March will be a big month for more than just college hoops fans, with two of the year's most anticipated releases dropping on the 25th. That's the day shoppers will be treated to the Raconteurs' (pictured) sophomore album Consolers of the Lonely. Yeah, Jack White & co. pulled a fast one, literally. They reportedly didn't finish the album until the first week of March. Click "Read the rest of this entry" below for the complete statement posted on the band's MySpace page.
Billboard.com also reported today that Gnarls Barkley has moved the release of their second album, The Odd Couple up two weeks to March 18 (via iTunes) . The disc was originally due April 8. The old-fashioned CD version will hits stores a week later, same day the Raconteurs' disc drops.
This article appears in Mar 12-18, 2008.