In my experience, most of the best new releases come from artists I've never heard of before, so I'm not worrying too much.

Damn right RL.

I've found this to be true in the last several years with my listening.

Sometimes, the artists that I expect to do well do exactly as well (Low, Spoon, Sigur Ros, Erin McKeown, etc. hardly ever disappoint, if ever) as I think they will with their releases.

i know people are amped for the new my bloody valentine, but i am worried they will tarnish their reputation. how can this album be anything but a huge letdown? hopefully they prove me wrong. mbv fans what do you think?

not sure if someone posted this: cadence weapon

judging from his new stuff, he could blow up

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not sure if someone posted this: cadence weapon

judging from his new stuff, he could blow up

I mentioned it a page ago, but I'm just glad there's others here looking forward to it.

Also, Beach House.

IV the new album by bluegrass band Chatham County Line ...with some new sounds including an increasing pedal steel, piano and Hammond organ presence from upright bassist Greg Readling, as well as touches of electric guitar from frontman Dave Wilson. Another new sound for this record (set for release by Yep Roc on March 4) is Caitlin Cary...

first 3 albums were stellar so i dont expect nothing under a top 3 album

This is all going to be a rehash, but I'm definitely looking forward to the new Wolf Parade album... I saw them live a couple months ago, and from the six or so new songs they played I think that their new material could actually top Apologies. A new Wrens album would probably make my year, but I'm not holding my breath (if they keep pace, it'll be out by 2010). And somebody mentioned The Notwist earlier, too... I think a new Notwist album sounds like a great idea.

The new Sam Phillips album. Her last album, "A Boot and A Shoe", was my album of the year for 2004. A consistently great career that has been virtually ignored.

I'm also curious about the new Shelby Lynne album of Dusty Springfield songs.

Most-anticipated list

My Morning Jacket - TBD
Avalanches - sophomore release
Autolux - sophomore release
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath

Oh, and:

Secret Machines - TBD

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Most-anticipated list

My Morning Jacket - TBD

Ok, now I am getting excited. Any more info on this? I'm too lazy to look it up myself.

Can't wait for MMJ. I'm a huge fan and am hoping for something epic, hopefully even better than Z.

Not on the same level, but Nada Surf has a new album coming out in February. Didn't love The Weight is a Gift but thought Let Go was one of the best 20 albums of the Decade (no really), so I am looking forward to their new one as well.

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Most-anticipated list

My Morning Jacket - TBD

Ok, now I am getting excited. Any more info on this? I'm too lazy to look it up myself.

There has been absolutely nothing official, but they turned down Bonnaroo to start work in the studio. So there's got to be something there.

Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III
Nas - Nigga

Also, there's been a long-brewing Lil' Wayne/Juelz Santana joint project in the works that I'd love to see surface.

Also:

Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Boris - Smile
Various - Kompakt Pop Ambient 2008

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After further checking sources...

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Roots - Rising Down
Gnarls Barkley - Atlantis
Chris Walla - Field Manual
Vampire Weekend - s/t full length
Beans - Thorns
My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth
Massive Attack - Weather Underground
Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge
Ghostface and MF Doom - Swift and Changeable
Judas Priest - Nostradamus (metal musical about the prophesyer)
Aimee Mann - Smilers
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Shearwater - Rook
Jason Collett - Here's to Being Here
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
Black Mountain - In the Future
Animal Collective - Street Flash EP
The Cure - Raised Up
A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
This Will Destroy You - s/t
Subtle - ExitingArm
B-52s - Funplex (first in over a decade!)
The Big Sleep - Sleep Forever


Oh, and of course...

Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling

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A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons

when?!? and what of their purported live album that was to come out this year?

I'm excited for the new Gnarls Barkley. Say what you will... that was a good album last year.

I've heard "Atlantis" isn't the name, though...

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Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling

Okay. Me too now.

that's an awesome title. I love Mogwai.

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I'm excited for the new Gnarls Barkley. Say what you will... that was a good album last year.

Agreed. Everyone mentioned Crazy, but it had a lot of other good songs as well.

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A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons

when?!? and what of their purported live album that was to come out this year?

Don't know anything about a live record, but this new record could be as soon as Jan/Feb.

It's funny, I look forward to all the artists I have yet to discover more than the bands I already love.

But yeah, Nada Surf.