Let's hope 2010 is a better year for those who found 2009 to be underwhelming. Personally, I thought 2009 was fine with 4 albums I truly loved and several more that I liked.

Judging by some of the upcoming releases, including albums from Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Spoon, etc., 2010 will at least have interesting discussions.

Leaked albums so far include Eel, Liars, and Hot Chip.

what the fuck is the name of the eels album leak?
the search function looks like a google ad. oh wait....

haven't seen the hot chip yet.

So far I love Surfer Blood, Los Campesinos, and Beach House.

WHERE THE FUCK IS THE GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING SPOON RECORD IM SICK OF FUCKING CHECKING.

this is the kind of tone that gets things done...

So far...

Beach House :: Teen Dream

The new Midlake record is pretty fucking great too.

only have heard toro y moi so far. it's ok i guess.

definitely not surfer blood

Eels - End Times

So far, the Surfer Blood album is the best 2010 release i've heard. Every track is fucking great.

The Beach House album is stellar as well.

Delphic - Acolyte is a fun listen.

Broken Bells is getting a lot of plays from me.

if the Vampire Weekend album sounds a lot like the single "Cousins", it's going to be pretty fantastic.

Dalen, if you're a VW fan, did you hear The Very Best w/ Ezra Koenig song "The Warm Heart of Africa" (off the album with the same name)? It's great.

I heard a "new" song when VW played on Jimmy Kimmel like 6 months ago, and it didn't float m boat, but i'm still looking forward to the album.

oh yeah, the new Liars album is good as well. Here's a 320...

http://uploading.com/files/get/f18md4ec/

bort, i need to look into that tune. yet to hear it. thanks man.

January

01-05

Joker: "City Hopper" b/w "Output 1-2" [Tectonic]
Kanye West: Storytellers [CD/DVD]

01-12

Ben Kweller: "Sawdust Man" b/w "Send Me Down the Road" [Bloodshot]
Final Fantasy: Heartland [Domino]
Jason Boesel: Hustler's Son [Team Love]
Jukebox the Ghost: Let Live and Let Ghosts [Rebel Group]
Kría Brekkan: Uterus Water 7" [Paw Tracks]
Laura Veirs: July Flame [Raven Marching Band]
Malakai: Ugly Side of Love [Domino]
OK Go: Of the Blue Colour of the Sky [Capitol]
Omarion: Ollusion [Starworld Entertainment/EMI]
Polysics: Absolute Polysics [Myspace]
Ringo Starr: Y Not [Hip-O]
Vampire Weekend: Contra [XL]
Woodpigeon: Die Stadt Muzikanten [Boompa]

01-18

Blockhead: The Music Scene [Ninja Tune] [physical release, out now digitally]
Fyfe Dangerfield: Fly Yellow Moon [Geffen] [UK Release]
These New Puritans: Hidden [Angular/Domino] [UK Release]
Various Artists: Pop Ambient 2010 [Kompakt]

01-19

Cold War Kids: Behave Yourself EP [Downtown]
Dinowalrus: % [Kanine]
Editors: In this Light and On This Evening [Fader] [U.S. release]
Eels: End Times [Vagrant]
The Hot Rats: Turn Ons [Fat Possum]
Josephine Foster: Graphic as a Star [Fire] [U.S. release]
Lindstrøm & Christabelle: Real Life Is No Cool [Smalltown Supersound]
Major Stars: Return to Form [Drag City]
Red Krayola with Art & Language: Five American Portraits [Drag City]
RJD2: The Colossus [RJ's Electrical Connections]
Scout Niblett: The Calcination of Scout Niblett [Drag City]
Surfer Blood: Astro Coast [Kanine]
Susu: R and R and R [self-released]
Virulence: If This Isn't a Dream... 1985-1989 [Southern Lord]

01-25

The Shining: Blackjazz [Indie Recordings]
Yeti Lane: Yeti Lane [Sonic Cathedral]

01-26

AFCGT: AFCGT [Sub Pop]
Animal Collective: Campfire Songs [Paw Tracks] [reissue]
Basia Bulat: Heart of My Own [Rough Trade]
Beach House: Teen Dream [Sub Pop]
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee: Into the Wind [Ubiquity]
Citay: Dream Get Together [Dead Oceans]
Clipd Beaks: To Realize [Lovepump United]
David Bowie: A Reality Tour [ISO/Columbia/Legacy]
Four Tet: There Is Love in You [Domino]
Fucked Up: Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2008 [Matador]
Charlotte Gainsbourg: IRM [Because Music/Atlantic]
Gigi: Maintenant [Tomlab]
Harvey Milk: Harvey Milk [Hydra Head]
Home: Seventeen [Jagjaguwar]
Infinite Body: Carve Out the Face of My God [Post Present Medium]
Interference: Viva La Interference [The Social Registry]
J Tillman: "Wild Honey" b/w "Black Barge" 7" [Western Vinyl]
Jaga Jazzist: One-Armed Bandit [Ninja Tune]
Jailbreak: The Rocker [Family Vineyard]
John Vanderslice: D.I.A.L.O. 7" [Dead Oceans]
Kevin Barker: You and Me [Gnomonsong]
KRS-One: Playlist: The Very Best of KRS-One [Jive/Legacy]
Locksley: Be in Love [Wicked Cool]
Loren Connors & Darin Gray: The Lost Mariner reissue [Family Vineyard]
Los Campesinos!: Romance Is Boring [Arts & Crafts]
The Magnetic Fields: Realism [Nonesuch]
Max Richter: Memoryhouse reissue [FatCat]
Moonface: Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums [Jagjaguwar] [physical release, out now digitally]
My Brightest Diamond: Shark Remixes [Asthmatic Kitty]
Patty Griffin: Downtown Church [Credential]
Pit Er Pat: The Flexible Entertainer [Thrill Jockey]
Quail Lungs: Dumb DaDaDum 7" [Post Present Medium]
Retribution Gospel Choir: 2 [Sub Pop]
Robert A. A. Lowe & Rose Lazar: Eclipses [Thrill Jockey]
Slow Six: Tomorrow Becomes You [Western Vinyl]
Small Black / Washed Out: Split 7" [Lovepump United]
Spoon: Transference [Merge]
Tape & Bill Wells: Fugue [Immune]
Thavius Beck: Dialogue [Mush]
Three 6 Mafia: Laws of Power [Hypnotize Minds/Columbia]
Various Artists: Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 [Matador]
Various Artists: Good God! Born Again Funk [Numero Group]
Various Artists: The Minimal Wave Tapes [Stones Throw]

February

02-02

The Album Leaf: A Chorus of Storytellers [Sub Pop]
Alexander Tucker: Grey Onion [Latitudes]
Blind Man's Colour: Wooden Blankets [Kanine]
The Brunettes: Paper Dolls [Lil' Chief]
FM Belfast: How to Make Friends [Kimi]
Midlake: The Courage of Others [Bella Union]
Mount Eerie: Black Wooden [Latitudes]
Pierced Arrows: Descending Shadows [Vice]
Priestess: Prior to the Fire [Tee Pee]
Skullflower: Strange Keys to Untune Gods [Neurot]
The Smith Westerns/Magic Kids: Split 7" [Fat Possum]
The Soft Pack: The Soft Pack [Kemado]
U.S. Girls: Go Grey [Siltbreeze]
Various Artists: Bob Blank: The Blank Generation: Blank Tapes 1975-1985 [Strut]
We Are Wolves: Invisible Violence [Dare to Care]

02-09

Angelo Spencer: Et Les Hauts Sommets [K Records]
Ben+Vesper: LuvInIdleness [Sounds Familyre]
The Besnard Lakes: "Albatross" b/w "Four Long Lines" 12" [Jagjaguwar]
Best Coast: "Something in the Way" 7" [Post Present Medium]
David Bowie: David Bowie: Deluxe Edition [Decca/Universal]
Galactic: Ya-Ka-May [Anti-]
Georgia Anne Muldrow: King's Ballad [Ubiquity]
Hot Chip: One Life Stand [Astralwerks]
Hunx and His Punx: Gay Singles [True Panther]
Kath Bloom: Thin Thin Line [Caldo Verde]
Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose: Bridge Carols [Holocene Music]
Massive Attack: Heligoland [Virgin]
Pantha du Prince: Black Noise [Rough Trade]
Phantogram: Eyelid Movies [Barsuk]
Redman: Reggie Noble 9 1/2 [Def Jam]
Title Tracks: It Was Easy [Ernest Jenning]
The Watson Twins: Talking to You, Talking to Me [Vanguard]
Yeasayer: Odd Blood [Secretly Canadian]

02-15

Errors: Come Down With Me [Rock Action]
Ewan Pearson: We Are Proud of Our Choices [Kompakt]
Peter Gabriel: Scratch My Back [Virgin]

02-16

Adam Green: Minor Love [Fat Possum]
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore: Dear Companion [Sub Pop]
Dum Dum Girls: "Jail La La" 7" [Sub Pop]
Everybody Was in the French Resistance...Now!: Fixin' the Charts, Volume One [Cooking Vinyl]
Excepter: Presidence [Paw Tracks]
Field Music: Measure [Memphis Industries]
Freeway & Jake One: The Stimulus Package [Rhymesayers]
The Game: The R.E.D. Album [Interscope]
Gentle Friendly: Ride Slow [Upset! The Rhythm]
Jason Falkner: I'm OK, You're OK [Cobraside]
Juliana Hatfield: Peace and Love [Ye Olde Records]
Lightspeed Champion: Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You [Domino]
Local Natives: Gorilla Manor [Frenchkiss] [U.S. release]
Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Preservation [RED]
Robert Pollard: We All Got Out of the Army [GVB Inc]
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Kollaps Tradixionales [Constellation]
Tindersticks: Falling Down a Mountain [Constellation]

02-22

Lonelady: Nerve Up [Warp]
Various Artists: Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics Vol. 1 [Angular]

02-23

Airbourne: No Guts, No Glory [Roadrunner]
Balmorhea: Constellations [Western Vinyl]
Clem Snide: The Meat of Life [429]
Daniel Merriweather: Love & War [J/Allido]
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim: Here Lies Love [Todomundo/Nonesuch]
Efterklang: Magic Chairs [4AD]
Eluvium: Similes [Temporary Residence, Ltd.]
Erykah Badu: New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh [Universal Motown]
Free Energy: Stuck on Nothing [DFA/Astralwerks]
Fyfe Dangerfield: Fly Yellow Moon [Geffen] [US Release]
Groove Armada: Black Light [Cooking Vinyl]
High on Fire: Snakes for the Divine [E1 Music]
Holly Miranda: The Magician's Private Library [XL]
Martyn: Fabric 50 [Fabric]
Past Lives: Tapestry of Webs [Suicide Squeeze]
Quasi: American Gong [Kill Rock Stars]
Rocky Votolato: True Devotion [Barsuk]
Shearwater: The Golden Archipelago [Matador]
Shout Out Louds: Work [Merge]
The Strange Boys: Be Brave [In the Red]
Toro Y Moi: Causers of This [Carpark]
Various Artists: Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox [Merge] [U.S. physical release]
White Hills: White Hills [Thrill Jockey]
Wolf People: Tidings [Jagjaguwar]
Xasthur: 2005 Demo [Hydra Head]
Xiu Xiu: Dear God, I Hate Myself [Kill Rock Stars]
Zeus: Say Us [Arts & Crafts]

Other February releases

Lil Wayne: Rebirth [Cash Money/Young Money Entertainment/Universal]
Various Artists: Mavis [!K7]

March

03-01

cliffordandcalix: lost foundling [Aperture]
New Young Pony Club: The Optimist [The Numbers]
Sam Amidon: I See the Sign [Bedroom Community]
Tunng: And Then We Saw Land [Full Time Hobby]

03-02

Golden Triangle: Double Jointer [Hardly Art]
Groove Armada: Black Light [Om]
Jaguar Love: TBD [Fat Possum]
Natalie Merchant: Leave Your Sleep [Nonesuch]
Rogue Wave: Permalight [Brushfire]
The Ruby Suns: Fight Softly [Sub Pop]
Shy Child: Liquid Love [Wall of Sound]
Usher: Raymond v. Raymond [Jive]
These New Puritans: Hidden [Domino] [U.S. Release]
The Whigs: In the Dark [ATO]

03-09

Alberta Cross: Broken Side of Time [Ark Recordings/ATO]
Aloha: Home Acres [Polyvinyl]
The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night [Jagjaguwar]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Beat the Devil's Tattoo [Abstract Dragon/Vagrant]
Broken Bells: Broken Bells [Columbia]
The Bundles: The Bundles [K]
Frightened Rabbit: The Winter of Mixed Drinks [Fat Cat]
Jason Collett: Rat a Tat Tat [Arts & Crafts]
jj: jj no 3 [Sincerely Yours/Secretly Canadian]
Liars: Sisterworld [Mute]
Miles Kurosky: The Desert of Shallow Effects [Majordomo/Shout! Factory]
Morning Benders: Big Echo [Rough Trade]
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: The Brutalist Bricks [Matador]
Titus Andronicus: The Monitor [XL]

03-16

Chamillionaire: Venom [Chamilitary/ Universal Republic]
Drive-By Truckers: The Big To-Do [ATO]
Freelance Whales: Weathervanes [Frenchkiss/Mom + Pop]
Gin Wigmore and the Cardinals: Holy Smoke [Universal Motown]
Happy Birthday: Happy Birthday [Sub Pop]
Seasick Steve: Man From Another Time [Ryko]
White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights CD/DVD [Third Man]

03-22

Galaxie 500: On Fire/Peel Sessions [Domino] [reissue] [UK release]
Galaxie 500: Today/Uncollected [Domino] [reissue] [UK release]
Galaxie 500: This Is Our Music/Copenhagen [Domino] [reissue] [UK release]

03-23

Bettie Serveert: Pharmacy of Love [Second Motion]
Dillinger Escape Plan: Option Paralysis [Party Smasher Inc/Season of Mist]
Goldfrapp: Head First [Mute]
Jónsi Birgisson: Go [XL]
Serena-Maneesh: S-M 2: Abyss in B Minor [4AD]
She & Him: Volume Two [Merge]
Various Artists: The T.A.M.I. Show: Collector's Edition [DVD] [Shout! Factory]

03-30

Dum Dum Girls: I Will Be [Sub Pop]
The Living Sisters: Love to Live [Vanguard]
Sweet Apple: Love and Desperation [Tee Pee]

April

04-05

Black Francis: Nonstoperotik [TBA]

04-06

Harlem: Hippies [Matador]
Monster Movie: Everyone Is a Ghost [Graveface]

04-20

Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma [Warp]

Other April releases

Blunt Mechanic: World Record [Barsuk]
Jóhann Jóhansson: And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees [Type]
Disappears: Lux [Kranky]

Other releases expected in the first quarter of 2010

Battles: TBA [Warp]
!!!: TBA [Warp]
The Drums: TBA [TBA]
Gorillaz: Plastic Beach [Virgin]
Here We Go Magic: TBA [Secretly Canadian]
Interpol: TBA [Capitol]
Jaill: TBA [Sub Pop]
Javelin: TBA [Luaka Bop]
Josiah Wolf: Jet Lag [Anticon]
LCD Soundsystem: TBA [DFA]
MGMT: Congratulations [Columbia]
Sally Seltmann: Heart That's Pounding [Arts&Crafts]

This reminded me there's a pretty recent Clem Snide session over at Daytrotter. Reworkings of older tracks and a new track off this upcoming album.

wow, on that huge, whole list only 2 albums I know I'll want to get--Midlake and Battles.

Lots of things in there that interest me. Lots

That new Midlake album is pretty damn ridiculous so far... can anyone up the Broken Bells album?

new DBT

Jason Falkner's All Quiet On The Noise Front is my fave thing he's done since the Grays. Released in Japan this year, apparently due in N.A. in '10.

link?

Yeah, lots of good stuff to look forward to. God, I hope that Besnard Lakes does not disappoint.

here is the new br0k3n b3||5.