So Channel V et al are still running through their baffling countdowns of 2010 (really, guys? Was there REALLY that much “good” indie music this year, or do you have an agenda?) but instead of rehashing what was, nonetheless, a pretty sweet year for music, I thought I would present some of the tantalizing titbits I am looking forward to munching on as this 2011 thing gets underway. In no particular order…
Drake’s sophomore album, “Take Care.”
I know what you’re thinking – we only just stopped listening to “Thank Me Later,” which came out in such swift succession to “So Far Gone” that we still confuse the tracks at times, and anyway, didn’t he just drop “An October’s Very Own” and inundate the radios with various apparently effortless features? However, if the career trajectory of Mr Degrassi’s one-time lover Rihanna is anything to go by, inundating the airwaves with perpetual releases is the new taking-a-break-to-work-on-my-craft. As someone who still can’t let a day go by without sneaking a listen to the Timbaland collaboration “Say Something,” I might be somewhat biased in my assessment of the much hyped Drizzy. But mark my words. For better or for worse, “Take Care” will be one to watch for in the coming months.
Lupe’s excruciatingly belated third album, “Lasers.”
Oh, it’s happening! I hardly dared dream it, but there it was, in writing (tweet-ing?) for all the world to see. The album that has been heartbreakingly and, dare I say, outrageously shunted around the seedy basements and back alleys of uninterested record companies (what were they smoking? For real.) is finally going to hit the stores on March 8th of this year. Read more »
