Since October is a big month in the “music business”* cycle, so it's usually the one time of year when we look forward to emblazoning names like “Coldplay” and “Justice” into the web pages of dear Impose.
Bonus: Guess which November record made it on the list preemptively, so that we may commit repeat-ehh in 30 days.
The month in eh…
Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto (Capitol)
Justice, Audio Video Disco (Ed Banger)
Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More (Glassnote)
M83, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Mute)
Electric Six, Heartbeats & Brainwaves (Metropolis Records)
Feist, Metals (Cherrytree/Interscope)
Freestyle Fellowship, The Promise (Decon)
We Were Promised Jetpacks, In the Pit of the Stomach (FatCat)
Icebird, The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ's Electrical Connections)
James Blake, Enough Thunder (Atlas)
Mayer Hawthorne, How Do You Do (Universal)
Ryan Adams, Ashes & Fire (Pax-Am/Capitol)
DJ Shadow, The Less You Know, The Better (Verve)
She & Him, A Very She & Him Christmas (Merge)
Surfer Blood, Tarot Classics (Kanine) Jane's Addiction, The Great Escape Artist (Capitol)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin, Tape Club (Polyvinyl)
Gauntlet Hair, Gauntlet Hair (Dead Oceans)
Radiohead, TKOL RMX 1234567 (TBD Records)
Peter Gabriel, New Blood (Real World Records)
Tom Vek, Leisure Seizure (Downtown)
Loney Dear, Hall Music (Polyvinyl)
Lou Reed & Metallica, LuLu (Warner Bros.)
*Oxymoron!