Best of 2009 So Far?

[Fever]

I was just thinking about my highlight discs released so far this year.
My musical interests are all over the map, so this is more of a snapshot of today's mood maybe, but figured that some of these lesser known may interest someone else.
I left off compilations/greatest hits cause there are a ton of those.
What are yours? any genre

Rock:
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=274658&postcount=4
Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=334682&postcount=3

Folk/Post Rock:
Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=334051&postcount=1
Portugal. The Man - Satanic Satanist
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=306103&postcount=4
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=331827&postcount=8

Fuse Rock/Progressive:
RX Bandits - Mandala
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=306561&postcount=4
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=260256&postcount=6

Tech:
DaDa Life - Just Do The DaDa
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=332808&postcount=1
Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=327131&postcount=1

Rap/Hip Hop:
Zion I - The Takeover
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=295842&postcount=2
La Coka Nostra
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=312942&postcount=1

[thermos]

I'm waaay more mainstream than Mr. Moves....

but here's two that have resonated with my sappy ass.

neko case - middle cyclone
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1027&highlight=neko+case


wilco - wilco (the album)
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/forum/showpost.php?p=284211&postcount=23

[GeminiEye]

Hip Hop

P.O.S - Never Better
MC Cullah - E=MC Cullah
Eyedea and Abilities - By The Throat
Atmosphere - Leak At Will
Ugly Duckling - Audacity
Optimus Gryme - Eclipse
Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses
J Dilla - J Stay Paid
K'Naan - Troubadour
Mos Def - Ecstatic
Doom - Born Like This
Cunninglynguists - Strange Journey Volume 1
KO-S - Yes!
Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx Pt.2
Street Sweeper Social Club - Street Sweeper Social Club
Don Cannon And The Cool Kids - Gone Fishing

Rock

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
The Audition - Self-Titled Album
Muse - The Resistance
Incubus - Monuments and Melodies

Other
Maxwell - BLACK Summers Night
Au Revoir Simone - The Bird Of Music