Will 2010 be better than 2009 in terms of releases? It’s tough to say at this point, obviously. What I do know is that 2009 saw debut albums from many great bands (Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Uninhabitable Mansions, to name two), not to mention a wealth of awesome LPs from bands who’ve been around the circuit for a while (Black Lips and Arctic Monkeys, to name two). Here are some LP/EP that I will definitely get around to reviewing next year:

January
[12] Vampire Weekend (Contra LP)
[18] Cold War Kids (Behave Yourself  EP)
[19] Spoon (Transference LP)
[26] Moonface (Dreamland EP)
[26] Magnetic Fields (Realism LP)

February
[9] Yeasayer (Odd Blood LP)

May
[?] Arcade Fire (?)
[?] MGMT (Congratulations LP)
[?] Walkmen (?)

Q3-Q4 Release Date
– Bon Iver
– Interpol
– Panda Bear
– Radiohead
– The Shins
– The Strokes
– Wolf Parade