| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Arbouretum |
“The Gathering” (first single: “When Delivery Comes”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Thrill Jockey, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Asobi Seksu |
“Fluorescence” (first single: “Trails”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Polyvinyl, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Jeff Bates |
“One Day Closer” (first single: “One Day Closer”; Hear here; DVD; MP3 Download) |
(Black River, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Justin Bieber |
“Never Say Never: The Remixes” (musical counterpart to his 3-D documentary film “Never Say Never,” which opens Feb. 11; guests: Rascal Flatts, Chris Brown, Usher, Miley Cyrus, Jaden Smith, Raekwon; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(RBMG/Island, Feb. 14, 2011) |
| Bright Eyes |
“The People’s Key” (Hear here; Full stream; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Saddle Creek, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Hayes Carll |
“KMAG YOYO (& other American stories)” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Lost Highway, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Celtic Woman |
“Lullaby” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Manhattan/EMI, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Clandestine (L.A. melodic rock group) |
“The Invalid” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Nightmare/RED, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Close to Home (Cincinnati melodic metalcore band) |
“Never Back Down” (producer: Tom Denney, formerly of A Day to Remember; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Artery Recordings/Razor & Tie, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Sarah Darling |
“Angels & Devils” (guest: Vince Gill; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Black River, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Dears, The |
“Degeneration Street” (Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Dangerbird, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Deicide |
“To Hell With God” (Hear here) |
(Century Media, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Dream Diary |
“You Are the Beat” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Kanine, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Drive-By Truckers |
“Go-Go Boots” (producer: David Barbe; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(ATO, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Due West |
“Forget the Miles” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Black River, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Marianne Faithfull |
“Horses and High Heels” (guests: Lou Reed, Dr. John, Wayne Kramer; Hear here; Read here) |
(U.K. – Dramatico, Feb. 14, 2011) |
| DJ Mark Farina |
“Mushroom Jazz 7” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Mushroom Jazz, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Five O’Clock Heroes (Anglo-American group) |
“Different Times” (producer: Gus Oberg; Hear here; ) |
(G/L/A/Z/E, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Bob Geldof |
“How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell” (inspired by Leslie Sheppard’s 1935 book; Hear here; Read here) |
(U.K. – Mercury, Feb. 14, 2011) |
| PJ Harvey |
“Let England Shake” (producers: PJ Harvey, John Parish, Mick Harvey; Hear here; Full stream; Vinyl) |
(Vagrant, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Steve Hofstetter (comedian) |
“Pick Your Battles [MP3 Download]” |
(Next Round Entertainment, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Hurtsmile (Gary Cherone, collaborating with his brother, Mark) |
“Hurtsmile” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Frontiers, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Misery |
“Evil Is Crowned” (includes a cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Head Like a Hole”; producer: Life of Agony’s Joey Z; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Super Metal, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Mr. Big |
“What If …” (band’s first studio album since 2001’s “Actual Size” and also its first release with original guitarist Paul Gilbert since 1996’s “Hey Man”; released in Japan in late December 2010; producer: Kevin Shirley; first single: “Undertow”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Caroline, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Mogwai |
“Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will” (first single: “Rano Pano”; Hear here; Full stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sub Pop, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Nelson |
“Lightning Strikes Twice” (See here) |
(Frontiers, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Occult Detective Club |
“Crimes” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Alive, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Radiohead |
“The King of Limbs [MP3 Download]” (band is calling it “the world’s first newspaper album”; producer: Nigel Godrich; Hear here) |
(XL, Feb. 18, 2011) |
| Rev Theory |
“Justice” (producer: Terry Date; first single: “Justice”; Hear here) |
(Interscope/Geffen/A&M, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Runner Runner (pop-punk quintet) |
“Runner Runner” (first single: “So Obvious”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Clear Entertainment/C.E. Music/Capitol, Feb. 15, 2011 – first band signed to David Letterman’s new label) |
| Skull Defekts, The (Swedish experimental rock group) |
“Peer Amid” (producer: Stefan Brainstrum; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Thrill Jockey, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Sonic Youth |
“Simon Werner a Disparu [Film soundtrack]” (Translation: “Lights out,” a film by Fabrice Gobert; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sonic Youth/SYR, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Eddie Spaghetti (of The Supersuckers) |
“Sundowner” (Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Bloodshot, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Stryper |
“The Covering” (with original bassist Tim Gaines back in the fold, it’s the first Stryper release to feature the original lineup in years; 12 covers, with one new original song, “God”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Big3, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Telekinesis |
“12 Desperate Straight Lines” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Merge, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Tristen |
“Charlatans at the Garden Gate” (first single: “Eager For Your Love”; Hear here; Read/see here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(American Myth Recordings, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Twilight Singers, The |
“Dynamite Steps” (guests: Ani DiFranco, Joseph Arthur, Petra Haden, The Verve’s Nick McCabe, Mark Lanegan; Hear here; Full stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sub Pop, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Holcombe Waller |
“Into the Dark Unknown” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Napoleon, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Warm Ghost |
“Uncut Diamond [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Partisan, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Yellowbirds (formed by Sam Cohen of Apollo Sunshine) |
“The Color” (Hear here) |
(The Royal Potato Family, Feb. 15, 2011) |
| Yuck |
“Yuck” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Fat Possum, Feb. 15, 2011) |
