I remember a time when word of a new Conor Obert album would have filled my heart with joy, but five years is a long time between masterpieces, isn’t it? I might say the same about Damon Albarn come to think about it. Nothing here makes my heart aflutter like a little schoolgirl except maybe the new Prefab Sproat.
March 25
Ages and Ages – Divisionar
Circa Zero (Andy Summers, Rob Giles) – Circus Hero
D’Angelo – Live at The Jazz Cafe, London
Desert Noises – 27 Ways
Faces On Film – Elite Lines
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th Anniv. Deluxe Edition)
Future Islands – Singles
Jimi Goodwin (Doves) – Odludek
Beth Hart/Joe Bonamassa – Live In Amsterdam (DVD)
Holy Holy – Pacifica (3/28 AUS)
Jim Oblon – Sunset
Johnny Cash – Out Among the Stars (Unreleased LP)
London Grammar – If You Wait (CD U.S.)
Mr. Little Jeans – Pocketknife
Robbie Hecht – S/T
Seahaven – Reverie Lagoon
Simone Felice – Strangers
The Belle Brigade – Just Because
The Callstore – Save No One
The Colourist – S/T
The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams
Tokyo Police Club – Forcefield
Various – Bob Dylan In The 80’s Vol. 1
Various – MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen (DVD)
Various – The Walking Dead Season 4, Vol. 2 (EP)
Wilco Johnson/Roger Daltrey – Going Back Home
April 1
A. J. Ellis – Bury the Devil
Arc Iris – S/T
Ball Park Music – Puddinghead (4/4 AUS)
Cloud Nothings – Here & Nowhere Else
Coves – Soft Friday (UK; US: TBA)
Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray
Dan Sultan – Blackbird (4/4 Aus)
Desert Noises – 27 Ways
Hozier – From Eden EP (UK)
Johnny Two Bags (Social Distortion) – Salvation Town
Kaiser Chiefs – Education…and War
Kate Havnevik – Residue (Rarities)
Leon Russell – Life’s Journey
Manchester Orchestra – Cope
Nathaniel Rateliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
Nickel Creek – A Dotted Line
Novo Amor – Woodgate NY EP
Orcas – Yearling (4/4)
Peter Mulvey – Silver Ladder
Pylo – The Woman EP
S. Carey (Bon Iver) – Range of Light
Saintseneca – Dark Arc
Small Black – Real People EP
The Bamboos – Fever In The Road
Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams
Various – Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne
White Hinterland – Baby
Whitehorse – Éphémère sans repère EP (CAN)
April 8
Carlene Carter – Carter Girl
EMA – The Future’s Void
Fatherson – I Am An Island (UK)
Field Study – Feverland (U.S.)
Folly & The Hunter – Tragic Care (U.S.)
Joan Osborne – Love & Hate
Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls
Laurel – To The Hills
Liam Finn – The Nihilist
Moxie Raia – TBA
School of Language (Field Music) – Old Fears
Shook Twins – What We Do
Sohn – Tremors
The Honey Trees – Bright Fire
The Mary Onettes – Portico: (Dig: 3/4)
Thus:Owls – Turning Rocks
Wallis Bird – Architecture (UK)
April 15
Afghan Whigs – Do To the Beast
Amatorski – From Clay Figures
Bobby Bare Jr. – Undefeated
Bruce Springsteen – American Beauty EP (4/19)
Dinah Thorpe – Lullabies & Wake Up Calls
Emerson Hart (Tonic) – Beauty In Disrepair
Horse Thief – Fear In Bliss
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) – Homo Erraticus
Ingrid Michaelson – Lights Out
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Make My Head Sing…
Justin Currie – Lower Reaches
Justin Nozuka – Ulysees
Marika Hackman – Deaf Heat EP
Matthew & The Atlas – Other Rivers (UK)
Needtobreathe – Rivers In the Wasteland
Paolo Nutini – Caustic Love (UK)
Ramona Lisa (Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek) – Arcadia
Rodney Crowell – Tarpaper Sky
Smoke Fairies – S/T
Sohn – Tremors
The Bee Gees – The WB Years 1987-1991 Box
The Secret Sisters – Put Your Needle Down
Vaudeville Etiquette – Debutantes and Dealers
Woods – With Light & With Love
April 22
Black Prairie (Decemberists) – Fortune
Dwight & Nicole – Shine On
EELS – The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
Fear Of Men – Loom
G. Love & Special Sauce – Sugar
Hedley – Wild Life
Keb’ Mo’ – BLUESAmericana
Little Daylight – TBA
Little Feat – Live in Holland 1976
Margot & The Nuclear So and Sos – Sling Shot to Heaven
Sharon Corr – The Same Sun
The Madden Brothers (Good Charlotte) – TBA
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Days of Abandon
To Kill A King – Cannibals With Cutlery (U.S.)
Tom and Hebron – Zoyugo
April 29
Archie Powell & The Exports – Back In Black
Ben Watt – Hendra
Brigitte DeMeyer – Savannah Road (4/29)
Broken Twin – May
Caitlin Park – The Sleeper (5/2 AUS)
Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Phosphorescent Harvest
Curtis Stigers – Hooray For Lovers
Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) – Everyday Robots
Dave Keller – Soul Changes
Edward David Anderson – Lies & Wishes
Fiona Bevan – Talk To Strangers
Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger (Sean Lennon) – Midnight Sun
Hafdis Huld – Home
Little Hurricane – Gold Fever
Pink Mountaintops – Get Back
Prefab Sprout – Crimson/Red (U.S.)
Rodrigo y Gabriela – 9 Dead Alive
Sam Morrow – Ephemeral
The Currys – Follow
The Howlin’ Brothers – Trouble
The Old 97’s – Most Messed Up
Tommy Malone (Subdudes) – Poor Boy
Wye Oak – Shriek
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers – World of Strangers
April TBA
Imogen Heap – Sparks
Neil Young – A Letter Home
May 6
Ben Harper/Ellen Chase-Verdries – Childhood Home
Current Swell – Ulysses
Gregg Allman & Various Artists – All My Friends (CD/DVD)
Gruff Rhys – American Interior
Jenny Scheinman – The Littlest Prisoner
Kina Grannis – Elements
Leisure Cruise (Dave Hodge, Leah Segal) – S/T
Lily Allen – Sheezus
Luke Elliot – Provisions
Lykke Li – I Never Learn
Natalie Merchant – S/T
Nikki Lane – All or Nothin’
Pacifika – Amor Planeta
Papercuts – Life Among the Savages
Rachel Taylor Brown – Falimy
Ray LaMontagne – Supernova
Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera) – Seven Dials (UK)
Sarah McLachlan – Shine On
The Horrors – Luminous
Thomas Dybdahl – What’s Left Is Forever (US)
Tiny Ruins – Brightly Painted One
tUnE-yArDs – Nikki Nack
Willie Watson – Folk Singer, Vol. 1
Wooden Wand – Farmers Corner
May 13
Amen Dunes – Love
Braid – No Coast
Collin Herring – Some Knives
Jeremy Fisher – The Lemon Squeeze
Jesse Denaro – Dear, Love
Joseph Arthur – Lou (Lou Reed Tribute)
Kris Delmhorst – Blood Test
La Sera – Hour of the Dawn
Mirah – Changing Light
Molly Beanland – Night Dreams
Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
Nick Mulvey – First Mind
Owen Pallett – In Conflict
Rhodes – The Morning EP (5/11 UK)
Swans – To Be Kind
The Trouble With Templeton – Rookie
Tom The Lion – Sleep
Tori Amos – Unrepentant Geraldines
Walter Martin (The Walkmen) – We’re All Young Together
May 20
Bry Webb – Free Will
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) – Upside Down Mountain
Haley Bonar – Last War
Hundreds – Aftermath
Jolie Holland – Wine Dark Sea
Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Going Home
LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye: Live @ Madison Sq. Garden
Nightmare & The Cat – Simple
Oasis – Definitely Maybe 20th Anniv. Ed.
Syd Arthur – Sound Mirror
May 27
Amy LaVere – Runaway’s Diary
John Illsley (Dire Straits) – Testing the Waters
Little Barrie – Shadow
Madison – The Bright Light EP
Miniature Tigers – Cruel Runnings
moe. – No Guts, No Glory
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
Teleman – Breakfast
May TBA
Bridie Jackson & The Arbour – New Skin
Erlend Øye (Kings of Convenience) – Legao
Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
Megson – In A Box
June 3
BANKS – Goddess (Full Length Debut)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Meteorites (4/28 UK)
Howling Bells – Heartstrings
James – La Petite Mort
JD McPherson – TBA
Kan Wakan – Moving On
