Figured I'd start a new one since the Magnetic Fields album did leak recently (it's in the Music of 2007 thread) and it comes out sometime in early January. I'm most looking forward to Final Fantasy's new album. His last album was my favorite of 2006 and he hasn't disappointed me yet.

What is everyone else looking forward to in 2008?

12/10/2007 10:36:03 PM

a good REM album

12/10/2007 10:37:18 PM

Something from My Bloody Valentine

12/10/2007 10:39:51 PM

Boris - Smile (April supposedly)

MBV!!!

12/10/2007 10:42:27 PM

Doves
MBV
Of Montreal
The Magnetic Fields (just leaked as cif said: hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/yn691s)

... And, I'm sure there are many more that aren't even on my radar yet.

12/10/2007 11:22:44 PM

i'm waiting for the xiu xiu leak. "women as lovers". oh hell yes.

12/10/2007 11:23:49 PM

MBV!!!

12/11/2007 12:04:49 AM

new mars volta

12/11/2007 12:09:03 AM

Nada Surf
Joe Jackson
Devin Davis

12/11/2007 12:34:12 AM

Raheem DeVaughn in January

12/11/2007 1:10:17 AM

Weezer

LOLOLOLOLOL

12/11/2007 1:17:42 AM

Mogwai
MBV
The Avalanches
The Wrens
Massive Attack

12/11/2007 2:39:51 AM

STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS

REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH

DROPS

MARCH 4

TOUR TO FOLLOW

12/11/2007 3:41:01 AM

Detox
King Mathers
The Carter III

12/11/2007 7:55:56 AM

The end of shitty hip hop and more REAL hip hop like Lupe Fiasco and the Roots

12/13/2007 4:09:51 PM

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW NICKELBACK!

12/13/2007 4:29:22 PM

Oooh.. I didn't know The Wrens and Nada Surf each had a record coming up this year.

Those will both be interesting.

12/13/2007 4:42:14 PM

new destroyer album slated for early next year

12/13/2007 5:24:26 PM

In that case, the Wrens!

12/13/2007 6:12:15 PM

PORTIS-MOTHERFUCKING-HEAD!

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 9:23 PM. Reason : Got the Morcheeba already]

12/13/2007 9:22:30 PM

new murder by death album

12/13/2007 9:56:19 PM

Chinese Democracy

12/13/2007 10:24:13 PM

This thread has been informative because I wasn't aware a lot of the following bands had albums down the pipe. Based on what I've just read I'm looking forward to:

MBV: Not getting my hopes up for something groundbreaking though. They've all been too far removed from creating music for way too long. I'm sure I'll like it regardless.

Doves: I had no clue they were recording but they are consistent.

The Avalanches: I feel the same way about them as I did The Go! Team. They put out a flawless debut album but what are the chances their follow-up being nearly as brilliant? (I was underwhelmed by The Go! Team's sophomore effort)

Portishead: I have no doubt this will be an incredible album. Hopefully they incorporate new influences into their sound.

12/13/2007 10:33:20 PM

All i want, is a new Opeth cd (may be a let down with peter and martin not being in the band) and new Necrophagist, Wintersun (fucking pumped to hear more Jari).

12/13/2007 10:34:13 PM

I'll believe the MBV when I see it ... but I guess I should say that about my Portishead entry too

12/13/2007 11:06:37 PM

my bloody valentine
malkmus
silver jews
portishead

all high on the radar

12/14/2007 1:02:47 AM

new wolf parade is coming out i believe

12/14/2007 7:21:47 AM

The new British Sea Power record, which is a 2008 release, has just leaked:
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/whjd5d

12/14/2007 9:42:52 AM

jesus why don't y'all listen to good bands... you know the kind that ANYONE has heard of.

12/14/2007 10:15:55 AM

^^^ i didn't know they were recording yet. but if they hit another home run they could turn into one of my favorite bands.

12/14/2007 10:22:20 AM

and for a taste of the new destroyer, this is "foam hands" off of their forthcoming album:
http://download.stereogum.com/mp3/Destroyer%20-%20Foam%20Hands.mp3

oh yeah and the release date is slated for 3/18.

[Edited on December 14, 2007 at 1:05 PM. Reason : .]

12/14/2007 1:04:44 PM

Quote :

"jesus why don't y'all listen to good bands... you know the kind that ANYONE has heard of"

is it just me or does this get posted on the first page of this thread every year?

12/14/2007 1:06:06 PM

I know I always say this, but I should really start suspending people for being THAT retarded.

12/14/2007 2:01:24 PM

trollin' suspension in entertainment?

say it isnt so!

12/14/2007 3:02:06 PM

heres to another year of terrible pitchfork reviews. not thread worthy, and i avoid that site like the plague but i ran across a couple laughable reviews this evening that reminded me why that site is comically horrible.

12/14/2007 6:52:05 PM

i guess i'm one of those assholes who doesn't mind pitchfork

[Edited on December 14, 2007 at 7:06 PM. Reason : no idea what i was trying to type]

12/14/2007 6:55:18 PM

it just seems like any review on there, whether i like the album or not the reviewer seems holier than thou and reviews it with obvious bias as opposed to attempting to be objective.

12/14/2007 7:02:18 PM

There's no such thing as an objective record review.

12/14/2007 8:20:58 PM

no there's not, once it's being written. But going into a review, the goal is to be unbiased and tackle the album from a fresh perspective.

12/14/2007 8:28:58 PM

^^i understand any review is going to have bias but theres a difference between being as objective as possible and being as biased as possible. and also writing poor reviews in general (altho i generally didnt pay attention to the authors which makes a huge differences)

[Edited on December 14, 2007 at 8:31 PM. Reason : ]

12/14/2007 8:30:25 PM

The thing about Pitchfork reviews is that half the time there's only one paragraph that actually addresses the quality and merit of the record at hand.

But my main problem with Pitchfork is that I just don't care about Bradford Cox's Drama of the Week as much as they seem to think I should.

[Edited on December 14, 2007 at 9:21 PM. Reason : .]

12/14/2007 9:16:23 PM

i read pitchfork daily, but usually for the news and features.

12/14/2007 11:13:07 PM

i read pitchfork daily, but usually for a dose of lol

12/14/2007 11:21:53 PM

I stopped reading that site when they changed from "let's be a site dedicated to the genuinely quality underdogs of the music scene" to "here's a review of the new Animal Collective album that has the same reading as some fake ass, out of place review of the new Fergie single"

12/15/2007 12:05:32 AM

Quote :

"i guess i'm one of those assholes who doesn't mind pitchfork"

its funny because people always bitch about how pretentious and snotty pitchfork is so they form this pretentious and snotty attitude about the website that is comically ironic.

It's a website that reviews albums - it's a great fucking resource. You are not going to agree with every word that someone writes - just relax

i've been asking people for years to point me to an alternative source for reading music reviews and related news - i have yet to hear anything on that front

12/15/2007 3:15:39 PM

let's start one then

12/15/2007 3:44:27 PM

Ain't nobody but DiCrescenzo worth a damn.

12/15/2007 4:03:30 PM

http://www.cokemachineglow.com is solid, although only updated once a week

[Edited on December 15, 2007 at 4:37 PM. Reason : -]

12/15/2007 4:36:35 PM

Quote :

"jesus why don't y'all listen to good bands... you know the kind that ANYONE has heard of. "

May god have mercy on your soul if you've never heard of My Bloody Valentine, Portishead, Mogwai, The Avalanches, Massive Attack or Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, hello?)

[Edited on December 15, 2007 at 5:41 PM. Reason : ]

12/15/2007 5:40:40 PM

amen

12/15/2007 7:18:44 PM