Gobbledigook

Good afternoon! Welcome to another edition of Looks Like Coffee, Tastes Like Juice. Before I get down to business with today's post, I have a petite announcement to make. You know the picture on the top of the page? The one of the intersection in Boston? Well, I'm thinking a change is in order, considering it is a new year. So! If anyone has any suggestions for a new photo, or has a still that they've taken (all photos will be credited), it would be very much appreciated. There will be a small post showing all the photos, and then I will use my keen decisive powers to pick a winner. The winner's photo will don the blog til' ... 2010! So, yeah, get on that. The contest will run until January 25th. Another point of potential interest; the blog will be run by a(n unnamed) contributor for about 4 days, between January 28th - 31st, at which time, I'll be skiing the snowy slopes of Quebec, and enjoying the Winter Carnival! So, January looks to be an exciting month for myself, and the music world in general. Below is a list of my most anticipated albums of 2009; it looks to be a helluva year.

01-06:

King Khan & BBQ Show: "Animal Party" 7" [Fat Possum]

01-12:

Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino] [UK/Europe release]

01-20:

A.C. Newman: Get Guilty [Matador]

Andrew Bird: Noble Beast [Fat Possum]

Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino] [CD release]

Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light [Secretly Canadian]

Bon Iver: Blood Bank EP [Jagjaguwar]

David Bazan: "American Flags" 7" [Barsuk]

Robert Pollard: The Crawling Distance [Guided by Voices Inc.]

Will Sheff / Charles Bissell: Will Sheff Covers Charles Bissell, Charles Bissell Covers Will Sheff 7" [Jagjaguwar]

01-27:

Of Montreal : An Eluardian Instance EP [Polyvinyl]

02-03:

Handsome Furs: Face Control [Sub Pop]

02-10:

Malajube: Labyrinthes [Dare to Care]

02-17:

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: The Century of Self [Richter Scale]

Asobi Seksu: Hush [Polyvinyl]

Morrissey: Years of Refusal [Attack/Lost Highway] [U.S. release]

N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo [Anti-] [U.S. release]

Throw Me the Statue: Purpleface EP [Secretly Canadian]

02-23:

First Aid Kit: Drunken Trees EP [Wichita Recordings] [UK release]

Robert Wyatt: Back catalogue box set [Domino] [UK release]

03-03:

Neko Case: Middle Cyclone [Anti-]

03-10:

Bishop Allen: Grrr... [Dead Oceans]

BLK JKS: MYSTERY EP [Secretly Canadian]

John Wesley Harding: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead [Popover/The Rebel Group]

The Thermals: "When I Died" single [Kill Rock Stars]

03-16:

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Beware [Domino] [UK release]

03-24:

The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love [Capitol]

03-31:

Great Lake Swimmers: Lost Channels [Nettwerk]

04-07:

The Thermals: Now We Can See [Kill Rock Stars]

I'm terribly sorry for those of you who haven't figured out the scroll control on your keyboards...

Anyways, I'm sure you can see that my excitement is warranted.

I'm off to play Scrabble..