The Shins make their triumphant return in March with fourth album Port Of Morrow, which will be released jointly via James Mercer’s Aural Apothecary label and Columbia Records … Today, the previously unavailable Radiohead tracks “The Daily Mail” and “Staircase” are released. The songs were recorded as part of The King Of Limbs—From the Basement session and were performed during the band’s appearances on The Colbert Report and Saturday Night Live, respectively. The full From The Basement session will be released commercially January 31, and a world tour will follow … Love At The Bottom Of The Sea, the 10th full-length from the Magnetic Fields, is set for a March 6 release via Merge Records. The band will support the album this spring with a tour that includes stops at All Tomorrow’s Parties and SXSW … Columbia Records is issuing the Ting Tings’ new album, Sounds From Nowheresville, in March … Aside from recently getting married, Sinéad O’Connor is gearing up for the February 21 release of ninth studio album How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? through One Little Indian/MRI … The founding members of the Beach Boys are reuniting in 2012 for their 50th anniversary. The celebration will include a new album with Capitol, commemorative catalog releases and a 50-date international tour starting this spring … Concord Recordings has taken early-’60s Frank Sinatra recordings and remastered them for the reissue of The Concert Sinatra on January 17.
—Emily Costantino
