| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| John Amadon (Portland, Ore.-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist) |
“The Bursting Sheaf [MP3]” (guests: Scott McPherson, Mike Coykendall; Hear here) |
(Hirngespinst, March 5, 2013) |
| Ólöf Arnalds (Icelandic singer-songwriter) |
“Sudden Elevation” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(One Little Indian, March 5, 2013) |
| Autechre |
“Exai” (two CDs; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Warp, March 5, 2013) |
| Bajofondo (Latin Grammy-winning band) |
“Presente” (producer: founder Gustavo Santaolalla; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Sony Masterworks, March 5, 2013) |
| Luke Bryan |
“Spring Break … Here to Party” (Read here; MP3) |
(Capitol Nashville, March 5, 2013) |
| Marcus Canty (fourth-place finisher on the first season of “The X Factor USA”) |
“This Is … Marcus Canty [EP]” (seven songs; Hear here; MP3) |
(Epic, March 5, 2013) |
| Colette Carr |
“Skitszo (Part 3) [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) |
(UMGRI / Interscope, March 5, 2013) |
| The Cave Singers (Seattle indie rock quartet) |
“Naomi” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Jagjaguwar, March 5, 2013) |
| Chelsea Light Moving (led by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore) |
“Chelsea Light Moving” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Matador, March 5, 2013) |
| Anthony Child (U.K. electronic music legend, also known as Surgeon) |
“The Space Between People and Things [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(NNA Tapes, March 5, 2013) |
| Charlotte Church |
“Two [MP3]” (Welsh singer-songwriter’s five-song EP of goth rock; Hear here) |
(Alligator Wine, March 4, 2013) |
| Cloud Cult (Midwestern chamber rock band) |
“Love” (first single: “Good Friend”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Earthology, March 5, 2013) |
| Drew Davidsen (instrumental guitarist) |
“True Drew” (producers: Eric Copeland, Preston Glass, Norman Connors; guests: Bobby Lyle, Ron Tyson, Eric Marienthal, Gerald Veasley, Bob Baldwin; Hear here) |
(Oznot, March 5, 2013) |
| Dead Leaf Echo |
“Thought & Language [MP3]” (first single: “Memory Traces”; Hear here) |
(Neon Sigh, March 5, 2013) |
| Hatchet |
“Dawn of the End” (first single: “Fall From Grace”; Hear here; MP3) |
(The End, March 5, 2013) |
| Highasakite (Norwegian indie-pop quintet) |
“In and Out of Weeks [MP3]” (five-song EP; producer: Thomas Dahl; first single: “Son of a Bitch”; Hear here) |
(Propeller Recordings, March 5, 2013) |
| Hiromi (pianist/composer) |
“Move” (with contra-bass guitarist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips; See here; MP3) |
(Telarc, March 5, 2013) |
| Robyn Hitchcock |
“Love From London” (producer: Paul Noble; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Yep Roc, March 5, 2013) |
| Hollis Brown (NYC rock quartet) |
“Ride on the Train” (first single: “Down On Your Luck”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Alive, March 5, 2013) |
| The Howlin’ Brothers (Nashville-based band) |
“Howl” (producer: Brendan Benson; guests: Warren Haynes, Jypsi; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Readymade/Thirty Tigers, March 5, 2013) |
| How to destroy angels (Trent Reznor with his wife Mariqueen Maandig, Atticus Ross, and Rob Sheridan) |
“Welcome Oblivion” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Columbia, March 5, 2013) |
| Icona Pop (Swedish DJ and synthpop duo) |
“Iconic [EP]” (six songs; guests: Charli XCX, The Knocks, St. Lucia; Hear here; MP3) |
(Big Beat/Atlantic, March 5, 2013) |
| Jamaican Queens (Detroit duo) |
“Wormfood [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Notown, March 5, 2013) |
| Javelin |
“Hi Beams” (first single: “Nnormal”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Luaka Bop, March 5, 2013) |
| jozif (English DJ/producer) |
“Balance Presents jozif” (Hear/read here; MP3) |
(Balance Music, March 5, 2013) |
| Krokus |
“Dirty Dynamite” (producer: Chris Von Rohr; recorded at Abbey Road studios in London; Hear here; MP3) |
(The End, March 5, 2013) |
| Ashley Monroe |
“Like a Rose” (producer: Vince Gill; Hear here; MP3) |
(Warner Music Nashville, March 5, 2013) |
| Gurf Morlix |
“Gurf Morlix Finds the Present Tense” (guests: Gene Elders, Ray Bonneville, Eliza Gilkyson, Rick Richards, Ian McLagan, Nick Connolly, Patterson Barrett; Hear here; MP3) |
(Rootball, March 5, 2013) |
| Kate Nash |
“Girl Talk” (producers: Tom Biller, Jeff Ellis; first single: “3AM”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Have 10p, March 5, 2013) |
| The 1975 (U.K. rockers) |
“Music For Cars [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear/read here) |
(Vagrant, March 5, 2013) |
| Madeleine Peyroux |
“The Blue Room” (covers of songs from Ray Charles’ “Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music,” plus Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen, etc.; producer: Larry Klein; first single: “Changing All Those Changes”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Emarcy/Decca, March 5, 2013) |
| Raekwon and DJ Fresh |
“The Tonight Show [MP3]” (guests: Mean Doe Green, FaShawn; Hear here; CD) |
(Siccness.net, March 5, 2013) |
| The Replacements |
“Songs For Slim [MP3]” (five-song EP benefits their former guitarist, Slim Dunlap, who suffered a stroke in 2012; Read here) |
(New West, March 5, 2013) |
| Reverend and The Makers |
“@Reverend_Makers” (Hear here; MP3) |
(The End, March 5, 2013) |
| Josh Ritter |
“The Beast In Its Tracks” (producer: Sam Kassirer; first single: “Joy to You Baby”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Pytheas Recordings, March 5, 2013) |
| Caitlin Rose |
“The Stand-In” (two songs co-written with Gary Louris; producers: Jordan Lehning, Skylar Wilson; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(ATO, March 5, 2013) |
| Satellite (alt-rock quartet) |
“Calling Birds” (producer: Mitch Allan; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Descendant, March 5, 2013) |
| Boz Scaggs |
“Memphis” (his first album in five years; producer: Steve Jordan; first single: “Mixed Up Shook Up Girl”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(429, March 5, 2013) |
| Scanners (U.K. alt-pop band) |
“Mexico EP [MP3]” (three songs; Hear here) |
(Dim Mak, March 5, 2013) |
| Soilwork |
“The Living Infinite” (double album; producer: Jens Bogren; first single: “This Momentary Bliss”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Nuclear Blast, March 5, 2013) |
| Son Volt |
“Honky Tonk” (their first album since 2009; Hear here; MP3) |
(Rounder, March 5, 2013) |
| Stereophonics |
“Graffiti on the Train” (producers: Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe; Hear here) |
(U.K. – Stylus/EMI, March 4, 2013) |
| Stubborn Heart (electronic soul group) |
“Stubborn Heart” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(One Little Indian, March 5, 2013) |
| Superhuman Happiness |
“Hands” (first single: “See Me On My Way”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(The Royal Potato Family, March 5, 2013) |
| They Might Be Giants |
“Nanobots” (producer: Patrick Dillett; first single: “Call You Mom”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Idlewild Recordings/Megaforce, March 5, 2013) |
| The Tossers (punk-infused Irish rockers from Chicago) |
“The Emerald City” (first single: “The Emerald City”; Hear here) |
(Victory, March 5, 2013) |
| Twofold (U.K./U.S. production duo) |
“The Prelude [MP3]” (six-song EP; Hear here) |
(Firepower, March 5, 2013) |
| Various artists |
“Shake It Up: I <3 Dance [TV soundtrack]” |
(Disney, March 5, 2013) |
| Various artists |
“This Is Dubstep 2013” (two CDs, 40 tracks; Track list) |
(EMI, March 5, 2013) |
| Brooke Waggoner |
“Originator” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Swoon Moon Music, March 5, 2013) |
| Waxahatchee |
“Cerulean Salt” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Don Giovanni, March 5, 2013) |
| Young Dreams (Norwegian band) |
“Between Places” (first single: “First Days of Something”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Modular/Interscope, March 5, 2013) |
| Youth Lagoon (aka Trevor Powers) |
“Wondrous Bughouse” (Hear/read here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Fat Possum, March 5, 2013) |
