Been listening to a few december released
albums
really enjoying - Me Succeeds - Rongorongo - a massive similarity to Lali Puna/ Ms John Soda stuff, both with the hushed female vocal and Acher brother (notwist) stylings, but with a fuller band sound behind it and the occasional addition of a male vocal.

streaming here
http://knicolai.com/2011/12/01/me-succeeds-rongorongo-album-stream/

beneath, teachers, and rongorongo are early picks

Blue and exile - give me my flowers back while i can smell them

nothing ground breaking but a fairly decent bit of hip hop with a good ealry 90s sound and a bit of funk for good measure

http://bisforcookieandapplebaums.bandcamp.com/album/give-me-my-flowers-while-i-can-smell-them

Olafur Arnaulds - living room songs - came out on cd last week, vinyl in the new year - and you can still download the songs for free here

http://livingroomsongs.olafurarnalds.com/

fantastic bit of modern classical as always

anything else?