Reasons Why 2011 Will Be Better Than 2010: The Shins make their return to the indie pop in timely fashion, making sure everyone has forgotten about Zach Braff and his very, very, very brief hipster stardom. Hopefully there’s more good stuff like Know Your Onion! The Shins - Know Your Onion!.mp3
Reasons Why 2011 Will Be Better Than 2010: Nothing funny about this. The Wrens are horribly underrated and their Meadowlands album is easily in my top 3 albums of all time. And that was 2003. Finally 8 years later, The Wrens decide to follow up with a fourth album. It’s about fucking time. The Wrens - Happy.mp3
Reasons Why 2011 Will Be Better Than 2010: Smith Westerns will release their first “real” album and at least one of their members will be of legal drinking age. Smith Westerns - Weekend.mp3
Reasons Why 2011 Will Be Better Than 2010: Bright Eyes returns with a new album and people will finally realize that Conor Oberst is some sort of unaging vampire that never changes his hairstyle. Download the brand new single, Shell Games, here .
Reasons Why 2011 Will Be Better Than 2010: Blur will reunite once again, only to disband and string their precious fans along for another near-decade. I’LL WAIT! I PROMISE. I’ll WAIT FOR YOU, ALWAYS. Blur - Country House.mp3