Sort through the glut of new releases with this guide to the upcoming indie-music release schedule. As always, all dates are subject to radical and whimsical change.
January 12, 2010
XL
- Blunt Mechanic, World Record (Barsuk)
- Final Fantasy, Heartland (Domino)
- Jason Boesel, Hustler's Son (Team Love)
- Kate Maki, Two Song Wedding (Confusion Unlimited)
- Laura Veirs, July Flame (Raven Marching Band)
- Malakai, Ugly Side of Love (Domino)
- Vampire Weekend, Contra (XL)
- Woodpigeon, Die Stadt Muzikanten (Boompa)
January 19, 2009
Kanine Records
- Cold War Kids, Behave Yourself (Downtown)
- Dinowalrus, % (Kanine)
- Editors, In This Light and On This Evening (Fader)
- Eels, End Times (Vagrant)
- Major Stars, Return to Form (Drag City)
- Red Krayola with Art & Language, Five American Portraits (Drag City)
- RJD2, The Colossus (RJ's Electrical Connections)
- Spoon, Transference (Merge)
- Surfer Blood, Astro Coast (Kanine)
January 26, 2010
Sub Pop
- AFCGT, AFCGT (Sub Pop)
- Basia Bulat, Heart of My Own (Rough Trade)
- Beach House, Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
- Cars & Trains, The Roots, The Leaves (Fake Four Inc.)
- Citay, Dream Get Together (Dead Oceans)
- Clipd Beaks, To Realize (Lovepump United)
- Four Tet, There is Love in You (Domino)
- Home, Seventeen (Jagjaguwar)
- Jaga Jazzist, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune)
- Joan of Arc, Don’t Mind Control (Polyvinyl)
- Kevin Barker, You and Me (Gnomonsong)
- Los Campesinos!, Romance is Boring (Arts & Crafts)
January 26, 2010 (continued)
Manimal Vinyl
- The Magnetic Fields, Realism (Nonesuch)
- Moonface, Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums (Jagjaguwar)
- Oh No Ono, Eggs (Friendly Fire)
- Pit er Pat, The Flexible Entertainer (Thrill Jockey)
- Retribution Gospel Choir, 2 (Sub Pop)
- The Silent League, ...But You've Always Been the Caretaker (Something In Construction)
- Slow Six, Tomorrow Becomes You (Western Vinyl)
- The Strange Boys, Be Brave (Rough Trade)
- Various, Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 (Matador)
- Voicesvoices, Origins (Manimal Vinyl)
- Woodhands, Remorsecapade (Paper Bag)
February 2, 2009
Bella Union
- The Album Leaf, A Chorus Of Storytellers (Sub Pop)
- Blind Man's Colour, Wooden Blankets (Kanine)
- Midlake, The Courage of Others (Bella Union)
- Pepi Ginsberg, East is East (Park the Van)
- The Soft Pack, The Soft Pack (Kemado)
- These New Puritans, Hidden (Domino)
February 9, 2010
Barsuk
- Earnest Gonazles, Been Meaning to Tell You (Exponential)
- Hot Chip, One Life Stand (Astralwerks)
- Laura Gibson and Ethan Rose, Bridge Carols (Holocene)
- Oy, First Box, Then Walk (Creaked)
- Phantogram, Eyelid Movies (Barsuk)
- Shellshag, Rumors in Disguise (Don Giovanni)
- The Watson Twins, Talking to You, Talking to Me (Vanguard)
- Yeasayer, Odd Blood (Secretly Canadian)
February 16, 2009
Domino
- Charlie Alex March, Home/Hidden (Lo)
- Daniel Martin Moore and Ben Sollee, Dear Companion (Sub Pop)
- Excepter, Presidence (Paw Tracks)
- Field Music, Measure (Memphis Industries)
- Juliana Hatfield, Peace and Love (Ye Olde Records)
- Lightspeed Champion, Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You (Domino)
- Local Natives, Gorilla Manor (Frenchkiss)
- Matt Pond PA, Dark Leaves (Altitude)
- The Seven Fields of Aphelion, Periphery (Graveface)
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Kollaps Tradixionales (Constellation)
- Tindersticks, Falling Down a Mountain (Constellation)
February 23, 2010
Kill Rock Stars
- Efterklang, Magic Chairs (4AD)
- Eluvium, Similes (Temporary Residence)
- Fang Island, Fang Island (Sargent House)
- Past Lives, Tapestry of Webs (Suicide Squeeze)
- Quasi, American Gong (Kill Rock Stars)
- Shearwater, The Golden Archipelago (Matador)
- Shout Out Louds, Work (Merge)
- Toro y Moi, Causers of This (Carpark)
- We Are the World, Clay Stones (Manimal Vinyl)
- Wolf People, Tidings (Jagjaguwar)
- Xiu Xiu, Dear God, I Hate Myself (Kill Rock Stars)
March 2, 2010
Glassnote
- Mumford and Sons, Sigh No More (Glassnote)
- Rogue Wave, Permalight (Brushfire)
- The Ruby Suns, Fight Softly (Sub Pop)
March 9, 2010
Fat Cat
- Aloha, Home Acres (Polyvinyl)
- Exra Life, Made Flesh (Loaf)
- Frightened Rabbit, The Winter of Mixed Drinks (Fat Cat)
- Ortolan, Time on a String (Sounds Familyre)
- Seabear, We Built a Fire (Morr Music)
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Brutalist Bricks (Matador)
