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Welcome! This page lists albums released since 1 January 2010 and links to information on album and free mp3's. Albums that charted are listed in order of thier placing and albums that didnt (under the -----) are ordered by highest rating. The site doesn't look great at the moment. A better one should appear around MARCH 2012. There are links to FREE MP3's, tour dates, interview's, concert reports ect. (apr'08) means the article is from April 2008.. Thanks. Any questions to joeyjjjshabadoo@gmail.com ****************************************************************************
Link to albums out this week ****************************************************************************The dates listed below tend to be the UK and Ireland release dates. Europe around the same time and the USA is usually a week ahead or behind. **************************************************************************** NOTE::Bands in capital letters are bands who are featured in my discography. You will find more info on the albums by visiting their discography (avail June 2011) **************************************************************************** NOTE::After each album I place the rating given by magazines The magazines listed below usually give ratings out of 5 or out of 10, so I decided to mark all the ratings out of 5. So if any magazine from 2002 gave a rating out of 10, i halved it :: IRELAND ::
HP = HOT PRESS, visit www.hotpress.com to read reviews. :: UK :: Q = Q, visit www.q4music.com to read reviews. UNCUT = UNCUT, visit www.uncut.co.uk to read reviews. MOJO = MOJO, visit www.mojo4music.com to read reviews. K = KERRANG!, visit ww.kerrang.com to read reviews. NME = NME, visit www.nme.com to read reviews. ROCK SOUND = ROCK SOUND, visit www.rock-sound.net to read reviews. MH = METAL HAMMER, visit www.metalhammer.co.uk to read reviews. :: USA :: ROL STONE = ROLLING STONE, visit www.rollingstone.com to read reviews. SPIN = SPIN , visit www.spin.com to read reviews. **************************************************************************** You contact me at -- joeyjjjshabadoo@gmail.com -- if you want to
add album release date currently recording album for release this year change any details in album information (for example if i have [album of new songs] and you know its 2nd album, I would be grateful if you'd let me know)
****************************************************************************To view articles on albums (and free mp3's) released this year already, then click link below
Albums released in 2010 & 2011
**************************************************************************** I hope these ratings help in your choice if you decide to buy any of them.
Date Released : Name of band_______Name of album (chart position) [extra info] [album ratings]Coming soon...........my review of albums I heard this year
27 December 2010 - 2 January 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200 The Maine__________Soundtrack: In Darkness & In Light (93 USA) [8 track soundtrack to film] Ghostface Killah__________Apollo Kids (120 USA) [9th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5] Wynton Marsalis__________Christmas Jazz Jam (125 USA) Vampire Weekend__________iTunes Session EP (171 USA) [6 track live EP ft.2 covers] [ROL STONE - 3] Slash__________iTunes Session EP (174 USA) Duran Duran__________All You Need to Know (196) [13th album, avail iTunes only, cd-2011] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Various Artists__________Rise Of The Masters: Bach - 100 Supreme Classical Masterpieces (196 USA) [100 track comp] GORILLAZ__________THE FALL (???) [4th album, digital only & avail to fan club members, cd-2011] [NME - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Klaxons__________Landmarks of Lunacy (???) [5 track EP, songs that didnt make 2nd album + FREE!] Various Artists__________We'll Never Stop Living This Way: A Ghostly Primer (???) [Ghostly International label celebrate 11 years - ft.School Of Seven Bells, Gold Panda...] Fenn O'Berg__________Live in Japan Part One / Live In Japan Part Two (???) [live albums from band ft.Jim O'Rourke]
3 - 9 January 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200 Various Artists__________Sunrise : Music For Mellow Mornings (144 USA) [comp ft.Sigur Ros,Buddy Holly,Harry Nilsson....] The Flaming Lips__________Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips are Providing Needles for Your Balloons EP (182 USA) [9 track compilation EP, released in 1994] Low Cut Connie__________Get Out The Lotion (???) [album of new songs] Rifle Men__________Treewolf Is Dead EP (???) [6 track EP] Glassjaw__________Our Color Green (???) [singles compilation of 5 singles released in 2010]
10 - 16 January 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200 Cake__________Showroom of Compassion (1 USA) [6th album] [ROL STONE - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3] Cage The Elephant__________Thank You, Happy Birthday (2 USA 26 UK[21 mar]) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // HP - 3.5 // NME - 3.5] Emma's Imagination__________Stand Still (14 UK 48 IRE) [debut album from Must Be The Music winner] [Q - 3] British Sea Power__________Valhalla Dancehall (22) [4th album] [HP - 4.5 // Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // SPIN - 3] Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole__________Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Greatest Hits (28) [13 track best of] Ed Sheeran__________No.5 Collaborations Project EP (46) [EP ft.Wiley, Devlin...] Louis C.K.__________Hilarious (77 USA) [comedy album] Tapes 'N Tapes__________Outside (110 USA) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // Q - 3 // SPIN - 2.5] Wire__________Red Barked Tree (???) [12th album] [MOJO - 4 // NME - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3 // HP - 3] Abagail Washburn__________City of Refuge (???) [2nd album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Minks__________By The Hedge (???) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3] Jane Lui__________Goodnight Company (???) [3rd album, released indepent, dig 11 Oct 2010] Casey Jones__________I Hope We're Not the Last (???) [3rd album] Birds of Avalon__________Birds of Avalon (???) [3rd album] The Class of 98__________Heaven (???) [2nd album] Dead Child Star__________Cold Hands, Warm Heart (???) [album of new songs from Torquil Campbell(Stars/Memphis)] Edie Brickell__________Edie Brickell (???) [album of new songs] The Dismemberment Plan__________Emergency & I (???) [bonus ed. of 1999 album] [ROL STONE - 4] Royal Trux__________Royal Trux (???) [reissue of their 1988 debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] Royal Trux__________Twin Infinitives (???) [reissue of their 1990's/2nd album] [UNCUT - 3] Royal Trux__________Untitled (???) [reissue of their 1992's/3rd album] [UNCUT - 3] Royal Trux__________Cats and Dogs (???) [reissue of their 1993's/4thalbum] [MOJO - 5 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3] Tim Buckley__________Tim Buckley:Deluxe Edition (???) [expanded ed of his 1966 debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 3] Jo Hamilton__________Gown: Bonus Edition (???) [bonus ed of 2009 album with 3 bonus tracks] N.E.R.D__________The Best of N.E.R.D (???) [best of] [Q - 3]
17 - 23 January 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200 The Decemberists__________The King Is Dead (1 USA 24 UK 26 AUSR 30 IRE[NW]) [6th album] [ROL STONE - 4 // HP - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3 // NME - 2] White Lies__________Ritual (3 UK 7 IRE 95 USA) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3 // SPIN - 2 // HP - 2 // ROL STONE - 2] Social Distortion__________Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (4 USA 169 UK) [7th album] [MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] Gregg Allman__________Low Country Blues (5 USA 48 UK[7 feb]) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 2] Pearl Jam__________Live on Ten legs (15 AUSR[NW] 21 USA 41 IRE 49 UK) [live album 2003-2010] [MOJO - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3 // HP - 2] Anna Calvi__________Anna Calvi (40 UK 72 IRE[NW]) [debut album] [NME - 4.5 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 4 // Q - 3] Times of Grace__________The Hymn of A Broken Man (44 USA 44 AUSR 106 UK) [debut from ex and current Killswitch Engage members] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Motorhead__________The World Is Yours (45 UK 94 USA[7 feb]) [20th album] [Q - 4 // CR - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // HP - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Magnum__________The Visitation (55) [16th album] RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS__________CARDINALS III/IV (59 USA) [2cd album, rec. in 2007, rel in 2010] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Alter Bridge__________Live From Amsterdam (94) [live cd/dvd, rec. in 2008] Various Artists__________World Is China (111 USA) [comp of Chinese artists on Starbucks label] Smith Westerns__________Dye It Blonde (114 USA) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4.5 // NME - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Various Artists__________I Got You Babe (133 USA) [love song comp from Starbucks, ft.Glen Hansard,The XX,Hall&Oates,Plant&Krauss...] Tennis__________Cape Dory (135 USA) [debut album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3 // Q - 3] Simone Dinnerstein/Kammerorchester/Staatskapelle Berlin__________Bach: A Strange Beauty (167 USA) The Aquabats!__________Hi-Five Soup! (181 USA) [5th album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Fujiya & Miyagi__________Ventriloquizzing (???) [4th album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // SPIN - 2.5 // HP - 2] Dolorean__________The Unfazed (???) [4th album] [Q - 4] Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers__________Teenage and Torture (???) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4] Braids__________Native Speaker (???) [debut album] [Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Robert Pollard__________Space City Kicks (???) [new album from Guided By Voices frontman] [SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Young Prisms__________Friends For Now (???) [debut album] [SPIN - 3.5] Disappears__________Guider (???) [album of new songs from band ft.Brian Case(The Ponys)] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Ducktails__________Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics (???) [3rd album from Matt Mondanile(Real Estate)] [SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Daniel Martin Moore__________In The Cool Of The Day (???) [album of new songs] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Only Son__________Searchlight (???) [2nd album from Jack Dishel(Moldy Peaches)] Ruby Coast__________Whatever This Is (???) [debut album, FREE] Fergus & Geronimo__________Unlearn (???) [debut album] Haroula Rose__________These Open Roads (???) [debut album] White Fence__________...Is Growing Faith (???) [album of new sgons from Tim Presley(Darker My Love)] Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death__________Some of Us Are in This Together (???) [album of new songs] Marnie Stern__________Demos (???) [demo recordings from 2006] Steven Dorzd__________The Heart Is a Drum Machine (The Score) (???) [soundtrack to documentary film from Flaming Lips member] The Jayhawks__________Hollywood Town Hall: Expanded edition (???) [2cd expanded ed. of bands 3rd/1992 album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4] The Jayhawks__________Tomorrow the Green Grass: Legacy Edition (???) [2cd expanded ed of bands 4th/1995 album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 4]
24 - 30 January 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200 Adele__________21 (1 UK 1 IRE 1 USA[21 feb] 1 AUSR[25 apr]) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // HP - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // NME - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Amos Lee__________Mission Bell (1 USA) [5th album] [MOJO - 4 // HP - 4 // Q - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] Iron & Wine__________Kiss Each Other Clean (2 USA 14 IRE 32 UK 36 AUSR) [4th album] [SPIN - 4.5 // NME - 4.5 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // HP - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Various Artists__________2011 Grammy Nominees (4 USA) [ft.Arcade Fire, Paramore...] Cold War Kids__________Mine Is Yours (9 AUSR[NW] 21 USA 84 UK) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // SPIN - 2.5 // ROL STONE - 2.5 // HP - 2 // NME - 1.5] Amanda Palmer__________Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under (25 AUSR) [2nd album from Dresden Dolls member] Talib Kweli__________Gutter Rainbows (29 USA) [5th album] [SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3 // Q - 3] The Joy Formidable__________The Big Roar (31) [debut album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 4 // NME - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // HP - 3] Funeral Party__________Golden Age of Nowhere (37) [debut album] [Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // MOJO - 3 // NME - 3] Joan As Policewoman__________The Deep Field (40 UK 42 IRE) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // HP - 4 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Architects__________The Here and Now (57) [3rd album from uK band] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Wanda Jackson__________The Party Ain't Over (58 USA) [album of new songs, prod.by Jack White] [NME - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // HP - 3] Destroyer__________Kaputt (62 USA) [9th album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Corinne Bailey Rae__________The Love EP (86 USA) [cover songs EP] Thin Lizzy__________Live And Dangerous: Deluxe Edition (100) [reissues of albums with bonus material] [K - 5 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] Mr.Big__________What If... (117) [7th album, first in 10 years] The Get Up Kids__________There Are Rules (124 USA) [5th album] [Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // SPIN - 2.5 // ROCK SOUND - 2.5] The Phoenix Foundation__________Buffalo (137) [4th album, in NZ in 2010] [HP - 4 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] Grateful Dead__________Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 2: Apr... (144 USA) [] The Mummers__________Mink Hollow Road (148) [6 track mini-album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] Thin Lizzy__________Jailbreak: Deluxe Edition (156) [reissues of albums with bonus material] [Q - 4] Gang of Four__________Content (159) [album of new songs] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // HP - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Deerhoof__________Deerhoof vs. Evil (168 USA) [10th album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3 // NME - 2.5] Ray LaMontagne__________Trouble (171 USA) [2004 release - highest pos.] Glamour Of The Kill__________The Summoning (184) [debut album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // K - 3] Lia Ices__________Grown Unknown (???) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4] Cloud Nothings__________Cloud Nothings (???) [debut album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] Sic Alps__________Napa Asylum (???) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Casey Spooner__________Adult Contemporary (???) [debut solo album from Fisherspooner frontman] [UNCUT - 4] Chikita Violenta__________TRE3S (???) [3rd album] [SPIN - 3.5] Apex Manor__________The Year of Magical Drinking (???) [debut album] [SPIN - 3.5] Phil Manley__________Life Coach (???) [debut album from Trans Am member] [UNCUT - 3 // NME - 3] Monotonix__________Not Yet (???) [album of new songs] [SPIN - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Thank You__________Golden Worry (???) [album of new songs] [ROCK SOUND - 3] Say Hi__________Um, Uh Oh (???) [6th album, aka Eric Elbogen] Ben + Vesper__________Honors (???) [2nd album] U.S. Royalty__________Mirrors (???) [debut album] The Gaddabouts__________The Gaddabouts (???) [debut album from band ft.Edie Brickell & Pino Palladino] John Vanderslice with the Magik*Magik Orchestra__________White Wilderness (???) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4] John Waite__________Rough & Tumble (???) [album of new songs from The Babys/Bad English frontman] Praxis__________Profanation (???) [US release] The Veils__________Troubles of the Brain EP (???) [6 track EP] Grouplove__________Grouplove (???) [mini-album] Various Artists__________100 Records Volume 2: I Miss The Jams (???) [] The Radio Dept.__________Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010 (???) [compilation of singles, rarities..] [UNCUT - 4] Death__________Spiritual, Mental, Physical (???) [album of rarities] [MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Tina Dico__________Welcome Back Colour (???) [compilation] [MOJO - 2] The Books__________Thought For Food (???) [reissue of 2002 debut album with new artwork/lyric books] Thin Lizzy__________Johnny The Fox: Deluxe Edition (???) [reissues of album with bonus material] [Q - 3] BLOODHOUND GANG__________SHOW US YOUR HITS (???) [best of, ft. 2 new song, dig rel 2010]
31 January - 6 February 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200 Red__________Until We Have Faces (2 USA) [3rd album] Eva Cassidy__________Simply Eva (6 -> 4[NW] 14 IRE[4 apr]) [album of unreleased tracks] The Civil Wars__________Barton Hollow (12 USA 54 UK[4 oct]) [debut album] Bob Marley__________Live Forever: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, September 23, 1980 (14 USA) [3cd live album, last recorded show] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] Roberta Flack__________Love Songs (20 -> 11[NW] 10 IRE[NW]) [] George Michael__________Faith (29 UK 52 IRE) [remastered ed. of 1987 album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // MOJO - 3] Chapel Club__________Palace (31) [debut album] [Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // NME - 3] INXS__________Live (44 AUSR) Rod Stewart__________The Best Of... The Great American Songbook (49 USA) [14 track best of from covers series] The Go! Team__________Rolling Blackouts (50 UK 59 IRE 162 USA) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // HP - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // NME - 1.5] Little Comets__________In Search of Elusive Little Comets (54) [debut album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // Q - 3 // NME - 3] Alexandre Desplat__________OST: A King's Speech (62***) Jamie Lawson__________The Pull Of the Moon (70 IRE) [] Matisyahu__________Live at Stubbs Vol II (89 USA) [live album] Hercules and Love Affair__________Blue Songs (105) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 4 // HP - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] Jonny__________Jonny (106) [debut album from duo:Norman Blake(Teenage Fanclub) & Euros Childs(Gorky's Zygotic Mynci)] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3] Esben and the Witch__________Violet Cries (116) [debut album] [NME - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // Q - 3 // HP - 2] Linkin Park__________A Thousand Suns: Puerta De Alcala EP (122 USA) [6 track live EP] Boyz II Men__________20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (127 USA) [10 track best of] Lynyrd Skynyrd__________The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters (135 USA) [10 track best of, not official] Boy George__________Ordinary Alien: Kinky Roland Files (139) [album of new songs] Iration__________Fresh Grounds EP (147 USA) [] The Avett Brothers__________The Gleam (149 USA) [6 track EP, released in 2006] Lynyrd Skynyrd__________Extended Versions: Encore Collections (183 USA) [10 track live album] Lionel Richie__________20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (184 USA) [11 track album, released in 2003] Scorpions__________20th Century Masters: The Best of Scorpions (198 USA) [12 track compilation, released in 2001] MEN__________Talk About Body (???) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] David Lowery__________The Palace Guards (???) [debut album from Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven frontman] [SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] North Mississippi Allstars__________Keys To The Kingdom (???) [album of new songs] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Seefeel__________Seefeel (?[4th album, first in 14 years] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3] Gilbert O’Sullivan__________Gilbertville (???) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Hamfatter__________Cassiopeia (???) [album of new songs] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Bobby Long__________A Winter Tale (???) [debut album] Nathan Moore__________Dear Puppeteer (???) [album of new songs from ThaMuseMeant and Surprise Me Mr. Davis member] Bridges & Powerlines__________Eve (???) [album of new songs] Blameshift__________The Black Rose EP (???) [5 track EP] Good Charlotte__________Greatest Hits (???) [16 track best of] [K - 3] The Dirtbombs__________Party Store (???) [covers album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 2] Sleeper__________Smart (???) [2cd expanded edition of 1995 debut album] [UNCUT - 3] Sleeper__________The It Girl (???) [2cd expanded edition of their 1996/2nd album] The Music__________Singles and EPs 2001-2005 (???) [2cd collection] [Q - 3] THE DIVINE COMEDY__________LIVE AT SOMERSET HOUSE (???) [live album]
7 - 13 February 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 Cut Copy__________Zonoscope (3 AUSR 46 USA 65 IRE 82 UK) [3rd album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3 // Q - 3 // NME - 2.5 // UNCUT - 2] The Streets__________Computers and Blues (8 UK 22 IRE 49 AUSR) [5th album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 2 // HP - 2] James Blake__________James Blake (9 UK 11 IRE 32 AUSR[2WL] 123 USA) [debut album] [HP - 5 // SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3] Teddy Thompson__________Bella (42 UK 94 IRE) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 3 // Q - 1] Seanie Vaughan__________Altered Vision (42 IRE) [debut album] Over The Rhine__________The Long Surrender (63 USA) [album of new songs] Roger Whittaker__________20 of his best loved (69 IRE*) [best of] The Boxer Rebellion__________The Cold Still (70) [3rd album] [MOJO - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 3] Bob Geldof__________How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell (87 IRE 89 UK) [5th album] [HP - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] Yanni__________Truth of Touch (91 USA) [album of new songs] Sara Bareilles__________iTunes Live From SoHo EP (107 USA) [] Various Artists__________Music Inside: Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon, Volume 1 (115 USA) [W Jennings cover album ft.John Hiatt,Kris Kristofferson,Shooter Jennings...] Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling & Dharohar Project__________Dharohar Project (127 USA) [4 track collabrative EP, released UK in July 2010] [ROL STONE - 3] Maroon 5__________iTunes Session EP (148 USA) [] Claudia Brucken__________Combined: The Best Of (157) [best of from Propaganda and Act frontwoman - incl 8 old tracks + 4 new tracks incl Andy Bell duet] Black Spiders__________Sons of the North (172) [debut album] Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors__________Chasing Someday (183 USA) [album of new songs] Gary Moore__________The Platinum Collection (183) [3cd best of, released in 2006, he died 6 February 2011] ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead__________Tao of The Dead (???) [7th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Jessica Lea Mayfield__________Tell Me (???) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 4 // HP - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] Ben Ottewell__________Shapes & Shadows (???) [debut album from Gomez member] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] Akron/Family__________S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT (???) [5th album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // Q - 3] Tony Christie__________Now's The Time! (???) [album of new songs] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Crowbar__________Sever The Wicked Hand (???) [9th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Codes In The Clouds__________As The Spirit Wanes (???) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Nicole Atkins__________Mondo Amore (???) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3 // ROL STONE - 3 // Q - 3] The Memory Band__________Oh My Days (???) [3rd album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Harrys Gym__________What Was Ours Can't Be Yours (???) [2nd album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Anna Waronker__________California Fade (???) [2nd album from That Dog frontwoman] [UNCUT - 3] Young Galaxy__________Shapeshifting (???) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4] Emily Jane White__________Ode To Sentience (???) [3rd album] Owensie__________Aliens (???) [debut album from Realistic Train/Puget Sound/Terrordactyl member] [HP - 4] Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors__________Chasing Somebody (???) [album of new songs] The Wailin' Jennys__________Bright Morning Stars (???) [album of new songs] Alex Winston__________Sister Wife (???) [6 track mini-album] [NME - 2.5] Ty Segall__________Live in Aisle 5 (???) [live album]
14 - 20 February 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200 PJ HARVEY__________LET ENGLAND SHAKE (6 AUSR[NW] 7 IRE 8 UK 32 USA) [8th album] [Q - 5 // NME - 5 // SPIN - 4.5 // ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // HP - 4 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3] Bright Eyes__________The People's Key (13 USA 46 UK 49 IRE) [album of new songs] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // HP - 2.5] Mogwai__________Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (25 UK 25 IRE 97 USA) [7th album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // HP - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] The Drive-By Truckers__________Go-Go Boots (35 USA 58 UK 78 IRE) [9th album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // HP - 2] Gruff Rhys__________Hotel Shampoo (42 UK 69 IRE) [3rd solo from SFA frontman] [Q - 4 // HP - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // NME - 3] Roxette__________Charm School (49 AUSR 122 UK[28 mar]) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 3] Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan__________In Session (52 USA) [live album, rec in 1983, released in 1999] Hayes Carll__________KMAG YOYO & Other American Stories (67 USA) [4th album] [SPIN - 4.5 // UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Emmure__________Speaker of the Dead (68 USA) [4th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Rev Theory__________Justice (75 USA) [3rd album] Ella Fitzgerald__________Let's Fall In Love (80 USA) [best of, org released in 2002] A Skylit Drive__________Identity On Fire (98 USA) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Twilight Singers__________Dynamite Steps (113 USA 174 UK) [6th album] [SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // HP - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 3 // MOJO - 3] Esperanza Spalding__________Esperanza (138 USA) [2nd album, org released in 2008] Runner Runner__________Runner Runner (185 USA) [2nd album] The Babies__________The Babies (???) [debut album from band ft.Cassie Ramone(Vivian Girls),Kevin Morby(Woods)] Arbouretum__________The Gathering (???) [4th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 2.5] Tim Hecker__________Ravedeath, 1972 (???) [6th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] Gay For Johnny Depp__________What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You (???) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // K - 3 // Q - 3] Telekinesis__________12 Desperate Straight Lines (???) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // Q - 3] East River Pipe__________We Live In Rented Rooms (???) [aka F.M. Cornog, album of new songs] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4] The Dears__________Degeneration Street (???) [5th album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Beans__________End It All (???) [new solo from Antipop Consortium member] [SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3] Asobi Seksu__________Fluorescence (???) [4th album] [SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3 // Q - 2] Tristen__________Charlatans at the Garden Gate (???) [debut album] [ROL STONE - 3.5] La Sera__________La Sera (???) [debut album from Katy Goodman(Vivian Girls)] [UNCUT - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] A Hawk and a Hacksaw__________Cervantine (???) [5th album] [UNCUT - 4] Shugo Tokumaru__________Port Entropy (???) [4th album, rel in Japan 2010] Hey Rosetta!__________Seeds (???) [3rd album] Gord Downie__________The Grand Bounce (???) [3rd solo album from Tragically Hip frontman] Zoey Van Goey__________Propeller Versus Wings (???) [2nd album] [Q - 3] Lifeguards__________Waving At The Astronauts (???) [2nd album from duo:Robert Pollard & Doug Gillard] Stockholm Syndrome__________Apollo (???) [2nd album from Dave Schools(Widespread Panic) & Jerry Joseph(Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons)] Sims__________Bad Time Zoo (???) [2nd album from Doomtree member] AgesandAges__________Alright You Restless (???) [debut album] Dream Diary__________You Are The Beat (???) [album of new songs] The Skull Defekts__________Peer Amid (???) [album of new songs ft.Daniel Higgs(Lungfish)] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Tim Cohen__________Magic Trick (???) [album of new songs from The Fresh & Onlys frontman] The Forms__________Derealization EP (???) [6 track EP] Josh Ritter__________To The Yet Unknowning World EP (???) [6 track EP] Serj Tankian__________Imperfect Remixes EP (???) [4 track EP] Cowboy Junkies__________Demons (???) [band cover Vic Chestnutt songs + part 2 of 4 in their Nomad Series] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] Emerson, Lake & Palmer__________Emerson, Lake & Palmer (???) [remastered ed. of their 1970/debut album] [UNCUT - 4] Emerson, Lake & Palmer__________Tarkus (???) [remastered ed. of their 1971/2nd album] [UNCUT - 3] Emerson, Lake & Palmer__________Trilogy (???) [remastered ed. of their 1972/3rd album] [UNCUT - 4] Emerson, Lake & Palmer__________Brain Salad Surgery (???) [remastered ed. of their 1973/4th album] [UNCUT - 4] Sonic Youth__________Simon Werner a Disparu (???) [soundtrack to film of same name] [MOJO - 4]
21 - 27 February 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- DevilDriver__________Beast (9 AUSR 42 USA 51 UK) [5th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4] The Naked & Famous__________Passive Me, Aggressive You (25 AUSR 25 UK[14 mar 2011] 38 IRE[14 mar 2011] 91 USA[14 mar 2011]) [rel in New Zealand in 2010] [HP - 4 // NME - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] The Secret Sisters__________The Secret Sisters (29 UK 200 USA[18 oct 2010]) [debut album] [ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // HP - 4 // SPIN - 3 // MOJO - 3] D.R.U.G.S.__________Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows (29 USA) [debut album from Craig Owens(lead singer of Chiodos from 2001-2009)] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // HP - 2] Frankie & The Heartstrings__________Hunger (32) [debut album] [Q - 4 // NME - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX__________We're New Here (33 UK 42 IRE[NW]) [] [UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5] Bayside__________Killing Time (35 USA) [5th album] [SPIN - 4] G.Love__________Fixin' To Die (36 USA) [album of new songs] [Q - 3] Holly Throsby__________Team (41 AUSR) [album of new songs] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] The Low Anthem__________Smart Flesh (45 UK 48 IRE 198 USA) [3rd album] [ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 4] Jeff Beck__________Rock 'N' Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul (54 USA 106 UK) [live album ft.Imelda May,Brian Setzer and more] [UNCUT - 3] Yuck__________Yuck (62) [debut album] [ROL STONE - 4 // NME - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Patrick Stump__________Truant Wave EP (67 USA 140 UK) [6 track EP] [ROL STONE - 3] June Tabor__________Ashore (95) [] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3] Thirteen Senses__________Crystal Sounds (108) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2] Eric Clapton__________The Best of Eric Clapton: 20th Century Masters (120 USA) [11 track best of, not official] I See Stars__________The End of the World Party (144 USA) [] Various Artists__________Save It For A Rainy Day (154 USA) [Starbucks comp ft.Rufus Wainweight,Beck,Ryan Adams,The XX,The Frames....] Darkest Hour__________The Human Romance (185 USA) [] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Toro Y Moi__________Underneath The Pine (186 USA) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] Earth__________Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1 (???) [6th album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // K - 4] Six Organs of Admittance__________Asleep On The Floodplain (???) [13th album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // Q - 3] Tahiti 80__________The Past, the Present & the Possible (???) [5th album] [MOJO - 4] The Luyas__________Too Beautiful To Work (???) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Essie Jain__________Until The Light of Morning (???) [3rd album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] Danielson__________Best of Gloucester County (???) [8th album] [Q - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Loch Lomond__________Little Me Will Start A Storm (???) [album of new songs] [SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] The Cave Singers__________No Witch (???) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Katie Costello__________Lamplight (???) [2nd album] The Answering Machine__________Lifeline (???) [2nd album] [Q - 3] Colin Stetson__________New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (???) [2nd album] [MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Broken Gold__________Recovery Journal (???) [debut album from band ft.Ian MacDougall(Riverboat Gamblers), Richard Cali and Patrick Lillard(ex-Riverboat Gamblers)] Puro Instinct_____________Headbangers in Ecstasy (???) [debut album, band prev known as Pearl Harbor] [NME - 3.5] Tom Williams & the Boat__________Too Slow (???) [debut album] Jim O'Rourke & Christoph Heemann__________Plastic Palace People, Vol. 1 (???) [album of new songs] The Caribbean__________Discontinued Perfume (???) [album of new songs] Julianna Barwick__________The Magic Place (???) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] Marcellus Hall__________The First Line (???) [album of new songs from Railroad Jerk/White Hassle frontman] Paranoid Visions__________Der Election EP (???) [9 track EP ft.3 new & 6 live] Daithí__________The Embrace EP (???) [7 track EP from Must Be The Music/All Ireland Talent Show contestant] Earth Girl Helen Brown__________Story of an Earth Girl EP (???) [part of 100 Records series, 6 track EP from Sonny Smith(Sonny & The Sunsets) and Heidi Alexander(The Sandwiches)] Porcelain Raft__________Gone Blind EP (???) [4 track EP from Mauro Remiddi] Various Artists__________Soundtrack: Blue Valentine (???) [ft.Grizzly Bear[new songs],Ryan Gosling,The Platters, Dept of Eagles...] The Books__________The Lemon of Pink (???) [reissue of their 2003/2nd album] Billy Preston__________16 Year Old Soul (???) [re-release of his 1962/debut album] Johnny Cash__________Bootlegs 2: From Memphis to Hollywood (???) [2cd compilation of b-sides, demos, outtakes and more] [ROL STONE - 4.5 // SPIN - 4.5 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] There is good news for fans of The Zombies because two new compilation albums will be hitting the shops next month. ‘Begin Here (The Complete Decca Mono Recordings 1964-1967)?and ‘Odessey and Oracle (The CBS Years 1967-1969)? & ‘The R.I.P. Album?(2CD) will get released on February 21st. The same date will also see ‘Wonderful World - The Best Of Sam Cooke 1957 - 1960?(2CD) by the late Sam Cooke ‘Purely?(2CD) by The Everly Brothers and the ‘Definitive Early Album Collection?by Johnny Nash The Zombies__________Begin Here (The Complete Decca Mono Recordings 1964-1967) (???) [mono versions of bands 1965/debut album] The Zombies__________Odessey and Oracle (The CBS Years 1967-1969) (???) [] Sam Cooke__________Wonderful World - The Best Of Sam Cooke 1957 - 1960 (???) [2cd best of] The Everly Brothers__________Purely (???) [2cd best of] Johnny Nash__________Definitive Early Album Collection (???) [2cd compilation] http://studiospy.tumblr.com/post/2732580618/new-compilations-the-zombies-sam-cooke-everly
28 February - 6 March 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 Jessie J__________Who You Are (2 UK 4 IRE 11 USA[11 apr] 4 AUSR[23 may]) [debut album] [SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 2.5 // ROL STONE - 2] Marsha Ambrosius__________Late Nights & Early Mornings (2 USA 146 UK) [solo debut from ex-Floetry member] Beady Eye__________Different Gear, Still Speeding (3 UK 3 IRE 18 AUSR[2WL] 31 USA) [debut album from Liam Gallagher's new band] [Q - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // HP - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Dropkick Murphys__________Going Out In Style (6 USA 26 AUSR[NW] 54 IRE 85 UK) [7th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5] Clare Maguire__________Light After Dark (7 UK 34 IRE) [debut album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 3 // UNCUT - 2 // NME - 1] Aaron Lewis__________Town Line EP (7 USA) [7 track EP from Staind frontman] Lucinda Williams__________Blessed (15 USA 55 UK 69 IRE) [10th album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5] Lykke Li__________Wounded Rhymes (16 IRE 30 AUSR 36 USA 37 UK) [2nd album] [MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 4 // HP - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5] Forever The Sickest Kids__________Forever The Sickest Kids (33 USA) [] QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE__________QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: EXPANDED EDITION (34 AUSR 48 UK[NW] 122 USA[16 may]) [bonus ed. of 1998 debut album] [K - 5 // ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] Ron Sexsmith__________Long Player, Late Bloomer (48 UK 58 IRE[NW]) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // HP - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] DeVotchKa__________100 Lovers (74 USA) [6th album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3 // MOJO - 2] Go Radio__________Lucky Street (77 USA) [debut album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Eisley__________The Valley (80 USA) [3rd album] Sick Puppies__________Polar Opposite EP (94 USA) [] Alexander Ebert__________Alexander (110 USA) [debut album, aka Edward Sharpe] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // HP - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Florence + The Machine__________Lungs: The B-Sides EP (113 USA) [] Scritti Politti__________Absolute: A Collection of the Words & Music Of (115) [best of] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 4] Turisas__________Stand Up and Fight (119) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Mirrors__________Lights and Offerings (161) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3 // NME - 2.5] Rainbow__________Rising: Deluxe Edition (163) [] Traffic__________John Barleycorn Must Die: Deluxe Edition (181) [] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] Billy Joel__________The Hits (193 USA) [] The Death Set__________Michel Poiccard (???) [2nd album] [NME - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3 // Q - 3] Those Dancing Days__________Daydreams And Nightmares (???) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Papercuts__________Fading Parade (???) [4th album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3] The Baseball Project__________Volume 2: High and Inside (???) [2nd album from band ft.REM, Minus 5 members] [SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Rural Alberta Advantage__________Departing (???) [2nd album] [SPIN - 3] Boats__________Cannonballs, Cannonballs (???) [2nd album] Chamberlin__________Bitter Blood (???) [debut album] Rainbow Arabia__________Boys and Diamonds (???) [debut album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Acrylics__________Lives and Treasure (???) [debut album] [SPIN - 3.5] Mr. Dream__________Trash Hit (???) [debut album] [ROL STONE - 3.5] Mike Watt__________hyphenated-man (???) [albuim of new songs from Minuteman member] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Ari Hest__________Sunset Over Hope Street (???) [album of new songs] Little Wings__________Black Grass (???) [album of new songs from Kyle Field] Buddy Miller__________Majestic Silver Strings (???) [album of new songs ft.E Harris,Patty Griffin...] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4] Gustafer Yellowgold__________Infinity Sock (???) [album of new songs] Buck 65__________20 Odd Years (???) [album of new songs] Alabama 3__________There Will Be Peace In The Valley... When We Get The Keys To The Mansion On The Hill (???) [acoustic album] Easter Island__________Better Things EP (???) [5 track EP] Jesca Hoop__________Snowglobe EP (???) [4 track EP] [NME - 3] Dum Dum Girls__________He Gets Me High EP (???) [4 track EP incl.Smiths cover] [HP - 3]
7 - 13 March 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 ELBOW__________BUILD A ROCKET BOYS! (2 UK 2 IRE 13 AUSR[NW] 151 USA) [5th album] [Q - 4 // NME - 4 // SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 3] R.E.M__________COLLAPSE INTO NOW (3 IRE 5 USA 5 UK 15 AUSR) [15th album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // HP - 4 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 2 // Q - 2] The Waifs__________Temptation (3 AUSR) [6th studio album] Noah and the Whale__________Last Night on Earth (8 UK 17->11[13june] IRE 135 USA[NW]) [3rd album] [NME - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // HP - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 2] Raekwon__________Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang (12 USA 168 UK) [5th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 1] Daniel Tosh__________Happy Thoughts (28 USA) [comedy album] Billy Joel__________Live at Shea Stadium (35 USA) [live 2cd/1dvd album recorded in July 2008] Children of Bodom__________Relentless Reckless Forever (42 USA 47 AUSR[NW] 71 UK) [7th album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Slash__________Slash (60) [bonus edition of 2010 album] [K - 4] Alexi Murdoch__________Towards the Sun (75 USA) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] Dance Gavin Dance__________Downtown Battle Mountain Pt. II (82 USA) [4th album] Aaron Gillespie__________Anthem Song (91 USA) [debut album from Underoath/The Almost member] RIVAL SCHOOLS__________PEDALS (112) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 3] Mayday Parade__________Valdosta EP (127 USA) [6 track acoustic EP] Fitz & The Tantrums__________Pickin' Up The Pieces (140 USA) [debut album] [Q - 4] Ocean Colour Scene__________Mosely Shaols: Deluxe Edition (149) [] Kurt Vile__________Smoke Ring For My Halo (154 USA) [4th album] [SPIN - 4.5 // ROL STONE - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] Blancmange__________Blanc Burn (163) [4th album, first since 1985!] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] Marianne Faithfull__________Horses and High Heels (165) [album of new songs] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] Simon & Garfunkel__________Bridge over Troubled Water: 40th Anniversary Edition (167 USA 155 UK[3WL]) [] [Q - 4] Trust Company__________Dreaming in Black & White (175 USA) [3rd album] The Human Abstract__________Digital Veil (177 USA) [3rd album] Kurt Elling__________The Gate (179) [] [MOJO - 3] Erland and The Carnival__________Nightingale (186) [2nd album from band ft.Simon Tong] [Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 2] Elvis Presley__________Elvis Is Back!: Legacy Edition (199 USA) [] [ROL STONE - 4.5 // MOJO - 4] Buffalo Tom__________Skins (???) [8th album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // NME - 3 // MOJO - 3] Sucioperro__________The Heart String And How To Pull It (???) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // K - 3] Matt Berry__________Witchazel (???) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Parts & Labor__________Constant Future (???) [5th album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 3 // Q - 3] Natalia Zukerman__________Gas Station Roses (???) [5th album] Memphis__________Here Comes A City (???) [3rd album] D:Ream__________In Memory Of.. (???) [3rd album] Stricken City__________Losing Colour (???) [2nd/last album] The Chapman Family__________Burn Your Town (???) [debut album] [NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2] Wild Palms__________Until Spring (???) [debut album] [HP - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 2.5 // MOJO - 2] Morning Teleportation__________Expanding Anyway (???) [debut album] [SPIN - 3.5] Dinosaur Bones__________My Divider (???) [debut album] Tres Mts.__________Three Mountains (???) [debut album from band ft.Jeff Ament(Pearl Jam),dUg Pinnick(X),Richard Stuverud(Fastbacks)] Grails__________Deep Politics (???) [album of new songs] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Starfucker__________Reptilians (???) [album of new songs] [SPIN - 3.5] Iain Morrison and Daibhidh Martin__________Haunted Bird (???) [album of new songs] Dignan Porch__________Deluded EP (???) [8 track EP] The Xcerts__________Stairs To Noise: The Scatterbrain EP (???) [5 track EP] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Beth Ditto__________Beth Ditto EP (???) [4 track EP from Gossip singer] Kenna__________Land 2 Air Chronicles I: Chaos and the Darkness EP (???) [] Matthew Perryman Jones__________Until the Dawn Appears (???) [acoustic album] Jonny Greenwood__________Soundtrack: Norwegian Wood (???) [3rd soundtrack from Radiohead guitar] [HP - 4 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4]
14 - 20 March 2011 : -uk200-ire100(na)-ausr50-usa200 Rise Against__________Endgame (2 USA 2 AUSR 27 UK) [6th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // NME - 4 // K - 4 // ROL STONE - 3 // SPIN - 2.5] The Vaccines__________What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (4 UK 16 IRE 197 USA[30 may]) [debut album] [HP - 4 // NME - 4 // SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Travis Barker__________Give The Drummer Some (9 USA 160 UK[NW]) [debut album from Blink 182 drummer] The View__________Bread and Circuses (14) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // NME - 3 // UNCUT - 2 // MOJO - 2] Royseven__________You Say, We Say (15 IRE) [2nd album] [HP - 3.5] Funeral For A Friend__________Welcome Home Armageddon (33) [5th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // NME - 3] Alex Turner__________Submarine EP (35 UK 56 IRE) [6 track EP from Arctic Monkeys frontman for film of same name] Primal Scream__________Screamadelica (38) [20th anniversary ed. - remastered by Kevin Shields!] [Q - 5 // UNCUT - 5 // MOJO - 4] The Unthanks__________Last (40 UK 44 IRE) [] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 3.5] Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers__________Rare Bird Alert (43 USA 178 UK[11 july]) [album of new songs from comedian/actor/banjo player] [UNCUT - 3] Josh T Pearson__________The Last Of The Country Gentlemem (51) [debut solo from Lift to Experience frontman] [UNCUT - 5 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 3.5] The Dubliners__________Wild Rover: The Best Of (55 IRE) [] Matt Wertz__________Weight and Wings (56 USA) [4th album] Pet Shop Boys__________The Most Incredible Thing (57) [soundtrack to ballet of same name] [Q - 3] The Dodos__________No Color (70 USA) [4th album] [MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // Q - 3] Mastodon__________Live At The Aragon (71 USA 141 UK) [live cd/dvd] [Q - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] QUEEN__________SHEER HEART ATTACK (82) [remastered, 2cd expanded ed. of their 3rd/1974 album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] QUEEN__________QUEEN II (92) [remastered, 2cd expanded ed. of their 2nd/1974 album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3] QUEEN__________QUEEN (94) [remastered, 2cd expanded ed. of their debut/1973 album] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 3] QUEEN__________A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (96) [remastered, 2cd expanded ed. of their 4th/1975 album] [UNCUT - 5 // MOJO - 5 // Q - 4] QUEEN__________A DAY AT THE RACES (104) [remastered, 2cd expanded ed. of their 5th/1975 album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] As Blood Runs Black__________Instinct (111) [album of new songs] J. Mascis__________Several Shades of Why (115 UK 127 USA) [5th album from Dinosaur Jr. member] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // HP - 3 // NME - 3 // Q - 3] Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears__________Scandalous (115 USA) [2nd album] Does It Offend You, Yeah?__________Don't Say We Didn't Warn You (119) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Sylosis__________Edge of The Earth (139) [2nd album] Van Der Graaf Generator__________A Grounding In Numbers (143) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Oh Land__________Oh Land (184 USA) [2nd album] [SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 2] The Damnwells__________No One Listens to the Band Anymore (190 USA) [4th album] Michael Monroe__________Sensory Overdrive (200) [album of new songs from Hanoi Rocks frontman] [Q - 3] Cornershop__________Cornershop & the Double 'O' Groove Of (???) [6th album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3 // Q - 3] New York Dolls__________Dancing Backward in High Heels (???) [5th album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Eleventh Dream Day__________Riot Now! (???) [10th album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Screeching Weasel__________First World Manifesto (???) [12th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Royal Republic__________We Are The Royal (???) [debut album] [ROCK SOUND - 3] High Tension Wire__________Welcome New Machine [3rd album from band ft.members of Riverboat Gamblers, Marked Men, The Reds] The Poison Tree__________The Poison Tree (???) [debut album from Steve Salett(The King Of France/co-founder of Saltlands music collective)] Heidecker & Wood__________Starting From Nowhere (???) [debut album from Tim Heidecker from Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job] Brown Recluse__________Evening Tapestry (???) [debut album] Tupelo Honey__________Caught Up in the Excess (???) [debut album] Matthew Friedberger__________Meet Me In Miramas (???) [album of new songs from Fiery Furnaces member, number 2 album of 8 released as part of subscription series] Ari Shine__________Ghost Town Directory (???) [album of new songs] Alex Hampton__________The Moving Sidewalk (???) [album of new songs] Bryan Master__________For People Like Us (???) [album of new songs] Yuna__________Decorate EP (???) [5 track EP] The Vandelles__________Summer Fling EP (???) [5 track EP ft.2 covers] Darlings__________Warma EP (???) [5 track EP] Mi Ami__________Dolphins EP (???) [4 track EP] [NME - 2] Johnny Cash__________100 Hits: Johnny Cash (???) [5cd compilation, part of 100 hits series]
21 - 27 March 2011 : ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200 THE STROKES__________ANGLES (1 AUSR 3 UK 3 IRE 4 USA) [4th album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // HP - 2.5] Panic! at the Disco__________Vices and Vitues (6 AUSR 7 USA 29 UK[NW] 34 IRE[NW]) [3rd album] [ROL STONE - 3 // SPIN - 3 // HP - 2.5] Sparkadia__________The Great Impression (8 AUSR) [2nd album] GREEN DAY__________AWESOME AS FUCK (9 IRE 14 UK 14 USA) [2cd live album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] Duran Duran__________All You Need Is Now (11 UK 29 USA 78 IRE) [13th album] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] Joe Bonamassa__________Dust Bowl (12 UK 37 USA 71 IRE) [album of new songs] [HP - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Yellowcard__________When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (19 USA 41 AUSR[NW] 84 UK) [7th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4] The Human League__________Credo (44) [9th album] [NME - 3.5 // HP - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] 'Weird Al' Yankovic__________The Essential 'Weird Al' Yankovic 3.0 (45 AUSR) [] SOUNDGARDEN__________LIVE ON I5 (47 USA 130 UK) [live album] [MOJO - 3] Kassidy__________Hope St. (55) [debut album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // HP - 2 // NME - 1] Pharoahe Monch__________W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) (55 USA) [3rd album] Derek & The Dominos__________Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs: Expanded Edition (68 UK 131 USA[25 apr]) [2cd edition of his 1970 album] [ROL STONE - 5 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] Roddy Woomble__________The Impossible Song & Other Songs (73) [2nd solo album from Idlewild frontman] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 2] Protest The Hero__________Scurrilous (81 USA) [3rd album] Saliva__________Under Your Skin (86 USA) [7th album] Born Of Osiris__________Discovery (87 USA) [2nd album] Art of Dying__________Vices and Virtues (117 USA) [2nd album] Beardyman__________I've Done A Album (133) [debut album] [HP - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 2 // Q - 2] Poison__________10 Great Songs (145 USA) [] Trembling Bells__________The Constant Pageant (145) [3rd album, 3rd in 3 years] [UNCUT - 3] Murray Gold__________Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (150) [soundtrack to episode ft.Katherine Jenkins & BBC National Orchestra Of Wales] William Fitzsimmons__________Gold In The Shadow (162 USA) [4th album] [UNCUT - 4] Keren Ann__________101 (???) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3 // Q - 3] Baby Dee__________Regifted Light (???) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Belong__________Common Era (???) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 3] Adventure__________Lesser Known (???) [2nd album] [Q - 3 // NME - 2.5] The Lonely Forest__________Arrows (???) [3rd album] Dennis Crommett__________In the Buffalo Surround (???) [2nd album from Winterpill guitarist] Laura Jansen__________Bells (???) [debut album] Maggie Bjorklund__________Coming Home (???) [debut album, released Europe 2009] The Sandwitches__________Mrs. Jones' Cookies (???) [album of new songs] The Walls__________Bird In A Cage EP (???) [5 track EP] CKY__________B-Sides & Rarities (???) [12 track compilation] Aretha Franklin__________Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia (???) [12 disc box set] [ROL STONE - 4.5 // SPIN - 4] Soundtrack of Our Lives__________Golden Greats No. 1 (???) [best of album]
28 March - 3 April 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 RADIOHEAD__________THE KING OF LIMBS (2 AUSR 3 USA[NW] 7 UK 7 IRE) [8th album - CD release] [ROL STONE - 4 // SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // HP - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Various Artists__________Songs For Japan (5 USA)* [] Mary Mary__________Something Big (10 USA) [6th album] SUM 41__________SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER (16 AUSR 31 USA 66 UK) [5th album] [ROL STONE - 2] Various Artists__________Soundtrack: Sucker Punch (22 USA 18 AUSR[11 apr])* [] Within Temptation__________The Unforgiving (23 UK 27 AUSR 50 USA 87 IRE) [5th album] [Q - 1] Cavalera Conspiracy__________Blunt Force Truama (31 AUSR 99 UK 123 USA) [] Whitesnake__________Forevermore (49 USA 33 UK[18 apr]) [12th album] Amon Amarth__________Surtur Rising (34 USA 75 UK 76 IRE) [8th album] PEARL JAM__________VS: DEFINITVE LEGACY EDITION / VITALOGY: DEFINITVE LEGACY EDITION (43 USA) [2cd expanded ed. of bands 1993/2nd album] / [2cd expanded ed. of bands 1994/3rd album] [VS: ROL STONE - 4.5 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3 ## VITA: ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4] Boney James__________Contact (53 USA) [] Broken Bells__________Meyrin Fields (62 USA) [4 track EP] [ROL STONE - 3] Los Lonely Boys__________Rockpango (70 USA) [4th album] [ROL STONE - 2] The Mountain Goats__________All Eternal Deck (72 USA) [18th album] [NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Emery__________We Do What We Want (76 USA) [5th album] King Creosote and Jon Hopkins__________Diamond Mine (82) [collabrative mini-album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 3] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart__________Belong (92 USA 109 UK) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 2 // NME - 1.5] Peter, Bjorn & John__________Gimme Some (109 USA) [6th album] [UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3] Middle Brother__________Middle Brother (132 USA) [debut album from band ft.members of Dawes,Delta Spirit & Deer Tick] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3] Blackfield__________Welcome To My DNA (139) [3rd album from duo:Porcupine Tree founder and lead singer Steven Wilson and Israeli rock singer Aviv Geffen] The Sounds__________Something To Die For (140 USA) [4th album] [UNCUT - 3] Connan Mockasin__________Forever Dolphin Love (???) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4] Poly Styrene__________Generation Indigo (???) [album of new songs from X-Ray Spex frontwoman] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // HP - 3 // NME - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Hunx And His Punx__________Too Young To Be In Love (???) [debut album] [NME - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // SPIN - 3] Heidi Spencer__________Under Streetlight Glow (???) [3rd album] [HP - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] Royal Bangs__________Flux Outside (???) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Those Darlins'__________Screws Get Loose (???) [2nd album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5] Obits__________Moody, Standard and Poor (???) [2nd album] [SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Aiden__________Disguises (???) [5th album] Band of Heathens__________Top Hat Crown and the Clapmasters Son (???) [3rd album] Matt Duke__________One Day Die (???) [3rd album] The Black Dots Of Death__________Ever Since We Were Children (???) [debut album from band ft.Shawn Crahan(Slipknot)] Tarantalla Fall__________Abandoned Road (???) [debut album] All Tiny Creatures__________Harbors (???) [debut album] Brian Robertson__________Diamonds and Dirt (???) [album of new songs from former Thin Lizzy/Wild Horses guitarist] Colin Hay__________Gathering Mercury (???) [album of new songs from Men at Work frontman] Mars Classroom__________The New Theory of Everything (???) [album of new songs from trio incl Robert Pollard] Amy Speace__________Land Like A Bird (???) [album of new songs] Southeast Engine__________Canary (???) [album of new songs] Death Ray Vision__________Get Lost Or Get Dead (???) [mini album from band ft members of Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Overcast and Cannae] After Midnight Project__________You Belong EP (???) [8 track EP] Josh Freese__________My New Friends EP (???) [5 track EP] Various Artists__________Soundtrack: Killing Bono (???) [ft.unreleased track from The Hype(aka U2)] [HP - 4] Various Artists__________Midlake: Late Night Tales (???) [band pick their fav songs] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4] Various Artists__________SIN-atra (???) [metal artists cover Frank Sinatra! incl Dee Snider,Glenn Hughes,Eric Martin....] Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou__________Cotonou Club (???) [album ft.new songs + reworking's of old songs] [MOJO - 4] Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis ft.Norah Jones__________Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (???) [live album rec. in 2009] [MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Ladytron__________Ladytron: Best of 00-10 (???) [best of] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] Chalk Circle__________Reflection (???) [compilation of all band songs] Pete Yorn__________musicforthemorningafter: 10th Anniversary Edition (???) [2cd expanded ed of 2001 album] THE KINKS__________KINDA KINKS (???) [reissue of 2cd expanded ed. of bands 2nd/1965 album] [ROL STONE - 4.5 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 2] THE KINKS__________THE KINK KONTROVERSY (???) [reissue of 2cd expanded ed. of bands 3rd/1965 album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 3]
4 - 10 April 2011 : -uk200-ire50-ausr50-usa200 k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang__________Sing It Loud (2 AUSR 32 USA[NW] 34 UK[18 apr]) [6th album] [MOJO - 4 // HP - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3] BELL X1__________BLOODLESS COUP (3 IRE) [5th album, 12 Apr in US] [HP - 4.5] Asking Alexandria__________Reckless and Relentless (9 USA 30 AUSR[NW] 98 UK) [2nd album] Glasvegas__________Euphoric /// Heartbreak \ (10 UK 46 IRE) [2nd album] [NME - 4.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5 // UNCUT - 1] Jamie Lawson__________Wasn't Expecting That (11 IRE) [] [HP - 3] The Drifters__________Up On The Roof: The Very Best Of (12 UK 36 IRE)** [] Robbie Robertson__________How to Become Clairvoyant (13 USA 56 UK[NW]) [album of new songs from The Band guitarist] [ROL STONE - 4 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2] Daft Punk__________Tron Legacy: Reconfigured (16 USA 59 UK) [] The Blackout__________Hope (27) [3rd album] [Q - 3 // HP - 1] The Pigeon Detectives__________Up, Guards And At 'Em! (30) [3rd album] [MOJO - 3 // Q - 3 // NME - 3 // UNCUT - 2] The Kills__________Blood Pressures (37 USA 40 UK 43 AUSR 94 IRE) [4th album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // NME - 3.5 // HP - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3] Unwritten Law__________Swan (41 AUSR 195 USA[LW]) [6th album] THE YOUNG KNIVES__________ORNAMENTS FROM THE SILVER ARCADE (80) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 2] The Raveonettes__________Raven In The Grave (126 USA) [5th album] [SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Tim Booth__________Love Life (132) [2nd solo album from James frontman] [UNCUT - 3] Sick Puppies__________Tri-Polar (148) [3rd album, released in Australia 2010] [UNCUT - 2] Alela Diane__________Alela Diane & Wild Divine (158) [3rd album] [SPIN - 4.5 // Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Coheed And Cambria__________The Second Stage Turbine Blade (179 USA) [re-release of 2002 debut album?] Bibio__________Mind Bokeh (195) [6th album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Micachu & The Shapes And The London Sinfonietta__________Chopped & Screwed (???) [2nd album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // HP - 3 // Q - 2] Cold Cave__________Cherish The Light Years (???) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Timber Timbre__________Creep On Creepin' On (???) [4th album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5] Steve Cradock__________Peace City West (???) [2nd album from Ocean Colour Scene/Paul Weller member] [MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Maritime__________Human Hearts (???) [4th album] The Submarines-- Love Notes/Letter Bombs (???) [3rd album] Jim Bianco__________Loudmouth (???) [3rd album] Ezra Furman & the Harpoons__________Mysterious Power (???) [3rd album] Glen Drover__________Metalusion (???) [debut album] Matthew Mayfield__________Now You're Free (???) [debut album from Moses Mayfield frontman] Graham Colton__________Pacific Coast Eyes (???) [album of new songs] Extra Life__________Ripped Heart EP (???) [4 track EP] Alden Penner__________Ode To The House EP (???) [4 track EP from The Unicorns/Clues member] Various Artists__________Tape Fear (???) [compilation from Fierce Panda label ft.Dum Dum Girls,La Sera,Twin Sister...] Sebadoh__________Bakesale (???) [expanded 2cd edition of 1994 album, 4 Apr-Euro / 14 June-US] [MOJO - 5 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5] Local H__________Best of Local H: The Island Years (???) [13 track collection of singles and rarities]
11 - 17 April 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- FOO FIGHTERS__________WASTING LIGHT (1 UK 1 AUSR 1 USA 3 IRE) [7th album] [SPIN - 4.5 // Q - 4 // NME - 4 // HP - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // K - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Alison Krauss & Union Station__________Paper Airplane (3 USA 11 UK 28 IRE) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Paul Simon__________So Beautiful or So What (4 USA 6 UK[13june] 7 IRE[13june] 44 AUSR[2WL]) [12th solo album] [ROL STONE - 4 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3] Mana__________Drama y Luz (5 USA) [8th album] Declan O'Rourke__________Mag Pai Zai (7->6[NW] IRE) [3rd album] The Middle East__________I Want That You Are Always Happy (11 AUSR) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3 // Q - 3] TV On The Radio__________Nine Types of Light (12 USA 25 AUSR[NW] 33 UK 33 IRE) [5th album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // NME - 4 // SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4] Architecture In Helsinki__________Momemnt Bends (12 AUSR) [4th album, 3 May in USA] [Q - 2 // UNCUT - 2] Cry Before Dawn__________The Best Of (12 IRE) [] Atmosphere__________The Family Sign (13 USA) [6th album] [SPIN - 2.5] Metronomy__________The English Riveria (28) [3rd album] [NME - 4.5 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] Panda Bear__________Tomboy (29 USA 62 UK) [4th solo from Animal Collective member Noah Lennox] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] Low__________C'Mon (49 UK 55 IRE 73 USA) [9th album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 3] Between The Buried And Me__________The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (54 USA) [3 song EP] Brett Dennen__________Loverboy (55 USA) [4th album] Bob Dylan__________In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 (59 UK 99 IRE 128 USA) [live album from 1963] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 4] Thursday__________No Devolución (63 USA) [6th album] [K - 4 // SPIN - 4] Aerosmith__________The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th ... (67 USA) [] Creedence Clearwater Revisited__________Extended Versions (74 USA) [live album from CC Revival side-project ft.2 members(Clifford & Cook)] Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit__________Here We Rest (79 USA) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4] Cat's Eyes__________Cat's Eyes (79) [debut album from duo:Faris Badwan(The Horrors) & Rachel Zeffira] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Bill Callahan__________Apocalypse (80 IRE 116 UK[LW]) [3rd solo album] [UNCUT - 4 // NME - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 2] Elvis Presley__________An Afternoon In The Garden (85 USA) [live album rec. in 1972, released in 1997] Foreigner__________Extended Versions (88 USA) [10 track best of] Rush__________Moving Pictures (91) [] Jim Croce__________Bad, Bad Leroy Brown & Othe... (116 USA) [] Pat Benatar__________10 Great Songs (123 USA) [] Tommy James And The Shondells__________The Essential (131 USA) [12 track compilation, released in 2002] Unkle__________Where Did The Night Fall: Another Night Out (141) [] FOO FIGHTERS__________MEDIUM RARE (164) [] George Thorogood__________10 Great Songs (171 USA) [] Cass McCombs__________Wit's End (???) [5th album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Ponytail__________Do Whatever You Want All The Time (???) [3rd album] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3] Crystal Stilts__________In Love With Oblivion (???) [2nd album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Sonny & The Sunsets__________Hit After Hit (???) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4] Meat Puppets__________Lollipop (???) [13th album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 3 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] Mazes__________A Thousand Heys (???) [debut album] [MOJO - 4 // NME - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] The High Llamas__________Talahomi Way (???) [9th album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 2] Sleep Thieves__________Heart Waves (???) [debut album] [HP - 4] Holy Ghost!__________Holy Ghost! (???) [debut album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // SPIN - 3] The Feelies__________Here Before (???) [5th album, first in 20 years!] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Vivian Girls__________Share The Joy (???) [3rd album] [NME - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // SPIN - 3] Little Scream__________The Golden Record (???) [debut album from Laurel Sprengelmeyer] [Q - 3] Black Devil Disco Club__________Circus (???) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 3] Jeniferever__________Silesia (???) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2] Grouper__________A / A (???) [4th album featuring 2 albums in one - Dream Loss and Alien Observer] The Trews__________Hope & Ruin (???) [4th album] LAKE__________Giving and Receiving (???) [3rd album] Something Fierce__________Don't Be So Cruel (???) [3rd album] Generationals__________Actor-Caster (???) [2nd album] Family Portrait__________Family Portrait (???) [debut album] Gypsyblood__________Cold In The Guestway (???) [debut album from duo(Karma With A K members)] Bass Drum of Death__________GB City (???) [debut album] Ian Axel__________This Is The New Year (???) [debut album] Quintron__________Sucre Du Sauvage (???) [album of new songs] Skull Tape__________The Invisible Hand and the Descent of Man (???) [album of new songs from Brad Breeck(ex-Mae Shi)] Fredrik__________Flora (???) [album of new songs] Helvetia__________On The Lam (???) [album of new songs] Mount Moriah__________Mount Moriah (???) [album of new songs from band incl Heather McEntire and Jenks Miller] Akita / Gustafsson / O'Rourke__________One Bird, Two Bird (???) [collab album between Masami Akita(aka Merzbow), Mats Gustafsson & Jim O'Rourke] Beat Connection__________Surf Noir (???) [debut mini-album] KT Tunstall__________The Scarlet Tulip EP (???) [7 track EP] The Shoos__________Rescue Room EP (???) [7 track EP] Washington__________How To Tame Lions EP (???) [5 track EP from Megan Washington] EleventyFour__________The Joy Imperative EP (???) [5 track EP, 18 fans guest on album!] John Oates__________Mississippi Mile (???) [covers album] Lone Pigeon__________Time Capsule (???) [7 album box set plus rarities] Jack Johnson__________Brushfire Fairytales: Deluxe Edition (???) [2cd expanded ed. of his 2001 debut album] Estel__________No Fi, Lo Fi, Hi Fi (???) [compilation of unreleased tracks] The Rolling Stones__________The Rolling Stones Singles (1971-2006) (???) [singles boxset ft. 45 singles & 173 tracks] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3]
18 - 24 April 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Jebediah__________Kosciuszko (6 AUSR) [5th album] GORILLAZ__________THE FALL (12 UK 21 IRE 24 USA 41 AUSR) [physical release] [RS - 3.5] Jamie Woon__________Mirrorwriting (15) [debut album] [NME - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Explosions In The Sky__________Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (16 USA[NW] 58 UK 64 IRE) [6th album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 2] Fred__________Leaving My Empire (23 IRE) [4th album] [HP - 4] Guillemots__________Walk The River (26) [3rd album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 2.5 // UNCUT - 2 // HP - 2] The King Blues__________Punk and Poetry (31) [3rd album] [MOJO - 3] Mike + The Mechanics__________The Road (42) [7th album, singers:Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar] Milos Karadaglic__________The Guitar (49)* [debut album] tUnE-yArDs__________w h o k i l l (55 IRE 135 UK 148 USA) [2nd album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] VILLAGERS__________LIVE AT THE WORKMAN'S CLUB, DUBLIN (57 IRE) [live album for Record Store Day] Winds Of Plague__________Against The World (60 USA) [4th album] REO Speedwagon__________The Second Decade of Rock and Roll, 1981-1991 (108 USA) [live album, released in 1991] Wye Oak__________Civilian (137 USA) [3rd album] [SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] Bob Schneider__________A Perfect Day (150 USA) [album of new songs] Uriah Heep__________Into The Wild (152) [23rd album] Various Artists__________Boogie 4 Stu (155) The Steve Miller Band__________Let You Hair Down (174 UK 180 USA) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 3] TO BE COMPLETED......
25 April - 1 May 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 The Wombats__________This Modern Glitch (2 AUSR 3 UK 88 IRE) [2nd album] [Q - 3 // NME - 2 // UNCUT - 2] The Airborne Toxic Event__________All At Once (17 USA 61 UK) [2nd album] [SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2 // ROL STONE - 2 // UNCUT - 2 // NME - 1.5] Emmylou Harris__________Hard Bargain (18 USA 30 UK 36 IRE 48 AUSR[2WL]) [22nd album] [UNCUT - 3 // HP - 3 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] Gavin Friday__________Catholic (21 IRE) [album of new songs] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] Steve Earle__________I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (24 USA 28 UK 74 IRE) [album of new songs] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] Augustana__________Augustana (29 USA) [4th album] Silverstein__________Rescue (38 USA) [5th album] A-Ha__________Ending On A High Note (43) [2cd/1dvd live album from the bands final concert] We Are The Ocean__________Go Now And Live (45) [2nd album] [Q - 2] Skindred__________Union Black (54) [4th album] [Q - 2] Otep__________Atavist (61) [5th album] Bowling For Soup__________Fishing For Woos (66 UK 189 USA) [9th album] Billy Joel__________Greatest Hits Vol. I & II (71 IRE 170 UK[2WL]) [] Morrissey__________The Best of Morrissey (80) [18 track best of] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Stevie Ray Vaughan__________Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (99 USA) [16 track compilation, released in 2003] Roy Orbison__________Super Hits (104 USA) [10 track best of, released in 1995] Memphis May Fire__________Hollow (130 USA) [2nd album] Texas In July__________One Reality (174 USA) [2nd album] Dutch Uncles__________Cadenza (174) [2nd album] [Q - 3 // NME - 2.5] The Waterboys__________In A Special Place (The Piano Demos For This Is The Sea) (196) [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] -> The album is outtakes from Mick Scott’s third studio album which was released back in 198 TO BE COMPLETED......
2 - 8 May 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 FLEET FOXES__________HELPLESSNESS BLUES (2 UK 3 IRE 4 USA 6 AUSR) [2nd album] [MOJO - 5 // SPIN - 4.5 // ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 2] Beastie Boys__________Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (2 USA 7 AUSR 9 UK 12 IRE) [8th album] [ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3] Stevie Nicks__________In Your Dreams (6 USA 14 UK[27june] 24 AUSR[NW] 33 IRE[27june]) [7th solo album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2] Sixx AM__________This Is Gonna Hurt (10 USA 60 UK[NW]) [2nd album from Nikki Sixx(Motley Crue)] [ROL STONE - 2.5] Roy Orbison__________Monument Singles Collection (26 AUSR 129 UK) [] [UNCUT - 5 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 4] And So I Watch You From Afar__________Gangs (28 IRE) [2nd album] [Q - 3] Bipolar Empire__________Feel That You Own It (33 IRE) [debut album] Twin Atlantic__________Free (37) [debut album, prod.by Gil Norton] [Q - 3] Aretha Franklin__________Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love (54 USA) [new album] [ROL STONE - 2.5 // MOJO - 2] Brandi Carlile With The Seattle Symphony__________Live at Benaroya Hall (63 USA) [live album] The Leisure Society__________Into The Murky Water (75) [2nd album] [NME - 3 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Shinedown__________Somewhere In The Stratosphere (83 USA) [2cd/2dvd live album] Bruce Hornsby And The Noisemakers__________Bride Of The Noisemakers (125 USA) [album of new songs] Dredg__________Chuckles & Mr. Squeezy (177 USA) [5th album] TO BE COMPLETED......
9 - 15 May 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Hugh Laurie__________Let Them Talk (2 UK 14 IRE 16 USA[5 Sept] 37 AUSR[2WL]) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Ryan Sheridan__________The Day You Live Forver (2 IRE) [] THE LONELY ISLAND__________TURTLENECK AND CHAIN (3 USA 15 AUSR[NW] 26 UK 40 IRE) [2nd album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 2] Christina Perri__________lovestrong. (4 USA 5 AUSR[11 july] 5 IRE [19 sept] 9 UK[19 sept]) Tyler, the Creator__________Goblin (5 USA 21 UK 44 IRE) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] The Cars__________Move Like This (7 USA) [7th album, first since 1989] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // SPIN - 2.5] Sade__________The Ultimate Collection (7 USA[LW] 8 UK 10 IRE[NW] 37->35[5 sep] AUSR) [best of ft.new songs] [ROL STONE - 4] Miles Kane__________Colour of The Trap (11 UK 48 IRE) [debut album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Raphael Saadiq__________Stone Rollin' (14 USA 84 UK[4 apr]) [5th album] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5] Wild Beasts__________Smother (17 UK 22 IRE) [3rd album] [NME - 4.5 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5] Warren Haynes__________Man In Motion (19 USA) [album of new songs from Gov't Mule/Allman Brothers Band member] [ROL STONE - 3.5] Manchester Orchestra__________Simple Math (21 USA 107 UK) [3rd album] [NME - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3 // Q - 3] Okkervil River__________I Am Very Far (32 USA 66 UK) [6th album] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3] Black Label Society__________The Song Remains Not The Same (41 AUSR) [acoustic re-workings of songs from 2010's "Order of the Black"] Roy Orbison__________Opus Collection (65 USA) [] Big Country__________Fields of Fire: Ultimate Collection (77) [band reunited for gigs in 2010 and 2011] Sleeping With Sirens__________Let's Cheers To This (78 USA) [2nd album] Blue October__________Ugly Side: An Acoustic Evening With Blue October (79 USA) [live acoustic album] The Antlers__________Burst Apart (82 USA 167 UK[6 june]) [4th album] [Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Booker T. Jones__________The Road From Memphis (85 USA) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] EMA__________Past Life Martyred Saints (108) [debut album from Erika M. Anderson(ex-Gowns)] [NME - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] Eliza Carthy__________Neptune (115) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] The Webb Sisters__________Savages (132) [album of new songs] [Q - 4] Abba__________Super Trouper: Deluxe Edition (146) [] Randy Newman__________The Randy Newman Songbook Vol.2 (149) [stripped down reworkings of his classic songs] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] Gang Gang Dance__________Eye Contact (150) [5th album] [NME - 4 // SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3] Man Man__________Life Fantastic (157 USA) [4th album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5] The Hollies__________Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: Complete Hollies April 1963 - October 1968 (162) [] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] TO BE COMPLETED......
16 - 22 May 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Kate Bush__________Director's Cut (2 UK 4 IRE 41 AUSR[NW]) [reworking of songs from her "Sensual World" and "Red Shoes" album] [SPIN - 4.5 // NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Seether__________Holding On To Strings Better Left To Fray (2 USA 50 AUSR) [4th album] Friendly Fires__________Pala (6 UK 19 AUSR 29 IRE 152 USA[NW]) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] Ben Harper and Relentless7__________Give Till It's Gone (9 AUSR 15 AUSR) [album of new songs] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3] Danger Mouse + Daniel Luppi__________Rome (11 USA 20 UK 22 IRE 38 AUSR) [collabrative album ft. vocals of Jack White and Norah Jones] [UNCUT - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Tinie Tempah__________Disc-Overy (21 USA) [] [ROL STONE - 3.5] The Seekers__________Greatest Hits (31 AUSR) [] Moby__________Destroyed (35 UK 60 IRE 69 USA) [10th album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // SPIN - 2] Mona__________Mona (39 UK 44 IRE) [debut album] [Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // HP - 2.5 // NME - 2] Dispatch__________Dispatch (42 AUSR) [6 track EP] Hans Zimmer__________Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (45 USA 82 UK) [] Trial Kennedy__________Living Undesigned (48 AUSR) [2nd album] John Martyn__________Heaven and Earth (51) [album of new songs recorded before his death in Jan 2009] [UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3] Hank III__________Hillbilly Joker (62 USA) [album of new songs from Hank Williams III] MUNDY__________SHUFFLE (66 IRE) [covers album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 2] LW Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band__________Live At The Main Point, 1975 (82 IRE 193 UK[25 apr]) [2cd live album] [UNCUT - 4] Company Of Thieves__________Running From A Gamble (97 USA) [2nd album] Sarah Jarosz__________Follow Me Down (98 USA) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Face To Face__________Laugh Now, Laugh Later (101 USA) [7th album] The Monkees__________Monkeemania: The Very Best Of (112) [] [UNCUT - 4] Ed Sheeran__________You Need Me (142) [] Levon Helm__________Ramble At The Ryman (144 USA) [live album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] TO BE COMPLETED......
23 - 29 May 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Prodigy__________World's On Fire (5 UK 28 IRE) [live cd/dvd] [Q - 3] THIN LIZZY__________WAITING FOR AN ALIBI: THE COLLECTION (6 IRE) [] Foster The People__________Torches (8 USA ->2 AUSR[23/jan/2012] 13 IRE[12 sep] 12 UK[23/jan/2012]) [] [Q - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons__________Working My Way Back To You: Collection (12) [] Journey__________Eclipse (13 USA 33 UK[NW]) [14th album] [MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 2] The Minutes__________Marcata (16 IRE) [debut album] Storyfold__________Rocket Science (29 IRE) [debut album] Aerosmith__________Tough Love: Best Of The Ball... (42 UK 109 USA[9 may]) [] Huey Lewis & The News__________Greatest Hits (61 USA) [org released in ???] Pete and The Pirates__________One Thousand Pictures (75) [2nd album] [NME - 4 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2] Neil Diamond__________The Bang Years 1966-1968 (88) [] [ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] The Felice Brothers__________Celebration, Florida (89) [album of new songs] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4] QUEEN__________DEEP CUTS: VOLUME 1: 1973 - 1976 (92) [org released 14/3/2011] Stephen Marley__________Revelation Pt. 1: The Root O.. (92 USA) [] [MOJO - 3] Thurston Moore__________Demolished Thoughts (93 IRE 119 UK 139 USA) [album of new songs from Sonic Youth frontman] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5] Bazan__________Strange Negotiations (132 USA) [2nd album from former Pedro The Lion/Headphones frontman] [SPIN - 3.5] Los Tigres Del Norte__________MTV Unplugged (134 USA) [] Lynyrd Skynyrd__________Icon: Lynyrd Skynyrd (145 USA) [] David Sylvian__________Died In The Wool: Manafon Variations (147) [] [MOJO - 3] She Wants Revenge__________Valleyheart (153 USA) [3rd album] For The Fallen Dreams__________Back Burner (187 USA) [3rd album] Deep Purple__________Phoenix Rising (188) [live 1975 album] [UNCUT - 3] Jon Allen__________Sweet Defeat (196) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] TO BE COMPLETED......
30 May - 5 June 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE__________CODES AND KEYS (3 USA 7 AUSR 23 IRE 24 UK) [7th album] [SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5] Eddie Vedder__________Ukulele Songs (4 USA 6 AUSR[NW] 13 IRE 49 UK) [2nd solo album from Pearl Jam frontman] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] The Pierces__________You & I (4 UK 82 IRE) [4th album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] My Morning Jacket__________Circuital (5 USA 60 UK[NW] 75 IRE[NW]) [6th album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // Q - 3] Seasick Steve__________You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks (6 UK 18 IRE) [5th album] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2 // NME - 1.5] Aloe Blacc__________Good Things (8 UK 12 IRE[20 june] 22 AUSR[13 june]) [org released in 2010] Flogging Molly__________Speed of Darkness (9 USA 155 UK) [5th album] [SPIN - 3 // Q - 2] Status Quo__________Quid Pro Quo (10 UK 57 IRE) [] GEMMA HAYES__________LET IT BREAK (11 IRE) [4th album] Black Stone Cherry__________Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (13 UK 29 USA) [3rd album] [Q - 3] Papa Vs Pretty__________United In Isolation (40 AUSR) [] Dave Matthews Band__________Live At Wrigley Field (49 USA) [] Suede__________Suede (74) [remastered and expanded ed. of debut/1993 album] [Q - 5 // UNCUT - 5 // MOJO - 4] Ozzy Osbourne__________Diary of A Madman: Legacy Ed. (74 USA 186 UK) [expanded ed. of his 1981/2nd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 2] Ozzy Osbourne__________Blizzard of Odd: 30th Anniversary Expanded Ed. (75 USA) [expanded ed. of his 1980/debut album] [ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Egypt Central__________White Rabbit (78 USA) [2nd album] Various Artists__________Soundtrack: The Hangover Part II (106 USA)* [] Kitty, Daisy & Lewis__________Smoking in Heaven (145) [album of new songs] TO BE COMPLETED......
6 - 12 June 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Arctic Monkeys__________Suck It and See (1 UK 3 IRE 4 AUSR 14 USA) [4th album] [NME - 4.5 // SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Original Broadway Cast Recording__________The Book of Mormon (3 USA) [org released 16 may 2011] Seeker Lover Keeper__________Seeker Lover Keeper (3 AUSR) [debut album from trio:Sarah Blasko, Sally Seltmann and Holly Throsby] Rory Gallagher__________Notes From San Francisco (5 IRE 44 UK) [2cd collection ft.unreleased 1978 album and live album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] All Time Low__________Dirty Work (6 USA 13 AUSR[NW] 20 UK 34 IRE) [4th album] [ROL STONE - 3] Iron Maiden__________From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of (9 UK 39 IRE 86 USA) [] [Q - 4] Frank Turner__________England Keep My Bones (12 UK 143 USA) [4th album] [SPIN - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 2] Tedeschi Trucks Band__________Revelator (12 USA 164 UK) [aka Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, album of new songs] [ROL STONE - 4] Def Leppard__________Mirrorball (16 USA 44 UK[20 june]) [2cd live album ft.3 new songs] THE VINES__________FUTURE PRIMITIVE (24 AUSR) [5th album] Depeche Mode__________Remixes 2: 81-11 (24 UK 46 IRE 105 USA) [1cd/2cd remix album] [UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 2] Battles__________Gloss Drop (48 UK 50 IRE 98 USA) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4.5 // NME - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] New Order/Joy Division__________Total: From Joy Division to New Order (51 UK 77 IRE) [best of] [Q - 4] Cults__________Cults (52 USA 133 UK[LW]) [debut album] [MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Suede__________Dog Man Star (63) [remastered and expanded ed. of 2nd/1994 album] [Q - 5 // MOJO - 4] Dawes__________Nothing Is Wrong (64 USA) [2nd album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3] Gomez__________Whatever's On Your Mind (65 UK 135 USA[2WL]) [7th album] [Q - 4 // SPIN - 3 // MOJO - 3] Adelitas Way__________Home School Valedictorian (66 USA) [2nd album] Arch Enemy__________Khaos Legions (78 USA 107 UK[LW]) [9th album] [Q - 3] Tom Vek__________Leisure Seizure (79) [2nd album] [NME - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3 // Q - 2 // MOJO - 2] Whitesnake__________Live at Donington 1990 (81) [2cd/1dvd live album] Fucked Up__________David Comes To Life (83 USA 155 UK) [3rd album] [SPIN - 4.5 // NME - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] White Denim__________D (98) [3rd album] [ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5] Saxon__________Call To Arms (112) [19th album] The Black Lips__________Arabia Mountain (122 USA) [6th album] [NME - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3] Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra - Finding The Keys: The Best Of (127) [] Morbid Angel__________Illud Divinum Insanus (141 USA) [8th album] Sondre Lerche__________Sondre Lerche (183 USA) [6th album] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3] We Are Augustines__________Rise Ye Sunken Ships (186 USA) [debut album] Alestorm__________Back Through Time (200) [3rd album] TO BE COMPLETED......
13 - 19 June 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200- City and Colour__________Little Hell (2 AUSR 28 USA[LW] 43 UK[LW]) [3rd album from Dallas Green(Alexisonfire)] [SPIN - 3.5] Owl City__________All Things Bright & Beautiful (6 USA 33 AUSR[NW] 52 UK[NW]) [3rd album] [Q - 3 // SPIN - 2.5 // ROL STONE - 2 // NME - 1] Frankie Laine__________Hits (16) [] Black Veil Brides__________Set The World On Fire (17 USA 54 UK) [2nd album] [Q - 3] Black Country Communion__________2 (23 UK 71 USA 83 IRE) [2nd album from supergroup] [MOJO - 3] Neil Young__________A Treasure (24 IRE 29 USA 38 UK) [12 track live album recorded on 84-85 tour] [ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Bob Marley & The Wailers__________Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers (26 USA) [highest pos, org released in 1984] Of Mice & Men__________The Flood (28 USA) [2nd album, frontman is Austin Carlile(ex-Attack! Attack!)] Nerina Pallot__________Year of the Wolf (31) [4th album] [MOJO - 4 // NME - 3 // UNCUT - 2] The Wonder Years__________Suburbia: I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing (73 USA) [3rd album] Emmy The Great__________Virtue (84) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 2.5 // Q - 2] Original Cast Recording__________Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark (86 USA) [music and lyrics by Bono & The Edge] [ROL STONE - 3] Paul McCartney__________McCartney (88) [remastered and expanded ed. of his debut/1970 album] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 2 // MOJO - 2] Wu Lyf__________Go Tell Fire To The Mountain (98) [debut album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Paul McCartney__________McCartney II (108) [remastered and expanded ed. of his 1980 album] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Suede__________Coming Up (121) [remastered and expanded ed. of 3rd/1996 album] [Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] Pat Metheny__________What's It All About (125 USA 164 UK[NW]) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4] Ziggy Marley__________Wild and Free (152 USA) [album of new songs] The Answer__________412 Days of Rock 'n' Roll (166) [live CD/DVD] Sons & Daughters__________Mirror Mirror (200) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5] TO BE COMPLETED......
20 - 26 June 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Jill Scott__________The Light Of The Sun (1 USA 69 UK[NW]) [4th album] [ROL STONE - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Bon Iver__________Bon Iver (2 USA 2 AUSR 3 IRE 4 UK) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 5 // SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5] "Weird Al" Yankovic__________Alpocalypse (9 USA 28 AUSR[NW]) [13th album] [ROL STONE - 2.5] August Burns Red__________Leveler (11 USA) [4th album] The Grates__________Secret Rituals (11 AUSR) [3rd album] Simple Plan__________Get Your Heart On! (13 AUSR 52 USA 71 UK) [4th album] Matt Nathanson__________Modern Love (17 USA) [7th album] The Feeling__________Together We Were Made (22) [3rd album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 2 // MOJO - 2] In Flames__________Sounds of a Playground Fading (27 USA 74 UK 50 AUSR[NW]) [10th album] [Q - 2] The Black Dahlia Murder__________Ritual (31 USA) [5th album] Patrick Wolf__________Lupercalia (37) [5th album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Cody Canada & The Departed__________This Is Indian Land (68 USA) [debut solo from Cross Canadian Ragweed frontman] Symphony X__________Iconoclast (76 USA 167 UK) [8th album] Wiley__________100 Percent Publishing (76) [7th album] [NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Japanese Popstars__________Controlling Your Allegiance (81 IRE) [2nd album] [MOJO - 4 // NME - 2.5 // Q - 2] Roy Orbison__________The Monument Singles ASides (84 IRE) [] Crossfade__________We All Bleed (100 USA) [3rd album] Earth, Wind & Fire__________Greatest Hits (116 USA) [] Duane Eddy__________Road Trip (116) [] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] The Devin Townsend Project__________Deconstruction / GHOST? Calm & The Storm (131) [4th album under project name, 12th for DT] [Q - 3 ## Q - 2] Suede__________Head Music (134) [remastered and expanded ed. of 4th/1999 album] [Q - 2] Richard Thompson ft. Linda Thompson__________Live at the BBC (137) [3cd/1dvd box set] [UNCUT - 5 // MOJO - 4] Various Artists / Michael Giacchino__________Soundtrack: Cars 2 (153 USA) [] Dave Alvin__________Eleven Eleven (159 USA) [] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Weezer__________Six Hits EP (168 USA) [] Night Ranger__________Somewhere In California (179 USA) [album of new songs] Stone Temple Pilots__________A Taste Of.. EP (181 USA) TO BE COMPLETED......
27 June - 3 July 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- BIFFY CLYRO__________REVOLUTIONS // LIVE AT WEMBLEY (9 UK 16 IRE) [live CD/DVD album] [UNCUT - 3] KAISER CHIEFS__________THE FUTURE IS MEDIEVAL (10 UK 25 AUSR[NW]) [4th album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Gillian Welch__________The Harrow and the Harvest (11 AUSR 20 USA 22 IRE 25 UK) [5th album] [MOJO - 5 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] LIMP BIZKIT__________GOLD COBRA (12 AUSR[NW] 16 USA 30 UK 71 IRE) [6th album] [SPIN - 2] Various Artists__________Rave On Buddy Holly (15 USA) [covers of BH songs by Black Keys,Fiona Aplle,Paul McCartney,Lou Reed...] [SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] Taking Back Sunday__________Taking Back Sunday (17 USA 49 AUSR 87 UK) [5th album] [SPIN - 3] Various Artists__________Soundtrack: Transformers: Dark Of The Moon (31 AUSR[NW] 55[NW]/193 USA) [ft.Linkin Park,Paramore,My Chemical Romance..] Ludovico Einaudi__________Islands: Essential (34) [] Dolly Parton__________Better Day (51 USA 9 UK[29 Aug] 29 AUSR[21 nov] 63 IRE[12 Sep]) [] [NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Thievery Corporation__________Culture of Fear (52 USA) [album of new songs] Queensryche__________Dedicated To Chaos (70 USA) [12th album] QUEEN__________NEWS OF THE WORLD (105) [] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4] Pete Rock / Smif-n-Wessun__________Monumental (110 USA) [collabrative album] QUEEN__________THE PLATINUM COLLECTION: GREATEST HITS I, II & III (118) [] QUEEN__________JAZZ (128) [] [UNCUT - 4] QUEEN__________THE GAME (138) [] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3] QUEEN__________HOT SPACE (154) [] [UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] Suede__________A New Morning (163) [remastered and expanded ed. of 5th/2002 album] [Q - 2] Set Your Goals__________Burning At Both Ends (165 USA) [3rd album] QUEEN__________FLASH GORDON (165) [] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3] QUEEN__________DEEP CUTS VOL 2 (175) [] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] TO BE COMPLETED......
4 - 10 July 2011 : -uk200-uk100-ausr50-usa130(n/a) Beverly Knight________Soul UK (13) [covers of UK classic soul songs] [MOJO - 3 // Q - 3] Yes________Fly From Here (30 UK 36 USA[NW]) [] [UNCUT - 2 // MOJO - 2] Benjamin Francis Leftwich________Last Smoke Before The Snow Storm (35) [debut album] [Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 2] Digitalism________I Love You, Dude (41 AUSR) [] [UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] Pop Evil________War of Angels (43 USA) [2nd album] WE the Kings________Sunshine State of Mind (45 USA) [3rd album] Unearth________Darkness In The Light (72 USA) [5th album] Blondie________The Panic of Girls (73) [9th album] [ROL STONE - 3 // MOJO - 3 // NME - 3 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Alice Gold________Seven Rainbows (84) [debut album] [Q - 3] Old 97's________The Grand Theatre Vol. 2 (102 USA) [] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Brian Eno and Rick Holland________Drums Between The Bells (106) [collab album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 3 // SPIN - 2.5] Arcade Fire________Funeral (123 USA) [top pos.] TO BE COMPLETED......
11 - 17 July 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- INCUBUS__________IF NOT NOW, WHEN? (2 USA 10 AUSR[NW] 20 UK 84 IRE) [7th album] [SPIN - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] The Horrors__________Skying (5 UK 30 IRE 97 USA[8 aug]) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 4 // SPIN - 3.5] Theory Of A Deadman__________The Truth Is... (8 USA 68 UK) [4th album] [Q - 1] Sublime with Rome__________Yours Truly (9 USA) [debut album] Busby Marou__________Busby Marou (24 AUSR) [] Alexandre Desplat__________Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (25 USA 76 UK 98 IRE[NW]) Washed Out__________Within and Without (26 USA 89 UK) [debut album] [SPIN - 4.5 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 2.5] Suicide Silence__________The Black Crown (28 USA) [3rd album] [Q - 3] Ashton Shepherd__________Where The Country Grows (37 USA) [2nd album] Breathe Carolina__________Hell Is What You Make It (42 USA) [3rd album] Alkaline Trio__________Damnesia (43 USA 118 UK) [acoustic reworkings of their songs + 2 new songs] [SPIN - 3] Madeleine Peyroux__________Standin' On The Rooftop (56) [5th album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Fair To Midland__________Arrows and Anchors (65 USA) [4th album] The Cool Kids__________When Fish Ride Bicycles (76 USA) [debut album] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Tesla__________Twisted Wires and the Acoustic Sessions (97 USA) [acoustic album] R.E.M__________LIFES RICH PAGEANT (104) [deluxe ed. of 1986 album, their 4th] [UNCUT - 5 // MOJO - 5 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 4] Basement Jaxx__________Basement Jaxx Vs. Metropole Orkest (170) [live album] Enter Shikari__________Live From Planet Earth (197) [1cd/2dvd live album] TO BE COMPLETED......
18 - 24 July 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- 3 Doors Down__________Time Of My Life (3 USA 65 UK) [5th album] [ROL STONE - 2] 311__________Universal Pulse (7 USA) [10th album] [ROL STONE - 2] They Might Be Giants__________Join Us (32 USA) [album of new songs] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 2] Cold__________Super Fiction (37 USA) [5th album] [ROCK SOUND - 1] Portugal. The Man__________In The Mountain In The Cloud (42 USA) [6th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3] Adele__________iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP (45 IRE 50 USA 74 UK)*[] Chelsea Grin__________My Damnation (64 USA) [2nd album] The Summer Set__________Everything's Fine (65 USA) [2nd album] The Dangerous Summer__________War Paint (149 USA) [] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Ed Sheeran__________iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP (177) TO BE COMPLETED......
25 - 31 July 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- The Living End__________The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating (3 AUSR) [6th album] Amy Winehouse__________Frank (3 UK[NW] 9 IRE[NW] 23 AUSR 33 USA) [org released in 2003, highest pos.] Joss Stone__________LP1 (9 USA 36 UK) [5th album] [ROL STONE - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 2] Rodrigo y Gabriela__________Live In France (16 IRE) [live album] Falling In Reverse__________The Drug In Me Is You (19 USA 21 AUSR[NW] 125 UK[NW]) [debut album from...] Little Dragon__________Ritual Union (22 UK 78 USA) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // Q - 3] The John Butler Trio__________Live At Red Rocks (22 AUSR) [live album] Wu-Tang Clan__________Legendary Weapons (38 USA 151 UK) [6th album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // SPIN - 2.5] Vintage Trouble__________The Bomb Shelter Sessions (47) [debut album, org released in 2010] [MOJO - 2] All Shall Perish__________This Is Where It Ends (50 USA) Vanessa Carlton__________Rabbits on the Run (62 USA) [4th album] Mike Oldfield__________Incanations: Deluxe Edition (70) [expanded ed. of his 1978 album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 2] iwrestledabearonce__________Ruining It For Everybody (80 USA) [2nd album] Daryl Hall John Oates__________The Very Best of Daryl Hall John Oates (86 USA) Jon Fratelli__________Psycho Jukebox (94) [debut solo album from Fratelli's frontman] [UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 2] Wolf Gang__________Suego Faults (96) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 3] Amy Winehouse__________Back To Black: B-Sides EP (101 USA) Uriah Heep__________Wizards: The Best Of (131) [] Jasta__________Jasta (132 USA) [debut solo froom Hatebreed / Kingdom of Sorrow frontman Jamey Jasta] Alex Harvey__________The Best of The Sensational Alex Harvey (148) [] FOO FIGHTERS__________iTUNES FESTIVAL LONDON 2011 EP (167) [] Steve Mason & Dennis Bovell__________Ghosts Outside (194) [] TO BE COMPLETED......
1 - 7 August 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Mat Kearney__________Young Love (4 USA) [4th album] [ROL STONE - 2.5] The Panics__________Rain on the Humming Wire (7 AUSR) [4th album] O.A.R__________King (12 USA) [7th album] Various Artists__________Winners & Losers: Music from Hit Series (24 AUSR)* [soundtrack to Aussie show ft.Birds Of Tokyo,The Cardigans,Paloma Faith...] Viva Brother__________Famous First Words (34) [debut album] [NME - 2.5 // Q - 2 // UNCUT - 2 // MOJO - 2] Various Artists__________Soundtrack: Angry Boys (36 AUSR) [soundtrack to Aussie TV show] Fountains of Wayne__________Sky Full Of Holes (37 USA 102 UK) [5th album] [SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2] The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band__________How I Go (52 USA 92 UK) [album of new songs] John Hiatt__________Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (59 USA 99 UK[NW]) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Every Avenue__________Bad Habits (63 USA) [3rd album] Keb Mo__________The Reflection (81 USA) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 3] The Decemberists__________iTunes Session EP (117 USA) [] [ROL STONE - 3.5] Dir En Grey__________Dum Spiro Spero (135 USA) [8th album] [Q - 2] Bury Your Dead__________Mosh N'Roll (141 USA) [6th album] Mariachi El Bronx__________Mariachi El Bronx II (174 USA) [5th album, 2nd album from side-project] [NME - 3.5 // Q - 3] TO BE COMPLETED......
8 - 14 August 2011 : -uk100-ire100-ausr50-uk200- The Throne__________Watch The Throne (1 USA 2 AUSR[NW] 3 UK 5 IRE[NW]) [aka Kayne West & Jay-Z release debut collabrative album] [Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3] Boy & Bear__________Moonfire (2 AUSR) [debut album] Randy Crawford__________Best Of (7) [] Trivium__________In Waves (9 AUSR 13 USA 16 UK 26 IRE) [5th album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Calling All Cars__________Dancing With A Dead Man (20 AUSR) [2nd album] Dream On, Dreamer__________Heartbound (38 AUSR) [debut album] Gary Clark, Jr__________The Bright Lights EP (99 USA) [] [ROL STONE - 4] Jonathan Wilson__________Gentle Spirit (106) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3] Greeley Estates__________The Death of Greeley Estates (148 USA) [5th album] Blood Orange__________Coastal Grooves (180) [album of new songs from Dev Hynes(aka Lightspeed Champion)] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5] TO BE COMPLETED......
15 - 21 August 2011 : -uk200-uk100-ausr50-usa200- Eskimo Joe__________Ghosts of The Past (3 AUSR) [5th album] Charlie Simpson__________Young Pilgrim (6) [debut album from Fightstar frontman] [NME - 2.5 // K - 2 // Q - 2] John Denver__________The Ultimate Collection (7 UK 32 IRE[2WL]) Blue October__________Any Man In America (8 USA) [6th album] Fionn Regan__________100 Acres of Sycamore (10 IRE 91 UK) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 4 // Q - 3 // NME - 2.5] Breaking Benjamin__________shaLLow bay: The Best of (22 USA) [1cd/2cd best of] Jeff Bridges__________Jeff Bridges (25 USA 160 UK[5 sept]) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3 // MOJO - 3 // SPIN - 2.5] Kids in Glass Houses__________In Gold Blood (27) [3rd album] [K - 4 // Q - 2] Chimaira__________Age of Hell (54 USA) [6th album] Jacqui Dankworth__________It Happens Quietly (78) [4th album] Baxter Dury__________Happy Soup/Soul? (110) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // NME - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Amos Lee__________iTunes Live From SoHo EP (152 USA) [] Darius Rucker__________Charleston, SC 1966 (179) [] TO BE COMPLETED......
22 - 28 August 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Gotye__________Making Mirrors (1 AUSR 133 USA[2/jan/2012]) [3rd album] Josh Pyke__________Only Sparrows (4 AUSR) [3rd album] Various Artists_______The Green Album (8 USA) [artists cover songs from The Muppets incl.Weezer, My Morning Jacket, Amy Lee, OK Go..] [SPIN - 3.5] HARD-FI_______KILLER SOUNDS (9 UK 77 IRE) [3rd album] [NME - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] PUGWASH_______THE OLYMPUS SOUND (14) [5th album] Frenzal Rhomb__________Smoko at the Pet Food Factory (14 AUSR) [album of new songs] Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks_______Mirror Traffic (43 USA 69 UK 90 IRE) [5th album] [SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5] The Cab__________Symphony Soldier (62 USA) [2nd album] Black Tide_______Post Mortem (73 USA) [2nd album] [SPIN - 2.5] Thirty Seconds To Mars__________Unplugged MTV EP (76 USA) [] Trevor Hall__________Everything Everytime Everywhere (80 USA) [album of new songs] The War on Drugs_______Slave Ambient (127) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 5 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Zee Avi__________Ghostbird (129 USA) [2nd album] I Break Horses__________Hearts (129) [debut album] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] CSS_______La Liberacion (180) [3rd album] [MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 2.5 // Q - 1] Hawkwind__________Parallel Universe: A Liberty/UA Years Anthology 1970-1979 (184) [3cd] TO BE COMPLETED......
29 August - 4 September 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS__________I'M WITH YOU (1 UK 1 IRE 2 AUSR 2 USA) [10th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // NME - 2.5] Icehouse__________White Heat: 30 Hits (5 AUSR) [best of] Bombay Bicycle Club__________A Different Kind of Fix (6 UK 18 IRE) [3rd album] [NME - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Hayley Westenra + Ennio Morricone__________Paradiso (13 UK 66 IRE) [] Lenny Kravitz_______Black and White America (18 USA 75 UK[LW]) [9th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 2] The Herd__________Future Shade (22 AUSR) [5th album] Glen Campbell__________Ghost on the Canvas (24 USA 27 UK) [album of new songs + last album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Jill Scott__________The Original Jill Scott from the Vault, Vol. 1 (28 USA) [12 track rarities compilation] [MOJO - 4] Tinariwen__________Tassilli (41 IRE 68 UK) [5th album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5] Young the Giant__________Young the Giant (42 USA 83 UK 84 IRE[NW]) [debut album, released in US in 2010] [SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Beirut__________The Rip Tide (49 UK 80 USA 89 IRE[NW]) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 4] Cobra Starship__________Night Shades (50 USA) [4th album] [ROCK SOUND - 2.5] The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus__________Am I The Enemy (61 USA) [3rd album] Robert Earl Keen__________Ready For Confetti (66 USA) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4] COUNTING CROWS__________AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER: LIVE AT TOWN HALL (73 USA) [live version of 1993 album] Puddle of Mudd__________re:(disc)overed (96 USA) [covers album] [ROCK SOUND - 2.5] Butch Walker & The Black Widows__________The Spade (105 USA) [album of new songs] The Temptations__________The Best of The Temptations (132 USA) [] Mike Doughty__________Yes And Also Yes (177 USA) [4th solo from Soul Coughing frontman] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Kittie__________I've Failed You (178 USA) TO BE COMPLETED......
5 - 11 September 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200- Doris Day__________My Heart (9) [] Chris Rea__________Santo Spirito Blues (13 UK 48 IRE) [] [MOJO - 4] Ry Cooder__________Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (18 IRE 26 UK 123 USA[LW]) [album of new songs] The Drums__________Portamento (44 UK 59 IRE) [2nd album] Lindsey Buckingham__________Seeds We Sow (45 USA 82 UK 95 IRE) [album of new songs] [ROL STONE - 3] The Horrible Crowes__________Elsie (48 USA 67 UK 68 IRE) [debut album from duo incl Brian Fallon(Gaslight Anthem)] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3] Hank Williams III__________Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town (49 USA) [2cd album, 7th album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Rise To Remain__________City of Vultures (83) [debut album] Jon McLaughlin__________Forever If Ever (84 USA) [3rd album] The Rapture__________In The Grace of Your Love (93 UK 125 USA) [4th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 2] AEROSMITH__________THE ESSENTIAL AEROSMITH (104 USA) [] Martin Simpson__________Purpose + Grace (106) [] QUEEN__________A KIND OF MAGIC (109) QUEEN__________THE WORKS (113) Richmond Fontaine__________The High Country (115) [10th album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Ghostpoet__________Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam (119) [debut album, org released 7 Feb 2011] QUEEN__________INNUENDO (126) Various Artists__________Listen To Me: Buddy Holly (135 USA) [Jackson Browne,Jeff Lynne,Imelda May,Stevie Nicks,Ringo Starr cover his songs] [ROL STONE - 3] Oh, Sleeper__________Children of Fire (142 USA) [3rd album] QUEEN__________THE MIRACLE (143) QUEEN__________MADE IN HEAVEN (144) QUEEN__________DEEP CUTS VOL 3 (155) Hank Williams III__________Attention Deficit Domination (179 USA) [] [Q - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Various Artists__________True Blood: Music From the HBO Series, Volume 3 (191 USA) [sountrack to series] TO BE COMPLETED......
12 - 18 September 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Ed Sheeran__________+ (1 UK 2 IRE 8 AUSR[14 nov]) [debut album] [Q - 4 // NME - 2] LAURA MARLING__________A CREATURE I DON'T KNOW (4 UK 8 IRE 12 AUSR 99 USA) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 4 // SPIN - 3.5] Kimbra__________Vows (4 AUSR) [debut album] Staind__________Staind (5 USA 85 UK[NW]) [7th album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // SPIN - 2.5 // ROL STONE - 2] Dream Theatre__________A Dramatic Turn of Events (8 USA 17 UK 17 AUSR 36 IRE) [11th album] [Q - 2] The Kooks__________Junk of the Heart (9 AUSR 10 UK 41 IRE 68 USA) [3rd album] [Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 2 // NME - 2] The Devil Wears Prada__________Dead Throne (10 USA 44 AUSR 166 UK) [4th album] [Q - 3] Anthrax__________Worship Music (12 USA 49 UK 62 IRE 35 AUSR[NW]) [10th album] [ROCK SOUND - 2.5] Primus__________Green Naugahyde (15 USA 115 UK) [8th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // ROL STONE - 3] Bush__________The Sea Of Memories (18 USA 200 IRE[31 oct]) [5th album, first in 10 years] [ROL STONE - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3 // UNCUT - 2] St. Vincent__________Strange Mercy (19 USA 117 UK) [3rd album] [SPIN - 4.5 // NME - 4.5 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] We Came As Romans__________Understanding What We've Grown To Be (21 USA) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 2.5] Grouplove__________Never Trust A Happy Song (21 AUSR 173 USA) [debut album] [NME - 3] Alice Cooper__________Welcome 2 My Nightmare (22 USA 16 AUSR[2WL] 161 UK) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Wynton Marsalis + Eric Clapton__________Play The Blues: Live from... (31 USA 40 UK 83 IRE) [] [UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Ball Park Music__________Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs (36 AUSR) [debut album] Girls__________Father, Son, Holy Ghost (37 USA 119 UK) [2nd album] [NME - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Ben Rector__________Something Like This (41 USA) [4th album] Foreigner__________Feels Like The First Time (45 USA) [live CD/DVD] The Jimi Hendrix Experience__________Live At Winterland: Deluxe Reissue (49 USA 92 UK) [expanded ed. of 1987 live album] [ROL STONE - 5 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Wild Flag__________Wild Flag (53 USA) [debut album from band ft. 2 Sleater-Kinney members] [SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] John Denver__________The Very Best Of (54 IRE)* [] Blind Pilot__________We Are The Tide (56 USA) [2nd album] Nick Lowe__________The Old Magic (66 UK 84 USA) [album of new songs] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Slow Club__________Paradise (70) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5] Ladytron__________Gravity The Seducer (72 UK 112 USA) [5th album] [NME - 3.5 // Q - 3 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Trombone Shorty__________For True (72 USA 160 UK[NW]) [] [UNCUT - 2] Neon Indian__________Era Extrana (74 USA) [2nd album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Umphrey’s McGee__________Death By Stereo (76 USA) [album of new songs] Jimi Hendrix__________Hendrix in the West: Expanded Ed. (77 USA 196 UK) [expanded ed. of his 1972 live album] [ROL STONE - 4.5] Gary Numan__________Dead Son Rising (87) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 3] Saves The Day__________Daybreak (100 USA) [7th album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Blitzen Trapper__________American Goldwing (104 USA) [6th album] [UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3 // ROL STONE - 3] Howling Bells__________The Loudest Engine (151) [3rd album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3 // NME - 1] Anathema__________Falling Deeper (168) [] [ROCK SOUND - 2.5] Mason Jennings__________Minnesota (177 USA) [9th album] Kevin Devine__________Between the Concrete and Clouds (188 USA) [6th album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] S.C.U.M__________Again Into Eyes (192) [debut album] [Q - 4 // NME - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // SPIN - 3] TO BE COMPLETED......
19 - 25 September 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 Kasabian__________Velociraptor! (1 UK 2 IRE 8 AUSR) [4th album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 4 // SPIN - 3.5] Tony Bennett__________Duets II (1 USA 2 AUSR[2WL] 5 UK 13 IRE) [duets with Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Aretha Franklin...] [ROL STONE - 3] The Jezabels__________Prisoner (2 AUSR) [debut album] Bressie__________Colourblind Stereo (8 IRE) [debut album from The Blizzards frontman] Gavin DeGraw__________Sweeter (8 USA) [4th album] [ROL STONE - 3] PEARL JAM__________PEARL JAM TWENTY (10 USA 14 AUSR 21 IRE 47 UK) [soundtrack to documentary on band] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Funkoars__________The Quickening (11 AUSR) [4th album] Opeth__________Heritage (12 AUSR 19 USA 22 UK 34 IRE) [10th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] SuperHeavy__________SuperHeavy (13 UK 26 USA) [debut album from band: Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, A.R. Rahmann and Damien Marley!!] [ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 2 // MOJO - 2] Thrice__________Major/Minor (18 USA 107 UK) [7th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5] John Spillane__________A Rock To Cling To (19 IRE) [] Tori Amos__________Night of Hunters (24 USA 27 UK 42 AUSR[NW] 43 IRE) [11th album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Johnny Cash__________Real Johnny Cash: Ultimate Collection (24 IRE)* [] Various Artists__________Soundtrack: Drive (31 USA)* [] Scroobius Pip__________Distraction Pieces (35 UK 78 IRE) [debut album] [Q - 2 // UNCUT - 2] NeverShoutNever__________Time Travel (35 USA) [3rd album] The Rifles__________Freedom Run (37) [3rd album] [NME - 4 // UNCUT - 3] The Jayhawks__________Mockingbird Time (38 USA 92 UK) [8th album] [MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] New Empire__________Symmetry (39 AUSR) [2nd album] THE SUBWAYS__________MONEY AND CELEBRITY (43) [3rd album] [K - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // Q - 3 // NME - 1.5] June Tabor & The Oyster Band__________Ragged Kingdom (59) [] Patton Oswalt__________Finest Hour (71 USA) [comedy album] Grateful Dead__________Europe '72: Volume 2 (72 USA) [2cd live album] The Duke Spirit__________Bruiser (80) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // NME - 3.5] Billy Connolly__________Classic Comedy (81 IRE) [] Roy Harper__________Songs of Love and Loss: Volumes 1 & 2 (95) Twiztid__________Cryptic Collection 4 (108 USA)* [] Clap Your Hands Say Yeah__________Hysterical (122 USA 198 UK[LW]) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // SPIN - 2.5] Lanterns On The Lake__________Gracious Tide, Take Me Home (149) [debut album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Pajama Club__________Pajama Club (154) [debut album from band include Neil Finn(Crowded House)] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] Various Artists__________Soda Fountain Favorites Early Rock-N-Roll Jukebox (167) [comp ft.Elvis Presley,Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison,Everly Brothers...] Miles Davis Quintet__________LIVE in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (171 USA) [3cd+1dvd live album] Madness__________A Guided Tour of Madness (181) [3cd/1dvd box set] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] Various Artists__________KINK Live 14 (182 USA) [recordings from 101.9 KINK.FM, ft.Foster The People,Matt Nathanson,Avett Brothers and more The Jesus and Mary Chain__________Pyschocandy (184) [expanded 2cd/1dvd edition of their debut/1985 album] [Q - 5 // MOJO - 5 // UNCUT - 4] TO BE COMPLETED......
26 September - 2 October 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- James Morrison__________The Awakening (1 UK 2 IRE 49 USA[2WL]) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 2] NIRVANA__________NEVERMIND: DELUXE EDITION (2 AUSR 5 UK 5 IRE 13 USA) [expanded 4 cd / 1 dvd version of album] [ROL STONE - 5 // Q - 5 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4] BLINK 182__________NEIGHBORHOODS (2 USA 6 UK 12 IRE) [6th album] [NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3 // SPIN - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3] Wilco__________The Whole Love (5 USA 23 IRE 23 AUSR 30 UK) [8th album] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Switchfoot__________Vice Verses (8 USA 127 UK) [8th album] Chickenfoot__________Chickenfoot III (9 USA 46 AUSR 102 UK[24 oct]) [2nd album] [MOJO - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Mastodon__________The Hunter (10 USA 18 AUSR 19 UK 26 IRE) [5th album] [Q - 5 // ROL STONE - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Machine Head__________Unto The Locust (10 AUSR 22 USA 43 UK[24 oct] 96 IRE[24 oct]) [7th album] [Q - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4] Pink Floyd__________The Dark Side of The Moon (11 UK 12 USA 22 AUSR 25 IRE) [3 special editions released of bands 8th/1973 album] [Q - 5] The Waterboys__________An Appointment with Mr Yeats (13 IRE 30 UK[LW]) [] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 3] Paul McGrath__________Handle With Care (16 IRE) [covers album with some proceeds going to Acquired Brain Injury Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Ireland] Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa__________Don't Explain (22 UK 120 USA) [covers album] [MOJO - 3 // Q - 3] Steven Wilson__________Grace For Drowning (34 UK 85 USA) [2nd album from Porcupine Tree frontman] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 4] Pink Floyd__________The Wall (40 USA 44 UK 83 IRE) [expaneded edition of the bands 11th/1979 album] Pink Floyd__________Wish You Were Here (43 UK 71 USA) [expaneded edition of the bands 9th/1975 album] Confession__________The Long Way Home (47 AUSR) [2nd album] Death In Vegas__________Trans-Love Energies (57) [5th album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Goo Goo Dolls__________Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles (61) [org released in 2007] The Smiths__________Complete (63 UK 75 IRE) [box set ft 8 albums] [UNCUT - 5 // MOJO - 4] Evidence__________Cats and Dogs (64 USA) [2nd album] Doris Day__________The Greatest Hits & More (72) [] Rod Stewart__________ YOU WEAR IT WELL THE COLLECTION (72 IRE) [] Sebastian Bach__________Kicking & Screaming (73 USA) [4th solo album] 9th Wonder__________The Wonder Years (76 USA) [album of new songs] Pink Floyd__________Animals (83 USA 88 UK) [expaneded edition of the bands 10th/1977 album] Half Man Half Biscuit__________90 Bisodol (Crimond) (85) [12th album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Pink Floyd__________Meddle (99 USA 174 USA) [expaneded edition of the bands 6th/1971 album] Brett Anderson__________Black Rainbows (103) [4th solo album] [NME - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Dum Dum Girls__________Only In Dreams (105 USA) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Seth MacFarlane__________Music Is Better Than Words (111 USA) [debut album] [SPIN - 2] Evile__________Five Seprent's Teeth (111) [3rd album] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 2] AWOLNATION__________Megalithic Symphony (112 USA -> 105 USA[2/jan/2012])* [] Pink Floyd__________Discovery (112) [expaneded edition of the bands ??? album] Marcus Foster__________Nameless Path (118) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3 // Q - 2] Pink Floyd__________The Division Bell (124) [expaneded edition of the bands 1994/14th album] NIRVANA__________NEVERMIND: SUPER DELUXE EDITION (131 USA) [expanded 4 cd / 1 dvd version of album] Steve Hackett__________Beyond The Shrouded Horizon (133) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 2] The Head and The Heart__________The Head and The Heart (134 USA -> 132 USA[2/jan/2012]) [reissue of 2010 album on Sub Pop label] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 2] Daryl Hall__________Laughing Down Crying (142 USA) [album of new songs from half of Hall & Oates] [UNCUT - 4] Zola Jesus__________Conatus (144 UK 175 USA[NW]) [3rd album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3] The Bangles__________Sweetheart of the Sun (148 USA) [5th album] [MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Leslie West__________Unusual Suspects (153) [album of new songs from The Vagrants/Mountain member] [MOJO - 4] Johnny Winter__________Roots (163 USA) [] Pink Floyd__________A Momentary Lapse of Reason (165) [expaneded edition of the bands 13th/1987 album] Plaid__________Scintilli (167) [7th album] [MOJO - 4] Pink Floyd__________Discovery Studio Box Set (175 USA) [plan to release expaneded editions of their 14 albums, separately or all in one box] Man Overboard__________Man Overboard (181 USA) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Grateful Dead__________Europe '72: The Complete... (72 USA) [] TO BE COMPLETED......
3 - 9 October 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- You Me At Six__________Sinners Never Sleep (3 UK 28 AUSR 39 IRE) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // Q - 3] The Kanyu Tree__________People Street (4 IRE) [debut album] Feist__________Metals (7 USA 17 AUSR[NW] 27 IRE 28 UK) [4th album] [UNCUT - 5 // Q - 4 // NME - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Ben Howard__________Every Kingdom (7 UK 92 IRE) [debut album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 2] Jack's Mannequin__________People and Things (9 USA) [3rd album] Mayday Parade__________Mayday Parade (12 USA) [3rd album] Scala & Kolacny Brothersf__________Scala & Kolacny Brothers (17 IRE->10[16/jan/12] 82 UK[19 dec]) [covers of Metallica,Oasis,U2,Foo Fighters,Radiohead...] Meat Loaf__________Hell In A Handbasket (20 AUSR) [] Mutemath__________Odd Soul (24 USA) [3rd album] New Found Glory__________Radiosurgery (26 USA 50 AUSR 142 UK) [7th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5 // NME - 2] Erasure__________Tomorrow's World (29 UK 61 IRE[NW]) [album of new songs] [ROL STONE - 3 // MOJO - 2] Jape__________Ocean of Frequencey (29 IRE) [4th album] [Q - 3] blessthefall__________Awakening (32 USA) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 2.5] DJ Shadow__________The Less You Know The Better (34 UK 66 IRE 149 USA) [4th album] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // SPIN - 3 // NME - 2.5] Indigo Girls__________Beauty Queen Sister (36 USA) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 2] The Answer__________Revival (39 UK 86 IRE) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4] Various Artists__________The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams (42 USA) [ft. Dylan, J White, L Helm..] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Lights__________Sibiera (47 USA) [2nd album] Mayer Hawthorne__________How Do You Do (52 USA) [2nd album] [ROL STONE - 3] Roots Manuva__________4everevolution (59) [7th album] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Finbar Furey__________Colours (68 IRE) [] The Misfits__________The Devil's Rain (70 USA) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 2.5 // Q - 2] The Union__________Sirens Song (93) [2nd album] Wayne Static__________Pighammer (97 USA) [debut solo from Static-X frontman] Bonnie “Prince” Billy__________Wolfroy Goes To Town (99 IRE 150 UK) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 3] Various Artists__________When Folk Meets Rock (102 USA) [Starbucks comp ft.Bob Dylan,M.Ward,Belle & Sebastian,Nick Drake,Jeff Buckley...] Julian Lennon__________Everything Changes (106) [6th album] [UNCUT - 2 // MOJO - 2] George Benson__________Guitar Man (109 USA) [covers album] We Are The In Crowd__________Best Intentions (122 USA) [debut album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Paul McCartney__________Ocean's Kingdom (143 USA 158 UK) [classical themed album] [UNCUT - 3] We Were Promised Jetpacks__________In The Pit of the Stomach (153 USA 167 UK) [2nd album] [SPIN - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3] Merle Haggard__________Working In Tennessee (155 USA) [album of new songs] [ROL STONE - 3.5] La Dispute__________Wildfire (161 USA) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5] Pop Will Eat Itself__________New Noise Designed by a Sadist (187) [6th album, first since 1994] TO BE COMPLETED......
10 - 16 October 2011 : -uk200-ausr50-ire100-usa200- Evanescence__________Evanescence (1 USA 4 UK 5 AUSR 17 IRE) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Lisa Hannigan__________Passenger (1 IRE 51 UK) [2nd album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3] Five Finger Death Punch__________American Capitalist (3 USA 50 AUSR[NW] 57 UK) [3rd album] [ROCK SOUND - 2.5] RYAN ADAMS__________ASHES & FIRE (7 USA 7 IRE 9 UK 25 AUSR) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // MOJO - 3] Bjork__________Biophilia (15 IRE 21 UK 27 USA 31 AUSR[NW]) [7th album] [NME - 4.5 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 4] Johnny Mathis__________The Ultimate Collection (17) [] Peter Gabriel__________New Blood (22 UK 30 USA 42 IRE[NW]) [re-recordings of his hits without guitar, bass and drums!] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 3] RADIOHEAD__________TKOL RMX 1234567 (34 UK 48 IRE 50 USA) [remix album of The King of Limbs by Caribou,Four Tet,Modeselektor and more] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] BEN FOLDS/BEN FOLDS FIVE__________THE BEST IMITATION OF MYSELF: A RETROSPECTIVE (62 USA 100 UK) [3 disc retrospective] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers__________Gift Horse (87 USA) [album of new songs] Cliff Richard & The Shadows__________Move It: Best of The Early Years (96) [] Deas Vail__________Deas Vail (114 USA) [3rd album] Various Artists__________ZZ Top: A Tribute From Friends (121 USA) [ft.Wolfmother,Grace Porter,Steven Tyler,Nickelback...] Rachael Yamagata__________Chesapeake (122 USA) [3rd album] William Shatner__________Searching For Major Tom (131 USA) [album of covers] Willie Nelson__________Super Hits (135 USA) [10 track best of, released in 1994] Skeletonwitch__________Forever Abomination (153 USA) [4th album] Exit Ten__________Give Me Infinity (166) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 3] The Silver Seas__________Chateau Revenge! (175) [3rd album, org released in 2010] Wednesday 13__________Calling All Corpses (182) [4th solo album from Murderdolls frontman] [ROCK SOUND - 3.5] Various Artists__________The 99 Most Essential Autumn Classics (187 USA) [99 track classical album] James Blake__________Enough Thunder EP (188) [6 track EP] [NME - 2.5] Elvis Presley__________Elvis: Best Of Love (200 USA) [best of compilation] TO BE COMPLETED......
17 - 23 October 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds__________Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (1 UK 1 IRE 16 AUSR 28 USA[7 nov]) [debut solo from Oasis member] [Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // NME - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 2] Cold Chisel__________The Best of Cold Chisel: All For You (2 AUSR) [best of] Janes Addiction__________The Great Escape Artist (12 USA 52 UK 74 IRE) [4th album] [NME - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROCK SOUND - 4 // SPIN - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // ROL STONE - 2.5] Lainie Lane__________To The Horses (12 AUSR) [debut album] M83__________Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (15 USA 37 AUSR 44 UK 53 IRE) [5th album] [Q - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3 // ROL STONE - 3 // MOJO - 3] Puscifer__________Conditions of my Parole (27 USA) [2nd solo album from Maynard James Keenan(Tool/A Perfect Circle)] [SPIN - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3] Patrick Stump__________Soul Punk (47 USA 143 UK) [debut solo from Fall Out Boy frontman] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Everlast__________Songs of The Ungrateful Living (48 USA) [album of new songs] Real Estate__________Days (52 USA 136 UK) [2nd album] [UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3] Alesana__________A Place Where the Sun Is Silent (55 USA) [4th album] [ROCK SOUND - 3] Iced Earth__________Dystopia (67 USA) [10th album] ASH__________THE BEST OF ASH (132) [19 track best of] [Q - 3] The Gaslight Anthem__________iTunes Session EP (144 USA) [] Shelby Lynne__________Revelation Road (169 USA) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3] TO BE COMPLETED......
24 - 30 October 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- COLDPLAY__________MYLO XYLOTO (1 UK 1 USA 1 IRE 1 AUSR) [5th album] [Q - 5 // MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 2.5] Tom Waits__________Bad As Me (5 IRE 6 USA 10 UK 11 AUSR) [album of new songs] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // NME - 3] Darren Hayes__________Secret Codes and Battleships (10 AUSR 29 UK) [] She & Him__________A Very She & Him Christmas (12 USA 145 UK[NW]) [christmas themed album] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3 // HP - 2 // UNCUT - 2] Mary Black__________Story From The Steeples (13 IRE) [] Justice__________Audio, Video, Disco (18 AUSR 33 IRE 35 UK 37 USA) [2nd album] [NME - 4 // ROL STONE - 3 // MOJO - 3 // SPIN - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3] Boyz II Men__________Twenty (20 USA) [10th album] Washington__________Insomnia (24 AUSR) [2nd album] Sting__________The Best of 25 Years / 25 Years (27 UK 51 IRE 104 USA[LW]) [3cd + 1dvd box set] [ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 2] INXS__________The Very Best (39 AUSR 162 UK[NW]) [] Paul Simon__________Graceland (40 UK 61 IRE) [remastered ed. of 1986 album] Paul Simon__________Songwriter (57 IRE 103 UK 141 USA) [2cd best of incl Simon & Garfunkel tracks] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Deer Tick__________Divine Providence (65 USA) [4th album] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Various Artists__________The Bridge School Concerts: 25th Anniversary Edition (76 USA) [2cd comp ft.N Young,McCartney,Springsteen,Pearl Jam...] Goapele__________Break of Dawn (77 USA) [4th album] Mumford & Sons__________Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire (80 USA) [live album] Brian Wilson__________In The Key of Disney (83 USA 190 UK) [covers of songs from Disney films] [NME - 4] John Prine__________The Singing Mailman Delivers (94 USA) [2cd's of his earliest recordings] [UNCUT - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Close Your Eyes__________Empty Hands And Heavy Hearts (137 USA) [2nd album] [ROCK SOUND - 4.5] Rush__________ABC 1974: Agora Ballroom, Cleveland Ohio: 26 August 1974: The First America Broadcast (141) [] Magazine__________No Thyself (167) [] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 3] Skinny Puppy__________HandOver (168 USA) [11th album] Thomas Dolby__________A Map of the Floating City (171) [album of new songs] [MOJO - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // NME - 2.5] TO BE COMPLETED......
31 October - 6 November 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200 Florence + The Machine____________Ceremonials (1 UK 1 IRE 1 AUSR 6 USA) [2nd album] [Q - 5 // SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // NME - 4 // ROL STONE - 4 // MOJO - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Christy Moore____________Folk Tale (3 IRE 121 UK) [] U2____________ACHTUNG BABY: 20th ANNIVERSARY UBER DELUXE BOX SET (9 IRE 35 UK 35 USA) [of their 1991 album] [MOJO - 5 // Q - 5 // ROL STONE - 5 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4] MANIC STREET PREACHERS____________NATIONAL TREASURES: THE COMPLETE SINGLES (10 UK 30 IRE) [38 track greatest hits] [MOJO - 5 // Q - 5 // UNCUT - 5] Megadeth____________Th1rt3en (11 USA 13 AUSR 34 UK 43 IRE) [13th album!] [SPIN - 3.5 // ROCK SOUND - 3.5 // Q - 3] The Beach Boys____________The Smile Sessions (25 UK 27 USA 44 IRE) [release of great lost album!] [MOJO - 5 // UNCUT - 5 // ROL STONE - 4.5 // Q - 3] Angels & Airwaves____________Love: Part Two (32 USA) [4th album] [ROL STONE - 1.5] Lou Reed + Metallica____________Lulu (33 AUSR 36 USA 36 UK 36 IRE) [collaborative album] [MOJO - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // NME - 3.5 // ROL STONE - 3 // ROCK SOUND - 3 // Q - 2] Steel Panther____________Balls Out (37 UK 40 USA) [] [ROCK SOUND - 3] The Decemberists____________Long Live The King EP (44 USA) [7 track EP] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Angels & Airwaves____________Love: Part One (67 USA) [re-release of 3rd album, org 2009] Slipknot____________Iowa: 10th Anniversary Ed. (88) [] [Q - 3] Journey____________Greatest Hits Vol 2 (93 USA) [17 track best of] Phantogram____________Nightlife EP (122 USA) [6 track EP] U2____________ACHTUNG BABY: SUPER DELUXE (128 USA) [of their 1991 album] Jethro Tull____________Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Special Edition (133 USA) [] Chris Cornell____________Songbook EP (143 USA) [] Grateful Dead____________Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5: Bos... (145 USA) Summer Camp____________Welcome To Condale (146) [debut album] [NME - 4 // SPIN - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Insane Clown Posse____________Featuring Freshness (193 USA) [2cd compilation of colabrations] TO BE COMPLETED......
7 - 13 November 2011 : -uk100-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Various Artists____________The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (4 USA 9 AUSR) [soundtrack ft.Joy Formiddable, Noisettes, Iron & Wine, Belle Brigade...] MARIO ROSENSTOCK____________GIFT GRUB 12 (9 IRE) [comedy album] Disturbed____________The Lost Children (13 USA 12 AUSR[NW] 85 UK) [b-sides compilation] Pink Floyd____________A Foot In The Door (14 UK 14 IRE 19 AUSR[12 dec] 50 USA) [16 track best of][UNCUT - 4] Powderfinger____________Fingerprints and Footprints: The Best Of (15 AUSR) [2cd best of] The Getaway Plan____________Requiem (17 AUSR) [2nd album][ROCK SOUND - 3.5] London Philharmonic Orchestra____________The Greatest Video Game Music (23 USA) [Orchestra cover vide game themes incl Mario, GTA IV, Tetris ect.] Diana Ross____________The Greatest (24) [2cd best of] Various Artists____________They Will Have Their Way ~ The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn (26 AUSR) [2cd covers album ft.Brooke Fraser,Sara Storer,N Imbruglia,Art vs Science,Sleepy Jackson ect. cover the Finn's songs] Davo & Ivor____________Epic Choons (31 IRE) [comedy album] Pink Floyd____________Wish You Were Here (33 USA 38 UK 57 IRE) [3 special editions released of album][IE: UNCUT - 5] Angels & Airwaves____________Love Albums Parts One & Two (43 USA 153 UK[NW])* [][K - 2] Sigur Ros____________Inni (45 UK 49 IRE 73 USA[NW]) [2cd live lbum / dvd-live concert][MOJO - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // Q - 3] Deaf Havana____________Fools And Worthless Liars (49) [2nd album][ROCK SOUND - 4.5] THIN LIZZY____________AT THE BBC (50) [2cd sessions compilation] Rush____________Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland (54 USA 70 UK) [2cd live album][ROL STONE - 3.5] As I Lay Dying____________Decas (61 USA) [compilation of new songs, cover songs, remixes ect] Thea Gilmore____________Don't Stop Singing with Sandy Denny (89) [covers album][UNCUT - 3] Four Year Strong____________In Some Way, Shape or Form (88 USA) [4th album][ROCK SOUND - 4.5] David Lynch____________Crazy Clown Town (91) [album of new songs from director][NME - 4 // MOJO - 3 // Q - 3 // SPIN - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Animals As Leaders____________Weightless (92 USA) [2nd album][ROCK SOUND - 4] Atlas Sound____________Parallax (97 USA) [3rd solo album from Bradford Cox(Deerhunter)][SPIN - 4.5 // Q - 4 // NME - 4 // MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // UNCUT - 3] Jonathan Coulton____________Artificial Heart (125 USA) [8th album] TO BE COMPLETED......
14 - 20 November 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- SNOW PATROL____________FALLEN EMPIRES (1 IRE 3 UK 24 AUSR[NW]) [6th album] [Q - 4 // HP - 4 // UNCUT - 2 // MOJO - 2] The Coronas____________Closer To You (3 IRE) [3rd album] [HP - 3.5] ANDREA BOCELLI____________CONCERTO : ONE NIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK (4 USA 16 IRE[NW] 17 UK) [live album] Various Artists____________TRIPLE J'S : Like A Version: Volume Seven (5 AUSR)*[covers ft.K Chief cover M Ronson, The Vines cover Gorillaz, The Kills cover Marily Monroe ect.] Childish Gambino____________Camp (11 USA) [4th album, first physical release album] [MOJO - 4 // ROL STONE - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // Q - 3] R.E.M____________PART LIES, PART HEART, PART TRUTH, PART GARBAGE: 1982-2011 (16 IRE 19 UK 55 USA) [2cd best of ft. 3 new songs] [ROL STONE - 4.5 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // MOJO - 3] Tim Freedman____________Australian Idle (19 AUSR) [solo album from The Whitlams frontman] Powderfinger____________Footprints: The Best Of (22 AUSR)*[1cd best of] Bluejuice____________Company (23 AUSR) [3rd album] Frank Sinatra____________Sinatra: Best Of The Best (23 USA 30 UK[NW] 19 IRE[12 dec]) [] Seal____________Soul 2 (24 UK[NW]->17[23/jan/2012] 42 AUSR 97 IRE[28 nov]) [covers album] Seasick Steve____________Walkin' Man: The Best Of (51) [best of album] Various Artists____________(Ahk-toong Bay-bi) Covered (53 USA) [Artists cover U2, incl J White,Depeche Mode,D Rice...] Gym Class Heroes____________Papercut Chronicles II (54 USA) [album of new songs] [ROL STONE - 1.5] THE WHO____________QUADROPHENIA: Directors Cut (55 UK 110 USA) [box set of 1973 album] [ROL STONE - 4.5 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] The Fall____________Ersatz G.B (88) [29th album] [MOJO - 4 // NME - 4 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 2] Kate Rusby____________While Mortals Sleep (91) [christmas/autumn themed album] Slash____________Made in Stoke 24 7 11 (107 UK 194 USA) [live album] [K - 4] Tegan And Sara____________Get Along (116 USA) [live CD/DVD] Los Campesinos!____________Hello Sadness (186) [4th album] [SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // HP - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // NME - 3.5] Betty Wright And The Roots____________Betty Wright: The Movie (197 USA) TO BE COMPLETED......
21 - 27 November 2011 : -ire100-ausr50-uk200-usa200- Nickelback____________Here and Now (1 AUSR 2 USA 10 UK 26 IRE) [7th album] Kate Bush____________50 Words For Snow (5 UK 12 IRE 22 AUSR 83 USA) [9th album] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4 // HP - 4] Mary J Blige____________My Life II, The Journey Continues (5 USA 76 UK) [10th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5] Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band____________Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets (19 USA) [2cd best of] Michael Jackson____________Immortal (24 USA 43 AUSR[NW] 65 UK) [remix album] Various Artists____________The Muppets: Original Soundtrack (38 USA) [songs from film] The Rolling Stones____________Some Girls: Deluxe Edition (58) [] [ROL STONE - 5 // UNCUT - 5 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 4] Chris Cornell____________Songbook (69 USA) [acoustic album] [K - 4] Chris Rea____________The Journey: 1978 – 2009 (147) [] Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler____________This Is Christmas (188) [christmas themed album from Emmy and Ash frontman] [HP - 3 // Q - 3 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] ABBA____________The Best Of ABBA: 20th Centu... (189 USA) [] Motorhead____________The Wörld is Ours Vol. 1 - Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else (193) [live album] TO BE COMPLETED......
28 November - 4 December 2011 : -uk100-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Rod Stewart____________Storyteller (32 IRE 35 UK[NW]) [] Hot Chelle Rae____________Whatever (48 USA) [2nd album] Wham____________The Final (50) [re-release of bands final album, org released in 1986] Carole King____________A Holiday Carole (52 USA 144 UK[NW]) [christmas covers album] [UNCUT - 2] GORILLAZ____________THE SINGLES COLLECTION 2001-2011 (61 UK 79 IRE) [greatest hits] [UNCUT - 4 // Q - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5] Kylie Minogue____________Aphrodite Les Folies: Live In London (72) [live album] Brendan Grace____________It's A Great Laugh (72 IRE)*[comedy album] Bob Dylan__________Beyond Here Lies Nothin': The Collection (75 IRE 156 UK[24 oct]) [] Various Artists____________Soundtrack: Elf (81 USA) [] THE KILLERS____________(RED) CHRISTMAS EP (85 USA 104 UK) [] SMASHING PUMPKINS____________SIAMESE DREAM (110 USA 173 UK[NW]) [reissue of 1993 album with bonus CD+DVD] [Q - 5 // ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 4] New Broadway Cast Recording____________Follies (144 USA) [] SMASHING PUMPKINS____________GISH (146 USA) [reissue of 1991 album with bonus CD+DVD] [Q - 4 // UNCUT - 4] The Unthanks____________Diversions, Vol. 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons : Live from the Union Chapel, London (164) [] Chicago____________Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three (170 USA) [3rd christmas covers album] TO BE COMPLETED......
5 - 11 December 2011 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200- The Black Keys____________El Camino (2 USA 5 AUSR[23/jan/12] 28 IRE->14[23/jan/12] 29 UK) [7th album] [MOJO - 5 // ROL STONE - 4 // UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // Q - 4 // NME - 3.5] Amy Winehouse____________Lioness: Hidden Treasures (1 UK 4 IRE[NW] 5 USA 8 AUSR) [compilation of unreleased songs and demos] [UNCUT - 4 // SPIN - 4 // ROL STONE - 3.5 // Q - 3 // MOJO - 3] Korn____________The Path To Totality (10 USA 32 AUSR 68 UK) [10th album] [ROCK SOUND - 4 // Q - 4 // SPIN - 3.5 // NME - 3] The Roots____________Undun (17 USA 178 UK) [10th album] [ROL STONE - 3.5 // SPIN - 3.5] Chevelle____________Hats Off To The Bull (20 USA) [6th album] The Rubberbandits____________Serious About Men (27 IRE) [debut album][HP - 4] The Bee Gees____________Number Ones (40) [] Judith Durham____________Colours of My Life (40 AUSR) [] Neil Diamond____________The Very Best Of Neil Diamon... (46 USA) [] Nightwish____________Imaginaerum (69) [7th album] [Q - 2] The Maine____________Pioneer (90 USA) [3rd album] Rammstein____________Made In Germany 1995-2011 (94) [best of album] The Cure____________Bestival Live 2011 (119) [2cd live album] The Carpenters____________Christmas Portrait (126 USA) [highest pos, originaly released in 1978] Various Artists____________Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 (130 USA) [soundtrack to series 1-4 ft.Alison Mosshart,Anvil,Paul Brady,Katey Sagal and more] Various Artists____________ONXRT: Live From the Archives, Vol. 13 (157 USA) [radio performances ft.Black Keys,Decemberists,Gov't Mile,Mumford & Sons.....] My Morning Jacket____________iTunes Sessions EP (191 USA) [] TO BE COMPLETED......
12 - 18 December 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Metallica____________Beyond Magnetic EP (32 USA 105 UK) [4 track digital EP of songs recorded during making of 'Death Magnetic'] Tony Bennett____________The Classic Christmas Album (35 AUSR 91 USA) [] Phil Coulter____________Reflections (36 IRE) [] Smith & Burrows____________Funny Looking Angels (95) [christmas themed album from Smith(Editors) & Burrows(I Am Arrows/ex-Razorlight)] [HP - 4 // Q - 4 // MOJO - 3 // NME - 0.5] TO BE COMPLETED......
19 - 25 December 2011 : -uk200-ire100-ausr50-usa200- Common____________The Dreamer / The Believer (18 USA 196 UK) [9th album] [ROL STONE - 3] The Dubliners____________Original Dubliners (30 IRE) [] The Wolfe Tones____________Child of Destiny (74 IRE) [] Murray Gold / BBC National Orchestra Of Wales / Ben Foster____________Doctor Who: Series 6 (142) [soundtrack to series 6 of BBC show] TO BE COMPLETED......
26 December 2011 - 1 January 2012 : -ire100-uk200-ausr50-usa200- Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross____________The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (44 USA 199 UK) [soundtrack to film of same name] [ROL STONE - 3] Neil Diamond____________The Very Best of Neil Diamond: The Original Studio Recordings (45 USA) Various Artists____________123 Favorite Christmas Songs (131 USA)[christmas songs for kids] Various Artists____________Chopin; 100 Supreme Classical Masterpieces: Rise of the Masters (143 USA) The Snowman____________Winter Melodies (165 USA)[music from the classic short film 'The Snowman]] TO BE COMPLETED......
2 - 8 January 2012 : -ire100-uk100-ausr50-usa200- SafetySuit____________These Times (7 USA) [2nd album] Of Monsters And Men____________Into The Woods EP (108 USA) [4 track EP] Punchline____________So Nice To Meet You EP (141 USA) [5 track EP] TO BE COMPLETED......
9 - 15 January 2012 : -uk100-ausr50-ire100- The Maccabees____________Given To The Wild (4 UK 31 IRE) [3rd album] TO BE COMPLETED......
16 - 23 January 2012 : -uk100-ausr50-usa100-ire100(na)- Enter Shikari____________A Flash Flood Of Colour (4 UK 32 AUSR[NW] 67 USA) [3rd album] Attack Attack!____________This Means War (11 USA) [3rd album] Tribes____________Baby (20) [debut album] Ani DiFranco____________Which Side Are You On? (26 USA) [album of new songs] Anthony Green____________Beautiful Things (27 USA) [2nd solo album from Circa Survive frontman] Kathleen Edwards____________Voyageur (39 USA 93 IRE[NW]) [4th album] Etta James____________The Best Of Etta James: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (46 USA) [] Etta James____________Her Best (59 USA) [] Kevin Hart____________Laugh At My Pain (71 USA) [comedy album] Howler____________America Give Up (75) [debut album] Janis Joplin____________Greatest Hits (91 USA) [] The Big Pink____________Future This (96) [] Etta James____________At Last! (96 USA) [] Jackson 5____________The Best Of Jackson 5: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (170 USA) [] Elvis Presley__________Elvis: Best Of Love (173 USA) [best of compilation] Various Artists____________Soundtrack - Underworld: Awakening (175 USA) [ft.Evanescence,L Park,The Cure,Ministry,Civil Twilight...] Jackson 5____________The Best Of Jackson 5: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (170 USA) [] Buddy Holly____________The Best Of Buddy Holly: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (195 USA) [] TO BE COMPLETED...... ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
6 - 12 February 2012
Van Halen : Band plan to release new/12th album, titled "A Different Kind Of Truth" on 7 FEBRUARY 2012. Follow up to 1998's "Van Halen III" which featured Gary Cherone on vocals. The last to feature original and current (since reforming) Dave Le Roth was 1984's "1984". More info at (feb'12 - DL Roth interview) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/02/david-lee-roth-van-halen (jan'11 - vid 'Tattoo') http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19393 (hear snippets of tracks from album) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/van-halen-post-more-song-clips (jan'12 - tracklist / hear 'Tattoo') http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/hear-new-van-halen-single (jan'12 - N America tour Feb-June) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19369 (dec'11 - confirm tour) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1676467/van-halen-reunion-tour.jhtml (sep'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-halen-may-sign-with-columbia-20110920 (aug'11 - first single to be released soon) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18555 (july'11) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18283 (jan'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-halen-working-on-new-album-with-david-lee-roth-20110124 (nov'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17163 (oct'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/van-halen-tour-2011 (oct'10 - tour 2011?) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/215655 (aug'10 - pos) http://www.billboard.com/events/van-halen-album-tour-expected-in-2011-1004108100.story#/events/van-halen-album-tour-expected-in-2011-1004108100.story (july'10 - neg) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/152865 (july'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/07/eddie-van-halen-recovering-from-hand.html (june'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/28478547/eddie_van_halen_on_rocking_sober_avoiding_beef_and_the_future_of_van_halen (june'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/06/eddie-van-halen-writing-with-david-leed.html (may'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/05/guitar-hero-van-halen-to-be-released.html (mar'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/03/eddie-van-halen-talks-new-album-wedding.html (feb'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/eddie-van-halen-hopeful-for-new-music-tour-1003937483.story (feb'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25844674/van_halen_to_rock_on_with_roth Therapy? : Band plan to release a new/11th album, titled "A Brief Crack of Light" on 6 FEBRUARY 2012. Follow up to 2010's live album "We're Here To The End" and 2009's "Crooked Timber". More info at (dec'11 - tracklist) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/therapy-announce-new-album-detailshttp://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/therapy-announce-new-album-details (nov'11 - Irish gig Mar 2012) http://www.hotpress.com/Therapy/news/Therapy-for-Vicar-Street/8548396.html?new_layout=1 (aug'11) http://www.hotpress.com/Therapy/news/Therapy-confirm-album-release-date/8276224.html?new_layout=1 (jan'11 - studio vid) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7471868.html Mark Lanegan : Screaming Trees/Gutter Twins singer plans to release new solo album, titled "Blues Funeral" on 6 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on 4AD label. Guests include Alain Johannes, Greg Dulli and Josh Homme. His most recent albums were Soulsavers 2009's "Broken", 2008's "Sunday at Devil Dirt" with Isobel Campbell, The Gutter Twins 2008's "Saturnalia". Last solo album was 2004's "Bubblegum". More info at (nov'11 - Irish gig Mar 2012) http://www.hotpress.com/Mark-Lanegan/news/Mark-Lanegan-announces-Irish-dates/8486673.html?new_layout=1 (apr'11 - bobblehead Mark! / north america tour June / euro tour July) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42359-introducing-the-mark-lanegan-bobblehead-doll/ (mar'11 - hear song for game) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/3789101997/hear-mark-lanegan-rage-song-burning-jacobs (jan'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/greg-dulli-twilight-singers-lp-hoops-more (soulsaver/June'09) http://www.nme.com/news/soulsavers/45074 (dec'08) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147595-lanegan-and-dulli-tour-but-not-as-the-gutter-twins (nov'08) http://www.nme.com/news/the-gutter-twins/41041 Ben Kweller : He plans to release new/5th album, titled "Go Fly A Kite" on 7 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on The Noise Company label. Follow up to 2009's "Changing Horses". More info at (jan'12) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19373 (sep'11 - hear 'I'm in the Soundcloud') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/ben-kweller-writes-a-song-about-soundcloud/ (sep'10) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/ben-kweller-preps-new-album-us-dates The Fray : Band plan to release a new/3rd album, titled "Scars and Stories" on 7 FEBRUARY 2012. Produced by Brendan O'Brien. Follow up to 2009's "The Fray". More info at http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/10/6/the-fray-announce-scars-and-stories-for-february-heartbeat-t.html Cloud Nothings : Band plan to release new/2nd album, titled "Attack On Memory" on 6 FEBRUARY 2012. Follow up to January 2011's "Cloud Nothings" and 2010's EP/singles comp "Turning On". Released on Witchita Recordings label. Produced by Steve Albin. More info at (hear 'No Future No Past') http://soundcloud.com/wichita-recordings/cloud-nothings-no-future-no Young Guns : Band plan to release a new/2nd album, titled "Bones" on 6 FEBRUARY 2012. Produced by Dan Weller. Follow up to July 2010's "All Our Kings Are Dead". More info at (oct'11 - new single announced) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/10/young_guns_to_release_new_sing.html (oct'11 - hear 'Learn My Lesson') http://www.nme.com/news/young-guns/59808 (sep'11 - UK gig Dec) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/young-guns-announce-december-show (july'11 - UK tour in Sep) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/young-guns-announce-uk-tour-support-acts (july'11 - vid of band in studio in Thailand!) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/07/check_out_young_guns_thai_crib.html (july'11) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/young-guns-jet-off-to-record-album-number-two Eight and a Half : Band plan to release a new/debut album, titled "Eight and a Half" on 7 FEBRUARY 2012. Band are Dave Hamelin(The Stills), Liam O’Neil(The Stills) and Justin Peroff(Broken Social Scene). The Stills broke up around Early 2011. More info at (sep'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/stills-broken-social-members-form-eight-and-half (sep'11 - hear 'Scissors') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/members-of-the-stills-broken-social-scene-form-eight-and-a-half/ Maverick Sabre : He plans to release a new/debut album, titled "Lonely Are The Brave" on 6 FEBRUARY 2012. Includes the singles 'No One' and 'I Need'. More info at (jan'12 - hear album sampler) http://www.hotpress.com/Maverick-Sabre/news/LISTEN-Maverick-Sabre-album-sampler/8608734.html?new_layout=1 Silverstein : Band plan to release a mini album, titled "Short Songs" on 7 FEBRUARY 2012. It will feature 22 songs with no song lasting more than 90 seconds. 11 tracks will be new while the other 11 will be punk covers. Follow up to the bands 5th album, April 2011's "Rescue". Released on Hopeless Records. More info at (dec'11 - hear Green Day cover and new song) http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/premiere_silverstein_the_ballad_of_wilhelm_fink_sin_and_redemption Goldfrapp : Duo plan to release a new best of, titled "The Singles" on 7 FEBRUARY 2011. Released on EMI label, the label they recently left. Will feature 2 new songs. Follow up to March 2010's "Head First". (jan'12 - hear 'Melancholy Sky') http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jan/04/goldfrapp-melancholy-sky
13 - 19 February 2012
The Cranberries : Band plan to release new/6th album, titled "Roses" on 14 FEBRUARY 2012. Produced by Stephen Street. Follow up to 2001's "Wake Up and Smell The Coffee". More info at (oct'11 - tracklist) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/exclusive-the-cranberries-giving-you-roses-1005384832.story (oct'11 - free mp3) http://www.hotpress.com/The-Cranberries/news/LISTEN-New-Cranberries-single/8412246.html?new_layout=1 http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/9/23/cranberries-pick-roses-for-first-studio-release-in-a-decade.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/07/cranberries-roses-valentines-day (july'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/7/13/the-cranberries-wrap-their-roses-for-fall-live-dvd-due-927.html (june'11) http://www.hotpress.com/The-Cranberries/news/The-Cranberries-finish-recording-their-new-album/8007019.html?new_layout=1 (dec'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6088662.html (nov'09) http://www.spin.com/articles/cranberries-reunite-after-six-years (oct'09) http://www.billboard.com/news/cranberries-writing-new-songs-as-reunion-1004020285.story#/news/cranberries-writing-new-songs-as-reunion-1004020285.story (oct'09) http://www.nme.com/news/cranberries/47884 (aug'09) http://www.nme.com/news/cranberries/46917 Tennis : Band plan to release new/2nd album, titled "Young and Old" on 14 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on Fat Possum label. Follow up to January 2011's "Cape Dory". Produced by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys. More info at (oct'11 - hear their cover of a Zombies song) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/the-black-keys-patrick-carney-to-produce-tennis-next-album/ (hear 'Origins') http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/nov/10/new-music-tennis-origins
20 - 26 February 2012
Sinead O'Connor : She plans to release new album, titled "How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?" on 17 FEBRUARY 2012. Follow up to 2007's "Theology". More info at (jan'12 - hear Bob Dylan cover) http://www.hotpress.com/Sinead-OConnor/news/WATCH-Sinead-OConnor-covers-Bob-Dylan/8646757.html?new_layout=1 (tracklist) http://www.hotpress.com/Sinead-OConnor/news/Sinead-OConnor-to-release-new-album-in-February/8570206.html?new_layout=1 (dec'11 - interview) http://www.hotpress.com/Sinead-OConnor/features/interviews/Sex--The-Single-Girl/8550624.html?new_layout=1 (dec'11 - her fav Irish artists) http://www.hotpress.com/Sinead-OConnor/news/Sinead-OConnor-on-her-favourite-Irish-artists/8549240.html?new_layout=1 (oct'11 - irish gig Dec) http://www.hotpress.com/Sinead-OConnor/news/Sinad-OConnor-for-December-date-in-Dublin/8448976.html?new_layout=1 (july'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6748114.html Cursive : Band plan to release a new/7th album, titled "I Am Gemini" on 21 FEBRUARY 2012. Follow up to 2009's "Mama, I'm Swollen". Frontman Tim Kasher released a debut solo album in October 2010, titled "The Game of Monogamy". More info at (jan'12 - hear 'The Sun and The Moon') http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-download-cursives-catchy-the-sun-and-moon-20120102 The Chieftains : The band plan to release a new album, titled "Voice Of Ages" on 17 FEBRUARY 2012. They are releasing an album to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Guests on album include Bon Iver, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, Lisa Hannigan, The Low Anthem, Paolo Nutini, Pistol Annies, Punch Brothers, The Secret Sisters and Imelda May. Follow up to 2010's "San Patricio" which was a collabration with Ry Cooder. More info at http://www.hotpress.com/The-Chieftains/news/Allstar-cast-for-new-Chieftains-album/8528481.html?new_layout=1
27 February - 4 March 2012
UFO : Band plan to release a new/20th album, titled "Seven Deadly" on 27 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on SPV/Steamhammer labels. Follow up to 2009's "The Visitor". Debut album released in 1970. More info at (dec'11 - USA cruise Feb + German tour Apr-May 2012) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19215 (nov'11 - UK + Ire tour Mar-Apr 2012) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19037 Napalm Death : Band plan to release a new/15th album, titled "Utilitarian" on 27 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on Century Media Records label. Follow up to 2009's "Time Waits for No Slave". They released their debut album in 1987. More info at (nov'11 - UK + Ire tour Nov-Dec) http://www.centurymedia.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=10575&IdCompany=3 Shearwater : Band plan to release new/7th album, titled "Animal Joy" on 27 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on Sub Pop label. Follow up to 2010's "The Golden Archipelago". More info at (jan'12 - free mp3 / UK tour March-April) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/trck-of-the-day-shearwater/ (apr'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42293-shearwater-release-live-album/ Taproot : Band plan to release a new/6th album, titled "The Episodes" on 28 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on Victory Records label. Follow up to May 2010's "Pleading The Fifth". More info at (jan'12) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19376 Green River Ordinance : Band plan to release a new/2nd album, titled "Under Fire" on 28 FEBRUARY 2012. Follow up to 2009's "Out of My Hands". Band released 2 EP's in 2010. More info at (jan'12 - free mp3) http://www.greenriverordinance.com Trust : Duo plan to release a new/debut album, titled "TRST" on 28 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on Arts & Crafts label. More info at (jan'12 - hear 'Sulk') http://soundcloud.com/arts-crafts/trust-sulk-single-edit (sep'11 - free mp3) http://www.ttrustt.com/ Keywest : Band plan to release a new/debut album, titled "The Message" on 24 FEBRUARY 2012. Released on Alphastar Records. Produced by Mark Needham. More info at (feb'12) http://www.hotpress.com/news/Undead-On-Arrival/8666979.html?new_layout=1&page_no=2&show_comments=1 (oct'11 - Irish gig Oct) http://www.hotpress.com/Keywest/news/Keywest-for-The-Academy/8338925.html?new_layout=1 (july'11 - hear Jessie J cover) http://www.hotpress.com/Keywest/news/Keywest-sign-US-publishing-deal/8061894.html?new_layout=1 (may'11) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7779119.html Pink Floyd : Plan to release Experience and Immersion editions of the bands 1979 double album, titled "The Wall" on 28 FEBRUARY 2012. The Discovery edition was released in 2011. It is part of the "Why Pink Floyd?" releases. The Immeresion edition will feature 7 cd's. More info at (jan'12) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/pink-floyd-release-special-editions-of-the-wall
5 - 11 March 2012
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN : He plans to release a new/17th album, titled "Wrecking Ball" on 6 MARCH 2012. Follow up to February 2009's "Working On A Dream". More info at (dec'11 - 2nd Irish gig) http://www.hotpress.com/Bruce-Springsteen/news/Bruce-Springsteen-adds-another-Dublin-date/8549237.html?new_layout=1 (nov'11 - Irish gig July 2012) http://www.hotpress.com/Bruce-Springsteen/news/The-Boss-does-Dublin/8529397.html?new_layout=1 (nov'11 - plans to tour) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674751/bruce-springsteen-tour-clarence-clemons.jhtml (sep'11) http://www.nme.com/news/bruce-springsteen/59405 (june'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/bruce-springsteen-teams-up-with-ron-aniello-for-new-album/ (june'11 - C Clemons dies) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/e-street-bands-clarence-clemons-dies-at-69-20110618 (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/bruce-springsteen/55617 (sep'09) http://www.billboard.com/news/springsteen-e-street-band-taking-time-apart-1004013609.story#/news/springsteen-e-street-band-taking-time-apart-1004013609.story Dry The River : Band plan to release a new/debut album, titled "Dry The River" on 5 MARCH 2012. More info at (oct'11) http://studiospy.co.uk/post/11430564838/coming-soon-new-albums-from-korn-enter-shikari-and Pond : Aussie band plan to release a new album, titled "Beard Wives Denim" on 5 MARCH 2012. Released on Modular Records. More info at (dec'11 - hear 'Fantastic Explosion of Time') http://www.modularpeople.com/news/introducing-pond/12100.html ELBOW : Band plan to release deluxe editions of 2 of their albums on 5 MARCH 2012. The albums are 2003's "Cast of Thousands" and 2005's "Leaders of the Free World". Both will feature a 2nd cd of unreleased live and session tracks.
12 - 18 March 2012
Soulfly : Band plan to release a new/8th album, titled "Enslaved" on 12 MARCH 2012. Follow up to May 2010's "Omen". More info at (jan'12 - free mp3) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/track-of-the-day-soulfly/ Say Anything : Band plans to release a new/5th album, titled "Anarchy, My Dear" on 13 MARCH 2012. Released on Equal Vision Records label. Follow up to 2009's "Say Anything". More info at (tracklist) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19388 (oct'11 - new bassist) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18967 (oct'11 - album title) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18916 (july'11) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18347 Delta Spirit : Band plan to release a new/3rd album, titled "Delta Spirit" on 13 MARCH 2012. Follow up to 2010's "History From Below" and 2010's EP "Waits Room EP". Civil Twilight : Band plan to release a new/2nd album, currently untitled, on 13 MARCH 2012. Released on Wind Up Records. More info at (dec'11 - hear 'Fire Escape') http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19242 The Decemberists : Band plan to release a new live album, titled "We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)" on 14 MARCH 2012. It will feature 20 tracks over 4 shows on their 2011 Popes of Pendarvia World Tour. Follow up to January 2011 album "The King Is Dead".
19 - 25 March 2012
Anti-Flag : Band plan to release a new/8th album, titled "The General Strike" on 20 MARCH 2012. Released on Side One Dummy Records. Follow up to 2009's "The People or The Gun". More info at (jan'12) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19390 (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/anti-flag/57434 Ladyhawke : She plans to release a new/2nd album, titled "Anxiety" on 19 MARCH 2012. Follow up to 2008's "Ladyhawke". More info at (dec'11 - tracklist / studio vid) http://www.modularpeople.com/news/announcing-ladyhawkes-second-album/12192.html (may'11 - she remixes Alex Winston) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/ladyhawke-releases-first-ever-remix (apr'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/ladyhawke-to-return-with-new-material-in-the-next-few-months (feb'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/ladyhawke-finding-new-album-stressful (aug'09) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2008/ladyhawke-talks-about-new-material
26 March - 1 April 2012
BLOOD RED SHOES : Band plan to release new/3rd album, titled "In Time To Voices" on 26 MARCH 2012. Follow up to March 2010's classic "Fire Like This". More info at (jan'12 - hear 'Cold') http://www.youtube.com/bloodredshoes All-American Rejects : Band plan to release new/4th album, titled "Kids In The Street" on 27 MARCH 2012. Follow up to 2008's "When the World Comes Down". More info at (feb'12 - vid 'Beekeeper's Daughter') http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1678502/all-american-rejects-beekeepers-daughter-video.jhtml (jan'12 - tracklist / N America tour Jan-February) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19384 (dec'11 - vid 'Someday's Gone') http://www.allamericanrejects.com/news/default.aspx?nid=37415 (aug'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/the-all-american-rejects-near-completion-of-new-album (feb'11) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17583 (june'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/121424 (june'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/108448 (jan'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630829/20100129/all_american_rejects.jhtml The Mars Volta : Band may release a new/6th album, titled "Noctourniquet" on 26 MARCH 2012. It is a conceptual album. Follow up to 2009's "Octahedron". Band's main members are Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Rodríguez-López releases a solo best of in 2011. More info at (jan'12 - tracklist) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/the-mars-volta-name-new-album (july'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/07/video-the-mars-volta-preview-new-songs-live-from-finland/ (feb'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/the-mars-volta-our-album-is-almost-done The Used : Band plan to release new/5th album, titled "Vulnerable!" on 27 MARCH 2012. Released on Hopeless Records. Follow up to 2009's "Artwork". More info at (jan'12 - here 'I Come Alive') http://kroq.radio.com/2012/01/05/premiere-the-used-i-come-alive-first-single-from-forthcoming-album-vulnerable/ (july'11 - studio vid) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/07/the_used_get_started_on_new_al.html (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-used/55428 (july'10) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/the-used-continue-work-on-new-album 12 Stones : Band plan to release new/4th album, titled "Only Human" on 27 MARCH 2012. Released on Executive Music Group label. Follow up to 2007's "Anthem For The Underdog". More info at (sep'11 - vid preview of tracks) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18791 (aug'11 - delay in release) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18590 http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=17986 (aug'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=16853 (june'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=16319 (mar'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=15685 (feb'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=15325 (aug'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=13956 Your Demise : Band plan to release a new/4th album, titled "The Golden Age" on 26 MARCH 2012. Released on Hopeless Records label. Follow up to 2010's "The Kids We Used to Be". Before Their Eyes : Band plan to release a new/4th album, titled "Redemption" on 27 MARCH 2012. Released on InVogue Records label. Follow up to 2010's "Untouchable". More info at (jan'12 - hear 'Lies' / tracklist) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19380 (aug'11 - hear a b-side) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18548 Zeus : Band plan to release a new/2nd album, titled "Busting Visions" on 27 MARCH 2012. Released on Arts & Crafts label. Follow up to 2010's "Say Us". More info at (jan'12 - free mp3) http://themusicofzeus.com (sep'11 - hear 'Are You Gonna Waste My Time?') http://arts-crafts.ca/releases_spotlight.php?search=ACX073&artist=Zeus Flying Colors : Band plan to release a new/debut album, titled "Flying Colors" on 26 MARCH 2012. Band feature Casey McPherson(Alpha Rev), Steve Morse(Deep Purple), Dave LaRue(Dixie Dregs), Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy(Dream Theater). More info at (tracklist) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/flying-colors-full-album-details Iron Maiden : Plan to release a new live 2cd album, titled "En Vivo!" on 26 MARCH 2012. Recorded at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile on 10 April 2011. Also released as Blu-Ray and 2 DVD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lostprophets : Band plan to release a new/5th album, titled "Weapons" on 2 APRIL 2012. Released on Epic label. Follow up to January 2010's "The Betrayed". More info at (jan'12 - free mp3) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/track-of-the-day-lostprophets/ (aug'11 - collaboration) http://www.nme.com/news/lostprophets/58776 (june'11 - small uk tour August) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/lostprophets-announce-august-jaunt#.ThDIOGGriSo (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/lostprophets/56560 (feb'11) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17547 Hal : Band plan to release new/2nd album, titled "The Time, The Hour" on 16 APRIL 2012. Released on Tritone Music Ltd/PIAS UK labels. Follow up to 2005's "Hal". More info at (apr'11 - hear 'Close To Her') http://www.hotpress.com/news/7730486.html (jan'11) http://www.state.ie/news/25500-hal-return-with-new-track (dec'10 - free mp3) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7340585.html Young Wonder : Duo plan to release a new/debut EP, currently untitled on 14 APRIL 2012. Released on Feel Good Lost label. More info at (jan'12 - vid + hear 'Tumbling Backwards') http://www.hotpress.com/Young-Wonder/news/Listen-Young-Wonder-debut/8648760.html?new_layout=1 JACK WHITE : The White Stripes/The Dead Weather/The Raconteurs member plans to release a new/debut solo album, titled "Blunderbuss" on 24 APRIL 2012. More info at (hear 'Love Interruption') http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1678225/jack-white-love-interruption.jhtml (oct'11 - hear U2 cover) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/11286465869/jack-white-love-is-blindness-u2-cover-our (mar'11 - Q & A) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/41925-jack-white-talks-third-man-white-stripes-more/ (feb'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/3468711136/jack-white-talks-future-bands-or-lack-thereof (feb'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/jack-white-i-wont-join-another-band (mar'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/50261 (jan'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31645995/the_decades_dirty_bluesman_jack_white_on_the_stripes_rise_the_industrys_fall_and_his_next_move (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/49121 (sep'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-rolling-stones/47105 (june'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/35562-jack-white-working-on-solo-album/ (June'09) http://www.spin.com/articles/jack-white-plans-solo-album FEEDER : Plan to release a new/8th album, titled "Generation Freakshow" on 23 APRIL 2012. Follow up to July 2010's brillant "Renegades". More info at (mar'11 - release song for Japan) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/feeder-announce-charity-single Fixers : Band plan to release a new/debut album, titled "We'll Be The Moon" on 21 MAY 2012. More info at (feb'12 - Irish gigs May / vid 'Iron Deer Dream') http://www.hotpress.com/Fixers/news/Fixers-for-Ireland/8666986.html?new_layout=1 (aug'11 - hear remix of song) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/listen-star-slinger-remixes-fixers
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------------------------ 79Cortinaz : Band plan to release new album in 2011. Band broke up in 2008 but have recently reunited. More info at (sep'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6882837.html Aslan : Band plan to release a new/6th album sometime in 2012. Currently titled "Nudie Books and Frenchies". Follow up to 2007's "For Some Strange Reason" and 2009's covers album "UNCASE'd". More info at (oct'11) http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1024/aslan.html Battle For 2nd Place : Band plan to release new/debut album around JANUARY 2011. Currently titled "First". Band include Orla Prendergast. More info at (nov'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7313358.html Caruso : Band plan to release new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "The Watcher & The Comet". More info at (nov'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7259019.html Paddy Casey : He may release new/4th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to >>>>. More info at (july'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6663215.html Damien Dempsey : He may release a new/5th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's covers album "The Rocky Road" and 2007's "To Hell or Barbados". More info at (feb'11 - acting in movie) http://www.state.ie/news/26798-new-irish-film-featuring-damien-dempsey (aug'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6806642.html (nov'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6048021.html (oct'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/5930674.html Dark Room Notes : Band plan to release new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2009's "We Love You Dark Matter". More info at (nov'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7258224.html Echogram : Band plan to release new/debut album sometime in 2010. More info at (may'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6534753.html El Hombre Jokes : Band plan to release a new EP around SPRING 2011. More info at (jan'11) http://hotpress.com/news/7469968.html Fighting With Wire : Band plan to release new/2nd album around EARLY 2011. Currently titled "Bones Of The Twilight". Follow up to 2008's "Man vs Monster". More info at (sep'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6973401.html Mick Flannery : (july'11 - irish gigs August) http://www.hotpress.com/Mick-Flannery/news/Mick-Flannery-set-for-Whelans-next-month/8066259.html?new_layout=1 Rory Gallagher : The Revs plans to release new/2nd solo album sometime in 2011. Currently titled "Auntie Depressant And Uncle Hope". Sharon Shannon guests on the album. Follow up to 2008's "God Bless The Big Bang". More info at (apr'11 - new single) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7731658.html (oct'10 - free mp3) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7184297.html Halves : Band plan to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2010's "It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)". More info at (oct'11 - Irish gig Dec) http://www.hotpress.com/Halves/news/Halves-for-intimate-Dublin-show/8430968.html?new_layout=1 Heathers : Duo plan to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2010's "Here, Not There". More info at (sep'11) http://www.hotpress.com/Heathers/news/Watch-Heathers-album-vlog/8337638.html?new_layout=1 Holy Roman Army : Duo plan to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2012. They released an EP, titled "Lazerians EP" around November 2011 which feature tracks recorded during the sessions for the album. Follow up to 2009's "How The Light Gets In". More info at (jan'11) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7440742.html Jester : Band plan to release new/debut album around LATE 2010. More info at (feb'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6225932.html Jimi Cullen : He plans to release new/3rd album sometime in 2010, possibly 2011. Follow up to 2008's "The Junkyard Poet". More info at (mar'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6319900.html Jinx Lennon : (june'11 - free album) http://www.state.ie/28392-news/download-a-free-album-from-jinx-lennon-hungry-bastard-hiberni Katie Kim : She plans to release a new album, titled "Cover and Flood" around JANUARY 2012. Will feature 20 tracks recorded over the last 2 years. Follow up to 2009's "Twelve". More info at (jan'12 - Irish tour Jan-Feb) http://www.hotpress.com/The-Lost-Brothers/news/Certain-Three-tour-returns/8608715.html?new_layout=1 (mar'11) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7605135.html Kill City Defectors : Band plan to release new album sometime in 2009. Follow up to 2007's "Mutiny Sounds". More info at (may'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/5459126.html Ladydoll : (june'11 - new song: hear 'Sweet As They Come') http://www.hotpress.com/news/7982299.html Lluther : Band plan to release new album around SEPTEMBER 2010. Currently titled "Rise Of The Reptile King". More info at (feb'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6208177.html Lynchburg Mob : Band plan to release a new/debut EP around AUTUMN 2011. More info at (may'11 - live vid) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7926817.html Mick Flannery : 3rd album due for release in 2012? More info at (nov'11 - Irish tour Dec) http://www.hotpress.com/Mick-Flannery/news/Double-Dates-for-Mick-Flannery/8547884.html?new_layout=1 Mike Got Spiked : Band plan to release new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Currently titled "No Is Not An Answer". Follow up to 2005's "Caveat Emptor". More info at (dec'10 - ire tour 2011) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7376817.html MrNorth : Band plan to release new/3rd album sometime in 2011/2012. Currently titled "Everything". Follow up to 2007's "Fear & Desire". More info at (pledge to help) http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/mrnorth (sep'11 - N America gig Sep) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18654 (sep'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=16975 My Bloody Valentine : Frontman Kevin Sheilds has said the band may release new/3rd album sometime in 2010. Follow up to 1991's "Loveless" More info at (apr'09) http://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/44106 (oct'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003870094 (sep'08) http://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/39976 (june'08) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2008/exclusive-new-my-bloody-valentine-album (nov'07) http://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/32735 (nov'07) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003677207 http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=514595 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003669599 http://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/32399 Reissues in 2011. (aug'10) http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/08/04/my-bloody-valentine-reissues-del%20ayed-loveless-isnt-anything-2 Neon Wolf : (sep'11 - hear 'All Of It's Yours') http://www.hotpress.com/Neon-Wolf/news/Listen-Neon-Wolf/8337954.html?new_layout=1 Nightbox : (aug'11 - vid 'Pyramid') http://www.hotpress.com/Nightbox/news/Nightbox-for-Dublin/8103514.html?new_layout=1 Nina Hynes : She may release a new/4th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2007's "Really Really Do". More info at (feb'11 - hear 'In A Million') http://www.state.ie/news/26079-download-and-hear-a-new-track-by-nina-hynes O Emperor : (nov'11 - Irish gigs December) http://www.hotpress.com/O-Emperor/news/O-Emperor-announce-Irish-minitour/8486702.html?new_layout=1 Paul Hourican : He plans to release new album sometime in 2010. (nov'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6024427.html Protobaby : Band plans to release a new/debut album sometime in 2012. More info at (nov'11 - vid 'Traditions') http://www.hotpress.com/Protobaby/news/Protobaby-Fight-the-System/8548506.html?new_layout=1 (may'11 - report from gig) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7927126.html (may'11) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7902079.html Rarely Seen Above Ground (R.S.A.G.) : (sep'11 - hear 'This Winding Sheet') http://www.state.ie/32995-news/new-rarely-seen-above-ground-this-winding-sheet Sanzkrit : Band plan to release new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to "After The Wedding". More info at (mar'11 - vid 'Midweek Blues') http://www.hotpress.com/news/7601732.html Si Schroeder : He plans to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Currently titled "Holding Patterns". Follow up to 2006's "Coping Mechanisms", which was nominated for the Choice Music Prize. More info at http://www.state.ie/30812-news/listen-to-si-schroeders-new-single-launch-details (july'11 - hear 'Jump Ship') http://www.hotpress.com/Si-Schroeder/news/Si-Schroeder-to-unveil-new-single-at-Workmans-Club/8065945.html?new_layout=1 Sixteen Layers : Band plan to release new album sometime in 2010. Follow up to "I Am No One". More info at (jan'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6171067.html Stiff Little Fingers : Band plan to release a new/10th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2003's "Guitar and Drum". More info at (jan'11) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7419657.html Swords : Trio plan to release a new/debut EP around EARLY 2012. Produced by Karl Odlum. More info at (nov'11 - hear 'Nine Nights') http://www.hotpress.com/Swords/news/Swords-talk-new-EP/8548495.html?new_layout=1 Ten Past Seven : Band plan to release a new/ album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 2006's "Shut Up Your Face". Looking for fans to help fund the album. More info at (july'11) http://www.hotpress.com/Ten-Past-Seven/news/Ten-Past-Seven-hit-the-target/8066055.html?new_layout=1 http://www.fundit.ie/project/ten-past-seven-want-to-record-new-music The Aftermath : Band plan to release new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Currently titled "Lost Possession". Follow up to 2008's "Friendlier Up Here". More info at (nov'11 - hear cover of 'Power of Love') http://www.hotpress.com/The-Aftermath/news/The-Aftermath-buy-John-Lennons-microphone/8529860.html?new_layout=1 (june'11 - free mp3) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7983451.html (oct'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7089870.html (june'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6611816.html The Blizzards : Band plan to take a break during 2010 but as of December 2009, they plan to start gigging around Autumn 2010, so possibly a new/3rd album to be released around 2011. The Danger Is : (mar'11 - vid 'All For Gold') http://www.state.ie/news/26774-video-the-danger-is-all-for-gold The Devlins : Band plan to release new/5th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2004's "Waves". Colin Devlin released solo album in 2009, titled "Democracy of One". More info at (sep'11 - free mp3) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18836 (dec'10) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/12/2/daily-video-colin-devlin-the-heart-wont-be-denied.html The Frank and Walters : Band plan to release a new album, titled "Greenwich Mean Time" around MARCH 2012. Follow up to 2006's "A Renewed Interest In Happiness". More info at (jan'12 - Irish gig March) http://www.hotpress.com/The-Frank-and-Walters/news/The-Frank-And-Walters-to-release-new-single/8648749.html?new_layout=1 The Guggenheim Grotto : Band plan to release a new/4th album sometime in 2011/2012. Looking for fans help through pledgemusic.com. Follow up to May 2010's "The Universe Is Laughing". More info at http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/guggenheimgrotto The Jimmy Cake : Band plan to release new album around SUMMER 2010. More info at (mar'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6319687.html (feb'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6226316.html The Plea : Band plan to release a new/debut album around AUTUMN 2011. Produced by Chris Potter. Support Fred and Ash on tour in June 2011. More info at (may'11 - vid 'I Am The Miracle') http://www.hotpress.com/news/7924214.html The Revelions : Band plan to release new/2nd album around LATE 2010. Follow up to 2008's "The Revelions". More info at (sep'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6901129.html The Riot Tapes : Band plan to release a new/debut album sometime in 2011. More info at (july'11 - irish gig July / vid 'Photograph') http://www.hotpress.com/The-Riot-Tapes/news/The-Riot-Tapes-for-The-Workmans-Club/8102308.html?new_layout=1 The Riptide Movement : Plan to release new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Currently titled "Keep on, Keepin' On". Follow up to >>>>>. More info at (nov'11 - Irish gig Dec / hear Beyonce cover) http://www.hotpress.com/The-Riptide-Movement/news/The-Riptide-Movement-for-Dublin/8548496.html?new_layout=1 (nov'11 - Irish gig November) http://www.hotpress.com/The-Riptide-Movement/news/The-Riptide-Movement-for-The-Stags-Head-Raw/8486954.html?new_layout=1 (feb'11 - free mp3) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7517128.html (oct'10 - video) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7202049.html (apr'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6442411.html The Swell Season : On hiatus as of Autumn 2010. (aug'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6843791.html The Walls : Band plan to release new/3rd album around EARLY 2011 Currently titled "Stop The Lights". Follow up to 2005's "New Dawn Breaking". More info at (june'11) http://www.hotpress.com/The-Walls/news/The-Walls-play-the-Grand-Social-tonight/8031855.html?new_layout=1 (nov'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7315298.html (nov'10) http://www.state.ie/news/23899-the-walls-make-live-return-with-new-interactive-show (oct'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7189046.html (june'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6538220.html Thenewno2 : Band including Dhani Harrison plan to release a new/2nd album around SPRING 2012. Follow up to 2011's EP "EP002" and 2008's "You Are Here". More info at (sep'11 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/dhani-harrison-enlists-rza-regina-spektor-1005374402.story (aug'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-download-the-thenewno2s-new-track-live-a-lie-20110829 Two Door Cinema Club : (sep'11 - Q & A) http://www.spinner.com/2011/10/14/two-door-cinema-club-in-house/ (aug'11 - vid interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/events/lollapalooza-2011-two-door-cinema-club-beat-1005301722.story (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/two-door-cinema-club/57248 (june'11 - world tour June-Sep) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/two-door-cinema-club-maps-out-world-tour/ (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/two-door-cinema-club/56695 (may'11 - band release app) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/two-door-cinema-club-launch-app (may'11 - north america tour Sep) http://www.nme.com/news/two-door-cinema-club/56434 (dec'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/winterwonderland/two-door-cinema-club-to-work-on-new-album (nov'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/two-door-cinema-club-working-on-new-album Versives : Band plan to release a new/debut album around SPRING 2012. Currently titled "Prussian Blushes". More info at (oct'11 - hear 'All In Arrival') http://www.hotpress.com/The-National/news/FREE-MUSIC-FRIDAY/8467748.html?new_layout=1 (oct'11 - vid 'Two Enemies') http://www.hotpress.com/Versives/news/New-Video-From-Versives/8448892.html?new_layout=1 Veroa : Band plan to release a new/debut album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2011's "Veroa EP". Band frontwoman is Clodagh Kereley. More info at (july'11) http://www.hotpress.com/Veroa/news/Veroa-set-to-launch-debut-EP-in-Crawdaddy/8063941.html?new_layout=1 Wallis Bird : She plans to release a new/3rd album around SPRING 2012. Follow up to 2009's "New Boots". More info at (oct'11 - Irish tour March 2012) http://www.hotpress.com/Wallis-Bird/news/Wallis-Bird-to-tour-next-year/8376393.html?new_layout=1 (jan'11 - irish tour) http://hotpress.com/news/7462121.html We Are Losers : aka Gavin Elsted(Super Extra Bonus Party). (july'11 - hear 'Sunset Song') http://www.state.ie/29728-news/listen-to-we-are-losers-debut-single-sunset-song We Should Be Dead : Band plan to release new/2nd album sometime in 2010/2011. Follow up to 2008's "Forget Romance, Lets Dance". More info at (june'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6537543.html Whipping Boys : (sep'11 - 3 songs done / interview) http://www.hotpress.com/Whipping-Boy/music/interviews/Whip-it-up-and-start-again/8247417.html?new_layout=1&page_no=2&show_comments=1 Youth Mass : Band plan to release a new/debut album sometime in 2012. More info at (dec'11 - vid 'Wide Eyes') http://www.hotpress.com/Youth-Mass/news/WATCH-New-music-video-from-Youth-Mass/8571144.html?new_layout=1 Zombie Cops : (june'11 - 3rd single: vid 'You Do') http://www.state.ie/28614-news/video-zombie-cops-you-doBANDS IN DISCOGRAPHY PAGE
------------------------ A : Band may release new/5th album sometime in 2011. Went on hiatus at end of 2005 but return for gigs at end of 2008. Follow up to 2005's "Teen Dance Oridance". More info at (aug'09 - gigs) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/a-announce-december-shows (aug'08) http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/08/a_reform.html AEROSMITH : Plan to release new/15th album around SPRING 2012. Follow up to 2004's "Honkin On Bobo". More info at (sep'11 - Tyler interview) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/steven-tyler-new-aerosmith-album-coming-in-march-20110927 (sep'11) http://www.spinner.com/2011/08/30/aerosmith-new-album/ (aug'11 - producer speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/aerosmith/58957 (aug'11 - news on Tom Hamilton) http://www.nme.com/news/aerosmith/58527 (july'11 - in studio) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/aerosmith-start-recording-new-studio-album-20110706 (june'11 - enter studio in July) http://www.nme.com/news/aerosmith/57150 (may'11 - pos) http://www.nme.com/news/aerosmith/56454 (may'11 - Tyler interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/features/steven-tyler-q-a-on-making-noise-in-my-head-1005167742.story (mar'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/aerosmith-will-record-new-album-year (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/steven-tyler-aerosmith-will-record-this-1005062292.story#/news/steven-tyler-aerosmith-will-record-this-1005062292.story (jan'11 - start rec.) http://www.billboard.com/news/aerosmith-shoots-down-false-rumors-says-1005014152.story#/news/aerosmith-shoots-down-false-rumors-says-1005014152.story (jan'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/steven-tyler-opens-up-to-howard-stern-about-rehab-and-new-aerosmith-album-20110119 (jan'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/steven-tyler-says-american-idol-will-not-stop-aerosmith-from-making-new-record-20110112 (jan'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/steven-tyler-wants-to-record-new-aerosmith-lp-but-he-cant-find-joe-perry-20110107 (nov'10 - pos) http://www.billboard.com/news/aerosmith-to-tour-release-new-music-next-1004125615.story#/news/aerosmith-to-tour-release-new-music-next-1004125615.story (sep'10 - pos) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/210802 (aug'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/steven-tyler-on-idol-could-be-positive-for-1004108054.story#/news/steven-tyler-on-idol-could-be-positive-for-1004108054.story (july'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/184327 (july'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/aerosmith-s-tyler-perry-are-back-in-the-1004101760.story#/news/aerosmith-s-tyler-perry-are-back-in-the-1004101760.story (oct'09-interview) http://www.billboard.com/news/video-q-a-joe-perry-of-aerosmith-1004021422.story#/news/video-q-a-joe-perry-of-aerosmith-1004021422.story (oct'09-hiatus?) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1624072/20091016/aerosmith.jhtml (sep'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/23/perry-dismisses-breakup-rumors-aerosmith-are-taking-a-breather/ (may'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/05/new-aerosmith-album-walmart-exclusive.html (apr'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/04/aerosmith-2009-tour-dates-unveiled.html (apr'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/aerosmith-to-tour-with-zz-top-new-album-1003958996.story (mar'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/13/news-ticker-aerosmith-bret-michaels-pixies-and-phil-spector/ (jan'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/aerosmith-gets-back-to-work-after-08-break-1003927127.story (jan'09) "http://www.therockradio.com/2009/01/aerosmith-revving-up-for-new-album.html (oct'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003875948 (sep'08) http://www.gigwise.com/news/45841/aerosmith-to-record-new-studio-album-this-month (july'08) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/30/at-guitar-hero-launch-aerosmith-say-theyre-headed-to-the-studio/ ALIEN ANT FARM : Band plan to release a new/5th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2006's very very good "Up In The Attic". 2 of the bands original members who did not play on last album have rejoined the band. More info at (oct'11) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/alien-ant-farm-confirm-new-album (oct'11) http://www.nme.com/news/alien-ant-farm/59602 ANDREW W.K. : He plans to release a new/4th album sometime in 2012 Follow up to 2007/2010's "Close Calls with Brick Walls". Released instrumental solo piano album in 2009, titled "55 Cadillac". More info at (oct'11 - interview) http://www.spinner.com/2011/10/03/andrew-w-k-kesha-tattoo/ (hear song with Matt + Kim and Soulja Boy) http://www.spin.com/articles/hot-mp3-matt-kim-soulja-boy-andrew-wk (june'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/andrew-wk-to-record-new-album-this-summer#.ThCsy2GriSo (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/andrew-wk--2/56227 ARCADE FIRE : (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/arcade-fire/55548 (feb'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/arcade-fire-confirm-theyre-working-on-new-material ASH : (oct'11 - Hot Press vid interview with T Wheeler) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-seGotbEqI&feature=related (june'11 - future plans) http://iheartau.com/articles/q-and-a-ash/ (may'11 - free mp3) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7944712.html A-Z of singles (jan'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=15105 (may'09) http://www.nme.com/news/ash/44787 (may'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/5450524.html The band are still saying they will not release albums anymore but songs every once in a while. First release may be EARLY 2009. (july'08) http://www.gigwise.com/news/44935/news.asp?contentid=44935 (july'08) http://www.nme.com/news/ash/38484 (feb'08) http://www.nme.com/news/ash/34319 BECK : He may release new/12th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Modern Guilt". More info at (July'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/7771718095/beck-dwight-yoakam (july'11 - releasing photo book in November) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43312-beck-photographs-collected-in-new-book/ (mar'11 - hear unreleased movie song) http://www.spin.com/articles/listen-becks-unreleased-scott-pilgrim-songs (feb'11 - movie song) http://pitchfork.com/news/41614-new-beck-song-in-thriller-ii-am-number-fouri/ (aug'10 - interview) http://pitchfork.com/news/39599-catching-up-with-beck/ (aug'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/188342 (june'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/35702-beck-covers-sonic-youths-ievoli-on-cassette-for-sonic-youth-box-set/ BELLE AND SEBASTIAN : (june'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/belle-and-sebastian-working-on-new-stuff BEN FOLDS : Future plans as of September 2010. More info at (sep'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/ben-folds-teams-with-author-nick-hornby-1004112694.story#/news/ben-folds-teams-with-author-nick-hornby-1004112694.story BEN FOLDS FIVE : Plan to release a new/4th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 1999's "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner". In 2011, a 3cd best of was released, titled "The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective". Ben Folds released 4 solo albums from 2001-2010. Darren Jessee formed Hotel Lights who have released 3 albums from 2004-2011. More info at (sep'11 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ben-folds-five-returning-to-studio-plan-1005373062.story (sep'11 - interview) http://www.spinner.com/2011/09/19/ben-folds-five-best-imitation-of-myself/ (aug'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/8/12/ben-folds-five-reunite-record-new-songs-for-october-retrospe.html (aug'11) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18524 BIFFY CLYRO : Band may release new/6th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to November 2009's classic "Only Revoultions". More info at (july'11 - interview) http://www.nme.com/news/biffy-clyro--2/58340 (july'11 - play new song) http://www.nme.com/news/biffy-clyro--2/58177 (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/biffy-clyro--2/57229 (mar'11 - north america tour April) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17644 (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/biffy-clyro--2/55237 (feb'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/author-mark-danielewski-biffy-clyro-collaborate (nov'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/biffy-clyro-working-on-new-album (aug'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/biffy-clyro-starting-work-on-new-album (aug'10) http://www.nme.com/news/biffy-clyro--2/52630 BLOODHOUND GANG : Band plan to release a new/5th album, titled "Getting Laid on a School Bus" sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2005's "Hefty Fine". Will be the first album to feature new guitarist Daniel P. Carter(A). More info at http://studiospy.tumblr.com/post/2732608492/new-albums-nine-inch-nails-elvis-presley-bloodhound http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/the-bloodhound-gang/getting-laid-on-a-school-bus/47865/ BLUR : Band may release a new album or series of songs sometime in 2011. Last album was 2003's very very good "Think Tank". More info at (oct'11 - 'The Great Escape' musical??) http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/59677 (apr'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/graham-coxon-on-blur-reunion-nothing-is-planned (feb'11 - recording!) http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/55002 (feb'11 - pos!) http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/54809 (jan'11 - pos!) http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/54592 (dec'10 - pos!) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/blur-confirm-album-for-2011 (nov'10 - pos!) http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/53833 (nov'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-damon-albarn-forms-new-band-flea (may'10 - more songs!) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/51007 (apr'10 - new song) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/50585 (mar'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/alex-james-blur-will-be-around-forever (dec'09) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/48765 (sep'09-no albuM) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/47568 (aug'09) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/46544 (june'09) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/45441 (apr'09) http://www.nme.com/news/graham-coxon/44402 (apr'09) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2009/blur-to-record-new-material (mar'09) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/43313 (mar'09) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/43197 (nov'08) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147266-damon-albarn-being-a-tease-about-blur-again (nov'08-albarn says maybe) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/40885 (sep'08) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/39869 (may'08) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/36808 (feb'08) http://www.nme.com/news/blur/34023 BON JOVI : (oct'11 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/features/bon-jovi-the-billboard-cover-story-1005411562.story (jan'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/bon-jovi-needs-a-break-when-tour-wraps-says-1005013892.story#/news/bon-jovi-needs-a-break-when-tour-wraps-says-1005013892.story COUNTING CROWS : (mar'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/counting-crows-go-indie-but-stay-busy-1003954310.story (mar'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/17/counting-crows-part-ways-with-geffen-records-after-18-years/ DAMIEN RICE : Plans to release new/3rd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2006's "9". More info at (apr'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4840009892/damien-rice-wild-and-free-new-song-live (nov'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/68404/236304 (nov'10) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/1535600515/damien-rice-surfer-blood-more-offer-tracks-for-gulf (mar'10 - Hot Press interview) http://www.hotpress.com/Damien-Rice/music/interviews/Cri-De-Coeur/6300255.html?new_layout=1 (dec'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6125747.html (sep'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/5851043.html (mar'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003722983 DEFTONES : Band plan to release new/7th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2010's "Diamond Eyes". Will be 2nd album with bassist Sergio Vega as original bass player Chi Cheng is currently in a coma. More info at (sep'11 - vinyl box set) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/deftones-ready-career-encompassing-vinyl-box-set/ (may'11) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=17877 (may'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/deftones-returning-to-studio-after-tour-1005166002.story http://oneloveforchi.com/ Band plan to release album in the future, titled "Eros" which they were working on just before Chi had his accident. More info at (july'10 - chi doc) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/watch-deftones-chi-cheng-recovery-documentary (oct'09) http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=49641 (sep'09) http://www.nme.com/news/deftones/47071 (june'09) http://www.nme.com/news/deftones/45569 (may'09) http://www.nme.com/news/deftones/44506 (may'09) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/deftones-to-play-reading-and-leeds-warm-up (mar'09) http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/03/deftones_start_chi_cheng_fund.html (jan'09) http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/02/deftones_chi_update.html (nov'08) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599078/20081111/deftones.jhtml (nov'08 - band member in accident) http://www.nme.com/news/deftones/40862 (oct'08) http://www.rock-sound.net/articles/2152/New-Deftones-Song-Online.html (sep'08) http://www.rock-sound.net/articles/1923/Deftones-Studio-Footage-Online.html (sep'08) http://www.rock-sound.co.uk/articles/1913/Deftones-Plan-New-Album-And-Live-Shows.html (apr'08) http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/04/deftones_studio_update.html http://www2.kerrang.com/2007/12/deftones_album_update.html DIRTY EPICS : Band plan to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's brillant "Straight In No Kissing". More info at (aug'11) http://www.hotpress.com/Dirty-Epics/news/Rockin-The-River-comes-to-Grand-Canal-Dock/8228322.html?new_layout=1 (june'11 - vid 'Enthralled') http://www.hotpress.com/Dirty-Epics/news/Dirty-Epics-unleash-new-single/8006429.html?new_layout=1 DOVES : Band go on hiatus and plan to release solo records in the future. More info at (sep'10) http://www.nme.com/news/doves/53019 As of Autumn 2009, band say the next new/5th album release will follow sometime in 2012. A Greatest Hits may be released sometime in 2010/2011. Follow up to 2009's "Kingdom Of Rust", one of my all-time favourite albums. More info at (apr'10 - 2 yr break!) http://www.nme.com/news/doves/50875 (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/doves/50518 (apr'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/doves-take-some-breathing-space (mar'10 - hiatus!) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6341439.html (sep'09) http://www.nme.com/news/doves/47441 (aug'09) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2009/doves-almost-split-after-kingdom-of-rust ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE : (aug'11 - hear interview) http://brotherselectric.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/electric-soft-parade-radio-2-august-6th-noel-gallagher-support/ ELBOW : (sep'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/elbow-working-on-new-material (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/elbow/57408 FOO FIGHTERS : (jan'12 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/features/dave-grohl-q-a-why-rock-will-never-die-why-1005831362.story#/features/dave-grohl-q-a-why-rock-will-never-die-why-1005831362.story FRANZ FERDINAND : Band plan to release new/4th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2009's very very good "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand". More info at (july'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/franz-ferdinand-working-on-fourth-album (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/franz-ferdinand/50925 (feb'10) http://www.nme.com/news/franz-ferdinand/49749 (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/franz-ferdinand/49375 (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/franz-ferdinand/49267 GARBAGE : Band plan to release new/5th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2007's best of "Absolute Garbage" and 2005's "Bleed Like Me". More info at (oct'11) http://www.spinner.com/2011/10/04/garbage-announce-album/ (oct'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/billboard-bits-joe-jonas-teams-up-with-lil-1005382252.story (sep'11 - 1st single to be heard in October) http://www.nme.com/news/garbage/59129 (feb'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/garbage-work-on-new-album-release-collaboration-with-serj-tankian (nov'10) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/11/garbage_work_on_new_album.html (oct'10) http://www.nme.com/news/garbage/53644 (feb'10) http://www.nme.com/news/garbage/49540 (july'07) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003611060 GORILLAZ : (oct'11 - end is nigh?) http://www.nme.com/news/gorillaz/59603 (june'11 - McCartney to guest) http://www.nme.com/news/paul-mccartney/57321 (jan'11 - new band member) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gorillaz-introduce-new-member-of-animated-band-20110111 (dec'10 - on hiatus from 2011) http://www.nme.com/news/gorillaz/54286 (dec'10 - future tour plans) http://www.nme.com/news/gorillaz/54151 GREEN DAY : Band plan to release new/9th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to May 2009's "21st Century Breakdown ". More info at (aug'11) http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/58655 (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/56982 (mar'11) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/03/meet_green_days_new_singer.html (mar'10) http://www2.kerrang.com/2010/03/green_day_new_album_exclusive.html PJ HARVEY : (may'11 - poetry) http://www.nme.com/news/pj-harvey/56786 (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/pj-harvey/56295 IDLEWILD : On hiatus, as of April 2010. (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/idlewild/50822 (apr'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/idlewild-go-on-hiatus INTERPOL : (aug'11 - interview) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/reading-2011-interpol-reveal-future-plans JOSH RITTER : (june'11 - Q & A) http://www.spinner.com/2011/06/30/josh-ritter-brights-passage/ KEANE : Band plan to release a new/4th album sometime in 2012. According to band's mailing list, album was finished around January 2012. Follow up to 2010's EP "Night Train EP" and 2008's "Perfect Symmetry". More info at (nov'11 - hear G Harrison cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IqNJQ9pfDlU KINGS OF LEON : Future, possible solo projects (sep'11 - documentary on DVD on 1 Nov 2011) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/kings-of-leon-documentary-due-out-november-1st/ (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/kings-of-leon/57534 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM : (feb'11 - retiring) http://www.billboard.com/column/viralvideos/lcd-soundsystem-s-james-murphy-talks-retirement-1005036002.story#/column/viralvideos/lcd-soundsystem-s-james-murphy-talks-retirement-1005036002.story (aug'10) http://www.nme.com/news/lcd-soundsystem/52699 LED ZEPPELIN : (jan'11 - neg) http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/54473 (sep'10 - pos) http://www.spin.com/articles/robert-plant-opens-door-led-zep-reunion (july'10) http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/52004 (dec'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/12/them-crooked-vultures-born-out-of-led.html (oct'09) http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/48110 (feb'09 - Plant says no) http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/42530 (sep'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003855970 (sep'08) http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/40059 (sep'08) http://www.therockradio.com/2008/09/jimmy-page-says-led-zeppelin-not.html (March'08) http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/35482 LINKIN PARK : Band plan to release a new/5th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2010's "A Thousand Suns". More info at (sep'11 - Bennington interview) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670220/linkin-park-chester-bennington-new-album.jhtml (july'11 - interview) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/linkin-park-planning-album-for-early-next-year-20110726 (june'11 - Rick Rubin talks about album) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/rick-rubin-on-new-chili-peppers-metallica-1005242142.story (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/57334 (june'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666401/linkin-park-a-thousand-suns-album.jhtml (june'11 - new song for soundtrack) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1665088/linkin-park-iridescent-video.jhtml (jan'11) http://www.billboard.com/events/linkin-park-feels-energized-to-write-new-1004139170.story#/events/linkin-park-feels-energized-to-write-new-1004139170.story MANIC STREET PREACHERS : Band may release new/11th album around 2014/2015. Plan to take a break after 2012. May be titled "70 Songs of Hatred and Failure". Follow up to 2010's "Postcards From A Young Man". More info at (aug'11) http://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/58753 (dec'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/postcards-to-be-next-manics-single (nov'10) http://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/53916 MAXIMO PARK : Band plan to release new/4th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to May 2009's "Quicken the Heart". Frontman Paul Smith released solo album in 2010, titled "Margins". More info at (aug'11 - Scotland gig Sep) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/maximo-park-announce-new-intimate-show (july'11) http://www.nme.com/news/maximo-park/58137 (sep'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/paul-smith-says-new-release-is-more-a-personal-than-solo- METALLICA : Band plan to release a new/10th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2008's brillant "Death Magnetic". More info at (july'11 - tour in December to celebrate 30 years) http://www.spin.com/articles/metallica-announce-30th-anniversary-concerts (june'11 - Rick Rubin talks about album) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/rick-rubin-on-new-chili-peppers-metallica-1005242142.story (apr'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/billboard-bits-metallica-working-with-rick-1005154892.story (apr'11) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/04/theres_no_shortage_of_riffage.html (feb'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-metallica-lead-guitarist-kirk-hammett-reveals-secret-project-20110210 (feb'11) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/02/metallica_to_enter_the_studio.html (july'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/181883 (feb'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/metallica-stockpile-riffs-for-next-album (oct'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/10/metallica-open-to-performing-full.html (sep'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/09/dont-hold-your-breath-for-new-metallica.html (sep'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/09/metallica-working-on-big-four-tour.html (feb'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/02/metallica-bassist-hints-that-band-is.html (jan'09) http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/01/metallica_start_writing_new_al.html MUSE : Band plan to release a new/6th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2009's "The Resistance". More info at (aug'11 - studio from Sep-Oct) http://www.nme.com/news/muse/58557 (aug'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/muse-to-start-recording-new-album-next-month (july'11) http://www.nme.com/news/muse/57858 (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/muse/56772 (feb'11 - vid) http://www.nme.com/news/muse/55152 (feb'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/muse-moving-back-to-london (sep'10) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/muse-set-for-lollapalooza-2011-headline-slot (july'10) http://www.nme.com/news/muse/51997 May be doing soundtrack work for March 2010 film called 'Clash Of The Titans'. More info at (jan'10 - they won't be) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/muse-will-not-soundtrack-clash-of-the-titans (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/muse/49099 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE : (oct'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/my-chemical-romances-frank-iero-designs-guitar-for-charity-20111011 (sep'11 - F Iero Kerrang interview) http://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/59477 (aug'11) http://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/58768 NIRVANA : (mar'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/10/no-more-unreleased-nirvana-songs-krist-novoselic-says/ OASIS : Split Up! (aug'11 - Liam drops case) http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/58812 (aug'11 - Liam to sue Noel!) http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/58722 (aug'11 - Noel speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/noel-gallagher/58698 (aug'11 - Bell speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/58652 (may'10) http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/51301 (dec'09) http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/48692 (aug'09) http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/47016 (aug'09) http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/47001 PEARL JAM : 2011 = bands 20th anniversary. (sep'11 - band cover Pink Floyd on Fallon) http://www.spin.com/articles/watch-pearl-jam-cover-pink-floyds-mother (sep'11 - photos from Pearl Jam festival) http://www.spin.com/gallery/backstage-pearl-jams-20th-birthday-bash#main (sep'11 - play 'All Night' on Fallon) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/video-pearl-jam-brings-all-night-to-fallon/ (sep'11 - live vid of 'Better Man' from 2010) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/pearl-jam-launches-pj20-countdown/ (july'11 - new trailer of doc) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/07/details-on-the-pearl-jam-20-film-soundtrack-and-book/ (july'11 - south america tour Nov) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/07/pearl-jam-announces-south-american-tour/ (june'11 - book) http://www.nme.com/news/pearl-jam/57018 (may'11 - doc to air on 21 Oct 2011) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/pearl-jams-cameron-crowe-directed-doc-to-premiere-october-21st/ (may'11 - north america tour Sep) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42544-pearl-jam-announce-festival-movie-book/ (may'11 - trailer for doc) http://www.spin.com/articles/pearl-jam-debut-cameron-crowe-doc-trailer (may'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1664041/pearl-jam-twenty.jhtml (apr'11 - cameron crowe talks about doc) http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/cameron-crowe-talks-pearl-jam-twenty-and-the-union-20110422 (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/new-pearl-jam-album-other-band-projects-1005074802.story#/news/new-pearl-jam-album-other-band-projects-1005074802.story (jan'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-details-on-pearl-jams-20th-anniversary-blowout-20110120 (jan'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/10/pearl-jam-set-to-release-two-reissues-movie-hot-pad/ (jan'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/digest-pearl-jam-plan-20th-anniversary-cee-lo-records-with-gwyneth-paltrow-20110105 Plan to release a new/10th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2009's classic "Backspacer". More info at (sep'11 - Ament speaks on progress) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pearl-jam-at-least-halfway-done-with-new-album-20110920 (sep'11 - on Fallon) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/video-pearl-jam-debut-ole-on-fallon/ (sep'11 - hear 'Ole') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/check-out-pearl-jam-ole/ (sep'11 - halfway through) http://www.hotpress.com/Pearl-Jam/news/Pearl-Jam-talk-new-album-details/8319310.html?new_layout=1 (may'11 - Q & A with Vedder) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-eddie-vedder-20110531 (mar'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/pearl-jam-heads-studio-next-month (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/new-pearl-jam-album-other-band-projects-1005074802.story#/news/new-pearl-jam-album-other-band-projects-1005074802.story PIXIES : Band may release new/5th album sometime in 2011/2012 or may not! Follow-up to 1991's "Trompe Le Monde". More info at (july'11 - launch mobile app) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/pixies-launch-own-mobile-app (july'11 - pos) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-pixies-finally-begin-contemplating-new-album-20110708 (july'11 - north america tour Oct-Nov) http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/57797 (may'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42389-pixies-might-make-another-album-one-day/ (feb'11 - pos) http://www.billboard.com/news/pixies-mulling-return-to-studio-future-touring-1005035212.story#/news/pixies-mulling-return-to-studio-future-touring-1005035212.story (jan'11 - north america tour) http://pitchfork.com/news/41299-pixies-schedule-more-idoolittlei-shows/ (mar'10 - neg) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/03/17/pixies-frank-black-talks-sexy-inspiration-for-nonstoperotik/ (feb'10 - neg) http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/49833 (july'09 - neg) http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/46231 (june'09 - pos) http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/45571 (apr'09 - neg) http://pitchfork.com/news/35091-kim-and-kelley-deal-talk-new-breeders-ep-self-sufficiency-and-the-pixies/ (aug'08 - pos) http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/39327 (Dec'07 - Kim Deal speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/the-breeders/33061 http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/31775 http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/24809 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002234692 http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/22580 http://www.nme.com/news/113172.htm http://www.nme.com/news/113023.htm http://www.nme.com/news/109517.htm http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000625356 http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/23519 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002690443 http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/23387 PULP : (june'11 - report from IOW gig) http://www.nme.com/news/pulp/57243 (june'11 - world tour June-Sep) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/pulp-to-reissue-first-three-albums/ (may'11 - first show back live) http://www.nme.com/news/pulp/56916 (jan'11) http://www.nme.com/news/pulp/54414 (may'09) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2009/pulp-will-never-reunite-says-jarvis QUEEN : Queen and Paul Rodgers are taking a break from their collobration as of May 2009 but may release material in future. (dec'11 - no more releases?) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/no-more-queen-albums (oct'11 - album of unreleased F Mercury songs?) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18984 (mar'10) http://www.therockradio.com/2010/03/paul-rodgers-queen-door-open.html (may'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/queen-paul-rodgers-split-up-1003972472.story (may'09) http://www.nme.com/news/queen/44670 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE : Band plan to release new/6th album around LATE 2011/SPRING 2012. Follow up to 2007's classic "Era Vulgaris". Josh Homme is touring & recording with Dave Ghrol & John Paul Jones as Them Crooked Vultures from Summer 2009. More info at (sep'11 - Lullabies to Paralyze vinyl ed.) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/queens-of-the-stone-ages-lullabies-to-paralyze-gets-vinyl-reissue/ (may'11 - euro tour June-July / north america tour July-Aug) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/josh-homme-discusses-new-queens-of-the-stone-age-album/ (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-age/56781 (feb'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/eminems-video-shoot-qotsas-new-album-more (feb'11 - tour) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/queens-of-the-stone-age-to-play-some-intimate-gigs (dec'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/queens-stone-age-plan-new-album (dec'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/dean-fertita-fires-up-solo-project-talks-1004137317.story#/news/dean-fertita-fires-up-solo-project-talks-1004137317.story (july'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/dead-weather-is-more-than-a-side-project-1004106251.story#/news/dead-weather-is-more-than-a-side-project-1004106251.story (july'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/152874 (july'10) http://www.nme.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-age/51938 (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-age/50429 (feb'10) http://www.therockradio.com/2010/02/grohl-says-foo-fighters-will-record.html (apr'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/dead-weather-recording-more-music-before-1003963230.story (sep'08) http://www.therockradio.com/2008/10/queens-of-stone-age-heading-to-desert.html RADIOHEAD : (oct'11) http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/59795 (oct'11) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/14/radiohead-king-limbs-follow-up (sep'11 - plan to tour in 2012) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/thom-yorke-radiohead-will-tour-in-2012-20110921 (june'11 - hear new song 'Staircase') http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42922-watch-radiohead-play-a-new-song/ (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/55292 REPUBLIC OF LOOSE : Plan to release a new/5th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to October 2010's "Bounce At the Devil". More info at (nov'11 - free mp3's) http://www.hotpress.com/Deadmau5/news/FREE-MUSIC-FRIDAY/8490360.html?new_layout=1&page_no=2&show_comments=1 RIVERS CUOMO : Weezer frontman plans to release new/3rd solo album, titled "Alone III: The Pinkerton Years" around MARCH 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo". More info at (jan'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/28/rivers-cuomo-releasing-pinkerton-book-alone-iii-in-march/ (nov'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/rivers-cuomo-theres-so-much-pain-my-voice (oct'10) http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/10/29/rivers-cuomo-plans-another-20-years-of-weezer/ (oct'10) http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/10/22/rivers-cuomo-wants-to-be-alone-again/ (oct'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/weezer-takes-hurley-criticism-to-heart-digs-1004123319.story#/news/weezer-takes-hurley-criticism-to-heart-digs-1004123319.story RYAN ADAMS : There are plans to release box set containing unrealesed albums recorded over the last few years, including '48 Hours', 'The Suicide Handbook', 'Bedhead' and songs from the 'Easy Tiger' sessions. More info at (aug'10) http://www.nme.com/news/ryan-adams/52562 (mar'08) http://www.nme.com/news/ryan-adams/35289 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003593535 http://www.nme.com/news/ryan-adams/28747 Lost Highway plan to release his "Love Is Hell" album and his previous band, Whiskeytown's album "Pneumonia" on vinyl in 2011. More info at (feb'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/3324078607/lost-highway-releasing-ryan-adams-love-is-hell SHERYL CROW : She plans to release a new/8th album sometime in 2012. It will be a country album! Follow up to 2010's "100 Miles From Memphis". More info at (sep'11 - to pen music for Broadway musical) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/sheryl-crow-to-pen-music-for-broadway-diner-1005361202.story (aug'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sheryl-crow-takes-on-ambassador-role-for-st-judes-hospital-20110815 SMASHING PUMPKINS : Plan to release new/8th album, titled "Teargarden by Kaleidyscope" during 2010 & 2011. It will feature 44 songs, free to download (weekly/monthly) and when all released , it will be released as deluxe box set and as 11 EP's with 4 tracks. IT WILL BE FREE TO DOWNLOAD! The band plan to release an album within album, titled "Oceania" around SPRING 2012. It is part of the Teargarden by Kaleidyscope series. (oct'11 - report from LA gig) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/smashing-pumpkins-kick-off-tour-with-hard-charging-l-a-show-20111006 (sep'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/billy-corgan-details-unique-new-pumpkins-lp (sep'11 - tracklist / interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/smashing-pumpkins-large-scale-release-ideas-1005370782.story (sep'11 - vid discussing progress) http://www.spin.com/articles/corgan-launches-smashing-pumpkins-record-club (sep'11 - UK tour Nov) http://www.nme.com/news/smashing-pumpkins/59054 (aug'11 - photo of current band) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/08/smashing-pumpkins-announce-fall-tour/ (aug'11 - North America tour October) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/smashing-pumpkins-will-debut-new-songs-on-fall-tour-20110812 (june'11 - tracklist) http://www.nme.com/news/smashing-pumpkins/57033 Follow up to 2007's "Zeitgeist". More info at (june'11 - vid to promote album) http://www.spinner.com/2011/06/29/kareem-abdul-jabbar-smashing-pumpkins/ (june'11 - vid 'Owata') http://www.spin.com/articles/smashing-pumpkins-tap-wrestlers-owata-clip (may'11 - Corgan autobiography in 2012) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/billy-corgan-writing-spiritual-memoir-about-smashing-pumpkins-20110510 (may'11 - Q & A) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/billy-corgan-talks-smashing-pumpkins-reissues-20110505 (may'11 - 10th song 'Owata') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/check-out-smashing-pumpkins-owata/ (apr'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/smashing-pumpkins-prep-full-reissues-new-lp (mar'11 - 9th song 'Lightning Strikes') http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-listen-smashing-pumpkins-new-wave-lightning-strikes-20110317 (nov'10 - new song) http://www.spin.com/articles/listen-new-smashing-pumpkins-song (oct'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/billy-corgan-i-have-more-enough-songs (oct'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smashing-pumpkins/53606 (sep'10 - 6th free song) http://www.spin.com/articles/free-download-new-smashing-pumpkins-song (aug'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins (july'10 - 5th free song) http://www.spin.com/articles/listen-smashing-pumpkins-release-new-song (july'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/smashing-pumpkins-triumph-over-hecklers-debut (may'10 - new bassist) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=16028 (mar'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/03/03/billy-corgan-on-pumpkins-split-loving-jessica-simpson-preview-the-story/ (mar'10 - auditions!) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smashing-pumpkins/50159 (SONG NO.3) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/03/02/hear-smashing-pumpkins-psych-protest-song-a-stitch-in-time/ (dec'09) http://www.spin.com/articles/review-smashing-pumpkins-new-song (dec'09) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627767/20091207/corgan_billy.jhtml (oct'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smashing-pumpkins/47916 (oct'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/10/15/corgan-talks-pumpkins-plans-id-rather-be-free-than-rich/ (sep'09) http://www.spin.com/articles/smashing-pumpkins-announce-free-44-track-album (sep'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smashing-pumpkins/47349 Also..... (aug'09-new drummer) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smashing-pumpkins/46766 (july'09-d'arcy speaks) http://pitchfork.com/news/35930-smashing-pumpkins-darcy-speaks/ (july'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smashing-pumpkins/46071 (mar'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/34955-wanna-be-in-the-smashing-pumpkins/ (mar'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/24/jimmy-chamberlin-explains-smashing-pumpkins-split-says-he-cant-cash-the-check/ (mar'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/smashing-pumpkins-sheds-chamberlin-billy-1003953891.story (mar'09-drummer speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smashing-pumpkins/43663 (mar'09-drummer leaves) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smashing-pumpkins/43603 (jan'09) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148783-smashing-pumpkins-debut-song-in-super-bowl-ad (oct'08) http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23612360/smashing_pumpkins_prep_new_album_20th_anniversary_tour Rarities and live shows may be released in future. (sep'11 - hear 3 unreleased demos) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/check-out-smashing-pumpkins-barb-wire-suicide-kiss/ (may'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003808395 (mar'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003741748 Plan to release expaneded edition's of their albums in 2011 - 2013. In November 2011, 1991's "Gish" and 1993's "Siamese Dream" were reissued with bonus material. In 2012, 1995's "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness", 1996's "The Aeroplane Flies High" and 1998's "Adore" will be released as deluxe editions. In 2013, a best of will be released. Their two 2000's albums will be released as one "Machina/The Machine of God" and "Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music". More info at (aug'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/smashing-pumpkins-give-away-rarities-in-new-record-club-20110901 (apr'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/smashing-pumpkins-to-reissue-classic-albums-1005154362.story (apr'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/smashing-pumpkins-prep-full-reissues-new-lp SOUNDGARDEN : Band reunited for gigs in 2010 and may release a new/6th album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 1996's "Down on the Upside". More info at (july'11 - repirt from New Jersey gig) (july'11- report from Toronto gig) http://www.spin.com/articles/soundgarden-kick-first-tour-14-years (july'11 - report from gig) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667465/soundgarden-red-rocks-concert.jhtml (may'11 - expanded north america tour) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/soundgarden-add-dates-queens-of-the-stone-age-mastodon-more-support (apr'11 - north america tour July) http://www.billboard.com/events/soundgarden-sets-official-reunion-tour-dates-1005134872.story#/events/soundgarden-sets-official-reunion-tour-dates-1005134872.story (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/soundgarden/56090 (mar'11 - Cornell interview) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-cornell-talks-solo-acoustic-tour-soundgarden-reunion-album-20110325 (mar'11 - Cornell interview) http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-chris-cornell-solo-tour-new-album (mar'11 - radio interview) http://blogs.1077theend.com/aharms/2011/03/07/end-music-discovery-soundgarden-spoonman-live-on-i-5-2/ (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/soundgarden-to-kick-it-up-a-notch-on-next-1005059172.story#/news/soundgarden-to-kick-it-up-a-notch-on-next-1005059172.story (feb'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/soundgarden-working-new-album-2011 (feb'11 - pos) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/soundgarden-prepare-live-album-plot-return-to-studio-20110218 (dec'10 - new album?) http://www.nme.com/news/soundgarden/54135 (aug'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/189281 (aug'10 - home gig) http://www.billboard.com/events/soundgarden-aug-5-2010-chicago-vic-theater-1004108007.story#/events/soundgarden-aug-5-2010-chicago-vic-theater-1004108007.story (july'10) http://www.billboard.com/events/soundgarden-plans-pre-lolla-club-gig-in-1004106282.story#/events/soundgarden-plans-pre-lolla-club-gig-in-1004106282.story (june'10 - new song) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/06/soundgarden_set_to_release_new.html (apr'10 - 1st gig) http://www.billboard.com/events/soundgarden-treats-seattle-to-reunion-club-1004083973.story#/events/soundgarden-treats-seattle-to-reunion-club-1004083973.story (feb'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/soundgarden-not-touring-uk-til-2011 (jan'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/37457-soundgarden-to-reunite/ (jan'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/soundgarden-reunion-planned-for-2010-1004056149.story#/news/soundgarden-reunion-planned-for-2010-1004056149.story (jan'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629034/20100104/soundgarden.jhtml May release box set of rarities. (july'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/29218126/the_soundgarden_songs_you_havent_heard_kim_thayil_breaks_his_silence/ (july'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/08/chris-cornell-says-soundgarden-talking-b-sides-box-set-releases/ STEREOPHONICS : (mar'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/kelly-jones-looking-forward-to-ending-record-deal SUPERGRASS : Band split up in June 2010. More info at (jan'11 - pos) http://www.nme.com/news/supergrass/54576 (apr'10 - split up) http://www.nme.com/news/supergrass/50616 (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/supergrass/49422 (dec'09) http://www.nme.com/news/supergrass/48962 (dec'08) http://www.nme.com/news/supergrass/41619 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS : Band plan to release a new/10th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2009's brilliant "Dark Days/Light Years". More info at (may'11) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7922680.html SYSTEM OF A DOWN : Currently on hiatus from albums. Returning to tour in 2011. Most recent album was 2005's "Mezmerize / Hynotize". More info at (oct'11 - positive) http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/59621 (june'11 - report from Download gig) http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/57244 (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/56634 (may'11 - first reunion show) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/watch-system-of-a-downs-first-concert-in-five-years/ (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/56021 (feb'11 - current tour dates) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/02/system-of-a-down-announce-west-coast-tour-dates/ (nov'10 - tour 2011) http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/54036 (nov'10 - pos) http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/54006 (nov'10 - pos) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/are-system-of-a-down-reforming (jan'10- serj speaks) http://www.billboard.com/news/serj-tankian-talks-symphony-project-solo-1004061502.story#/news/serj-tankian-talks-symphony-project-solo-1004061502.story (jan'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/system-of-a-down-and-aerosmith-wont-reform (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/49192 TENACIOUS D : Duo plan to release new/3rd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2006's brillant "Pick Of Destiny". More info at (jan'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/07/foo-fighters-to-tour-with-tenacious-d-in-australia/ (jan'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/03/jack-black-says-to-expect-new-tenacious-d-album-by-the-end-of-2011/ (jan'11) http://www.spinner.com/2010/12/30/tenacious-d-jack-black-new-album/ (mar'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/05/news-ticker-tenacious-d-youtube-monkees-peter-tork-and-rick-ross/ (july'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003825386 THE BEACH BOYS : Reuniting for 2012 to celebrate 50th anniversary? (sep'11) http://www.nme.com/news/brian-wilson/59541 (july'11 - new album in 2012?) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/mike-love-beach-boys-planning-new-album-1005295392.story (may'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beach-boys-contemplate-reunion-as-50th-anniversary-approaches-20110523 (july'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/183831 THE DARKNESS : Band may release a new/3rd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2005's "One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back". More info at (jan'12 - free mp3) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/bonus-track-of-the-day-the-darkness (sep'11 - UK & Ire tour Nov-Dec) http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/59513 (aug'11 - Hawkins speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/58470 (june'11 - Download gig) http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/57220 (june'11 - interview vid at Download Fest) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/06/kerrang_download_podcast_day_1.html (june'11 - report from 1st gig) http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/57101 (may'11 - uk tour June) http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/56869 (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/55469 (mar'11) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/03/the_darkness_reform_for_downlo.html (mar'11) http://www.state.ie/news/26751-the-darkness-reform-for-new-album-and-download-festival-slot (july'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/51872 (dec'08) http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/41798 THE DIVINE COMEDY : (july'11 - musical scored 'Swallows and Amazons') http://www.nme.com/news/the-divine-comedy/58247 THE FLAMING LIPS : Band plan to release a song once a month in 2011! Follow up to 2009's very very good "Embryonic". More info at (oct'11 - plans for Record Store Day EP 2012) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/44227-flaming-lips-collecting-collaborations-for-record-store-day-release/ (oct'11 - to work with Nick Cave & Bad Seeds) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/31/flaming-lips-nick-cave-collaborate (sep'11 - hear 6 hour song 'I Found A Star On The Ground') http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/flaming-lips-unleash-their-six-hour-song (july'11 - hear 3 new songs) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43245-listen-three-new-flaming-lips-songs-from-usb-drives-embedded-inside-gummy-fetuses/ (july'11 - hear 'I Wanna Get High But..') http://www.nme.com/news/the-flaming-lips/58221 (july'11 - north america tour July-Oct) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/07/the-flaming-lips-map-out-fall-tour-dates/ (june'11 - vid of band in graveyard!) http://www.spin.com/articles/flaming-lips-edward-sharpe-rock-cemetery (may'11 - hear EP with Prefuse 73) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42626-hear-the-new-flaming-lipsprefuse-73-ep/ (may'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/flaming-lips-confirm-soft-bulletin-live-album-detail-cemetery-shows/ (may'11 - world tour May-Aug) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/weezer-flaming-lips-yeasayer-team-up-for-east-coast-shows/ (apr'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/04/the-flaming-lips-gummy-skull-now-features-marijuana-flavored-brain/ (apr'11 - hear 4 new songs) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/04/buy-your-flaming-lips-gummy-skull-now/ (apr'11 - hear 2 new songs) http://www.nme.com/news/the-flaming-lips/56273 (apr'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/flaming-lips-enjoying-freedom-to-f-k-around-1005109382.story#/news/flaming-lips-enjoying-freedom-to-f-k-around-1005109382.story (mar'11 - hear 'Is David Bowie Dying?') http://www.nme.com/news/the-flaming-lips/55709 (mar'11) http://pitchfork.com/news/41760-the-flaming-lips-are-making-gummy-skulls-now/ (feb'11) http://www.state.ie/news/26068-the-flaming-lips-release-new-valentines-single-or-something (jan'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/wayne-coyne-flaming-lips-plans-2011 (jan'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/13/the-flaming-lips-make-zaireeka-like-demos-for-iphone/ (dec'10) http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/23/flaming-lips-2011-album-will-be-released-in-rather-odd-ways/ (dec'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-new-flaming-lips-material-coming-late-january-20101223 THE FRAMES : Band plan to release new/7th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2006's "The Cost". More info at (aug'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6843791.html (aug'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1646347/20100824/swell_season.jhtml THE FUTUREHEADS : Band plan to release new/5th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to April 2010's "The Chaos". When the album is released, the band also plan to release a capella album(no instruments). More info at (dec'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/winterwonderland/futureheads-to-do-acapella-album (oct'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-futureheads/53375 (july'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-futureheads/51936 (may'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/the-futureheads-to-write-musical THE HIVES : (oct'11 - hear new song for FIFA 12) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/listen-the-hives-unveil-new-track-for-fifa-12 THE KILLERS : Plan to start recording new/4th album around May 2011 so new album due LATE 2011/SPRING 2012. Taking a well deserved break after non stop touring since debut album. (dec'11 - release christmas songs incl new song as EP) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19196 (sep'11 - Vanucci speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/59120 (july'11 - Flowers speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/brandon-flowers/57920 (june'11 - 4/5 songs written) http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/57480 (may'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/killers-talk-next-album (may'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/killers-hitting-studio-next-week (apr'11 - live comeback) http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/55867 (feb'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/55212 (dec'10) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/on-his-solo-tour-brandon-flowers-is-self-consciously-alone/article1826396/ (sep'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/52947 (sep'10 - start rec in 2011) http://www.billboard.com/news/brandon-flowers-wanted-to-summon-spirits-1004113961.story#/news/brandon-flowers-wanted-to-summon-spirits-1004113961.story (feb'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/02/17/killers-frontman-brandon-flowers-mother-loses-cancer-battle/ (feb'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/49804 (jan'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/killers-take-break Band may release covers album sometime in 2010. Follow up to 2008's very very good "Day and Age". More info at (jan'10 - hiatus) http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/49294 (jan'10 - taking a break) http://www.billboard.com/news/billboard-bits-lady-gaga-adam-lambert-fantasia-1004059091.story#/news/billboard-bits-lady-gaga-adam-lambert-fantasia-1004059091.story (nov'09) http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-killers (june'09) http://www.nme.com/news/nme/45767 (june'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/45572 (apr'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/35183-killers-to-drop-live-dvd-covers-album/ (apr'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/killers-prepping-live-dvd-covers-album-1003965994.story THE KINKS : (oct'11 - Dave Davies speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/the-kinks/59837 (apr'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-ray-davies-on-his-new-disc-hanging-with-bruce-and-maybe-bringing-back-the-kinks-20110411 (mar'11 - neg) http://www.nme.com/news/the-kinks/55727 (oct'10 - neg) http://www.nme.com/news/the-kinks/53643 (mar'10 - pos) http://www.nme.com/news/the-kinks/50100 (dec'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-kinks/48860 (nov'09) http://www.billboard.com/news/ray-davies-revisits-kinks-classics-on-choral-1004041196.story#/news/ray-davies-revisits-kinks-classics-on-choral-1004041196.story (june'09 - neg) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/24/ray-davies-says-kinks-film-in-the-works-reunion-unlikely/ (nov'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003887091 (nov'08) http://www.nme.com/news/the-kinks/40859 THE OFFSPRING : Band plan to release new/9th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace". More info at (apr'11 - podcast vid) http://www.nme.com/news/the-offspring/56226 (oct'10) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/10/the_offspring_start_work_on_ne.html (june'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/offspring-to-debut-new-song-on-unity-tour-1004100325.story#/news/offspring-to-debut-new-song-on-unity-tour-1004100325.story (june'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/offspring-plotting-rise-and-fall-follow-1003985997.story THE RACONTEURS : Band may release new/3rd album sometime in 2012. Band feature Jack White, Brendan Benson, Patrick Keeler and 'Little' Jack Lawrence. Follow up to 2008's classic "Consolers of the Lonely". More info at (oct'11 - live album available) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/beck-josh-homme-remix-the-white-stripes-the-dead-weather/ (sep'11 - 4 more gigs announced) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/video-the-raconteurs-first-shows-in-two-years/ (sep'11 - report from only gig) http://www.billboard.com/#/events/the-raconteurs-reform-return-home-rock-inaugural-1005359372.story (sep'11 - Lawrence speaks) http://www.billboard.com/#/events/the-raconteurs-road-return-it-s-coming-back-1005350252.story (july'11 - only gig of 2011) http://www.billboard.com/#/events/the-raconteurs-sheryl-crow-top-inaugural-1005263882.story (aug'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-raconteurs/52433 THE SHINS : Band plan to release new/5th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2007's classic "Wincing the Night Away". More info at (sep'11 - on Fallon) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/10720338411/the-shins-cover-pink-floyd-on-fallon-james (sep'11 - new band members) http://www.nme.com/news/the-shins/59462 (aug'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/the-shins-return-with-tour-2012-album-on-1005300842.story (aug'11 - North America gigs Aug-Oct) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/08/video-the-shins-first-show-in-three-years/ (july'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43188-the-shins-working-with-producer-greg-kurstin/ (apr'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4609435493/watch-james-mercer-plays-new-shins-song-live (june'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/39258-james-mercer-talks-i180-southi-soundtrack-and-the-future-of-the-shins/ (june'10 - free mp3 cover) http://pitchfork.com/news/39103-the-shins-cover-squeeze-for-levis/ (may'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/james-mercer-plans-double-duty-with-broken-1004091747.story#/news/james-mercer-plans-double-duty-with-broken-1004091747.story (may'10) http://www.nme.com/news/broken-bells/51145 (jan'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/james-mercer-new-shins-record-next-year (jan'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630710/20100128/shins_the.jhtml (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/broken-bells/49316 (may'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/35257-shins-james-mercer-spills-about-lineup-changes-new-album-other-projects/ (may'09-band changes) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/the-shins-shape-up-look-to-the-future-1003971251.story (mar'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/34910-breaking-the-shins-off-sub-pop/ (mar'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/34899-the-shins-return-to-the-road/ (june'08) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/51436-the-shins-starting-own-label-for-next-album THE SPECIAL GOODNESS : Band led by Patrick Wilson(Weezer) plan to release a new/4th album around LATE 2011. Follow up to 2003's classic "Land Air Sea". More info at (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/weezer-talks-cruise-new-record-schooling-1005295872.story THE STROKES : (aug'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/58909 (july'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/58133 (june'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-strokes-reveal-tour-next-album-details-20110620 (apr'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4978007241/the-strokes-hit-the-studio-for-lp5 (apr'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1662426/the-strokes-sidekick-4g-party.jhtml (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/55702 (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/55480 THE THRILLS : (aug'10 - on hiatus) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0809/1224276416988.html THE WHITE STRIPES : Band have split up. More info at (june'11 - hear 2 tracks From The Vault) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/57998 (apr'11 - live albums from The Vault) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42159-white-stripes-to-release-live-album-and-dvd/ (feb'11 - fan's memories) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/54808 (feb'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/54804 Old album news........ (nov'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/53804 (may'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/50939 (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/49121 (nov'09) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1626605/20091118/dead_weather.jhtml (may'09) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2009/white-stripes-will-return (may'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/35274-jack-white-speaks-on-the-state-of-the-white-stripes/ (may'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/44548 (apr'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/35077-jack-white-hints-at-white-stripes-film/ (june'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003813866 THE WHO : Band may release new album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2006's "Endless Wire" More info at (oct'11 - tour 2012?) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/the-who-s-daltrey-on-2012-tour-nothing-s-1005382982.story (july'11 - Townsend says 'Quadrophenia' tour in 2012) http://www.nme.com/news/the-who/58277 (june'11 - Daltry spearks) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-daltrey-addresses-tension-within-the-who-20110627 (june'11 - neg) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pete-townshend-announces-quadrophenia-box-set-20110602 (may'11 - Townsend autobiog in 2012) http://www.nme.com/news/the-who/56741 (oct'10 - tour 2011?) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/213606 (oct'10 - pos) http://www.nme.com/news/the-who/53256 (july'10 - 2011 Quadrophenia tour?) http://www.billboard.com/events/the-who-eyeing-spring-2011-quadrophenia-1004102280.story#/events/the-who-eyeing-spring-2011-quadrophenia-1004102280.story (feb'10) http://www.therockradio.com/2010/02/pete-townshend-writing-taking-care-of.html (feb'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-who/49850 (dec'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/12/who-release-new-greatest-hits-cd.html (sep'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/09/who-might-revisit-quadrophenia-and.html (aug'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/08/pete-townshend-announces-floss-musical.html (aug'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/08/pete-twonshend-still-unsure-if-new.html (sep'08) http://www.gigwise.com/news/46039/the-whos-pete-townshend-writing-new-material (sep'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003849490 (july'08) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/10/whats-next-for-the-who-weve-done-enough-already-says-daltrey/ THE ZUTONS : Band may release a new/4th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to June 2008's brilliant "You Can Do Anything". More info at (may'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-zutons/44576 (jan'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-zutons/42061 (sep'08) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2008/concept-album-in-offing-for-zutons THEM CROOKED VULTURES : Band may release new/2nd album in 2011. Follow up to November 2009's classic "Them Crooked Vultures". More info at (nov'10) http://www.nme.com/news/them-crooked-vultures/53803 (mar'10) http://www.nme.com/news/them-crooked-vultures/50329 (mar'10) http://www.nme.com/news/them-crooked-vultures/50248 (feb'10) http://www.nme.com/news/them-crooked-vultures/49566 (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/paul-mccartney/49287 (dec'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/12/dave-grohl-sees-seven-albums-ahead-for.html (nov'09) http://www.nme.com/news/them-crooked-vultures/48484 THIN LIZZY : (july'11 - UK tour Jan-Feb 2012) http://www.nme.com/news/thin-lizzy/58083 (june'11 - north america tour Oct-Nov) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18130 (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/thin-lizzy-considering-return-to-the-studio-1005092982.story#/news/thin-lizzy-considering-return-to-the-studio-1005092982.story (mar'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/03/unreleased-1977-thin-lizzy-gig-on-cd.html (feb'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/thin-lizzy-raids-vaults-for-dangerous-live-1003944764.story TRAVIS : (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/travis/49072 U2 : May release new/13th album around AUTUMN 2012. Follow up to February 2009's "No Line On The Horizon". More info at (oct'11 - book to be released about 360 tour) http://www.nme.com/news/u2/59833 (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/u2/57201 (june'11 - Edge/Clayton Q & A's) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-the-edge-and-adam-clayton-talk-u2s-future-20110610 (mar'11) http://studiospy.tumblr.com/post/3876131878/u2s-songs-of-ascent-to-be-released-this-summer (feb'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/u2-talk-new-lp-flaming-lips-youtube-epic-more (oct'10) http://www.nme.com/news/u2/53513 (oct'10) http://www.nme.com/news/u2/53482 (oct'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/u2-prep-new-album-early-2011 (aug'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/u2-working-on-club-album (aug'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6787748.html (aug'10 - new songs) http://www.nme.com/news/u2/52394 (apr'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6418514.html (jan'10) http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/01/21/u2-edge-new-album/ (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/u2/49387 VAMPIRE WEEKEND : (dec'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1654120/20101213/vampire_weekend.jhtml VILLAGERS : Band plan to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2010's "Becoming A Jackal". More info at (sep'11 - free mp3 'Cecelia & Her Selfhood') http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/download-villagers-cecelia-her-selfhood (july'11 - hear 'Memoir (Live)') http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/7537621708/video-villagers-memoir-live-on-ceol-ar-an (june'11 - hear interview) http://www.hotpress.com/Villagers/news/Villagers-join-Belsonic-lineup--debut-new-track/8008828.html?new_layout=1 (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/villagers/56793 WEEZER : Band plan to release new/10th album sometime in 2011. Will be their 5th in 4 years. Follow up to September 2010's "Hurley". More info at (july'11 - current plans) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/weezer-talks-cruise-new-record-schooling-1005295872.story (july'11 - Weezer Cruise in Jan 2012!) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/weezer-announce-caribbean-cruise-20110712 (june'11 - hear cover of The Cars for Cars II film) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/check-out-weezer-covers-the-cars-you-might-think/ (may'11 - world tour May-Aug) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/weezer-flaming-lips-yeasayer-team-up-for-east-coast-shows/ (oct'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/weezer-takes-hurley-criticism-to-heart-digs-1004123319.story#/news/weezer-takes-hurley-criticism-to-heart-digs-1004123319.story (sep'10) http://www.avclub.com/articles/rivers-cuomo,45071/?loc=interstitialskip (sep'10) http://www.nme.com/news/weezer/52975 WILLY MASON : He may release new/3rd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2007's classic "If The Ocean Gets Rough". More info at (aug'11 - hear song with Isobel Campbell) http://www.nme.com/news/isobel-campbell/58471 (apr'11 - enter studio) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4407399226/willy-mason-preps-lp3-streams-demo (aug'10) http://www.nme.com/news/willy-mason/52370 (july'10 - hear 2 song) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/757082680/listen-willy-mason-if-its-the-end-dont-stop WOLFMOTHER : Band plan to release a new/3rd album around SPRING 2012. Follow up to 2009's "Cosmic Egg". More info at (mar'11 - uk gigs May+June) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/03/wolfmother_announce_uk_dates.html YEAH YEAH YEAHS : (oct'11 - vid trailer for O's opera) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/video-trailer-for-karen-os-pyscho-opera-stop-the-virgens/ (aug'11 - more info on O's opera) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/karen-o-to-premiere-psycho-opera-in-brooklyn-20110825 (aug'11 - Nick Zinner's symphony) http://www.spin.com/articles/inside-nick-zinners-epic-41-strings-symphony (july'11 - Karen O's opera) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43218-karen-o-to-premiere-psycho-opera/MALE SOLO ARTISTS
------------------------- Damon Albarn : (july'11 - hear 'Hallo' from Congo recordings) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/07/damon-albarn-previews-drc-music-project-with-hallo/ (july'11 - recording a album in Congo with team) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43269-more-details-on-damon-albarns-congo-lp/ (july'11 - perform in Dr Dee opera) http://www.nme.com/news/gorillaz/57676 (july'11 - musical to start in July) http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/57128 (june'11 - hear new song from musical) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/check-out-damon-albarn-the-reigning-queen/ (june'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42958-damon-albarn-plans-even-more-new-projects (june'11 - hear song from Dr Dee opera) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/check-out-damon-albarn-debuts-new-song-from-dr-dee-opera/http://www.pitchfork.com/news/41908-damon-albarn-writing-starring-in-new-musical/ (jan'11 - soundtrack) http://www.nme.com/news/damon-albarn/54460 (dec'10 - soundtrack in 2011) http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/22/damon-albarn-to-score-short-film-the-boy-in-the-oak/ (nov'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-damon-albarn-forms-new-band-flea Jeff Ament : He plans to release a new/2nd solo album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2008's "Tone". He is a currently a member of Pearl Jam as well as Green River and Mother Love Bone. More info at (sep'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/joseph-arthur-plots-album-pearl-jam-side-1005368532.story Adam Ant : He plans to release new studio album sometime in 2011. Currently titled "Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar in Marrying The Gunner's Daughter". Follow up to 1995's "Wonderful". More info at (sep'11 - Irish gig Nov) http://www.hotpress.com/Adam-Ant/news/Adam-Ant-for-Vicar-St/8337696.html?new_layout=1 (apr'11 - doc to be made on tour) http://www.nme.com/news/klaxons/55939 (mar'11 - tour UK May-June) http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/55814 (jan'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/adam-ant-backs-save-100-club-campaign (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/adam-and-the-ants/50894 (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/adam-and-the-ants/50749 Andre 3000 : Outkast member may release a new/debut solo album sometime in 2011. Outkast may also release new album in 2011. More info at (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/billboard-bits-taylor-swift-reschedules-1005266902.story (dec'09) http://www.billboard.com/news/big-boi-finishes-album-predicts-busy-2010-1004051899.story#/news/big-boi-finishes-album-predicts-busy-2010-1004051899.story (mar'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/big-boi-at-sxsw-solo-albums-new-outkast-1003953663.story (nov'08) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147386-three-albums-coming-from-outkast-camp-in-2009 (nov'08) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599142/20081111/outkast.jhtml (sep'08) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/145717-andre-3000s-solo-concept-album-due-soon (feb'08) http://www.gigwise.com/news/41177/andre-3000-ready-to-bang-out-debut-solo-lp Lou Barlow : Dinosaur Jr./Sebadoh member may release a new/3rd solo album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 2009's "Goodnight Unknown". More info at (mar'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-barlow-planning-new-sebadoh-dinosaur-jr-music-20110324 Tom Baxter : He plans to release new/3rd album, titled "Golden" sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Skybound" which included the song 'Better'. More info at (feb'11 - free mp3 'Golden') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/2/21/daily-track-tom-baxter-golden.html (sep'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/6972708.html Hodgy Beats : (mar'11 - hear 'Diear Diary') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/check-out-hodgy-beats-mystery/?doing_wp_cron Jeff Beck + Rod Stewart : (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/rod-stewart/56801 (feb'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/2/25/rod-stewart-jeff-beck-reuniting-for-new-studio-album-tour.html Brendan Benson : He may release new/5th solo album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2009's "My Old, Familiar Friend". He has released an expanded version of "Lapalco" on his site. More info at (june'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/brendan-benson-reissues-lapalco/ (aug'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-raconteurs/52433 Andrew Bird : He plans to release a new/6th solo album around SPRING 2011. Follow up to 2009's "Noble Beast". In 2011, new songs featured on the soundtrack to a film called "Norman". More info at (sep'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/andrew-bird-fever-year-documentary-to-premiere-at-new-york-film-festival/ (aug'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/9091864790/andrew-bird-scores-norman-preps-new-album-for-2012 (aug'11 - documentary made about him) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43493-andrew-bird-documentary-on-the-way/ (may'11 - north america tour June,Aug,Oct) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42414-andrew-bird-announces-north-american-tour/ Frank Black and the Catholics : He plans to release a box set featuring all the bands albums sometime in 2011/2012. The albums are 1998's "Frank Black and the Catholics", 1999's "Pistolero", 2001's "Dog in the Sand", 2002's "Black Letter Days", 2002's "Devil's Workshop" and 2003's "Show Me Your Tears" and also bonus material. More info at (june'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/frank-black-to-release-collaborative-album-complete-catholics-box-set/ James Blake : (sep'11 - hear new song 'Fear To Fear') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/check-out-james-blake-fear-to-fear/ (sep'11 - hear his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix) http://www.state.ie/33835-news/watch-james-blake-perform-once-we-all-agree-live-in-la (aug'11 - interview) http://www.spinner.com/2011/08/02/james-blake-mercury-prize/ Big Boi : He plans to release a new/2nd album around LATE 2011. Currently titled "Daddy Fat Sax". Follow up to July 2010's "Sir Lucious Left Foot". Outkast may also release album in 2012. More info at (july'11 - interview) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/big-boi-andre-3000-cameo-very-much-possible-on-next-album-20110722 (july'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43193-big-boi-at-work-on-new-album/ (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/billboard-bits-taylor-swift-reschedules-1005266902.story (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/billboard-bits-the-strokes-starting-angles-1005094272.story#/news/billboard-bits-the-strokes-starting-angles-1005094272.story (feb'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/big-boi-plays-madden-bowl-says-he-s-five-1005022342.story#/news/big-boi-plays-madden-bowl-says-he-s-five-1005022342.story Jon Bon Jovi : He may release new/3rd solo album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 1997's "Destination Anywhere". More info at (oct'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/bon-jovi-mulls-solo-album-after-circle-tour-1004124546.story#/news/bon-jovi-mulls-solo-album-after-circle-tour-1004124546.story David Bowie : Follow up to 2003's "Reality". More info at (oct'11 - Uncut launch Bowie iPad app) http://www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/59788 (mar'11 - leaked 2001 album) http://www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/55642 (nov'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/232191 (june'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/110857 (mar'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/david-bowie-s-new-makeover-rock-n-roll-recluse-1004072550.story#/news/david-bowie-s-new-makeover-rock-n-roll-recluse-1004072550.story (jan'09) http://www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/42247 Tyondai Braxton : (mar'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/tyondai-braxton-readies-full-piece-orchestra-show-in-new-york-city/ (aug'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/39672-tyondai-braxton-leaves-battles/ Ian Brown : (july'11) http://www.nme.com/news/ian-brown/57881 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy : aka Will Olhdam (sep'11 - hear Merle Haggard cover) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/9684649615/bonnie-prince-billy-covers-merle-haggard (july'11 - hear 'Mother Nature Kneels') http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/7485498394/bonnie-prince-billy-soundtracks-arkansas-earthquake (may'11 - vid 'There Is No God') http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/5768803107/video-bonnie-prince-billy-there-is-no-god (jan'11) http://pitchfork.com/news/41322-david-byrne-and-will-oldham-team-for-soundtrack-to-sean-penn-film-ithis-must-be-the-placei/ Jon Brion : He plans to release soundtrack to film, titled "The Future" in 2011. Film directed by Miranda July. More info at (dec'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/41003-jon-brion-working-on-score-for-miranda-july-film/ (dec'10) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/2303488305/jon-brion-scores-new-miranda-july-film-the-future Tim Burgess : The Charlatans frontman plans to release new/2nd solo album sometime in 2011 Follow up to 2003's "I Believe". Guests may include Kevin Shields, Ladyhawke. More info at (oct'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-charlatans/53495 (oct'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/tim-burgess-plans-solo-album (sep'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-charlatans/52978 (nov'09) http://www.hotpress.com/news/5978013.html Andy Burrows : He plans to release a new/debut solo album sometime in 2012. He is currently the frontman of I Am Arrows and drummer of We Are Scientists and previously drummed in Razorlight. More info at (sep'11 - vid 'If I Had A Heart') http://www.nme.com/news/andy-burrows/59445 David Byrne : (jan'11) http://pitchfork.com/news/41322-david-byrne-and-will-oldham-team-for-soundtrack-to-sean-penn-film-ithis-must-be-the-placei/ (mar'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/38208-david-byrne-and-st-vincent-are-working-together-on-new-project/ Jimmy Cliff : He plans to release a new album sometime in 2012. He is recording with Rancid's Tim Armstrong who is also producing the album. The Engine Room are the backing band. More info at (dec'11 - hear Rancid cover) http://soundcloud.com/rfp86/jimmy-cliff-ruby-soho-rancid (sep'11 - interview) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/reggae-king-jimmy-cliff-takes-back-his-crown-20110906 (aug'11 - hear cover of The Clash) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/08/jimmy-cliff-rancids-tim-armstrong-collaborate-cover-the-clash/ Jarvis Cocker : (oct'11 - new role) http://www.nme.com/news/jarvis-cocker/59770 (may'10 - National Trust album!) http://www.nme.com/news/jarvis-cocker/51036 Phil Collins : (sep'10) http://www.billboard.com/features/phil-collins-talks-motown-covers-album-genesis-1004114435.story#/features/phil-collins-talks-motown-covers-album-genesis-1004114435.story Gaz Coombes : Supergrass frontman plans to release new/debut solo album in 2011. More info at (jan'11) http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a300133/gaz-coombes-solo-lp-is-full-of-energy.html (dec'10) http://www.nme.com/news/supergrass/54365 Elvis Costello : Return of his 'Revolver tour'. More info at (feb'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/02/08/elvis-costello-to-embark-on-the-revolver-tour-this-may/ Graham Coxon : He plans to release a new/8th solo album around AUTUMN 2011. Follow up to 2009's "The Spinning Top". More info at (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/graham-coxon/57564 (apr'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/graham-coxon-to-preview-new-material-at-camden-crawl-show David Crosby : He plans to release a new solo album sometime in 2011/2012. More info at (feb'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/graham-nash-and-david-crosby-plot-joint-tour-20110215 D'Angelo : He may release album of new/3rd album sometime in 2011/2012. Mark Ronson may produce. Follow up to 2000's "Voodoo". More info at (feb'12 - on tour) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/02/dangelo-back-neo-soul-tour (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/11-anticipated-album-updates-madonna-dmx-1005289572.story (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/d-angelo-back-at-work-on-long-awaited-new-1005277882.story (aug'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/196363 (aug'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/mark-ronson-working-on-new-d-angelo-album-1004111733.story#/news/mark-ronson-working-on-new-d-angelo-album-1004111733.story (aug'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1646700/20100827/ronson_mark.jhtml Daley : He plans to release a new/debut album sometime in 2012. In 2010, he appeared on Gorillaz's 'Doncamatic' single. More info at (aug'11 - free mixtape) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/listen-daley-debuts-those-who-wait-mixtape Roger Daltrey : (feb'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/02/24/roger-daltrey-wants-to-sing-the-blues-with-jimmy-page/ (aug'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/08/roger-daltrey-not-shutting-door-on-solo.html Ray Davies : (aug'11 - N America tour Oct-Nov) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/08/ray-davies-announces-first-leg-of-u-s-tour-dates/ (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/ray-davies/57332 Jonathan Davis : Korn frontman may release debut/new solo sometime in 2011. Korn's most recent album was July 2010's "Korn III: Remberer Who You Are". More info at (feb'11 - live DVD) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17508 (jan'11 - hear new songs) http://www.nme.com/news/korn/54768 (july'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/16/news-ticker-korns-jonathan-davis-amy-winehouse-three-6-mafia-the-bee-gees/ (sep'08) http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/09/jonathan_davis_raps_with_slipk.html Dan Deacon : (sep'11 - N America music + comedy tour Oct-Dec) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/dan-deacon-announces-solo-and-wham-city-comedy-tour-dates/ (may'11 - vid of him covering Nirvana) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/watch-tune-yards-dan-deacon-cover-nirvana/ (may'11 - vid 'Surprise Believer') http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42517-video-dan-deacon-surprise-believer/ El-P : aka Jaime Meline, plans to release a new album sometime in 2012. Released on Fat Possum label. Follow up to 2007's "I'll Sleep When You're Dead". More info at (aug'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43479-el-p-signs-to-fat-possum-shares-new-song/ Justin Townes Earle : (feb'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/justin-townes-earle-heading-to-london-to-1005032622.story#/news/justin-townes-earle-heading-to-london-to-1005032622.story Tim Finn : He plans to release a new solo album, titled "The View Is Worth the Climb" sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2008's "The Conversation". He played and recorded in Split Enz, Crowded House and the Finn Brothers. More info at (sep'11 - hear 2 songs / artwork) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/9/20/tim-finn-the-view-is-worth-the-climb.html Brandon Flowers : (july'11 - interview) http://www.nme.com/news/brandon-flowers/57920 John Fogerty : Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman may release new album in the future. Follow up to 2009's "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again" and 2007's "Revival". More info at (nov'09) http://www.billboard.com/news/john-fogerty-returning-to-signature-sound-1004035853.story#/news/john-fogerty-returning-to-signature-sound-1004035853.story Peter Frampton : (may'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/peter-frampton-talks-anniversary-tour-william-1005206472.story Forbidden Friends : aka Hutch Harris(Thermals frontman) may release new/debut solo album in 2011. More info at (feb'11 - free mp3) http://pitchfork.com/news/41501-hear-thermals-frontmans-new-solo-project/ (jan'11) http://pitchfork.com/news/41215-thermals-frontman-launches-side-project/ Stephen Fretwell : He plans to release new album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2007's "Man On The Roof". His song 'Run' is theme tune to tv series 'Gavin & Stacey'. More info at (apr'09) http://www.nme.com/news/stephen-fretwell/44164 Matthew Friedberger : Fiery Furnaces member plans to release 8 solo albums during 2011. Released on vinyl. Follow up to 2006's "Winter Women and Holy Ghost Language School". First is titled "Napoleonette" and due in January 2011. Second is titled "Meet Me In Miramas" and due on 15 March 2011. More info at (dec'10 - free mp3) http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/21/thrill-jockey-offers-subscription-for-matt-friedbergers-solos-series/ (nov'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/40700-fiery-furnaces-matthew-friedberger-plans-eight-album-solo-subscription-series/ (nov'10) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/1546330806/fiery-furnaces-members-plot-10-new-albums (nov'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-fiery-furnaces--2/53823 Peter Gabriel : (oct'11 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/q-a-peter-gabriel-talks-covers-and-future-1005416992.story Wolf Gang : (july'11 - 2nd album in 2011?) http://www.nme.com/news/wolf-gang/58339 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly : aka Sam Duckworth plans to release a new/4th album sometime in 2012. According to fan mailing list email, album was finished as of January 2012. Follow up to 2010's "Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly". In 2011, Duckworth released an album under his own name, titled "The Mannequin". More info at (oct'11 - hear XFM mixtape) http://www.xfm.co.uk/artists/mixes/musicreponse-podcast-get-cape-wear-cape-fly-guest-mix Jimi Goodwin : Doves frontman plans to release a new/debut album sometime in 2012/2013. Band on hiatus following 2009's classic "Kingdom of Rust". More info at (sep'11 - interview) http://www.nme.com/news/doves/59215 Mark Greany : JJ72 frontman (dec'10) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7376297.html Jonny Greenwood : He plans to release a new/4th soundtrack, titled "We Need To Talk About Kevin" around SEPTEMBER 2011. He previously done March 2011's "Norwegian Wood", 2007's "There Will Be Blood" and 2003's "Bodysong". More info at (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/55292 (feb'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/3293042947/jonny-greenwood-to-score-tilda-swinton-film http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/54983 Jonny Greenwood + Krzysztof Penderecki : (sep'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/jonny-greenwood-and-krzysztof-penderecki-team-up-for-album/ The Hardship Diaries : aka Dave McPherson(InMe frontman) plans to release a new/debut solo album, sometime in 2011. Fans can help support record through pledgemusic. More info at (jan'11) http://www.nme.com/news/inme/54516 Calvin Harris : He plans to release a new/3rd album around AUTUMN 2011. Follow up to 2009's "Ready For The Weekend". Guests include Kelis. More info at (july'11 - hear 'Feel So Close') http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/listen-calvin-harris-premieres-new-single-feel-so-close-audio#.Tjp6W2GriSp (apr'11 - hear 'Awooga') http://www.nme.com/news/calvin-harris/56267 Jimi Hendrix : (sep'09) http://www.nme.com/news/jimi-hendrix/47430 Don Henley : The Eagles member plans to release a covers album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2000's "Inside Job". Band include. Guests include. More info at (jan''11) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17414 Mark Hoppus : Blink 182/+44 member may release new/debut solo album in the future. More info at (jan'09) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1602612/20090113/hoppus_mark.jhtml How To Dress Well : He plans to release new/2nd album sometime in 2012 Follow up to October 2010's "Love Remains". More info at (june'11 - new song 'Us In The Sense of Forever') http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42891-how-to-dress-well-us-in-the-sense-of-forever/ (june'11 - releases expanded EP) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42854-how-to-dress-well-releases-new-ep/ (june'11 - hear 2 new songs) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42822-listen-how-to-dress-well-previews-new-songs/ Jose Gonzalez : He plans to release a new/3rd solo album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2007's "In Our Nature". In 2011, as part of a band called Junip, they released an album, titled "In Every Direction". (nov'11) Matthew Good : He plans to release a new/5th solo album around SUMMER 2011. Currently titled "Lights of Endangered Species". Follow up to 2009's "Vancouver". He was frontman of The Matthew Good Band who released 4 albums from 1995-2001. More info at (feb'11 - tracklist) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17531 Richard Hawley & Duane Eddy : They are collaborating on album due for release in 2011. More info at (dec'10) http://www.nme.com/news/richard-hawley/54080 Keaton Henson : He plans to release a new/debut album, titled "Dear..." around EARLY 2012. More info at (sep'11 - hear 2 songs) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/9/15/radar-keaton-henson.html Matt Hires : He plans to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2009's "Take Us To The Start". More info at (sep'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/9/16/radar-matt-hires.html Jon Hopkins : (feb'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/02/03/jon-hopkins-announces-2011-tour-dates/ Mick Jagger : (may'11 - Super Heavy band) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mick-jagger-forms-supergroup-with-dave-stewart-joss-stone-and-damian-marley-20110520 (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/mick-jagger-working-on-solo-record-report-1005056432.story#/news/mick-jagger-working-on-solo-record-report-1005056432.story Wyclef Jean : He plans to release new studio album, currently titled "wyclefjean" sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2009's concept EP "From The Hut To The Projects To The Mansion" and 2007's "Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant". More info at http://www.billboard.com/news/wyclef-returns-to-hip-hop-with-dj-drama-1004021354.story#/news/wyclef-returns-to-hip-hop-with-dj-drama-1004021354.story http://www.nme.com/news/wyclef-jean/47812 Billy Joel : Plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his debut album, 1971's "Cold Spring Harbour" in 2011 by releasing an expanded edition of that album and more albums. The last studio album he released was 1993's "River of Dreams". More info at (nov'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17170 Damien Jurado : (sep'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/10176044826/video-damien-jurado-debuts-new-material-for-doe (july'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/7655379725/damien-jurado-so-on-nevada-new-song-live-in Myles Kennedy : Alter Bridge singer may release new solo album sometime in 2011. He is recording it while other AB bandmates are recording with Creed. Guests may include Slash. More info at (feb'10) http://www.therockradio.com/2010/02/quick-rock-news.html (nov'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=14764 (july'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=13706 Steve Kilbey : The Church frontman plan's to release box set of his solo material sometime in 2011. More info at (apr'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/the-church-launch-acoustic-tour-for-30th-1004082710.story#/news/the-church-launch-acoustic-tour-for-30th-1004082710.story Talib Kweli : He plans to release new/6th solo album, currently titled "Prisoner of Conscious" around NOVEMBER 2011. Guests include Mos Def, Currency, Kendrick Lamar, Jean Grae, Maino. Follow up to January 2011's "Gutter Rainbows" and 2007's "Eardrum". More info at (july'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43145-talib-kwelis-new-album-iprisoner-of-consciousi-to-feature-mos-def-curreny-madlib-nelly/ Jay-Z : (sep'11) http://www.nme.com/news/jay-z--3/58972 (july'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/jay-z-plots-next-lp-mastodons-cover-art-more (july'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666994/jay-z-solo-album.jhtml (dec'10) http://www.nme.com/news/jay-z--3/54400 (feb'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631952/20100216/jay_z.jhtml John Legend : (mar'11 - north america tour June-Sep) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/sade-announces-more-tour-dates-taps-jay-z-for-remix/ (feb'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/grammys-2011-15-things-you-didn-t-see-on-1005032142.story#/news/grammys-2011-15-things-you-didn-t-see-on-1005032142.story Jens Lekman : He plans to release new/3rd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2007's "Night Falls Over Kortedala". More info at (oct'11) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/video-jens-lekman-debuts-new-song-in-chicago/ (sep'11 - hear EP) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/stream-jens-lekman-an-argument-with-myself/ (july'11 - EP release in September / North America tour Sep-Oct) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/jens-lekman-returns-with-new-ep-and-tour#.Tj7ot2GriSo (june'11 - hear 'Cowboy Boots') http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/6151269541/new-jens-lekman-cowboy-boots-while-we-wait (mar'11 - live vid) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4008878378/jens-lekman-new-song (jan'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/2642863159/jens-lekman-plans-lp-ep-for-2011 (free mp3) http://pitchfork.com/news/39583-listen-new-jens-lekman-song/ Lemmy : Motorhead frontman plans to release a new/debut solo album sometime in 2012. Guests may include Dave Ghrol, Joan Jett, The Damned. More info at (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/motorhead-s-kilmister-talks-new-headcat-1005273232.story Ted Leo : (july'11 - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists North America tour Sep-Nov) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/07/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-announce-fall-tour/ (june'11 - new song) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/watch-ted-leo-performs-new-song-the-little-smug-supper-club/ (may'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42428-ted-leo-to-record-third-man-live-album/ Jeff Lynne : Electric Light Orchestra (ELO's) frontman plans to release new/2nd solo album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 1990's "Armchair Theatre". ELO's most recent album was 2001's "Zoom". More info at (aug'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=13975 Jason Lytle : Grandaddy frontman may release new/2nd solo album sometime in 2010. Follow up to 2009's "Yours Truly, the Commuter". He also released free EP of instrumental christmas themed songs during December 2009, titled "Merry X-Mas 2009". More info at http://www.nme.com/news/jason-lytle/48790 Raine Maida : Our Lady Peace's frontman plans to release new/2nd album around LATE 2010. Follow up to 2007's "The Hunter's Lullaby". More info at (aug'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=16688 (jan'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=15166 Marilyn Manson : He plans to release new/8th album, titled "Born Villain" sometime in 2011 on his own label. Follow up to 2009's "The High End of Low". More info at (sep'11 - reason for album title) http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/58994 (sep'11 - vid 'Born Villain') http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/58964 (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/57704 (may'11 - hear 26 secs of new track) http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/56835 (mar'11 - see him in D'Hask vid) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/03/marilyn_manson_stars_in_my_che.html (feb'11 - drummer leaves) http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/55162 (nov'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/marilyn-manson-goes-punk-new-album (nov'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/marilyn-manson-plots-2011-comeback-with-1004125762.story#/news/marilyn-manson-plots-2011-comeback-with-1004125762.story (nov'10) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/11/marilyn_manson_sets_up_own_lab.html (dec'09) http://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/48742 Johnny Marr : The Smiths guitarist plans to release 2 solo albums in 2011/2012. Follow up to 2003's "Boomslang". He has played and recorded with The Cribs and Modest Mouse in recent years. More info at (sep'11 - 2 gigs with The Healers in October) http://www.nme.com/news/the-smiths/59335 (may'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/johnny-marr-ex-smiths-guitarist-talks-solo-1005187482.story (may'11 - Healers album in 2012) http://www.nme.com/news/johnny-marr/56733 (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-cribs/56040 (feb'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/ex-smiths-guitarist-johnny-marr-planning-1005051172.story#/news/ex-smiths-guitarist-johnny-marr-planning-1005051172.story (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/the-cribs/50852 Mick Mars : Motley Crue guitarist may release a new solo album sometime in 2012/2013. More info at (jan'12) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/mick-mars-solo-album-latest Matisyahu : (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/matisyahu-prepping-two-new-albums-talks-1005263372.story John Mayer : He plans to release a new/5th album sometime in 2012. Currently titled "Born and Raised". Follow up to 2009's "Battle Studies". More info at. (sep'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/john-mayer-silenced-by-throat-condition-1005359172.story James McCartney : He may release new/debut solo album sometime in 2011. More info at (feb'10) http://www.nme.com/news/paul-mccartney/49561 Paul McCartney : He plans to release a covers album sometime in 2012. He may release a new album sometime in 2012/2013 which could be a "heavier rock" album. Follow up to 2007's "Memory Almost Full". More info at (oct'11 - Euro tour Nov-Dec) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/paul-mccartney-announces-tour (may'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-preps-standards-disc-reissues-20110516 (feb'11 - ballet) http://www.nme.com/news/paul-mccartney/55151 David Mead : He plans to release a new/6th album sometime in 2011. Working on album with Adam Schlesinger(Fountains of Wayne). Looking too raise funds. Follow up to 2008's "Almost and Always". More info at (nov'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17175 George Michael : (aug'11 - interview about new album) http://www.hotpress.com/George-Michael/news/George-Michael-on-his-forthcoming-gay-album/8125771.html?new_layout=1 (may'11 - uk and ire tour Oct-Dec) http://www.nme.com/news/george-michael/56600 (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/george-michael/56608 Morrissey : He plans to release a new/10th album around AUTUMN/LATE 2011. Follow up to 2009's "Years Of Refusal". More info at (sep'11 - N America tour Nov-Dec) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/morrissey-to-set-off-on-american-tour (july'11 - Q & A) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/morrissey-talks-label-drama-book-gaga-madonna-1005276592.story (june'11 - Q & A) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43002-morrissey-talks-label-troubles-glastonbury/ (june'11 - report from Glasto gig) (june'11 - report from tour) http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/57377 (june'11 - hear 3 new songs from session) http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/57331 (may'11 - uk tour June-July) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/morrissey-completes-new-album-announces-european-tour/ (may'11) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7798900.html (aug'10 - his 13 fav albums!) http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/52476 (dec'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/37409-morrissey-apologizes-for-iswordsi-disaster-disses-back-catalogue/ Bob Mould : (july'11) http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/06/bob-mould-memoir/ Jason Mraz : He plans to release new/4th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things". More info at (aug'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/jason-mraz-may-turn-tons-of-material-into-1004111447.story#/news/jason-mraz-may-turn-tons-of-material-into-1004111447.story (aug'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-jason-mraz Nas : Plans to release new/10th album, titled "Life Is Good" sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2008's "Untitled". In 2010, he released collabrative album with Damien Marley. More info at (oct'11 - hear 'It's A Tower Heist') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/check-out-nas-feat-rick-ross-its-a-tower-heist/ (oct'11 - vid 'Nasty') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/video-nas-nasty/ (sep'11 - to release memoir in future) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nas-signs-deal-to-write-memoir-20110912 (sep'11 - news on first single) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nas-preps-video-for-first-single-off-new-album-20110908 (june'11 - hear 'Nasty') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/check-out-nas-nasty/ (june'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1665118/nas-life-is-good.jhtml (may'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42571-nas-links-with-frank-ocean-scraps-ilost-tapes-2i/ (may'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/column/the-juice/nas-announces-new-solo-album-talks-state-1005187152.story (may'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1664182/nas-new-album.jhtml (jan'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1655296/nas-reveals-considered-giving-up-solo-projects.jhtml (jan'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1655194/nas-talks-lost-tapes-vol-2-label-issues.jhtml (sep'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/40086-nas-preps-ithe-lost-tapes-vol-2i/ (sep'09) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1622467/20090928/nas.jhtml (july'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/nas-next-album-all-about-peace-and-love-1003992643.story Craig Owens : He plans to release new/debut solo album sometime in 2010. He was lead singer of Chiodos from 2001-2009. More info at (jan'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630252/20100122/fall_out_boy.jhtml Jimmy Page : Led Zeppelin guitarist may release new solo album in the future. Follow up to 1998's "Walking into Clarksdale" which he recorded with Robert Plant. More info at (july'11 - new official site) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/07/jimmy_page_launches_official_s.html (jan'10) http://www.therockradio.com/2010/01/jimmy-page-ready-for-new-album.html (aug'09) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/jimmy-page-unveils-new-songs-in-loud-doc-1004002934.story (nov'06) http://www.therockradio.com/2006/11/jimmy-page-ready-to-work-on-solo-album.html Mike Patton : (july'11 - current plans) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mike-patton-on-voicing-a-video-game-faith-no-more-reunion-20110725 Stephen Pearcy : Ratt frontman plans to release a new/4th solo albums around AUTUMN 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Under My Skin". Ratt's most recent album was 2010's "Infestation". More info at (july'11) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18310 Steve Perry : Former Journey frontman plans to release new/3rd solo album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 1994's "For the Love of Strange Medicine". More info at (sep'11 - interview) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18990 (july'11 - guests on Boheme album) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18449 (jan'11) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17406 (nov'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17197 (nov'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=14822 (july'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=13863 (feb'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=12690 Plan B : He plans to release a new/3rd album sometime in 2012. Currently titled "The Ballad Of Belmarsh". Follow up to April 2010's "The Defamation Of Strickland Banks". More info at (sep'11 - interview) http://www.nme.com/news/plan-b--3/59235 (july'11 - interview) http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/05/plan-b-rap-roots-new-album/ (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/plan-b--3/55420 (feb'11) http://www.nme.com/news/plan-b--3/54898 Iggy Pop : He plans to release a new covers album sometime in 2011/2012. Will feature covers of “American and French... classic tunes? Follow up to 2009's "Preliminaires". More info at (apr'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42371-iggy-pop-stooges-ready-new-music-reissues/ (apr'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/5019283288/iggy-pop-preps-new-stooges-covers-lps Prince : (june'11 - neg) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/prince-to-hold-off-on-recording-until-piracy-1005250772.story Trevor Rabin : Former Yes guitarist plans to release a new solo album around SEPTEMBER 2011. It will be an album of instrumentals, released on Voiceprint Records. Follow up to 1989's "Can't Look Away". Since 1996's, he has done scores for films such as I Am Number Four, Get Smart, Snakes on a Plane, National Treasure, Rock Star and many more. More info at (may'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/yes-guitarist-trevor-rabin-working-on-first-1005168102.story Porcelain Raft : aka Mauro Remiddi, plans to release a new/debut album around AUTUMN 2011. Released on Secretly Canadian label. Follow up to February 2011's "Gone Blind EP". More info at (june'11 - euro gigs July) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/porcelain-raft-announces-new-european-dates#.ThDEnGGriSo (june'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42674-porcelain-raft-signs-to-secretly-canadian/ (june'11 - hear 'Amateur Feeling') http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/porcelain-raft-signs-to-secretly-canadian#.TgYkpVuriSo Dizzee Rascal : He plans to release a new/5th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2009's "Tongue N' Cheek". More info at (aug'11 - collabarations he'd like to have) http://www.nme.com/news/dizzee-rascal/58598 (july'11 - speaks about current hiatus) http://www.nme.com/news/dizzee-rascal/58027 (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/dizzee-rascal/56709 Jay Retard : Best of and reissues in 2011. He passed away on 13 January 2010. (jan'11) http://pitchfork.com/news/41184-jay-reatard-documentary-greatest-hits-more-due/ Johnathon Rice : He may release a new album sometim in 2012. Follow up to 2007's "Further North". In 2010, he released an album with Jenny Lewis, as Jenny & Johnny. More info at (apr'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4576581500/jenny-lewis-preps-rilo-kiley-b-sides-lp-plays Keith Richards : (may'11 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/keith-richards-working-on-x-pensive-winos-1005180722.story Paul Rodgers : Free/Queen/Bad Company singer may release new solo album sometime in 2010. Follow up to 2000's "Electric". More info at (june'11 - Q & A) http://www.spinner.com/2011/06/28/paul-rodgers-bad-company/ (may'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/05/paul-rodgers-to-spend-2009-writing-new.html Dexter Romweber : Flat Duo Jets frontman plans to release new album sometime in 2009. Guests may include Cat Power, Neko Case, and X frontwoman Exene Cervenka. More info at (july'08) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142250-cat-power-neko-case-set-for-next-dexter-romweber-lp Justin Sane : Anti-Flag singer plans to release new/2nd solo album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 2002's "Love And The Pursuit Of Justice". Anti-Flag's most recent album was 2008's "The Bright Lights of America" More info at (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/anti-flag/57434 (oct'08) http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/10/antiflag_singer_readies_solo_a.html Carlos Santana : He plans to release album of new songs around SPRING 2011. Currently titled "Shape Shifter". Follow up to 2010's cover album "Guitar Heaven" and 2005's "All That I Am". More info at (sep'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/carlos-santana-covers-classics-on-guitar-1004116419.story#/news/carlos-santana-covers-classics-on-guitar-1004116419.story Bob Seger : He plans to release a new album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2006's "Face the Promise". More info at (oct'11 - free iTunes EP) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18928 (sep'11 - live albums on iTunes) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-seger-releases-live-albums-on-itunes-20110913 (sep'11 - N America tour Nov-Dec) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-seger-announces-fall-tour-dates-20110909 (sep'11 - re-release of 'Live Bullet' + 'Nine Tonight' w/ bonus tracks) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18640 (july'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/more-bob-seger-shows-likely-this-fall-20110708 (may'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/events/bob-seger-mulls-fall-tour-retiring-from-1005204782.story (apr'11 - interview) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-seger-my-careers-winding-down-i-cant-do-this-much-longer-20110408 (mar'11 - north america tour Mar-May) http://www.billboard.com/events/bob-seger-readies-north-american-tour-talks-1005089632.story#/events/bob-seger-readies-north-american-tour-talks-1005089632.story (jan'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-seger-hints-a-tour-is-in-the-works-20110126 (jan'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/bob-seger-plots-new-album-march-tour-dates-1005013852.story#/news/bob-seger-plots-new-album-march-tour-dates-1005013852.story Ed Sheeran : (sep'11) http://www.nme.com/news/ed-sheeran/59412 Paul Simon : (oct'11 - to tour 'Graceland' album in 2012) http://www.billboard.com/#/events/exclusive-paul-simon-planning-graceland-1005399232.story Keaton Simons : He plans to release a new album around SPRING 2012. Follow up to 2008's "Can You Hear Me". Produced by Mikal Blue. More info at (aug'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/8/31/radar-keaton-simons.html Matt Skiba : Alkaline Trio guitarist/singer plans to release new solo album, titled "Demos" sometime in 2010. Recorded as demos. Alkaline also released album in 2010, titled "This Addiction". More info at (feb'10) http://www.altpress.com/news/8184.htm (nov'09) http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/11/alkaline_trio_man_confirms_sol.html (sep'09) http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/09/alkaline_trio_man_goes_solo.html Slash : He plans to release new/2nd solo album around SPRING 2012. Follow up to April 2010's "Slash". More info at (oct'11) http://www.nme.com/news/slash/59627 (aug'11) http://www.nme.com/news/mary-j-blige/58586 (May'11) http://www.nme.com/news/slash/56980 (may'11 - uk tour June) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/slash-announces-headline-tour (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/velvet-revolver/56187 (feb'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-slash-20110201 (dec'10) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/12/slash_signs_up_alter_bridge_fr.html (dec'10) http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/04/slash-set-to-work-with-myles-kennedy-on-next-album/ (nov'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17182 Matt Sorum : Velvet Revolver/Guns 'N Roses drummer plans to release a new album, under the name Diamond Baby sometime in 2011/2012. More info at (july'11 - vid 'The Last Rockstar') http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guns-n-roses-matt-sorums-diamond-baby-releases-star-studded-video-20110721 George Stanford : He plans to release new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Big Drop" and 2010's EP "Roll Away EP". More info at (nov'10 - hear song) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/11/18/radar-george-stanford.html Scott Stapp : Creed frontman plans to release new/2nd solo album sometime in 2011/2012. Creed reunited in 2009 and plan to release album before 2012. Follow up to 2005's "The Great Divide". More info at (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/creed-s-scott-stapp-preps-solo-album-autobiography-1005064092.story#/news/creed-s-scott-stapp-preps-solo-album-autobiography-1005064092.story (apr'10 - free mp3's) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=15791 (aug'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/07/creeds-stapp-talks-breakup-make-up-and-shaved-head/ (apr'09) http://www.nme.com/news/creed/44312 Ringo Starr : (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/56349 Adam Stephens : Two Gallants member plans to release new/solo album sometime in 2010/2011. Two Gallants most recent album was 2007's "Two Gallants". More info at (may'10) http://www.nme.com/news/two-gallants/51210 Stephen Stills : Working on a big box set (sep'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/graham-nash-working-on-massive-stephen-stills-box-set-20110913 As of October 2009, he is working on new solo album, covers album with Crosby + Nash, a Manassas box set and recordings he made with Jimi Hendrix. More info at (oct'09) http://www.billboard.com/news/stephen-stills-still-hard-at-work-1004021960.story#/news/stephen-stills-still-hard-at-work-1004021960.story Sting : (sep'11 - to write musical?) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sting-preps-new-musical-in-new-york-20110902 (apr'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/sting-giving-his-songs-the-royal-treatment-1004084591.story#/news/sting-giving-his-songs-the-royal-treatment-1004084591.story Ben Taylor : He plans to release new album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "The Legend of Kung Folk". More info at (nov'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/68404/237441 (apr'10) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/4/7/daily-track-ben-taylor-by-your-side-sade-cover.html (apr'10) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=15878 Corey Taylor : Slipknot/Stone Sour singer may release new/debut solo album sometime in 2011. More info at (aug'11 - may work with Duff McKagan) http://www.nme.com/news/slipknot/58711 (aug'09) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/sonisphere-09-corey-taylor-talks-stone-sour (jan'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/slipknot-readies-tour-taylor-plots-solo-1003929616.story (jan'09) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/slipknot-frontman-talks-solo-record James Taylor : He plans to release album of new material sometime in 2010. Follow up to 2002's "October Road". Released compilation in 2007, titled "One Man Band" and 2008's covers album, "Covers". More info at (sep'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003849070 Roger Taylor : Queen drummer plans to release new/5th solo album sometime in 2010. Currently titled "The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken)". Follow up to 1998's "Electric Fire". More info at (nov'09) http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/48421 The Tallest Man On Earth : aka Kristian Matsson, has recorded songs for movie titled "Once A Year" collabrating with Amanda Bergman(Idiot Wind) on songs. More info at (aug'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43419-the-tallest-man-on-earth-working-on-film-score/ Tinie Tempah : He plans to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2010's "Disc-Overy". More info at (aug'11 - vid interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/video-tinie-tempah-talks-usher-collaboration-1005313842.story (aug'11 - interview) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tinie-tempah-goes-into-the-studio-with-pharrell-for-second-album-20110809 (may'11 - USA release of debut album) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/tinie-tempah-toasts-u-s-album-release-plots-1005199212.story (may'11 - Pharrell) http://www.nme.com/news/tinie-tempah/56732 (may'11 - collab) http://www.nme.com/news/tinie-tempah/56734 (may'11 - mixtape) http://www.nme.com/news/tinie-tempah/56703 (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/tinie-tempah/56668 (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/tinie-tempah/56371 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs : aka Orlando Higginbottom, plans to release a new/debut album around EARLY 2012. Released on Polydor label. More info at (sep'11 - vid 'Garden') http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/watch-totally-enormous-extinct-dinosaurs-garden (sep'11 - hear remix of 'Garden') http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/listen-totally-enormous-extinct-dinosaurs-new-single (apr'11 - hear 'Trouble') http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/listen-totally-enormous-extinct-dinosaurs-trouble (apr'11 - new single) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/totally-enormous-extinct-dinosaurs-signs-to-polydor-announces-single Mark Tremonti : Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist plans to release a new/debut solo album around SPRING 2012. Currently titled "All I Was". More info at (jan'12) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/alter-bridge-guitarist-records-solo-album/ Jesse Valenzuela : Gin Blossoms frontman plans to release new/2nd album sometime in 2010/2011. Follow up to 2002's "Tunes Young People Will Enjoy". More info at (sep'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=14447 David Vandervelde : (aug'11 - hear new song 'More Than You Can Feel') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/08/check-out-david-vandervelde-more-than-you-can-feel/ Rufus Wainwright : Working on a new album with Mark Ronson in 2011. More info at (may'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rufus-wainwright-working-with-mark-ronson-on-poppy-new-album-20110520 (feb'11 - had a baby!) http://www.nme.com/news/rufus-wainwright/55068 (apr'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/rufus-wainwright-has-future-in-shakespeare-1004080678.story#/news/rufus-wainwright-has-future-in-shakespeare-1004080678.story M. Ward : He plans to release a new/7th album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 2009's "Hold Time". In 2010, he released an album with Zooey Deschanel as She & Him. More info at (may'11 - vid's of many covers) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/5841031313/watch-m-ward-covers-david-bowie-leonard-cohen-chuck (may'11 - north america tour May-July / euro tour May) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42403-m-ward-going-solo-once-again/ (may'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/5367608543/watch-m-ward-plays-solo-acoustic-set Scott Weiland : He plans to release a new/3rd solo album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2008's "Happy in Galoshes". In 2011, he released covers album, titled "A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs" along with a official autobiography. In 2010, he released a new album with Stone Temple Pilots who also plan to release album in 2012/2013. More info at (dec'11 - holiday album) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=19274 (aug'11) http://www.nme.com/news/scott-weiland/58933 (may'11 - autobiog) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weilands-near-salvation-velvet-revolver-martial-arts-and-money-20110513 (sep'10) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/09/scott_weiland_to_release_chris.html (mar'10) http://www.therockradio.com/2010/03/quick-news-scott-weiland-billy-corgan.html Brian "Head" Welch : Former Korn member plans to release new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2008's "Save Me From Myself". More info at (oct'11 - hear 'Paralyzed') http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18937 (feb'11) http://www.nme.com/news/korn/54854 (nov'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=14793 Paul Weller : He plans to release new/11th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2010's "Wake Up The Nation". More info at (apr'11 - finish rec.) http://www.nme.com/news/paul-weller/55920 (oct'10) http://www.nme.com/news/paul-weller/53491 Kanye West : He may release new/6th album around SUMMER/AUTUMN 2011. Follow up to November 2010's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy". More info at (jan'11) http://pitchfork.com/news/41320-kanye-west-says-new-album-coming-this-summer-iwatch-the-thronei-due-in-march/ (jan'11) http://www.state.ie/news/25513-kanye-west-announces-new-album Tim Wheller : Ash frontman plans to release a soundtrack for a film, titled "Ashes" sometime in 2011/2012. More info at (may'11) http://www.hotpress.com/news/7923195.html Saul Williams : He plans to release a new album around SPRING 2011. Currently titled "Volcanic Sunlight". More info at (may'11 - vid 'Dance') http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/5424346501/saul-williams-dance-official-video-the (video) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/2999612445/watch-saul-williams-explain-my-heart-its Brian Wilson : (oct'09) http://www.nme.com/news/brian-wilson/47736 Dan Wilson : Semisonic frontman plans to release a new/2nd solo album around LATE 2011. Follow up to 2007's "Free Life". More info at (mar'11 - hear 'Something I Dont Know') http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=17718 Sid Wilson : Slipknot DJ plans to release new/debut solo album sometime in 2011. More info at (aug'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/slipknot-s-sid-wilson-talks-bassist-s-death-1004112085.story#/news/slipknot-s-sid-wilson-talks-bassist-s-death-1004112085.story Bobby Womack : He may release new album sometime in 2011. Damon Albarn may produce. He appeared on 2 Gorillaz tracks on 2010 album "Plastic Beach". More info at (nov'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/damon-albarn-to-do-bobby-womack-album Xasthur : He plans to release new/8th album, titled "Portal of Sorrow" around SPRING 2010. Marissa Nadler appears on many tracks on the album. Follow up to April 2009's "All Reflections Drained". More info at http://pitchfork.com/news/37924-xasthur-and-marissa-nadler-collaborate-on-new-album/ Thom Yorke : (sep'11 - hear 'The Twist') http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/59254 (mar'11) http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/55507 Neil Young : News on "Archives Volume 2" which may feature 4 unreleased albums - Three studio albums ?"Homegrown", "Oceanside-Countryside" and "Chrome Dreams" and one live album "Odeon-Budokan Live", recorded with Crazy Horse in Japan and London in 1976. More info at (sep'11 - autobiography to be released LATE 2012) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-releasing-autobiography-next-year-20110920 (june'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/neil-young-looks-back-on-treasure-aims-for-1005229962.story (july'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/185801 (july'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/young-issuing-four-unreleased-albums Rob Zombie : (may'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/rob-zombie-plots-next-album-talks-lords-1005189032.story (june'10) http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/06/joey_jordison_to_record_new_al.htmlFEMALE SOLO ARTISTS
-------------------------- Adele : (aug'11 - influences) http://www.nme.com/news/adele/58440 (july'11) http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/04/adele-acoustic-album/ (july'11) http://www.nme.com/news/adele/57747 Viv Albertine : The Slits member plans to release a new/debut solo album sometime in 2011. Looking for fans help through pledgemusic.com. More info at (jan'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/viv-albertine-signs-up-to-pledgemusic-for-solo-album Lily Allen : Plans to take a break from music as of 2010. (july'11 - praise from Elton John) http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/19/lily-allen-britains-best-lyricist-elton-john/ (july'11 - interview) http://www.nme.com/news/lily-allen/58286 (july'11 - doing songs for musical) http://www.nme.com/news/lily-allen/57756 (feb'10) http://www.nme.com/news/lily-allen/49958 Tori Amos : She has written a musical which will debut at the National Theatre in London in 2012. More info at (oct'11 - delay in 2012) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15421345 (jan'11) http://www.nme.com/news/tori-amos/54719 Fiona Apple : She may release new/4th album around SPRING 2011 Follow up to 2005's "Extraordinary Machine". More info at (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/11-anticipated-album-updates-madonna-dmx-1005289572.story (apr'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4783156929/watch-hear-fiona-apple-cover-15-songs (oct'10) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/1404698796/fiona-apple-talks-challenging-new-songs-lp4 (oct'10) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/1321116813/watch-fiona-apple-talks-about-performing-writing (sep'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/fiona-apple-releasing-new-album-in-spring-1004115039.story#/news/fiona-apple-releasing-new-album-in-spring-1004115039.story (oct'09) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2009/10/29/daily-track-fiona-apple-why-try-and-change-me-now.html (july'09) http://www.spin.com/articles/fiona-apple-release-first-new-tracks-3-years India.Arie : (feb'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/grammys-2011-15-things-you-didn-t-see-on-1005032142.story#/news/grammys-2011-15-things-you-didn-t-see-on-1005032142.story Aska : She plans to release a new/debut album sometime in 2011. More info at (Vid 'I'm A Hunter') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/04/watch-aska-im-a-hunter-cluster-1-premiere/ Erykah Badu : (apr'11) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42169-flying-lotus-working-with-erykah-badu/ Sara Bareilles : She plans to release a new EP around AUTUMN 2011. Working with Ben Folds on album. Follow up to September 2010's "Kaleidoscope Heart". More info at (july'11 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/sara-bareilles-joins-the-sing-off-recording-1005277522.story Bat for Lashes : She plans to release new/3rd album, sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2009's "Two Suns". More info at (feb'11 - hear Depeche Mode cover) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/3432013945/hear-bat-for-lashes-cover-depeche-mode (may'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/bat-for-lashes-may-recruit-beck-for-album-1004094547.story#/news/bat-for-lashes-may-recruit-beck-for-album-1004094547.story Jessie Baylin : She plans to release new/2nd album around SPRING 2011. Currently titled "Grand St.". Follow up to 2008's "Firesight (aka You)". She is also married to Nathan Followill(Kings of Leon)! More info at (dec'10 - hear song) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/12/23/radar-jessie-baylin.html Little Boots : (oct'11 - hear mixtape) http://soundcloud.com/littleboots/little-boots-shake Butterfly Boucher : She plans to release a new/3rd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2009's "Scary Fragile". More info at (sep'11 - hear 'Not Fooling Around Tonight') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/9/15/listen-butterfly-boucher-not-fooling-around-tonight.html Jackie Bristow : (july'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/7/22/daily-video-jackie-bristow-shot-of-gold.html Colleen Brown : She plans to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 2007's "Foot In Heart". More info at (hear 'Love You Baby' from first album) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/6/2/daily-track-colleen-brown-love-you-baby.html Carrie Brownstein : She may release new/debut album sometime in 2011. She is a member of the band Sleater-Kinney. More info at (aug'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/39674-sleater-kinneys-carrie-brownstein-scores-feminist-art-documentary/ (mar'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/38280-carrie-brownstein-talks-sleater-kinney-acting-writing-and-more/ (mar'10) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/22/sleater-kinney-form-new-band Brandi Carlile : She plans to release a new/4th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2011's live album "Live at Benaroya Hall" and 2009's "Give Up the Ghost". More info at (may'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/brandi-carlile-finishes-fourth-album-before-1005176952.story (mar'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/3/22/briefs-brandi-carlile-live-at-benaroya-hall.html Neko Case : (aug'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/8845194648/video-neko-case-calling-cards-new-song Heather Christian : She plans to release new/debut album sometime in 2010,possibly 2011. More info at (mar'10) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/3/25/daily-track-heather-christian-phoenix-rising.html Michelle Branch : She plans to release new/4th album, titled "West Coast Time" around OCTOBER 2011. Follow up to 2003's "Hotel Paper". Recently, she formed a band with Jessica Harp called "The Wreckers" who released an album in 2006, titled "Stand Still, Look Pretty". More info at (aug'11 - interview / vid of making album) http://www.billboard.com/#/features/michelle-branch-the-making-of-new-album-1005329452.story (hear 'Loud Music') http://www.michellebranch.com/ (july'11 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/michelle-branch-moves-away-from-my-comfort-1005279532.story (july'11 - 1st single announced) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18292 (dec'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/billboard-bits-madonna-gifts-malawi-orphans-1004137219.story#/news/billboard-bits-madonna-gifts-malawi-orphans-1004137219.story (aug'09) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/michelle-branch-steps-out-solo-again-1004001711.story (aug'09) http://www.melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=14009 (july'09) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2009/7/1/daily-video-michelle-branch-this-way.html (june'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003817275 Cherie Currie : Future plans for The Runaways frontwoman. She released bio recently, titled "Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway". More info at (mar'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/runaways-movie-brings-cherie-currie-back-1004074993.story#/news/runaways-movie-brings-cherie-currie-back-1004074993.story Speech Debelle : She plans to release a new/2nd album around FEBRUARY 2012. Follow up to her Mercury Music Prize winning album, 2009's "Speech Therapy". More info at (nov'11) http://soundcloud.com/bigdadasound/speech-debelle-studio-backpack-rap Palmyra Delran : She plans to release new album sometime in 2011. She is guitarist in the Friggs. More info at (dec'10 - video) http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/07/watch-palmyra-delran-lies-for-you-cos-premiere/ Dido : She plans to release new/4th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Long Way Home". More info at (dec'10 - soundtrack song) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/12/4/daily-track-dido-and-a-r-rahman-if-i-rise.html (may'10 - hear new song) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/5/14/daily-track-dido-everything-to-lose.html (oct'09) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2009/10/13/shorts-dido-rare-dylan-norah-crow-on-ncis-v2-tom-waits-the-k.html Ani DiFranco : She plans to release new album sometime in 2010. Follow up to 2008's "Red Letter Year". More info at (apr'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/ani-difranco-readies-new-songs-for-tour-1003961008.story Stephanie Dosen : She plans to release new/3rd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2007's "A Lily for the Spectre". She also will release album in 2010/2011 as part of duo named Snowbird, who features Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde. More info at http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/6/19/radar-redux-snowbird.html Rose Elinor Dougall : She plans to release new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to August 2010's "Without Why". More info at (nov'10) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/rose-elinor-dougall-starts-work-on-new-album Missy Elliott : She plans to release a new/7th album, titled "Block Party" around LATE 2011. Follow up to 2005's "The Cookbook". More info at (june'11 - interview) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42966-missy-elliott-diagnosed-with-thyroid-disease/ (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/missy-elliott/57536 Estelle : She plans to release a new/3rd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Shine". Guests include Nas and Rick Ross. More info at (june'11 - vid 'Break My Heart') http://www.billboard.com/#/column/the-juice/four-play-jennifer-hudson-estelle-rick-ross-1005250162.story (apr'11 - hear 'Break My Heart') http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/listen-estelle-pleads-don-t-break-my-heart-1005141952.story#/column/the-juice/listen-estelle-pleads-don-t-break-my-heart-1005141952.story Charlotte Gainsbourg : She plans to release new album around AUTUMN 2011 Currently titled "Live and Unreleased". Follow up to 2009's "IRM". More info at (apr'11 - hear new song 'Memoir') http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42179-charlotte-gainsbourg-announces-double-album/ Fever Ray : aka Karin Dreijer Andersson(The Knife). (mar'11 - hear new soundtrack song) http://pitchfork.com/news/41797-new-fever-ray-the-wolf/ Lita Ford : She plans to release a new/8th solo album sometime in 2012. Currently titled "Living Like A Runaway". Follow up to 2009's "Wicked Wonderland". She was lead guitarist in the band The Runaways. More info at (jan'12 - interview) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/lita-ford-gets-new-label Nelly Furtado : She plans to release a new/5th album sometime in 2012. Currently titled "Lifestyle". She release best of in 2010, spanish sung album in 2009, titled "Mi Plan", the follow up to 2006's "Loose". More info at (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/events/nelly-furtado-performs-new-song-in-portugal-1005270762.story (oct'10) http://www.billboard.com/news/nelly-furtado-prepping-new-album-greatest-1004121797.story#/news/nelly-furtado-prepping-new-album-greatest-1004121797.story Valery Gore : She plans to release a new/3rd album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 2008's "Avalanche to Wondering Bear". More info at (july'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/7/27/radar-valery-gore.html Ellie Goulding : She plans to release a new/2nd album around LATE 2011/EARLY 2012. Follow up to February 2010's "Lights". More info at (may'11) http://studiospy.co.uk/post/6000388291/new-albums-ellie-goulding-calvin-harris-clap-your Ren Harvieu : She plans to release a new/debut album sometime in 2011/2012. Released on Island Records. More info at (june'11 - hear 'Through The Night') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/6/17/radar-ren-harvieu.html Imogen Heap : (apr'11 - hear 'Lifeline') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/5/2/daily-track-imogen-heap-lifeline.html (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/imogen-heap-talks-new-album-fan-created-1005097252.story#/news/imogen-heap-talks-new-album-fan-created-1005097252.story (mar'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/3/10/imogen-heap-enlists-fans-to-help-create-new-album-first-song.html Missy Higgins : She plans to release a new/3rd album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to 2007's "On A Clear Night". More info at (june'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/6/22/missy-higgins-recording-long-awaited-third-album-in-nashvill.html Lauryn Hill : She may release new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2002's "MTV Unplugged No. 2.0" and 1998's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill". More info at (july'11 - preggers) http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/58328 (june'11 - on Fallon) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/last-night-lauryn-hill-baby-no-6-do-that-thing-on-fallon/ (may'11 - on Fallon) http://www.billboard.com/#/column/the-juice/watch-lauryn-hill-performs-bob-marley-classics-1005183202.story (apr'11 - north america tour Apr-June) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/04/more-tour-dates-for-ms-lauryn-hill/ (dec'10 - 2011 tour) http://www.billboard.com/events/lauryn-hill-announces-intimate-winter-shows-1004137097.story#/events/lauryn-hill-announces-intimate-winter-shows-1004137097.story (dec'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1654049/20101210/hill_lauryn.jhtml (sep'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1646929/20100831/hill_lauryn.jhtml (aug'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1646068/20100819/hill_lauryn.jhtml (june'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/125603 (june'10) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1642649/20100629/hill_lauryn.jhtml iamamiwhoami : aka Jonna Lee (may'11 - vid ';john') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/watch-iamamiwhoami-john/ Jessie J : (mar'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/jessie-j-begins-work-on-second-album Kate Jackson : The Long Blondes singer plans to release new/debut solo album sometime in 2012. Working on album with Suede's Bernard Butler. The band split up in October 2008. More info at (oct'11 - hear 'Wonder Feeling') http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12687-wonder-feeling-the-atlantic/ (june'09) http://www.nme.com/news/kate-nash/45473 (oct'08) http://www.nme.com/news/the-long-blondes/40559 Sarah Jaffe : She plans to release a new/2nd album around SPRING 2012. Follow up to 2010's "Suburban Nature". More info at (sep'11) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/9/8/sarah-jaffe-sets-demos-covers-album-and-live-dvd-for-927-dro.html Jewel : (july'11) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jewel-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-20110712 (jan'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/jewel-confirms-she-s-pregnant-with-first-1004138489.story#/news/jewel-confirms-she-s-pregnant-with-first-1004138489.story Alicia Keys : (sep'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671482/alicia-keys-place-of-my-own-i-heart-radio-festival.jhtml Lianne La Havas : She plans to release a new/debut album around SUMMER 2012. Follow up to "Forget EP". More info at (jan'12 - Irish gig March / vid on Jools Holland) http://www.hotpress.com/Lianne-La-Havas/news/Lianne-La-Havas-for-The-Sugar-Club/8608733.html?new_layout=1 Avril Lavigne : (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/avril-lavigne/57443 Jenny Lewis : She may release a new/3rd solo album sometim in 2012. Follow up to 2008's "Acid Tongue". In 2010, she released an album with Johnathon Rice, as Jenny & Johnny. Her band Rilo Kiley last released an album in 2007. More info at (apr'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4576581500/jenny-lewis-preps-rilo-kiley-b-sides-lp-plays Aimee Mann : (july'11 - interview) http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/29/aimee-mann-white-house/ Shirley Manson : Garbage singer may release new/debut solo album sometime in 2011/2012. Garbage were on hiatus but plan to release album in 2011. More info at (june'11 - explanation for delay) http://www.spin.com/articles/lil-wayne-retiring-kings-drop-new-clip-more (mar'11 - hear collab with Serj Tankian) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/garbages-shirley-manson-records-song-for-serj-tankian-musical/ (sep'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003847276 (May'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003810175 http://www.nme.com/news/garbage/32594 http://www.nme.com/news/garbage/25085 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002158072 http://www.nme.com/news/garbage/22500 Anya Marina : She plans to release new/3rd album around SPRING 2011. Follow up to 2009's "Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II". Guests include Courtney Taylor-Taylor(Dandy Warhols). More info at (nov'10 - hear song) http://www.spin.com/articles/hot-song-anya-marina-jams-courtney-taylor Cat Martino : She plans to release a new/2nd album, titled "Yr Not Alone" around AUTUMN 2011. Follow up to 2004's "Here Now". She has recorded with Sufjan Stevens and Sharon Van Etten in recent years. More info at (hear cover of The Cure) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/08/video-cat-martino-covers-the-cures-love-song-cluster-1-premiere/ (aug'11 - interview) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/9003016491/interview-cat-martino (july'11 - hear 'Yr Not Alone' ft.Sufjan) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/8221310917/stream-cat-martino-ft-sufjan-stevens-yr-not M.I.A : (apr'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/column/the-juice/m-i-a-and-swizz-beatz-recording-music-for-1005163182.story (apr'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/m-i-a-working-with-chris-brown-the-cataracs-1005148462.story Melody Kills : aka Leslie Mendelson, plans to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2011. In 2009, she released an album in her own name, titlted "Swan Feathers". More info at (may'11 - hear 'Nowhere Slow') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/5/27/daily-track-melody-kills-nowhere-slow.html (jan'11) http://nowiveheardeverything.com/2011/01/26/freebies-melody-kills-nowhere-slow/ Ingrid Michaelson : She plans to release new/4th album around SUMMER/AUTUMN 2011. Follow up to August 2009's "Everybody". More info at (sep'10 - hear song) http://www.billboard.com/news/ingrid-michaelson-aims-for-less-ukulele-1004116373.story#/news/ingrid-michaelson-aims-for-less-ukulele-1004116373.story MNDR : (feb'11 - one of SPIN's 11 big things for 2011) http://www.spin.com/gallery/spins-11-next-big-things-2011?page=9#main Janelle Monae : (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/janelle-monae--2/57360 (feb'11) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658136/janelle-monae.jhtml Alanis Morissette : She mau release a new/8th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2008's "Flavors of Entanglement". More info at (aug'10 - pregnant) http://www.billboard.com/news/alanis-morissette-is-pregnant-1004108549.story#/news/alanis-morissette-is-pregnant-1004108549.story (dec'09) http://www.therockradio.com/2009/12/alanis-morissette-says-marijuana.html (aug'09) http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/17/alanis-morissette-plots-return-to-rock-after-weeds-stint-book/ Rae Morris : (sep'11 - hear 'Day One' + 'Oldest of New') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/9/14/radar-rae-morris.html Roisin Murphy : She plans to release new/3rd solo album sometime in 2010. Follow up to 2007's "Overpowered". More info at (nov'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/36983-roisin-murphy-returns-with-single/ Shield Your Eyes____________Volume 4 : Band plan to release a new/4th album, titled "Volume 4" on 17 OCTOBER 2011. Released on Function Records. More info at (sep'11 - UK tour Sep) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/shield-your-eyes-announce-fourth-album My Brightest Diamond : aka Shara Worden, plans to release a new/3rd album, titled "All Things Will Unwind" on 18 OCTOBER 2011. Released on Asthmatic Kitty label. Follow up to 2008's "A Thousand Shark's Teeth". More info at (sep'11 - vid 'Be Brave') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/video-my-brightest-diamond-be-brave/ (artwork / tracklist) http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43100-new-release-my-brightest-diamond-iall-things-will-unwindi/ (hear 'Reaching Through to The Other Side' / tracklist) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/07/my-brightest-diamond-announces-third-album-all-things-will-unwind/ (mar'11 - vid 'The Sea') http://pitchfork.com/news/41764-watch-new-vids-from-gil-scott-heronjamie-xx-my-brightest-diamond-architecture-in-helsinki/ [SPIN - 4 // UNCUT - 3 // MOJO - 3] Emily Neveu : She plans to release new/debut album sometime in 2010. More info at (june'10) http://forthebeat.com/blog/2010/06/new-ftb-featured-artist-emily-neveu/ http://pitchfork.com/news/37589-lefse-founders-launch-new-label/ Beth Orton : She plans to release new/5th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2006's "Comfort of Strangers". More info at (dec'10) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/beth-orton-extends-march-tour (apr'10) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2010/4/25/daily-track-beth-orton-ooh-child.html (apr'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003783620 Ambrosia Parsley : She plans to release a new/debut solo album sometime in 2011. Currently titled "Weeping Cherry". She is frontwoman of Shivaree who have been releasing albums since 1999. More info at (apr'11 - free mp3 / hear 2 songs) http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/4/1/radar-ambrosia-parsley.html Cat Power : She plans to release new/7th album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2006's "The Greatest". She released covers album in 2008, "Jukebox". More info at (mar'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/3750208901/video-chan-marshall-plays-new-cat-power-song-id (feb'11) http://pitchfork.com/news/41494-watch-cat-power-performs-new-song-live/ (dec'10 - small tour) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/cat-power-reveals-west-coast-us-shows (oct'10) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/1247960118/chan-marshall-plots-new-cat-power-album (oct'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/40292-cat-power-wants-to-play-all-instruments-on-lp/ (dec'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/37295-cat-power-working-on-new-album/ (dec'09) http://www.nme.com/news/cat-power/48761 (june'09) http://www.nme.com/news/the-pretenders/45150 Lisa Marie Presley She may release new/3rd album sometime in 2010. Richard Hawley may work on some tracks with her. Follow up to 2005's "Now What". More info at (oct'09) http://pitchfork.com/news/36947-odd-couple-of-the-day-richard-hawley-working-with-lisa-marie-presley/ Cassie Ramone : Vivian Girls guitarist/vocals plans to release new solo album in 2011. Currently titled "Zenith". Vivian Girls release new album in 2011 also. Released on In the Red label. More info at (oct'10) http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-vivian-girls (sep'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/40082-vivian-girls-sign-to-polyvinyl/ Roxy Rawson : She plans to release a new/2nd album around SEPTEMBER 2011. Currently titled "Quenching The Kill". Follow up to 2009's "Changing Things". More info at (may'11 - hear 'Fingers') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/5/3/radar-roxy-rawson.html Robyn : (feb'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/robyn-to-continue-working-in-mini-album-1005034802.story#/news/robyn-to-continue-working-in-mini-album-1005034802.story Santigold : aka Santogold plans to release new/2nd album sometime in 2011. Currently titled "American Dreaming". Follow up to 2008's "Santogold". Releassed on Downtown/Atlantic Records labels. Guests include Karen 0. More info at (july'11 - her fav things) http://www.spin.com/articles/my-favorite-things-santigold (june'11 - interview) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/santigold-promises-dynamic-powerful-second-1005244592.story (apr'11 - hear 'Go' ft.Karen 0) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4612850637/listen-santigold-ft-karen-o-go-santigold (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/santigold-signs-to-roc-nation-management-1005072902.story#/column/the-juice/santigold-signs-to-roc-nation-management-1005072902.story (jan'11) http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-30-must-hear-albums-2011?page=0%2C3 (jan'10) http://www.nme.com/news/santigold/49119 (june'09) http://www.nme.com/news/santigold/45385 La Sera : aka Katy Goodman(Vivian Girls), may release a new/2nd solo album sometime in 2012. Follow up to February 2011's "La Sera". More info at (june'11) Vivian Girls mailing List Sia : (july'11) http://www.billboard.com/#/news/billboard-bits-watch-the-throne-outrages-1005296952.story Patti Smith : (mar'11 - new book) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/patti-smith-writing-sequel-to-just-kids-20110325 Esperanza Spalding : She plans to release a new album sometime in 2011. Currently titled "Radio Music Society". Follow up to 2010's "Chamber Music Society". More info at (mar'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/esperanza-spalding-to-record-radio-music-1005051982.story#/news/esperanza-spalding-to-record-radio-music-1005051982.story Cold Specks : aka Al Spx, plans to release a new/debut album sometime in 2011/2012. Produced by Rob Ellis. More info at (july'11 - hear 'Holland') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/7/18/radar-cold-specks.html Rosie Thomas : She may release new album sometime in 2010. Follow up to 2008's "A very Rosie Christmas" and 2006's "These Friends of Mine". More info at (dec'08) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/sam-beam-producing-next-rosie-thomas-album-1003918481.story Trillium : aka Amanda Somerville, plans to release a new/debut album, titled "Alloy" around AUTUMN 2011. Released on Frontier Record label. Her most recent album was 2009's "Windows" released under her name. More info at (july'11) http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=18299 Sharon Van Etten : She plans to release a new/3rd album around SPRING 2012. Released on Jagjaguwar label. Follow up to 2010's "Epic". More info at (july'11) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/7543245950/sharon-van-etten-signs-to-jagjaguwar-earlier-this (may'11 - vid of Fine Young Cannibals cover) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/6040021755/video-sharon-van-etten-covers-fine-young (apr'11 - hear Glass Ghost cover) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4880524635/sharon-van-etten-covers-glass-ghost-eliot-krimsky (mar'11 - new song live at SXSW) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/4005000653/watch-sharon-van-etten-all-i-can-new-song Tal Wilkenfeld : She plans to release a new/debut album sometime in 2012. She has recently played in Jeff Beck's band. She has co-written songs with Jackson Browne, Steve Perry and Mike Elizondo for the album. More info at (oct'11 - interview) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tal-wilkenfeld-pens-new-songs-with-jackson-browne-steve-perry-20111013 Alex Winston : She plans to release a new/debut album around JANUARY 2012. Follow up to February 2011's mini-album "Sister Wife". She played a NME Awards show in February 2011. More info at (sep'11 - interview) http://www.nme.com/news/alex-winston/59463 (aug'11 - Irish gig November) http://www.hotpress.com/Alex-Winston/news/Alex-Winston-joins-The-Naked-And-Famous-in-Dublin/8123413.html?new_layout=1 (july'11 - hear 'Velvet Elvis') http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2011/7/21/radar-alex-winston.html (free mp3 from EP) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/listen-alex-winston-sister-wife ===============================================================================================BRITSH ARTISTS
------------------------ Albarn & Hewlett : A new opera to follow "Monkey: Journey To The West". (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/damon-albarn/50835 (apr'10) http://pitchfork.com/news/38614-damon-albarn-offers-more-info-on-gorillazalan-moore-opera/ (nov'09) http://www.nme.com/news/gorillaz/48306 Allo Darlin' : (aug'11 - hear The French cover song) http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/8615783640/allo-darlin-wu-tang-clan-the-french-cover (july'11 - hear 'Darren') http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/7933831798/stream-allo-darlin-darren-london-based Ancients : Band may release new/debut album sometime in 2011/2012. Band are vocalist Mehdi Safa(*shels), bassist David Gumbleton and guitarist Matt Holden(Rinoa) and Dan Hoang(Crydebris). More info at (jan'11 - video) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/exclusive-rock-sound-introduces-new-supergroup-ancients Architects : (nov'11 - Euro tour March 2012) http://www.centurymedia.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=10574&IdCompany=3 (july'11 - UK tour December) http://www.nme.com/news/architects/58046 Arctic Monkeys : (sep'11) http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/59551 (aug'11 - next album 2013/2014) http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/58852 Asia : Band may to release new album sometime in 2010. Follow up to 2008's "Pheonix". More info at (may'09) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/steve-howe-doing-double-duty-with-yes-asia-1003969350.story Babyshambles : Band plan to release new/3rd album sometime in 2011. Follow up to 2007's "Shotter's Nation". More info at (nov'10) http://www.nme.com/news/pete-doherty/54062 (july'10 - why Ficke left band) http://www.nme.com/news/babyshambles/52155 (june'10) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/adam-ficek-leaves-babyshambles (apr'10) http://www.nme.com/news/babyshambles/50565 (feb'10) http://www.nme.com/news/babyshambles/49812 (dec'09) http://www.nme.com/news/babyshambles/48684 (nov'09) http://www.nme.com/news/babyshambles/48250 (july'09) http://www.nme.com/news/pete-doherty/46097 (may'09) http://www.spin.com/articles/babyshambles-channel-stone-roses-new-record (sep'08) http://www.nme.com/news/babyshambles/39829 Baddies : Band plan to release a new/2nd album around SEPTEMBER 2011. Follow up to 2009's "Do The Job". More info at (july'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/baddies-announce-special-london-show#.TjdMtWGriSo (june'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/baddies-second-album-due-for-release-in-spring-2012#.TgY_7FuriSo (may'11) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/baddies-sign-up-to-pledgemusic-offer-new-single (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/baddies/56446 Band of Skulls : Band plan to release a new/2nd album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2009's "Baby Darling Doll Face Honey". More info at (nov'11 - vids of XFM session) http://www.xfm.co.uk/artists/video/an-evening-with-band-of-skulls (oct'11 - UK tour Feb-Mar 2012) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/band-of-skulls-plot-february-march-headline-tour (oct'11 - vid 'The Devil Takes Care of His Own') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/video-band-of-skulls-the-devil-takes-care-of-his-own/ (july'11 - uk gig October) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/band-of-skulls-to-play-one-off-london-headline-show#.TixW_GGriSo Basement Jaxx : (feb'11 - see vid with Orchestra) http://pitchfork.com/news/41512-watch-basement-jaxx-hook-up-with-orchestra/ (dec'10 - hear new song) http://pitchfork.com/news/40932-new-basement-jaxx-dracula/ Beady Eye : Band plan to release a new/2nd album around SUMMER 2012. Follow up to February 2011's "Different Gear, Still Speeding". More info at (aug'11 - plan to enter studio Feb 2012) http://www.nme.com/news/beady-eye/58943 (may'11) http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/56794 (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/beady-eye/56229 Big Audio Dynamite : Band have reunited for a tour in 2011. Band features Mick Jones(The Clash). More info at (jan'11 - uk tour) http://www.nme.com/news/big-audiodynamite/54684 Bloc Party : Band plan to release a new/4th album sometime in 2012. Follow up to 2008's "Intimacy". Band On hiatus from 2009-2011. More info at (sep'11 - band to split?) http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/59507 (july'11 - Kele speaks) http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/58120 (apr'11) http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/55927 (mar'11) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/bloc-party-reforming (jan'11) http://www.nme.com/news/kele--2/54691 (dec'10) http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/54387 (june'10) http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/51458 (aug'09) http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2009/bloc-party-to-take-time-out Bring Me The Horizon : (oct'11 - singer attacked on stage) http://www.nme.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon/59600 (july'11 - north america tour Sep-Oct) http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/bring-me-the-horizon-us-tour-line-up-rumoured (june'11) http://www.nme.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon/57470 Cajun Dance Party : Band plan to release new/2nd album sometime in 2010. Follow up to April 2008's "The Colourful Life". More info at (aug'08) http://www.nme.com/news/cajun-dance-party/39157 Cast : Band reformed in 2010 and plan to release new/5th album sometime in 2012. Asking for fans to help via pledgemusic.com Follow up to 2001's "Beetroot". More info at (sep'11 - completed recording sessions) http://www.nme.com/news/cast/59430 (nov'10) http://www.nme.com/news/cast/53814 (june'10) http://www.nme.com/news/cast/51610 (june'10) http://www.nme.com/news/cast/51594 Chapel Club : (sep'11 - UK tour Oct) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/chapel-club-to-play-extra-set-of-new-material-at-upcoming-shows Cornershop : (aug'11 - vid 'Non-Stop Radio') http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/08/video-cornershop-non-stop-radio-casa-del-mirto-remix-cos-premiere/ (may'11 - singles club incl new song) http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/05/cornershop-launches-singhles-club/ Culture Club : (feb'11) http://www.billboard.com/news/boy-george-talks-new-culture-club-album-1005043832.story#/news/boy-george-talks-new-culture-club-album-1005043832.story (jan'11) http://www.nme.com/news/culture-club/54755 Das Wanderlust : Band plan to release new/debut album around LATE 2010. More info at (june'10) http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/das-wanderlust-new-album-on-the-way dB Band : Band plan to release a new debut EP around SPRING 2011. Band feature Mick Quinn(Supergrass). More info at (jan'11) http://www.nme.com/news/supergrass/54576 Detroit Social Club : (feb'10 - uk tour) http://www.nme.com/news/detroit-social-club/54966 Dexys : aka Dexys Midnight Runners, plan to release a new album sometime in 2012. Follow up to DMR's 1985 album "Don't Stand Me Down". More info at (july'11) http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/12/dexys-midnight-runners-to-release-new-album-in-2012/ (july'11) http://www.nme.com/news/dexys-midnight-runners/57944 Down 'N' Outz : Band may release new/2nd album sometime in 2011/2012. Follow up to July 2010's "My ReGeneration". Band feature Joe Elliott(Def Leppard), Ronnie Garrity(Raw Glory) and Paul Guerin, Guy Griffin ,Keith Weir and Phil Martin(all 4 from The Quireboys). More info at (aug'10) http://www.rollingstone.com/music/david-fric