In no particular order:

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle
Mùm - Finally We Are No One
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Sigur Ròs - ()
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
Talib Kweli - Quality
Beck - Sea Change
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

after reading this thread and making this list, it's pretty amazing how incredible 2002 was. Probably the best year so far in the 2000s

2002 was awesome, 2nd best of the decade behind 2005 which is just sick IMO:

1. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Postal Service - Give Up
4. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
5. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
6. McLusky - Do Dallas
7. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
8, Notwist - Neon Golden
9. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
10. Iron & Wine - Creek Drank the Cradle