When the mood takes me, I visit Direct Currents website (“they know music better” -English, not as well)Â and see what new releases we can look forward to and then painstakingly cut and past it for you and here it is. Here are my highlights: Doug Paisley, Quilt, … Paul Rodgers?. Oh, and Bob DYlan In The 80s Vol 1 which I can find very little about except, well, Dylan was awesome in the 80s so I am expecting big things. So, yeah, quite quiet.
January 21
Abram Shook – Sun Marquee
Alexz Johnson – Heart EP (1/24)
Alcest – Shelter
Beth Nielsen Chapman – Uncovered (UK)
The Black and White Years – Strange Figurines
Blank Realm – Grassed In
Bob Mould – Workbook
Chris Mills & The Distant Stars – Alexandria
Crushed Stars – Farewell Young Lovers
Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun
Del Amitri – Change Everything, Twisted, Waking Hours Expanded Reissues
Dierks Bentley – Riser
Doug Paisley – Strong Feelings
Elizabeth & The Catapult – Like It Never Happened
Graham Colton – Lonely Ones
Hard Working Americans (w/ Todd Snider) – S/T
I Break Horses – Chiaroscuro
Jason Eady – Daylight & Dark
Jillian Edwards – Daydream
Jim Campilongo – Dream Dictionary
John Hammond – Timeless
Linnea Olsson – Ah!
Los Lonely Boys – Revelation
Nick Drake – Tuck Box (U.S.)
Reverend. Horton Heat – Rev
Sean Sullivan – Hereafter
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Wanderlust (UK)
The Appleseed Collective – Young Love
The Black and White Years – Strange Figurines
The Rifles – None The Wiser (UK)
Tommy Castro – The Devil You Know
von Grey – Awakening
Warpaint – S/T
Wild Club – Youth (U.S.)
Young The Giant – Mind Over Matter
January 28
Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) – Goodnight Tender
Angelique Kidjo – Eve
Big Scary – Not Art
David Crosby – Croz
Dum Dum Girls – Too True
Eleni Mandel – Let’s Fly A Kite
Eline Thorp – Mirror’s Edge (1/31 Eur)
Gaslight Anthem – B-Sides
Gem Club – In Roses (1/28)
Hospitality – Trouble
Joe Nolan – Tornado
Kins – S/T (U.S.)
Laura Cantrell – No Way There From Here
Leif Vollebeck – North Americana (U.S.)
Mt. Royal – S/T (EP)
Peggy Sue – Choir of Echoes
Rachel Sermanni – Everything Changes EP (UK)
Sleepy Sun – Maui Tears
StevieRay Latham – Modern Attitudes (UK)
Tara Jane O’Neil – Where Shine New Lights
The Autumn Defense – Fifth
The Districts – S/T EP
The Farewell Drifters – Tomorrow Forever
The Lawrence Arms – Metropole
The Mast – Pleasure Island
February 4
A.J. Croce – Twelve Tales
Amy Stroup – Tunnel
Asgeir – In The Silence
Augustines – S/T (U.S.)
Black Submarine – New Shores
Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long See You Tomorrow
Breton – War Room Stories
Del Barber – Prairieography
Eddi Reader – Vagabond (UK)
Eli Young Band – 10,000 Towns
Friend Roulette – Grow Younger EP
Jeremy Messersmith – Heart Murmurs
John Butler Trio – Flesh & Blood
Jonatha Brooke – My Mother Has Four Noses
Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang (Primus) – Four Foot Shack
Lisa Stansfield – Seven (UK)
Maggie McClure – Time Moves On
Marissa Nadler – July
Mark McGuire – Along the Way
Mary Lambert – Welcome to the Age of My Body
Matt Anderson – Weightless
Maximo Park – Too Much Information
Mike Bloomfield – From His Head to His Heart to His Hands (Box)
Nick Gallant – Wanderlust
Parker Milsap – S/T
Paul Rodgers – Royal Sessions
Peter Bradley Adams – The Mighty Storm
Seth Lakeman – Word of Mouth (UK)
Sam Brookes – Kairos (UK)
Snowbird – moon
Solander – Monochromatic Memories (UK)
Suzy Boggus – Lucky (Merle Haggard Covers)
The Chain Gang of 1974 – Daydream Forever
The Damn Choir – Creatures of Habit (2/7)
The Family Rain – Under The Volcano (UK)
The Go Find – Brand New Love (2/7)
Various – This Is The Town: Tribute to Nilsson
Whiskey Myers – Early Morning Shakes
Wild Mocassins – 88 92
XO – Heart
February 11
Band of Horses – Acoustic @ The Ryman
Crosses – S/T
Curtis Stigers – Hooray For Lovers
Fanfarlo – Let’s Go Extinct (UK)
Farao – S/T EP
Greg Laswell – I Was Going To Be An Astronaut
Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
Jamestown Revival – UTAH
Jennie Abrahamson – Gemini Gemini
Kalle Mattson – Someday the Moon Will Be Gold
Kate Tucker & The Sons of Sweden – The Shape, The Color, The Feel
Ledisi – The Truth
Mark Mulcahy – Dear Mark Mulcahy I Love You
Neil Finn – Dizzy Heights
Nina Persson (Cardigans) – Animal Heart
Noah Gunderson – Ledges
Plain White T’s – American Nights
Railroad Earth – Last of the Outlaws
Robert Ellis – The Lights from the Chemical Plant
Sam Roberts Band – Lo-Fantasy
Snowmine – Dialect
Sun Kil Moon – Benji
February 18
Amelia White – Old Postcard
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Ashley Riley – All The Pretty Things
Bear Hands – Distraction
Benmont Tench (Heartbreakers) – You Should Be So Lucky
Bootstraps – S/T
Dawn Landes – Bluebird
Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits
Lost In The Trees – Past Life
Lucinda Williams – S/T (Expanded)
Micah P. Hinson & The Nothing – S/T
Matt Schofield – Far A I Can See
NO – El Prado
Paul & The Broken Bones – Half The City
Phantogram – Voices
Quilt – Held In Splendor
Rachel Ries – Ghost of a Gardener
Sabina (Brazilian Girls) – Toujours
Solids – Blame Confusion
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Half The City
Suzanne Vega – Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
The Feeling – Boy Cried Wolf (U.S.)
The Jezabels – The Brink
February 25
Anna Aaron – NEURO (2/28)
Barzin – To Live Alone In That Long Summer
Champs – Down Like Gold (UK)
Dark Mean – Samuel The Phoenix EP
Emily Smith – Echoes (UK)
Flagland – Love Hard
Heart – Fanatic: Live From Caesar’s Colosseum
Mike Gordon (Phish)- Overstep
New Madrid – Sunswimmer
Patricia Ahn – This Is Where We Are
Pillar Point – S/T
Preston Lovinggood – Shadow Songs
Runaway Dorothy – The Wait
Run River North – S/T
Silversun Pickups – Singles Collection
St. Vincent – Saint Vincent
Thalia Zedek – SIX
The Dukes of September – Live @ Lincoln Center
The Family Crest – Beneath the Brine
The Far West – Any Day Now
The Fray – Helios
Twin Forks – S/T
Various – Bob Dylan In The 80’s: Vol. 1 (ATO Compilation)
Vertical Scratchers – Daughter of Everything
We Were Promised Jetpacks – E Rey Live in Philadelphia
February TBA
Beck – Morning Phase
Carrie Rodriguez & Luke Jacobs – Live at the Cactus
Elizaveta – Hero EP
Hafdis Huld – Home
Livingston Taylor – Blue Sky
Sally Seltmann – TBA
Sam Brookes – Kairos
Wakey! Wakey! – All It Takes Is A Little Love
Will Kimbrough – Sideshow Love
March 4
Alana Amram & The Rough Gems – Spring River
Arthur Beatrice – Working Out (U.S., UK: 2/4)
Claudia Schmidt – New Whirled Order
Diane Cluck – Boneset
Drive By Truckers – English Oceans
Fenster – The Pink Caves
Foxes – Glorious
Highasakite – Silent Treatment
Imogen Heap – Sparks
Jim Oblon – Sunset
John Gorka – Bright Side of Dawn
Jupe Jupe – Crooked Kisses
Lea Michele (Glee) – Louder
Little Hurricane – Gold Fever
Martina McBride – Everlasting
Nick Waterhouse – Holly
Real Estate – Atlas
Rod Melancon – Parish Lines
Roman Remains – Zeal
Rufus Wainwright – Live From The Artists Den (DVD)
Rufus Wainwright – Vibrate: Best of (w/rarities)
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell – Live (CD/DVD)
The Honey Trees – Bright Fire
The Blue Nile – Peace At Last (Expanded Reissue)
Trust – Joyland
Wake Owl – The Private World of Paradise
March 11
Charlie Oxford – S/T
Coves – Soft Friday (UK; US: TBA)
Elbow – The Take Off & Landing of Everything
Joan As Police Woman – The Classic
Metronomy – Love Letters
The Who – Sensation: The Story of Tommy DVD
Tom The Lion – Sleep (UK: Feb. TBA)
Warm Soda – Young Reckless
March 18
Eliza Gilkyson – The Nocturne Diaries
Heather Maloney & Darlingside – EP
Taking Back Sunday – Happiness Is
March 25
Ages and Ages – Divisionar
The Belle Brigade – Just Because
Carlene Carter – Carter Girl
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th Anniv. Super Deluxe Edition)
Future Islands – Singles
Jimi Goodwin (Doves) – Odludek
Johnny Cash – Out Among the Stars (Unreleased LP)
Little Daylight – TBD
Robbie Hecht – S/T
Seahaven – Reverie Lagoon
Simone Felice – Strangers
The Callstore – Save No One
The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams
Tokyo Police Club – Forcefield
April 1
Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray
Desert Noises – 27 Ways
Johnny Two Bags (Social Distortion) – Salvation Town
Kaiser Chiefs – Education…and War
Peter Mulvey – Silver Ladder
Pylo – The Woman EP
Saintseneca – Dark Arc
The Bamboos – Fever In The Road
Various – Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne
April 8
Fatherson – I Am An Island (UK)
Liam Finn – The Nihilist
Moxie Raia – TBA
School of Language (Field Music) – Old Fears
Shook Twins – What We Do
Syd Arthur – TBA
Thus:Owls – Turning Rocks
Wallis Bird – Architecture (UK)
April 15
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Make My Head Sing…
Needtobreathe – Rivers In the Wasteland
Woods – With Light & With Love
April 22
Hedley – Wild Life
The Madden Brothers (Good Charlotte) – TBA
Tom and Hebron – Zoyugo