My favorite records of the year are as follows:

Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

Radiohead- In Rainbows

The Shins- Wincing the Night Away

The National- Boxer

Stars- In the Bedroom After the War

Pinback- Autumn of the Seraphs

Hope in Ghosts- All Your Departures

Interpol- Our Love to Admire

Justice- +

fabriclive.30- Stanton Warriors

and "think about it", "motha uckas", and "hiphopapotamus vs. rhymenoceros" by Flight of the Conchords