Ray Davies was shot in the leg while chasing a mugger in New Orleans. Beatles roadie Mal Evans was shot dead by police during a standoff in L.A. Sonny Bono died in a skiiing accident in Lake Tahoe. Bruce Springsteen released Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Prince played his first big gig. And Sam Phillips, Marilyn Manson and Blondie’s Chris Stein were born. Clearly, a lot of important things have happend on Jan. 5 over the years. Here are the important things happening next week — the 175-plus albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes on the way. Ready, set, rock:
Aimer | Scope
Addie Alaimo | A for Album
Olly Alexander | When We Kiss
Alicks | In Environment
Aly & AJ | What It Feels Like
Angel??? | Janus, The Two Faced Girl
Angelic Milk | Turning Into You
Anyma | Hypnotized (ft. Ellie Goulding)
@Png | Doppelgänger
Joan Armatrading | How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean Vinyl
Asian Glow | 11100011
Tom Aspaul | Bang Bang
Bad Bunny | Debí Tirar Más Fotos
The James Baker Beat with Dom Mariani | Friday Night Friend
Banshee | Fables
Basalt | One Last Dance Beneath The Waves
William Basinski + Richard Chartier | Aurora Terminalis
Beautiful World | Beautiful World
Bergegas Mati | Constructed With Wound
Bethel Music | We Must Respond
Big Ant Dog & WillCallerosYT | The Antowill
Tom Bioly | Chasin‘ A Dream
Bluestaeb, Melodiesinfonie & S. Fidelity | 365 P
Boynextdoor | I Love You
BSS | Teleparty
Ethel Cain | Perverts
Capt’N CY4N | The Seven Sea’s Devil
Brad Carl | Stealing The Covers
Hayes Carll | Little Rock Reissue
Chalkwife | Shinjuku
Chuckie Da Square | Scars V2
Stela Cole | God Loves You
Xhosa Cole | On A Modern Genius Vol. 1
Compass + Cavern | Shift
Yan Cook | Eyes Adjust To The Dark
Julian Cope | Friar Tuck
Crezl | Hakunamata
Damien Youth | Secret Doors Inside The Rain
Miles Davis | Birth of the Blue SACD Reissue
Eric Din | Poppin’ the Ska
Dött Ijus | Förr
Wyatt E. | Exile To Beyn Neharot Reissue
Wyatt E. | Mount Sinai / Aswan Reissue
Wyatt E. | Zamāru Ultu Qereb Ziqquratu Part 1
Early James | Medium Raw
Elle | Disco Diva
Ex Deo | Year Of The Four Emperors
Exiled Hope / Steel Forge | Realm Of The Exiled
Fleshbore | Painted Paradise
Flits | Adrenaline
Franz Ferdinand | The Human Fear
Ftlframe | Fleeting Memories
Enzo Garcia | The Face Of The Water
Garden of Stone | The Grave Mistake
Guè | Tropico del Capricorno
The Halo Effect | March Of The Unheard
Halt Or I’ll Shoot! | And I’ll Look Back And Remember
Hanry | Disruption
Haunted Horses | Dweller
Bridget Hayden And The Apparitions | Cold Blows the Rain
Devin Heat | Brewery Session
Heet Deth | Bad Reading
Ásgeir Helgi | Jimmy House
Humbird | Astrovan: The Love Song Vignettes
Victor Ikaro | Genesis-01: Deluxe LP
Ismatic Guru | An Incredible Amount of Overwhelming Information
Jansport J | The Weight Of The World
Jade | It Girl
Maddie Jay | I Can Change Your Mind
Jimbly Joosifer | You Was My Everything, Why Did You Break a Player Heart?
Joton & Lidvall | Retroalimentación
Paa Jude | Seaman Jolly EP
Kartky | Muzyka Końca Świata
Dion Kerr | Eko Vizion Meusik
Ellis King | Better Luck EP
King Mala | Gød
Fynn Kliemann | Tod
Knowingnone | Adirondacks
Pieter Kock | The End ll
Koffdrop | Funny Love: Selected Works
Krokofant | 6
Dreddy Kruger | Religion
Lady Elect | Laurel Inwood
Lambrini Girls | Who Let The Dogs Out
Sondre Lerche | Sea Of Sighs
Leumas | Actualize / Bloom Remixes
J.D. (Puma) Lewis | Shake It – Make It Loose
Lil Baby | Wham (Deluxe)
LLL | Shaping Colours
Lonesome Dead | From The Bones EP
Lost Cats | Days I Will Never Get Back
Lov3mpty* | Drumbreak (Even More Will Happen)
Lux Nova | Her Mother
Magic City Hippies | Enemies
Maia The Artíste | Waters Deep
Maroney, Finzer, Lansford | Frostmelt
M4y4h4n | Catgirl Takis Party
Adam Melchor & Mt. Joy | Room on Your Shoulder
Membrane | Deathly Silence
Metaphoric Balls | The Shitposts Are Fvcked
M.I.C. | Dr Yakub’s Laboratory
Julia Michaels | Scissors
Milkblook | Alter Pt. 1
Glenn Miller | 100 Hits
Miramar | Entre Tus Flores
Miraie | Self Disconnect
Mon Rovîa | Act 4: Atonement EP
N Nao | Nouveau Langage
NateWantsToBattle | Mugen (Demon Slayer)
Nelward | Easy Does It / Gut Stuff
Novatore | Agoraphobia
Obscure Sphinx | Emovere
One Man Kru | Overthrowing the Underground
Onew | Connection
Gladde Paling | Love & Hardcore
Pilot | The Albums
Elvis Presley | The Jasmine EP Collection
Qebab | Mixtape Qebab
RAFA | Rockstars Are F*cking Awesome
Raise A Suilen | Bad Kids All Bet
Rats on Rafts | Deep Below
Rebelion | The Final Dose
Arnaud Rebotini | Winter Sequences
R.E.C.L.U.S.E. | Relic
Remain & daWad | Get Closer EP
Busta Rhymes | Dragon Season
RockGati | Elephants
Sabians | Shiver
Paolo Sandejas | The World Is So Small
Moonchild Sanelly | Full Moon
Scroggins & Rose | Speranza
S333xy | She’s So Crazy! Love Her!
Siamese Connection | Siamese Connection
Sign Crushes Motorist | Make His Ribs Show
Jason Sinay | The Mountain
Sippix | A Dream’s Atmosphere Remastered
Sisters Of… | Marie / Michel
Skydaddy | Anchor Chains, Plane Motors & Train Whistles
Slaughtersun | Black Marrow
Soft Machine | Drop Remastered
Tom Soloveitzik, Toshimaru Nakamura, Atsuko Hatano & Naoto Yamagishi | Play
Fawn Soto | Breathcan
Starflyer 59 | Dejame Dormir
Ringo Starr | Look Up
Stick To Your Guns | Keep Planting Flowers
Brie Stoner | Turned On
Sugar’n’Dandy | The Ska’s The Limit
Sun & Rain | Waterfall
Toilet T | Everyfuckingbody
Nolan Taylor | Nolan Taylor
T3al | Bluish Green Remixes
Tesseract | War Of Being Deluxe Reissue
Stephan Thelen & Jon Durant | Rothko Spaces, Vol. 3
Tish’ | Dreams in the Moonlight
Tremonti | The End Will Show Us How
Tsuyunoshi | If&only*
Tuki | 15
Tina Turner | Rough Reissue
Ultra Lights | It’s Your Funeral b/w People On The Planet
Alex Unknown | Dreams Like Patchwork (Leave Me Rough Around The Edges)
Uulliata Digir | Uulliata Digir
Various Artists | American Heartbeat: The ’50s & ’60s
Various Artists | The Hamburg Repertoire: The Original Classic Recordings of Songs Performed By The Beatles Onstage In Hamburg
Various Artists | Legends
Various Artists | Moana 2 Soundtrack Vinyl
Various Artists | NOW Yearbook Extra 1977
Various Artists | Numero Group: Call Me Old Fashioned
Clément Vercelletto | L’Engoulevent
Adrian Vilas Boas | Cantos de Antes de Ontem
VillaBanks | Quanto Manca 2
Nate Wooley | Henry House
Woosung | 4444: Reborn
Sophie Yates | Harpsichord Music from the Reign of Louis XIV
Yung Garfield | Bomboclaat 2
Ziak | Essonne History X
Zzzahara | Spiral Your Way Out
