Well, apart from my suggestions up there ^
I would recommend the new Elbow and TV On The Radio albums, and I think Vampire Weekend may have made my favourite album of 2008, so check them out too, if you haven't already.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 0:08, archived)

Got elbow and vampire weekend, tv on the radio I have heard good soundings about.
*Adds them too*
( Spider Fucking Riviera got stiches for a knife wound for the first time, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 0:11, archived)