Steve Earle & The Dukes (And Duchesses) are issuing The Low Highway on April 16 via New West … The fifth studio album from the Strokes, Comedown Machine, is set for a March 26 release on RCA … Volume 3, the new record from She & Him, is out via Merge on May 7. The duo will embark on a month-long tour this summer in support … Nonesuch is issuing Iron & Wine’s fifth album, Ghost On Ghost, on April 16 … Black Flag has announced its reunion with plans for a new album and a worldwide tour, including several headlining festival dates … On April 16, the Thermals are releasing Desperate Ground via Saddle Creek … The 21st studio album from Eric Clapton, Old Sock, is due out via the Bushbranch label on March 12 … THR!!!ER is the fifth full-length from !!!, set for an April 30 release via Warp … Metropolis will release Kunst (that’s German for “art”), the new record from KMFDM, on February 26 … Jay Farrar’s Son Volt has announced the March 5 release of Honky Tonk (Rounder), with a supporting U.S. tour to follow … Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood have teamed up to create Black Pudding, which is due out via Ipecac on April 16 … April 23 marks the release date of Har Mar Superstar’s Bye Bye 17 via the Cult label … A Date With The Everly Brothers is a collection of the Chapin Sisters’ take on their favorite Everlys’ songs, set for release via Lake Bottom Records on April 23 … A deluxe seven-disc collection of songs chronicling the career of Duane Allman, Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective, will be available from Rounder on March 5 … Scissor Sisters’ performance at London’s Lovebox Festival in 2011 will be released for the first time on DVD. Live In Victoria Park–London 2011 is due out February 19 via MVD … The Korda label will issue the new album from the Ocean Blue, Ultramarine, on March 19 … Here Tonight: The White Light Demos is a collection of recordings by the late Gene Clark that would go on to become his first solo album. It’s out via Omnivore on March 26.
—Emily Costantino
