My 2008 heard/best of list so far:

1-50
Magnetic Fields: Distortion
Spiritualized: Songs in A and E
The Walkmen: You and Me
Centro-Matic/South San Gabriel: Dual Hawks
Russian Red: I Love Your Glasses
The Kills: Midnight Boom
MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
Black Mountain: In the Future
Thomas Function: Celebration
The Futureheads: This Is Not the World
Sunset: The Glowing City
No Age: Nouns
Times New Viking: Rip it Off
Ladytron: Velocifero
Fuck Buttons: Street Horrrsing
Drive-by Truckers: Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Why?: Alopecia
British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?
Mountain Goats: Heretic Pride
Darla Farmer: Rewiring the Electric Forest
Vetiver: Thing of the Past
The Twlight Sad: Here It Never Snowed Afterwards It Did
Silver Jews: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Lykke Li: Youth Novels
Mono in VCF
The Felice Brothers: s/t
Sun Kil Moon: April
Fleet Foxes: s/t
Sunset: Bright Blue Dream
The Mumlers: Thickets and Stitches
The Dutchess and the Duke: She’s the Dutchess
El Perro del Mar: From the Valley to the Stars
Murder by Death: Red of Tooth and Claw
Man Man: Rabbit Habits
Tallest Man on Earth: Shallow Graves
Colour Revolt: Plunder Beg and Curse
Jamie Lidell: Jim
Vampire Weekend
Crystal Stilts: s/t
Brian Scary and the Shredding Tears: Flight of the Knife
The Steeldrivers: s/t
Ladyhawk: Shots
She and Him: Volume One
Portishead: Third
Les Savy Fav: After the Balls Drop
Have a Nice Life: Deathconsciousness
Cat Power: Jukebox
Evangelista: Hello Voyager
Lonely Drifter Karen: Grass Is Singing
Brasil and the Gallowbrothers Band: Hi Brasil Is Where We Are

51-84
My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
Irene: Long Gone Since Last Summer
The Breeders: Mountain Battles
Wye Oak: If Children
Born Ruffians: Red, Yellow and Blue
The Kooks: Konk
Guillemots: Red
Pia Fraus: After Summer
Slow Down Tallahassee: The Beautiful Light
High Places: 03/07 – 09/07
The Superimposers: Harpsichord Treacle
Explorer’s Club: Freedom Wind
Shrine: Oneironaut
NASA: Bummer Days
Natural Snow Buildings: Slayer of the King of Hell
Okieson: Tomorrow’s Gone
Possessed by Paul James: Cold and Blind
Neutral: Serpents in the Dawn
Crystal Skulls: Blocked Numbers
Our Brother the Native: Make Amends
Indian Jewelry
Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree
The Boats: Our Small Ideas
R.E.M.: Accelerate
The Teenagers: Reality Check
Brent Cash: How Will I Know If I’m Awake
Veronica Maggio: Och Vinnaren Är
Ex Reverie: The Door Into Summer
Manishevitz: East to East
Donovan Quinn: October Lanterns
Dirtbombs: We Have You Surrounded
Black Ox Orkestar: Ver Tanzt
Wild Sweet Orange: We Have Cause to Be Uneasy

On the to-hear list:
The Red Sun Band: The Shiralee
Steven Malkmus & the Jicks: Real Emotional Trash
Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping
Martina Topley-Bird: The Blue God
The Night Marchers: See You in Magic
Earth: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull
Mae Shi: HLLLYH
Constantines: Kensington Heights
Joggers
Nick Cave: Dig Lazarus Dig
Foals: Antidotes
Duke Spirit: Neptune
Kelley Polar
Beach House: Devotion
Clinic: Do It
Atlas Sound
Destroyer: Trouble in Dreams
Cass McCombs: Dropping the Writ
The Low Lows
Liz Phair
Jex Thoth – Jex Thoth
The Day Everything Became Nothing – Brutal
Experimental Aircraft – Third Transmission: Meet Me On Echo Terrace
The Okmoniks – Party Fever
The Goslings – Occasion
Sic Alps – U.S. Ez