2010's Most Anticipated Albums

[jump] This list is by no means complete, nor is it in any chronological or ranking order. It is simply to ramp up some interest in 2010 and show that there is hope for this new, yet-unnamed decade.Yeasayer - Odd BloodFebruary 9 (Secretly Canadian)Vampire Weekend - ContraJanuary 12 (XL)Lightspeed Champion...

By Michael Lopez

December 17, 2009

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This list is by no means complete, nor is it in any chronological or ranking order. It is simply to ramp up some interest in 2010 and show that there is hope for this new, yet-unnamed decade.

Yeasayer - Odd Blood

February 9 (Secretly Canadian)

Vampire Weekend - Contra

January 12 (XL)

Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You.

February 16 (Domino)

Hot Chip - One Life Stand

February 9 (Astralwerks)

Beach House -Teen Dream

January 26 (Sub Pop)

Spoon - Transference

January 26 (Merge)

Surfer Blood - Astro Coast

January 19 (Kanine)

Toro y Moi - Causers of This

February 23 (Carpark)

Field Music - Measure

February 16 (Memphis Industries)

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks

March 9 (Matador)

Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring

January 26 (Arts & Crafts)

Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks

March 9 (Fatcat)

Linsdstrøm & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool

January 19 (Smalltown Supersound)

Four Tet - There Is Love In You

January 26 (Domino)

Good Shoes - No Hope, No Future

January 19 (Brille)

These New Puritans - Hidden

March 3 (Domino)

RJD2 - The Colossus

January 19 (Electrical Connections)

Aloha - Home Acres

March 9 (Polyvinyl)

David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love

February 23 (Todomundo/Nonesuch)

Featuring Santigold, Tori Amos, Steve Earle, St. Vincent, Cyndi Lauper, Natalie Merchant, Sharon Jones, My Brightest Diamond and others.

Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame

Spring (Anti-)

And now for some of the highly anticipated albums with no set release dates or titles, for that matter:

Arcade Fire

May (Merge, perhaps?)

The Strokes

Late 2010 (RCA)

LCD Soundsystem

March (DFA)

Panda Bear

TBA

The Hold Steady

TBA (Vagrant)

Sleigh Bells

Early 2010 (TBA) I am personally very excited for this band. Listen to "Infinity Guitars" and see for yourself.

James Mercer & Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton

Early 2010 (Columbia)

Menomena

TBA (Barsuk)

Finally, the album that may or may not come out in 2010, but one which we will all hold our collective breaths for:

Jens Lekman

TBA

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