Stuff I've been digging this year...in no particular order:
Dan Auerbach--Keep It Hid
Dawes--North Hills
Son Volt--American Central Dust
Silversun Pickups--Swoon
The Avett Brothers--I & Love & You
The BPA--I Think We're Going to Need a Bigger Boat
Moby--Wait For Me
Gomez--A New Tide
Major Lazer--Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do
Nellie McKay - Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute To Doris Day
Stuff I want to listen to some more:
Metric--Fantasies
The XX--X
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros--Up From Below
Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears--Tell 'Em What Your Name Is
East Hundred--Slow Burning Crimes
By no means complete. Perhaps I'll add more a bit later.
What have you been digging this year?