Starsailor - Love Is Here (Capitol) + Date: 01.08 A voice this unique cannot be ignored for long, especially when it comes from an incredibly young, talented, and intelligent man and is accompanied by an equally young, talented, and intelligent band. Starsailor's radical departure from their classical training at a prestigious music school sounds absolutely nothing like punk, but embraces the same simplicity and independence of punk. And yet this album is sensitive, emotional, and refreshing. — Emily Stong

Street Date: Tuesday January 8th
Bruce Cockburn - Anything, Anytime, Anywhere (Rounder)
Deepspace 5 - The Night We Called It A Day (Uprok/Tooth & Nail)
Demolition String Band - Pulling Up Atlantis (Okra-Tone)
The Detachment Kit - They Raging (Quiet Army Self-Starter Foundation)
Gordon Gano - Hitting The Ground (Instinct)
Soul Embraced - This Is My Blood (Solid State)
Starsailor - Love Is Here (Capitol)
Zap Mama - Push It To The Max (Luaka Bop)
V/A: The Amos House Collection, Vol. 2 (Wishing Tree)

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Street Date: Tuesday, January 15th

The Anniversary - Your Majesty (Vagrant)
Blood For Blood - Outlaw Anthems (Victory)
Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Astralwerks)
Concrete Blonde - Group Therapy (Manifesto)
Electric Hellfire Club - Electronomicon (Deadline/Cleopatra)
Fleshcrawl - Soulskinner (Metal Blade)
DJ Chris Gainer - Directions (Bliss)
Kill Me Tomorrow - Chrome Yellow (Silver Girl)
Mr. T Experience - ...And The Women Who Love Them (Lookout)
New Amsterdams - Para Toda Vida (Vagrant)
The Shiners - Bonnie Blue (Planetary)
Streetwalkin' Cheetahs - Guitars, Guns & Gold (Triple X)
Nobukazu Takemura - Signs (Thrill Jockey)
V/A: I Love Serge (Pagan/Ark 21)

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Street Date: Tuesday, January 22nd

Air Japan - All Along Air (Knitting Factory Works)
Ativin - Interiors (Secretly Canadian)
Azure Ray - November (EP) (Saddle Creek)
Bad Religion - The Process Of Belief (Epitaph)
Bevel - Where Leaves Block The Sun (Jagjaguwar)
Luka Bloom - Between The Mountain And The Moon (Bar/None)
Blue Six - Beautiful Tomorrow (Naked/Astralwerks)
Bruknahm The Bruknahm Project (Knitting Factory Works)
Check Engine (members of Sweep The Leg Johnny) - Check Engine (Southern)
Cornelius Point (Matador)
Depeche Mode: Goodnight Lovers EP (Mute; UK)
Dimitri From Paris - After The Playboy Mansion, Vol. 2 (Astralwerks)
The Dinner Is Ruined - Ray Charles Kinda Party (Sonic Unyon)
The Dirtmitts - The Dirtmitts (Sonic Unyon)
DJ Enrie - Welcome To The Mix Show (Moonshine)
Elbow - Asleep At The Wheel (V2)
Entombed - Morning Star (Koch/Music For Nations)
Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz & Thee Glitz (Emperor Norton)
Kyle Fischer - Open Ground (Polyvinyl)
Granfaloon Bus - Exploded View (Future Farmer)
Tommy Guerrero - Junk Collector (EP) (Mo Wax/Beggars Banquet)
Neil Halstead - Sleeping On Roads (4AD/Beggars Banquet)
Richard Hawley (Pulp's Guitarist) - Late Night Final (Bar/None)
Hefner - Dead Media (Too Pure/Beggars Banquet)
Hot Water Music/Alkaline Trio - (Split EP) (Jade Tree)
David Kilgour - A Feather In The Engine (Merge)
Mary Lou Lord - Live City Sounds (Rubric)
Mates Of State - Our Constant Concern (Polyvinyl)
Matt Pond PA - The Green Fury (Polyvinyl)
Miighty Flashlight - Miighty Flashlight (Jade Tree)
Okkervil River - Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See (Jagjaguwar)
Pixeltan - Pixeltan (Troubleman Unlimited)
Racebannon - In The Grips Of The Light (Secretly Canadian)
Rivulets - Rivulets (Chairkickers' Union)
Steve Roach - Streams & Currents (Projekt)
Seaworthy - The Ride (Jetset)
Sectorseven - Dual (Sonic Unyon)
Sarah Shannon (Ex-Velocity Girl) - Sarah Shannon (Casa)
Matthew Shipp - Nu Bop (Thirsty Ear)
Sianspheric - The Sound Of The Colour Of The Sun (Sonic Unyon)
Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport (Tommy Boy)
The Sunshine Fix - Age Of The Sun (Emperor Norton/Kindercore)
Teenage Fanclub - Howdy! (Thirsty Ear)
Rosie Thomas - When We Were Small (Sub Pop)
Vermont - Calling Albany (Kindercore)
Hank Williams III Lovesick, Broke And... Driftin' (Curb)
John Zorn: Cobra (Tzadik)
V/A: If I Was Prince (Beggars Banquet)
VA Sonic Youth: All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 (All Tomorrow's Parties)
S/T: Eban And Charley (Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt) (Merge)

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Street Date: Tuesday, January 29th

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Body & Soul (Real World)
Asphalt Jungle - Electro Ave. (ROIR)
Audio Learning Center - Friendships Often Fade Away (Vagrant)
Kasey Chambers - Barricades And Brickwalls (Warner Bros.)
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (Astralwerks)
Citizen Cope - Citizen Cope (Dreamworks)
DJ Encore - Intuition (Featuring Engelina) (MCA)
DJ Maxximus - Mercedes Bentley Vs. Versace Armani EP (Warp)
Echobrain - Echobrain (Surfdog/Hollywood)
The Extra Glenns - Martial Arts Weekend (Absolutely Kosher)
Face To Face/Dropkick Murphys - (Split EP) (Vagrant)
N.E.R.D. (The Neptunes) - In Search Of... (Virgin)
Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair - Words Of Wisdom And Hope (Alt. Tentacles)
Tunnel Rats - Tunnel Vision (Uprok/Tooth & Nail)
The Undecided - More To See (Tooth & Nail)
Unwritten Law - Elva (Interscope)
V/A: Trance Fixed, Volume 2 (Neurodisc/Priority)

Next Month's Most Anticipated Albums...
02.26: Clinic - Walking with Thee (Domino)
02.26: Dressy Bessy - Sound Go Round (Kindercore)

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