Albums I've bought this year:

Elephant, The White Stripes--an excellent record. Almost equal to the brilliant White Blood Cells, IMO.
Ether Song, Turin Brakes--not as good as their debut The Optimist, but still a bunch of great songs...very soothing stuff.
Fever To Tell, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs--I loved it when I bought it, and all it's done is grow on me. All the tracks are great: especially in the last three (excluding Yeah! New York), when the band really comes into its own. Well worth buying.
Fire, The Electric Six--Very very silly, but still a lot of fun to listen to. Plus, I got it for 8 bucks, so what's the harm?
Gotham!, Radio 4--This is probably from last year, but I really like this record. Very very cool.
Hail To The Thief, Radiohead--More terrifically original stuff from the true gods that are Radiohead. Essential.
Youth And Young Manhood, Kings of Leon--Even better than I expected. Probably one of my favorite purchases of the year from those bearded dudes.

And that's it, which is pretty sad. Must buy more.
Also, I've checked out The New Pornographers, after Josh Timmerman from OW highly reccomended them...I got some stuff from their album Mass Romantic, and must get more, because it's fantastic. Please check them out, it's really great poppy rock stuff.