As the hourglass ran out on 2010, several of us took time to look back on an amazing year in music.  Moving on to 2011, it looks like we’re getting back-to-back years of greatness.  Whether you’re into alt-rock, indie-rock, or rap-rock, 2011 looks swimmingly terrific.

Names like [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]311[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Foo Fighters[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Red Hot Chili Peppers[/lastfm] and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]No Doubt[/lastfm] should give you a scale of just how much awesome music we have to look forward to. Take a look at my list of albums scheduled for 2011.

Below is a list of all the rock bands that have schedule releases. And to wet your appetite, I’ve added a classic song from each.

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]311[/lastfm] (Spring 2011)

“Hey You”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Angels And Airwaves[/lastfm] (Love: Part 2 3/11)

“The Adventure”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Aquabats[/lastfm] (Hi-Five Soup! 1/18/11)

“Pool Party”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Arctic Monkeys[/lastfm] (Spring-Summer 2011)

“My Propeller”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Beady Eye[/lastfm] (Different Gear, Still Speeding 2/28/11)

“Bring The Light”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Beastie Boys[/lastfm] (The Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2 Spring 2011)

“Ch-Check It Out”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Beck[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Modern Guilt”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]BlakRoc[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Coochie” Feat. ODB and Ludacris

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Blink-182[/lastfm] (TBA)

“I Miss You”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bon Iver[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Skinny Love”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bright Eyes[/lastfm] (The People’s Key 2/15)

“First Day Of My Life”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bush[/lastfm] (Everything Always Now 2/11)

“Afterlife”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Cage The Elephant[/lastfm] (Thank You Happy Birthday 1/11/11)

“Shake Me Down”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Cake[/lastfm] (Showroom Of Compassion 1/11/11)

“Sick of You”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Chevelle[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Letter From A Thief”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Coldplay[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Lost”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Cold War Kids[/lastfm] (Mine Is Yours 1/24/11)

“Louder Than Ever”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Death Cab For Cutie[/lastfm] (Codes And Keys Spring 2011)

“I Will Possess Your Heart”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Decemberists[/lastfm] (The King Is Dead 1/11/11)

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Face To Face[/lastfm] (Laugh Now Laugh Later Winter-Spring 2011 )

“Disconnected”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Fiona Apple[/lastfm] (Spring 2011)

“Paper Bag”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Fleet Foxes[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Mykonos”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Flogging Molly[/lastfm] (5/11)

“Drunken Lullabies”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Foo Fighters[/lastfm] (TBA)

“The Pretender”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Foster the People[/lastfm] (Foster The People 1/18/11)

“Pumped Up Kicks”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Green Day[/lastfm] – Live Album (Awesome As F**k 3/15)

“21st Century Breakdown”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jane’s Addiction[/lastfm] (Summer 2011)

“Stop”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Kills[/lastfm] (Blood Pressures 4/11)

“Tape Song”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]M83[/lastfm] (TBA)

“We Own The Sky”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Mars Volta[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Cicatriz ESP”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]My Morning Jacket[/lastfm] (Spring 2011)

“One Big Holiday”

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (TBA)

“Red Right Hand”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]No Doubt[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Don’t Speak”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Offspring[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Bad Habit”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Panic! At The Disco[/lastfm] (Vices and Virtues 4/8/11)

“I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Passion Pit[/lastfm] (Spring 2011)

“The Reeling”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Pearl Jam[/lastfm] – Live Album (Live On Ten Legs 1/18/11)

“The Fixer”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Pennywise[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Bro Hymn”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Peter, Bjorn, And John[/lastfm] (Gimme Some 4/29/11)

“Young Folks”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]PJ Harvey[/lastfm] (Let England Shake 2/15/11)

“The Words That Maketh Murder”

(Source: TwentyFourBit)

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Portishead[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Only You”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Queens Of The Stone Age[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Little Sister”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Radiohead[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Bodysnatchers”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Red Hot Chili Peppers[/lastfm] (6/11)

“Tell Me Baby”

R.E.M. (Collapse Into Now 3/8/11)

“It Happened Today” – Feat. Eddie Vedder

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Rise Against [/lastfm] (Endgame 3/15/11)

“Savior”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Social Distortion[/lastfm] (Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes 1/18/11)

“Machine Gun Blues”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Strokes[/lastfm] (3/22/11)

“Juicebox”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Sublime With Rome[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Date Rape”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Sum 41[/lastfm] (Screaming Bloody Murder 3/29/11)

“Screaming Bloody Murder”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Switchfoot[/lastfm] (Vice Versus TBA)

“The Sound”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Taking Back Sunday[/lastfm] (Taking Back Sunday Spring-Summer 2011)

“Make Damn Sure”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Them Crooked Vultures[/lastfm] (TBA)

“New Fang”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Tool[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Vicarious”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Travis Barker[/lastfm] (Give the Drummer Some 2/22/11)

“Carry It” – Feat. RZA, Raekwon & Tom Morello

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]U2[/lastfm] (Songs Of Ascent TBA)

“Sunday Bloody Sunday”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Unwritten Law[/lastfm] (Swan TBA)

“Seein Red”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Velvet Revolver[/lastfm] (TBA)

“Fall To Pieces”

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]White Lies[/lastfm] (Ritual 1/18/11)

“Bigger Than Us”

Will Ferrel And John C. Reily (TBA)

If I missed one of your all-time favorites, forgive me. Just add to the list below.