Here are the ones of which I am aware and in which I am interested:

1/18/2005
Detroit Cobras
Baby
(Rough Trade)

1/25/2005
Archer Prewitt
Wilderness
(Thrill Jockey)

2/1/2005
Shearwater
Thieves
(Misra)

2/8/2005
Andrew Bird
The Mysterious Production of Eggs
(Righteous Babe)

2/22/2005
M. Ward
Transistor Radio
(Merge)

2/22/2005
Josh Rouse
Nashville
(TBD)

4/2005
The Oranges Band
a pair of tits
(Lookout)

4/2005
Pernice Brothers
TBD
(Ashmont)

5/2005
Dressy Bessy
TBD
(Transdreamer)

8/2005
John Vanderslice
TBD
(Barsuk)

TBD
The Orange Peels
Circling the Sun
(TBD)

TBD
Glossary
TBD
(TBD)

TBD
Linus of Hollywood
Triangle
(Franklin Castle)

TBD
The Natural History
TBD
(TBD)

TBD
Spoon
TBD
(TBD)

An accomplished list. I commend ye verily.

Others of note (without having heard them):

Mercury Rev
Low
Out Hud
Soul Coughing live albums (like 6 of 'em)

Has anyone heard anything good by any new bands, like this year's Arcade Fire or Futureheads or TVOTR or whomever?

bloc party!

Sweet...I had no idea a new Archer Prewitt album was coming out so soon. I'm currently downloading it.

TBD:
The Evens (Ian MacKaye's newish band)

Martha Stewart

Any chance you could throw that up on Clever Cactus for us, once you've downloaded it?

Sure thing (it seems to be taking a long time, though) - I'm also currently ripping my favorite albums of 2004.

Feb. 22nd gonna be a gooooooood day.

Josh Rouse (what incarnation is this album gonna take. From the title you gotta think he's going back to folk/country instead of 70's pop)

M.Ward (I'm currently working my way through this one. Sounds like the same timeless songs that could easily be from some unearthed archive from the 1920's)

and

Crooked Fingers - Dignity and Shame (Merge) - (This is a great album. A step forward for the whole band. Songs are all over the place so I can see that being off putting but great nuggets are in there. "Destroyer" has the best guitar solo fade out I've heard in a while and "Dignity and Shame" is a beeyootifull piano and vocal solo from Eric himself.)

The best part, in my view, is that Merge is releasing CF and M. Ward on vinyl. I can't wait for those.

Six Organs of Admittance School of the Flower on Drag City I don't know when. It's excellent.

Iron & Wine Woman King. Again, excellent.

Fog Tenth Avenue Freakout

The new Archer Prewitt album, Wilderness, is now being shared on Clever Cactus. The one song I've listened to so far ("Cheap Rhyme") was pretty solid.

1/18/05- Magnolia Electric Company, Trials and Errors- Jason Molina and company on a double lp or 1-cd set of live tunes recorded in Brussels in 2k3. This is the 1st one I'm waiting for this year.

I need to hear this... just sent you and invite, Mike!

Oy, this one makes me nervous.

You're all set up, captain. I'll be back on tomorrow night.

Why? It's excellent. You can get it from me on CC if you like.

I'll second that. It's one of about 3 live albums released on an indie label that actually sounds GREAT and is a very good performance. Too many bands release shoddy live recordings, but this isn't bad at all.

Haha

For me in January only:

Fiery Furnaces "EP" (Sanctuary, Jan. 11, 2005)

Trembling Blue Stars "The Seven Autumn Flowers" (with four bonus tracks) (Bar/None, Jan. 11, 2005)

Magnolia Electric Co. "Trials & Errors" (Secretly Canadian, Jan. 18, 2005)

... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead "Worlds Apart" (Interscope, Jan. 25, 2005)

Lou Barlow "Emoh" (Merge, Jan. 25, 2005)

Tim Booth (former frontman of James) "Bone" (Koch, Jan. 25, 2005)

Bright Eyes "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn" and "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" (separate discs) (Saddle Creek, Jan. 25, 2005)

Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (former Smashing Pumpkins/Zwan) "Life Begins Again" (Guests: Bill Medley, Billy Corgan, Billy Mohler, ex-Catherine Wheel frontman Rob Dickinson) (Sanctuary, Jan. 25, 2005)

Chemical Brothers, The "Push the Button" (Freestyle Dust/Astralwerks, Jan. 25, 2005)

Graham Coxon "Happiness in Magazines" (with bonus tracks; released in U.K. in 2004) (Astralwerks, Jan. 25, 2005)

Low "The Destroyer" (Sub Pop, Jan. 25, 2005)

M83 "Before the Dawn Heals Us" (Mute, Jan. 25, 2005)

Stands, The "All Years Leaving" (released in U.K. in 2004) (Echo, Jan. 25, 2005)

Athlete "Tourist" (first single: "Wires") (Astralwerks, Feb. 1, 2005)

Ed Harcourt "Strangers" (released in U.K. in 2004) (Astralwerks, Feb. 1, 2005)

But all of that is pale compaired to Gruff Rhys first solo album sung in Welsh but out in the US on Feb 1st or before as well. He is the lead singer of the best band of the last 10 years Super Furry Animals.

Oy, I'm obviously not on the right share lists here...........

from another thread:

dressy bessy
sleater-kinney
circulatory system
tv on the radio
decemberists
Robert Pollard
cornershop
broken social scene
strokes
fiery furnaces (ep)
fiery furnaces (lp)
raveonettes
guided by voices (suitcase 2)

Give me your name and email address and I'll invite you right away.

smafty, I would like!

I'm sharing it on Clever Cactus. I'll keep it running overnight so you can get it.

New Matt Elliott, Drinking Songs, probably in February, on ici d'ailleurs. Should be a lot more songs like "the Sinking Ship Song" from The Mess We Made.

I believe the Paper Airplane Pilots are releasing something this year, too.
If they finish it.

yeah, same with those bon savants...

i'm looking forward to releases from:

Andrew Bird
Doves
Night Rally
Clickers
The Information
Sloan
anything from Yo La Tengo (incl. the upcoming retrospective)
Radiohead
The Hold Steady
Malkmus (?)

according to those wacky guys in the Wrens camp, they're still planning to do a re-release of most of their recorded output from 1997, all re-mastered/mixed, and half seeing their first non-cassette release.

KPH