I usually prefer to sift through the wreckage after the fact, but I have stumbled across a handful of gems already this year:
Arrington de Dionyso - Suara Naga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkQzkIg3-M4)
Weyes Bluhd - The Outside Room (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-zhNVkuxv0)
The Drunk Dealers - The DD Private Tapes Vol. 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsha5aW3SjE)
Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Luminaries & Synastry
Tasseomancy - Ulalume
Lil B - I'm Gay (I'm Happy)
Make a Rising - New I Fealing
LA Vampires Goes Ital - Streetwise
Sky Needle - Neckliner
Jean-Claude Vannier - Roses Rouge Sang
Clam Casino - Instrumentals
Grouper - AIA
Gypsy Treasures - Buried Goods
COMPS/Re-Releases
V.A. Thai? Dai! The Heavier Side of the Luk Thung Underground
V.A. Werkschau
Various Artists - ¡Chicas! Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974
Ilaiyaraaja - Solla Solla: Maestro Ilaiyaraaja and the Electronic Pop Sound of Kollywood 1977-1983
V.A. Kosher Nostra: Jewish Gangsters Greatest Hits
V.A. Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York
V.A Psychedelic Pernambuco
Zdeněk Liška - Malá Mořská Víla (The Little Mermaid)
Jean-Claude Vannier - Electro Rapide