which albums are you anticipating to from this metacritic upcoming releases list?

me i wonder how the b-52 album will sound like

Dub Trio and, possibly, Magnetic Fields.

(Not that I'm gonna ever hear them, necessarily)

I think the River's Cuomo demo collection will be solid. Am I the only one out there that is anticipating that?

BG
Ghostface
Wu-Tang
Beanie Sigel
Mary J. Blige (maybe)
Lil' Wayne (kind getting sick of him)
LCD Soundsystem (maybe)
Dub Trio
Guns n' Roses (lol)

It's a great 2 months for hip hop:

Lil' Wayne
Ghostface
Wu Tang
Beanie Sigel
Freeway.

That's it. Maybe British Sea Power.

B.G. Too Hood To Be Hollywood
Styles P Supa Gangsta, Extraordinary Gentleman
Disturbing Tha Peace Hate It or Love It
Beanie Sigel The Solution
G-Unit Shoot To Kill
Lil' Wayne Tha Carter III
Wu-Tang Clan The 8 Diagrams
David Banner The Greatest Story Ever Told
Big Boi [Title TBA]
Big Kuntry My Turn To Eat
Fat Joe The Elephant in the Room (lol)
Rakim The Seventh Seal
Young Dro Young and the Restless

"I think the River's Cuomo demo collection will be solid. Am I the only one out there that is anticipating that?"

maybe you are the only one who ever heard about this act

In 2007, nothing much other than Kylie. But hopefully the Töyen Airport album is due soon, as the material on My Space sounds very good. (www.myspace.com/toyenairport - not unlike Kylie - or Annie or Bertine Zetliz for that matter)

Apparently new albums from Peter Gabriel and Franz Ferdinand are due in 2007 too, which would be great, but I don't believe in that unless they come up with a relase date soon.

Oh and I'm kinda interested in Hot Chip too. Never liked them before but that new song sounds like they get it.

Hot Chip, Elbow, Malkmus, Ghostface, British Sea Power, Franz, and a prayer that the new Dexy's doesn't end up being utter garbage.

Lil Wayne, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface, Kylie, Hot Chip and hahaha Rufus does Judy.

the word "anticipating" to me implies a sense of longing, eagerness, desire and need -- and also, i think there's an element of surprise that's involved. you can't anticipate something as much if you know what to expect from it.

so, in that sense, i'm only *really* anticipating the Six Organs record, with the Hot Chip and Cat Power both a distant second.

i can't say i'm anticipating the Daft Punk live album or the LCD Soundsystem 45:33 rerelease, cause i know what to expect from both. but i'll certainly pick em up as soon as i see em in the used shop.

Looking forward to Hot Chip, BSP, Goldfrapp and Cat Power, but most looking forward to KD Lang's first new material since 2000.

Only the LCD Soundsystem, which I didn't hear the first time around. Otherwise it's looking a little bleak.

When I saw that Natasha Beddingfield had an album called "N.B.", I thought it was weird that she'd name her album "Nota Bene"... I don't know what that says about me.

(these are actually more albums that I've been anticipating all year, actually)

the single + the leaked songs off of The-Dream's album are all really good.

the song that pitchfork posted yesterday of this new dan bejar thing is really good, and that album comes out in february. also the new man man album is supposed to come out early next year, plus the new wolf parade album.

also this year the new digital remaster of a weekend in the city, but i'm not even sure what that entails.

it entails remarketing/reselling a shitty, worthless album to fans (most currently undergoing puberty) who have outgrown their Fall Out Boy and Weezer CDs, and are just getting into their "serious" Cure/U2 phase.

thanks fake dom. i would insult you furhter but idk who you are.

if anyone actually wants to answer my question w/o shooting off a hackneyed "fuck nme bands" diss, i'm wondering if the album is gonna be remastered at all? did the band realize how awfully it was produced?

The Mars Volta The Bedlam In Goliath

This sounds like a "make up a Mars Volta title" title.

Wouldn't it be great if the queensryche covers album and the cat power covers II records had the same cover songs?

also this year the new digital remaster of a weekend in the city, but i'm not even sure what that entails.

My first guess is that they'll be adding a disc with all the B-sides, but yeah... a remaster would be nice.

NIN, Freeway, Ghostface, B-52s, Deerhunter, Zack De La Rocha, Malk, Courtney, Lil Wayne (didn't this get pushed back to Feb?).

why the heck is there gonna be a second G-Unit record? does anyone actually care at this point?

My son does.

I'm all about the Dexy's album.

wayne did get pushed back. also vampire weekend debut comes out in feb., tho i use that word lightly cause there seem to be only 4 songs not released on their cd-r.

Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis, Rivers Cuomo, Wu-Tang Clan, Magnetic Fields, Cat Power, The Mars Volta, other things.

altho i guess they will be re-recording/changing those songs up a bit.

xpost re: vampire weekend

That list looks bleak.

Dengue Fever!

Sebastian Bach!

Wait, he's no longer singing for Damnocracy?

Wouldn't it be great if the queensryche covers album and the cat power covers II records had the same cover songs?

-- BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 19:11 (4 days ago) Link

"Raising Sand" + 15 years.

the Lil Wayne dropping on Dec. 18 is an 'official leak' CD w/ all the songs for the album that already came out on mixtapes this year.

"so, in that sense, i'm only *really* anticipating the Six Organs record, "

You should, because it's really great.

The Natasha Bedingfield album is good. I'm anticipating Jordin Sparks' debut, even if she never called me/emailed me/myspace messaged me. :(

Wu-Tang, Ghostface, Kylie, Killers, maybe that Nicole Scherzinger?

Man, the Killers! I love "Tranquilize"!

You should, because it's really great.

good to hear! thanks

new Malkmus record in march 2008

new 'Boris'. Smile. april 2008...

!

Kaki King Dreaming of Revenge
Ray Davies Working Man's Cafe
Chris Walla Field Manual
The Mars Volta The Bedlam In Goliath
Cat Power Covers II?
Destroyer Trouble in Dreams
Nine Inch Nails Year Zero Part 2

yep, i'm excited about Boris. i'll be getting that as soon as it's available. love 'em.

also, from Metacritic:

Xiu Xiu Women As Lovers
Mountain Goats Heretic Pride
Bauhaus Going Away White Final album
Gutter Twins Saturnalia
Stephen Malkmus Real Emotional Trash
The Black Keys Attack & Release
The Breeders Mountain Battles
My Morning Jacket [Title TBA]

...and a bunch on the undated list at the bottom!

First and foremost anticipating The Margarets and even though they did get some attention in the UK music press last year, their new album probably isn't mentioned in Metacritic anyway.

Is it pretty much universally expected that the Gang of Four album is going to be terrible?

Other than that, Breeders, Avalanches, and I guess Blur and Portishead.

Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head

i wonder how this one will sound like.
(feist sort of?)

The Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

I'm strangely unexcited about an original line-up Roxy Music album...

The Scarlett Johansson album consists mostly of Tom Waits covers.

really? i lost interst.

"I'm strangely unexcited about an original line-up Roxy Music album"

although this record will probably wont work , i am little curious about it, for the slight chance it might actually be good.

mercury rev - Snowflake Midnight sep.23
low expectations for this, but there is some interest cause they will release also "Strange Attractor".here are some details:

Also on September 29, MERCURY REV will release STRANGE ATTRACTOR, the 11 song, full-length companion album to SNOWFLAKE MIDNIGHT absolutely FREE for MP3 download. While still conscious of its 'other', STRANGE ATTRACTOR'S own radiance reflects an even subtler kind of self-organization, its own ground state of order not immediately perceived but rather felt over the course of a complete listen. The less said and the more listened, the better...This album is totally friggin' FREE to download for anyone who chooses to do
so.

Simply click on the appropriate Mercury Rev mailing list link to the left, sign up and you’ll be first to receive electronic instruction for the download of STRANGE ATTRACTOR. The instructions will be delivered to your inbox upon release of Snowflake Midnight. Our way of saying thanks… enjoy!"

Via the new Pfork summer releases guide (which is more comprehensive than Metacritic), here's my watch list. I'll probably end up buying about half of these new as they get released, then picking up the other half used at some point:

David Bowie: Live in Santa Monica '72 (Virgin/EMI)
Liars: Freak Out EP (Mute) (U.S.digital release)
Melvins: Nude With Boots (Ipecac)
Patti Smith and Kevin Shields: The Coral Sea (PASK)
Hans Joachim Roedellus & Tim Story: Inlandish (North American release) (Gronland)
The Hold Steady: Stay Positive (Vagrant) (North American release)
Daft Punk: Electroma DVD (Vice)
Nine Inch Nails: The Slip (Null Corporation) (CD/DVD release)
The Red Krayola: Fingerpointing (Drag City)
Sonic Youth: SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth (SYR)
The Faint: Fasciination (Blank.wav)
Oneida: Preteen Weaponry (Jagjaguwar)
Ulrich Schnauss: Stars EP (Domino)
Stereolab: Chemical Chords (Duophonic UHF Disks/4AD) (worldwide release)
Jesu: Why Are We Not Perfect? (Hydra Head)
Lindstrøm: Where You Go I Go Too (Smalltown Supersound/Feedelity)
The Verve: Forth (Parlophone) (North American release)
The Walkmen: You & Me (Gigantic Records)
Mogwai: Batcat EP (PIAS/Wall of Sound) (UK release)
The New Year: The New Year (Touch and Go)
The Radio Dept.: Clinging to a Scheme (Labrador) (Swedish release)
The Cure: TBA (I AM/DGC)
Fujiya & Miyagi: Lightbulbs (Deaf Dumb & Blind) (North American release)
Tindersticks: The Hungry Saw (Constellation) (North American release; out now in the UK)
Serena-Maneesh: SM Backwards (Smalltown Supersound) (European release)
Mogwai: The Hawk Is Howling (Matador/ PIAS/Wall of Sound)
Mercury Rev: Snowflake Midnight / Strange Attractor (Yep Roc)
Morrissey: Years of Refusal (Polydor)
Deerhunter: Microcastle (Kranky)

Also Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Verve, Matthew Sweet, Giant Sand, Calexico, Annie and Of Montreal! You're right; the Pitchfork list kills the METACRITIC list.

PSYCHED:

Randy Newman
Jesu

xpost Daniel, the Verve is on my list (though it's probably one of the things i'm anticipating *least*, based on the two songs i've heard; definitely one i'll wait to pick up used. no way am i paying full price for "Love Is Noise"

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the new metacritic site-design is terrible. it's an eye-sore, confusing, and hard to navigate.

04/09: The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
04/16: Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost
04/23: Snoop Lion - Reincarnated
05/07: Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
05/28: Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
06/04: Camera Obscura - Desire Lines