A smaller set of releases for week two of March. I've included info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones 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.
AroarA, In the Pines EP (Club Roll Music)
Devendra Banhart, Mala (Nonesuch)
More freaky folk music from the leader of the genre.
Biffy Clyro, Opposites (Warner Bros.)
Bon Jovi, What About Now (Island)
David Bowie, The Next Day (Columbia)
Bowie fans have been on a nonstop buzz ever since the iconic art rocker announced he'd be releasing an album of new material, finally, after 10 years with nothing new. (His last album was 2003's Reality… The actual release date was March 8, because he's motherfucking David Bowie and he can do what he wants.) This is his 24th studio album. Video for first single "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" after the jump, along with the rest of this week's new releases, with lots of audio & video included…
This article appears in Mar 7-13, 2013.