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np: "on the edge of" - low

after a couple of slow months in the new releases department, things are starting to heat up again as release dates are announced for some of 2005's more anticipated albums. here's a quick list of ones i am most excited for, with expected street dates:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl (08.23.05)
stellastarr* - Harmonies for the Haunted (08.23.05)
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (08.30.05)
Kanye West - Late Registration (08.30.05)
The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang (09.06.05)
Sonic Youth - Goo (reissue - 2xCD) (09.13.05)
Sigur Ros - Takk (09.13.05)
Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary (09.27.05)
Metric - Live It Out (10.04.05)
My Morning Jacket - Z (10.04.05)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have Had It So Much Better With... (10.04.05)
Broken Social Scene - Windsurfing Nation (10.04.05)
The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts (10.11.05)
DangerDoom - The Mouse and the Mask (10.11.05)
Boards of Canada - Title TBA (10.18.05)

its shaping up to be a great fall for new music, i'm imagining (and hoping) that many of these will place highly on my year-end lists.