MAGNET’s top-album-of-2010-winner Beach House will release its new album via Sub Pop this spring … On May 1, Santigold’s Master Of My Make Believe will be available via Downtown/Atlantic. The first single, “Disparate Youth,” is out now, and she plans to make an appearance at SXSW … Synthetica is the name of Metric’s fifth studio album, due out June 12 via the band’s label (with joint venture partner Mom + Pop in the U.S.) … Squarepusher has announced the May 15 release of Ufabulum, with plans to perform the new LP’s material on tour this spring and summer … Band Of Horses multi-instrumentalist Ryan Monroe will issue his debut solo effort, A Painting Of A Painting On Fire, on May 22 … Brushfire is releasing a new live album from Jack Johnson on April 17. Jack Johnson And Friends: Best Of Kokua Festival is a 13-track compilation of performances from Johnson’s benefit concert for the Kokua Hawaii Foundation. The record will be support by a seven-date acoustic tour of Hawaii … The fourth album from 12 Stones, Beneath The Scars, is due out on May 22 via Executive/Fontana/Universal … Crocodiles have signed to Frenchkiss Records, which will issue the band’s third album, Endless Flowers, on June 5 … Yep Roc is releasing an expanded edition of Dave Alvin’s Eleven Eleven on April 17. It contains nearly three hours of music, including previously unreleased bonus tracks, a concert DVD and a live recording of the entire album. Alvin plans to tour this spring in the U.S. and U.K. … 17 Pine Avenue (MVD) is the latest release from New Riders Of The Purple Sage, out on March 6.
—Emily Costantino
