The artist that everyone will probably have their eye on this week is
Lana Del Rey. Breaking big as an "internet phenomenon," she's the type of act that should be heralding a new way forward for the music industry. But after a disastrous performance on
SNL, the internet has turned against her, proving that signing an untested act to a major label deal might not be the best investment for the music biz. Luckily, we don't have to depend on Del Rey for a good week in music. Time-tested artists like
Metallica,
Leonard Cohen, and even
Ringo Starr have new records this week. And before we declare music dead forever, up-and-comers like
Asteroids Galaxy Tour and
Escort give us hope for the future.
Release Date | Artist | Album | Label |
01/30/12 | Chris Devotion and The Expectations | Amalgamation and Capital | Armellodie |
01/30/12 | MartyParty | Six Shots of Jameson | |
01/31/12 | The 2 Bears | Be Strong | DFA |
01/31/12 | The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | Out of Frequency | BMG Rights |
01/31/12 | The Big Sleep | Nature Experiments | Frenchkiss |
01/31/12 | Black Bananas | Rad Times Xpress IV | Drag City |
01/31/12 | Bleeding Through | The Great Fire | Rise |
01/31/12 | Break Science | Monolith Code EP | Pretty Lights |
01/31/12 | Candy Dulfer | Crazy | |
01/31/12 | Doe Paoro | Slow to Love | |
01/31/12 | The Doozer | Keep It Together | Woodsist |
01/31/12 | Elephant Micah | Louder Than Thou | Product of Palmyra |
01/31/12 | Escort | Escore (physical) | Escort |
01/31/12 | The Ex-Girlfriends Club | Boo Hoo Hoo | |
01/31/12 | Fionn Regan | 100 Acres of Sycamore | Heavenly/Cooperative/Downtown |
01/31/12 | Firebird | Deluxe (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Firebird | Firebird (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Golden Calves | Money Band + Century Band | Woodsist |
01/31/12 | Gregory Rogove | Piana | Knitting Factory |
01/31/12 | Hardcore Superstar | Bad Sneakers and a Pina Colada (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Hardcore Superstar | No Regrets (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Hardcore Superstar | Thank You for Letting Us Be Ourselves (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Harriet | Tell the Right Story | |
01/31/12 | Hit the Lights | Invicta | Razor and Tie |
01/31/12 | The Jealous Sound | A Gentle Reminder | Music Is Subjective |
01/31/12 | John Mulaney | New in Town (CD/DVD) | Comedy Central |
01/31/12 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die | Interscope |
01/31/12 | Laura Wild | Sold My Soul | |
01/31/12 | Lawrence Ball | Method Music | Navona |
01/31/12 | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Sony |
01/31/12 | Leonard Friend | Lynyrd Frynd EP | |
01/31/12 | The Library Is on Fire | Works on Paper | |
01/31/12 | Lightning Love | Girls Who Look Like Me EP | |
01/31/12 | Lilacs and Champagne | Lilacs and Champagne | Mexican Summer |
01/31/12 | Lost Horizon | A Flame to the Ground Beneath (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Lost Horizon | Awakening the World (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Madison Rose | Aftershock | |
01/31/12 | Megafortress | Megafortress EP | Mexican Summer/Software |
01/31/12 | Metallica | Beyond Magnetic EP | |
01/31/12 | The Minor Leagues | North College Hill | Datawaslost |
01/31/12 | My Goodness | My Goodness (vinyl) | Sarathan |
01/31/12 | My Ticket Home | To Create a Cure | Rise |
01/31/12 | Napolian | Rejoice EP | Mexican Summer/Software |
01/31/12 | Night Genes | Like the Blood | |
01/31/12 | One Model Nation | Total Werks Vol. 1 (1969-1977) | The End |
01/31/12 | pacificUV | Weekends | Mazarine |
01/31/12 | Prinzhorn Dance School | Clay Class | DFA |
01/31/12 | Ringo Starr | Ringo 2012 | Hip-O/Ume |
01/31/12 | Shigeto | Lineage | Ghostly International |
01/31/12 | Spiritual Beggars | Ad Astra (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Spiritual Beggars | Another Way to Shine (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Spiritual Beggars | Mantra III (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | Spiritual Beggars | On Fire (reissue) | The End |
01/31/12 | St. Lucia | We Got It Wrong EP | Neon Gold/Columbia |
01/31/12 | TS and the Past Haunts | Gone and Goner | No Sleep |
01/31/12 | Underworld | 1992-2012 Anthology | |
01/31/12 | Underworld | A Collection | |
01/31/12 | Various Artists | Music from the Motion Picture Chronicle | Milan |
01/31/12 | Venrez | Sell the Lie | |
01/31/12 | Virgin Forst | Easy Way Out | Partisan |
01/31/12 | Witchery | Symphony for the Devil (reissue) | The End |
02/01/12 | Kapowski | Boy Detective | |
02/03/12 | The Pharmacy | Dig Your Grave | |
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