Wye Oak‘s The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs is out April 6 via Merge; the dozen-song LP will be supported live dates in April, May and July … Also on April 6, Eels will issue 12th album The Deconstruction on E Works/PIAS … April showers bring the new Okkervil River album, In The Rainbow Rain (ATO, April 27) … Tell Me How You Really Feel is the latest from Courtney Barnett, out May 18 courtesy of Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists/Milk! … Sloan‘s 12th studio album, 12, is out April 6 via Murderecords/Yep Roc … The Melvins + Steven McDonald (Redd Kross, OFF!) + Jeff Pinkus (Butthole Surfers) = Pinkus Abortion Technician (April 20, Ipecac) … Megaplex, the sixth album from We Are Scientists, is out April 27 via 100% … Frenchkiss will issue Eleanor Friedberger‘s Rebound on May 4 … Islands is the first album from Ash in four years, and it’s out May 18 via Infectious Music/BMG … On April 6. Dr. Octagon—Dan The Automator, Kool Keith and DJ QBert—is back after 22 years with Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation (Bulk) … Different Strokes for different folks: Albert Hammond Jr‘s fourth LP, Francis Trouble, is out March 9 on Red Bull … MIEN is Alex Maas (Black Angels), Tom Furse (Horrors), Rishi Dhir (Elephant Stone) and John-Mark Lapham (Earlies), and its self-titled debut is out April 6 via Rocket … Reissue redux: Fatboy Slim‘s You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby 20th Anniversary Edition (March 15, Astralwerks) and 2PAC’s Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. (vinyl only, out now, Interscope/UMe) … Stone Temple Pilots has a new singer (Jeff Gutt) and a new album (Stone Temple Pilots), which is out March 16 on Atlantic/Rhino … The Goldberg Sisters (a.k.a. actor/filmmaker/photographer/Hebrew Hammer/MAGNET guest editor Adam Goldberg) will release Mood Swing on April 13 … The same day, A Place To Bury Strangers returns with Pinned Out (Dead Oceans) … Also making the 13th of April lucky is the Damned, with Evil Spirits (Search And Destroy/Spinefarm) … Someone please stop the April 13 madness: John Prine‘s The Tree Of Forgiveness is also out that day via Oh Boy … MAGNET faves the Orange Peels return April 27 with Trespassing (Minty Fresh) … Speaking of MAGNET faves: The Green Pajamas‘ Phantom Lake: Northern Gothic 3 (Green Monkey) is out March 16 … It’s only been 14 years in the making, but A Perfect Circle release Eat The Elephant on April 20 (420, dude) via BMG … Thirty Second To Mars‘ new album, The New Album (get it—it’s the new album and it’s called The New Album), is out April 6 on Interscope … Something Higher is the latest from Leftover Salmon, out May 4 via LoS … Shonen Knife‘s Alive! In Osaka is a 21-track live DVD/CD recorded last year and out May 4 on Good Charamel … Beth Hart also has a new live DVD/CD, Live From New York: Front & Center, out April 13 courtesy of Provogue/Mascot.
