Every day is somebody’s birthday. And of course, celebrity birthdays are the most important birthdays of all. Here are some of the musicians who will be blowing out candles in the coming days:
Feb. 16 | Ice-T (66), Dave Lombardo (60), Danielle Haim (36), The Weeknd (35).
Feb. 17 | Rickey Medlocke (75), Billie Joe Armstrong (53), Ed Sheeran (34).
Feb. 18 | Yoko Ono (92), Dennis DeYoung (78), Brian James (70), Dr. Dre (60).
Feb. 19 | Smokey Robinson (85), Tony Iommi (77).
Feb. 20 | Buffy Sainte-Marie (84), Poison Ivy (72), Ian Brown (62), Rihanna (37).
Feb. 21 | Jean-Jacques Burnel (73), James Dean Bradfield (56), Charlotte Church (39).
Feb. 22 | James Blunt (51), Tom Higgenson (46).
Feb. 23 | Brad Whitford (73), Howard Jones (70), David Sylvian (67).
Need something else to celebrate? Raise a toast to the imminent arrival of more than 380 new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes. You don’t even have to sign a card:
Abdomen | Yes, I Don’t Know
Abduction | Existentialismus
Acidgvrl | YvesPurgatory
The Advent & DJ Dextro | Chanting incl. Kaiserdisco Remix
A Great Big World | Then There Were Sparks EP
Melissa Mary Ahern | Kerosene Vinyl
Aimer | Scope
Aitheer | The Serpent
Ziggy Alberts | New Love
Oren Ambarchi & Eric Thielemans | Kind Regards
Amulets | Not Around But Through
Anamē | Hopes & Fears
Michael Angelaux | Current Affair
Tony Ann | 360°
Antarctic Wastelands | Worlds: Collide
Antropoceno | Sincretismo
Anxious | Bambi
Arcando | Ultrasound
Martha Argerich | The Warner Classics Edition
Armory | Black Star
Arrc | Nu Kidz: Out The Box
Cici Arthur | Way Through
The Atmosphere | Selected Mix of Compositions
Automatic Lovers | Boston Brats Single
Chet Baker | The Complete Timeless Albums Collection
Balu Brigada | The Question
Bandler Ching | Mercurial
Banha da Cobra | Lava Love
Baths | Gut
Lucy Bedroque, Egobreak & Prettifun | ROYGBIV
Gabriela Bee | Stories
Rafiq Bhatia | Each Dream, A Melting Door
Bianca Oblivion | Net Work
Big Ant Dog & WillCallerosYT | The Iconic Duo Deluxe
Big Rush | Gluvron: Super Ação
Mischa Blanos | Titans Remixes
BlocBoy JB | The Purple M&M 2
Blockhead | It’s Only A Midlife Crisis If Your Life Is Mid
Leyla Blue | Drive Me Mad
Bod 包家巷 + Æthereal Arthropod | Parabrutality
Bong-Ra | Black Noise
Nicolas Bougaïeff | Primal Extensions
Bours? | X014
Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge | Wine On Venus Download
Brollachan | Swamped
Martin Luke Brown | Man Oh Man!
Basia Bulat | Basia’s Palace
Guy Buttery | Orchestrations
Dorothy Carlos | Ear World
Jonas Carping | Wherever Single
Daniel Carter, Ayumi Ishito | Endless Season
Casey MQ | Later That Day, The Day Before Or The Day Before That Deluxe
Cash & Skye | Just A Stranger
The Cataracs & DEV | Make Ya Body Whistle
C-Easy | Light Blue Skies Single
Cellule De Crise | Merci D’Exister
Cerrone | Disco Symphony
Chalk | Conditions III EP
Children of the Night | Children of the Night
Chiminyo | Precipice Mixtape
Cigarettes For Breakfast | Slow Motion
Cindy Lee | Diamond Jubilee Vinyl
Gene Clark and Carla Olson | So Rebellious A Lover Reissue
Clark.Lambert.Mobley | 03.12.24
Clavis | Drifting ft. Kuba
Cat Clyde | Live at Rare Bird Farm: A Benefit Album for Western North Carolina
Laura Cocks | Fathm
Dexter Colt | Guided EP
Continuum Of Xul | Voratore
Cor de Lux | Long Face People
Courtesy | Lichen
Cousines Like Shit | Pulling Leeches Single
Crazy Tails | 1000 Ways To Breathe
Cross Bringer | Healismus Aeternus
Cut Glass Kings | From A Distant Place
CybercrashersTV | Nausicaä
Dal Av | Petrichor
The Dark | The Dark EP
The Deadnotes | Rock ‘n’ Roll Saviour
Dead or Alive | Youthquake 40th Anniversary Edition
Dear Alice | Ariana
Deepneue | Alkebulan Kino
Demuja | Reality Check
Deprivationn | Fluttering Utterance Of A Thousand Pale Cadavers, Echoing Through The Chaos Of It All
Luke De-Sciscio | The Lost Chapter (2008-2012)
Despot Tomic | Dead Flowers Poetry
Dirty Honey | Mayhem and Revelry Live
Dogpatrol | Ya Playing Yaself EP
Dold | Ultraviolet
Dropbear Lodge | Vicious Twee
Drugs Of Faith | Asymmetrical
The Dynamo Hymn | The Dynamo Hymn
Dave East & Ransom | The Final Call
Alon Eder | הדלת הפתוחה
Ejeca | Jalek (The Remixes)
El Coco | Brazil / Mondo Disco / Let’s Get It Together / Cocomotion Reissue
Encephalon | Automaton All Along
Envyyou | I Guess This Is Me Now?
Enxin / Onyx | In Rupture
Alix Eveer | Patchbook Scrapbook
Exision | Uhreina Ajassa
Ex Norwegian | Crack Remastered
Ex Norwegian | Wasted Lines Remastered
Blaiz Fayah | Shatta Ting
Fear-E/Casual Treatment | Green Places & Pink Cities
Sam Fender | People Watching
Fermion | Unity With Chaos EP
Fern.shy | Who Are You Really?
Ffa Coffi Pawb | Dalec Peilon
Fishmans | History Of Fishmans
Fledgling | Multivitamins EP
Floodlights | Underneath
Four Seconds Ago | 1000 Needles
Fractured Insanity | Age Of Manipulation
Erik Friedlander | The Bagatelles Vol. 2
Friends In Real Life | Friends In Real LIfe
Max Frost | Shelby Ave
Mike Gangloff | April is Passing
Nina Garcia | Bye Bye Bird
Sebastian Gaskin | Lovechild
Gawbé | L’Endroit L’Envers
Gaytheist | The Mustache Stays
Jim Ghedi | Wasteland
Gibbs | Połączenia 2
Glixen | Quiet Pleasures EP
Gl0ssy | Transience
Spencer Gneiting | Choke Angel
God Complex | He Watches in Silence EP
Leo Golo | Silver Lining
Gràb | Kremess
Grade | Grade Grade Grade
Liam Grant | Prodigal Son
Saya Gray | Saya
Habstrakt | Zero200
DJ Hank | Heat Check
Harusaruhi | Rule The World
Haruy | Scoop
Haswell & Hecker | UPIC Diffusion Session #23
Hatsü | Recollect EP
Tim Hecker | Shards
Ralph Heidel | Anyways. Onto Better Things
Hexham Heads | Hexham Heads
Max Hightower | Nothin’ But The Truth
H.L.M. | Ruines, Béton & Industrie
Holy Tongue | Ambulance Single
Homeskin | Soul Washed Bleach
Patterson Hood | Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
Chloe Hotline | 8 Moons
House of Protection | Afterlife
Ider | Late To The World
Imagine Dragons | Reflections (From The Vault of Smoke + Mirrors)
Imagine Dragons | Smoke + Mirrors Ten
Impérieux | Rezil
Incantvm | Maleficia
Iosonouncane | Lirica Ucraina Reissue
Irkya | Mind Fog
Greta Isaac | Productive Pain
I61 | St2rytell
Jade | Fufn
Jenerator Jenkins | Whirly Pop in the Burning Abyss
Jennie | Extral
Dadá Joãozinho | 1997
JoBoxers | Just Got Lucky: The Complete Works 1983-1986
Coco Jones | Taste
Bren Joy | Sunset Black
Eleonora Kampe | Breath. Play.
Michael Kauffil | Lightwave
Kaydee | Nineties Rebound
Mat Kearney | Mat Kearney (Still Drowning In Nostalgia)
Kelora | Sleepers
Nik Kershaw | The MCA Years
Ben Kessler | Disturbing
Adamn Killa | A.D.H.D Rant Vol. 1
Killswitch Engage | The Consequence
King Mala | Fun!
King Zog | Second Dawn Reissue
Zoe Ko | Furr Single
Kuntfetish | Klubfetish Deluxe
Kuyuru | Lovescape
Kwoon | Odyssey
Q Lazzarus | Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus
Teté Leguía | Into A Greater Nothing Vinyl
David Leonard | Just Jesus
Leo/need | Suresure / Soredemo Bokura wa Utau Koto wo Yamenai
Lil Durk | Deep Thoughts
Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim & Joey Chang | Muzosynth Orchestra: Vol. 1
The Limiñanas | Faded
Oksana Linde | Travesías
Russ Lossing | Moon Inhabitants
The Lottery Winners | Koko
The Lovebombers | Cold Approach
Ted Lucas | Ted Lucas (Extended)
Erik Luebs | Glimpse of Reality
Lun8 | Butterfly
Mandrake Handshake | Earth-Sized Worlds
Manntra | Titans
Elis Mano Band | Morph
Marina | Butterfly Single
Marina | I <3 You
Kameron Marlowe | Sad Songs For The Soul
Maruja | Tir Na Nóg
Masma Dream World | Please Come To Me
Chase Matthew | Chase
Maud the Moth | The Distaff
Devin Maxwell | Selfies
DJ.Mc | I’m So Cold
Edwin McCain | Lucky
Tate McRae | So Close To What
Melanie | Return To Carnegie
Merzbow | Nine Studies of Ephemeral Resonance Vol. 5
Merzbow | Nine Studies of Ephemeral Resonance Vol. 6
Mean Mistreater | Do or Die
Bill Medley | Straight From the Heart
Mesita | III
Mild Minds | Gemini
Milkblood | Heart On The Ground Single
Milledenials | It’s Terrifying And It’s A Shame
Jonathan Thomas Miller | Environments For A Burning Planet III
Milow | Boy Made Out of Stars
Minimal Power | ///
The Mistons | Single
Mitochondrial Sun | Machine Dialectics
Mood Bored | Too Much? EP
David Michael Moore | Umburkus Returns
Ikue Mori | Of Ghosts and Goblins
Morray | Long Story Short
Billy Morrison | The Morrison Project Deluxe Edition
Emile Mosseri | Tryin To Be Born
Motorpsycho | Motorpsycho
The Murder Capital | Blindness
Nachtblut | Todschick
Nao | Jupiter
Natimo | Triangle Syndrome
NBsoda | Cosmic Tea Time
Necronomicon Ex Mortis / Bloodfeast Ritual | You’ve Got Red On You Split LP
Nina Nesbitt | Mountain Music (The Summit)
Noelle | Ojos Bien Cerrados
Nordista Freeze | On the Banks of Disappearing
Heather Nova | Breath and Air
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh | Lux Gratis
One OK Rock | Detox
Onf | My Identity
Optometry, John Tejada, March Adstrum | Lemuria
Otala | Fire! To The River
Out of Context | Live at the High Mayhem Festival 2006
Conrad Pack | Commandments
Painkiller | The Equinox
Parallel Relax | Twilight
Pancrace | Papotier
Nicki Papa | Wendepunkt
Parabola | Lose Control
Partyof2 | All 4 The Best
Patchwork Inc. | Whatever Makes You Happy / Last Forever
Peace_Talks | Sore Single
Lee “Scratch” Perry & Friends | Land of Kinks: The Jamaican Upsetter Singles – 1970
Rick Pierce Group | Brick by Brick
Pilothead | Pageflipper
Katy Pinke | Strange Behavior
Pissgrave | Malignant Worthlessness
Pleasantries | Nobody Will Notice When I’m Gone
Isabel Pless | Workhorse
Julek Ploski | Give Up Channel
The Pomps | Partial Eclipse Of The Pomps
Porridge Radio | The Machine Starts To Sing
Mike Posner | The Beginning
Pouya | Suicidal Thoughts in the Back of the Cadillac, Pt. 3
POW | Gimme Love
Pretty Lightning | Night Wobble
Primal Rights | Lavender
Primitive Art Group | Live Cuts 1981-1983
Provinz | Pazifik
PubicHairSmoker | Dynamic Duo 332
Punchcard | Soap Box Hero
Pyrokinesis | Mea Maxima Culpa
DJ Python | I Was Put On This Earth
Les Rallizes Dénudés | YaneUra Sept. ‘80
Rapt | Until The Light Takes Us
Jules Reidy | Ghost/Spirit
ReMark | HyperMark (Reimagined)
Retromorphosis | Psalmus Mortis
Markus Reuter | Stream for Consciousness, Vol. 7
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band | Honeysuckle
Roddy Ricch | The Navy Album
Richome | Beyond Here
The Rishis | The Rishis
Caroline Romano | How The Good Girls Die
Ronia & Thelema | Die Dinge Des Lebens Single
Ronshach | The Red Apple
Sophia Djebel Rose | Sécheresse
David Lee Roth | The Warner Recordings 1985-1994
Rugh | Rug
Rum Jungle | Recency Bias
Mitch Ryder | With Love
Sacrifice | Volume Six
Saint Jhn | Festival Season
Salzbauer | One Two EP
Saquam | Two Fresh Songs
Albertine Sarges | Girl Missing
Sarkom | Exceed In2 Chaos
Anja Schneider | If You Wanna Scream
Schwizzle D.A.W.G. | Never Stop Mining
Scour | Gold
Colin Self | Respite ∞ Levity For The Nameless Ghost In Crisis
The 7th Guild | Triumviro
Shepherds Of Cassini | In Thrall To Heresy
The Sherlocks | Everything Must Make Sense!
Mark Sherry | Th3rty
Anna Shoemaker | Someone Should Stop Her
Silesian Quartet | Górecki: Complete Works for String Quartet
Silos | Apocalips
Silverstein | Antibloom
Jessica Simpson | Use My Heart Against Me
Sinews | Choreography EP
Sinner Rage | Powerstrike
Sin Of God | Blood Bound
Sir Woman | If It All Works Out
Luke Sital-Singh | Fool’s Spring
Smif-N-Wessun | Infinity
Jordan Smith | The People’s Hymnal
Sons of Membertou | Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn
Souled American | Rise Above it: A Souled American Anthology
Soul Syphon | Reality Is Bleak
Sound Quelle | Risk It All
Space Blanket | Sonic Balms For Soothing Souls
Speedmaster | Songs for the Depressed
Sienna Spiro | Sink Now, Swim Later EP
Spy | Seen Enough EP
Stinky | Solace
The Stylistics | Falling In Love With My Girl
Sulk Rooms | Take A Look At God’s Face: Music From The Original Soundtrack
Suzy | Come Back
Sweetbeast | Illusions
Swimming | Old
Syudou | Aizou
Jason Tait & Patrick Michalishyn | G-384 Split EP
Emmaleen Tangleweed | Songs From The Unseen, The Unsaid and The Unborn / The Sun Will Still Shine When You Die
Temple of Discord | In The Ashes
TH Da Freak | Negative Freaks
Then Comes Silence | Boxed
This Is Wreckage | Transaction/Service
Paul Thorn | Life Is Just A Vapor
Don Toliver | LV Bag
Tomek | Love & Hate
To Obey A Tyrant | Frigore Inferni
Adri Torrón | DVD
Traitors | Phobias
Desi Trill | Higher Love
Eem Triplin | Melody Of A Memory
Trjj | Music for Desert Reboot
Xavier Trudeau | ’Til The Night’s Done Single
Trupa Trupa | Mourners
Tsha | Sad Girl Remixes
Tsoh Tso | Finding Our Balance
Mito Tsukino | 310PHz
Twins Crew | Chapter IV
UnknownFxrever | Sava
Paul Van Dyk | Seven Seas
Various Artists | A New Awakening: Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971
Various Artists | The Clayton McMichen Story Reissue
Various Artists | The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Veezy The Virgo | Dominican
Vertebrae Fetish Totem | Rituals
Void Sinker | Oxygen
Voodus | Emanating Sparks
Sunny War | Armageddon In A Summer Dress
Weatherday | Tiara
Jesse Welles | Middle
Wesley & The Boys | Rock & Roll Ruined My Life
Wildes & St Francis Hotel | Kopfkino EP
Kaito Winse | Reele Bumbou
Wrekmeister Harmonies | Flowers In The Spring
Wren | Black Rain Falls
Wrong Way Up | Totally Right
Xodiac | Glowy Day
Yawning Balch | Volume 3
Yellowjackets | Fasten Up
Otomo Yoshihide | Solo Works 2: Otomo Yoshihide Plays Christian Marclay
The Young Mothers | Better If You Let It
Youth Lagoon | Rarely Do I Dream
Yuki Dreams Again | Star People
Yorchh | Solo Me Falta Un Plan
Yung Abes | Apertura.
Yungen | Every Choice Has An Invoice
Zahara | Lento Ternura
Måns Zelmerlöw | Revolution
