Arcade Fire’s Will Butler has announced the March 10 release of his debut solo album, Policy, via Merge … Live At A Flamingo Hotel is the first live album from Dr. Dog, due out from Anti- on January 13. The band will tour the U.S. this winter in support, including eight NYC dates … Dead Oceans will issue Live At The Music Hall, a three-LP live album chronicling Phosphorescent’s four-night stand in New York last year, on February 17 … Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes will release his new EP, Dirigible Utopia, on December 9 via Circle Sound/The End … On January 13, The Story Of The Hard Luck 5 will be available on DVD and digital formats. It’s a documentary featuring the 20-year career of New Jersey band Rye Coalition and includes appearances by Dave Grohl, Steve Albini, Jon Theodore and more … The sophomore release from Diamond Rugs, Cosmetics, is due out from Sycamore/Thirty Tigers/RED on February 24 … What Happens Next, the latest album from Gang Of Four, is set for a February 24 release on Metropolis … Nonesuch will issue Punch Brothers’ new T Bone Burnett-produced record, The Phosphorescent Blues, on January 27 … The debut solo album from Kate Pierson of the B-52s, Guitars And Microphones, will be available February 17 from Lazy Meadow Music/Kobalt Label Services … Justin Townes Earle will issue his second album in three months, Absent Fathers, which is a companion to previous release Single Mothers, via Vagrant on January 13 … February 3 marks the release of Murder By Death’s Big Dark Love from Bloodshot … From the ashes of now-disbanded Ghost rises the Silence, which will release its self-titled debut via Drag City on March 24 … The Periscope Twins is a new double album from Chris Brokaw, set for a January 13 release from 12XU … Sub Pop has announced the February 24 release of EarthEE, the second album from THEESatisfaction … The Waterboys will release their 11th studio album, Modern Blues, on January 20 via Kobalt … A new best-of album from Foreigner, The Best Of Foreigner 4 & More, is due out from Sony Music/CMG on December 16 … NOFX’s Fat Mike’s new punk-rock musical concept album, Home Street Home, will be out February 10 on Fat Wreck Chords. The release precedes a fully staged theatrical production.
—Emily Costantino
