im looking forward to things ive never heard of from artists i know nothing about. making lists of all the bands who could potentially release an album that will more than likely not be half as good as their best next year just seems redundant after 2010, where people like m.i.a, national, of montreal, interpol, broken social scene, new pornos etc all put out albums i was completely meh on.
so instead ill list things i know will be good and will be severely dissapointed if they arent:
kanye/jay-z's watch the throne. after kanyes year it goes without saying this should be great, and his christmas track has me convinced that his creativity still hasnt gone anywhere.
james blake's debut album. again, this man had an amazing 2010, making some of the best electronic music around, and i have big hopes for his self titled debut. i do hope he doesnt completely stray from his more electronic material though.
tyler the creator's goblin mixtape. after everything hes said about it on twitter im hella excited to hear new stuff from him.
potential radiohead album, yeah i know. they are really one of the few bands where a new album really feels like an event that you know is gonna be amazing. the fact that their speculated release date keeps being pushed back is also great news, because you know they care about it. not holding my breath though, we were speculating about new radiohead album at this point of last years thread :x