Looking Forward To 2007 (Music Edition)
2006 isn’t over yet, I’ve done very little work on my year-end lists, and already, I’m eyeing numerous 2007 releases, including (in rough chronological order):
- The Brothers Martin — The Brothers Martin (1/23)
- Bloc Party — A Weekend In the City (2/6)
- Calla — Strength In Numbers (2/20)
- Explosions In The Sky — All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (2/20)
- Do Make Say Think — You, You’re A History In Rust (2/26)
- July Skies — The Weather Clock (Feb)
- Massive Attack — Weather Underground (Feb)
- The Arcade Fire — Neon Bible (Feb/Mar)
- Air — Pocket Symphony (3/6)
- Low — Drums And Guns (3/20)
- Joy Electric — The Otherly Opus / Memory Of Alpha (3/20)
- The Innocence Mission — We Walked In Song (Mar)
- Stars of the Lid — Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline (4/2)
- The Clientele — God Save the Clientele (Apr)
- The Cure — TBA (May)
- Fridge — TBA (May)
- Damien Jurado — TBA (Spring 2007)
- Spiritualized — TBA (early 2007)
- Feist — TBA (TBA)
- Gang Of Four — TBA (TBA)
- The Go! Team — TBA (TBA)
- Interpol — TBA (TBA)
- Portishead — TBA (TBA)
- Soul Whirling Somewhere — Almost (TBA)
MetaCritic has a much more comprehensive list. I know there are things I’m missing, so if you know of a couple CDs that should be on folks’ radars, leave them in the comments.
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