| 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) |
