Patti Smith/Kevin Shields - The Coral Sea 9.5/10
Thomas Newman - Wall-E Soundtrack 9/10
Flight of the Conchords - S/T 8.5/10
Randy Newman - Harps & Angels 8.5/10
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs 8/10
The Dodos - Visiter 8/10
Beck - Modern Guilt 7.5/10
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion 7.5/10
The Incredible Flying Torture Orchestra 7.5/10

Metallica-Death Magnetic-Much better than what I was expecting. Great album from these guys.

Sigur Ros-Med Sum...-Good album, I didn't like it nearly as much as Takk or () though.

Coldplay-Viva La Vida Or Death/All His Friends-Another great album, I'm not an X&Y hater but it was better than X&Y. Probably still behind ROBTTH though.

Russian Circles-Station-I still have yet to decide if this album is as good as Enter, but Youngblood has to be one of the most kick-ass tracks I've ever heard from a post-rock/metal group.

My most anticipated albums havent been released yet (Microcastle, Skeletel Lamping, Jay Reatard Singles 08, Offend Maggie) but so far...

No Age- "Nouns" 9/10
Jay Reatard- "Singles 06-07" 8/10
HEALTH- "DISCO" 7/10
**** Buttons- "Strret Horrrsing" 6/10
Magnetic Fields- "Distortion" 6/10

Heh, the new kayo dot is awesome!
Initially i rated it as 7/10, but I'm liking it even more now. I don't even know how to describe it. Weird avant-garde jazzy experimental rock.
Quite a few ppl dislike it though, cuz...it's weird! But anything weird(in a good way) gets an immediate listen from me. Still doesn't beat their epic debut though.

Anyways, I would add the new Metallica and Postishead as well. Both are worth listening to.

Ladytron
Conor Oberst
The Subways
Clinic

Yeaa Conor grew on me, too.

That album definitely grew on me too.

Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend 7/10
Beck- Modern Guilt 7/10
Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago 9/10
The Broken West- Now or Heaven 7/10
The Charlatans- You Cross My Path 7.5/10
City And Colour- Bring Me Your Love 7.5/10
Coldplay- Viva La Vida 8.5/10
Cut // Copy- In Ghost Colors 7.5/10
Death Cab For Cutie- Narrow Stairs 9/10
Emiliana Torrini- Me And Armini 8/10
Faded Paper Figures- Dynamo 7/10
Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes 8/10
Jack's Mannequin- The Glass Passenger 7.5/10
Kooks- Konk 8/10
Nada Surf- Lucky 6.5/10
The National- Virginia EP 7.5/10 (Not as good as Boxer)
The Silent Years- The Globe 9/10
The Ting Tings- We Started Nothing 6.5/10
Tokyo Police Club- Elephant Shell 6.5/10

Added:
Grand Archives- The Grand Archives 8/10

woow, I think I must have been dead in 2008
those songs don't even sound familiar :D maybe I'd better come outside from time to time xD
hahaha

Rating albums out of tens is for spackers.

Venetian Snares- Detrimentalist
My America Is Watching Tigers Die- Stone Age
Verse- Agression
H20- Nothing To Prove
The Banner- Frailty
No Age- Nouns
Sucide SilencE-The Cleansing
Los Campesinos!- Hold On Now Youngster...
Girl Talk- Feed The Animals
Misery Signals- Controller

Plus more that i can't think of at the moment.

so far:

Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust 7/10
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 8/10
Sharleen Spiteri - Melody 7/10
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? 7/10
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 9/10

Not one other person has mentioned The M's or Cloud Cult. C'mon people these are the albums that everyone will be hailing 10 years from now. Don't wait until it's the hip thing to do. Go listen to them. I know nobody here has heard them because if you did you would have listed them.

Why didn't you make a thread on them?

this is more of a list of what i think on what i have heard...if i have heard enough to make a judgement on it.

Cut Copy - Ghost Colours 8/10

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges 3/10, really disappointed

The Raconteurs - Consoler of the Lonely 5/10

Foals - Antidotes 5/10

Vampire Weekend - s/t 8/10

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer 7/10 disappointing but isaac brock didnt produce it so...

Portishead - Third 7/10

Coldplay - Viva La Vida 6/10

The Kooks - Konk .5/10 utter crap

konk was true ****e