New Music Monthly: March 2017 Releases

March, they say, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb but any month that begins with Dan Baird & Homemade Sin and goes out with Mastodon is roaring loudly for 30 days. Throw in reissues and anthologies of the Creation, Artful Dodger, and Southside Johnny and new releases by Colin Hay, R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner, Wire, and Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band and there's a lot of great music to spend your coin on this month!

MARCH 3
Artful Dodger - The Complete Columbia Recordings   BUY!
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin - Rollercoaster   BUY!
Guy Clark - Best of the Dualtone Years   BUY!
Colin Hay - Fierce Mercy   BUY!
The Rascals - The Complete Singles A's & B's   BUY!
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - The Fever   BUY!
Temples - Volcano   BUY!

MARCH 10
Cindy Lee Berryhill - The Adventurist   BUY!
Greg Graffin - Millport   BUY!
R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner - Make It Be   BUY!
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - The Front Porch Sessions   BUY!
The Shins - Heartworms   BUY!

MARCH 17
Blackfield - Blackfield V   BUY!
The Creation - Action Painting   BUY!
Delta Moon - Cabbagetown   BUY!
Depeche Mode - Spirit   BUY!
Spoon - Hot Thoughts   BUY!

MARCH 24
Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things   BUY!
Ruthie Foster - Joy Comes Back   BUY!
Girlschool - Hit & Run   BUY!
Jesus & Mary Chain - Damage and Joy   BUY!
Jethro Tull - The String Quartets   BUY!
Coco Montoya - Hard Truth   BUY!

MARCH 31
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand   BUY!
Wire - Silver/Lead   BUY!

(Album release dates are subject to change without notice and they don't always let me know, so there...)

Album of the Month: Dan Baird & Homemade Sin's Rollercoaster, the latest blast of poop-puntin' Southern rock from former Georgia Satellites' frontman Dan Baird and his motley collection of rock 'n' roll lifers (including talented Jason & the Scorchers' guitarist Warner Hodges). A Homemade Sin album is always a treat, the grooves laden with red-hot git licks, foot-shufflin' rhythms, and strong songwriting from the underrated Baird. Rollercoaster marks the second album from the Baird camp this year; the singer/songwriter's SoLow solo disc was released in February and is equally worth of your time and money.