ANTICIPATION

There are quite a few new releases set for 2011 that I'm really excited about. The Go! Team's latest, Rolling Blackouts, is hands down the release i'm most excited to hear...and lucky for me it's less than a month away. Here's some more new releases i'm looking forward to most this year:

Beach Fossils - Calyer 7"

Set for release January 11th via Captured Tracks.

British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall

Set for release January 11th via Rough Trade.

Braids - Native Speaker

Set for release January 18th via Fat Possum.

Tennis - Cape Dory

Set for release January 18th via Fat Possum.

White Lies - Ritual

Set for release January 18th via Geffen.

Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil

Set for release January 25th via Polyvinyl.

Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows

Set for release January 25th via Blacksmith.

The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts

Set for release on January 31st via Memphis Industries.

The Streets - Computers and Blues

Set for release on February 2nd via 679/Atlantic.

Cut Copy - Zonoscope

Set for release on February 8th via Modular.

Asobi Seksu - Flourescence

Set for release on February 14th via Polyvinyl.

Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines

Set for release on February 15th via Merge.

The Luyas - Too Beautiful to Work

Set for release on February 22nd via Dead Oceans.

Devotchka - 100 Lovers

Set for release on March 1st via Anti-.

Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Set for release on March 1st via LL Recordings.

Lupe Fiasco - LASERS

Set for release on March 8th via Atlantic.

Starfucker - Reptilians

Set for release on March 8th via Polyvinyl.

the Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck

Set for release on March 29th via Merge.

Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some

Set for release on March 29th via StarTime International.

Surfer Blood - I'm Not Ready EP

Set for release on April 4th via Kanine.

M83 follow up to Saturdays=Youth. Set for release sometime this year.

What new music are you looking forward to most this year?

(31) Days of Good: Day 15

Today's GOOD comes from three upcoming 2011 releases that i'm super excited about.

First up, the Swedish songstress Lykke Li.

Back in October, Lykke Li dropped her latest EP-project Get Some/Paris Blue. The A-side track, Get Some, has been getting most of the love (you can download the Beck remix here), but my favorite of the two is the B-side, Paris Blue. (Lykke Li's new album, Wounded Rhymes, will be out sometime 2011)

Lykke Li - Paris Blue by Concrete Opinions

Next up, probably my favorite noise-pop band these days, Deerhoof.

Deerhoof's 10th studio album is set to be released in the US on January 25th, 2011, but back in early October, the band released the new track, The Merry Barracks, and if the rest of the album is anything like this, we're in for quite the treat.

Deerhoof - The Merry Barracks by Concrete Opinions

Lastly, one of my absolute favorite bands, The Go! Team.

The Go! Team's last album, Proof of Youth, came out way back in 2007 and i've been patiently waiting for something new from the Brighton-based sextet since then. Their latest, Rolling Blackouts, is set to be released sometime next year and will feature collaborations with the likes of Satomi Matsuzaki (Deerhoof) and Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast). Needless to say, Rolling Blackouts is the album i'm most excited to hear in 2011 and without further ado, the lead-off track, T.O.R.N.A.D.O.

The Go! Team - T.O.R.N.A.D.O. by Concrete Opinions

and be sure to check out 35mmBeats for more GOOD

more LYKKE LI

Check out the video for Lykke Li's latest, Get Some, directed by Johan Söderberg (you can grab that track and more here).

Lykke Li is also hitting the road (tour kicks off at the El Rey on March 9). See all the dates for TOUR2011 here.

[new] Music Roundup

Short and sweet post today.

I gave myself a deadline to finish my final grad school project by Nov 1st, but seeing as how it has nothing to do with music, fantasy football, and/or comics, I've got a lot of work cut for me. So if you notice a lag in activity here in the next couple of weeks (hopefully not months), don't stress, i'll be back, and with even more time to share the music I love. In the meantime, you can always visit 35mmBeats for more music and pop culture happenings.

But without further ado, here are three brand new tracks from some of my favorite artists.

Enjoy!

[mp3] Deerhoof - The Merry Barracks (from the forthcoming album, Deerhoof vs Evil, out Jan 25, 2011)

More Deerhoof here.

[mp3] Lykke Li - Get Some (first single from her forthcoming album)

More Lykke Li here.

[mp3] Girls - Heartbreaker (from the forthcoming album, Broken Dreams Club, available Nov 22, 2010)

More Girls here.