Week three of new releases in January is a giant one with more than 50 albums listed here alone! I've put together info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus one or two you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to check out releases that dropped over the past few months.
Poppy Ackroyd, Escapement (Denovali Records)
Gary Allan, Set You Free (MCA Nashville)
Adam Ant, Adam Ant Is The BlueBlack Hussar In Marrying The Gunner's Daughter (self-release)
Aeon Zen, Enigma (Nightmare)
Alasdair Roberts & Friends, A Wonder Working Stone (1-2-3-4-GO!)
Arbouretum, Coming Out Of The Fog (Thrill Jockey)
Bad Religion, True North (Epitaph)
According to Revolver magazine, Bad Religion's 16th album "represents the band’s fastest, angriest, and most visceral collection of songs in over a decade." Listen to the title track below.
Big Harp, Chain Letters (Saddle Creek)
Birdy Nam Nam, Defiant Order (Owsla)
Brokeback, Brokeback and the Black Rock (Thrill Jockey)
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Wild Child (Carved Records)
Camper Van Beethoven, La Costa Perdida (Savoy)
This year, indie rock vets Camper Van Beethoven celebrate their 30th anniversary and issues a 10th LP. Sounds pretty rad from what I've heard so far – rather more psychedelic than I expected. Check out second single "Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out" below.
Clubfeet, Heirs & Graces (Plant Music / Illusive)
Diamond Youth, Orange (Top Shelf)
Fall City Fall, Victus (Victory)
FaltyDL, Hardcourage (Ninja Tune)
Fidlar, Fidlar (Mom + Pop Music)
This raging garage-punk rock band has been buzzing hard. Listen to the full album stream at Pitchfork.com, but in the meantime, check out the video for rah-rah first single "Cheap Beer" after the jump, along with the rest of this week's new releases…
This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2013.