HOW GOOD IS THIS!!!??? – NUMBER 40

THE RECOMMENDER 2010 PREVIEW

We are finally done dealing with 2009 and can now enjoy a look ahead to what the next twelve months has in store.  As one of your essential guides on new music we are perhaps fulfilling our duty to scan the musical horizon and pluck out the highlights.

We have album news on some firmly set releases, some have definitely been discussed, some are simply rumours and some are wildly hopeful punts, but it’s always worth getting ridiculously excited right?

In our predictive preview of 2010 we will list the artist, any album name (if known) and any possible release dates (again, bear with us on the specifics).  So sit back and enjoy the looser-than-loose, wildly stabbed, finger-in-the-air soothsaying and all the butterflies it creates.

2010′s NEW ALBUMS…

GORILLAZ  -  PLASTIC BEACH  -  tbc

FRIENDLY FIRES – tbc – May

THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND – NOBODY’S COMING TO SAVE YOU – February

DELPHIC – ACOLYTE – January

HOT CHIP – ONE LIFE STAND – February (sneaky peek…)

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – tbc – tbc

THE KNIFE – tbc – tbc

FRIGHTENED RABBIT – THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT – March (sneaky peek…)

JUSTICE – tbc – tbc

BEASTIE BOYS – HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PART ONE – tbc

ROYKSOPP – SENIOR – tbc

GOLDFRAPP – HEAD FIRST – March

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – tbc – February (sneaky peek…)

MGMT – CONGRATULATIONS – Spring

KLAXONS – tbc – tbc

EELS – END TIMES – January

STARSMITH – tbc – September

VAMPIRE WEEKEND – CONTRA – January 11th

MARINA & THE DIAMONDS – FAMILY JEWELS – February (sneaky peek…)

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION – LIFE IS SWEET! NICE TO MEET YOU – February

MASSIVE ATTACK – HELIGOLAND – February

PARTICK WOLF – THE CONQUERER – tbc

Wind in the Wires

WE HAVE BAND – WHB – tbc

ARCADE FIRE – tbc – May

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB – BEAT THE DEVIL’S TATTOO – March

YEASAYER – ODD BLOOD – February (sneaky peek…)

FOUR TET – THERE IS LOVE IN YOU – January

MYSTERY JETS – tbc – April

SMALL BLACK – tbc – January (sneaky peek…)

OUTKAST – TEN THE HARD WAY – tbc

ALBUMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED…

THE WHITE STRIPES – tbc

RADIOHEAD – tbc

FOALS – tbc

DR. DRE – DETOX – tbc

THE AVALANCHES – tbc

ELLIE GOULDING – tbc

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SIGUR ROS – tbc

MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS – THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY – tbc

ALBUMS THAT ARE RUMOURED…

SUFJAN STEVENS

THE STILLS & DANGERMOUSE

INTERPOL

THE RAPTURE

THE GOLDEN FILTER

MORE HOPE THAN RUMOUR…

BATTLES

MIA

THE STROKES

So that’s it for 2009!   What an outstanding year.  We’ve loved your support.  Looking ahead to 2010 it seems there’s many potentially brilliant albums due out, so expect lots of great coverage here.

Our blog also has many exciting, new things planned during 2010, including a revamped site, the launch of our monthly party showcases and we are looking for a new contributor from NYC (applications are still welcome into therecommenderblog@gmail.com for those interested? Obviously, only the most totally awesome need apply).

We love two things: music and our readers, so we simply wish to say thanks for joining us and from the above new albums it looks to be a very happy new year for all of us…
(MB)

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HOW GOOD IS THIS!!!??? – NUMBER 39

Although posts will be a little more sporadic over this festive period, we will still do our best to bring you a handful of musical gifts.

As we edge towards the end of 2009, which has turned out to be a truly wonderful year for The Recommender, we thought we would provide you with a quick thank you.  We list below two tracks that have popped up on the blog radars in recent weeks, together with two outstanding videos.

These two tunes are of the kind that get many repeats and it’s rare to have a matching video that is as equally addictive.  Enjoy..

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DELPHIC

DELPHICDOUBT ysi

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HOT CHIP

HOT CHIPONE LIFE STAND ysi

REDLINE.jpg Red line picture by odelaybradford

There’s going to be some huge and rather lovely things coming out of this blog in the new year.  2010 will not only see our facelift completed, but it will also be the year in which The Recommender blog will launch it’s monthly parties in Brighton.  Look out world, you have been warned!!!  In the mean time, HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!