The FYI calendar of new album releases scheduled for the first quarter, plus a mention of big name artists we expect to hear from later in the year. Keep in mind that release dates are always subject to change. Happy listening!

January

27: Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life (Anti)

27: Alejandra Ribera - The Island  (Pheromone) 

27: Andrea Ramolo - NUDA (Fontana North)

27: Al Muirhead - Northern Adventures (Chronograph)

27: Common Deer - “I” 

27: Tift Merritt - Stitch of the WORLD  (YepRoc).

27: Kreator - Gods of Violence (Nuclear Blast)

27: Train - A Girl A Bottle A Boat (Columbia)

27: Cream - Fresh Cream 3CD+Blu-ray audio

27: John Mayall - Talk About That (Forty Below)

27: Whitney Rose - South Texas Suite (Six Shooter)

27: Fancey - Love Mirage (Independent)

27: Thorcraft Cobra - The Distance (Plaza Bowl)

27: Chris Gostling & the Tempo - Breathe, Blood & Tempo (Independent)

27: JJ Shiplett - Something to Believe In (Warner)

27: Dead Man Winter - Furnace (Gndwire Records) 

27: Joshua Radin - The Fall (Cadence)

TBA: Iggy Azalea - Digital Distortion (Virgin EMI)

TBA: Fergie - Double Duchess (Interscope)

February

3: Louise Burns - Young Mopes (Light Organ)

3: Rose Cousins - Natural Conclusion (Outside Music): 

3: Big Wreck - Grace Street (ole/Warner )

3: Matt Minglewood - Fly Like Desperados (Norton)

3: Le Trouble - Making Matters Worse (Indica)

3: Homeshake - Fresh Air (Sinderlyn)

3: Courage My Love - Synesthesia (Warner)

3: Her Harbour- Go Gently Into The Night (E-Tron)

3: Kobo Town - Where the Galleon Sank  (Independent)

3: Sampha - Process (Young Turks)

3: Reba McEntire - Sing It Now, Songs of Love & Hope (Big Machine)

3: LeAnn Rimes - Remnants (RCA)

3: Jim Lauderdale - London Southern (Proper Records)

3: Judas Priest - Turbo 30 (Sony)

3: Wyclef Jean - J'Ouvert (Bad Boy)

3: The Bats - The Deep Set (Flying Nun)

3: Gurf Morlix - The Soul & The Heal  (Rootball Records)

3: Derringer - Complete Blue Sky Albums '76-'78 (Cherry Red)

10: Mother Mother - No Culture (Universal)

10: Leonard Cohen - Memories audiobook & radio recordings (Sony)

10: Alison Krauss - Windy City (Capitol)

10. David Bowie - Sound & Vision 40th anniversary pic disc (Warner)

10: The Shins - Heartworks (Aural Apothecary/Columbia)

10: Brett Young - Brett Young (Republic Nashville)

10: Darin & Brooke Aldridge - Faster and Farther (Mountain Home Music)

10: Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, 9-CD set (Universal)

10: Leonard Bernstein - The Composer 25-CD set (Deutsche Grammophon)

10: Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins (Yep Roc)

10: Mark Porkchop Holder -- Let It Slide (Alive Naturalsound Records)

10: The Sadies - Northern Passages (Dine Alone)

10: Teen Daze - Themes for Dying Earth (Flora)

10: Port Cities - Port Cities (Warner) 

10, Begonia - Lady In Mind 

10: The Treble-  Modernaires  (Cadence Music).

14: Desiree Dawson - Wild Heart (Independent)

17: Bill & Joel Plaskett - Solidarity (Pheromone)

17: The Courtneys - The Courtneys II (Flying Nun)

17: Ryan Adams - Prisoner (Pax Am/Blue Note)

17: Son Volt - Notes Of Blue  (Thirty Tigers) 

17: Pegi Young & The Survivors - Raw Baltimore Thrush Records)

17: Chip Taylor - A Song I Can Live With (Train Wreck)

17: Robert Randolph and his Family Band - Got Soul ( Sony Music Masterworks)

17: The Matinee - Dancing on Your Grave (Light Organ)

17: Mozart’s Sister - Field of Love (Arbutus)

17: Sam Patch - Yeah You, And I (Dep Records)

17: Tim Darcy -Saturday Night (Jagjaguwar)

17: Age of Electric - Make a Pest a Pet vinyl reissue (We Are Busy Bodies)

17: Parallels - Metropolis (Marigold)

17: The Wild! - Wild at Heart (eOne)

17: The Discarded - The Discarded (Independent)

17: Arcade Fire – The Reflektor Tapes and Live At Earls Court (Eagle Rock) – digital video release

18: Steve Kirby's Oceanic Jazz Orchestra - All Over The Map (Independent)

24: The Luyas - Human Voicing (Paper Bag)

24: Leif Vollebekk - Twin Solitude (Secret City)

24: BEYRIES - Landing (Independent) 

24: Little Big Town - The Breaker (Capitol)

24: Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (ATO)

24: Adam Torres - I Came To Sing The Song  (Fat Possum)

24: Wesley Stace - Wesley Stace’s John Wesley Harding (Yep Roc) 

24: Thundercat -- Drunk (Brainfeeder)

24: Harry Belafonte - When Colors Come Together... The Legacy of Harry Belafonte (Legacy Recordings) 

24: Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now (Sub Pop)

24: Peter Peter -  Noir Eden (Audiogram)

24: Pick a Piper -  Distance (Abandon Building)

24: The Franklin Electric -  Blue Ceilings (Indica)

24: Timid, the Brave -Firesale (Other Songs Music Co.) 

TBA: Kae Sun - Canary EP (Last Press)

March

3. Ed Sheeran - ÷ (pronounced “divide”) (Asylum/Atlantic)

3: Jenn Grant - Paradise (Outside)

3: Danko Jones - Wild Cat (AFM/eOne)

3: Nelly Furtado -- The Ride (Sony)

3: B.A. Johnston  - Gremlins 3

3: Guy Clark - The King of the Texas Troubadours (Dualtone)

3: The Real McKenzies - Two Devils Will Talk (Stomp)

3: Lydia Ainsworth - Darling of the Afterglow (Arbutus)

3: The Muffs - Happy Birthday To Me reissue (Omnivore)

3: Grandaddy – Last Place (30th Century)

3: The Knitts - Retreat (Knitting Factory)

3: Francois & The Atlas Mountains - Solide Mirage

3: Nadia Reid - Preservation  (Basin Rock) 

3: Heath Green and the Makeshifters - S/T (Alive Naturalsound)

3: Colin Hay - Fierce Mercy  (Compass Records) 

10: Jacques Greene  Feel Infinite (Arts & Crafts) 

10: Strongman - No Time Like Now (Sonic Unyon/Sony)

10. The Shins -- Heartworms (Sony)

10: Soundgarden -- Ultramega OK (Sub Pop) reissue

10: Porter Ray - Watercolor (Sub Pop)

10: Ha Ha Tonka - Heart-Shaped Mountain (Bloodshot)

10: Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator (ATO Records)

10: Cameron Avery -- Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams (Anti)

10: Amelia Curran - Watershed (Six Shooter)

17: Madchild -- The Darkest Hour (Battle Axe Records)

24: Devon Sproule - The Gold String  (Tin Angel) 

24: Jesus & Mary Chain -- Damage & Joy (Warner)

24: Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things  (Partisan Records)

24: Spiral Stairs - Doris and the Daggers  (Nine Mile) 

24: Coco Montoya - Hard Truth (Alligator)

31: Said The Whale - As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide (Hidden Pony)

31: The Doors - The Doors, 50th Anniversary 3-CD+LP (Warner)

31: Prozzak - Forever 1999

31: Julia Holter - In The Same Room  Domino/Outside) 

31: The Mavericks - Brand New Day (Mono Mundo)

31: Jake Xerxes Fussell - What In The Natural World (Paradise of Bachelors)

Tba  Blood and Glass - Punk Shadows (Simone Records)

 

April

7: Del Bel - III (Missed Connection Records)

7: The Wooden Sky - Swimming in Strange Waters (Nevado Music)

7: Alex Cuba - Lo Unico Constante

7: Timber Timbre –Sincerely, Future Pollution (Arts & Crafts)

7: Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (Sub Pop)

7: Cory Branan - Adios (Bloodshot)

21: Ray Davies -- Americana (Legacy Recordings)

21: Overcoats -- Young (Arts & Crafts)

21: Angaleena Presley - Wrangled

28: Mew - Visuals (Play It Again Sam)

 

TBA

Drake 

Arcade Fire

Avril Lavigne

Bruce Cockburn

Broken Social Scene

Mac DeMarco

Shania Twain

Walk Off The Earth

Coldplay

U2 -- Songs of Experience

Bruce Springsteen

Fleetwood Mac

Deep Purple

Katy Perry

Marilyn Manson

The Gorillaz

Spoon

St. Vincent

Nine Inch Nails