These lists always stress me out because there is always so much to choose from and, it never fails, I always end up leaving out something that should be on my short list. Just a few, in no particular order, that have been my favorites so far.
Spc-Eco - "3-D"
93MillionMilesFromTheSun - "93MillionMilesFromTheSun"
Fleeting Joys - "Occult Radiance"
Mint Julep - "Songs About Snow"
Our Ceasing Voice - "Steadied Stars In The Morphium Sky" (EP)
A Place To Bury Strangers - "Exploding Head"
Sunlight Ascending - "All The Memories, All At Once"
Scarlet Youth - "Breaking The Patterns" (EP)
Screen Vinyl Image - "Interceptors"
The Fauns - "The Fauns"
Kyte - "Science For The Living"
Duelectrum - "Electrolandia"
There's also a load of honorable mentions by bands like:
The Insect Guide (deserves to be on above list but read below why here)
The Black Ryder
The Brothers Movement
Hot Zex
My Violaine Morning
Stellarium
Elemental Gaze
Kontakte
Disco Ditto
The Others
Lower Heaven
Ringo Deathstarr
The Vandelles
Foreign Cinema
Engineers
Data Unit
Maps
Pinkshinyultrablast
Wooden Shjips
Woven Bones
... and all kinds of other bands. A few may be from prior to 2009 (which I tried to keep on my lower list) but newer and part of my personal 2009 soundtrack, such as The Insect Guide (which would definitely make my upper bold list if it were a 2009 release) because it just took awhile (even though I knew of them long before) for me to get a copy. Not counting any reissues and various artists compilations only to make it easier.
