MARCH 6, 2012
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Big Wreck |
"Albatross [MP3 Download]" (their first album since 2001; producer: frontman Ian Thornley; Hear here; Read here; CD) |
(Anthem/Warner Canada, March 6, 2012) |
| Andrew Bird |
"Break It Yourself" (first single: "Eyeoneye"; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Mom + Pop Music, March 6, 2012) |
| Kitty Clementine (Sydney soul-pop vocalist) |
"Kitty Clementine [MP3 Download]" (first single: "Blow That Horn"; Hear here; See here) |
(Clumpty, March 6, 2012) |
| Everything is made in China (EIMIC) |
"Parade [MP3 Download]" (producer: John McEntire; Hear here; See here) |
(Everything is made in China, March 6, 2012) |
| Every Time I Die |
"Ex Lives" (producer: Joe Baressi; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Epitaph, March 6, 2012) |
| Good Old War (indie-folk trio) |
"Come Back As Rain" (producer: Jason Cupp; first single: "Calling Me Names"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sargent House, March 6, 2012) |
| Danika Holmes (country-pop singer) |
"Living Your Dream [MP3 Download]" (Hear here; Read here) |
(Red Schoolhouse, March 6, 2012) |
| Honeydogs, The |
"What Comes After [MP3 Download]" (their first album since 2006; first single: "Aubben"; Hear here; See here) |
(Grain Belt, March 6, 2012) |
| Human Nature (Australian male vocal group) |
"The Motown Record" (covers of Motown songs; guest: Smokey Robinson; Hear here; See here; DVD; MP3 Download) |
(Hip-O, March 6, 2012) |
| I See Hawks in L.A. |
"New Kind of Lonely" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Western Seeds, March 6, 2012) |
| Kaiser Chiefs |
"Start the Revolution Without Me" (released last year in the U.K. as "The Future Is Medieval"; U.S. version contains five new tracks; producer: Stephen Street; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(B-Unique/Fiction/ Cooperative Music, March 6, 2012) |
| Brian Lopez |
"Ultra" (first single: "Montjuic"; Hear/read here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Funzalo, March 6, 2012) |
| Magnetic Fields, The |
"Love at the Bottom of the Sea" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Merge, March 6, 2012) |
| Neal McCoy |
"XII" (producers: Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Brent Rowan; first single: "A-OK"; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Blaster/Warner Music Nashville, March 6, 2012) |
| Men, The |
"Open Your Heart" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sacred Bones, March 6, 2012) |
| Idina Menzel |
"Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony [CD/DVD]" (recorded in Toronto in November 2011, featuring Marvin Hamlisch, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Menzel's husband and former "Rent" co-star Taye Diggs; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Concord Jazz, March 6, 2012) |
| New Riders of the Purple Sage |
"17 Pine Avenue" (seven of the 12 songs written by guitarist David Nelson and Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter; Hear here; Read here) |
(Woodstock, March 6, 2012) |
| Now, Now |
"Threads" (producer: Howard Redekopp; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Trans-, March 6, 2012 - Chris Walla's label) |
| St. Lucia |
"St. Lucia [MP3 Download]" (first single: "We Got It Wrong"; Hear here; See here) |
(Neon Gold/Columbia, March 6, 2012) |
| Todd Snider |
"Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Aimless/RED, March 6, 2012) |
| Bruce Springsteen |
"Wrecking Ball" (producers: Ron Aniello, Springsteen; first single: "We Take Care of Our Own"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Special edition; MP3 Download) |
(Columbia, March 6, 2012) |
| Doug Stanhope (comedian) |
"Before Turning the Gun On Himself ... [MP3 Download]" (recorded in Salt Lake City at The Complex on July 19, 2011; Hear here) |
(Roadrunner Comedy, March 6, 2012) |
| Yellow Ostrich |
"Strange Land" (producers: Yellow Ostrich; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Barsuk, March 6, 2012) |
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Gary Allan |
"ICON" (best-of) |
(MCA Nashville/UMe, March 6, 2012) |
| Tracy Byrd |
"ICON" (best-of) |
(MCA Nashville/UMe, March 6, 2012) |
| Clannad |
"The Essential Clannad" (two CDs, 30 songs) |
(RCA/Legacy, March 6, 2012) |
| Fats Domino |
"The Imperial Singles, Volume 5: 1962-1964" (26 tracks) |
(U.K. - Ace, March 5, 2012) |
| Fall Out Boy |
"ICON" (best-of) |
(Island/UMe, March 6, 2012) |
| Michael Jackson |
"ICON" (best-of) |
(Motown/UMe, March 6, 2012) |
| Mark Lindsay |
"The Complete Columbia Singles" (24 tracks, including a previously unreleased version of Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe") |
(Real Gone Music, March 6, 2012) |
| Dean Martin |
"ICON" (best-of) |
(Hip-O/UMe, March 6, 2012) |
| Rick Nelson |
"The Complete Epic Recordings" (two CDs, 41 songs) |
(Real Gone Music, March 6, 2012) |
| Nico |
"Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana" (2000 album; recorded in June 1988; Hear here) |
(Steamhammer/SPV, March 6, 2012) |
| Gilbert O'Sullivan |
"A Singer And His Songs: The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan [MP3 Download]" (14 tracks; See here; Read here) |
(Salvo/Union Square Music, March 5, 2012) |
| Public Image Ltd. |
"Public Image Limited: Live At Rockpalast" (1983 performance; DVD; MP3 Download) |
(Made in Germany Music, March 6, 2012) |
| Diana Ross |
"ICON" (best-of) |
(Motown/UMe, March 6, 2012) |
| Todd Rundgren |
"Back to the Bars" (1978 album; 2 CDs; remastered), "Hermit of Mink Hollow + Healing + The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect" (1980, 1982 albums on two CDs; remastered) |
(U.K. - Edsel, March 5, 2012) |
| Saints, The |
"Know Your Product: The Best of ... The Saints [MP3 Download]" (22 songs) |
(EMI, March 6, 2012) |
| David Sylvian |
"A Victim of Stars 1982-2012" (two CD, 31 songs; Hear here; Read here) |
(U.K. - EMI, March 5, 2012) |
| 'til tuesday |
"Voices Carry: Expanded Edition" (1985 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) |
(U.K. - Hot Shot, March 5, 2012) |
| Utopia |
"Todd Rundgren's Utopia + Another Live" (1974, 1975 albums on two CDs; remastered), "Adventures in Utopia + Deface the Music + Swing to the Right" (1978, 1981, 1983 albums on two CDs; remastered) |
(U.K. - Edsel, March 5, 2012) |
| Various artists |
"ICON: Motown Classics" (best-of) |
(Motown/UMe, March 6, 2012) |
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