It’s early, I know, but I promise you this will be in this year’s top 5:
Antony & the Johnsons - Epilepsy is Dancing - From The Crying Light

And, the bonus, a fucking stunningly beautiful, creepy, epileptic hallucination cabaret number.  With butterflies.  This kind of shit is the reason that I wake up in the morning.  Cut me in quadrants, leave me in the corner.
Standard Def here (but if you can shrink this window and wait for the high def to load, I highly recommend it:

High Def here:

Great article in …

Los Campesinos! - My Year in Lists - (From - Hold On Now, Youngster…)

I was excited about them (here and here) and still fucking love it. Sorry, Maíra, You! Me! Dancing!, doesn’t have the line “You said, ‘Send me stationary to make me horny.’”
Lykke Li - Breaking it up - (From - Youth Novels)

Me and Kniquii have both been obsessing. Plus, my favorite video of the year. Check out those awesome Stevie Nicks moves!

Breaking it up – alternative live video. Filmed by: Christian Haag from Lykke Li on Vimeo.

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A few notes: I’m not going to write about all of them and the things that I do write will be short and dry. And this is not a list of the best songs of 2008 but a single sample of my favorite albums of 2008.
And, open this shit in in a browser and you can listen to all the songs.
Key: Band - Song - (From Album)
Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep (From No Way Down)

Another incredible band from Gothenburg, Sweden. What the fuck do they put …