| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| AIR |
"Le Voyage Dans La Lune" (an original modern soundtrack to the restored 1902 silent film "Le Voyage Dans La Lune [A Trip to the Moon]"; guests: Au Revoir Simone and Victoria Legrand of Beach House; Hear here; CD/DVD; MP3 Download) |
(Astralwerks, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Dierks Bentley |
"Home" (guests: Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild, Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien; first single: "Am I the Only One"; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Capitol Nashville, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Drunken Prayer (alt-country/folk-rock band) |
"Into the Missionfield [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) |
(Fluff & Gravy, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Emma-Lee (Canadian singer-songwriter) |
"Backseat Heroine [MP3 Download]" (guests: Nicole Atkins, Jill Barber, Luke Doucet; Hear here) |
(Special Agent, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Escape Club |
"Celebrity" (producers: guitarist John Holliday, frontman Trevor Steel; first single: "God's Own Radio"; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Whipped Cream/Redeye, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Roberta Flack |
"Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack Sings The Beatles" (producers: Sherrod Barnes, Jerry Barnes, Barry Miles; first single: "We Can Work It Out"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(RAS/429, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Fray, The |
"Scars & Stories" (producer: Brendan O'Brien; first single: "Heartbeat"; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Epic, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Garland Green |
"I Should've Been the One" (his first album of all new material in 30 years; first singles: "I'm the One That Should've Been" and a new version of his 1969 hit "Jealous Kind of Fella") |
(Special Soul Music, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Larkin Grimm |
"Soul Retrieval [MP3 Download]" (producer: Tony Visconti; Hear here) |
(v, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Ben Kweller |
"Go Fly a Kite" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(The Noise Company/ADA, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Mark Lanegan Band |
"Blues Funeral" (Lanegan's first album since 2004's "Bubblegum"; producer: Alain Johannes; guests: Jack Irons, Greg Dulli, Josh Homme, etc.; first single: "The Gravedigger's Song"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(4AD, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| The Light (led by Peter Hook) |
"1102/2011 [EP]" (nine songs, including four Joy Division re-recordings; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Hacienda, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Paul McCartney |
"Kisses on the Bottom" (pop-standards album, with two new McCartney compositions; producer: Tommy LiPuma; guests: Diana Krall and her band, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Hear Music/Concord, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Olivia Newton-John, various artists |
"A Few Best Men [Film soundtrack]" (Newton-John stars and sings in this buddy road-flick, which opens in Australia on Jan. 26; See here) |
(Australia - Universal, Feb. 6, 2012) |
| of Montreal |
"Paralytic Stalks" (first single: "Dour Percentage"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Polyvinyl, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Patrice O'Neal (stand-up comic died of complications from a stroke on Nov. 29) |
"Mr. P" (recorded in April 2011 at the DC Improv; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(BSeen Media, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Pretty Good Dance Moves (Brooklyn electro-pop band) |
"Limo [MP3 Download]" (guest: Brazilian Girls' Sabina Sciubba; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(MAD Dragon/Township, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Prima Donna |
"Bless This Mess" (producer: Chris Dugan; first single: "Feral Children"; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Acetate, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Psycroptic (Australian death/grind band) |
"The Inherited Repression" (producer: guitarist Joe Haley; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Nuclear Blast, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Red Hot Rebellion (Ohio punk 'n' roll band) |
"Red Hot Rebellion [MP3 Download]" (accompanied by a comic book; Hear here) |
(Red Hot Rebellion, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Royal Baths |
"Better Luck Next Life" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Kanine, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Shaggy |
"Summer in Kingston" (guests: Tarrus Riley, Kat DeLuna, Jaiden, Assassin aka Agent Sasco; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Ranch Entertainment, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Silverstein |
"Short Songs" (22 songs; 11 originals and 11 covers, including Dead Kennedys, Orchid, Gorilla Biscuits, The Promise Ring, NOFX, Green Day, etc.; producer: Jordan Valeriote; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) |
(Hopeless, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Sunshone Still |
"ThewaytheworldDies [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) |
(Potato Eater, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Twilight Sad, The (Scottish indie-rock band) |
"No One Can Ever Know" (producer: Andrew Weatherall; first single: "Sick"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(FatCat, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| 2 Bears, The |
"Be Strong" (first single: "Work"; Hear here; See here) |
(U.K. - DFA, Feb. 6, 2012) |
| Steve Tyrell |
"I'll Take Romance" (guest: Judith Hill; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Concord, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Sharon Van Etten |
"Tramp" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Jagjaguwar, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Van Halen |
"A Different Kind of Truth" (first album with David Lee Roth since 1984; producer: John Shanks; first single: "Tattoo"; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Interscope, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Various artists |
"The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, Volume II" (contributors: Jennings' widow Jessi Colter, Dierks Bentley, Justin Moore, Hank Williams Jr., Montgomery Gentry, Jewel, Jack Ingram, Colt Ford, Josh Thompson, Pat Green, Wyatt McCubbin) |
(Scatter/Average Joes Entertainment, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Various artists |
"NOW That's What I Call Music! 41" (20 songs; MP3 Download) |
(Capitol, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Various artists |
"Ultra Dance 13" (24 songs; MP3 Download) |
(Ultra, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Various artists |
"The Vow [Film soundtrack]" (movie starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum opens Feb. 10; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Rhino, Feb. 7, 2012) |
| Martin Zellar & The Hardways (former lead singer of the Gear Daddies) |
"Roosters Crow [MP3 Download]" (his first album of solo material in 10 years; producer: Pat Manske; Hear here) |
(Owen Lee Recordings, Feb. 7, 2012) |
