Albums you're looking forward to 2011.

[ken foree]

Fleet Fozes one is sounding good so far alright. This year the latest one from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti is great, and the one from Panda Bear is also nice, though I probably prefer Animal Collective stuff. Trying to get the new one from The Antlers but downloading here in China is difficult. Anyone heard it? Loved Hospice, and the reviews seem good...damn you Great Firewall

nice beavis! love a. pink and the a.c. - animal collective and radiohead probably ruled the first decade of music in the new century, in these here headphones anyway. check out pink's earlier stuff if you don't have it, 'the doldrums' is great, just as good as 'before today' but wayyyy lower-fi.

you might also like sun araw's 'on patrol' (something like a cross between later era black dice and early a.c.) or james ferraro's 'night dolls with hairspray' - sort've a lo-fi horror high-school soundtrack in the vein of ariel pink's stuff.

although behind the red firewall, i'm not so sure how easy this will be to pick up..! good luck

[gustavo]

Arctic Monkeys 'Suck It And See' out this week. Pretty good but prefererred Humbug myself.

There's some great tunes on there I haven't quite gotten in to it yet but I never really got into Humbug unfortunatley

[Beavis]

nice beavis! love a. pink and the a.c. - animal collective and radiohead probably ruled the first decade of music in the new century, in these here headphones anyway. check out pink's earlier stuff if you don't have it, 'the doldrums' is great, just as good as 'before today' but wayyyy lower-fi.

you might also like sun araw's 'on patrol' (something like a cross between later era black dice and early a.c.) or james ferraro's 'night dolls with hairspray' - sort've a lo-fi horror high-school soundtrack in the vein of ariel pink's stuff.

although behind the red firewall, i'm not so sure how easy this will be to pick up..! good luck

Nice 1 Ken! Great to get some tips from someone with similar (great) music taste. The language barrier here (and my inherent unsociability ) means I'm getting through a serious amount of music, so will definitely check out the Ariel Pink stuff (only heard the latest one) and get to the other recommendations too.

Just so it's not one way traffic, Halcyon Digest from Deerhunter out at the end of last year is a must if you like such music. Also the aformentioned Burst Apart from the Antlers is very good but I find they're not everyones cuppa tea.

[Wolfie]

Arctic Monkeys 'Suck It And See' out this week. Pretty good but prefererred Humbug myself.

Liking the new album - some great Johnny Marr inspired lead guitar work on some of the tunes. Come to think of it, the vocal delivery on some of the songs is not unlike Morrisey either.

I think "Humbug" will end up like one of those albums that gains in critical stature the more time goes on - a bit like "Pinkerton" by Weezer, or "Modern Life is Rubbish" by Blur.

[RahenyBohs]

Arctic Monkeys 'Suck It And See' out this week. Pretty good but prefererred Humbug myself.

I was the same. I was really looking forward to that album but it turned out to be a disappointment. I've listened to it 4 or 5 times so it's hardly issue of it being a grower like previous Arctic Monkeys' albums. Turner needs to stop focusing stop heavily on the lyrics.

On another note, I can't wait for Coldplay's new album due out at the end of the year. They do an album every three years but they are worth the wait.

[Lionel Ritchie]

New Half Man Half Biscuit LP '90 Bisodol (Crimond)' out in September

[Wolfie]

Just got "Velociraptor!" by Kasabian.

After one solitary listen, gotta say its absolutely brilliant.

Wasn't sure if they'd repeat the quality of "West Pauper" but I think they may well have surpassed it here.

[Lionel Ritchie]

New Half Man Half Biscuit LP '90 Bisodol (Crimond)' out in September

Arrived in the post the other day. Fantastic record. Excellent review and appraisal of HMHB here -including several soundcloud links etc.

[BonnieShels]

Finally got my hands on Future Islands- On The Water.
Excellent follow-up to the imperious In Evening Air which was going to be a tough act to follow.