March 10
Beans On Toast – The Grand Scheme of Things
Danielle Nicole – Wolf Den
Fences – Lesser Oceans
Frank Turner – The Third Three Years (Covers, Rarities)
Fyfe – Control
Gren Bartley – Magnificent Creatures
Joe Pug – Windfall
Lieutenant – If I Kill This Thing…
Madonna – Rebel Heart
Mark Knopfler – Tracker
Matthew E. White – Fresh Blood
Rebecca Ferguson – Lady Sings The Blues (UK)
River City Extension – Deliverance
Ships Have Sailed – Moodswings
Snowapple – Illusion
Sunset Sons – The Fall Line EP (UK)
Taylor Berrett – Great Falls
The Minus 5 – Dungeon Golds
Will Butler (Arcade Fire) – Policy
March 17
Allison Moorer – Down to Believing
Colleen Brown – Direction (CAN)
Eve Belle – Sonder EP
Glen Hansard – It Was Triumph We Once Proposed…Songs of Jason Molina (EP) (3/17)
Inventions – Maze of Woods
Jennie Abrahamson – Gemini Gemini (U.S.)
Liz Longley – S/T
Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves
Rah Rah – Vessels
Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield – …Sing Elliott Smith
Stone Jack Jones – Love & Torture
Tobias Jesso, Jr. – Goon
March 24
Angelique Kidjo – Sings
Bjork – Vulnicura (CD/Vinyl)
Chilly Gonzales – Chambers
Feufollet – Two Universes
Gabrielle Papillon – Tempest of Old
Hudson Taylor – Singing For Strangers (U.S.)
James Bay – Chaos & The Calm
Julian Moon – Good Girl
Laura Marling – Short Movie
Nellie McKay – My Weekly Reader (Covers)
Portico (ex-Portico Quartet) – Living Fields
Rah Rah – Vessels
Striking Matches – Nothing But the Silence
The Go! Team – The Scene Between Us
Tommy Wallach – We All Looked Up
Various – A Musicares Tribute to Paul McCartney (2012) (DVD)
Vetiver – Complete Strangers
March 31
Boz Scaggs – A Fool to Care
Circa Waves – Young Chasers
Dayna Kurtz – Rise and Fall
Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi
Hall and Oates – Live in Dublin (DVD/BluRay)
Hannah Cohen – Pleasure Boy
Jesse Malin – New York Before the War
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem – Violets Are Blue
Riley Walker – Primrose Green
RIngo Starr – Postcards From Paradise
Robyn Sherwell – Islander EP (UK)
Ron Sexsmith – Carousel One
Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts – Blaster
Simple Minds – Sparkle In the Rain (Deluxe)
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
April 7
Alex G – Rules
Alicia Witt – Revisionary History (Prod: Ben Folds)
Alison Wonderland – Run (U.S.; 3/20 AUS)
Becca Stevens Band – Perfect Animal
Blues Traveler – Blow Up The Moon
Brian Wilson – No Pier Pressure
Callaghan – A History of Now
Chris Riffle – Out of Town
Cloud – Zen Summer
Delta Rae – After It All
Jesse Baylin – Dark Place
Jamie T – Magnolia Melancholia EP
Josh Rouse – The Embers of Time
Lord Huron – Strange Trails
Marina and the Diamonds – Froot
Matt & Kim – New Glow
Say Lou Lou – Lucid Dreaming
Shana Falana – Set Your Lightning Fire Free
The London Souls – Here Come the Girls
The Mountain Goats – Beat the Champ
The Waterboys – Modern Blues (U.S.)
The Wombats – Glitterbug
Waxahatchie (Katie Crutchfield) – Ivy Tripp
April 14
Beth Hart – Better Than Home
Calexico – Edge of the Sun
Christine & The Queens – St. Claude EP
Eels – Royal Albert Hall (Live) (CD/DVD)
Kathryn Calder (New Pornographers) – S/T
Lowland Hum – S/T
Moonking – Secret Life
Triumph of the Wild – We Come With the Dust
Villagers – Darling Arithmetic
April 21
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Great Lake Swimmers – A Forest of Arms
John Moreland – High on Tulsa Heat
Lindsey Cohen – Distance Makes Me Sensitive EP
Passion Pit – Kindred
San Fermin – Jackrabbit
Twin Danger (w/ Stuart Matthewman of Sade) – S/T
Wire – S/T
April 28
Amber Run – 5am (4/27 UK)
Ambrosia Parsley – Weeping Cherry (U.S.)
Blur – The Magic Whip
Braids – Deep In the Iris
Elliot Moss – High Speeds
Jackson Scott – Sunshine Redux
Mew – + – (Plus Minus)
Odessa – S/T
Sam Cohen – Cool It
Sophie Hunger – Supermoon (UK, EUR, AUS)
10,000 Maniacs – Twice Told Tales (Brit Folk Covers)
The Weepies – Sirens
Timeshares – Already Dead
April TBD
Dar Williams – Emerald
Dida – Modern Love Songs
May 5
Best Coast – California Nights
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Live In Paris (CD/DVD)
Chris Stapleton – Traveler
Hannah Miller – S/T
Ivan and Alyosha – It’s All Just Pretend
Jeremy Loops – Trading Change (U.S.)
Julie Mintz – The Thin Veil EP (Prod: Moby)
Metz – II
Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind
My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall
Other Lives – Rituals
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Motorcade Amnesiacs
The April Maze – Sleeping Storm
The Word (John Medeski, Robert Randolph, N. Miss. All-Stars) – Soul Food
Torres (Mackenzie Scott) – Sprinter
May 12
Novella – Land
Patrick Watson – Love Songs For Robots
Paul Weller – Saturn’s Pattern
Róisín Murphy – Hairless Toys
Sóley – Ask The Deep
The Tallest Man On Earth – Dark Bird Is Home
May 19
Brandon Flowers (The Killers) – The Desired Effect
Faith No More – Sol Invictus
Hot Chip – Why Make Sense?
Kopecky – Drug for the Modern Age
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds – The Weather Below
Comment: Direct Current is always a little frail on hip hop, which is why it isn’t the only reference we use, but otherwise it does show a singular sensibility an a good peek at the Spring of our warmth an happiness. Pick of the litter? Best Coast. I loved their new single. Otherwise, Hot chip, Paul weller, Mumford And Sons, Metz II (a band I’ve wanted to see for awhile now), Beth Hart, The Wombats…