Most Anticipated Indie Albums of 2011 (SLIDESHOW)

Newsflash: there are other records coming out this year besides Lady GaGa. And some of them, in my opinion anyway, should be even more hotly anticipated.

Bonus: most of them wear pants!

Here's a list of the Most Anticipated Indie Album Releases of 2011 (so far). Take a look, vote, and let us know who's left out.

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Fresh from a series of solo projects, Conor Oberst reunites with Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott for the 7th Bright Eyes record. High school students with displaced angst now can breathe a sigh of relief - but so can everyone else, as few others craft songs that so aptly capture the complex and personal emotions of being a human in modern day America with such a firm grasp of our musical roots. Some bands write for themselves, some for their audience - with Oberst, we're never quite sure: his songs have the unique quality of expressing both confidence and insecurity at the same time. Coming February 15th on Saddle Creek, available for preorder now.

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Fresh from a series of solo projects, Conor Oberst reunites with Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott for the 7th Bright Eyes record. High school students with displaced angst now can breathe a sigh of relief - but so can everyone else, as few others craft songs that so aptly capture the complex and personal emotions of being a human in modern day America with such a firm grasp of our musical roots.

Some bands write for themselves, some for their audience - with Oberst, we're never quite sure: his songs have the unique quality of expressing both confidence and insecurity at the same time.

Coming February 15th on Saddle Creek, available for preorder now.

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[Ross Martini]

05:03 PM on 01/26/2011

duh, Lykke Li, wounded rhymes, out 2/28/11

[San Juan Wolf]

11:34 PM on 01/25/2011

uuuuh what about new panda bear or toro y moi?/

[camG]

12:25 AM on 01/24/2011

The Devil Whale's May 2011 release of "Teeth"!!!!!!

[Mattilmore]

07:58 PM on 01/23/2011

The new Adele record is going to be really solid too. If the rest of it is anything like “Rolling in the Deep” it is going to be sick. It will be nice to actually hear well crafted pop music sung by arguably one of the best female vocalist of my generation. Have you seen the video for that song? Flawless http://bit.ly/hTxhHy

[EverthingThatRises]

10:41 AM on 01/12/2011

Death Cab for Cutie are releasing an album this spring called Codes and Keys

[Taryn Haight]

09:17 PM on 01/08/2011

CAKE! I'm excited to hear what they have in store on the new album. Haven't heard much from them in the past few years, but I've always been a fan. Their songs are notoriously catchy and they've done a great job of staying true to their sound, which can get monotonous for some bands, but somehow not for them. Hope they surprise us by switching it up a little, but remind us why we love them so much by sticking to what they know and do well.

[querencia]

10:19 PM on 01/07/2011

What about Black Dub?

[thebirdstheword]

07:24 PM on 01/07/2011

are any of them actually "indie" albums?

[Mandi Hatfield Chappell]

05:24 PM on 01/07/2011

I am likely bias but I think Hayes Carll should be on the list - http://www.hayescarll.com/store/.

[mustard man]

04:04 PM on 01/07/2011

Most the bands listed are pretty meh (I can get on board with Tenement's comments). So tired of hearing about Bright Eyes, M83 and Bon Iver. All overrated to be sure.

Deerhoof's upcoming was criminally excluded from this list!

Not any huge expectations for the year, but mostly anticipating Akron/Family, J Mascis, Kurt Vile and perhaps Peter, Bjorn & John if we are speaking "indie" as in the pop rock & folk sense that your list seems to indicate.

[onceler]

03:31 PM on 01/07/2011

My most anticipated album of 2011 is Cut/Copy's 'Zonoscope'. Really, I'd give them the award for the band that has made the most of 80's influences, with nobody even being a close 2nd. M83 are...meh. Yawn. Cut/Copy make one great song after another, and are awesome live. But they're not American or British, so they tend to get ignored.

[Marissa Moss]

03:45 PM on 01/07/2011

Noted, added to reader suggestions.

[onceler]

10:15 AM on 01/11/2011

thanks!

[onceler]

03:29 PM on 01/07/2011

Bon Iver sounds like a muppet on heroin.

[Sunflo]

12:07 PM on 01/07/2011

Yes to Cake and Radiohead.

[Brian Hoeber]

11:23 AM on 01/07/2011

Why is there a picture of Blitzen Trapper under the Fleet Foxes entry?

[Tom Strait]

10:00 AM on 01/07/2011

Shame on you! You forgot The Duke Spirit!

[Marissa Moss]

03:44 PM on 01/07/2011

Noted. I will add them as reader suggestion.