Anna Calvi, Hunted
Body Count, Carnivore – Ice Tea’s metal band returns
Caroline Rose. Superstar
CocoRosie, Put The Shine On
Cornershop England Is A Garden – what I’ve heard isn’t Indian enough
Cream, Goodbye Tour – Live -wow, could be killer…though I’ve heard the “Crossroads” and that track wasn’t…
Daniel Davies, Signals
Deacon Blue, City of Love
Mandy Moore, Silver Landings – at least we know who had the musical gift in the family
Mark Kozelek with Ben Boye and Jim White, Mark Kozelek with Ben Boye and Jim White 2
Moby, All Visible Object
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Blue Moon Rising – That Oasis style single was OK, the EDM stuff not so much
Pantha du Prince, Conference Of Trees
Phantogram, Ceremony
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, Manchester Calling
R.A.P. Ferreira, Purple Moonlight Pages
Riz Ahmed, The Long Goodbye
Silverstein, A Beautiful Place To Drown – Just in time for their 20th anniversary
Stephen Malkmus, Traditional Techniques – hey, maybe those early Pavement albums were a fluke – MUST TO AVOID
Swamp Dogg, Sorry You Couldn’t Make It – always an honor
THICK, 5 Years Behind
U.S. Girls, Heavy Eye – from everything I’ve heard, two songs including the genius “4 American Dollars,” this has the possibility of being one of the best albums of the year -MOST ANTICIPATED