Music For Installations is, well, a collection of music recorded by Brian Eno for use in his audio-visual installations from 1986 to the present and beyond. (He’s always been ahead of his time, even his own. To quote MGMT, “We’re always one step behind him/He’s Brian Eno.”) Out May 4 via Astralwerks, the collection (featuring new, rare and previously unreleased tracks) comes in three editions: a six-CD box with a 64-page book (with exhibition photographs and an Eno-penned essay); a limited-edition six-CD box with the 64-page book (complete with a Plexiglass cover) and a download card; and a nine-LP box with the 64-page book and download card … Panic! At The Disco is back on the dance floor June 22 with sixth album Pray For The Wicked (Fueled By Ramen/DCD2) … Lush, the debut LP from Snail Mail (a.k.a. recent high-school grad Lindsey Jordan), is out June 8 via Matador … Life Is Good On The Open Road is the first album from Trampled By Turtles in four years, out May 4 on Thirty Tigers … Daniel Blumberg (Yuck, Oupa, Hebronix) will release his solo debut, Minus, on May 4 via Mute … Stooges guitarist James Williamson has a new group, James Williamson & The Pink Hearts, that features former MAGNET guest editor Petra Haden (That Dog, Decemberists) and Frank Meyer (Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs) on vocals and will release Behind The Shade on June 22 via Leopard Lady … Longtime PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish is back June 15 with Bird Dog Dante (Thrill Jockey), which features guest appearances by Harvey and gothic folkster Aldous Harding … Personne d’autre (translation: Nobody Else) is the 24th album from French icon Françoise Hardy (and her first since 2012), out via Parlophone France/Warner on April 20 (quatre cent vingt, mec) … Xavier Rudd returns April 13 with Storm Boy (Nettwerk) … Rock Ridge Music will issue Ike Reilly‘s seventh LP, Crooked Love, on May 18 … No Joy and Sonic Boom have hooked up for the aptly titled No Joy / Sonic Boom EP (Joyful Noise, March 3), which features four collaborations between Jasamine White-Gluz and Mr. Boom (Spacemen 3, Spectrum, E.A.R.) … The Temptations, still featuring original member Otis Williams (dude’s been tempting the ladies for 58 years now), return May 4 with All The Time (UMe), featuring songs by the likes of Sam Smith, John Mayer, Ed Sheeran, Michael Jackson and the Weeknd … Otis Redding was working on a new record in late 1967 when he died in a plane crash, and on May 19, Rhino will issue Dock Of The Bay Sessions, a dozen-track collection of songs he was recording at the time of his passing, assembled to give fans an idea of what the album might’ve sounded like had Redding been alive to finish it … MAGNET and the NCSA Mosaic (without it, kids, you couldn’t use the internet to look up what it is) aren’t the only things turning 25 this year: Liz Phair’s celebrated Exile In Guyville debut gets the extensive-reissue treatment via Matador on May 4 with Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set, available as a three-CD collection and limited-edition seven-LP set with all the trimmings … Like Ol’ Blue Eyes used to sing, spring is here, and with it comes two new Frank Sinatra sets—one for your baby and one more from the road: Frank Sinatra: Baby Blue Eyes… May The First Voice You Hear Be Mine (Capitol/UMe, April 6) contains 20 songs curated by daughter Tina aimed at children as well as children of all ages; Frank Sinatra: Standing Room Only (Capitol/UMe, May 4) is a three-CD set featuring previously unreleased concerts from the ’60s (Vegas; 16 tracks), ’70s (Philly; 17 tracks) and ’80s (Dallas; 24 tracks) … Wire‘s first three, absolutely seminal albums—1977’s Pink Flag, 1978’s Chairs Missing and 1979’s 154—will be reissued on CD and LP on June 22 via the band’s Pink Flag label; a month prior, limited-edition CD-book editions of all three (featuring tons of unreleased and rare material) will also be available … From 1952 to 1954, jazz legend Oscar Peterson released a series of albums on which the pianist led his trio in exploring the songbooks of the likes of Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers; all 10 LPs have been remastered and compiled as Oscar Peterson Plays, a five-CD, 113-song boxed set out now on Verve/UMe … If you love you some Doug Sahm (and we know you do), New West has a Texas treat for y’all: On April 13, the label will release two new additions to its Live From Austin, TX series spotlighting the Lone Star legend: Doug Sahm: Live From Austin, TX was recorded Oct. 14, 1975, while Sir Douglas Quintet: Live From Austin, TX is from Jan. 21, 1981 … Coded Smears And More Uncommon Slurs compiles 31 rarities and other exclusive tracks from Napalm Death and is out March 30 via Century Media.
