Sunday, January 04, 2009

i knew 2009 was going to be a good year...

i get really excited about new good music. (i have an itunes account that can attest to it.) so if you're feeling down in the winter doldrums and you need something to look forward to, check out pitchfork's list of upcoming album releases...
(my mouth waters and my itunes account braces itself for action just scanning it.)
here are some of the highlights of the list: (at least they're highlights to me!)

january 20
Andrew Bird: Noble Beast [Fat Possum]
Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino] [CD release]
Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light [Secretly Canadian]
Bon Iver: Blood Bank EP [Jagjaguwar]
The Modern Skirts: All of Us in Our Night [Modern Skirts Recordings]

january 27
Loney Dear: Dear John [Polyvinyl]
Of Montreal : An Eluardian Instance EP [Polyvinyl]
Of Montreal : Jon Brion Remix EP [Polyvinyl]

february 3
Ben Kweller: Changing Horses [ATO]

february 17
The Appleseed Cast: Sagarmatha [The Militia Group]
Architecture in Helsinki: "That Beep" single [Polyvinyl]
Beirut/Realpeople: March of the Zapotec/Holland [Pompeii/ Ba Da Bing] [U.S. release]
M. Ward: Hold Time [Merge]
Morrissey: Years of Refusal [Attack/Lost Highway] [U.S. release]
Vetiver: Tight Knit [Sub Pop]

march 3
The Boy Least Likely To: The Law of the Playground [Too Young to Die/+1 Records]
Neko Case: Middle Cyclone [Anti-]

2 comments:

Lacey Jane said...

What a fabulous list! We DO have the same music tastes...

Also, thanks for the comment on my blog!

Lisa said...

Where are you gals?? I'm missing my dose of the twins!