Tuesday, January 24, 2012

2012 Winter Music Preview


Take Adele out of the equation and the year in music for 2011 was pretty dire. But I have some good news and bad news for what very well may be the last year for CDs ever (and I am not just talking about the Mayans being right, it looks like record labels will be phasing out the format except to pricy special editions). The good news is there looks to be a lot of great music from top names being released this year. The bad news is you will probably have to wait until after Easter to hear most of it. Of course keep in mind Adele’s 21 was released one year ago last week (and Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars was released a year ago next week), so maybe there is a hidden gen that will take the world by storm this winter. Click on the album title to preorder on Amazon or the artist name to be taken to iTunes.


Today
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy – Nada Surf
The Lion's RoarFirst Aid Kit
Soul 2Seal
Clear Heart Full Eyes - Craig Finn
Plastic MoonMadi Diaz

January 31
Born to DieLana Del Rey
Making MirrorsGotye
Tomahawk TechniqueSean Paul
Beyond Magnetic EPMetallica
Human AgainIngrid Michaelson

February 7
Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney
Scars & StoriesThe Fray
Popcycles and Politics – V.V. Brown
A Different Kind of TruthVan Halen
Tramp - Sharon Van Etten
Stories to Tell - Richard Marx
Be The VoidDr. Dog

February 14
As The Crow FliesAmos Lee
Sweet SourBand of Skulls

February 21
Reign of TerrorSleigh Bells
Some NightsFun.

February 28
RosesThe Cranberries
Songs from Nowheresville – The Ting Tings
All of MeEstelle
BreakfastChiddy Bang
WZRD – Kid Cudi and Dot da Genius

March 6
Wrecking Ball – Bruce Springsteen
Break It YourselfAndrew Bird

March 13
Strange Clouds – B.o.B

March 20
Port of Morrow – The Shins
The Hunger Games Soundtrack

March 27
Kids in the Streets – The All-American Rejects
Undisputed – DMX

April 10
Black Panties – R. Kelly
A Wasteland CompanionM. Ward


TBD
Songs of Ascent – U2
Born and Raised – John Mayer
West Coast Time – Michelle Branch
What We Saw from the Cheap Seats – Regina Spektor
Battle Born - The Killers
TuskegeeLionel Richie
Most of Our Heroes Don’t Appear on a Stamp / The Evil Empire of Everything – Public Enemy
Drive By – Train
Master of Make Believe - Santigold
Man on the Moon III – Kid Cudi
Picture Show – Neon Trees
Love Is a Four Letter Word – Jason Mraz
Rise of the Phoenix – Tenacious D
E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event) 2: End of the World - Busta Rhymes
G.O.O.D. Music: The Album
Mumford & Sons
The Avett Brothers
Pearl Jam
Cat Power
Fleetwood Mac
Garbage
Mazzy Star
Janelle Monáe
Rancid
Soundgarden
Sara Bareilles / Ben Folds
Frank Ocean
Phoenix
The xx
The Offspring
Wu-Tang Clan
Gary Clark Jr.
Christina Aguilera
Matchbox Twenty

And do not forget the obligatory this may be the quarter we actually get to hear Dr. Dre’s Detox. Of course if I missed anything, that is what the comment section is for.

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