This March, the seventh studio album from Spiritualized, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, will be released via Fat Possum Records. It was recorded over the past two years in Wales, Los Angeles and Reykjavik … The sophomore LP from Sleigh Bells, Reign Of Terror, will be out via Mom + Pop Music on February 14, just as the band finishes up a tour of guitarist Derek Miller’s native Florida … Following this summer’s suprise release The Future Is Medieval, Kaiser Chiefs are planning to issue another new record, Start The Revolution Without Me (Fiction/Cooperative Music/Downtown), on March 6. The album features five never-before-released tracks and will be supported with a U.S. tour this spring … The Something Rain (Constellation) is the new album from Tindersticks, and it will be available February 21 … Former Beatle Ringo Starr will release his 17th studio album, Ringo 2012, on January 31 via HIP-O/UMe … Lyle Lovett got into the holiday spirit with Christmas EP Songs For The Season, which is available now. The EP precedes his new album, Release Me, set for a February 28 release. It will be his last for Curb/Universal … Giant Record: Profile Records Rap Anthology is a 31-track, two-disc package featuring genre-defining tracks from the 1981-1996 roster of Profile Records musicians including Run-DMC, Dana Dane, Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde and many more. It’s out January 31 through Profile/Legacy … On February 28, Indigo Girl Amy Ray will release her sixth solo album, Lung Of Love (Daemon) … Rounder Records has compiled classic tracks from the likes of Al Johnson, ReBirth Brass Band, the Soul Rebels and many others to create Meet Me At Mardi Gras, due out January 10 … Mitch Ryder returns with his first U.S. release in nearly 30 years, The Promise, on February 13 via his own Michigan Broadcasting Corporation label.
—Emily Costantino
