it’s almost not even worth making this list cause i have yet to see most of the “front-runners” this year… there will be blood, i’m not there, the diving bell and the butterfly, persepolis, sweeney todd, ratatouille, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days, atonement, the savages, southland tales, away from her, etc etc etc. regardless (or irregardless, what a country!), my favs thus far:

no country for old men, duh
the darjeeling limited
knocked up/superbad
juno
michael clayton

honourable mentions:
the simpsons movie
grindhouse
american gangster
lust, caution
eastern promises
ocean’s 13 + transformers, cause i love me some bloated spectacle

air france - beach party
bjork - declare independence
broken social scene - backed out on the… (or safety brakes)
coconut records - west coast
crystal castles - xxzxczx (might not be this year)
do make say think - the universe
feist - 1234 (or intuition)
jay-z - roc boys
lcd soundsystem - someone great
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
m.i.a. - paper planes
ola podrida - cindy
radiohead - videotape
rihanna - umbrella-ella-ella-eh
kleerup feat robyn - with every heartbeat (was this this year?)
tegan and sara - back in your head
white stripes - little cream soda (or rag and bone or bone broke)

maybe when i’m not on freaking dial-up internet (yes, it still exists), i will compile these into a zip file…

absolute favs
arcade fire - neon bible [torrent]
broken social scene presents kevin drew - spirit if… [torrent]
do make say think - you, you’re a history in rust [torrent]
feist - the reminder (mom approved!) [torrent]
the field - from here we go sublime [torrent]
land of talk - applause cheer boo hiss EP (came out last year, but i still can’t get enough of it) [myspace]
lcd soundsystem - sound of silver [torrent]
m.i.a. - kala [torrent]
radiohead - in rainbows [torrent]
white stripes - icky thump [torrent]

also awesome
battles - atlas [torrent]
bruce springsteen - magic [torrent]
burial - untrue [torrent]
caribou - andorra [torrent]
dinosaur jr - beyond [torrent]
glass candy - beat box [myspace]
jay-z - american gangster [torrent]
panda bear - person pitch [torrent]
the go! team - proof of youth [torrent]
the national - boxer [torrent]
wilco - sky blue sky [torrent]