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  January: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

  The debut album from the band featured the tracks A-Punk, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa and Oxford Comma.

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  January: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

  The duo of Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser released their debut album, featuring Electric Feel, Time To Pretend and Kids.

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  January: Adele - 19

  The hugely-successful singer released her debut album, which included the classic Hometown Glory.

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  February: Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim

  The folk singer's debut album arrived in 2008, and was later nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

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  February: Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

  The electronica outfit released their third album, which included the hit Ready For The Floor.

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  March: The Young Knives - Superabundance

  The trio released their second full length album, which included the track Turn Tail.

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  March: Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

  Guy Garvey and his crew issued their fourth, and most commercially successful, album, which featured Grounds For Divorce and One Day Like This.

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  March: Foals - Antidotes

  Yannis and co released their debut in 2008, featuring the hit Cassius.

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  March: Mystery Jets - Twenty One

  Blaine Harrison's band released their second album, which included the hit Two Doors Down and a guest appearance on Young Love from Laura Marling.

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  April: The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement

  Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and former Rascals man MIles Kane collaborated on this epic album, which featured the stirring title track.

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  April: Black Kids - I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance

  The Florida band had one of the big indie hits of the year with this track from their second album, Partie Traumatic.

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  April: Portishead - Third

  The trip hop pioneers released their first album in eleven years in 2008.

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  April: Santogold - Santogold

  Santi White's debut album included the massive track L.E.S. Artistes.

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  May: The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

  The duo of Katie White and Jules De Martino released their debut album, which included the hit That's Not My Name.

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  May: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

  Justin Vernon and his band released their debut album, which included the enduring favourite, Skinny Love.

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  June: Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

  The fourth album from Chris Martin and co included the title track, Life In Technicolor and Violet Hill.

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  June: Paul Weller - 22 Dreams

  The ninth solo album from The Modfather featured guest appearances from Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Graham Coxon and Ocean Colour Scene's Steve Craddock.

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  June: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

  The eponymous debut from the Seattle chamber rockers featured the classic White Winter Hymnal.

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  July: Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart

  The Norwegian singer-songwriter released her debut album in 2008, featuring the hit I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked.

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  July: Beck - Modern Guilt

  Beck Hansen's eleventh album included Gamma Ray and Chemtrails.

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  August: The Verve - Forth

  RIchard Ashcroft and co reunited for their fourth and final album, which included the track Love Is Noise.

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  August: The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

  Brian Fallon's US rockers released their second album, which featured the title track, Great Expectations and Old White Lincoln.

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  August: Bloc Party - intimacy

  The band's third album included Ares, Signs, One Month Off and Mercury.

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  September: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

  Pip Brown released her debut album, which included the hits Paris Is Burning, My Delirium and Dusk Til Dawn.

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  September: Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

  The St Albans indie dance trio released their debut album, which featured the tunes Paris, Jump In The Pool and Skeleton Boy.

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  September: Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

  The Followills' fourth album featured the massive songs Sex On Fire, Use Somebody and Notion.

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  September: Glasvegas - Glasvegas

  The Glaswegian dark rockers released their debut, which included Geraldine, Daddy's Gone and Flowers And Football Tops.

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  October: Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

  The Gallaghers released their seventh and final album, which included The Shock Of The Lightning and I'm Outta Time.

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  November: The Killers - Day And Age

  Brandon Flowers and co released their third album, which included the hits Human, Spaceman and Dustland Fairytale.

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  November: Guns N'Roses - Chinese Democracy

  At last! The long-awaited new GNR album arrived unexpectedly in November of 2008 after a fifteen year wait.