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tuesday, december 4th
kelly hogan
@ johnny d's
thursday, december 6th
conor oberst
@ converse hall, tremont st.
thursday, december 6th
jason isbell &
the 400 unit
@ the sinclair
friday, december 7th
the weisstronauts 14th
annual holiday jubilee
with guests tsunami of sound
preacher jack, & the derangers
@ the midway cafe, jp
friday, december 7th
caspian
moving mountains
o'brother
@ the sinclair
saturday, december 8th
patrick watson
@ the sinclair
saturday, december 8th
the faint perform
"danse macabre"
trust
icky blossoms
@ the paradise
sunday, december 9th
band of horses
@ house of blues
sunday, december 9th
japandroids
diiv
@ the paradise
wednesday, december 12th
concrete blonde
jim bianco
@ the sinclair
thursday, december 13th
annual boston christmas cavalcade
benefit for the homeless
featuring tons of artists
(see fb event for details)
@ johnny d's
thursday, december 13th
nada surf
eternal summers
@ the paradise
thursday, december 13th
mates of state
in the valley below
@ brighton music hall
friday, december 14th
forgetters (blake from
jawbreaker's band)
& more tba
@ democracy center, harvard square
sunday, december 30th
sufjan stevens
sheila saputo
@ the royale
monday, december 31st
my morning jacket
@ agganis arena
monday, december 31st
deer tick
two gallants
@ the sinclair
monday, january 7th
quicksand
@ the paradise
tuesday, january 8th
hospitality
@ great scott
saturday, january 19th
mission of burma
@ the sinclair
sunday, january 20th
camper van beethoven
cracker
@ the middle east down
sunday, january 20th
soundgarden
@ the orpheum
sunday, january 20th
ra ra riot
@ the paradise
sunday, january 27th
widowspeak
@ great scott
tuesday, january 29th
kathleen edwards
sera cahoone
@ brighton music hall
wednesday, february 13th
yo la tengo
@ the paradise
saturday, march 2nd
unknown mortal orchestra
@ brighton music hall
tuesday, march 12th
tame impala
@ house of blues
thursday, march 14th
jukebox the ghost
matt pond pa
lighthouse and the whaler
@ brighton music hall
tuesday, march 26th
yo la tengo
@ the paradise
wednesday & thursday
april 3rd & 4th
they might be giants
@ the paradise
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As far as my ears are concerned, yesterday was the first major multi-album new music release day of 2010, so it's past time for my annual list of what I'm looking forward to in the months ahead. I've included albums with solid dates, some with ballpark estimates, a few that are mere whispers on the wind. Oh, and a couple of pure fantasies. A boy can dream, can't he?
Keep in mind, this is not even close to a comprehensive rundown of what's supposed to be coming out - just the stuff I have high hopes for. If it's not on here, I'm either apathetic at best or totally unaware. That said, go ahead and let me know what you're looking forward to this year, and any guesses you have at surprises that might show up down the road...
(note : Labels and release dates are U.S.-centric. And when available, label name links will send you to pre-order info for each album. So, y'know, go ahead and do that. I've also made all the MP3s linked here available in one handy .zip file, linked at the bottom.) JANUARY 2010 Major Stars - "Return To Form" [Jan. 26th on Drag City ][MP3] "The Space You Know " The Magnetic Fields - "Realism" [Jan. 26th on Nonesuch ][Stream] the entire album at Drowned In Sound Retribution Gospel Choir - "2" [Jan. 26th on Sub Pop ][MP3] "Hide It Away " [Stream] the entire album Boy Genius - "Staggering" [Jan. 26th on Greenpop Recordings ][MP3] "Blame Love " Beach House -"Teen Dream" [Jan. 26th on Sub Pop ][MP3] "Norway " Los Campesinos! - "Romance Is Boring" [Jan. 26th on Arts & Crafts ][MP3] "Romance Is Boring " FEBRUARY 2010 Midlake - "The Courage of Others" [Feb. 2nd on Bella Union ][MP3] "Rulers, Ruling All Things " [Stream] The album at NPR [Watch] album teaser trailer The Album Leaf - "A Chorus of Storytellers" [Feb. 2nd on Sub Pop ][MP3] "Falling From The Sun " Theodore - "Hold You Like A Lover "Moon Jaw Records ]Chris Page (The Stand GT /Camp Radio ) - "A Date With A Smoke Machine" Kelp Records ][MP3] "Two Twenty Twos " Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson - self-titled second album How is Annie Records /Norway][MP3] "To Sit Down Or To Follow, So I Follow " Robert Pollard - "We All Got Out of the Army" [Feb. 23rd on GVB Inc ]Field Music - "Measure" [Feb. 16th on Memphis Industries ][MP3] "Measure " Quasi - "American Gong" [Feb. 23rd on Kill Rock Stars ][MP3] "Repulsion " Eluvium - "Similes" [February 23rd on Temporary Residence ][MP3] "The Motion Makes Me Laugh " Shearwater - "The Golden Archipelago" [Feb. 23rd on Matador ][MP3] "Black Eyes " Various Artists - "Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox" (physical release) [Feb. 23rd on Merge ][Stream] the album at Merge MARCH 2010 Frightened Rabbit - "The Winter of Mixed Drinks" Fat Cat Records ][Video] "Nothing Like You " Rogue Wave - "Permalight" [March 2nd on Brushfire ][MP3] "Good Morning " Arletta - "Dandelion Bingo Parlour" 3/6 Great Scott show / possibly vinyl later][MP3] "You Ruined My Election Sennen - "Age Of Denial" [March 8th on Hungry Audio ][Video] For title track "Age Of Denial " [Stream] New songs on MySpace Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "The Brutalist Bricks" [March 9th on Matador ][MP3] "Even Heroes Have To Die " Broken Bells - self-titled debut Columbia/Sony ][Video] "The High Road The Morning Benders - "Big Echo" [March 9th on Rough Trade/Beggars ][MP3] "Promises " Standard Fare - "The Noyelle Beat" Bar/None ][MP3] "Fifteen [Download] a free Christmas song @ SPC Love Is All - "Two Thousand And Ten Injuries" [March 16th on Polyvinyl ][MP3] "Kungen " Bettie Serveert - "Pharmacy of Love" [March 23rd on Second Motion ][Video] "Deny All " Jonsi Birgisson (of Sigur Ros ) - "Go" [March 23rd on XL Recordings ][Stream ] "Boy Lilikoi " on his site Radar Bros. - "The Illustrated Garden" [March 23rd on Merge ][MP3] "Horse Warriors " Serena Maneesh - "S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor" [March 23rd on 4AD ][MP3] "Ayisa Abyss " Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - "Propellor Time" [March 23rd on Sartorial Records ]Let's Wrestle - "In the Court of the Wrestling Let's" [March 23rd on Merge][MP3] "We Are the Men You'll Grow to Love Soon " [Video] "We Are the Men You'll Grow to Love Soon " Nada Surf - "if i had a hi-fi" (covers album) [Stream] "Enjoy The Silence " (Depeche Mode/home demo) Black Francis - "NonStopErotik" Cooking Vinyl ]Teenage Fanclub - "Shadows" (their 9th full-length)[Watch] "When I Still Have Thee " (new song, live acoustic) [Watch] live videos of three other new ones APRIL 2010 Elliott Smith - "Roman Candle" and "From a Basement on a Hill" Kill Rock Stars] Red Sparowes - "The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer" Sargent House ][Video] album teaser The Tallest Man on Earth - "The Wild Hunt" [April 13th on Dead Oceans ][MP3] "King of Spain " The Break [ex-Midnight Oil/Violent Femmes] - "Church of the Open Sky" [Stream] "Cylinders " on their site Caribou - "Swim" [April 20th on Merge ][Download] New song "Odessa " in exchange for your email addy The Radio Dept. - "Clinging To A Scheme" [April 21st on Labrador ][MP3] "Heaven's On Fire " Walter Schreifels - "An Open Letter To The Scene" [April on Big Scary Monsters ]MAY 2010 The New Pornographers - "Together" [May 4th on Matador ]Broken Social Scene - title tba Arts & Crafts , I assume]Paul Weller - "Wake Up the Nation" [May 4th on Yep Roc ]Kevin Dunn - "No Great Lost: Songs, 1979-1985 "Casa Nuevo ][Download] free MP3 with email addy and code 'paris' The National - title tba [May on 4AD ]Elsewhen in twenty-ten... Travels - "Robber On The Run" June on Own Records ]Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam - "Life Stream" [March/April][MP3] Download a demo Soundpool - "Mirror In Your Eyes" CD/LPKiller Pimp / 7" available now ][MP3] "But It's So Ceremony - "Rocket Fire" CD/LP Killer Pimp / 7" available now ][MP3] "Someday Snowden - new EP (before SxSW) / new album ("soon to arrive")Tiny Pupils - sophomore album in early 2010 Kristin Hersh - "Crooked" [CASH music / Early 2010][Stream] full album with a Strange Angels membership [MP3s] Download demos at CASH Music Mogwai - "Special Moves" live CD/DVD (includes live film "Burning")Rock Action Records ][Watch] "Burning" teaser trailer [Download] "2 Wrongs Make 1 Right " live MP3 w/email addressVersus - in the studio [Stream] rough mix of new song "Neither Nor " on Myspace Boston Spaceships - [EP in April/Album in June ]Bottomless Pit - "Blood Under The Bridge" ("...expect a summer release. ")WALLcreeper - Boston-based band's debut album (mems. of Karate/Blanketeer)Soft Power (Mary Timony 's new band) - in the studio last Fall One Happy Island - self-titled full-length Odd Box Records/UK ]The Thermals - title tba [Sept. 7th on KRS, I assume]Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody - "I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years" Crowded House Ghost Wars (Arlie Carstens from Juno ) - recording underway Buffalo Tom School of Seven Bells - "Disconnect From Desire" [Spring on Vagrant ]British Sea Power - "...recording is 95% finished "Tokyo Police Club [early 2010 on Mom+Pop ]Clean Equations - debut full-lengthThe Twilight Singers - "...upcoming album and tour" Tara Jane O'Neil & Lori Goldston - Soundtrack selections from the films The Joy Formidable - first full-lengther[Download] new song "Greyhounds in the Slips " in exchange for your email addy Optimistically on the way... Arcade Fire Autolux - "Transit Transit" The Cure 's supposedly darker companion to "4:13 Dream" is "... slowly taking shape" Explosions in the Sky [working on new songs ]Interpol The Long Winters Now Now Every Children Rival Schools You Can Be A Wesley And in my dreams... The long-awaited new Idaho album? ("...shooting for late spring" ) Some new Arcwelder songs? (if only) Harriet Wheeler 's voice on something... anything Liz Fraser 's return recently, so why not?)[DOWNLOAD]: A 135MB .zip file of all the MP3s linked above. Ok, so sound off in the comments with what I missed, what you care about, and what you're hoping for in 2010...
neil halstead live in cambridge, ma on november 14th, 2008 previously:
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