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What does this even mean? :confused:

Constant Conversations is a really good song. Gossamer is a really bad album.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Confirm New Record for Spring Release The Yeah Yeah Yeahs took to Twitter to update fans on the status of their new record: “DNA upgrades, spontaneous evolution and NEW YEAH YEAH YEAHS RECORD ARRIVING SPRING 2013! finally.” No other details are known about the album at this time, but Spin reports that the band premiered a new song entitled ‘Despair’ at a Hurricane Sandy relief benefit last week, saying that the song is “a spare thumper that recalled Florence and the Machine’s ‘Dog Days Are Over’ [ame=http://soundcloud.com/csuxxx/yeah-yeah-yeahs-zero]Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero by csuxxx on SoundCloud - Hear the world?s sounds[/ame] http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/17/yeah-yeah-yeahs-confirm-new-record-for-spring-release/

Except there are.

It's alright. Like with the Yo La Tengo album, still feels weird to talk about leaked 2013 albums when it's still 2012. :P

I've been listening to these songs nonstop for the past couple of days. Amazing stuff :o Burial - Truant [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3pj6LckcjU]Burial - Truant - YouTube[/ame] Burial - Rough Sleeper [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4_dzevyFK8]Burial - Rough Sleeper - YouTube[/ame]

There really needs to be a studio version of this cover

Best Albums of 2012 1) Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city 2) Actress – R.I.P 3) Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE 4) Shackleton - Music for the Quiet Hour 5) Jam City - Classical Curves 6) Jessie Ware – Devotion 7) Scott Walker - Bish Bosch 8) Liars - WIXIW 9) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! 10) Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream 11) Silent Servant - Negative Fascination 12) Julia Holter - Ekstasis 13) Recondite - On Acid 14) Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes 15) Andy Stott – Luxury Problems 16) LHF – Keepers of the Light 17) Terrence Dixon - From the Far Future Pt. 2 18) Legowelt - The Paranormal Soul 19) How to Dress Well - Total Loss 20) Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line 21) Daphni – Jiaolong 22) Holy Other – Held 23) Shed - The Killer 24) Voices from the Lake - Voices from the Lake 25) Mala – Mala In Cuba 10 Special Mentions (in alphabetical order): 25 albums that ultimately did not make the list (in alphabetical order): 10 Overrated Albums of 2012 (in alphabetical order): 10 Absolutely Terrible Albums of 2012 (in alphabetical order):

Burial - Truant / Rough Sleeper

Autechre Announces New Album, Exai Rob Brown and Sean Booth will release Exai on March 4. The duo’s eleventh full length album, it follows 2010’s Oversteps and 2011′s EPs 1991 – 2002. http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/13/autechre-announces-new-album-exai/

Uh oh, I better get on this.

The Knife Emerge from Hibernation with New Album, Shaking The Habitual There will be a new Knife album released through Mute this Spring, titled Shaking the Habitual. [ame=http://soundcloud.com/musicnomad/heartbeats-the-knife]Heartbeats - The Knife by musicnomad on SoundCloud - Hear the world?s sounds[/ame] http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/12/the-knife-emerge-from-hibernation-with-cryptic-video/

Stream Clips of Burial's New EP, Truant / Rough Sleeper On the basis of the clips, ‘Truant’ is the slower of the two tracks, with a similarly liberal approach to needle-on-vinyl sampling and cutting as in this year’s Kindred EP. ‘Rough Sleeper’, on the other hand, appears faster, with a saxophone sample that’s already stuck in our heads. We do know, however, that the tracks are lengthy (11.45 and 13.47 respectively), so there’s only so much that justice 60-second clips can do. http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/12/stream-clips-of-burials-new-ep-truant-rough-sleeper-a-k-a-one-two/

The SBTRKT album is great. It's also from 2011.

Jhené Aiko - Mirrors [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cprAoOPiXqY]Jhené Aiko "Mirrors" - YouTube[/ame] Röyksopp - Running To The Sea (feat.Susanne Sundfør) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ-26smj5Ds]Röyksopp & Susanne Sundfør - Running To The Sea (Studio Version) - YouTube[/ame]

Sweden produces some great music: Air France The Embassy Fever Ray The Field Jens Lekman jj The Knife Little Dragon Love Is All Lykke Li Robyn Sally Shapiro Studio The Tallest Man on Earth The Tough Alliance And a sentimental shout-out to The Cardigans: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzv6MAnUo0Q]The office - The Cardigans 'lovefool' " what happened to those guys?" - YouTube[/ame]

Katy B - Aaliyah (ft. Jessie Ware) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKydeJs3Kmo]Katy B x Geeneus x Jessie Ware - Aaliyah - YouTube[/ame]

The-Dream Readies Love IV for 2013 Release The long-awaited album is due out in March. http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/07/the-dream-readies-love-iv-for-2013-release/

Yes, Arcade Fire Are Working With James Murphy According to a feature in Music Week about the Arcade Fire management team, manager Scott Rodger said, "They're in with James Murphy on three or so songs, plus Markus Dravs who is a long-time collaborator. They write too many songs - that's a good problem to have. There's around 35 songs with Arcade Fire, two albums'-worth for sure." http://pitchfork.com/news/48853-yes-arcade-fire-are-working-with-james-murphy/

Yo La Tengo - Fade This leaked.

Rumored A$AP Rocky Tracklist Features Kendrick Lamar, Danny Brown, Florence Welch, Santigold LONGLIVEA$AP: 01 Long Live A$AP 02 Goldie 03 PMW (All I Really Need) [ft. Schoolboy Q] 04 LVL 05 Hell [ft. Santigold] 06 Pain [ft. OverDoz] 07 F**kin' Problems [ft. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar] 08 Wild for the Night 09 1 Train [ft. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson & Big K.R.I.T.] 10 Fashion Killa 11 Phoenix 12 Suddenly 13 Pretty Flacco (remix) [ft. Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame & Pharrell] 14 Ghetto Symphony [ft. Gunplay & A$AP Ferg] 15 Ticket 16 Like I’m Apart [ft. Florence Welch] 17 Purple Swag (remix) http://pitchfork.com/news/48860-rumored-aap-rocky-tracklist-features-kendrick-lamar-danny-brown-florence-welch-santigold/

Well, it's supposed to be released on the website. I'm probably grasping at straws but for the first time in a long time, I actually think a new MBV album is happening. :awesome:

My Bloody Valentine's Debbie Googe Gives Update on New MBV Album and Tour "It will definitely come out as it's pretty much finished" http://pitchfork.com/news/48846-my-bloody-valentines-debbie-googe-gives-update-on-new-mbv-album-and-tour/ :santa2:

Phoenix to Release Album in April Phoenix will release the follow-up to 2009's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix in April 2013 http://pitchfork.com/news/48856-phoenix-to-release-album-in-april/

I just thought your premise was interesting because I would argue the opposite: the albums from the established bands/musical groups were far superior to the output from these "new" artists. That's why I was curious to see if I missed an album worthwhile.