My final scorecard of personally most enjoyable shows and acts I'd go out of my way to see again goes like this:
1) The Plimsouls - for sheer anticipation and memories
2) Morrissey - for sheer entertainment excellence
3) Metric - for sheer mesmerizing presence
4) Brakes - for purity and originality I haven't heard in awhile
5) The Subways - for their energy and general ass kicking
6) Goldfrapp - for being a badass glam goddess (but not where I'd expected to rank her!)
7) Zutons - for being true rock & rollers
Amos Lee - for amazing soul
And to answer Sarah's question, the English up and comers I saw and enjoyed were:
Brakes - Brighton
The Subways - Garden City
Zutons - Liverpool
White Rose Movement - outside of London
Electric Soft Parade - Brighton
Richard Hawley - Shefield
Corinne Bailey Rae - Leeds
Newer Brit acts that I think were at least pretty good but couldn't catch:
Actic Monkeys - Sheffield
Editors - Birmingham
The Go! Team - Brighton
The Rakes - London
Art Brut - London
Noisettes - London
Gomez - Southport
Ladytron (just DJ) - Liverpool
Rumble Strips - London
There had to be 200 UK bands there out of the 1300+ total. There were over 50 Canadian ones that their government even funded big flyers for all over town.