Looking Ahead: Notable Upcoming Releases in 2010

Notable releases to keep the blood flowing in the first quarter of 2010.

Vampire Weekend- Contra
JANUARY 12

Cold War Kids- Behave Yourself EP
JANUARY 19

RJD2- The Colossus
JANUARY 19

Spoon- Transference
JANUARY 26

Midlake- The Courage of Others
FEBRUARY 2

Galactic- Ya-Ka-May
FEBRUARY 9

Yeasayer- ODD BLOOD
FEBRUARY 9

David Byrne & Fatboy Slim- Here Lies Love
FEBRUARY 23

Erykah Badu- New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh
FEBRUARY 23

The Whigs- In The Dark
MARCH 2

Jonsi Bergisson- Go
MARCH 23

Dillinger Escape Plan- Option Paralysis
MARCH 23

She & Him- Volume Two
MARCH 23

Also releases are expected in first half of 2010 from these artists:

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Battles
MGMT
My Morning Jacket (heavily rumored)
Lil Wayne- Rebirth
Gorillaz
The Arcade Fire
Fleet Foxes
Dr. Dog
Delta Spirit

Bands that are due for new material but I have no grounds for saying it will happen this year:

Radiohead
moe.
David Gilmour
Toubab Krewe
Jack White's unborn side side side project
Outkast (please)
Les Claypool's unborn side side side side project/book/film/instructional gardening VHS

Hitting the road again:
My Morning Jacket (JazzFest in April)
The String Cheese Incident (Rumored this summer)

Please banish from the radio:
Kings of Leon- Only By The Night