On March 24, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s new LP, Freedom Tower – No Wave Dance Party 2015, will be available from Mom + Pop. The band will kick off a supporting U.S. tour on April 8 … Beat The Champ is the new album from the Mountain Goats, due out from Merge on April 7 … Toro Y Moi has announced the April 6 release of What For? via Carpark … Last June, EELS played the Royal Albert Hall during its 53-show world tour, which was filmed and recorded. On April 14, Royal Albert Hall, a DVD/two-CD package, will be released by E Works/PIAS … Roll Call will issue the new Geographer album, Ghost Modern, on March 24 … A four-disc boxed set featuring John Coltrane’s 1961 tour of Europe, So Many Things: The European Tour 1961, is due out March 10 … Jekyll Island, the new record from Surf City, is set for a March 24 release via Fire … On March 9, Woodsist will release the new Simon Joyner album, Grass, Branch & Bone … 50 years after the Sonics’ debut, the band has released a new studio album, This Is The Sonics, available now on its Revox label … Looper has announced the April 14 release of a five-disc career-spanning boxed set, These Things (which will include brand-new album Offgrid:Offline), on Mute … In 2012, Paul McCartney was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year, and special guests including Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Coldplay and more paid tribute to the former Beatle by performing classic songs from his career. A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney will be available on DVD and Blu-ray from Shout! Factory on March 24 … Verve will issue Mark Knopfler’s new record, Tracker, on March 17 … Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music Of Billie Holiday features Jose James paying tribute to the legendary singer in honor of her 100th birthday. It’s set for a March 31 release via Blue Note … April 28 marks the release of the first new Mew album in six years, “+-“, via PIAS. The band will tour internationally this spring, including a date at SXSW … A deluxe version of Laibach’s 2014 album Spectre, which will feature bonus tracks and a remix album, will be released by Mute on March 31.
—Emily Costantino
