2026

2025

• 1 The Lemon Twigs 412 (100)
• 2 Sloan 201 (49)
• 3 R.E.M. 165 (40)
• 4 Curling 134 (33)
• 5 Shiner 131 (32)
• 6 Castor 118 (29)
• 7 American Darlings 105 (25)
• 8 Van Halen 79 (19)
• 9 Tame Impala 75 (18)
• 10 Fountains of Wayne 70 (17)
• 11 The Life and Times 63 (15)
• 12 The Beatles 63 (15)
• 13 Journey 59 (14)
• 14 The Doobie Brothers 56 (14)
• 15 Steely Dan 56 (14)
• 16 Big Star 55 (13)
• 17 The Backseat Lovers 54 (13)
• 18 Parcels 54 (13)
• 19 Rocket 54 (13)
• 20 Motel Beds 54 (13)

2024

• 1 Motel Beds 249 (100)
• 2 Stone Temple Pilots 206 (83)
• 3 Jason Falkner 200 (80)
• 4 Sloan 200 (80)
• 5 MJ Lenderman 166 (67)
• 6 The Smiths 154 (62)
• 7 Journey 105 (42)
• 8 Owen 104 (42)
• 9 Van Halen 96 (39)
• 10 Winnetka Bowling League 89 (36)
• 11 Hurry 76 (31)
• 12 The Grays 75 (30)
• 13 Sansyou 72 (29)
• 14 The Beths 67 (27)
• 15 The Tubes 66 (27)
• 16 Hum 64 (26)
• 17 Tame Impala 63 (25)
• 18 The Four Freshmen 60 (24)
• 19 Fountains of Wayne 59 (24)
• 20 The Alan Parsons Project 58 (23)

2023

• 1 Sloan 200 (100)
• 2 Wilco 133 (67)
• 3 Fountains of Wayne 108 (54)
• 4 The Beths 105 (53)
• 5 Daryl Hall & John Oates 84 (42)
• 6 Houston 82 (41)
• 7 Dawes 71 (36)
• 8 Sweet Pill 65 (33)
• 9 Hum 56 (28)
• 10 Saves the Day 52 (26)
• 11 Juliana Hatfield 49 (25)
• 12 Hurry 47 (24)
• 13 Greta Van Fleet 47 (24)
• 14 Silver 46 (23)
• 15 Yes 45 (23)
• 16 Shiner 41 (21)
• 17 The Life and Times 39 (20)
• 18 The Alan Parsons Project 37 (19)
• 19 Roma 79 37 (19)
• 20 Covet 35 (18)

2022

• 1 Sloan 296 (100)
• 2 The Beths 158 (53)
• 3 The Police 99 (33)
• 4 Wilco 84 (28)
• 5 Paramore 55 (19)
• 6 Tame Impala 54 (18)
• 7 Pool Kids 53 (18)
• 8 The Magic Gang 43 (15)
• 9 Journey 41 (14)
• 10 The Successful Failures 40 (14)
• 11 Roosevelt 40 (14)
• 12 Delights 40 (14)
• 13 The Alan Parsons Project 37 (13)
• 14 My Bloody Valentine 35 (12)
• 15 Tuns 31 (10)
• 16 Rush 30 (10)
• 17 The Feeders 30 (10)
• 18 Hum 30 (10)
• 19 Matt Maltese 29 (10)
• 20 Motel Beds 28 (9)

2021

• 1 Sloan 251 (100)
• 2 The Life and Times 72 (29)
• 3 Kylie Minogue 71 (28)
• 4 Cheap Trick 55 (22)
• 5 Hum 37 (15)
• 6 Owen 35 (14)
• 7 Shoes 33 (13)
• 8 Journey 33 (13)
• 9 Like A Fox 32 (13)
• 10 "Christone "Kingfish" Ingram" 28 (11)
• 11 Jawbox 25 (10)
• 12 Shellac 24 (10)
• 13 Wilco 24 (10)
• 14 Todd Rundgren 24 (10)
• 15 Clairo 23 (9)
• 16 Steely Dan 22 (9)
• 17 Nick Drake 22 (9)
• 18 Tilts 21 (8)
• 19 Tame Impala 20 (8)
• 20 The Weakerthans 20 (8)

2020

• 1 Sloan 732 (100)
• 2 Hum 175 (24)
• 3 Tame Impala 138 (19)
• 4 The Magic Gang 119 (16)
• 5 Journey 85 (12)
• 6 Motel Beds 71 (10)
• 7 Fountains of Wayne 71 (10)
• 8 The Wrens 67 (9)
• 9 Giants Chair 67 (9)
• 10 Shiner 64 (9)
• 11 Fontaines D.C. 57 (8)
• 12 New Order 45 (6)
• 13 Rush 37 (5)
• 14 Steely Dan 32 (4)
• 15 Jeff Tweedy 31 (4)
• 16 Tilts 30 (4)
• 17 Big Star 29 (4)
• 18 Soft Science 29 (4)
• 19 Caribou 28 (4)
• 20 Real Estate 28 (4)

2019

• 1 Sloan 457 (100)
• 2 American Football 174 (38)
• 3 Greta Van Fleet 136 (30)
• 4 Giants Chair 136 (30)
• 5 The Police 106 (23)
• 6 Saves the Day 101 (22)
• 7 The Beatles 94 (21)
• 8 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks 89 (19)
• 9 Wilco 84 (18)
• 10 Fountains of Wayne 80 (18)
• 11 Rush 75 (16)
• 12 Motel Beds 69 (15)
• 13 Phoenix 66 (14)
• 14 The Magic Gang 59 (13)
• 15 Prince 48 (11)
• 16 Journey 47 (10)
• 17 Bleached 45 (10)
• 18 Van Halen 44 (10)
• 19 Crowded House 44 (10)
• 20 White Reaper 42 (9)

2018

• 1 Motel Beds 188 (100)
• 2 The Magic Gang 152 (81)
• 3 Big Star 111 (59)
• 4 American Football 101 (54)
• 5 Chavez 73 (39)
• 6 National Skyline 72 (38)
• 7 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks 69 (37)
• 8 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks 69 (37)
• 9 The Beatles 67 (36)
• 10 Real Estate 66 (35)
• 11 The Wrens 63 (34)
• 12 Squirrel Bait 62 (33)
• 13 Tame Impala 56 (30)
• 14 Beck 56 (30)
• 15 Sloan 56 (30)
• 16 Wilco 55 (29)
• 17 The Alan Parsons Project 54 (29)
• 18 Del Paxton 51 (27)
• 19 R.E.M. 50 (27)
• 20 Castor 50 (27)

2017

• 1 Motel Beds 474 (100)
• 2 Spoon 192 (41)
• 3 Pixies 179 (38)
• 4 Mastodon 179 (38)
• 5 Guided by Voices 117 (25)
• 6 Wilco 116 (24)
• 7 The Life and Times 107 (23)
• 8 Tame Impala 101 (21)
• 9 Beck 97 (20)
• 10 TotorRo 97 (20)
• 11 Radiohead 92 (19)
• 12 The Beatles 88 (19)
• 13 Real Estate 85 (18)
• 14 The Wrens 84 (18)
• 15 R.E.M. 77 (16)
• 16 White Lung 71 (15)
• 17 The Police 70 (15)
• 18 Doves 66 (14)
• 19 Riddle of Steel 66 (14)
• 20 Elliott Smith 61 (13)

2016

• 1 Motel Beds 899 (100)
• 2 Radiohead 299 (33)
• 3 Wilco 280 (31)
• 4 Saves the Day 230 (26)
• 5 Metallica 202 (22)
• 6 Tame Impala 194 (22)
• 7 Tilts 192 (21)
• 8 Riddle of Steel 174 (19)
• 9 R.E.M. 163 (18)
• 10 Sequoia 151 (17)
• 11 The Replacements 145 (16)
• 12 American Football 140 (16)
• 13 Guided by Voices 140 (16)
• 14 The Smiths 122 (14)
• 15 Sundiver 114 (13)
• 16 Hum 110 (12)
• 17 AC/DC 90 (10)
• 18 Alkaline Trio 88 (10)
• 19 The Beatles 86 (10)
• 20 Journey 85 (9)

2015

• 1 Tame Impala 472 (100)
• 2 Wilco 276 (58)
• 3 fIREHOSE 228 (48)
• 4 Journey 199 (42)
• 5 Spoon 176 (37)
• 6 Roma 79 174 (37)
• 7 Tilts 173 (37)
• 8 Hum 149 (32)
• 9 Riddle of Steel 140 (30)
• 10 Hall & Oates 138 (29)
• 11 Motel Beds 137 (29)
• 12 Cymbals Eat Guitars 118 (25)
• 13 Red Hot Chili Peppers 103 (22)
• 14 Crash Of Rhinos 103 (22)
• 15 All The Way Rider 88 (19)
• 16 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks 88 (19)
• 17 Boilermaker 88 (19)
• 18 Ben Folds 84 (18)
• 19 Pavement 83 (18)
• 20 The Police 81 (17)

2014

• 1 Roma 79 222 (100)
• 2 Spoon 206 (93)
• 3 R.E.M. 181 (82)
• 4 Braid 171 (77)
• 5 Sonic Youth 157 (71)
• 6 Boilermaker 141 (64)
• 7 Beck 140 (63)
• 8 Saves the Day 135 (61)
• 9 Real Estate 126 (57)
• 10 Liz Phair 123 (55)
• 11 Into It. Over It. 122 (55)
• 12 Wire 115 (52)
• 13 Guided by Voices 109 (49)
• 14 Elliott Smith 107 (48)
• 15 Sarge 105 (47)
• 16 Mastodon 104 (47)
• 17 Led Zeppelin 104 (47)
• 18 Polvo 100 (45)
• 19 Foo Fighters 98 (44)
• 20 Pavement 98 (44)

2013

• 1 The Smiths 196 (100)
• 2 Saves the Day 171 (87)
• 3 Phoenix 169 (86)
• 4 Wilco 159 (81)
• 5 Sonic Youth 148 (76)
• 6 R.E.M. 140 (71)
• 7 Meat Puppets 130 (66)
• 8 Elliott Smith 125 (64)
• 9 Hum 124 (63)
• 10 Pearl Jam 122 (62)
• 11 Alkaline Trio 108 (55)
• 12 Pixies 102 (52)
• 13 Radiohead 96 (49)
• 14 The Dismemberment Plan 90 (46)
• 15 Polvo 87 (44)
• 16 The Replacements 86 (44)
• 17 U2 85 (43)
• 18 My Bloody Valentine 80 (41)
• 19 Stone Temple Pilots 75 (38)
• 20 Real Estate 72 (37)

2012

• 1 Wilco 341 (100)
• 2 Van Halen 153 (45)
• 3 R.E.M. 152 (45)
• 4 My Morning Jacket 140 (41)
• 5 The Smiths 127 (37)
• 6 Saves the Day 120 (35)
• 7 Elliott Smith 112 (33)
• 8 Big Star 107 (31)
• 9 Ben Folds 102 (30)
• 10 The Beatles 99 (29)
• 11 The Smashing Pumpkins 80 (23)
• 12 The Life and Times 80 (23)
• 13 Houston 78 (23)
• 14 Yuck 75 (22)
• 15 Pedro the Lion 74 (22)
• 16 Sunny Day Real Estate 72 (21)
• 17 Minus the Bear 71 (21)
• 18 Rush 66 (19)
• 19 Shiner 65 (19)
• 20 Sonic Youth 61 (18)

2011

• 1 Wilco 272 (100)
• 2 Foo Fighters 174 (64)
• 3 The Beatles 164 (60)
• 4 R.E.M. 139 (51)
• 5 Roma 79 139 (51)
• 6 Boilermaker 121 (44)
• 7 Van Halen 119 (44)
• 8 Spoon 106 (39)
• 9 All The Way Rider 99 (36)
• 10 Elliott Smith 82 (30)
• 11 Death Cab for Cutie 80 (29)
• 12 Radiohead 78 (29)
• 13 Me You Us Them 75 (28)
• 14 Sonic Youth 72 (26)
• 15 Weezer 72 (26)
• 16 The Beach Boys 68 (25)
• 17 Pixies 62 (23)
• 18 The Rolling Stones 58 (21)
• 19 This Town Needs Guns 57 (21)
• 20 Nirvana 56 (21)

2010

• 1 Spoon 388 (100)
• 2 The Beatles 327 (84)
• 3 Wilco 306 (79)
• 4 R.E.M. 291 (75)
• 5 Radiohead 249 (64)
• 6 The Cribs 211 (54)
• 7 Phoenix 181 (47)
• 8 Rush 176 (45)
• 9 Elliott Smith 164 (42)
• 10 Led Zeppelin 156 (40)
• 11 The Velvet Underground 154 (40)
• 12 Alkaline Trio 152 (39)
• 13 The Clash 152 (39)
• 14 U2 145 (37)
• 15 Weezer 140 (36)
• 16 Pavement 139 (36)
• 17 Houston 127 (33)
• 18 AC/DC 123 (32)
• 19 The Police 121 (31)
• 20 Look Mexico 120 (31)

2009

• 1 Wilco 533 (100)
• 2 Elliott Smith 438 (82)
• 3 The Beatles 388 (73)
• 4 Spoon 387 (73)
• 5 Sonic Youth 360 (68)
• 6 U2 352 (66)
• 7 Look Mexico 352 (66)
• 8 Roma 79 350 (66)
• 9 The Life and Times 304 (57)
• 10 R.E.M. 304 (57)
• 11 Doves 294 (55)
• 12 Sunny Day Real Estate 274 (51)
• 13 David Bowie 260 (49)
• 14 Polvo 220 (41)
• 15 Riddle of Steel 213 (40)
• 16 Meat Puppets 207 (39)
• 17 Wheat 206 (39)
• 18 Alkaline Trio 202 (38)
• 19 Pedro the Lion 185 (35)
• 20 Radiohead 184 (35)

2008

• 1 Spoon 408 (100)
• 2 Houston 367 (90)
• 3 Death Cab for Cutie 319 (78)
• 4 R.E.M. 318 (78)
• 5 Sonic Youth 317 (78)
• 6 Wilco 302 (74)
• 7 The Police 302 (74)
• 8 The Stills 277 (68)
• 9 Led Zeppelin 266 (65)
• 10 Elliott Smith 264 (65)
• 11 Weezer 258 (63)
• 12 Shiner 252 (62)
• 13 Castor 216 (53)
• 14 Wheat 216 (53)
• 15 The Life and Times 196 (48)
• 16 Boilermaker 193 (47)
• 17 The Smiths 187 (46)
• 18 Minus the Bear 183 (45)
• 19 The Sea and Cake 181 (44)
• 20 Karate 174 (43)