QRO Magazine - Features » What To Look For : Spring 2009

As the 2009 blossoms, step outside and enjoy yourself - and pick up some of these releases while you're at it:

April

7th
Arcade Fire	Mirroir Noir (DVD)
Bat For Lashes	Two Suns
Black Dice	Repo
The Blue Van	Man Up (digital)
Crystal Antlers	Tentacles
Del the Funky Homosapien	Funkman
Doves	Kingdom of Rust
Eulogies	Here, Anonymous
The Felice Brothers	Yonder Is the Clock
The Greycoats	Setting Fire To the Great Unknown
The Hold Steady	Positive Rage
Illinois	The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe, Chapter 6
Junior Boys	Begone Dull Care
Lady Sovereign	Jigsaw
Loving Takes This Course: A Tribute to the Songs of Kath Bloom (compilation)
The Juan MacLean	The Future Will Come
Dan Mangan	Roboteering EP
Misc.	Happiness Is Easy
Bob Mould	Life and Times
Paper Moon	Only During Thunderstorms
So Many Dynamos	The Loud Wars
Superchunk	Leaves in the Gutter
Telekinesis	Telekinesis!
Vienna Teng	Vienna Teng
The Thermals	Now We Can See
Sara Watkins	Sara Watkins
Neil Young	Fork In the Road
Youth Group	The Night Is Ours

14th
Beck	One Foot In the Grave (deluxe reissue)
The Boy Least Likely To	The Laws of the Playground
Circus Devils	Gringo
The Datsuns	Headstunts
Death Cab For Cutie	The Open Door EP
Mike Evin	Good Watermelon
Fastball	Little White Lies
Grand Duchy	Petits Fours
The Kills	Black Balloon EP
Life and Times	Tragic Boogie
Little Boots	Arecibo EP (re-release)
Ida Maria	Fortress Round My Heart
Medeski, Martin & Wood	Radiolarians II
Metric	Fantasies
Papercuts	You Can Have What You Want
Pomegranates	Everybody, Come Outside!
Screaming Females	Power Move
Silversun Pickups	Swoon
Jill Sobule	California Years
Super Furry Animals	Dark Days/Light Years
Telepathe	Dance Mother
The Twang	Love It When I Feel Like This (expanded)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	It's Blitz!

21st
Barzin	Notes to an Absent Lover
brakesbrakesbrakes	Touchdown
Camera Obscura	My Maudlin Career
Cloud Cult	No One Said It Would Be Easy (DVD)
Depeche Mode	Sounds of the Universe
Empire of the Sun	Walking On a Dream
The Horrors	Primary Colours
Jane's Addiction	A Cabinet of Curiosities (b-sides)
Booker T. Jones	Potato Hole
King Khan & The Shrines	What Is?!
Manchester Orchestra	Mean Everything To Nothing
Kingsbury Manx	Ascenseur Ouvert!
The Milk and Honey Band	Dog Eared Moonlight
Moderat	Moderat
The Morning After Girls	The General Public EP
Leonard Mynx	Vesper
Pet Shop Boys	Yes
The Rest	Everyone All At Once
XTC as The Dukes of Stratosphear	Psonic Psunspot
XTC as The Dukes of Stratosphear	25 O'Clock
Weinland	Breaks In the Sun

28th
Cool Devices	Cool Devices EP
Bob Dylan	Together Through Life
Great Northern	Remind Me Where the Light Is
I Monster	A Dense Swarm of Ancient Stars
Immaculate Machine	High on Jackson Hill
Ben Lee	The Rebirth Of Venus
Nadja	When I See the Sun Always Shines On TV
NOFX	Coaster
Paper Route	Absence
Thee Oh Sees	Help
The Weather Station	The Line
Wilco	Ashes of American Flags (DVD)
Young Love	One of Us

May

19th
Tori Amos	Abnormally Attracted To Sin
Apostle of Hustle	Eats Darkness
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	Fruit
Au Revoir Simone	Still Night, Still Light
Clues	Clues
Jarvis Cocker	Further Complications
The Field	Yesterday & Today
Green Day	21st Century Breakdown
Headless Heroes	Headless Heroes
IAMX	Kingdom of Welcome Addiction
Iron & Wine	Around The Well
Jason Lytle	Yours Truly, The Commuter
Bonfire Madigan	Lady Saves EP
The Nerd Parade	Span of a Life
Pale Air Singers	Pale Air Singers
Passion Pit	Manners
Andy Shauf	Darker Days
John Vanderslice	Romanian Names
White Rabbits	It's Frightening

(updated as more release dates are made known)

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