So what new music am I looking forward to for 2012? Here are some album selections:
10th of January:
If - Bill Ryder-Jones
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12th of January:
The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit
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31st of January:
Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
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31st of January:
Born to Die - Lana Del Rey
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7th of February:
Le Voyage Dans La Lune - Air
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7th of February:
Tramp - Sharon Van Etten
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7th of February:
Paralytic Stalks - Of Montreal
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14th of February:
Underrated Silence - Ulrich Schnauss and Mark Peters
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14th of February:
Roses – The Cranberries
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20th of February:
I Thought I Was an Alien - Soko
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21st of February:
Visions - Grimes
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21st of February:
Maraqopa - Damien Jurado
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28th of February:
Ghostory – School of Seven Bells
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28th of February:
The Slideshow Effect - Memoryhouse
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March 2012:
Port of Morrow – The Shins
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27th of March:
Rhine Gold - Choir of Young Believers
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22nd of May
All Of Us, Together - Teen Daze
Other 2012 album releases:
Young Man in America - Anais Mitchell (February 28th, 2012)
One Second of Love - Nite Jewel(March 3rd)
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen (March 6th)
Kill for Love - Chromatics (March 26th)
A Wasteland Companion - M. Ward (April 10th)
This Machine - Dandy Warhols (April 24th)
The Body Wins - Sarah Jaffe (April 24th)
Little Broken Hearts - Norah Jones (May 1st)
Prophet - Ramona Falls (May 1st)
Strangeland - Keane (May 8th)
Bloom - Beach House (May 15th)
The Only Place - Best Coast (May 15th)
Gallery - Craft Spells (May 15th)
Not Your Kind of People - Garbage (May 22th)
Title TBA - Niki & The Dove (May 22nd)
In My Mind I Am Free - Blue Foundation (May 22nd)
The Absence - Melody Gardot (May 29th)
Valtari - Sigur Rós (May 29th)
Sister - Marissa Nadler (May 29th)
Here - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (May 29th)
We Saw from the Cheap Seats - Regina Spektor (May 29th)
Americana - Neil Young & Crazy Horse (June 5th)
Boys Don't Cry - Rumer (June 5th)
Temper Trap - The Temper Trap (June 5th)
There's No Leaving Now - The Tallest Man On Earth (June 11th)
Synthetica - Metric (June 12th)
Lucifer - Peaking Lights (June 19th)
In Our Heads - Hot Chip (June 19th)
Amanda Mair - Amanda Mair (June 19th)
The Hound Chronicles / Hot Garden Stomp - The Mountain Goats (June 26)
Fiona Apple (late June 2012)
One Lovely Day - Citizen Cope (July 17th)
Shrines - Purity Ring (July 24th )
Confess - Twin Shadow (July)
Good Morning to the Night - Elton John & Pnau (July 17)
Gossamer - Passion Pit (July 24th)
Underwater - Joshua Radin (July 31st)
Just Tell Me That You Want Me - Tribute To Fleetwood Mac - Various Artists (August 14)
Mature Themes - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (August 21st)
Four - Bloc Party (August 21st)
Nocturne - Wild Nothing (August 28th)
Havoc And Bright Lights - Alanis Morissette (August 28th)
The Salesman and the Shark - Sean Rowe (August 28th)
Privateering - Mark Knopfler (September 3rd)
Sun - Cat Power (September 4th)
I Know What Love Isn't - Jens Lekman (Sept 4th)
Tempest - Bob Dylan (Sept 11th)
Love This Giant - David Byrne & St. Vincent (September 11)
Coexist - The xx (September 11)
Observator - Raveonettes (September 11)
Away From The World - Dave Matthews Band (September 11)
Falling - Seapony (September 11)
The Spirit Indestructible - Nelly Furtado (September 11)
Elysium - Pet Shop Boys (Sept 18th)
Charmer - Aimee Mann (Sept 18th)
Mirage Rock - Band of Horses (September 18)
Runner - The Sea and Cake (September 18)
Battle Born - The Killers (Sept 25th)
Push and Shove - No Doubt (September 25)
Sundark and Riverlight - Patrick Wolf (September 25)
Transcendental Youth - The Mountain Goats (October 2)
Glad Rag Doll - Diana Krall (October 2)
The 2nd Law - Muse (October 2)
Other Worlds - Taken by Trees (October 2)
Sounds That Can't Be Made - Marillion (October 2)
Now for Plan A - The Tragically Hip (October 2)
Gold Dust - Tori Amos (October 2)
Halcyon - Ellie Goulding (October 8th)
Close-Up 4: Songs Of Family - Suzanne Vega (October 9)
Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood - John Cale (October 9th)
Diluvia - Freelance Whales (October 9)
The Haunted Man - Bat for Lashes (October 23rd)
Free Dimensional - Diamond Rings (October 23)
Tinsel And Lights - Tracey Thorn (October 30)
Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young & Crazy Horse (October 30)
Music from Another Dimension! - Aerosmith (November 6)
Smalhans - Lindstrom (November 6)
Free The Universe - Major Lazer (November 6)
The Inner Mansions - Teen Daze (November 6)
Born To Die - Lana Del Rey (The Paradise Edition) (Nov 12th)
LUX - Brian Eno (November 13)
Grace/Confusion - Memory Tapes (December 4)
2013:
Lost Sirens - New Order (January 14)
Fade - Yo La Tengo (January 15)
Awayland – Villagers (January 22)
Anything In Return - Toro y Moi (January 22)
Heartthrob - Tegan and Sara (January 29)
Wonderful, Glorious - Eels (February 5)
Holy Fire - Foals (February 12)
Push The Sky Away - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (February 19)
Songs for Imaginative People - Darwin Deez (February 19 )
Outrun - Kavinsky (February 25)
The Raven That Used To Sing (And Other Stories) - Steven Wilson (February 26)
Girl Who Got Away - Dido ( March 4)
Beast in Its Tracks - Josh Ritter (March 5)
Welcome Oblivion - How To Destroy Angels (March 5)
Sound City - Real to Reel (March 8)
Graffiti on the Train - Stereophonics (March 12)
The Deserters - Rachel Zeffira (March 12)
The Next Day - David Bowie ( March 12)
Muchacho – Phosphorescent (March 19)
Bloodsports - Suede (March 19)
Delta Machine - Depeche Mode (March 25)
Comedown Machine - The Strokes (March 26)
Don’t Get Too Grand - Donovan Woods (EP) (March 26)
The Terror - The Flaming Lips (April 1)
The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver ( April 2)
For Now I am Winter - Oluf Arnolds (April 2)
Shaking the Habitual - The Knife (April 8)
Wakin' on a Pretty Daze - Kurt Vile (April 9)
Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time – Steve Mason (April 9)
Stories Don’t End - Dawes (April 9)
Free the Universe - Major Lazer (April 15)
True Romance - Charli XCX (April 15)
Mosquito - Yeah Yeah Yeah’s (April 16)
The Terror - The Flaming Lips (April 16)
Ghost On Ghost - Iron & Wine ( April 16)
Alone Aboard the Ark - The Leisure Society (April 16)
Bankrupt! - Phoenix (April 23)
Ultramarine - Young Galaxy (April 23)
A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart – Bill Ryder Jones (April 23)
Heart of Nowhere - Noah and the Whale (May 6)
Volume 3 - She & Him (May 7)
Monomania - Deerhunter (May 7)
Strange Pleasures - Still Corners (May 7)
Limits Of Desire - Small Black (May 14)
Pale Green Ghosts – John Grant (May 14)
Second Hand Rapture - MS MR (May 14)
Modern Vampires Of The City - Vampire Weekend ( May 14)
The Conversation - Texas (May 20)
Random Access Memories - Daft Punk (May 21)
Trouble Will Find Me - The National (May 20)
Once I Was An Eagle - Laura Marling (May 27)
Brass Tactics - David Byrne & St Vincent (free EP) (May 28)
Immunity - Jon Hopkins (June 3)
Desire Lines - Camera Obscura (June 4)
Personal Record - Eleanor Friedberger (June 4)
The Bling Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (June 11)
The Ballad of Boogie Christ - Joseph Arthur (June 11)
Tomorrow's Harvest - Boards Of Canada (June 11)
The Travels - Molly Nilsson (July 8)
Me Moan - Daughn Gibson (July 9)
Only God Forgives: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Cliff Martinez (July 16)
The Big Dream - David Lynch (July 16)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (July 23)
Songs Cycled - Van Dyke Parks (July 23)
Moderat: Moderat II (August 2)
Paracosm - Washed Out (August 13)
Loud City Song - Julia Holter (August 20)
Permanent Signal - Porcelain Raft (August 20)
Hesitation Marks - Nine Inch Nails (September 3)
Tales of Us - Goldfrapp (September 10)
AM - Arctic Monkeys (September 10)
Dynamics - Holy Ghost! (September 10)
Feels Like Home - Sheryl Crow (September 10)
Dream River - Bill Callahan (September 17)
In Rolling Waves - The Naked and Famous (September 17)
At Home - Keep Shelly In Athens (September 17)
And I'll Scratch Yours (cover album of Peter Gabriel songs) (September 23)
Seasons Of Your Day - Mazzy Star (September 24)
Aventine - Agnes Obel (September 30)
Glacier - Teen Daze (October 1)
R Plus Seven - Oneohtrix Point Never (October 1)
Innocents – Moby (October 1)
Lightning Bolt - Pearl Jam (October 15)
Outside - CFCF (October 22)
[Title TBA] - The Arcade Fire (October 29)
2014:
Warpaint - Warpaint (January 21)
Brothers and Sisters Of The Eternal Son - Damien Jurado (January 21)
(Last updated 6 November 2013)
What new music are you most excited about for spring 2012? What did I miss? Any thoughts on the albums above? Share your views in the comments!
