MIIKE SNOW III (Downtown/Atlantic) After three years on hold, the trio of Swedish indie pop-progressives known as Miike Snow are back to making music as a cohesive unit. The band consists of producing team Bloodshy & Avant and singer Andrew Wyatt. They have now returned with their 3rd studio album aptly entitled III (3). Check out the music video below for their second single, Genghis Khan.
M. WARD More Rain (Merge) After another multi-year break from solo recording, M. Ward will release his eighth album, More Rain. Ward began working on More Rain in 2012, initially experimenting with layering his own vocals to create a doo-wop record. After collaborating with other artist on the record such as R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, k.d. lang, Neko Case, and others, the sound of the album went in a different direct, described as “true gotta-stay-indoors, rainy-season record that looks upwards through the weather while reflecting on his past.”
RAY LAMONTAGNE Ouroboros (RCA) This is Ray LaMontagne’s sixth studio album Ouroboros, which will be released on March 4. The album was produced with Jim James of My Morning Jacket. Check out LaMontagne music video for his first single “Hey, No Pressure.”
Also Available The Week Of March 1
ADAN & XAVI Y LOS IMANES Adan & Xavi y Los Imanes (Everloving)
BEN ABRAHAM Sirens (Secretly Canadian)
BRETT HARRIS (Big Star) Up in the Air (Hit the Deck Recordings/Redeye)
DAY WAVE Headcase/Hard To Read (double EP) (Grand Jury)
ESPERANZA SPALDING Emily’s D+Evolution (Concord Music Group)
FRANK SOLIVAN Family, Friends & Heroes (w/ Sam Bush, John Cowan, Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, and others) (Compass)
GLITTERBUST (Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon & Alex Knost of Tomorrows Tulips) Glitterbust (Burger)
GREG LASWELL Everyone Thinks I Dodged a Bullet (Vanguard/Concord)
GRIFFIN HOUSE So On And So Forth (Evening Records)
HERON OBLIVION Heron Oblivion (Sub Pop)
LAPSLEY (aka Holly Lapsley Fletcher) Long Way Home (XL Recordings)
LORETTA LYNN Full Circle (first new album in 10 years, w/ guests Elvis Costello & Willie Nelson) (Legacy Recordings)
NADA SURF You Know Who You Are (Barsuk)
POLICA United Crushers (Mom + Pop)
RNDM (Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament’s side project, second album) Ghost Riding (Dine Alone)
SEGO Once Was Lost Now Just Hanging Around (Dine Alone)
THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY A Man Alive (produced by Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards) (Ribbon)
THE CORAL Distance Inbetween (INgrooves)
THE SUITCASE JUNKET Dying Star (EP) (Signature Sounds)
THE VIOLENT FEMMES We Can Do Anything (9th album and their first full-length release in 16 years) (PIAS)
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