Music that I am glad I heard that came out this year:
Brasstronaut, Spoon, The Knife, Dum Dum Girls, Gil Scott-Heron, Gorillaz, Liars, White Hinterland, Jonsi, Plants and Animals, The Apples in Stereo, High on Fire, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Efterklang, Eluvium, Frightened Rabbit, Autechre, Communist Daughter, (the majority of their new album) These New Puritans, Holy Fuck, Broken Bells.
I think this year has been pretty good so far. Maybe not every song on these albums is great, but still, I think this is a fairly good number, considering it's been only three full months (and a bit).