Matthew Berlyant: January 8, 2012

10 Records I’m Looking Forward to in the first quarter of 2012

Here are 10 records I’m really looking forward to hearing in the new year. All of these except for Best Coast will be out in the next few months. I’ve also already heard the Guided by Voices record, but it doesn’t come out physically until January 17th.

1. Guided by Voices – Let’s Go Eat the Factory (Fire/Guided by Voices, Inc.)

2. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp (Jagjaguwar)

3. La Sera – Sees the Light (Hardly Art)

4. Best Coast – TBA (Mexican Summer?)

5. OFF! – TBA (Vice)

6. Lee Ranaldo – Between the Times and the Tides (Matador)

7. Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II (Southern Lord)

8. Damien Jurado – Maraqopa (Secretly Canadian)

9. Frankie Rose – Interstellar (Slumberland)

10. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Fat Possum)