Music of Late 2010
Oh what a year it's already been for music releases! There have been almost too many great releases to keep track of, including recent classics from Deerhunter and The Arcade Fire. We've liked about 50 albums already this year, to be honest with ya. And when we look over the schedule for the rest of the year, we find ourselves getting even more excited!
Below you'll find a somewhat complete list of what we consider to be the most promising releases still coming in 2010. Sure, it's a lot of stuff, but this is the 2000s - the era where there's too much of everything for anyone to even begin to keep track of. So skim the list below and plan your fall and early winter wisely!
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