Since there seem to be a few retrospective 2005 threads at the minute, I thought I'd add one of my own. This year's been one of the best for me in finding new music (largely due to signing up to this place). So I thought I'd pose the question, which bands have you discovered, who you didn't know at the start of this year? Mine are as follows:
65 Days of Static
Adem
Akron / Family
Art Brut
Antony and the Johnsons
Arcade Fire
Bloc Party
Brakes
Bright Eyes
British Sea Power
Broken Social Scene
Ben Christophers
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Clinic
The Cribs
Editors
The Go! Team
The Kills
Kubichek!
Maximo Park
My Bloody Valentine
Nine Black Alps
The Postal Service
The Rakes
The Secret Machines
The Shins
Sigur Ros
Soulwax
Super Furry Animals
Thee More Shallows
Rufus Wainwright
Patrick Wolf

Fuck, that's far more than I'd realised!