vampire weekend laura marling - alas i cannot swim bon iver (i live in australia, it was released here 2008 so i'm sticking with that) last shadow puppets my morning jacket sigur ros youth group - the night is ours
Neon Bible is gorgeous and exhilarating, i'm very fortunate to have an advance and am now listening once a day, sometimes twice (like today!). i think the really good year was 2002 - YHF, Yoshimi, Sea Change, and, yes, Rush of Blood to the Head.