M.I.A.
Santogold
MC Lyte
Same
Guided by Voices
Neutral Milk Hotel
Velvet Underground
Guided by Voices
Velvet Underground
Neutral Milk Hotel
A three way tie... for awesome!
T. Rex
David Bowie
Talking Heads
David Bowie
T. Rex
Talking Heads
Cheap Trick
Big Star
Badfinger
The dB's
Same. No, Big Star on top.
R.E.M.
The Cure
The Jesus & Mary Chain
The Jesus & Mary Chain
R.E.M.
The Cure

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How about:
Jesus Jones (1)
Urban Dance Squad (3)
EMF (2)
and
Pig Destroyer (2)
The Locust (3)
Bathtub Shitter (1)
? (my ranking in parenthesis)
ps:
Filosofem by Burzum is actually a good album. Too bad ol' Varg is basically the worst guy ever. I am also encouraged by the people putting Led Zeppelin at the bottom of its bracket. I never got them.
edit: Ack! You changed your choices. I'd hate to see what kind of grader you are. "I'm sorry, but you didn't answer the question I just came up with."
Pavement below both GBV and NMH. Go! Team above Satogold, below MIA.