2010 albums you are looking forward to

Tokyo Jihen - [I don't think this has a title yet, but it might be Sports]
Sunny Jain Collective - Taboo
Matthew Shipp - 4D

the school
the wake
air formation
northern portrait - criminal art lovers

Of Montreal
Spoon
Autolux (hopefully)

Just Timb is due for a new one.

Marina & The Diamonds, The Family Jewels

hmmm. intrigued by the prospect of the marina album. 'mowgli's road' was far and away my favourite single of this year (which was surprising for me, as it's in reasonably close orbit to lots of things I can't bear).

Freeway/Jake One - The Stimulus Package
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
Mike Watt & The Black Gang - My Shubun No Hi
The-Dream - Love King
Styles P./Green Lantern - The Green Ghost Project

love king!!!

los campesinos! - romance is boring

some other shit most prob.

Toro Y Moi - Causers of This
The Dream - Love King
LCD Soundsystem
Joanna Newsom
Aeroplane

hmmm. intrigued by the prospect of the marina album.

I've been tracking her progress since summer '08, so this is a long time coming for me.

flykiller
any new on-u sound product
dj food

dillinger escape plan – option paralysis

Delphic
Spoon
Lindstrom & Christabelle
Four Tet

LCD Soundsystem too.

Ted Leo

teedra
d'angelo
love king
t-pain
timberlake
diddy
the lox
jeezy
dro
luda vs shawnna
jamie foxx

What's the word on the new DJ Food? Is it a Solid Steel mix or an actual album?

re dj food : a proper album
it takes the 3 eps (1 already released, 1 to be released in a few weeks, and the final one next year), and then puts the material all together in a different form.
from the quality of the ep material heard so far, its going to be rather good.

Is Janelle Monae finally gonna put out a full length or what?

I think she is. I'm excited, I read she recorded with Turkish musicians and its a very big production. (Not an old fan at all, but have gotten curious about her recently.) I like how she comes across in this interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjhRgMCyzOQ

Coldplay obv. And Peter Gabriel, unless that one will be released in 2009 already.
The last material by Michael Jackson may also be interesting to hear, and I am pretty sure that will be released in the autumn of 2010 at some stage.

3 albums just announced

Samadhisound 3 new 2010 albums announced from Akira Rabelais, Jan Bang and Toshimaru Nakamura
http://www.samadhisound.com/news/season_greetings_and_news_for_the_year_ahead.html

n early 2010 we will be releasing Akira's second work for Samadhisound, 'Caduceus'. A guitar based series of compositions treated by software of his own design, 'Caduceus' is a powerfully dynamic work, at turns disquietingly romantic, couched in an unnervingly volatile quietude, and raucously savage, a beautiful brutality. It is a compelling work, hallucinatory, a true auditory experience.

Jan Bang releases his debut album with us in 2010. '...and Poppies from Kandahar' is marked by Jan's amazingly acute ear for sound design and his ability to create and sustain delicate, but powerfully evocative, moods of sonic and textural complexity. Some of you might be familiar with Jan's remix work for David Sylvian in collaboration with his Punkt partner, Erik Honoré. This team was also responsible for co- writing / producing Arve Henriksen's 'Cartography' (ecm). '... and poppies from Kandahar' could be seen as something of a companion piece to the latter featuring, as it does, contributions from Henriksen, Jon Hassell, Sidsel Endresen, Eivind Aarset and many more.

Toshimaru Nakamura, a contributor to the album 'Manafon', brings both his improvisatory and compositional skills into focus on the beautifully minimal solo album 'Egrets'. Toshi played a pivotal role in developing the aesthetic that became the basis for the onkyo scene in Japan. He's since established himself as a mainstay of the free improv scene with his adopted 'no-input mixing board' and continues to perform and record with a great diversity of musicians annually, worldwide. With contributions from Arve Henriksen (tpt) and Tetuzi Akiyama (gtr), and executively produced by David Sylvian, 'Egrets' belies its improvisational beginnings via its distilled, opaque beauty. Some of the solo performances bring to mind early experiments in Frippertronics dialed three decades into the future. It's an album that surprises with its variety of tonal colours drawn from minimal resources.

Looking forward to Goldfrapp as well.

battles!

The Knife - Tomorrow, In A Year

heard a rumour there would be a new School of Seven Bells album next year

thomas white - the maximalist

ah yes, new battles, fer sure.

New Superpitcher LP and Ewan Pearson mix on Kompakt
DJ Koze
Ciara?

I reckon there'll be a new Radiohead at some point.

My absolute dream for '10 would be the reunited Carcass and Faith No More releasing new albums.

much as I loooooove FNM, I hope that doesn't happen. and I'm pretty confident it won't.

(although I said exactly those words about the reunion tour too.)

I could see FNM pulling off a good new album. They've always been a band to defy expectations.

true. risky strategy though.

I'm interested to hear the new Massive Attack, but god knows how good it'll be. The leaked tracks are decent but not mindblowing.

animal collective's visual album

new maxwell, new badu, soul rebels brass band, lcd soundsystem, blah blah blah

of montreal
the-dream
erykah badu
the gaslight anthem?
stephen malkmus?

a bunch of stuff mentioned here makes me think it could be a terrific year.

also hope edan finally releases his next album now echo party is out

The ones with confirmed dates that I'm interested in:

Jan 12 Vampire Weekend – Contra
Jan 19 Missy Elliott – Block Party
Jan 19 RJD2 – The Colossus
Jan 19 Sigh - Scenes From Hell
Jan 26 Beach House – Teen Dream
Jan 26 Four Tet – There Is Love In You
Jan 26 Fucked Up – Couple Tracks
Jan 26 Spoon – Transference (Merge)
Feb 9 Hot Chip – One Life Stand
Feb 9 Massive Attack - Heligoland
Feb 9 Yeasayer – Odd Blood
Feb 16 Field Music - Measure
Feb 23 The Radio Dept – Clinging to a Scheme
Feb 23 The Streets – Computers And Blues
Mar 2 The Ruby Suns – Fight Softly
Apr 4 LCD Soundsystem

that missy album is going to be so disappointing :(

if it's on the same level of the cookbook, i'll be happy

The Divine Comedy
Hot Chip
Broadcast
LCD Soundsystem
Robyn
Goldfrapp
The Knife
Ted Leo
The Fall
Erykah Badu
Scissor Sisters
and of course D'angelo and The Avalanches!

Liars
These New Puritans
Fucked Up
LCD Soundsystem
Spoon
Field Music
Yeasayer
DEP

Feb 9 Massive Attack - Heligoland

Yeah... now if only Heligoland managed to release an album titled "Massive Attack" on the same day.

Roisin Murphy

no idea if any of these are actually happening in 2010 but
Studio
Washed Out
Burial
Justice
Feist

some of the above and also -

with confirmed dates -
mgmt
field music
beach house

without confirmed date -
panda bear
new pornographers
gang of four
arcade fire

without confirmed date -
quasi
sin ropas

for like the third year in a row: Big Boi Sir Luscious Leftfoot ... Son of Chico Dusty

i think quasi would have to put out a pretty exceptional record for me to care now.. their last couple of records were depressingly mediocre

Autolux (hopefully)

what's the current over/under?

xp
I never give up on a band that has some of the best sounding songs of all time (unless the band has basically transformed into something else)

E.g. I gave up on Yes a long time age

the thing is,quasi probably SHOULD transform into something else so that they might get better

holy ghost!!

Shit Robot
Pantha Du Prince

Ufomammut

Maybe Deevani will finally put out her solo album.

Matt Shipp (actually heard this one already, it's quite pretty)
Pig Destroyer
Necrophagist

destroyer
big boi

Judging from their earlier activity scheme (usually an album a year, many of them double), there should be something from The Flower Kings soon, although I understand they are in a hiatus now, so it may not be in 2010 either.

Aeroplane
LCD Soundsystem
The National
Panda Bear
Midlake
Holy Ghost
Mungolian Jet Set
Friendly Fires
Shout Out Louds

and maybe, just maybe:

Sufjan Stevens
The Avalanches
Studio
Daft Punk

Stars and Low. Plus the <ahem> Loveless remaster...

some 2010 releases to look forward to that haven't been mentioned so far

with titles:

A Silver Mt. Zion - Kollaps Tradixionales
Boards of Canada - New Clear Dawn
Borknagar - Universal
Dark Tranquillity - We Are the Void
Efterklang - Magic Chairs
Ihsahn - After
Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
Kayo Dot - Coyote

Les Discrets - Septembre et ses dernières pensées
Les Discrets - Stated Influences Arvo Pärt, Cranes, M83, Empyrium, Agalloch, Summoning. Alcest, Ulver, Red Sparowes, Sebastien Schuller, Epic45, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Blonde Redhead, Clan Of Xymox, Sopor Aeternus, Mortiis. Les Discrets, the solo project founded by Fursy Teyssier (Alcest, Amesoeurs) in 2003

Loscil - Endless Falls
Negură Bunget - Vîrstele Pămîntului
Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
Shining - Blackjazz
Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst
Steve Tibbetts - Natural Causes
Univers Zéro - Clivages
(V.E.G.A.) - Klinik
Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself

awaiting announcements / yet to be announced: 2010 expected

Agalloch
Alcest
Air France
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Asunder
Caribou
Cult of Luna
Darkstar
Deaf Center
Detonation
DJ Mujava - will he releases an album?
Elephant9
Errors
Exit Calm
Flying Lotus
Frantic Bleep
Glass Candy
Guapo
High Contrast
Invisible Conga People
Joker
Boeoes Kaelstigen
Khoma
Killing Joke
Lycia
Mouse on Mars
My Bloody Valentine
Mystic Forest
Ne Obliviscaris
Neurosis
Novembre
120 Days
Phaeleh
Polar Bear
Portishead
Primordial
Rosetta
Salem
Three Trapped Tigers
Throwing Muses
Tool
Twisted Wires
Yndi Halda

does absolutely anyone give a shit about detox anymore?

*ducks*

Sound of arrows , moto boy , klima

The D'Angelo album is actually getting released? The one he's been working on for 8 years? Seriously?

Chinese Demo-Crazy

http://stereogum.com/archives/list/2010_albums_102801.html

elope

Shearwater - There's an MP3 of one of the tracks floating about that bodes well.

aside from a bunch posted,

the avalanches
the white stripes

Swift & Changeable (GhostFace and MF Doom). Hoping, at least.

Oh, and The Books, for sure!

I'll be interested to hear the new Marc Anthony album. Valio la Pena had some good stuff on it (especially the title track) and then he did that album of covers for the Lavoe bio-pic, so I am wondering whether he will audibly incorporate anything he learned from that in his new material.

Covenant (first album since Daniel Myer came on board)
Spoon
The-Dream
The Knife
Battles
Field Music
The Divine Comedy
New Pornographers
Stars
Boards of Canada
The Books

rudi arapahoe
odland
arnaud fleurent didier

Ted Leo
Magnetic Fields

Kraftwerk
Paul Heaton

David Bowie?

Stephen Malkmus
LCD Soundsystem
The National

i think swift & changable got cancelled. ghost/meth/rae should be included here tho

Mahogany - Electric Prisms (EP)

bout bloody time

echo that!

really really really looking forward to that. i like the new 'meth vs chef' as much as anything that was on cuban linx 2.

The Radio Dept – Clinging to a Scheme, I hope this one is better that last album and as good as their first. But I've enjoyed their eps a lot more than thier albums. Are the Wake releasing an album of new music? I would love to hear that. I wonder if it would be twee or post punk?

yes they are, my guess, based on the 'town of 85 lights' demo of a couple years back and bobby wratten's involvement, is that it will be tweeeeeeeeee

Bobby Wratten's involvment???

oui

my apologies - i'm actually wrong, he's not involved - i misunderstood their myspace blog entries

awwww

As always: Spectrum

really hoping for new Low this year, but I'll settle for the new Retribution Gospel Choir if I must.

Aeroplane
Boards of Canada
Floating Points (or Floating Points Ensemble)
Washed Out
Joy Orbison
The Revenge
Hot Toddy
Four Tet
Brock Van Wey
Mount Kimbie
Still Going
LCD Soundsystem

Soap & Skin - Lovetune For Vacuum

Despite its stark loveliness, this record is hardly ever mentioned here. It's marvelous. Her next record might be something really beautiful.

woops, wrong thread

my own

The Quasi record gets a release date and an early review

The last album some pretty good songs on it like 'Merry X-Mas' and 'When The Going Gets Dark' (maybe more - I'm not sure). The album before that, Hot Shitt, had quite a few really good songs.

I think the problem that some of you had with the last Quasi records is that there was too many mediocre songs (or worse). But are you going to judge a band by the filler or by their best songs? That's a rhetorical question. Anyways I don't think they warrant giving up on. Did you give up on Sloan during their weaker albums? did you give up on Tortoise or The Sea and Cake? (also rhetorical questions that depend on whether you liked them in the first place)

Basically ( <-- that's the keyword here ) when you have loved a band enough in the past, you don't give up on them (unless it's been decades since a good album (imo Yes). I haven't given up on King Crimson yet. I haven't given up on Autechre yet. More often than not this is the case for bands we've loved. I'm gonna remain optimistic. And if upcoming albums turn out to be "meh" it's not like I haven't heard that happen many times before. Nothing to get down about. Eventually one band will make a great record; the more bands that you are waiting for a comeback, the more likely one of them will hit jackpot.

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"Optimism and pessimism are really just mindsets that can be learned either way depending on your own brand of silly logic and acceptance/tolerance of chances that you know are likely/or unlikely" - CaptainLorax

Is there any word on a new Low album?

Alan McGee

McGee on music: My top tips for 2010

From epic rock to Buddhist boogie, here are 15 acts destined for big things over the coming months
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/dec/23/mcgee-music-tips-2010

last year he tipped: Pantha Du Prince

this year tips include: Washed Out

but...McGee still tipping landfill indie losers: The Grants

I quite like Beach House, and that McGee list is just plain silly

getting excited that Beauty Pill and Medications are both putting out albums next year.

Mcgee is tipping bonehead's band? "guitar blasts"!?

why doesn't that cunt just go to hell and get out already

Rub n Tug
Map of Africa
Studio

Not sure if any of these will come out in 2010.

Like! xpost

Cassie - Electro Love

the Pantha Du Prince album coming out in 2010 is gorgeous, i love it, and fuck the haterz.

otherwise, i just cannot wait for Sade. CANNOT WAIT.

Woven bones

the Pantha Du Prince album coming out in 2010 is gorgeous, i love it, and fuck the haterz.

What haters? I've only seen like-to-awed reactions so far.

Autolux (hopefully)
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
Mike Watt & The Black Gang - My Shubun No Hi
The-Dream - Love King
LCD Soundsystem
Lindstrom & Christabelle
jeezy
The Knife - Tomorrow, In A Year
heard a rumour there would be a new School of Seven Bells album next year
also hope edan finally releases his next album now echo party is out
Jan 19 Missy Elliott – Block Party
Jan 26 Four Tet – There Is Love In You
Jan 26 Spoon – Transference (Merge)
Feb 9 Massive Attack - Heligoland
Feb 23 The Streets – Computers And Blues
Broadcast
The Fall
and of course D'angelo and The Avalanches!
Liars
Studio
Burial
panda bear
gang of four
arcade fire
for like the third year in a row: Big Boi Sir Luscious Leftfoot ... Son of Chico Dusty
Pantha Du Prince
Daft Punk
Plus the <ahem> Loveless remaster...
A Silver Mt. Zion - Kollaps Tradixionales
Boards of Canada - New Clear Dawn
Air France
Caribou
Darkstar
Flying Lotus
Joker
Mouse on Mars
My Bloody Valentine
Neurosis
Portishead
Swift & Changeable (GhostFace and MF Doom). Hoping, at least.
Oh, and The Books, for sure!
Kraftwerk
David Bowie?
As always: Spectrum
really hoping for new Low this year, but I'll settle for the new Retribution Gospel Choir if I must.

Echoing all of the above. I have plenty of doubts about what will actually see the light of day, naturally... but if a good number of these are released and don't suck, it will be a pretty good year.

Burial? Hadn't heard that before, but would be very happy -- in a mopey, dubsteppy sort of way -- if it's true.

Ludicra - The Tenant

bunch of others mentioned already.

hm, daniel, some people on the thread for Pantha's last album have said that "it's like an album made up of out-takes from 'this bliss,' i hate panda bear, blah blah."

NME on 2010 Albums

In this week's NME... (11/01/10)
http://bit.ly/5JkDLK

This week's NME magazine is an Albums Of 2010 special. There's news of nearly 50 new albums and interviews with the bands working on them.

We talk to MGMT, MIA, Foals, Klaxons, Hole, Babyshambles, Interpol, Battles, Metronomy and loads more.

Joanna Newsom
Boards of Canada
Autechre

No word on Blonde Redhead?

a few more:

Human League

Brendon Perry - Ark

Swans

Lali Puna

Growing
VICE Records are pleased to announce the signing of Brooklyn, NY-based trio Growing, kicking off 2010 with the release of their new album PUMPS on April 6th

Malory

really looking forward to the new four tet. been listening to ringer and EE the last few weeks and loving them more than ever.

Yeah, for me it's gotta be Swans of course.

whatever Magnetic Man release

They are completely not in vogue right now, but I love this band:

Good Shoes - No Hope No Future Jan 19 UK

lol

their first single was great tho

looking forward to a follow up to :"the meadowlands" from the wrens.

This isn't "2014 albums you are looking forward to", come on. I kid, but I'm trying not to get too excited for new Wrens.

Joanna Newsom fans:

http://pitchfork.com/news/37555-more-joanna-newsom-album-hints/

Can't wait for this record!

DITTO

This isn't "2014 albums you are looking forward to", come on. I kid, but I'm trying not to get too excited for new Wrens.

― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:56 PM (1 hour ago)

hey c'mon....if it's written on the internet (pitchfork) it must be true.....right?

Joanna Newsom fans:

http://pitchfork.com/news/37555-more-joanna-newsom-album-hints/

Can't wait for this record!

Joanna Noose-som?

From that P4k article:

So get ready for Joanna's new album (possibly) called The Noose (possibly) featuring a song called "Have One on Me" (possibly) coming out February 23.

No fucking way is the album called "Have One on Me." The Noose is a superior title.

Joanna Newsom - Have a Noose on Me

apparently the album is in fact called Have One On Me. I'm pretty sure "The Noose" is just a pun.

all I know is the new songs she's been playing are gorgeous

As much as I love her, I don't think it can or will top Ys. Not that that's the point.

yes and that's because basically Van Dyke Parks needs to become her George Harrison / Nigel Godrich :P

http://pitchfork.com/news/37562-joanna-newsom-album-confirmed/

"Yes! It's true! The new Joanna Newsom album is indeed called Have One on Me and it's out February 23!"

No fucking way is the album called "Have One on Me." The Noose is a superior title.

― kshighway (ksh), Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:28 PM (2 hours ago)

^^

No word on Blonde Redhead?

I check their website/myspace from time to time, but nothing

Nothing announced for these bands, but it's been two or more years, and I think they're on a creative upswing. Strike while it's hot! Gang Gang Dance, Torche, Gojira, Black Mountain, Late of the Pier, Matthew Dear, Parts & Labor.

I know Torche and Late of the Pier are working on stuff right now, but I'd be surprised if Gojira has anything out this year. It's only been 14 months since the last one. Would love another great Black Mountain album.

New Cluster album: http://www.factmag.com/2010/01/14/cluster-release-first-album-in-16-years/

"Qua is Cluster’s first full-length release since 2008’s live set Berlin 07, and their first proper studio release since 1994’s One Hour. Qua was released in the US last year by Nepenthe Music and will reach the rest of the world on February 15 via Klangbad/Broken Silence.

The unintentionally hilarious sleevenotes accompanying this record liken its 17 tracks to “a toy caravan of dark, fast camels, loaded with alien and precious drams”. Better simply to say that they find Moebius and Roedelius exploring their usual pastoral terrain, some pieces more rhythmic and pulsating than others. While Qua is certainly no great leap forward for the venerable pair, it’s by no means a step back; if anything these gorgeous synthetic miniatures affirm the timelessness of their approach."