Just when you thought no other albums could come out in January, the last wave unleashes a boatload of new music. 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.
Amor de Dias, The House at Sea (Merge)
Ashanti, BraveHeart (eOne Music)
Bleeding Rainbow, Yeah Right (Kanine)
Blue Sky Riders, Finally Home (3Dream Records)
Aimee Bobruk, /ba.’brook/ (self-release)
Buke And Gase, General Dome (Brassland)
The two-piece experimental rock/punk-something musical outfit who play their own self-made instruments (Aron Sanchez wields a guitar-bass hybrid or "gase," while vocalist Arone Dyer plays a six-string made from a baritone ukulele, a "buke") re-located to upstate New York from Brooklyn to record their second full-length issued on The National's artist-run indie label, Brassland. Title track below.
Eric Burdon, Til Your River Runs Dry (ABKCO Records)
Destiny's Child, Love Songs (Sony Legacy)
A greatest hits compilation of romantic ballads by DC out a few weeks before Valentine's Day.
Colton Dixon, A Messenger (Sparrow)
Ducktails, The Flower Lane (Domino)
Musician-songwriter Matthew Mondanile — who self-produces ambient psychedelic pop music as Ducktails — brought on other collaborators for the first time ever on his fourth LP. Among them, the record's co-producer and engineer Al Carlson (Peaking Lights, Oneohtrix Point Never), guest musicians and singers like Madeline Follin (of Cults), Sam Mehran (of Outer Limits) and Jessa Farkas (of Future Shuttle), along with members of Mondanile's other band, Real Estate, and members of Big Troubles, who also serve as Mondanile's live band for performances. Listen to the title track after the jump ...
