| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Joan Armatrading |
“Starlight” (released in the U.K. in May 2012; Hear here; MP3) |
(429, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Atoms For Peace |
“AMOK” (Thom Yorke’s side project includes Flea, producer Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco; Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(XL Recordings, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Michael Bolton |
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville U.S.A.” (guests: Kelly Rowland, Melanie Fiona, Michael Lington; Hear here; MP3) |
(Montaign, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| BOY (Hamburg female pop duo) |
“Mutual Friends” (first single: “Little Numbers”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Nettwerk, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Amanda Brecker (daughter of Brazilian pianist/singer Eliane Elias and trumpeter Randy Brecker) |
“Blossom” (producer: Jesse Harris; Hear here; MP3) |
(Emarcy/Decca, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett |
“A Place at the Table: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [MP3]” (documentary about hunger, in theaters and on-demand on March 1; producer: Burnett; See/read here; CD) |
(sensibility music LLC, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Darkthrone (Norwegian metal band) |
“The Underground Resistance [MP3]” (Hear here; CD) |
(Peaceville, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Doldrums (project of Montreal producer Airick Woodhead) |
“Lesser Evil [MP3]” (guests: Guy Dallas, Sami Nacomi; Hear here; See here; CD) |
(Arbutus, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Jaida Dreyer (country singer-songwriter) |
“I Am Jaida Dreyer [MP3]” (first single: “Half Broke Horses”; Hear here) |
(Streamsound, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The Chris Duarte Group |
“My Soul Alone” (Hear here) |
(Blues Bureau International, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| El Sportivo & The Blooz |
“Nights & Weekends [MP3]” (producer: Lewis Pesacov; first single: “Waking World”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(White Iris, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Etana (Jamaican-born, Miami-based singer-songwriter) |
“Better Tomorrow” (producer: Shane C. Brown; first single: “Reggae”; Hear here) |
(VP, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The Fabulous Thunderbirds |
“On the Verge” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Severn, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Gold Fields (Australian quintet) |
“Black Sun” (first single: “Dark Again [Lights Out]”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Astralwerks, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Herbert Gröenemeyer (German singer-actor) |
“I Walk” (guests: Bono, Antony Hegarty of Antony and The Johnsons, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers; Hear here) |
(Groenland Deutschland/EMI Label Services, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Marika Hackman (U.K. singer-songwriter) |
“That Iron Taste [MP3]” (producers: Johnny Flynn, Adam Beach; new single: “Mountain Spines”; Hear here; See here) |
(Dirty Hit, Feb. 25, 2013) |
| Wayne Hancock |
“Ride” (producers: Hancock, Lloyd Maines; first single: “Ride”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Bloodshot, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell |
“Old Yellow Moon” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Nonesuch, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Justin Hayward |
“Spirits of the Western Sky” (The Moody Blues singer’s first solo album since 1996; Hear here; MP3) |
(Eagle Rock, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors |
“Good Light” (first single: “Tennessee”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Good Time/Magnolia Music, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The James Hunter Six (British funk-soul singer-songwriter) |
“Minute By Minute” (his first album since 2008; producer: Daptone Records’ Gabriel Roth; Hear here; MP3) |
(Fantasy, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Isaac Delusion (Paris-based duo) |
“Early Morning [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) |
(Cracki, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Ivan & Alyosha |
“All the Times We Had” (producers: Ivan & Alyosha, Chad Copelin; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Missing Piece/Dualtone Music Group, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| KMFDM |
“Kunst” (producer: frontman Sascha Konietzko; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(KMFDM/Metropolis, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Johnny Marr |
“The Messenger” (producer: Marr; Hear here; LP + MP3) |
(Sire/ADA, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The Mavericks |
“In Time” (their first studio album in 10 years; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Valory Music Group, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Andrea McArdle |
“70s and Sunny: Live at 54 BELOW” (recorded in July 2012 at the New York venue) |
(Broadway, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Bret Michaels |
“Good Songs & Great Friends” (producers: Michaels, Pete Evick; guests: Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Perry, Leslie West, Edwin McCain, Miley Cyrus, Michael Anthony, Ace Frehley, etc.; Hear here; MP3) |
(Poor Boy, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Mount Moriah (North Carolina folk rockers) |
“Miracle Temple” (guests: Amy Ray, Daniel Hart, Casey Toll; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Merge, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Newsong |
“Swallow the Ocean” (producers: Seth Mosely, Chris Stevens, Paul Mills; Hear here; MP3) |
(NewSong Ministries, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| NEXT Collective |
“Cover Art” (interpretations of songs by such contemporary artists as Bon Iver, Drake, N.E.R.D, Jay-Z, Drake, Little Dragon, etc.; producers: Chris Dunn, NEXT Collective; guest: Christian Scott; MP3) |
(Concord Jazz, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Alice Sara Ott (German-Japanese classical pianist) |
“Pictures” (recorded during the White Nights Festival; Hear here; MP3) |
(Deutsche Grammophon, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Player |
“Too Many Reasons” (the “Baby Come Back” group’s first new album in nearly 20 years; producer: frontman Peter Beckett; Hear here; MP3) |
(Frontiers, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Plumb |
“Need You Know” (guest: Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay; first single: “Drifting”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Curb/Warner, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Popstrangers (Aussie alt-rock band) |
“Antipodes” (first single: “Heaven”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Carpark, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Sally Shapiro (Swedish electro-pop duo) |
“Somewhere Else” (guests: Electric Youth, Anoraak, Le Prix; first single: “What Can I Do”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Paper Bag, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Saxon |
“Sacrifice” (their 20th studio album; producer: frontman Biff Byford; Hear here; MP3) |
(Europe – UDR, Feb. 25, 2013) |
| Shout Out Louds |
“Optica” (producers: Shout Out Louds; first single: “Blue Ice”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Merge, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| W.E.T. |
“Rise Up” (first single: “Red Rover, Red Rover”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Frantic, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) |
“The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)” (engineered by Alan Parsons; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; Blu-ray) |
(Kscope, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Woodpigeon (aka Mark Andrew Hamilton) |
“Thumbtacks and Glue” (first single: “Red Rover, Red Rover”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Boompa/Fierce Panda, Feb. 26, 2013) |
