Rhino Records will reissue 180g-weight vinyl LPs for four Depeche Mode titles that include Violator, Ultra, Construction Time Again, and A Broken Frame. All Depeche Mode LPs are scheduled for March 25.
Mute Artists will release Almost Home: Live At The Fonda, LA from Moby, with a calendar date of March 4. The set will be a 2DVD/2CD monster with the following tracklist:
DVD 1:
Everything That Rises • Saints
• Don’t Love Me • A Case For Shame • The Last Day
• A Long Time • The Lonely Night • Almost Home • Tell Me
• The Dogs • The Perfect Life • Flower • Why Does My Heart
Feel So Bad? • In My Heart • Body Rock • Go • Lift Me Up
• Slipping Away (Acoustic) • In This World (Acoustic)
• Porcelain • Southside • We Are All Made Of Stars
• Honey • Raining Again • Disco Lies • Extreme Ways
• Natural Blues • Feeling So Real
• The Perfect Life (Acoustic Reprise)
DVD 2:
• Music Videos: “The Lonely Night”, “A Case For Shame”,
& “The Perfect Life”
• “Making of” videos, Teaser Videos, Track Tutorials
CD1&CD2:
• Live audio from DVD 1
After the runaway success of the debut album from Foster The People, especially with the hit status of “Pumped Up Kicks”, we get the band’s sophomore release in the rear view mirror. The new album is called Supermodel, and is slated for March 18 on CD, DD, and LP.
Merge Records will reissue Inside Living, the 1997 set from Superchunk, in remastered form, and including a bonus download of We’d Like To Thank The Homecoming Committee – Live At Duke – 1997. The download card will be inside both the 180g vinyl LP reissue, and the CD reissue.
Kung Fu Records have two The Ataris titles reissuing on CD scheduled for March 18. The titles include Anywhere But Here (1997), and Blue Skies, Broken Hearts…Next 12 Exits (1999).
St Vincent, the breathy voice that was last heard in a collaboration with David Byrne on Love This Giant (2012), and whose last album, Strange Mercy, was issued in 2011 (excellent album, by the way), will release her next on February 25. The new album will be named, simply, St. Vincent, and is planned for CD, DD, and LP.
Suzanne Vega will release her next album, Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles, on February 18 via Amanuensis Productions. Expect CD. DD. and LP.
On February 25, Capitol Nashville will release the latest Dierks Bentley album, Riser, on February 25.
Capitol Nashville will also have Okie From Muskogee by Merle Haggard on March 25.
From the band’s Archive Series, there is expected to be a new live release. The latest is Boston Common 8/17/71, and will make a grand addition to the ABB library!
Two grand SACDs reissue coming from the masters at Audio Fidelity will be Peter, Paul & Mary (debut), and Magazine from Heart. Both will be released on February 18.
Talking about SACD, it’s great to be able to say that Chicago VI is slated for the format on February 18 via Mobile Fidelity.
Frontiers Records plan the release of Precious Metal from House of Lords on February 25. While the band no longer has Gregg Giuffria (Angel/House Of Lords) in the fold, it is still a notable release for fans of the band.
I’m very, very pleased to get a ‘best of’ featuring Loreena McKennitt, and 2CDs full of music at that. The collection, The Journey so Far- The Best Of Loreena McKennitt, is slated for March 4.
Red House Records will release a new Eliza Gilkyson album, The Nocturne Diaries, on March 18.
Hopeless Records will release the new Taking Back Sunday album, Happiness Is, on March 18 in CD, DD, and LP forms.
Mom & Pop Music will release the next Tokyo Police Club album, Forcefield, on CD, DD, and LP, scheduling the set for March 25.
Geffen Records will release a vinyl LP edition of Tommy by The Who, on March 25. And who doesn’t need a new LP version (if you’re an LP fan).
And finally, (I’m excited by this one, folks). ATO Records will release the new Kaiser Chiefs album, Education, Education, Education & War. This latest work is planned for CD, DD, and LP, all on April 1.
Get excited!