From the pages of SPIN's July issue to the release of one of the year's hottest debuts, Youth Novels, Sweden's own indie-pop princess Lykke Li has had a busy 2008.

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Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today, with more after the jump. Click each album title to read Spin's review:

Lykke Li had a good South by Southwest. Mostly. The 22-year-old Swede (whose name is pronounced "Luke-ee Lee") played 11 shows in three days before "literally falling offstage and going eurrrrgh," she says, evoking the ailing larynx that made her cancel a 12th gig at the festival.