Note: We've put the albums we're most excited about in yellow type.

OCTOBER 12

Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights [Secretly Canadian] [U.S. release]
Badly Drawn Boy: It's What I'm Thinking: Photographing Snowflakes [The End]
A Band of Bees: Every Step's a Yes [Fiction]
Banjo or Freakout: Way Slow [Lefse]
The Black: Sun in the Day Moon at Night [Moon Records]
The Black Heart Procession: Blood Bunny/Black Rabbit EP [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
Breathe Owl Breathe: Magic Central [Hometapes]
British Sea Power: Zeus EP [Rough Trade] [Vinyl Release]
Callers: Life of Love [Western Vinyl]
The Dead C: Patience [Ba Da Bing]
Dexys Midnight Runners: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels [EMI]
The Foreign Exchange: Authenticity [Foreign Exchange Music]
Franz Nicolay: Luck & Courage [Team Science/Sabot Productions]
Gangrene [The Alchemist and Oh No]: Gutter Water [Decon]
Hauschka: Foreign Landscapes [130701]
Holy Sons: Survivalist Tales! [Partisan]
Houses: All Night [Lefse]
Idle Times: Idle Times [HoZac]
Jane Birkin: Di Doo Dah [Light in the Attic] [reissue]
Kelly Stoltz: To Dreamers [Sub Pop]?
Lil Wayne: I Am Not a Human Being [Young Money] [physical release]
Peter Gordon: The Love of Life Orchestra [DFA]
Silje Nes: Opticks [FatCat]
Starfucker: Julius [Polyvinyl]?
Styrofoam: Disco Synthesizers & Daily Tranquilizers [Nettwerk]
Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz [Asthmatic Kitty]
Suuns: Zeroes QC [Secretly Canadian]
White Moth: White Moth [Angel Oven Records]
Wolf People: Steeple [Jagjaguwar]
Zola Jesus: Valusia EP [Sacred Bones]

OCTOBER 19

A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Autumn, Again [self-released] [Digital Release]
Arthur Russell/Allen Ginsberg: "Ballad of the Lights" 10'' [Presspop/Audika]
Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 [Columbia]
Erland & The Carnival: Trouble In Mind EP [Full Time Hobby/Yep Roc]
Eskmo: Eskmo [Ninja Tune]
The Extra Lens: Undercard [Merge]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Acme + Acme Plus [Majordomo/Shout Factory] [Reissue]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Orange + Experimental Remixes EP [Majordomo/Shout Factory] [Reissue]
Liars: Proud Evolution EP [Mute]
Liz Phair: Girlysound + Funstyle [Rocket Science Ventures] [2xCD]
Mt. Desolation: Departure [Cherrytree/Interscope]
Mount Eerie: Song Islands Vol.2 [P.W. Everum & Sun, ltd.] [Physical Release]
Panda Bear: "You Can Count on Me" b/w "Alsatian Darn" 7'' [Domino]
The Philistines Jr.: If a Band Plays in the Woods...? [Tarquin Records/Embarque]
The Soft Boys: A Can of Bees [Yep Rock] [Reissue] [Bonus Tracks]
The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight [Yep Roc] [Reissue] [Bonus Tracks]

OCTOBER 25

Andrew Bird: Useless Creatures [Fat Possum]
Bearsuit: "Please Don't Take Him Back" 7" [Fortuna Pop!]
Brian McBride: The Effective Disconnect [Kranky]
Broken Records: Let Me Come Home [4AD]
The Concretes: WYWH [Something in Construction] [UK Release]
Crowded House: The Very Best of Crowded House [Capitol]
The Orchids: The Lost Star [Pebble]
Saint Etienne: Good Humor [Heavenly/Universal] [Deluxe Edition Reissue]
Saint Etienne: Tales From Turnpike House [Heavenly/Universal] [Deluxe Edition Reissue]

OCTOBER 26

Avey Tare: Down There [Paw Tracks]
Crystal Stilts: "Shake the Shackles" single [Slumberland]
Dâm-Funk: Adolescent Funk [Stones Throw]
Diamond Rings: Special Affections [Secret City Records]
Gary Wilson: Electric Endicott [Western Vinyl] [digital release]
Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: Acoustic Sessions [Chimera]
K.C. Accidental: Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub [Arts & Crafts]
K.C. Accidental: Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills [Arts & Crafts]
Lyrics Born: As U Were [Decon]
Pepper Rabbit: Beauregard [Kanine]
R.E.M.: Live From Austin, TX [New West] [DVD]
Seeland: How to Live [LOAF Recordings]
Small Black: New Chain [Jagjaguwar]
Sun Airway: Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier [Dead Oceans]
Sun City Girls: Funeral Mariachi [Abduction]
The War on Drugs: Future Weather EP [Secretly Canadian]
Warpaint: The Fool [Rough Trade]
Wolf & Cub: Science & Sorcery [Last Gang]
Wooden Wand: Death Seat [Young God]

NOVEMBER 2

The Autumn Defense: Once Around [Yep Roc]
Barn Owl: Ancestral Star [Thrill Jockey]
Brian Eno: Small Craft on a Milk Sea [Warp]
Diplo: Blow Your Head Volume 1: Diplo Presents Dubstep [Mad Decent]
Elliott Smith: Introduction to...Elliott Smith [Kill Rock Stars]
Horse Feathers: "Drain You" 7'' [Kill Rock Stars]
Koen Holtkamp: Gravity/Bees [Thrill Jockey]
Matt and Kim: Sidewalks [Fader]
N.E.R.D.: Nothing [Star Trak/Interscope]
The 1900s: Return of the Century [Parasol]
Weezer: Pinkerton [Geffen/Ume] [Deluxe Edition Reissue]

NOVEMBER 9

The Big Pink: Tapes [!K7]
Botany: Feeling Today EP [Western Vinyl]
Cee Lo Green: Lady Killer [Atlantic]
David Banner/9th Wonder: Death of a Pop Star [Big Face Entertainment]
Einstürzende Neubauten: Strategies Against Architecture IV [Mute] [Digital Release]
Gregory and the Hawk: Leche [FatCat]
The Greenhornes: **** [Third Man]
Maserati: Pyramid of the Sun [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
Nightlands: Forget the Mantra [Secretly Canadian]
Orange Juice: Coals to Newcastle [Domino] [Box Set]
The Parting Gifts: Strychnine Dandelion [In the Red]
The Radio Dept.: Never Follow Suit EP [Labrador/Caroline]
Tallest Man on Earth: Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird [Dead Oceans] [Physical Release]
Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt EP [Dead Oceans] [Physical Release]
Tobacco: LA UTI EP [Anticon]
Tyvek: Nothing Fits [In the Red]
Weekend: Sports [Slumberland]

NOVEMBER 16

Bruce Springsteen: The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story [Columbia] [Box Set]
D'Eon: Palinopsia [Hippos in Tanks]
Faun Fables: Light of a Vaster Dark [Drag City]
Rihanna: Loud [Def Jam]
The Russian Futurists: The Weight's on the Wheels [Upper Class]
Stereolab: Not Music [Drag City]

DECEMBER 7

Anika: Anika [Stones Throw]
Celebration: Hello Paradise [Friends]
Einstürzende Neubauten: Strategies Against Architecture IV [Mute] [Physical Release]

DECEMBER 14

Nas: The Lost Tapes: Vol. 2 [Def Jam]

ALSO MAYBE OUT BEFORE 2011:

Brown Recluse: Evening Tapestry [Slumberland]
Gang of Four: Content [Yep Roc]
Fujiya & Miyagi: Ventriloquizzing [Yep Roc]
Phil Manley: Life Coach [Thrill Jockey]
Thank You: Golden Worry [Thrill Jockey]
Sidi Toure: Sahel Folk [Thrill Jockey]
Wanda Jackson: The Party Ain't Over [Third Man/Nonesuch]
Young Prisms: Friends for Now [Kanine]
Hercules and Love Affair: Blue Songs [TBA]
Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean [TBA]
Kanye West: TBA [G.O.O.D./Def Jam]
The Lilies: We Are the Lilies [Third Side]
Man Man: Live Fantastic [Anti-]
Massive Attack: Atlas Air EP [Virgin]?
Mogwai: TBA [Sub Pop]
Serena-Maneesh: Remix EPs [4AD]
T.I.: King Uncaged [Grand Hustle/ Atlantic]
The Twilight Singers: TBA [Sub Pop]
Various Artists: Guided By Voices Tribute Album (title TBA) [No More Fake Labels]
Various Artists: New Jerusalem OST [Jagjaguwar]
Vivian Girls: Share the Joy [Polyvinyl]

Written by G. William Locke