Compilation of the year

Basic Channel-BCD 2

Overrated

Lil Wayne-The Carter III

Krallice-Krallice

Underrated

Velnias-Soverign Nocturnal

Caina-Temporary Antennae

Ad.ver.sary-Bone Music

Celestial Sea-Deep Inside The Cold

Worst Album

Cryptopsy-The King Beneath