Metallica. image by Ros O'Gorman

Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of Metallica. photo by Ros O'Gorman

Metallica Kick Off This Week’s New Releases

by Andrew Tijs on January 27, 2012

in New Music,News

Unreleased Death Magnetic tracks and Best Ofs from Rod Stewart and Chris Isaak rule this week’s new releases.

Metallica. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Metallica. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

This week Metallica release a four-track EP of Death Magnetic outtakes titled Beyond Magnetic.  Rod Stewart delivers a huge package – four CDs, 64-tracks, as Storyteller: Anthology 1964-1990 and Chris Isaak releases a Best Of.

 

The country keeps a-coming ahead of Tamworth with John Williamson’s news album The Big Red and Tim McGraw’s Emotional Traffic.

Swedish folkies First Aid Kit release their much-anticipated second album Lion’s Roar and Sydney bluesman Steve Smyth offers his debut Release.

Brit-poppers The Maccabees deliver their third album Given To The Wild and UK alt-rock nutters Pulled Apart By Horses drop album number two Tough Love.

Melbourne synthpop fiends Strange Talk have a self-titled debut and Odd Future project The Internet delivers the hard copy of Purple Naked Ladies.

Finally, Pitchfork-approved Ohio indie-rockers Cloud Nothings deliver their third album Attack On Memory.

 

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