I would say also Muse, Empire of the Sun and the Killers as very good contributions to this year's releases.
Empire of the Sun haven't released an album this year... Which is good for me because I don't like them Annoyingly, they are very popular here in Australia... Aparrently I'm a minority
I don't think the Killers have released an album this year either... I just missed seeing them in the Dominican Republic by 2 days last month. *sigh*... that would have been awesome.
I actually cannot remember a lot of stuff that came out this year because I spent a good portion of it tracking down and buying older CDs from The Hellacopters, Backyard Babies, and TAD this year...
A Serious Man Gomorrah Up The Road Inglorious Basterds
Records:
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country Nana April June - The Ontology of Noise Kevin Drumm - Imperial Horizon Jason Crumer - Walk With Me Hecker - Acid In The Style of David Tudor
both in no part. order
music list could be way longer but it's all good...