Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Terry Allen | “Bottom of the World” (Texas alt-country singer’s first studio album in more than 14 years; Read here; MP3) | (TLA/Redeye, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Erin Boheme | “What a Life” (producer: Michael Bublé; Hear here; MP3) | (Heads Up/Concord, Feb. 5, 2013) |
The Bronx (L.A. punk group) | “The Bronx (IV)” (producer: Beau Burchell; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (White Drugs/ATO, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Joe Budden | “No Love Lost” (guests: Lil Wayne, Tank, Kirko Bangz, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana, etc.; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (eOne Music, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Terri Lyne Carrington (Grammy-winning drummer, composer and bandleader) | “Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue” (an homage to Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach; guests: Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Robin Eubanks, Tia Fuller, Antonio Hart, Nir Felder, Arturo Stabile, Shea Rose, Lizz Wright; Hear here; MP3) | (Concord, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Cheatahs (U.K. rock band) | “Extended Plays” (eight tracks compiled from the band’s two EPs released in the U.K. in 2012; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Wichita Recordings, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Como Mamas | “Get an Understanding” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Daptone, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Harry Connick Jr. | “Smokey Mary” (Hear here; MP3) | (Columbia, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Darkstar (London electronic trio) | “News From Nowhere” (producer: Richard Formby; first single: “Timeaway”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warp, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Robert DeLong | “Just Movement” (first single: “Global Concepts”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Glassnote, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Dog Bite | “Velvet Changes” (first single: “Prettiest Pills”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Carpark, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Eels | “Wonderful, Glorious” (Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Vagrant, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Everything Everything (British indie rock band) | “Cough Cough EP [MP3]” (five songs; Hear here) | (RCA, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Fonda (L.A. indie pop band) | “Sell Your Memories” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Minty Fresh, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Frightened Rabbit (Scottish indie rock band) | “Pedestrian Verse” (producer: Leo Abrahams; Hear here; MP3) | (Canvasback/ Atlantic, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Funeral For a Friend (Welsh post-hardcore band) | “Conduit” (producer: Romesh Dodangoda; Hear here; MP3) | (The End, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Getter | “I Want More [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Firepower, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Glee Cast | “Centerfold / Hot in Herre [MP3],” “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) [MP3],” “Love Song [MP3],” “This Is the New Year [MP3],” “A Thousand Years [MP3],” “Torn [MP3]” | (Columbia, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Josh Groban | “All That Echoes” (producers: Rob Cavallo, Walter Afanasieff, Lester Mendez; Hear here; MP3) | (Reprise, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Hayden | “Us Alone” (first single: “Old Dreams”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Arts & Crafts, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Heaven’s Basement (U.K. hard rockers) | “Filthy Empire” (producer: John Feldmann; first single: “Fire, Fire”; Hear here; See here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Red Bull, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Mick Hucknall (of Simply Red) | “American Soul” (all-covers album, including “I Only Have Eyes For You,” “That’s How Strong My Love Is,” “I’d Rather Go Blind,” “Turn Back the Hands of Time,” etc.; Hear here; See here) | (U.K. – Warner, Feb. 4, 2013) |
Jim James (My Morning Jacket singer-guitarist) | “Regions of Light and Sound of God” (first single: “A New Life”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (ATO, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Damien Lamar (singer-songwriter) | “Am I Wrong [MP3]” (single; producers: Stephan Pitois, Lamar; Hear here) | (Damien Lamar, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Tim McGraw | “Two Lanes of Freedom” (producers: McGraw, Byron Gallimore; guests: Taylor Swift, Keith Urban; first single: “One of Those Nights”; Hear here; Accelerated Deluxe; Vinyl; MP3) | (Big Machine, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Mice Parade (NYC indie band) | “Candela” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (U.K. – FatCat, Feb. 4, 2013) |
Misfits | “DEA.D. ALIVE!” (concert on All Hallows’ Eve in the center of Times Square; Hear here; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Misfits, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Pascal Pinon (Icelandic twin sisters) | “Twosomeness” (producer: Alex Somers; first single: “þerney [One Thing]”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Morr Music, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Matt Pond | “The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand” (first single: “Love to Get Used”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (BMG Rights Management, Feb. 5, 2013) |
RED (Christian rock band) | “Release the Panic” (producer: Howard Benson; Hear here; See here; Hear here) | (Essential, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Sanctus Real | “Run [MP3]” (first single: “Promises”; Hear here; MP3 deluxe edition, with four bonus tracks) | (Sparrow, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Ron Sexsmith | “Forever Endeavour” (first single: “She Does My Heart Good”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Cooking Vinyl, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Wayne Shorter Quartet | “Without a Net” (his first album for Blue Note in 43 years; Hear here; MP3) | (Blue Note, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Silverstein | “This Is How the Wind Shifts” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Hopeless, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Chris Stamey | “Lovesick Blues” (his first album since 2005; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc, Feb. 5, 2013) |
The SteelDrivers (Grammy-nominated bluegrass-meets-soul band) | “Hammer Down” (two songs co-written with The Civil Wars’ John Paul White; producer: Luke Wooton; first single: “I’ll Be There”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Rounder, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Richard Thompson | “Electric” (producer: Buddy Miller; first single: “Good Things Happen to Bad People”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3) | (New West, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra | “II” (first single: “Swim and Sleep [Like a Shark]”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Jagjaguwar, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 45” (20 songs; Track list; MP3) | (Capitol, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Various artists | “Safe Haven [Film soundtrack]” (romantic thriller, starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough, opens Feb. 14; includes original tracks by Colbie Caillat with Gavin DeGraw and FM Radio; scored by Deborah Lurie; See here; MP3) | (Relativity Music Group/Republic, Feb. 5, 2013) |
Holly Williams (daughter of Hank Williams Jr.) | “The Highway” (producers: Williams, Charlie Peacock; guests: Jackson Browne, Dierks Bentley, Jakob Dylan, Gwyneth Paltrow; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Georgiana, Feb. 5, 2013) |