New Music Releases – April 2013

The list of April 2013 new music releases is overflowing with eagerly anticipated albums, which is fitting, since this markedly music-centric month also brings Record Store Day and two -- count 'em, two -- weekends of red-hot Coachella action. Perusing the April 2013 offerings, we're particularly psyched about three comeback albums: the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 'Mosquito,' the Stooges' 'Ready to Die' and the Knife's 'Shaking the Habitual.' And in the absence of a Rilo Kiley reunion, we'll take 'RKives,' the L.A. indie-pop band's forthcoming collection of B-sides and rare cuts, as a consolation prize.

The April 2013 new release calendar also boasts fresh jams from some killer Brits -- electro minimalist James Blake and anthemic post-punkers British Sea Power, most notably -- veteran punk and hardcore bands (Alkaline Trio, Killswitch Engage) and even Snoop Lion, rapper Snoop Dogg's reggae alter ego.

Clearly, it's a good month to be a music fan. Scroll down to see the full list of April 2013 new releases and start planning your purchases.

April 2
Alkaline Trio, 'My Shame Is True'
Olafur Arnalds, 'For Now I Am Winter'
Bleached, 'Ride Your Heart'
Besnard Lakes ,'Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO'
Black Angels, 'Indigo Meadow'
Charles Bradley, 'Victim Of Love'
Bring Me the Horizon, 'Sempiternal'
Caveman, 'Caveman'
Cold War Kids, 'Dear Miss Lonelyhearts'
Dutch Uncles, 'Out Of Touch In the Wild'
EmptyMansions, 'snakes/vultures/sulfate'
The Flaming Lips, 'The Terror'
Generationals Heza
The Mongoloids, 'Mongo Life'
Rilo Kiley, 'Rkives'
Telekinesis, 'Dormarion'
Tyler, the Creator Wolf'

April 9
James Blake, 'Overgrown'
British Sea Power, 'Machineries of Joy'
Dawes, 'Stories Don't End'
Face to Face, 'Three Chords and a Half Truth'
The Knife, 'Shaking the Habitual'
Paramore, 'Paramore'
Villagers, '{Awayland}'
White Fence, 'Cyclops Reap'

April 16
Art Brut, 'Top of the Pops'
Iron & Wine, 'Ghost on Ghost'
JJ Grey and Mofro, 'This River'
Meat Puppets, 'Rat Farm'
Metal Mother, 'Ionika'
The Thermals, 'Desperate Ground'
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, ‘Mosquito’

April 23
Junip, 'Junip'
No Joy, 'Wait to Pleasure'
Phoenix, 'Bankrupt!'
Snoop Lion, 'Reincarnated'

April 30
!!! [Chik Chik Chik], ‘THR!!!ER’
Akron/Family, ‘Sub Verses’
Bring Me the Horizon, ‘Sempiternal’
Guided by Voices, ‘English Little League’
Hanni El Khatib, 'Head in the Dirt'
Iggy & the Stooges, 'Ready to Die'
Killswitch Engage, 'Disarm the Descent'
The Melvins, 'Everybody Loves Sausages'
Mudhoney, 'Vanishing Point'
Neon Neon, ‘Praxis Makes Perfect’