There has to be a Better Way!

It happens every year. September rolls around, ending that terrible time of year known as summer. Summer, who needs it?* Anyway, so it's September and apparently that means everyone has to dump their projects out now. I assume in an attempt to capitalize on people with no money, time, and very little effort. When I say projects, I mean albums, video games, movies, and television shows. I'm sure books as well, but does anyone read anymore?** I won't rant about everything else, but my main concern is music. I already have a full plate as far as listening to new music. I still have albums from last year I haven't fully listened to, and now everyone is blowing their load. Why? Why not string them out nicely over the year. I mean I can't think of more than a couple of records that came out over the summer.
Over July and August there was an Old 97s record, a new TMBG, a new The Middle East, and a new Fountains of Wayne. That's about it, and I don't really even like Fountains of Wayne that much. Oh wait, I completely fucking forgot about the new 3Doors Down album! Oh wait, no I didn't, because they fucking blow. Anyway, here is a list of albums coming out between now and November. Why do you care? Find out after the jump!!!***




First I just want to share a recent song I am obsessed with. It is Lana Del Ray with "Video Games". I'm sure nearly everyone knows about this song already, it's not a "I'm so cool and underground" post. I just really like this song, and want everyone to hear it and make this girl some money. I want to hear an entire album of this. So listen to it!

Lana Del Rey - Video Games by PurplePR

I'm gonna break this down by month, with a number rating as to how jazzed I am about said release. Yeah, you read that right. Jazzed. It'll be between 1 (small amounts of jazzed) and 5 (extremely jazzed). It's about to get listified in here.****

September

9/13 - Blondie - Panic of Girls (2)
9/13 - Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (5)
9/13 - Ladytron - Gravity The Seducer (4)
9/13 - Mike Viola - Electro De Perfecto (3)
9/13 - St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4)
9/13 - The Drums - Portamento (4)
9/20 - Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man (3)
9/20 - Jens Lekman - An Argument with Me EP (5)
9/20 - Kasabian - Velociraptor (3)
9/27 - Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams (5)

October

10/4 - Feist - Metals (4)
10/11 - Bjork - Biophilia (4)*****
10/11 - Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire (4)
10/11 - Rachel Yamagata - Cheesecake (4)
10/18 - M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (3)
10/18 - Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road (5)
10/25 - Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (4)
10/25 - Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (4)
10/25 - She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (4)
10/25 - Tom Waits - Bad As Me (5)

November

11/1 - Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu (2)
11/8 - Atlas Sound - Parallax (4)
11/8 - Cass McCombs - Humor Risk (5)
11/8 - Noel Gallagher - High Flying Birds (4)

I can't seem to find announcements for December. I am certain however I have heard talk about Franz Ferdinand, Childish Gambino, the Shins (possibly 2012), Outkast, Muse, Phoenix, and a few others might still have releases yet to be announced. Even without December I have 24 albums to look into. I would say I will end up buying a good 70% of the albums on that list. Yipes. Just yipes.






*Seriously, who needs it anymore, besides people who think leathery skin is a good look?
**Oh wait of course they do, the iPad saved literature as we know it. I keep forgetting that, when it isn't busy censoring content. For your benefit!*
***That was slightly mean, right?
****Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm Martin Lawrence in one of the Bad Boys movies. If for no other reason than to say dumb shit like that.
*****It would be a 5, but I really dislike the fact that I can't read a single post about it without the writer going into orgasm like spasms over the fact that it was recorded on an iPad. My prediction for 2011, you won't be able to find a review that doesn't mention that very fact.

*I'm not providing links here. It's called google. My footnote has a footnote!