This could be a big year. We’re only a few weeks in and we’ve already been granted a few sneak peaks of some impressive material from Andrew Bird and M Ward via NPR. Here is a preview of this year’s upcoming releases:
Antony and The Johnsons – The Crying Light
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Loney Dear: Dear John
Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
Ben Lee – The Rebirth Of Venus
Morrissey – Years Of Refusal
M. Ward – Hold Time
The Decemberists – Hazards Of Love
Ambulance LTD – TBA
Built To Spill – TBA
Pete Doherty – TBA
Doves – TBA
MF Doom and Ghostface Killah – Swift and Changeable
New Pornographers – TBA
OK GO – TBA
Wilco – TBA
Amy Winhouse – TBA
Patrick Wolf – TBA
The 1900s – Medium High
Of Montreal – An Eluardian Instance Aka The Jon Brion EP
Ol Dirty Bastard – A Son Unique
Ben Kweller – Changing Horses
Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
Beirut/Realpeople – March Of The Zapotec/Holland EP
Camera Obscura – TBA
Throw Me The Statue – Purpleface EP
The Black Lips – 200 Million Thousand
The Thermals – Now We Can See
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Beware!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – TBA
Peter Bjorn And John – Living Thing
Kings Of Convenience – Quiet Is The New Loud
Releases I’m Interested In, But Not Excited About:
Von Bondies – Love, Hate, Then There’s You
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
The Appleseed Cast – Sagarmatha
Lady Sovereign – Jigsaw
Architecture In Helsinki – The Beep
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
Handsome Furs – Face Control
Blur – TBA
The Concretes – TBA
D’Angelo – James River
Dr. Dre – Detox
Noel Gallagher – TBA
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
Muse – TBA
Rakim – The Seventh Seal
The Boy Least Likely To – Law Of The Playground
John Wesley Harding – Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead
Great Lakes Swimmers – TBA
Eulogies – Here Anonymous
Big Boi – Sir Lucious Leftfoot…Son Of Chico Dusty
Clipse – Till The Casket Drops
Jay Reatard – TBA
Sonic Youth – TBA
Boston Spaceships – The Planets Are Blasted
Final Fantasy – Heartland
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
