Tasty Ears Win!

Yes, dear readers (all 5 of you) we were right. Stereogum (one of the blogs that gave Kanye West album of the year) has started a new column called Double Take where they re-review an album and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is up first. Here is the link to the story but I'll save you the trouble with a quick redux, as I don't want to give this album any more attention. Basically they decide that upon further consideration it wouldn't have made the top 50 and that maybe Kanye just has the biggest promotional budget etc.  If you remember 3 out of 3 readers agreed that it was not The Best album. Go team!

Moving on, 2011 is upon us and the new releases started this week with a great full length album from Tennis. I really enjoyed the EP they put out last year and although all the songs from the EP are also on the "new" album Cape Dory is still worth picking up. If you don't have time to do this sooner, I recommend buying it at their show Jan 31st at The Media Club.

Another early year release is Tapes n' Tapes' Outside. Not quite the impact of 2008's Walk It Off but I dig it.

One more album I should mention, this one doesn't officially drop till February but James Blake's self-titled album is hotly anticipated. So much so that it was leaked to the internet. Tinymixtapes is already suggesting a possible album of the year. It's a piano driven sort of Soul/R&B kind of thing. I'm sure you'll hear a lot of James Blake this year (for better or for worse, you have been warned). I don't see it making the top of my list but... check it out.




Here is a list of other albums I'm looking forward to.

The Decemberists - The King is Dead (out next week) The single is awesome
Ducktails: Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics (next week)
First Aid Kit "Universal Soldier" (next week)
Smith Westerns "Dye it Blonde" (also next week)

Cloud Nothings -self-titled (loving this band right now) (Jan 25)
Cold War Kids - Mine is Yours (Also playing Mar 5 at the Vogue, see you there. So good live).
Destroyer - Kaputt (local indie darling)
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

February
Young Galaxy -Shapeshifting (not sure yet but good potential)
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
Dom - Sun Bronzed Greek Gods (re-released with a proper label, loved it the first time)
La Sera - self-titled (of Vivian Girls fame)
Beach Fossils - What Pleasure EP
The Cave Singers - No Witch (can't wait)

March
Devotchka -100 Lovers
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (So curious, what's she going to do next)
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Boys and Diamonds
Dodo's - TBA
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
The Death Set - Michel Poiccard

April
Surfer Blood -I'm Not Ready EP

Unsure of when but...
Fleet Foxes
Okkervil River
Aphex Twin
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee (Keep 'er going Adam)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
Panda Bear (from Animal Collective)
Radiohead (finally)
Santigold
The Shins (yes, that's right there coming back)
Bibio
Mister Heavenly

Upcoming shows
Local artist Vince Vaccaro is at The Vogue on Jan 27
Local rocker's The Pack A.D. at The Biltmore Jan 28
Wavves/Best Coast/ No Joy at The Rickshaw Feb 17
Devotchka at The Commodore Mar. 4
Crystal Castles at the Commodore Mar 7
Born Ruffians at The Rickshaw Mar 12
Destroyer/ War on Drugs at The Commodore Mar 17
Bright Eyes at The Commodore Apr. 8 (tickets went on sale today)
The Cave Singers at The Biltmore Apr 21
Lykke Li at the Vogue May 27

Not exactly a show but...
Record Store Day Apr 16 (Many artist make exclusive releases for indie record stores available only for this one day. It's pretty epic so check it out.)

Next week no lists.

Go!



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