A review that led me to them described Catfish Haven as "a sort of alt-country howl that’s distantly related to grunge, with traces of Meat Puppets and Violent Femmes". That's probably more true than not. I'd also call their style indie swamp rock. They toured recently with My Morning Jacket.

Hmm..two Rilo Kiley albums, and that Catfish whatever album. Looks like there'll probably be nothing for me to pick up till Jan 24th, then three or four things for me to pick up.

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A review that led me to them described Catfish Haven as "a sort of alt-country howl that’s distantly related to grunge, with traces of Meat Puppets and Violent Femmes". That's probably more true than not. I'd also call their style indie swamp rock. They toured recently with My Morning Jacket.

Well, I don't know the Meat Puppets or Violent Femmes, but if it's on Secretly Canadian it's probably worth checking out.

Cat Power - The Greatest Matador
Clearlake - Amber Domino
Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun Sub Pop
MF Doom -Special Herbs Box Set Vol. 0-9 Nature Sounds
National Trust - Kings and Queen Thrill Jockey
Tortoise + Bonnie "Prince" Billy- The Brave and the Bold Overcoat
Acid Mother's Temple- Starless & Bible Black Sabath Alien 8
Arab Strap - The Last Romance Transdreamer
Hem - No Word From Tom Nettwerk
Prefuse 73 - Security Screenings Warp
Eels - Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall CD/DVD Vagrant
Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid- Vol. 1 Domino
Liars - Drum's Not Dead Mute
Jel - Soft Money Anticon
Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon Epitaph
Goldfrapp - Supernature Mute
Mogwai - Mr. Beast Matador
Mudhoney - Under a Billion Suns Sub Pop
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Anti
The Vines - TBD Capitol
Graham Coxon - Love Travels At Illegal Speeds [uk]
Karsh Kale - Broken English Six Degrees
Quasi - When The Going Gets Dark
The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan -Ballads of The Broken Seas V2
Tortoise - R,R,C Thrill Jockey

hmmm... sounds like there's something new coming from Andrew Bird (probably)- that should probably last me the whole year,

but also: BPB & Tortoise, The Shins, The Wrens, among others...

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BPB & Tortoise

This one's pretty good. The bookends, Elton John's "Daniel" and Springsteen's "Thunder Road," are great. In between, most of the songs (not all) are good. The more I listen to it the more I like it, and I'm not even a fan of Oldham or Tortoise.

The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics

Can't wait for their outerspace quasi-rock aesthetic. If it's anything like Yoshimi (hopefully better) then it should be dope.

Radiohead
Tool
Muse
Explosions In The Sky
Sufjan Stevens
Of Montreal
The Shins

Has anyone mentioned Neko Case's solo album due, I think, March 7th?

Check that- I noticed it in Fillmore Holmes's post up above. I'll sit down now.

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Has anyone mentioned Neko Case's solo album due, I think, March 7th?

You just did

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Has anyone mentioned Neko Case's solo album due, I think, March 7th?

It's her 4th solo album (5th if you count the live album)

Maximo Park, whose record I enjoyed last year but need to revisit, have a collection of B-sides and demos coming out in February. It's funny that a band with one record already has a compilation coming out, but I'm interested in hearing it. I've heard they've got good b-sides.

The current 'next big thing' in the UK, The Arctic Monkeys, have a US release of their record due in February. I liked the single "I'll Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" and I look forward to hearing the album.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs got a date -- March 27. One week before Flaming Lips.

I wonder if Primal Scream is still coming out in February...

I listened to Mark Lanegan's "Bubblegum" today for the first time in a while. Now I'm really excited about his album with Isobell Campbell.

Hopefully YYY's will be good; I thought their debut was pretty good but didn't live up to the potential they showed on their first EP.

Can't wait for a date on the Shins, Drive-By Truckers, Broken Social Scene.

What do y'all know about the Pixies? Is this happening for real?

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Show Your Bones
Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Bloc Party- TBA
Dashboard Confessional- TBA
Eisley- TBA
The Futureheads- TBA
Keane- TBA
Nellie McKay- Pretty Little Head

I just found out via their message board that Shearwater has a new album coming out in May. I know there are a lot of Okkervil fans here, and if you like Okkervil, you'd probably like Shearwater. Will Scheff, the lead singer from Okkervil, also sings about half the songs for Shearwater.

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I just found out via their message board that Shearwater has a new album coming out in May. I know there are a lot of Okkervil fans here, and if you like Okkervil, you'd probably like Shearwater. Will Scheff, the lead singer from Okkervil, also sings about half the songs for Shearwater.

I heard them play on a Podcast last week, they're really good. Similar to Okkervil but a bit more folkish. I'll probably end up getting their new one when it comes out.

The most interesting new releases often come from left field, e.g.., Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in 2005, Arcade Fire in 2004. In 2006, I think some of the following may be such a "bolt from the blue":

Gnarles Barkley -- This is a collaboration between DangerMouse and Cee-Lo. If the three songs I've heard from it (including

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Crazy,

) are representative, this is going to be a monster album.

Birdmonster -- The group's self-titled EP was released last year, and the three songs on it (including

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Resurrection Song,

and

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All the Holes in the Walls

) were catchy, complicated rock songs that shunned traditional song structures. Pitchfork praised The Wilderness' self-titled debut last year as a return to complicated, demanding rock. You can say the same thing about Birdmonster, but -- to me, at least -- they're so much further ahead of The Wilderness on this score, and their music is so much more varied in pace and tone than The Wilderness' (whom I also like).

Voxtrot -- This group's 2005 EP was also amazing. I've read people describe it as "twee," but I don't hear that. Instead, I hear updated shades of The Smiths and The Cure.

Given the publicity surrounding these projects, I guess you can't say they will be "bolts from the blue," but I am anxious to hear new albums from Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Tortoise, the Arctic Monkeys, Neko Case and Cat Power.

Wow. I really misunderstood the "quote" icon above this text box. I hope this didn't make my last post completely unreadable. My apologies.

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East River Pipe sounds interesting....

Try Mel or The Gasoline Age if you wanna try out some ERP...