Bloc Party, Prefuse 73, and British Sea Power, and those are just the ones I know of. I need to start saving up. Any other great release dates coming up?

Today was LCD Soundsystem, Wedding Present, Greatest American Hero: Season One, Disorderlies, and (if you're into this sort of thing) Motorcycle Diaries.

I'll be picking up at least 2 of these post work/gym tonight...

Plus, 3/22 also makks the release of "IV" by Bucket Full Of Teeth. That's one to look out for (ex-orchid, ect. on Level Plane)...

That "Daft Punk" song by LCD Soundsystem reminds me of the Talking Heads. I might have to pick up their album this week. I heard it comes with a singles compilation that's just as good as the album itself!

Just got home with LCD & the new Josh Ritter. Just starting the LCD on itunes. Sounds great!

aren't the new Beck and the new QOTSA discs released around the 22nd

I'm probably gonna end up picking up the new LCD Soundsystem. I figure even if the disc is just pretty good, the singles disc is kick ass!

I was spontaneously inspired by this thread and ran out to pick up LCD Soundsystem. When I asked the clerk at Tower if they had it, she asked her fellow employee if they had gotten in any LCD soundsystems, and I had to clarify that it was a CD.

I also picked up the new Filter Magazine which features the crappiest review of the new LCD Soundsystem ever--a fake IM conversation that smacks of Pitchfork at its worst. Oh well, there are some good features in there.

Decemberists also

The daft punk song almost turned me off of the album completely. Really like tribulations (it's a fun song) and really like yeah (the crass version). I like how the girl says "yeah yeah yeah" all softly and devoid of emotion.

i love the daft punk song. actually, i think i like most of the LCD record quite a lot.

also, Iron_and_Beer person, i would recommend downloading all of those albums first. i personally don't think any of them are worth getting, and i'm quite a fan of Prefuse.

KPH

that's interesting, because i would highly recommend ALL of them.

why, is it surprising that i would dislike something you recommend?

i mean, the sun still rises in the east, right?

ZING!!!!!

yeah, so. i dunno, i just don't find those particular records all that worth getting. i think the Bloc Party's next record could be interesting, but right now, i think they're more preoccupied with form over function/substance. Prefuse has done much better in the past and i honestly think this is just his version of a Santana guest vocalists record - nothing terribly new, but gosh the roster is fab! i never found BSP all that captivating and the new record hasn't changed my mind.

KPH

I really hope the Prefuse CD is good. I really liked One Word Extinguisher and was a bit worried when I saw all the guest stars. I probably will dl this one to see what I think.

I don't mind the album, it's reasonably good, but at least 4 of the 9 tracks are shameless rip-off's of Neu, Kraftwerk and Cluster songs. I, mean, exact copies!

Oh and I wouldn't worry about being broke. At least one of those releases will inexplicably be 'held back' for no good reason other than to piss of you.

Very true, this is an insane day for new and some old music:

A Frames "Black Forest" (Sub Pop)
Architecture In Helsinki "In Case We Die" (Bar/None)
Brendan Benson "The Alternative to Love" (V2)
Bloc Party "Silent Alarm" (Dim Mak/Vice/Atlantic)
Tim Burgess (Charlatans U.K. singer) "I Believe" (with bonus tracks; released in U.K. in 2004) (Koch)

The Decemberists "Picaresque" (Kill Rock Stars)
John Doe "Forever Hasn't Happened Yet" (guests: Kristin Hersh, Dave Alvin, Grant Lee Phillips, Neko Case, Smokie Hormel) (Yep Roc)
MF Doom "Live From Planet X" (Nature Sounds)
Moby "Hotel" (includes a cover of New Order's "Temptation") (V2)
Morrissey "Live at Earl's Court" DVD (Attack/Sanctuary)
Ocean Colour Scene "Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad" (producer: Dave Eringa) (Sanctuary)
Prefuse 73 "Surrounded By Silence" (Warp)
Queens of the Stone Age (sans Nick Oliver) "Lullabies to Paralyze" (guests: ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons, Garbage's Shirley Manson, Dean Ween, Chris Goss, the Distillers' Brody Dalle, Eleven's Alain Johannes) (Interscope)
Radar Bros. "The Fallen Leaf Pages" (Merge)
Stereophonics "Language. Sex. Violence. Other?" (V2)
The Wonder Stuff "Escape From Rubbish Island" (released in U.K. in 2004) (IRL/Gig/BMG)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "B-Sides & Rarities" (Mute)
Dinosaur Jr. "Dinosaur Jr." (1985 album; remastered, enhanced), "You're Living All Over" (1987 album; remastered, enhanced), "Bug" (1988 album; remastered, enhanced) (Merge)
Super Furry Animals "Fuzzy Logic" (1996 album; with bonus CD), "Radiator" (1997 album; with bonus CD), "Outspaced" (1998 album; with bonus CD), "Guerilla" (1999 album; with bonus CD), "Mwng" (2000 album; with bonus CD) (XL/Beggars Banquet)

With the 29th seeing: Beck, the Bravery, Bucket Full of Teeth, New Order, and 3 Colour Red (Anthology).

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British Sea Power Open Season is to be out, in the UK, on April 4th. No US date as of yet but the last one came out pretty close to the UK one.