Most Messed Up is the new album from the Old 97’s, which is being called “a rock opera, a way-off Broadway musical about a musician’s life, loves and lubrication.” Marking the band’s 20th year, it will be released April 29 via ATO … Nonesuch will issue Conor Oberst’s new record, Upside Down Mountain, on May 20. He’ll kick off the first leg of his supporting world tour in North Carolina on May 8 … The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger (a.k.a Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl) will release Midnight Sun on April 29 via Chimera … On March 4, a live DVD/CD containing material from Moby’s performances at the Fonda Theatre will be released by Mute. Almost Home: Live From The Fonda, LA was taken from three shows supporting Innocents and features album collaborators Mark Lanegan, Skylar Grey, Damien Jurado and Cold Specks … The new self-titled album from Natalie Merchant, due out from Nonesuch on May 6, marks her first release of entirely original songs in 13 years … Rufus Wainwright: Live From The Artists Den, featuring Rufus Wainwright’s private 2012 concert at a Greenwich Village Church, will be available on CD, digital album and Blu-ray on March 4 via Artists Den/UMe … Mirah’s new LP, Changing Light, is due out via her own imprint, Absolute Magnitude, on May 13 … Smalltown Supersound has announced the summer release of the new collaborative album between Todd Rundgren and Hans-Peter Lindstrom and Emil Nikolaisen of Serena-Maneesh … On April 19, Lefse will release Space Project, an album of songs created from space recordings made by Voyager probes featuring Youth Lagoon, Spiritualized, Beach House, the Antlers and more … The fifth record from Nels Cline Singers, Macroscope, will be available from Mack Avenue on April 29 … The reissue of Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road will be out via UMe on March 25 in several formats, including CD, limited-edition vinyl, a deluxe edition and a boxed set … The debut album from Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, Enter The Slasher House, is set for an April 8 release via Domino … Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl will release his first solo album in more than 30 years, Hendra, on April 29 via Unmade Road … The Classic, the new album from Joan As Police Woman, is due out from Play It Again Sam on March 10 … Wilco’s Glenn Kotche has announced the March 25 release of his new solo album, Adventureland, via Cantaloupe Music.
—Emily Costantino
