New Music Releases – February 2013

It's time for our list of February 2013 new music releases, and that means two things. One, the weather is about to get really cold, at least for those of us on the East Coast. Two, labels are rolling out some of the year's hottest new albums. Perusing the schedule of upcoming releases, we can honestly say we're ready to trudge on into February, confident that the blizzard of new music will offset any literal blizzards that befall us.

The month starts strong, as one of the February 2013 new music releases we're most psyched about, Jim James' 'Regions of Light and Sound of God,' arrives in stores on Feb. 5. The following week, Foals give us 'Holy Fire,' and the week after that, Feb. 19, we've got new albums from Iceage, Beach Fossils and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Finally, as the month draws to a close, we get the eagerly anticipated debuts from Johnny Marr and Atoms for Peace, the supergroup featuring Thom Yorke and Flea.

A full list of February 2013 new music releases is below. Start saving those pennies, indie fans. It's gonna take a lot of cold, hard cash to make it through this music-rich month.

February 5
Amateur Best, 'No Thrills'
Björk, 'Bastards'
The Bronx, 'The Bronx (IV)'
Cy Dune, 'Recognize'
Eels, 'Wonderful, Glorious'
Frightened Rabbit, 'Pedestrian Verse'
Guards, 'In Guards We Trust'
Jim James, 'Regions of Light and Sound of God'
Matt Pond, 'The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hand'
Night Beds, 'Country Sleep'
Spinto Band, 'Cool Cocoon'
Chris Stamey, 'Lovesick Blues'
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, 'We the Common'
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, 'II'

February 12
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, 'The Jazz Age'
Darwin Deez, 'Songs for Imaginary People'
Fear of Men, 'Early Fragments'
Foals, 'Holy Fire'
The Little Ones, 'The Dawn Sang Along'
Pissed Jeans, 'Honeys'
'Veronica Falls,' Waiting for Something to Happen'

February 19
Beach Fossils, 'Clash the Truth'
bentcousin, 'Everybody's Got One'
Dan Friel, 'Total Folklore'
Eat Skull, 'III'
Iceage, 'You’re Nothing'
Inc., 'No World'
Jamie Lidell, 'Jamie Lidell' Warp]
Major Lazer, 'Free the Universe'
Mark Kozelek, 'Like Rats'
Mark Kozelek, 'Live at Phoenix Public House Melbourne'
Matmos, 'The Marriage of True Minds'
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 'Push the Sky Away'
Parenthetial Girls, 'Privilege (Abridged)'
STRFKR, 'Miracle Mile'

February 26
Atoms for Peace, 'Amok'
Autre Ne Veut, 'Anxiety'
Doldrums, 'Lesser Evil'
Girls Names, 'The New Life'
Golden Grrrls, 'Golden Grrrls'
Grave Babies, 'Crusher'
Johnny Marr, 'The Messenger'
Kavinsky, 'Outrun'
Mister Lies, 'Mowgli'
Mount Moriah, 'Miracle Temple'
Sally Shapiro, 'Somewhere Else'
Shout Out Louds, 'Optica'