You don’t like Mondays? Trust me, they don’t compare to the Wednesday I’ve had. But at least it seems kind of fitting that The Boomtown Rats chose today to announce they’re about to release their first album in 36 years — Citizens of Boomtown, which arrives March 13. Tell me why, you ask? Good question. And one frontman Sir Bob Geldof was happy to answer in a statement: “Because that’s what bands do. They make records. Songwriters write songs. There’s so much to respond to in this new and different febrile atmosphere that we live in. People forget we took our name from Woody Guthrie, the great musical activist. I think The Boomtown Rats have always shown that rock ‘n’ roll is a form of musical activism. The music has intent and purpose even if that is just the sound, about boy/girl, nothing particularly at all, everything in general, or pointed polemical…. whatever.” Can’t argue with that. Here’s something else you can’t dispute: The Rats aren’t the only act to announce a new album in the past day or two. Scroll down to see the rest — which includes everyone from rapper Royce 5’9″ to Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon — and visit the Upcoming Releases page to see the entire slate of imminent (and not-so-imminent) arrivals. Don’t blame me if the silicon chip inside your head gets switched to overload.
December 20
Murray Wilson & Snow | The Break Away EP
January 17
US3R | Millennial Blues
January 24
Mor Elian | Clairvoyant Frog
Royce 5’9″ | The Allegory
January 31
Randall Bramblett | The Meantime 10th Anniversary Edition
February 7
Wolff Parkinson White | Favours
February 14
Cindy Lee | What’s Tonight to Eternity
Non La | Not In Love
February 21
Shady Nasty | Bad Posture EP
Wrekmeister Harmonies | We Love to Look at the Carnage
March 6
Burning Witches | Dance With the Devil
Leya | Flood Dream
Teho Terado | Ellipses dans l’Harmonie
Worriers | You Or Someone You Know
March 13
Boomtown Rats | Citizens of Boomtown
Dozer | In The Tail of a Comet Reissue
March 20
Dozer | Madre De Dios Reissue
Dozer | Call It Conspiracy Reissue
March 27
Brain Fallon | Local Honey
MGMT | In the Afternoon / As You Move Through the World 12″ Single
May 15
Moses Sumney | Græ
